Córdoba CF

Córdoba Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkoɾðoβa]) is a Spanish football club based in Córdoba, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1951 as Club Deportivo San Álvaro, it was refounded as Cordoba CF in 1954 after the dissolution of RCD Córdoba. Currently play in La Liga and with its home matches at the Estadio Nuevo Arcángel, which has a capacity of 50,800 seats.

History
Forerunners of Córdoba Club de Fútbol included names such as Sporting Fútbol Club de Córdoba, Sociedad Deportiva Electromecánicas and Racing Fútbol Club de Córdoba. The latter changed its name after the Spanish Civil War (as foreign names were banned under the new regime) to Club Deportivo Córdoba.

From 1940, its predecessor RCD Córdoba met varying success, spending most of its time in the second and third divisions of Spanish football. In 1944 it changed its home kit to green and white stripes, from the previous one of all white, and, the following year, Córdoba moved from Estadio America to Estadio del Arcángel. In 1954, RCD Córdoba was dissolved due to its many debts and Córdoba CF was refounded by acquiring the place of CD San Álvaro de Córdoba in the third category.

In the early 1960s and also in 1971–72, Córdoba amassed eight La Liga seasons. In its third presence it only conceded two goals at home as it went undefeated, the first being courtesy of Espanyol's Alfredo Di Stéfano. The club finished 5th, its best finish to date, but was not allowed to enter the following season's UEFA Cup due to city infrastructure issues.In the following four decades Córdoba again fluctuated between divisions two and three, also spending 1984–85 in the fourth.

Promotion and Rising
Before they were promoted in 1990, Cordoba were had a takeover in 1988 which, Andres Nunez were appointed as new President of he club. As ambitions president, Nunez were vow to bring Cordoba to the top-flight football competitions and compete with the existing top club such as Real Madrid and Barcelona. From 1988 until 1990, the club were hugely focusing upgrade the club training facilities including Ciudad Deportiva Rafael Gómez. Nunez also started to invested in youth teams and reconstructed the first team which influenced by Barca's Dream Team by Johan Cryuff. Between 1990 and 1992, the club were fighting the relegation playoff which they survived both of them. The club also started the tradition of bought youth players from other club's B teams and several low tier spanish club players to the club's B team which prove to be successful for the club in the long-term plans and many of them would play for the first team.