FC Extremadura
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| Full name | Club de Fútbol Extremadura | ||
| place | Almendralejo | ||
| Founded | 1924 | ||
| Dissolved | 2010 | ||
| Club colors | blue and red | ||
| Stadion |
Estadio Francisco de la Hera Almendralejo , Badajoz , Spain |
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| Top league | Primera División | ||
| successes | Promotion to the Primera División in 1996 and 1998 | ||
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Club de Fútbol Extremadura was a Spanish football club from the city of Almendralejo in the province of Badajoz . The club's greatest successes were two appearances in the Primera División . Under coach Iosu Ortuondo this was achieved for the first time in the 1996/97 season , and two years later Rafael Benítez managed again to lead the club from the small town in Extremadura to the top division of Spain.
The club rose after the 2006/07 season from the Segunda División B to the Tercera División (Group XIV).
In 2010, after struggling with financial problems for several years, he was dissolved. The club's unofficial successor is Extremadura UD , which was promoted to the second-rate Segunda División in 2018 .
statistics
- Seasons in the Primera División: 2
- Seasons in the Segunda División: 13
- Best result in the Primera División: 17th ( 1998/99 )
Well-known former players
Well-known former coaches
Web links
- CF Extremadura (Unofficial website)