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C.D. Tenerife
Full name	Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Tete; Chicharreros; Tinerfeños; Blanquiazules
Founded	8 August 1922; 101 years ago
Ground	Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López
Capacity	22,824
Owner	Paulino Rivero Baute
President	Paulino Rivero Baute
Head coach	Asier Garitano
League	Segunda División
2022–23	Segunda División, 10th of 22
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1922, the club plays in the Segunda División, holding home matches at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López, with a 22,824-seat capacity. The traditional home colours are white shirts and blue shorts.

Tenerife has a history playing in the top flight of La Liga. They have been promoted to the top tier on four occasions, including a 10-year stint from 1989 to 1999. The club managed to finish as high as fifth in the league table on two occasions during that period, which qualified them for the first round of the UEFA Cup. They most recently played in La Liga in the 2009–10 season.

Being based in the Canary archipelago off the Atlantic coast of Africa, while playing its away games on the Spanish mainland, both the club and rival Las Palmas from Gran Canaria are two of the most geographically isolated professional clubs. Tenerife and Las Palmas contest the Canary Islands derby.

History edit

Match between CD Nacional of Madeira and CD Tenerife in 1925.

Club Deportivo Tenerife was founded in 1922. La Liga started in 1928, but the team played in regional divisions until it was promoted to the Segunda División in 1953. It first reached the top flight in 1961, being immediately relegated back and, in the following 27 years, played almost exclusively in the second level, also spending three years in Tercera División and six – five in a row – in Segunda División B, the newly created division three (in 1978).

In 1985, when Tenerife were relegated to the third division for a second time, Javier Pérez became president of the club. The side was promoted this year to the second level and, two years later, returned to the first, after winning the promotion playoff against Real Betis (4–1 on aggregate).

In 1991, Jorge Valdano took charge of the club as manager, and the Argentine would help rob former side Real Madrid of two consecutive league titles in the last round, to the benefit of Barcelona. In the first season, the Canary Islands outfit barely avoided relegation, but would finish in a best-ever fifth position in the following year, eventually reaching the round of 16 in the subsequent UEFA Cup, losing to Juventus 2–4 on aggregate.

German Jupp Heynckes became head coach of Tenerife in 1995, leading the club to another fifth-placed finish and the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey. In the 1996–97 UEFA Cup, the islanders fared better, reaching the last-four after defeating Maccabi Tel Aviv, Lazio, Feyenoord and Brøndby (the winner coming late in extra time from an Antonio Mata free-kick), only bowing out to eventual winners Schalke 04.

Club Deportivo Tenerife league performance 1929–2023.

Tenerife then went on a downward spiral which eventually led to relegation to the "silver category" in 1999, prompting various managerial changes within the club. In 2001, the club was again promoted, led by Rafael Benítez, who promptly left to take up the manager's job at Valencia; the promotion was achieved in the last match of the campaign thanks to a goal from Hugo Morales.

Match: Tenerife – Real Sociedad, in 2008

Pepe Mel became the new trainer but the first division season never took off, as Tenerife were beaten heavily at home by Barcelona 0–6, which cost the manager his job. Javier Clemente, formerly with the Spain national team, took the reins, but could not help prevent the eventual immediate relegation.

Tenerife suffered from serious economic problems in the following years, owing more than €40 million. President Pérez was replaced with Víctor Perez de Ascanio, who resigned due to bad management, leaving his position to Miguel Concepción, who negotiated with local politicians and businessmen, also creating a construction company as a subsidiary of the side.

On 13 June 2009, Tenerife secured a top flight return after a seven-year absence after a 1–0 win at Girona. In the following season, even though the team held on until the last round, another relegation befell, after the 0–1 loss at third-placed Valencia.

2010–11 brought with it three coaching changes,^[2] as Tenerife eventually suffered another relegation, returning to the third division after 24 years. On 2 June 2013, the club, led by Álvaro Cervera, returned to the second level after winning the promotion play-off against Hospitalet (3–2 on aggregate).

Seasons edit

Season to season edit

Season	Tier	Division	Place
1928–29	4	1ª Reg.	2nd
1929–30	4	1ª Reg.	2nd
1930–31	4	1ª Reg.
1931–32	4	1ª Reg.	2nd
1932–33	4	1ª Reg.	1st
1933–34	4	1ª Reg.	2nd
1934–35	4	1ª Reg.	1st
1935–36	4	1ª Reg.	2nd
1940–41	4	1ª Reg.
1941–42	4	1ª Reg.	3rd
1942–43	4	1ª Reg.	2nd
1943–44	4	1ª Reg.	3rd
1944–45	4	1ª Reg.	4th
1945–46	4	1ª Reg.	1st
1946–47	4	1ª Reg.	3rd
1947–48	4	1ª Reg.	5th
1948–49	4	1ª Reg.	4th
1949–50	4	1ª Reg.	1st
1950–51	4	1ª Reg.	2nd
1951–52	4	1ª Reg.	1st

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Copa del Rey
1952–53	4	1ª Reg.	1st
1953–54	2	2ª	6th
1954–55	2	2ª	9th
1955–56	2	2ª	9th
1956–57	2	2ª	13th
1957–58	2	2ª	2nd
1958–59	2	2ª	4th	Round of 32
1959–60	2	2ª	10th	First round
1960–61	2	2ª	1st	Quarter-finals
1961–62	1	1ª	16th	Quarter-finals
1962–63	2	2ª	10th	Round of 16
1963–64	2	2ª	5th	Round of 32
1964–65	2	2ª	11th	Round of 32
1965–66	2	2ª	8th	First round
1966–67	2	2ª	11th	Round of 32
1967–68	2	2ª	9th	First round
1968–69	3	3ª	5th
1969–70	3	3ª	2nd	First round
1970–71	3	3ª	1st	Round of 32
1971–72	2	2ª	9th	Fourth round

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Copa del Rey
1972–73	2	2ª	14th	Fourth round
1973–74	2	2ª	4th	Round of 32
1974–75	2	2ª	12th	Fourth round
1975–76	2	2ª	7th	Quarter-finals
1976–77	2	2ª	6th	First round
1977–78	2	2ª	19th	Round of 16
1978–79	3	2ª B	6th	Second round
1979–80	3	2ª B	3rd	Second round
1980–81	3	2ª B	5th	Second round
1981–82	3	2ª B	13th	Third round
1982–83	3	2ª B	2nd
1983–84	2	2ª	15th	First round
1984–85	2	2ª	11th	Round of 16
1985–86	2	2ª	19th	Round of 16
1986–87	3	2ª B	1st	Second round
1987–88	2	2ª	12th	Fourth round
1988–89	2	2ª	3rd	Round of 32
1989–90	1	1ª	18th	Round of 16
1990–91	1	1ª	14th	Fifth round
1991–92	1	1ª	13th	Fifth round

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Copa del Rey
1992–93	1	1ª	5th	Third round
1993–94	1	1ª	10th	Semi-finals
1994–95	1	1ª	15th	Third round
1995–96	1	1ª	5th	Quarter-finals
1996–97	1	1ª	9th	Round of 16
1997–98	1	1ª	16th	Second round
1998–99	1	1ª	19th	Fourth round
1999–2000	2	2ª	14th	Second round
2000–01	2	2ª	3rd	Round of 16
2001–02	1	1ª	19th	Round of 64
2002–03	2	2ª	8th	Round of 64
2003–04	2	2ª	8th	Round of 64
2004–05	2	2ª	9th	Round of 32
2005–06	2	2ª	18th	First round
2006–07	2	2ª	7th	Second round
2007–08	2	2ª	11th	Third round
2008–09	2	2ª	3rd	Third round
2009–10	1	1ª	19th	Round of 32
2010–11	2	2ª	20th	Second round
2011–12	3	2ª B	2nd	First round

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Copa del Rey
2012–13	3	2ª B	1st	Second round
2013–14	2	2ª	11th	Second round
2014–15	2	2ª	17th	Second round
2015–16	2	2ª	13th	Second round
2016–17	2	2ª	4th	Third round
2017–18	2	2ª	11th	Round of 32
2018–19	2	2ª	16th	Second round
2019–20	2	2ª	12th	Round of 16
2020–21	2	2ª	14th	Round of 32
2021–22	2	2ª	5th	Second round
2022–23	2	2ª	10th	Second round
2023–24	2	2ª		Round of 16

13 seasons in La Liga
47 seasons in Segunda División
8 seasons in Segunda División B
3 seasons in Tercera División

European cup history edit

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1993–94	UEFA Cup	Last 64	Auxerre	2–2	1–0	3–2
		Last 32	Olympiacos	2–1	3–4	5–5
		Last 16	Juventus	2–1	0–3	2–4
1996–97	UEFA Cup	Last 64	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–2	1–1	4–3
		Last 32	Lazio	5–3	0–1	5–4
		Last 16	Feyenoord	0–0	4–2	4–2
		Quarterfinals	Brøndby	0–1	2–0	2–1
		Semifinals	Schalke 04	1–0	0–2	1–2

Honours edit

Domestic edit

Copa del Rey
- Semi-finals (1): 1993–94
- Quarter-finals (4): 1960–61, 1961–62, 1975–76, 1995–96

Continental edit

UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League
- Semi-finals (1): 1996–97

Friendly edit

Joan Gamper Trophy
- Winners (1): 1993

Current squad edit

As of 10 January 2024.^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ESP	Juan Soriano
2	DF	ESP	Aitor Buñuel
3	DF	ESP	Fernando Medrano
4	DF	ESP	José León
5	DF	ESP	Sergio González
6	DF	ESP	José Amo
8	MF	ESP	Javi Alonso
9	FW	ESP	Ángel Rodríguez
10	MF	ESP	Álex Corredera
11	MF	FRA	Yanis Rahmani (on loan from Eibar)
13	GK	ESP	Tomeu Nadal
14	MF	ESP	Roberto López (on loan from Real Sociedad)
15	MF	FRA	Yann Bodiger
16	MF	ESP	Aitor Sanz (captain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	ESP	Waldo Rubio
18	FW	ESP	Enric Gallego
19	MF	ESP	Álvaro Romero
20	FW	ESP	Álvaro Jiménez (on loan from Cádiz)
21	MF	ESP	Teto Martín
22	DF	FRA	Jérémy Mellot
23	DF	MNE	Nikola Šipčić
24	DF	ESP	Nacho Martínez
27	FW	ESP	Luismi Cruz (on loan from Sevilla)
30	GK	ESP	Moha Ramos
31	DF	ESP	Loïc Williams
32	DF	ESP	Jesús Belza
34	DF	ESP	Isaac Hernández
35	FW	GNB	Salifo Caropitche

Reserve team edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
29	FW	ESP	Ethyan González
33	DF	ESP	Marcos Otero
36	DF	ESP	César Álvarez
37	FW	ESP	Airam Guzmán


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
38	FW	ESP	Dawda Dambelleh
40	GK	ESP	Sergio Aragoneses
41	GK	ESP	Martín Cascajo

Out on loan edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ESP	Javi Díaz (at Fuenlabrada until 30 June 2024)
—	DF	ESP	David Rodríguez (at Antequera until 30 June 2024)
—	DF	ESP	Jeremy Socorro (at Antequera until 30 June 2024)
—	MF	ESP	Pablo Hernández (at Melilla until 30 June 2024)
—	MF	ESP	Rubén Díez (at Ibiza until 30 June 2024)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	GHA	Mo Dauda (at Eldense until 30 June 2024)
—	FW	ESP	Dani Selma (at Alcoyano until 30 June 2024)
—	FW	ESP	Jorge Padilla (at Mérida until 30 June 2024)
—	FW	ESP	Alassan Manjam (at Melilla until 30 June 2024)
—	FW	ESP	Elady Zorrilla (at Huesca until 30 June 2024)

Current technical staff edit

Position	Staff
Manager	Asier Garitano
Assistant manager	Pedro Hernández
Fitness coach	Miguel Pérez Maykol Hernández
Goalkeeping coach	Queco Piña Zebenzui Ortiz
Analyst	Carlos Rodríguez
Rehab fitness coach	Yeray Abreu
Delegate	Víctor Padrón Báez
Kit man	Angel Suárez Jonathan García
Head of Medical Services	Dámaso A. Moreno Gudiño
Head of Physiotherapist	José Cristóbal Rodríguez
Physiotherapist	Alba Pestano Luis Plasencia Airam Ramos
Nutritionist	Alejandro Triviño
Podiatrist	Marta Pérez

Last updated: September 2022
Source: CD Tenerife

International players edit

Notable coaches edit

Fans edit

Fans of Tenerife are called Chicharreros because in early days, the inhabitants of a small fishing village called Santa Cruz (later the capital of Tenerife) consumed "chicharros" (Atlantic horse mackerel) as a main part of their diet.

Other inhabitants of Tenerife and the Canary Islands used the moniker as a pejorative name, but finally the inhabitants of Santa Cruz accepted it affectionately.

References edit

^ "Instalaciones" (in Spanish). CD Tenerife. Archived from the original on 20 June 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
^ "David Amaral es el nuevo entrenador del Tenerife" [David Amaral is new Tenerife coach] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 5 April 2011. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
^ "Jugadores CD Tenerife 23-24" [Squad] (in Spanish). CD Tenerife. Retrieved 26 September 2022.