Granada CF

Granada
Full nameGranada Club de Fútbol
Nickname(s)Nazaríes (Nasrids)
Short nameGCF
Founded6 April 1931; 93 years ago (1931-04-06)
as Club Recreativo Granada
GroundEstadio Nuevo Los Cármenes
Capacity21,600[1]
OwnerJiang Lizhang (through Daxian 2009 SL)
PresidentSophia Yang
Head coachFran Escribá
LeagueSegunda División
2023–24La Liga, 20th of 20 (relegated)
Websitegranadacf.es
Current season

Granada Club de Fútbol (Spanish pronunciation: [gɾaˈnaða ˈkluβ ðe ˈfuðβol]), known simply as Granada or "Graná", is a professional Spanish football club based in the city of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, that currently plays in Segunda División. Its main shareholder is the Chinese company Desport, and its president Jiang Lizhang. The club was founded in 1931 with the name of Club Recreativo Granada, and plays its home matches at the Nuevo Estadio de Los Cármenes.

Since 17 July 2020, the club is located at position 22 of the historical points classification of the First Division, and 20 of the historical First Division number of seasons classification, where it has participated in 25 seasons and finished in sixth place twice. Granada was the Copa del Rey runner-up in 1959 (the competition was then known as the Copa del Generalísimo). The club finished the 2019–20 season in 7th, qualifying for their first-ever European appearance, in the UEFA Europa League,[2] where they were quarter-finalists.

  1. ^ "Comienzan a instalarse en los Cármenes las gradas supletorias". 23 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Atlético finish third, Real Sociedad and Granada qualify for the Europa League". AS.com. 7 July 2020. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2020.