Getafe

Getafe CF.

Sociedad Getafe Deportivo was founded in 1923. It only played in the lower divisions between 1928 until 1932. Following it was a part of the Spanish Civil War, in 1945, five Getafe locals were Enrique Condes Garcia, Aurelio Miranda Olavaria Antonio Corridor Lozano, Manuel Serrano Vergara and Miguel Cubero Frances - while gathering with each other at La Marquesina bar, decided to create a local team. The club was officially established on February 24, 1946, the team was called Club Getafe Deportivo.

The club began its existence at the Campo del Regimiento de Artilleria with no goal posts. Soon after, the club relocated into San Isidro, housed in the present Municipal Sports Center of San Isidro. In San Isidro, Club Getafe was promoted to the third division following their triumph against Villarrobledo during the 1956-57 season. Getafe was almost elevated to Segunda Division in 1957-58, however, they were crushed by CA Almeria.

On September 2, 1970, the club officially opened its own stadium following being elevated back in the Tercera Division. The chairman was Francisco Vara, Las Margaritas triumphed 3-1 over Michelin. The team remained at the third division the following season, and six years later , they earned an initial promotion into the 2nd division.

The Club Getafe Deportivo played six seasons in the Segunda Division, with little success. From 1976 to 1982 they finished below the tenth-level throughout the six seasons.

The club was in 1978 when it qualified to face Barcelona for the Copa del Rey round of 16. Home for the opening leg, Getafe drew with a stellar Barcelona team 3-3 then travelled to Barcelona to play the second match and losing 8-0 at Camp Nou.

The end of the 1981-82 campaign, players were not paid, Getafe was automatically relegated and later liquidated.

On the 1st of September 1976 the first club of its kind was formed within the National Sports Council and the Regional Federation of Castille. The club was named Pena Madridista Getafe (the "Real Madrid supporters group in Getafe"). The club played for four years in different divisions, before it was renamed Club Deportivo Pena Getafe, and continued to play under that name for another two seasons. On the 10th of July, 1982, They joined with more seasoned Club Getafe Promesas, and were registered once more as a member of the Regional Federation of Castille.

Following the merger of earlier in the year The present Getafe Club de Futbol was officially established on July 8, 1983, following the passing of the assembly.

Beginning in the regional leagues of 1983-1984 Getafe received promotion for four consecutive seasons before reaching an Segunda Division B. The club entered the new season with advancement into Segunda in 1994-95. It remained there for only for two seasons. It was in danger of disappearing completely after In 1997 Getafe was able to avoid relegation the fourth level of the Tercera Division after a two-legged playoff win against Huesca.

In the meantime, the current stadium for Getafe The Coliseum Alfonso Perez, was officially opened on the 1st of January, 1998.

In the second division for the 1999-2000 season, Getafe lasted another two seasons. Then, a year later, they'd return after a spectacular promotion in 2001-02, during which they lost one player Sebastian "Sebas" Gomez was killed, as well as controversy over unpaid payments to players due to a debt of EUR3 million.

In a consolidation phase after just one previous season Getafe enjoyed a great season at Segunda. In the top spot in the league for the majority of the season and then they traveled towards the Canary Islands on the final matchday in order to ensure a historic advancement up to La Liga, the top-flight. It was a remarkable victory, as they beat Tenerife 5-3 thanks to five goals scored by Sergio Pachon, thus becoming together with Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Rayo Vallecano the fourth team from the Community of Madrid - and the first team from outside the capital to be a part of La Liga. After this win, Getafe was able to climb the entire Spanish ladder of football, accomplishing this feat in just 20 years.

The club had a difficult start to 2004-05 with the club ranked in the bottom in the league. The home wins against Espanyol, Athletic Bilbao, Valencia and Real Madrid, followed by the sole away win of the season against Athletic Bilbao, saw Getafe rise to 13th place, being the only team promoted to not be relegated. In the final stages of the season the club was able to lose the head manager Quique Sanchez Flores as well as a number of athletes to other clubs. In the following season it briefly topped the league before falling to finish in the ninth spot. At the tournament of 2006 FIFA World Cup, Argentine-born Mariano Pernia became Getafe's first ever Spanish international before transferring towards Atletico Madrid.

The 2006/07 season saw Getafe continued to finish ninth on the table. They conceded just 33 goals over 38 games. Goalkeeper Roberto Abbondanzieri was awarded the Zamora Trophy, having recorded 12 clean sheets. The most memorable part of the season was making it to in the 2007 Copa del Rey final, the competition where Getafe was not in the quarter-finals prior to. It was a two-legged semi-final with Barcelona where Getafe lost the first match 5-1 at the Camp Nou[19after which they won an 4-0 win in the second game in the Coliseum Alfonso Perez. Getafe fell in their first major final by 1-0 against Sevilla on the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. The club was qualified for next year's UEFA Cup qualification, as Sevilla had already been able to qualify for UEFA Champions League through their league position.

The next season the following season, coach Bernd Schuster resigned after two years to become the head coach at Real Madrid, and Getafe named Michael Laudrup as his replacement. Under Laudrup's leadership, Getafe again finished the league in the middle of the table. For the UEFA Cup, the team made it to the quarter-finals after finishing on top of Group G with only one loss and setting up a match with four-time European Cup winners Bayern Munich. Getafe was able to draw the away match 1-1 because of an injury time equaliser scored by Cosmin Contra. In the second game, Ruben de la Red was sent off after just six minutes. Contra scored to put Getafe ahead shortly before half-time however, at the end of the 90th minute Franck Ribery scored to force the match into extra time. Two goals in quick succession from Javier Casquero and substitute Braulio made it Getafe an advantage of 3-1, however, Bayern came back with a goal by Luca Toni, before Toni scored again just prior to the end of extra time, which gave Bayern an away goal win. Getafe also made it to the final during the Copa del Rey, reaching the final for the second time. In the final at Vicente Calderon Stadium Vicente Calderon Stadium, Getafe lost 3-1 to Valencia.

In the 2015-16 season Getafe were sent to second division following 12 years in their first season. In the 2016-17 season the club was able to return back to La Liga after defeating Huesca and Tenerife to be promoted via the play-offs. In the 2017-18 season, Getafe ended up 8th without a hitch, and avoided the possibility of demotion back in the Segunda Division.

The 2018-19 season Getafe was 5th which was their best finish in the first division and were able to qualify for their 2019-20 UEFA Europa League group stage. They came second in the group with 12 points from six games, which enabled them to go on into the next round. They beat Ajax by a score of 3-2 at the end of the round. Because of that victory they had to face Inter Milan in the round of 16, and their European dreams ended in the loss of 2-0.

Getafe are playing in the Coliseum Alfonso Perez, located in Getafe. The dimensions of the pitch are 105x70 meters. The stadium opened on January 1, 1998. It was named in honour of it's founder Spanish national (and famous for his time in Real Madrid fame) Alfonso Perez. While he didn't play in the club of Getafe or even in the stadium, he's possibly the most well-known footballer from the region as well as at the peak of his career in the latter part of the 1990s.

Prior to playing at the Coliseum, Getafe played their home matches at the close Estadio de las Margaritas, part of the bigger Sports City of Las Margaritas. The Coliseum was then built to serve as an extension of the less crowded facilities of Las Margaritas. Since its inception the stadium has undergone many renovations and currently can accommodate 14,400 spectators as well as a few thousand standing. So the capacity is not clear and is unclear. Getafe typically fill the stadium with local games in the league against Real as well as Atletico Madrid and also against Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, with the most notable being their 2006-2007 Cup semi-final. In their first appearance in the history of the club Getafe have pre-sold the entire of the Coliseum in the lead-up to their second leg game with Bayern Munich in the UEFA Cup quarter-final.

Getafe Club head Angel Torres expressed interest in improving the Coliseum to become a more substantial stadium with 20,000 seats as part of Madrid's bid for 2012's Olympic Games. The failure of the bid, as well as poor attendance made this plan a bit shaky.

Getafe make use of the close Sports City when training. These facilities comprise a number of training fields that have artificial turf and grass complete medical rooms as well as recovery facilities.

Also known as Marea Azul Also known as Azulones, Getafe supporters have been steadily increasing in numbers with the popularity of the team over the last few seasons. The number of penas is 18 ("supporter teams") along with 12,000 socios ("associates"). A former Real Madrid player Francisco Pavon is a well-known Getafe Socio as well as Fernando Alonso and Rafael Nadal have played at the Coliseum in the past.

Getafe fans have expanded beyond their local region and have fans from Australia, Sweden, Finland, Czech Republic, Argentina, Scotland, Denmark, the United States and Mexico. In 2007, a pena club was established in Venezuela to expand the club's reach.

Getafe also caused some controversy in 2007 during their season ticket sales campaign, which included biblical references to Abraham, Moses and Jesus giving up their lives for the team. The club reacted by pulling the first episode involving Abraham.

On the occasion of a major or famous win, Getafe fans congregate to enjoy the celebration in front of the Cibelina statue located in the city center. In the lead-up to in 2007's Cup finalmatch, Torres asked the supporters to "tear off the Cibelina" following victory by promising to purchase an entirely new style. In that match, hundreds of fans eagerly sought tickets and were ushered in the Santiago Bernabeu, yet were significantly defeated by sevillistas. But those who were unable to secure tickets - the majority of them were season ticket holders from the 2007-08 season - could view the game on a large screen in the Getafe's central square.

Getafe also has a small section that consists of Ultras supporters, referred to as Comandos Azules ("blue commandos").

In 2011 Getafe came out with a humorous tongue-in cheek advertisement, which claimed to criticize the club's small fan base, and also urging men to give sperm to increase the number of fans. In order to encourage donors the club created an edgy short film called "Zombies Calientes of Getafe" (Horny Zombies of Getafe), "shot in the style of a 1970s-style porn film" and then mailed it to clinics for donating sperm in Madrid.

In the past, because of their proximity to the equator, Getafe has always held an intense rivalry with Leganes. They have played numerous matches in the lower division , but the fortunes of both teams were able to differ as Getafe increased its dominance and Leganes started to decline.

in the top division. The team has played some thrilling matches in recent years in conjunction with Real Madrid, with the ledger most recently being set with three wins per game. Real Madrid's more imposing power, massive budget, and costly squad has not prevented Getafe from being up to the task and playing at their best in opposition to Real Madrid, their "bigger sibling".

Additionally, Getafe has developed somewhat of rivalry with Barcelona that culminated in the famous 4-0 win over their most favored opponents in their 2007-08 Copa del Rey semi-final. Additionally, Valencia has succumbed numerous times to the Geta frequently massively like in this year's Copa del Rey, which saw Getafe make its first appearance in the quarter-finals of the Copa with a 2-4 victory in Valencia's Mestalla Stadium. But this outcome was reversed during the 2009 Copa del Rey final, because Valencia refused to hand Getafe their first trophy with a 3-1 win. The rivalry is bolstered healthy by the regular move from Getafe players (and the head coach Quique Sanchez Flores) to Valencia.

The club has not participated in any European competition , besides the UEFA Europa League (formerly the UEFA Cup).

The club was only present three times at this event in 2007-08. They were able to participate in the tournament by virtue of being Copa del Rey runner-up in the previous season's tournament for Sevilla and were able to participate in this year's UEFA Champions League, and made it through the group stage in the group stage and then round 16 prior to losing to Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals. Three years later, the 2010-11 season, they were in a partnership with APOEL in the playoffs round and were able to qualify by eliminating them, however, the team was removed from group play in third in the group stage.

In the season 2019-20, Getafe appeared in the tournament for the third time and were able to get through the group stage with a second-place finish They also managed to get through the round of 16 after having eliminated Ajax however they were eliminated from the next game in the match against Inter Milan in one match because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
2007–08	UEFA Cup	1R	Twente	1–0	2–3	3–3
		Group G	Tottenham Hotspur	—	2–1	1st
			Hapoel Tel Aviv	1–2	—
			Aalborg BK	—	2–1
			Anderlecht	2–1	—
		R32	AEK Athens	3–0	1–1	4–1
		R16	Benfica	1–0	2–1	3–1
		QF	Bayern Munich	3–3	1–1	4–4
2010–11	UEFA Europa League	PO	APOEL	1–0	1–1	2–1
		Group H	Odense	2–1	1–1	3rd
			Young Boys	1–0	0–2
			VfB Stuttgart	0–3	0–1
2019–20	UEFA Europa League	Group C	Basel	0–1	1–2	2nd
			Krasnodar	3–0	2–1
			Trabzonspor	1–0	1–0
		R32	Ajax	2–0	1–2	3–2
		R16	Inter Milan	0–2

Copa del Rey

• Runners-up : 2006–07, 2007–08

Segunda División B – Group 1

• Winners : 1998–99

As per detail below.

• Antonio de Miguel (1983–92)
• Francisco Flores (1992–2000)
• Felipe González (2000–01)
• Domingo Rebosio (2001–02)
• Ángel Torres (2002–)