CD Don Benito

Club Deportivo Don Benito is a Spanish football team based in Don Benito, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 1928 it plays in Segunda Federación – Group 4, holding home matches at Estadio Vicente Sanz, with a capacity of 5,000 seats.

Don Benito

Full name	Club Deportivo Don Benito
Founded	1928
Ground	Vicente Sanz, Don Benito, Extremadura, Spain
Capacity	5,000
President	Manuel Velarde
Head coach	Roberto Aguirre
League	Segunda Federación – Group 4
2023–24	Tercera Federación – Group 14, 1st of 18 (champions)
Home colours Away colours

History

The club was founded on August 19, 1928. In the Modern Hall (now Imperial Theater), 150 young people gathered to agree upon the board of directors of the football society. Vicente Sanz Diéguez was appointed a president.

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1929–30 4 1ª Reg. 1st Round of 32 1930–31 4 1ª Reg. 1st Round of 32 1931–32 4 1ª Reg. 1st Round of 32 1932–33 4 1ª Reg. 4th 1933–34 4 1ª Reg. 5th 1934–35 DNP 1935–36 DNP 1939–40 DNP 1940–41 4 1ª Reg. 4th 1941–1945 DNP 1945–46 4 1ª Reg. 3rd 1946–47 4 1ª Reg. 1st 1947–48 4 1ª Reg. 4th 1948–49 4 1ª Reg. 4th 1949–50 4 1ª Reg. 7th 1950–51 4 1ª Reg. 4th 1951–52 4 1ª Reg. 4th 1952–53 4 1ª Reg. 1st 1953–54 3 3ª 6th 1954–55 3 3ª 1st

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1955–56 3 3ª 1st 1956–57 3 3ª 5th 1957–58 3 3ª 14th 1958–59 3 3ª 3rd 1959–60 3 3ª 11th 1960–61 3 3ª 11th 1961–62 3 3ª 13th 1962–63 4 1ª Reg. 1st 1963–64 3 3ª 9th 1964–65 3 3ª 11th 1965–66 3 3ª 7th 1966–67 3 3ª 13th 1967–68 3 3ª 15th 1968–69 4 1ª Reg. 2nd 1969–70 4 1ª Reg. 2nd 1970–71 4 1ª Reg. 6th 1971–72 4 1ª Reg. 4th 1972–73 4 1ª Reg. 9th 1973–74 4 1ª Reg. 3rd 1974–75 4 Reg. Pref. 7th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1975–76 4 Reg. Pref. 5th 1976–77 4 Reg. Pref. 3rd 1977–78 4 3ª 17th First round 1978–79 4 3ª 15th First round 1979–80 4 3ª 12th Second round 1980–81 4 3ª 2nd 1981–82 4 3ª 11th First round 1982–83 4 3ª 15th 1983–84 4 3ª 5th 1984–85 4 3ª 9th Second round 1985–86 4 3ª 2nd 1986–87 4 3ª 9th Second round 1987–88 4 3ª 1st 1988–89 3 2ª B 19th 1989–90 4 3ª 3rd 1990–91 4 3ª 1st First round 1991–92 4 3ª 4th First round 1992–93 4 3ª 2nd Second round 1993–94 4 3ª 4th 1994–95 4 3ª 1st

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1995–96 4 3ª 7th 1996–97 4 3ª 6th 1997–98 4 3ª 10th 1998–99 4 3ª 3rd 1999–2000 4 3ª 2nd 2000–01 3 2ª B 19th First round 2001–02 4 3ª 2nd 2002–03 4 3ª 2nd 2003–04 4 3ª 1st 2004–05 3 2ª B 18th Round of 64 2005–06 4 3ª 3rd 2006–07 4 3ª 2nd 2007–08 4 3ª 1st 2008–09 4 3ª 4th Third round 2009–10 4 3ª 8th 2010–11 4 3ª 7th 2011–12 4 3ª 4th 2012–13 4 3ª 3rd 2013–14 4 3ª 7th 2014–15 4 3ª 7th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2015–16 4 3ª 5th 2016–17 4 3ª 4th 2017–18 4 3ª 1st 2018–19 3 2ª B 15th First round 2019–20 3 2ª B 14th 2020–21 3 2ª B 5th / 6th 2021–22 4 2ª RFEF 13th 2022–23 4 2ª Fed. 18th 2023–24 5 3ª Fed. 1st 2024–25 4 2ª Fed.

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• 6 seasons in Segunda División B
• 3 seasons in Segunda Federación/Segunda División RFEF
• 52 seasons in Tercera División
• 1 season in Tercera Federación

Honours

• Tercera División
  • Champions (8): 1954–55, 1955–56, 1987–88, 1990–91, 1994–95, 2003–04, 2007–08, 2017–18

Current squad

As of 10 April 2021

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ESP	Sebas Gil
2	DF	ESP	Trini
3	DF	ESP	Joserra de Diego
4	DF	ESP	Ismael Heredia
5	DF	TUN	Selim Ben Djemia
6	MF	ESP	Roberto Moreno
7	FW	ESP	Rafa Mella
8	MF	ESP	Gonzalo Barroso (captain)
9	FW	ESP	David Agudo
10	MF	ESP	Manu Ramírez

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	FW	GHA	Ginaid Aruna
13	GK	ESP	Fran Delma
14	DF	ESP	Samuel Goñi
15	DF	CIV	Varane Ibrahim Konate (on loan from Badajoz)
16	MF	JPN	Yuya Yoshimura
17	DF	ESP	Álex Herrera
18	FW	ESP	Dani López
19	FW	ESP	Xiscu Martínez
20	FW	ESP	Tete
22	FW	ESP	Abraham Gómez

Famous players

• Albert Stroni
• Juanma

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
• Club & stadium history Estadios de España (in English)