football club
Getafe Club de Fútbol ( spanish pronunciation : [ xeˈtafe ˈkluβ ðe ˈfuðβol ] ), or merely Getafe, is a professional spanish football club based in Getafe, a city in the south of the Community of Madrid. The team competes in La Liga, the highest tier of the Spanish football system. The golf club ‘s home plate stadium is Coliseum Alfonso Pérez which was opened in 1998 and can hold 17,393 spectators. The cabaret was founded in 1946 and refounded in 1983. Getafe participated in the acme level of spanish football for twelve years between 2004 and 2016, and again since 2017.
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The club ‘s main competition is against neighbours Leganés, who are based near the town of Getafe, and a friendly competition against Atlético Madrid and Real Madrid .
history [edit ]
Beginnings [edit ]
Sociedad Getafe Deportivo was founded in 1923, [ 1 ] merely playing in lower divisions from 1928 to 1932. After the spanish Civil War, in 1945 five Getafe locals – Enrique Condes García, Aurelio Miranda Olavaria, Antonio Corridor Lozano, Manuel Serrano Vergara and Miguel Cubero Francés – while meeting at La Marquesina barroom, decided to form a local team. officially founded on 24 February 1946, the club was named Club Getafe Deportivo. [ 2 ] The club primitively played in the Campo del Regimiento de Artillería, which lacked goal posts. soon after, the clubhouse moved to San Isidro, housed in the current Municipal Sports Center of San Isidro. here, Club Getafe was promoted to the third gear class following their victory against Villarrobledo in the 1956–57 season. Getafe was closely promoted to the Segunda División in 1957–58, but was defeated by CD Almería. [ 3 ] On 2 September 1970, the club inaugurated its own stadium after being promoted back to the Tercera División. Presided by president Francisco Vara, Las Margaritas won a 3–1 victory over Michelín. The team survived in the third level that season, and six years later gained their first gear promotion to the irregular division. [ 4 ]
second Division [edit ]
Club Getafe Deportivo played six seasons in the Segunda División, with short success. From 1976 to 1982, they placed below tenth flat all six years .
In 1978, the club advanced to play against Barcelona in the Copa del Rey round off of 16. Playing at home in the first base branch, Getafe drew with a star-studded Barcelona team 3–3, before traveling away for the second gear peg and being thrashed 8–0 at the Camp Nou. At the decision of the 1981–82 season, players having not been paid, Getafe was automatically relegated and subsequently liquidated. meanwhile, on 1 September 1976, a modern baseball club was founded in the National Sports Council and the Regional Federation of Castille. The baseball club was called Peña Madridista Getafe ( the “ real madrid supporters ‘ clubhouse of Getafe ” ). This clubhouse played for four seasons in assorted divisions, until taking the name Club Deportivo Peña Getafe, and played under this identify for a farther two seasons. On 10 July 1982, they joined forces with the much older Club Getafe Promesas, and were registered again in the Regional Federation of Castille. [ 5 ]
present universe [edit ]
Based on the amalgamation the previous year, the present Getafe Club de Fútbol was formally founded on 8 July 1983, after passing through assembly. [ 5 ] Starting in the regional leagues in 1983–84, Getafe was promoted for four straight seasons until reaching the Segunda División B. The club started a newly period with its promotion into Segunda in 1994–95, staying merely two years. [ 6 ] Threatening absolute disappearance barely a few years belated in 1997, Getafe survived relegation into the fourthly flat Tercera División following a two-legged playoff victory over Huesca. meanwhile, Getafe ‘s current stadium, the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez, was inaugurated on 1 January 1998. [ 7 ] Returning to the second division for 1999–2000, Getafe lasted another two seasons. however, one year late, they would return following an amazing promotion in 2001–02 during which one of their players, Sebastián “ Sebas ” Gómez, was murdered, and controversy regarding unpaid payments of players following a debt of € 3 million. [ 8 ] Consolidating their side after one year, Getafe had a fantastic season in Segunda. At the lead of the table for most of the year, the english travelled to the Canary Islands on the concluding matchday needing a win to assure a historic forwarding to La Liga, the top-flight. amazingly, they defeated Tenerife 5–3 with five goals from Sergio Pachón, [ 9 ] frankincense becoming along with Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid and Rayo Vallecano the fourthly team from the Community of Madrid – and the first of them from outside of the capital – to always play in La Liga. [ 10 ] With this promotion, Getafe had ascended the solid spanish football pyramid, achieving this feat in lone 20 years .
La Liga [edit ]
The golf club started 2004–05 ill, lying at the bottom of the table. Home wins over Espanyol, Athletic Bilbao, Valencia and Real Madrid, [ 11 ] followed by a sole away succeed of the season over Athletic Bilbao, [ 12 ] saw Getafe climb to finish 13th, being the only advertise side to avoid delegating. At the end of the season, the clubhouse lost question coach Quique Sánchez Flores and several players to rival clubs. [ 13 ] In Getafe ‘s future season, the club concisely topped the postpone [ 14 ] before slipping to finish ninth. [ 15 ] During the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Argentine-born Mariano Pernía became Getafe ‘s first ever spanish international, [ 16 ] before moving to Atlético Madrid. [ 17 ] In 2006–07, Getafe again finished one-ninth in the league, [ 18 ] conceding only 33 goals in 38 matches and goalkeeper Roberto Abbondanzieri was awarded the Zamora Trophy, having recorded 12 clean sheets. The highlight of the club ‘s season was reaching the 2006–07 Copa del Rey final, a rival in which Getafe had never reached the quarter-finals before. The run included a two-legged semi-final against Barcelona in which Getafe lost the first leg 5–2 at the Camp Nou [ 19 ] before producing a 4–0 rout in the moment stage at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez. [ 20 ] Getafe lost their first always major final 1–0 to Sevilla at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. [ 21 ] Through this, the club qualified for the be temper ‘s UEFA Cup qualification, as Sevilla had already qualified for the UEFA Champions League through their league placement. The take after season, coach Bernd Schuster left after two seasons to become head coach at Real Madrid, [ 22 ] and Getafe appointed Michael Laudrup as his substitute. [ 23 ] Under Laudrup, Getafe again finished the league mid-table. In the UEFA Cup, the team managed to progress to the quarter-finals after finishing top of Group G, alone losing once, [ 24 ] setting up a draw against four-time european Cup winners Bayern Munich. Getafe drew the away leg 1–1, [ 25 ] thanks to an wound time equalizer from Cosmin Contra. In the second leg, Rubén de la Red was sent off after six minutes. Contra put Getafe ahead just before half-time, but in the 89th moment, Franck Ribéry equalized to send the match into extra time. Two immediate goals from Javier Casquero and substitute Braulio gave Getafe a 3–1 head, but Bayern pulled a finish back from Luca Toni, before Toni again scored seconds before the end of extra time, giving Bayern an off goals win. [ 26 ] Getafe besides had successful run in the Copa del Rey, reaching the final for a second year running. In the final, at the Vicente Calderón Stadium, Getafe were beaten 3–1 by Valencia. [ 27 ] In the 2015–16 temper, Getafe were relegated to second division after spending 12 years in first campaign. however, in 2016–17, the golf club immediately returned to La Liga after defeating Huesca and Tenerife to gain promotion via the play-offs. In the 2017–18 season Getafe finished in the 8th military position, easily avoiding the relegation back to Segunda División. [ 28 ]
In the 2018–19 season Getafe finished 5th, their highest stopping point in the first division, and qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stagecoach. They finished 2nd in their group, with 12 points from 6 games, which allowed them to advance to the following polish. They managed to beat Ajax 3–2 on sum in the Round of 32. due to that gain, they faced Inter Milan in the beat of 16, where their european dream ended with a 2–0 loss .
stadium [edit ]
Getafe playing period at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez, located in Getafe. Its pitch dimensions are 105×70 metres. The stadium was inaugurated on 1 January 1998, named after the spanish international ( and of Real Madrid fame ) Alfonso Pérez. Though he never played for or against Getafe, or even in the stadium, he is possibly the most celebrated football player to come out of the area and was at the acme of his career during the mid-1990s. [ 7 ] Before playing in the Coliseum, Getafe played their base matches at the nearby Estadio de las Margaritas, contribution of the greater Sports City of Las Margaritas. The Coliseum was subsequently built as a natural extension to the much smaller facilities at Las Margaritas. Since its foundation, the stadium has had numerous renovations, and now seats 14,400 people and respective thousand more stand. As such, the accurate capacitance is variable and ambiguous. Getafe by and large fill the stadium for local anesthetic matches against Real and Atlético Madrid, arsenic well as against Barcelona, most famously in the 2006–07 Cup semi-final. For the foremost time in their history, Getafe pre-sold out the whole of the Coliseum before their second leg match against Bayern Munich in the UEFA Cup quarter-final. [ 29 ] Getafe club president of the united states Ángel Torres expressed interest in upgrading the Coliseum to a much greater 20,000 buttocks arena, in conjunction with Madrid ‘s invite for the 2012 Olympic Games. [ 30 ] The failure of this bid and poor crowd averages put this renovation in doubt. Getafe use the nearby Sports City when training. These facilities include several training pitches with both grass and artificial turf, wax medical rooms and convalescence facilities.
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Supporters [edit ]
normally called Marea Azul, or Azulones, Getafe supporters have steadily increased in number with the success of the team in late years. There are 18 peñas ( “ garter clubs ” ) and 12,000 socios ( “ associates ” ). erstwhile Real Madrid player Francisco Pavón is a well-known Getafe socio, while Fernando Alonso and Rafael Nadal have attended matches at the Coliseum in the by. Getafe supporters have grown far beyond the local area and are now known to have fans in Australia, Sweden, Finland, Czech Republic, Argentina, Scotland, Denmark, the United States and Mexico. In 2007, a peña was founded in Venezuela to extend the global club compass. Getafe besides created some controversy in 2007 when their temper slate campaign included biblical references of Abraham, Moses and Jesus sacrificing themselves for the team. The club responded by withdrawing the first scene involving Abraham. Upon important or celebrated victories, Getafe fans congregate to celebrate at the Cibelina statue in the town center. Prior to the 2007 Cup final examination, Torres implored the fans to “ tear down the Cibelina ” upon victory, promising to pay for a new design. During that concluding, thousands of supporters rushed to get tickets and packed into the Santiago Bernabéu, yet were vastly outnumbered by Sevillistas. however, those who failed to get tickets – most of which went to season ticket holders for the 2007–08 campaign – were able to watch the match on a big filmdom in Getafe ‘s central square. Getafe has besides a small group of Ultras supporters, called Comandos Azules ( “ blue commandos “ ) .
Zombies Calientes de Getafe [edit ]
In 2011, Getafe released a humorous banteringly advertising crusade, pretending to decry the club ‘s relatively small fanbase and encouraging male supporters to donate sperm in ordering to breed more fans. [ 31 ] To inspire those donations, the cabaret produced a short pornographic film called “Zombies Calientes de Getafe” ( Horny Zombies of Getafe ), “ film in the style of a 1970s pornography film ”, and delivered it to sperm contribution clinics in Madrid. [ 32 ]
Rivalries [edit ]
historically, due to their close geographic military position, Getafe has constantly held a potent competition with Leganés. They played out numerous encounters in the lower division before the two teams fortunes began to contrast as Getafe gained dominance and Leganés began to deteriorate. In the foremost division, the side has held some stimulate matches in the end few years with Real Madrid, with the ledger being most recently squared at three wins each. very Madrid ‘s much greater stature, huge budget and expensive team has never stopped Getafe from rising to the challenge and often playing their best football against their “ bigger brother ”. In addition to this, Getafe has developed reasonably of a competition with Barcelona, which culminated in their celebrated 4–0 victory over their more fancy opponents during the 2006–07 Copa del Rey semi-final. besides, Valencia has succumbed numerous times to el Geta, often quite heavily, as was the subject during the 2006–07 Copa del Rey, which ensured Getafe ‘s first always appearance in the Copa ‘s quarter-finals with a 2–4 succeed at Valencia ‘s Mestalla Stadium. however, this consequence was turned around in the 2008 Copa del Rey final examination, as Valencia would deny Getafe their first always trophy with a 3–1 victory. This competition is propped up healthily by the regular transfer of Getafe players ( and head coach Quique Sánchez Flores ) to Valencia .
european record [edit ]
The golf club has not appeared in any european rival except in the UEFA Europa League ( once the UEFA Cup ). [ 33 ] The club appeared lone three times in this tournament, In 2007–08 they qualified for the tournament as Copa del Rey runner-up in the previous season ‘s for Sevilla, who qualified for the UEFA Champions League, and progressed from the group and turn of 16 before being beaten by Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals. [ 34 ] three years late, in 2010–11 they were paired with APOEL in the playoff round, and qualified by eliminating them, But then they were eliminated from the group stagecoach as third place. [ 35 ] In the 2019–20 season, Getafe appeared in the tournament for the third base time, and they were able to qualify from the group stage in second locate, and they besides managed to pass the beat of 16 after eliminating Ajax, but they were eliminated in the following round against Inter Milan in one equal due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [ 36 ] [ 37 ]
Season to season [edit ]
Honours [edit ]
- Winners: 1998–99
current police squad [edit ]
- As of 31 August 2021[38]
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Reserve team [edit ]
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Out on loan [edit ]
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club officials [edit ]
current technical foul staff [edit ]
last updated : 6 October 2021
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Board of directors [edit ]
Office
Name
President
Ángel Torres
First vice president
Felipe Triguero
Second vice president
Valentín Sánchez
Secretary
Juan Leif
Vice secretary
Fernando Santos
Treasurer
María Ángeles Carlos Vara
General director
José María Durán
Sporting director
Carlos Guerrero
Academy director
Damián Jiménez Fraile
Academy coordinator
Juan Manuel Hernández Cáceres
Administration and operations director
José Antonio Ramirez
Financial director
Angeles Carlos
Financial treasurer
Patricia Torres
Communication director
Luz Monzón
Social media director
David Torres
Marketing director
Alberto Heras
last updated : 9 April 2019
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Coaches [edit ]
Presidents [edit ]
- Antonio de Miguel (1983–92)
- Francisco Flores (1992–2000)
- Felipe González (2000–01)
- Domingo Rebosio (2001–02)
- Ángel Torres (2002–)
See besides [edit ]
References [edit ]
- Official websites
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