Leganes is a professional football club from the Madrid metropolitan area, founded in 1928 and known for its blue-and-white identity and community-rooted character. The club represents the city of Leganes at Estadio Municipal de Butarque, a venue opened in 1998. Its modern story includes a breakthrough into Spain’s top professional divisions and a La Liga period, while the Copa del Rey remains part of its domestic calendar. This page brings together the club’s identity, recent football context and long-term place in Spanish football.
Leganes Upcoming matches by league
Segunda División
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- Regular Season - 6
Leganes
Granada CF
Estadio Municipal de Butarque -
- Regular Season - 7
Leganes
Castellón
Estadio Municipal de Butarque -
- Regular Season - 8
CadizNo H2HLeganes
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- Regular Season - 9
AlmeriaNo H2HLeganes
Leganes Last matches by league
Segunda División
Friendlies Clubs
Copa del Rey
La Liga
Leganes Team Roster
The 40-player Leganes recorded roster comprises 15 defenders, 14 midfielders, eight attackers and three goalkeepers. The defensive group includes Enric Franquesa, Ignasi Miquel, Marvel and Rubén Peña, while midfield options include Ismaël Gharbi, Miguel Atienza, Melero, Roberto López and Z. Buurmeester. Álex Millán, Andrés Campos and P. Soko add attacking profiles, with Raúl Fernández and L. Zidane among the listed goalkeepers. The register also contains a range of additional squad names, giving the page a broad snapshot rather than a matchday selection. Together, these groups outline the recorded depth across all four positional areas.
position Goalkeeper
Raúl Fernández-Cavada Mateos
Luca Zinedine Zidane Fernández
Nico Lozano
Alejandro González Gorrín
position Defender
Marvelous Antolín Garzón
Francisco Javier Montero Rubio
Rubén Pulido Peñas
Ignasi Miquel Pons
Gonzalo Aguilar López
Naim García García
Enric Franquesa Dolz
Alejandro San Cristóbal Sánchez
Álvaro Tejero Sacristán
B. Auguste
David Hamansenya
position Midfielder
Yassine Kechta
Zico Buurmeester
Daniel José Rodríguez Vázquez
Miguel Ángel Atienza Villa
Amadou Diawara
position Attacker
Rubén Peña Jiménez
Alejandro Millán Iranzo
Ismaël Seifallah Gharbi
Andrés Campos Bautista
Serge Patrick Njoh Soko
Álvaro Borja Morata Martín
Sule
U. del Cura
Last Leganes Coachs
Leganes’ most recent recorded coaching appointment is Paco López, who began on 1 July 2025. The available timeline does not establish that he remains in the role. He follows Borja Jiménez, whose recorded spell began in July 2023, after Carlos Martínez held the post from April to June 2023. Imanol Idiakez led the team from June 2022 to April 2023, while M. Nafti’s tenure ran from October 2021 to June 2022. The sequence reflects managerial change across the recorded period without assigning an unverified current holder.
Francisco José López Fernández
History
| Coach | Coach country | Coach since | Coach until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Francisco José López Fernández | Spain | 1 July 2025 | |
| Borja Jiménez Sáez | Spain | 1 July 2023 | |
| Carlos Martínez Fernández | Spain | 1 April 2023 | 1 June 2023 |
| Joseba Imanol Idiakez Barkaiztegi | Spain | 1 June 2022 | 1 April 2023 |
| Mehdi Ben Sadok Nafti | France | 1 October 2021 | 1 June 2022 |
| Mehdi Ben Sadok Nafti | France | 1 October 2021 | 1 June 2022 |
| Asier Garitano Aguirrezábal | Spain | 1 January 2021 | 1 October 2021 |
| Jose Luis Martí Soler | Spain | 1 August 2020 | 1 January 2021 |
| Javier Aguirre Onaindía | Mexico | 1 November 2019 | 1 July 2020 |
| Luis Cembranos Martínez | Switzerland | 1 October 2019 | 1 November 2019 |
| Mauricio Andrés Pellegrino Luna | Argentina | 1 June 2018 | 1 October 2019 |
| Asier Garitano Aguirrezábal | Spain | 1 June 2013 | 1 May 2018 |
| Pablo Alfaro Armengot | Spain | 1 June 2012 | 1 June 2013 |
| José María Rico Huerta | Spain | 1 February 2012 | 1 April 2012 |
| Miguel Álvarez Jurado | Spain | 1 June 2011 | 1 November 2011 |
Leganes Transfers
The listed arrivals show a mixed recruitment and reintegration pattern. Loans brought P. Soko from Almeria, Ismaël Gharbi from SC Braga and Luís Asué from Shanghai Shenhua. Álvaro Tejero, Z. Buurmeester, A. Gøthler and Melero arrived through recorded transfers, while Y. Kechta, Raúl Fernández, Miguel Atienza, Dani Rodríguez, A. Diawara and Óscar Plano were listed as free-agent or free-transfer additions. Several entries were returns from loan, including Álvaro Abajas, S. Mulumba, D. Hamansenya, Miguel de la Fuente, Javi Hernández and A. Enyou. The listed movements are a selected view, not a complete season total.
Latest player transfers from
| Player | Team from | Transfer type | Transfer date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Javi Montero |
Malaga
|
Free agent | 28 August 2026 |
| Álvaro Morata |
Como
|
Loan | 27 August 2026 |
| U. del Cura |
Mirandes
|
Transfer | 13 August 2026 |
| L. Zidane |
Granada CF
|
Free agent | 6 August 2026 |
| P. Soko |
Almeria
|
Loan | 31 July 2026 |
| Ismaël Gharbi |
SC Braga
|
Loan | 22 July 2026 |
| Álvaro Tejero |
Aris Thessalonikis
|
Transfer | 15 July 2026 |
| Álvaro Tejero |
Aris Thessalonikis
|
Transfer | 14 July 2026 |
| Y. Kechta |
Le Havre
|
Free agent | 11 July 2026 |
| Y. Kechta |
Le Havre
|
Free agent | 10 July 2026 |
| Raúl Fernández |
Alaves
|
Free agent | 6 July 2026 |
| Z. Buurmeester |
AZ Alkmaar
|
Transfer | 5 July 2026 |
| A. Gøthler |
HB Koge
|
Transfer | 30 June 2026 |
| Miguel Atienza |
Burgos
|
Free agent | 30 June 2026 |
| Víctor Rodríguez |
Guadalajara
|
Return from loan | 29 June 2026 |
The listed departures include loans, permanent moves, free-agent exits and returns from loan. S. Figueredo went to Saburtalo on loan, while Juan Cruz joined Malaga and Javi Garrido joined CD Coria on temporary deals. Diego García moved to Malmo FF, and Miguel de la Fuente moved to Almeria through recorded transfers. Jorge Sáenz, S. Cissé, A. Enyou, D. Hamansenya, D. Osei, A. Sy, M. El Haddadi, D. Brašanac and J. Chicco were listed as free-agent departures. Other entries record Luís Asué returning to Shanghai Shenhua, alongside loans involving L. Mirzaev, S. Mulumba, B. Pauwels and Javi Hernández. This is a selected view, not a complete season total.
Latest player transfers to
| Player | Team to | Transfer type | Transfer date |
|---|---|---|---|
| D. Gueye |
Sporting CP
|
Loan | 31 August 2026 |
| A. Gøthler |
Extremadura 1924
|
Loan | 28 August 2026 |
| B. Pauwels |
Casa Pia
|
Loan | 27 August 2026 |
| Javi Hernández |
Cerezo Osaka
|
Loan | 27 August 2026 |
| Miguel San Román |
Cultural Leonesa
|
Free agent | 24 August 2026 |
| Juan Soriano |
Academico Viseu
|
Free agent | 18 August 2026 |
| Carlos Guirao |
Eldense
|
Loan | 7 August 2026 |
| S. Figueredo |
FC Iberia 1999
|
Loan | 1 August 2026 |
| S. Cissé |
Al Kholood
|
Free agent | 21 July 2026 |
| Juan Cruz |
Malaga
|
Loan | 18 July 2026 |
| Javi Garrido |
CD Coria
|
Loan | 14 July 2026 |
| Marco Leiton Arcos |
CD Coria
|
Loan | 13 July 2026 |
| Álvaro Abajas |
Ponferradina
|
Free agent | 8 July 2026 |
| Álvaro Abajas |
Ponferradina
|
Free agent | 7 July 2026 |
| Víctor Rodríguez |
Cacereño
|
Loan | 30 June 2026 |
Transfers Synthesis
Taken together, the listed movement around Leganes points to a changing squad assembled through several mechanisms rather than one single route. The incoming view combines direct transfers, free-agent or free-transfer additions, loans and players returning from temporary spells elsewhere. The outgoing view likewise includes temporary loans, recorded transfers, free-agent departures and returns to previous clubs after loan periods. This creates visible movement in both directions across the 2025-26 and 2026 summer windows, with some players appearing in more than one dated entry. The records show connections with clubs in Spain and abroad, including Almeria, SC Braga, AZ Alkmaar, Shanghai Shenhua and Malmo FF. Because both lists are selected rather than exhaustive, they indicate the character of recent squad change without supporting a definitive count, financial balance or complete transfer ledger.
Leagues Leganes has participated in
Leganes has recorded participation in the Copa del Rey, Segunda División and Friendlies Clubs through 2025, with those three entries marked as recently active in the available competition history. The Copa del Rey is recorded from 2018 through 2025, while Segunda División is recorded from 2020 through 2025. Friendlies Clubs is recorded from 2020 through 2025 as a non-league fixture category. La Liga is a historical entry spanning 2016 to 2024 and is not presented as a current competition in this profile. Together, the records trace Leganes across Spain’s top two professional divisions and its national cup context, alongside listed friendly matches.
More about Leganes
Leganes is a Spanish professional football club founded in 1928 and rooted in the city of Leganes, an industrial municipality southwest of central Madrid. Its corporate structure is that of a Spanish public limited sports company. Ownership has changed over time through institutional and international investment groups, while the club’s enduring role remains the representation of its local community.
The club traces its modern continuity to 23 June 1928 and the spirit of the earlier C.D. Once Leones. For much of its history it competed in regional divisions and Spain’s lower tiers before reaching Segunda División in 1993. Its later rise brought Leganes to La Liga, establishing a modern top-flight chapter alongside the repeated movement between Spain’s first and second professional levels. The Copa del Rey provides a continuing domestic cup setting, while the club’s broader identity remains focused on Spanish competition rather than regular European football.
Leganes plays at Estadio Municipal de Butarque, which opened in 1998 and replaced the former Luis Rodríguez de Miguel ground. Named after the city’s patron saint, Nuestra Señora de Butarque, the stadium is closely associated with the club’s intimate home atmosphere. Blue and white are the defining colours, expressed through the traditional vertical home stripes and connected with the civic identity of the town.
Supporters commonly know the club as Los Pepineros, or the Cucumber Growers, a nickname linked to Leganes’s historic market-gardening tradition and its association with supplying produce to Madrid. The club’s ecosystem combines experienced professionals, targeted international and loan profiles, and a youth academy intended to support the senior structure. That balance of local belonging, pragmatic football culture and upward mobility defines Leganes within the Madrid metropolitan football landscape.
Last matches statistics for Leganes
| match | shots | Poss. | Pass % | Fouls | Cards | Saves |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Real Madrid
4 - 1
Leganes
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
Swansea
1 - 0
Leganes
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
Leganes
2 - 1
Al-Rayyan SC
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
Leganes
3 - 0
Mérida AD
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
Leganes
0 - 0
Tenerife
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
Girona
1 - 1
Leganes
|
3 / 5 |
|
82 | 16 | 3 | 6 |
|
Oviedo
0 - 1
Leganes
|
2 / 5 |
|
55 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
|
Leganes
1 - 0
Eldense
|
6 / 11 |
|
86 | 13 | 1 | 4 |
|
Las Palmas
0 - 0
Leganes
|
2 / 10 |
|
0% | 15 | 2 | 1 |
|
Tenerife
2 - 0
Leganes
|
2 / 10 |
|
0% | 20 | 2 | 2 |
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Latest start lineups Leganes (XI)
Tenerife vs Leganes
Segunda División 2026 - 1569924
Las Palmas vs Leganes
Segunda División 2026 - 1569910
Leganes vs Eldense
Segunda División 2026 - 1569900
Oviedo vs Leganes
Segunda División 2026 - 1569891
Girona vs Leganes
Segunda División 2026 - 1569877
Leganes vs Mirandes
Segunda División 2025 - 1392226
2026-2027
1st shirt
2022-2023
1st shirt
2022-2023
2nd shirt
2022-2023
3rd shirt
2021-2022
1st shirt
2021-2022
2nd shirt
2021-2022
3rd shirt
2020-2021
1st shirt
2020-2021
2nd shirt
2020-2021
3rd shirt
2019-2020
1st shirt
2019-2020
2nd shirt
2019-2020
3rd shirt
2018-2019
1st shirt
2018-2019
2nd shirt
2018-2019
3rd shirt