CD Tenerife

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).

• 13 seasons in La Liga
• 48 seasons in Segunda División
• 8 seasons in Segunda División B
• 3 seasons in Tercera División

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1993–94	UEFA Cup	Last 64		Auxerre	2–2	1–0	3–2
		Last 32		Olympiacos	2–1	3–4	5–5
		Last 16		Juventus	2–1	0–3	2–4
1996–97	UEFA Cup	Last 64		Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–2	1–1	4–3
		Last 32		Lazio	5–3	0–1	5–4
		Last 16		Feyenoord	0–0	4–2	4–2
		Quarterfinals		Brøndby	0–1	2–0	2–1
		Semifinals		Schalke 04	1–0	0–2	1–2

• Copa del Rey
  • Semi-finals (1): 1993–94
  • Quarter-finals (4): 1960–61, 1961–62, 1975–76, 1995–96

• UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League
  • Semi-finals (1): 1996–97

• Joan Gamper Trophy
  • Winners (1): 1993

As of 9 July 2024.^[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
26	MF	ESP	Dylan Perera
27	MF	ESP	Luismi Cruz
29	FW	ESP	Ethyan González
31	DF	ESP	Loïc Williams
32	DF	ESP	Jesús Belza
34	DF	ESP	Isaac Hernández
35	FW	GNB	Salifo Caropitche
37	MF	ESP	Airam Guzmán
—	GK	ESP	Salvi Carrasco
—	DF	ESP	David Rodríguez
—	DF	ESP	Juande
—	MF	MLI	Yussi Diarra
—	FW	ESP	Yanis Senhadji (on loan from Betis)

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
40	GK	ESP	Sergio Aragoneses
41	GK	ESP	Martín Cascajo
42	GK	ESP	Brian Mahugo
43	MF	ESP	Aarón Martín

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ESP	Dani Selma
—	FW	ESP	Jorge Padilla
—	FW	ESP	Alassan Manjam
—	FW	ESP	Elady Zorrilla

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

Position	Staff
Manager	Óscar Cano
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

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.

• CD Tenerife B

Wikimedia Commons has media related to CD Tenerife.

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Futbolme.com profile (in Spanish)
• Armada Sur – fansite. Archived 23 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
• Frente Blanquiazul, fansite