CD Tenerife

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).

As of 1 October 2023.[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  ESP Juan Soriano 2 DF  ESP Aitor Buñuel 3 DF  ESP Fernando Medrano 4 DF  ESP José León 5 DF  ESP Sergio González 6 DF  ESP José Amo 7 FW  ESP Elady Zorrilla 8 MF  ESP Javi Alonso 9 FW  ESP Ángel Rodríguez 10 MF  ESP Álex Corredera 11 FW  GHA Mo Dauda 13 GK  ESP Tomeu Nadal 14 MF  ESP Roberto López (on loan from Real Sociedad) 15 MF  FRA Yann Bodiger

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  ESP Aitor Sanz (captain) 17 MF  ESP Waldo Rubio 18 FW  ESP Enric Gallego 19 FW  ESP Álvaro Romero 20 MF  ESP Pablo Hernández 21 FW  ESP Teto Martín 22 DF  FRA Jérémy Mellot 23 DF  MNE Nikola Šipčić 24 DF  ESP Nacho Martínez 27 FW  ESP Luismi Cruz (on loan from Sevilla) 30 GK  ESP Moha Ramos 31 DF  ESP Loïc Williams 32 FW  ESP Jesús Belza

Reserve team

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. Pos. Nation Player 28 FW  ESP Alassan Manjam 29 FW  ESP Ethyan González 33 DF  ESP Marcos Otero

No. Pos. Nation Player 34 DF  ESP Isaac Hernández 41 GK  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  ESP Javi Díaz (at Fuenlabrada until 30 June 2024) — DF  ESP David Rodríguez (at Antequera until 30 June 2024) — DF  ESP Jeremy Socorro (at Antequera until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ESP Rubén Díez (at Ibiza until 30 June 2024) — FW  ESP Dani Selma (at San Fernando until 30 June 2024) — FW  ESP Jorge Padilla (at Mérida until 30 June 2024)

Current technical staff

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

Last updated: September 2022
Source: CD Tenerife

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.

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