Getafe CF
The Getafe [ xetafe ] ( officially Getafe Club de Fútbol SAD ) is a Spanish football club (sports corporation) from Getafe, a suburb of Madrid. It was founded in 1983.
His first team currently plays in the Primera División. Owners and thus club head is the " Royal Emirates Group of Companies" from Dubai, who bought 100% of shares of the association on 21 April 2011. First-team coach is Cosmin Contra.
Getafe playing very dark blue, all red or all yellow. Home ground is the Estadio Coliseum Alfonso Pérez, which offers 17,000 spectators.
History
1945, the football club Club Deportivo was founded in Getafe Getafe, whose team 1956/57, rose to the third league and it only just missed out on promotion to the second division in the year. Until the 1970s, the club played mediocre, until it was disbanded after a sporty decline in 1976. The link of this club for FC Getafe is more staff than institutionally, that is, there is no predecessor association, but many former Getafe Deportivo Active Club later played at FC Getafe a role.
The predecessor of the club Getafe in 1976, originally a fan club Real Madrid registered under the name Peña Madridista Getafe. Since 1980, the teams competed under the name Deportivo Peña Getafe. After the merger with club Getafe Promesas 1982 finally opened in August 1983, the Getafe CF.
In the season 1986 /87 FC Getafe rose to the third-rate Segunda B. 1993/94 was followed by the first-time promotion to the second division. Here we rose in the following years twice now and again, most recently in the 2001/ 02 season. In the 2003 /04 season for the first time succeeded in promotion to the Primera División. After the team in their first Erstligasaison in 13th place secured in the league, they finished second in 2005/06 season in ninth place and also played with the 2006/ 07 under coach Bernd Schuster notch. 2007 came to the club for the first time the finals of the Copa del Rey, as could be beaten by a 2:5 first leg defeat of FC Barcelona in the semi-final game 4-0. The club lost the final 0-1 against FC Sevilla.
In the 2007 /08 season started Getafe despite this defeat for the first time in the UEFA Cup, as the Sevilla FC had qualified for the Champions League. The club struggled to the quarter-finals, where he due to the lower number of away goals ultimately defeated Bayern Munich after two draws.
2008, the club for the second year in a row, the final of the Copa del Rey. The club lost the final with 1:3 against FC Valencia. The following year 2008/ 09 was less successful, until the last round of Getafe was involved in the División relegation battle the Primera.
On April 21, 2011 it was announced that the club was sold at 100 % of the Royal Emirates Group of Companies Dubai (UAE). The aim of the association is now, " an association of top class behind Real Madrid and FC Barcelona" to be in Spain, as president Angel Torres said after the signing ceremony.
In August 2011, the FC Getafe launched a controversial campaign. The club produced the film "Zombies Calientes de Getafe " (such as " Hot Zombie brides from Getafe " ) in order to excite his fans to provide more offspring. Outcome of the campaign was an increase in season ticket sales.
Achievements
- Vice Cup Winner 2007, 0:1 against FC Sevilla
- Quarter-final UEFA Cup in 2008, with 1:1 ( first leg in Munich, April 3 ) and 3:3 nV ( in Getafe, April 10 ) against FC Bayern Munich excreted.
- Vice Cup Winner 2008, 1:3 against FC Valencia
Well-known former players
- Argentina Roberto Abbondanzieri
- Spain Luis Aragonés
- Andorra Marc Bernau
- Romania Gheorghe Craioveanu
- Spain Rubén de la Red
- Argentina Aníbal Matellán
- Daniel Ngom Kome Cameroon
- Spain Mariano Andrés Pernía
- Veljko Paunovic Serbia
- Raúl Albiol Spain
- Latvia Māris Verpakovskis
- Romania Cosmin Contra
- Spain Roberto Soldado
- Eugen Polanski Poland