Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1922, 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.

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C.D. Tenerife

Full name	Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Tete Chicharreros Tinerfeños Blanquiazules
Founded	8 August 1922; 101 years ago (1922-08-08)
Ground	Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López
Capacity	22,824[1]
Owner	Paulino Rivero Baute
President	Paulino Rivero Baute
Head coach	Asier Garitano
League	Segunda División
2022–23	Segunda División, 10th of 22
Website	Club website
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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 professional clubs. Tenerife and Las Palmas contest the Canary Islands derby.

Club Deportivo Tenerife was founded 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.

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.

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 10 January 2024.^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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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 8 MF  ESP Javi Alonso 9 FW  ESP Ángel Rodríguez 10 MF  ESP Álex Corredera 11 MF  FRA Yanis Rahmani (on loan from Eibar) 13 GK  ESP Tomeu Nadal 14 MF  ESP Roberto López (on loan from Real Sociedad) 15 MF  FRA Yann Bodiger 16 MF  ESP Aitor Sanz (captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  ESP Waldo Rubio 18 FW  ESP Enric Gallego 19 MF  ESP Álvaro Romero 20 FW  ESP Álvaro Jiménez (on loan from Cádiz) 21 MF  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 DF  ESP Jesús Belza 34 DF  ESP Isaac Hernández 35 FW  GNB Salifo Caropitche

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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.

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No. Pos. Nation Player 29 FW  ESP Ethyan González 33 DF  ESP Marcos Otero 36 DF  ESP César Álvarez 37 FW  ESP Airam Guzmán

No. Pos. Nation Player 38 FW  ESP Dawda Dambelleh 40 GK  ESP Sergio Aragoneses 41 GK  ESP Martín Cascajo

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Out on loan

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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) — MF  ESP Pablo Hernández (at Melilla until 30 June 2024) — MF  ESP Rubén Díez (at Ibiza until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  GHA Mo Dauda (at Eldense until 30 June 2024) — FW  ESP Dani Selma (at Alcoyano until 30 June 2024) — FW  ESP Jorge Padilla (at Mérida until 30 June 2024) — FW  ESP Alassan Manjam (at Melilla until 30 June 2024) — FW  ESP Elady Zorrilla (at Huesca until 30 June 2024)

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Current technical staff

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Position	Staff
Manager	Asier Garitano
Assistant manager	Pedro Hernández
Fitness coach	Miguel Pérez Maykol Hernández
Goalkeeping coach	Queco Piña Zebenzui Ortiz
Analyst	Carlos Rodríguez
Rehab fitness coach	Yeray Abreu
Delegate	Víctor Padrón Báez
Kit man	Angel Suárez Jonathan García
Head of Medical Services	Dámaso A. Moreno Gudiño
Head of Physiotherapist	José Cristóbal Rodríguez
Physiotherapist	Alba Pestano Luis Plasencia Airam Ramos
Nutritionist	Alejandro Triviño
Podiatrist	Marta Pérez

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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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