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| Full name | Granada Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. |
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| Nickname(s) | Nazaríes (Nasrids), El Graná, Matagigantes, Rojiblancos |
| Short name | GRA |
| Founded | 14 April 1931 as Club Recreativo Granada |
| Ground | Nuevo Los Cármenes Stadium |
| Capacity | 19,336 [1] |
| Owner | Desports |
| President | Rentao Yi |
| Head coach | Diego Martínez |
| League | La Liga |
| 2019-20 | La Liga, 7th of 20 |
| Website | Club website |
Granada Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. (Spanish pronunciation: [g?a'naða 'klu? ðe 'fuð?ol]), known simply as Granada, is a Spanish football club in the city of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Its main shareholder is the Chinese company Desport, and its president Jiang Lizhang. The football club was founded on 14 April 1931 with the name of Club Recreativo de Granada, it plays in La Liga. The club plays its home matches at the Nuevo Estadio de Los Cármenes.
Since 17 July 2020 the Club is located at position 22 of the historical points classification of the First Division, and 20 of the historical First Division number of seasons classification, where it has participated in 25 seasons and finished in sixth place twice. The Granada was the Copa del Rey runner-up in 1959. During the 2019-20 season, Granada was a Copa del Rey semifinalist, knocking out the previous season champion Valencia CF among others. The club finished the 2019-20 season with a historic 4-0 win over Athletic Club which allowed its first time classification to play the UEFA Europa League in history.[2]
History
Foundation
Granada Club de Fútbol was founded on 14 April 1931,[3] originally as Recreativo de Granada; the first president was Julio López Fernández. It was him who registered the club in the Registry of Associations in the Civil Government and presented the first Board of Directors.[4]
The first football match was played against the Deportivo Jaén on 6 December 1931, which resulted in a 2-1 victory.[5] The first goal in the match, and in the club's history, was scored by Antonio Bombillar. The first home match was played against the U.D. Andújar two weeks later. Granada CF won it 1-0. It took place at Campo de Las Tablas stadium.[5] In the 1931-32 season, the club finished 2nd in the Tercera Regional - Región Sur championship.[5] 4 wins in 6 matches helped Granada CF to be promoted to the Segunda Regional. The club started the season in a new division with a new president, Gabriel Morcillo Raya.[6] During the 1932-33 season the club had the biggest win in its history, 11-0 against the Xerez FC on 23 April 1933.[7]
La Liga entry and peak
After several promotions, in 1941-42 the club made its La Liga debut. It was the match against the Celta on 28 September 1941. The game ended up in 1-1 draw.[8] The first Granada goal in the highest Spanish division was scored by César Rodríguez Álvarez.[9] During that season the Granada had some historical home wins, among them 8-0 against the Real Oviedo and 6-0 against the Barcelona.[5] The Granada finished the season in the 10th position among 14 teams.[10] From here until the 1980s, it alternated between that category and the Segunda División, with its golden age coming during the 1970s, with eight top flight seasons, which included a best-ever two sixth league places (1971-72, 1973-74). The Granada finished the 1971-72 season with 9 wins in the last 10 home games, among them wins against the Barcelona and the Real.[5]
In 1959 the Granada achieved its greatest sports landmark, being the runner-up of the Copa del Generalísimo (later Copa del Rey). In the final, played at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, the team lost to the Barcelona 4-1. The only goal for the Granada was scored by the Argentinian forward Ramón Carranza.[11]
In the 1980s, the Granada had some brief appearances in the second division. In 1983-84, they finished 8th among 20 teams in the Segunda División, just 10 points away from the champion the Real Madrid Castilla and the runner-up the Bilbao Athletic.[12] In 1984-85, the Granada finished 18th and were relegated to the Segunda División B;[13] in the same season, the club was eliminated by the Estepona in the first round of the Copa del Rey.[14]
Decline and revival
Granada spent most of the following seasons in the Segunda División B, the dropping another level in 2002-03, due to non-payment to its players.[15] After four seasons in the fourth division, former Real Madrid president Lorenzo Sanz, along with his son Paco, arrived at the club. With their help, the Andalusian side was again promoted to the third category but got itself into serious financial trouble. In the 2005-06 season the Granada became a champion of the Tercera División Group 9 and qualified for the promotional play-offs, where the first rival was the Linense. After the two games ended up in 1-1 draws, the Granada won in the penalty shootout.[16]
In 2006-07, the Granada played in Group IV of the third level after four seasons in the Tercera. The president Paco Sanz with the massive support of the fans continued to lead the project with the intention of bringing the team to the top division, but the lack of time after the promotion led to hasty actions.[17] In July 2009, the club was in such financial difficulty that it was on the brink of closing.[18] The solution to the crisis came with the signing of a partnership agreement with the Udinese Calcio, with the Spaniards incorporating large numbers of players contracted to the Italian club as well as receiving its youth players and reserves as part of the agreement.[18] At the end of the season, the Granada won its group then got promoted in the play-offs, returning to the second division after 22 years.
In 2010-11, the Granada finished in fifth position, with most of the players loaned by the Udinese still on board.[18] On 18 June 2011, the club became the first winner of the promotion play-offs - a different system was used from 1985 to 1999 - after successively defeating the Celta de Vigo (1-1, penalty shootout) and the Elche (1-1 on aggregate, away goals rule), thus returning to the top division after a 35-year absence.[19][20] In June 2016, Chinese businessman Jiang Lizhang became the new owner of the club, buying the Pozzo family's controlling stake.[21] After surviving in the top flight for six seasons, the team was relegated in 2016-17 after being defeated by the Real Sociedad.[22]
Under new manager Diego Martínez, Granada returned to the top flight as runners-up to the CA Osasuna in the 2018-19 Segunda División.[23] The following season, the team finished in 7th in the top flight, qualifying for the first time to the UEFA Europa League.[24]
Seasons
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- 25 seasons in La Liga
- 33 seasons in the Segunda División
- 22 seasons in the Segunda División B
- 5 seasons in the Tercera División
- 2 seasons in the Categorías Regionales
Players
Current squad
- As of 6 October 2020 [25]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Reserve team
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
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Current technical staff
| Position | Staff |
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| Head coach |  Diego Martínez
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| Assistant coach | Raúl Espínola
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| Fitness coach | Víctor Lafuente
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| Goalkeeping coach | Juan Carlos Fernández
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| Analyst | Jesús Roche
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| Analyst | Álvaro García
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Last updated: October 2019
Source: Granada CF
Honours
National
- Segunda División (3): 1940-41, 1956-57, 1967-68
- Segunda División B (3): 1982-83, 1999-00, 2009-10
- Tercera División (3): 1933-34, 2003-04, 2005-06
- Copa del Rey
- 7th: 2019-2020
Regional tournaments
- Andalucia Cup : 1932-33
- Andalucia Championship reservations : 1971-72
Friendly
- Antonio Puerta Trophy: 2010
Individual
Pichichi Trophy
- La Liga: Enrique Porta (1971-72)
- Segunda División: Miguel (1964-65), Rafa (1955-56)
European record
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 2020-21 | UEFA Europa League | 2QR |  Teuta
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N/A | 4-0 | N/A |
| 3QR |  Locomotive Tbilisi
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2-0 | N/A | N/A | ||
| PO |  Malmö FF
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N/A | 3-1 | N/A | ||
| Group E |  PSV Eindhoven
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0-1 | 2-1 | 2nd | ||
 PAOK
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0-0 | 0-0 | ||||
 Omonia
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2-1 | 2-0 | ||||
| R32 |  Napoli
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Derby of eastern Andalusia
Updated to derby #86 played on 17th January 2021 (Copa del Rey, last 16)
| Competition | Played | Granada wins | Draws | Málaga wins | Granada goals | Málaga goals |
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| La Liga | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 29 |
| La Liga Play-off | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Segunda | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 42 | 58 |
| Segunda Play-off | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Segunda B | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| Tercera | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Copa del Rey | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 |
| Overall | 86 | 32 | 25 | 28 | 98 | 108 |
Stadium
After its foundation, the team played its home matches at the Campo de Las Tablas, inaugurated on 20 December 1931. On that day the Granada CF won the match against the U.D. Andújar 1-0 in the Tercera Regional.[26] The Granada's stay at this ground was a short one; on 23 December 1934, a new stadium, Estadio Los Cármenes, was opened.
The club played in this stadium until 1995 when a new facility, named Nuevo Los Cármenes Stadium, took its place. It was inaugurated on 16 May 1995, with an original capacity of 16,212 seats. This was expanded to 22,524 after the final promotion to La Liga in the summer of 2011.
After achieving the promotion to the First Division in 2019, the stadium has been remodelled,[27] such as the replacement of the grass pitch, the repairment and painting of seats, the expansion of the official store (now located on the corner where was the old tickets office), and finally, the replacement of the illumination system in order to be adapted for the requirments of LaLiga. In addition, the club is working with the Granada's council so that get a deal for a long-lasting surrender of use with the aim of perform a serie of inversions[28] like build the stadium corners, establish shopping and entertainment areas or the expansion and refurbishment of the sponsors and advertising areas.
- Dimensions: 105 × 68 meters
- Address: C/ Pintor Manuel Maldonado s/n
- Inauguration date: 16 May 1995, Real Madrid-Bayer Leverkusen (1-0)
- First Granada CF match: 22 August 1995, Granada-Real Betis (4-1) XXIII Granada Trophy
Kit and colours
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Upon its foundation, the club's kits were a shirt with blue and white vertical stripes and white shorts. After the Spanish Civil War the club owners went to Madrid to buy new ones, but they couldn't find other than red and white striped shirts. That became the official colour scheme from then on.
In the 1970s, the club changed the vertical stripes to horizontal. Since then, several changes (between horizontal and vertical) took place until 2004-05, when in a member assembly it was decided to use horizontal stripes definitively.
Shirt sponsors and manufacturers
| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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| 1984-87 | Ressy | La General |
| 1987-90 | Umbro | Puleva |
| 1990-92 | Joma | Citroën |
| 1992-93 | Lotto | CC Neptuno |
| 1993-94 | None | |
| 1994-95 | Sierra Nevada 95 | |
| 1995-96 | Cervezas Alhambra | |
| 1996-98 | Kelme | |
| 1998-00 | Joma | Jimesa |
| 2000-03 | La General | |
| 2003-04 | Bemiser | Caja Rural |
| 2004-05 | Elements | Agua Sierra Cazorla |
| 2005-06 | Umbro | Puertas Castalla |
| 2006-07 | CajaSur | |
| 2007-09 | Patrick | |
| 2009-10 | Macron | Covirán |
| 2010-12 | Legea | Caja Granada |
| 2012-14 | Luanvi | |
| 2014-16 | Joma | Solver |
| 2016-18 | Energy King | |
| 2018-19 | Erreà | None |
| 2019-23 | Nike | Winamax |
Coaches
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References
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- ^ "Atlético finish third, Real Sociedad and Granada qualify for the Europa League". AS.com. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 2020.
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- ^ "Granada, en Primera 35 años después" [Granada, to Primera after 35 years] (in Spanish). Marca. 18 June 2011. Retrieved 2011.
- ^ "Jiang Lizhang, nuevo propietario del Granada" [Jiang Lizhang, new owner of Granada]. ABC (in Spanish). 14 June 2016. Retrieved 2020.
- ^ "Real Sociedad condemn Granada to Segunda División". Diario AS. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 2020.
- ^ "Granada back in Spanish top flight after draw with Mallorca". Reuters. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 2020.
- ^ Lowe, Sid (20 July 2020). "Silence, solitude and sadness for Leganés after desperate La Liga finale". The Guardian. Retrieved 2020.
- ^ "Plantilla Granada Club de Fútbol".
- ^ "Temporada 1931-32 - 14 Abril 1931. Historia del Granada C.F." www.14abril1931.tk. Retrieved 2019.
- ^ "Comienzan las obras de mejora en el Nuevo Los Cármenes, incluido el pintado de los asientos". www.ideal.es. Retrieved 2020.
- ^ "'Granada Sport Park', el macro proyecto que reformará por completo los alrededores de los Cármenes". www.ideal.es. Retrieved 2020.
External links
- Official website (in Spanish)
- Official website (in English)
- Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
- BDFutbol team profile
- Unofficial website (in Spanish)
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