CD Extremadura
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| Full name | Club Deportivo Extremadura, S.A.D. | ||
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| Founded | 9 June 2022, 2 years ago | ||
| Ground | Estadio Francisco de la Hera, Almendralejo, Extremadura, Spain | ||
| Capacity | 11,580 | ||
| President | Daniel Tafur | ||
| Head coach | José María Cidoncha | ||
| League | Segunda Federación – Group 4 | ||
| 2024–25 | Tercera Federación – Group 14, 1st of 18 (champions) | ||
| Website | http://www.cdextremadura.es | ||
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Club Deportivo Extremadura, formerly known as CD Extremadura 1924 and known as simply Extremadura, is a Spanish professional football club from the city of Almendralejo, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. They play in Segunda Federación – Group 4, holding home games at the Estadio Francisco de la Hera.
The club was founded in June 2022 as a replacement for the folded Extremadura UD, who disappeared due to serious financial problems, which resulted in them being expelled from the Primera División RFEF.[1][2]
History
[edit]Club Deportivo Extremadura 1924 was founded in 2022 by Spanish businessman Daniel Tafur as the successor of the dissolved Extremadura UD.[3] Since its relaunch, the team has achieved three consecutive promotions, rising from Spain’s seventh tier to Segunda Federación – the fourth tier of football in Spain, in which it will compete in the 2025-26 season.
The team began its debut season in 2022 in Group 5 of the 7th tier of football in Spain, with their first-ever match being a commanding 4-0 victory over EMD Aceuchal B. Performances similar to that match continued, and, in doing so, they won their Segunda Extremeña group and participated in the promotion play-offs with a chance of promotion to the Primera Extremeña. By beating AD Hispanolusa in the second phase of the play-offs, they achieved an instant promotion to the 1st Regional Tier in May 2023.[4]
In January 2024, the club became a Sociedad Anónima Deportiva and changed its name to Club Deportivo Extremadura, removing the year "1924" from their name.[5] In May, Extremadura achieved promotion to Tercera Federación; after finishing first of the group 4, they defeated CP Chinato 3–2 on aggregate in the promotion play-offs.[6]
On 31 August 2024, Extremadura won the Extremaduran stage of the Copa Federación after beating 2–1 Castuera in the final. Three months later, on 13 November 2024, Extremadura became champion of the national stage of the Copa Federación, after defeating Compostela in the final, becoming the lowest ranked team in Spain to ever win the competition.
In April 2025, having finished first in Group 14 of the Tercera Federación in 2025, Extremadura earned automatic promotion to the 2025–26 Segunda Federación as group champions.
Stadium
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CD Extremadura holds its home games at the Estadio Francisco de la Hera, located in the city center of Almendralejo.
Predecessor
[edit]Extremadura became a member of the Spanish League in 1924 with the creation of Extremadura Football Federation. Subsequently playing most of their history between the third and second divisions, the club achieved a consistent stay in the latter level during the late 1990s. The club reached its heyday in 1997 and 1999, seasons in which it achieved promotion to Spain’s La Liga First Division.[7]
Season to season
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- 1 season in Segunda Federación
- 1 season in Tercera Federación[8]
Players
[edit]First team squad
[edit]- As of 2 October 2025[9]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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References
[edit]- ^ "OFICIAL | Resueltas las consecuencias para la competición tras la exclusión del Extremadura UD" [OFFICIAL | Consequencies settled for the competition after the exclusion of Extremadura UD] (in Spanish). RFEF. 2 March 2022. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ "How Soccer Returned from The Dead In Spain's Poor Extremadura Region". Forbes. Archived from the original on 2023-10-28. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
- ^ "Comienza a construirse el CD Extremadura 1924" [CD Extremadura 1924 is being built] (in Spanish). El Periódico Extremadura. 2 May 2022. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ "El CD Extremadura empieza a escribir su historia con firmeza". Hoy.es. Archived from the original on 2022-09-19. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
- ^ https://www.boe.es/borme/dias/2024/02/21/pdfs/BORME-A-2024-37-06.pdf
- ^ "El renacido CD Extremadura es de Tercera RFEF" [The reborn CD Extremadura is of Tercera RFEF] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 7 May 2024. Archived from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ https://www.elperiodicoextremadura.com/deportes/2022/08/20/podra-cd-extremadura-plaza-segunda-73721155.html
- ^ "C.D. Extremadura 1924" (in Spanish). Fútbol Regional. Archived from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "CD Extremadura » Squad 2024/2025". WorldFootball. Retrieved 2 October 2025.