Tenerife
Full nameClub Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)Tete
Chicharreros
Insulares
Blanquiazules
Founded21 November 1912 (1912-11-21)
GroundHeliodoro Rodríguez López
Capacity22,824[1]
OwnerPaulino Rivero Baute
PresidentPaulino Rivero Baute
Head coachAsier Garitano
LeagueSegunda División
2022–23Segunda División, 10th of 22
WebsiteClub website

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, 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 European professional clubs. Tenerife and Las Palmas contest the Canary Islands derby.

History

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

Club Deportivo Tenerife was founded in 1912 as Sporting Club Tenerife, which had come about as a merger between two or more previous football clubs on the island. The club changed its name to Club Deportivo Tenerife 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

Season to season


European cup history

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

Honours

Domestic

Continental

Friendly

Current squad

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 Spain ESP Juan Soriano
2 DF Spain ESP Aitor Buñuel
3 DF Spain ESP Fernando Medrano
4 DF Spain ESP José León
5 DF Spain ESP Sergio González
6 DF Spain ESP José Amo
7 FW Spain ESP Elady Zorrilla
8 MF Spain ESP Javi Alonso
9 FW Spain ESP Ángel Rodríguez
10 MF Spain ESP Álex Corredera
13 GK Spain ESP Tomeu Nadal
14 MF Spain ESP Roberto López (on loan from Real Sociedad)
15 MF France FRA Yann Bodiger
16 MF Spain ESP Aitor Sanz (captain)
17 MF Spain ESP Waldo Rubio
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW Spain ESP Enric Gallego
19 MF Spain ESP Álvaro Romero
20 FW Spain ESP Álvaro Jiménez (on loan from Cádiz)
21 MF Spain ESP Teto Martín
22 DF France FRA Jérémy Mellot
23 DF Montenegro MNE Nikola Šipčić
24 DF Spain ESP Nacho Martínez
27 FW Spain ESP Luismi Cruz (on loan from Sevilla)
28 FW Spain ESP Alassan Manjam
30 GK Spain ESP Moha Ramos
31 DF Spain ESP Loïc Williams
32 DF Spain ESP Jesús Belza
34 DF Spain ESP Isaac Hernández
35 FW Guinea-Bissau GNB Salifo Caropitche
MF France FRA Yanis Rahmani (on loan from Eibar)

Reserve team

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 Spain ESP Ethyan González
33 DF Spain ESP Marcos Otero
36 DF Spain ESP César Álvarez
No. Pos. Nation Player
37 FW Spain ESP Airam Guzmán
40 GK Spain ESP Sergio Aragoneses
41 GK Spain ESP Martín Cascajo

Out on loan

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 Spain ESP Javi Díaz (at Fuenlabrada until 30 June 2024)
DF Spain ESP David Rodríguez (at Antequera until 30 June 2024)
DF Spain ESP Jeremy Socorro (at Antequera until 30 June 2024)
MF Spain ESP Pablo Hernández (at Melilla until 30 June 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Spain ESP Rubén Díez (at Ibiza until 30 June 2024)
MF Ghana GHA Mo Dauda (at Eldense until 30 June 2024)
FW Spain ESP Dani Selma (at San Fernando until 30 June 2024)
FW Spain ESP Jorge Padilla (at Mérida until 30 June 2024)

Current technical staff

Position Staff
Manager Spain Asier Garitano
Assistant manager Spain Pedro Hernández
Technical assistant Spain Iván Madroño
Analyst Spain Carlos Rodríguez
Goalkeeping coach Spain Ortiz Zebenzui
Fitness coach Spain Miguel Ángel Fernández
Spain Maykol Hernández
Director of Medical Services Spain Dámaso M.
Physiotherapist Spain José Cristóbal R.
Spain Luis P.
Spain Aday P.
Nutricionist Spain Alejandro T.
Rehab fitness coach Spain Yeray A.
Podologist Spain Marta P.
Delegate Spain Víctor P.
Kit man Spain Jonathan G.
Spain Ángel S.

Last updated: September 2022
Source: CD Tenerife

Notable players

Notable coaches

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

See also

References

  1. "Instalaciones" (in Spanish). CD Tenerife. Archived from the original on 20 June 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  2. "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.
  3. "Plantilla Club Deportivo Tenerife SAD 22-23" [Squad] (in Spanish). CD Tenerife. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
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