CD Tenerife

Tenerife

Full name	Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Tete, Chicharreros, Insulares, Blanquiazules
Founded	1912
Ground	Heliodoro Rodríguez López, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Ground Capacity	23,660
Chairman	Miguel Concepción
Manager	José Luis Martí
League	Segunda División
2014–15	Segunda División, 17th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1912, it currently plays in Segunda División, holding home matches at Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López, with a 23,660-seat capacity.

History

Club Deportivo Tenerife was founded in 1912, but some earlier documents show the existence of Sporting Club Tenerife, which could have been the club's precursor. La Liga started in 1928, but the team played in regional divisions until it was promoted to 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 FC 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 FC 2–4 on aggregate.

German Jupp Heynckes became coach of Tenerife in 1995, leading the club to another fifth position and the quarterfinals of the domestic cup. In the 1996–97 UEFA Cup the islanders fared better, reaching the last-four after defeating Maccabi Tel Aviv FC, S.S. Lazio, Feyenoord and Brøndby IF (the winner coming late in extra time from an Antonio Mata free kick), only bowing out to eventual winners FC Schalke 04.

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 CF; the promotion was achieved in the last match of the campaign, thanks to a goal from Hugo Morales.

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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 Spanish 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 FC. 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, 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 playoff against CE L'Hospitalet (3–2 on aggregate).

Seasons

Season to season

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1928–53 Regional - - 1953/54 2ª 6th - 1954/55 2ª 9th - 1955/56 2ª 9th - 1956/57 2ª 13th - 1957/58 2ª 2nd - 1958/59 2ª 4th Second Round 1959/60 2ª 10th First Round 1960/61 2ª 1st Quarter-finals 1961/62 1ª 16th Second Round 1962/63 2ª 10th Round of 16 1963/64 2ª 5th Second Round 1964/65 2ª 11th Second Round 1965/66 2ª 8th First Round 1966/67 2ª 11th Second Round 1967/68 2ª 9th First Round 1968/69 3ª 5th - 1969/70 3ª 2nd First Round 1970/71 3ª 1st Round of 32 1971/72 2ª 9th Fourth Round

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

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1990/91 1ª 14th Fifth Round 1991/92 1ª 13th Fifth Round 1992/93 1ª 5th Fifth Round 1993/94 1ª 10th Semifinals 1994/95 1ª 15th Third Round 1995/96 1ª 5th Quarter-finals 1996/97 1ª 9th Fourth Round 1997/98 1ª 16th Second Round 1998/99 1ª 19th Fourth Round 1999/00 2ª 14th Second Round 2000/01 2ª 3rd Round of 16 2001/02 1ª 19th First Round 2002/03 2ª 8th First Round 2003/04 2ª 8th Second Round 2004/05 2ª 9th Third Round

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 2005/06 2ª 18th First Round 2006/07 2ª 7th Second Round 2007/08 2ª 11th Third Round 2008/09 2ª 3rd Third Round 2009/10 1ª 19th Round of 32 2010/11 2ª 20th Second Round 2011/12 2ªB 2nd First Round 2012/13 2ªB 1st Second Round 2013/14 2ª 11th Second Round 2014/15 2ª 17th Second Round 2015/16 2ª — Second Round

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• 13 seasons in La Liga
• 38 seasons in Segunda División
• 8 seasons in Segunda División B
• 3 seasons in Tercera División

European cup history

Season	Competition	Round	Country	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

• UEFA Europa League (UEFA Cup)

Semi-finals (1): 1997

• Copa del Rey (Spanish Cup)

Semi-finals (1): 1994

Quarter-finals (4): 1961, 1962, 1976, 1996

Current squad

As of 20 August 2015

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

No. Position Player 3 DF Germán Sánchez 4 DF Cristian García 5 DF Alberto Jiménez 6 MF Vitolo 7 FW Pedro Martín 8 MF Ricardo León 9 FW Anthony Lozano (on loan from Olimpia) 10 MF Suso (captain) 11 MF Tomás Martínez (on loan from River Plate) 13 GK Roberto 14 DF Carlos Ruiz 15 DF Jon Aurtenetxe (on loan from Athletic Bilbao)

No. Position Player 16 DF Aitor Sanz 18 DF Saúl (on loan from Deportivo La Coruña) 19 MF Jairo Izquierdo 20 MF Abel Suárez 21 DF Jorge Sáenz 22 FW Nano 23 DF Raúl Cámara 25 GK Dani Hernández 26 FW Cristo González 27 MF Nadjib 38 MF Omar Perdomo

Youth players

Main article: CD Tenerife B

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

No. Position Player 31 GK Dani Hernández 34 MF Younousse Diop

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player — GK Nauzet Santana (on loan at Pobla de Mafumet) — GK Carlos Abad (on loan at Real Madrid Castilla) — MF Cristo Díaz (on loan at Algeciras)

No. Position Player — MF Santi Jiménez (on loan at Algeciras) — FW Víctor García (on loan at Pobla de Mafumet)

International players

Christian Bassedas Oscar Dertycia Esteban Fuertes Diego Latorre Gerardo Martino Hugo Morales Marcelo Ojeda Pablo Paz Martín Posse Fernando Redondo Aurelio Vidmar Stefan Lexa Meho Kodro André Luiz

César Belli Guina Leandro Daniel Kome Francisco Rojas Navarro Montoya Pedro Portocarrero Pavel Hapal Juvenal Robert Enke Oliver Neuville Brimah Razak Frantz Bertin Juan Carlos García

Anthony Lozano Ramón Maradiaga Gilberto Yearwood Gal Alberman Gerardo Torrado Moulay El Ghareff Roy Makaay Ferdi Vierklau Rommel Fernández Crispín Maciel José del Solar Percy Olivares Tomasz Frankowski Bino

Domingos Igor Simutenkov Sylvain N'Diaye Miroslav Đukić Slaviša Jokanović Veljko Paunović Samuel Slovák Sizwe Motaung David Nyathi Juan Carlos Aguilera Francisco Arencibia Ángel Arocha Rubén Cano

Chano Ignacio Conte Curro Torres Diego Rodríguez Quique Estebaranz Albert Ferrer Foncho Luis García Gabriel Jorge Juanele Felipe Miñambres Mista Luis Molowny

José Manuel Ochotorena Pier Juan Antonio Pizzi Eleuterio Santos Víctor Voro Bengt Andersson Javier Zeoli Dani Hernández Julio Álvarez Jonay Hernández Rafa Ponzo Josmar Zambrano

see also Category:CD Tenerife players

Famous coaches

Ángel Cappa Jorge Solari Jorge Valdano Vicente Cantatore Ljubiša Broćić Jupp Heynckes Bernd Krauss Ewald Lienen Mauro Sandreani

Heriberto Herrera Artur Jorge David Amaral Gonzalo Arconada Xabier Azkargorta Rafael Benítez Fernando Castro Santos Álvaro Cervera Javier Clemente

Ignacio Eizaguirre Víctor Fernández Joseíto Juan Manuel Lillo Antonio López Habas Juan Carlos Mandiá Pepe Mel Vicente Miera Felipe Miñambres

José Luis Oltra Manuel Sanchís Martínez Antonio Tapia Eduardo Toba Dagoberto Moll Héctor Núñez

Fans

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

See also

• CD Tenerife B

External links

• Official website (Spanish)
• Futbolme.com profile (Spanish)
• Armada Sur, fansite