Córdoba CF
El Califa · Córdoba, Andalusia
Andalusia's third city, a five-figure crowd in the third tier, and almost nothing written about it in English.
The club
Founded in 1954 and playing at the Nuevo Arcángel on the Guadalquivir. Córdoba spent seven seasons in LaLiga in the 1960s, finishing fifth in 1964–65, then almost none since, a single campaign in 2014–15 that ended with 20 points. What sets the club apart is its support: five-figure crowds in the third tier, at a level that would sit mid-table in the second.
Things worth knowing
- Averaged over 12,000 in Primera Federación, Spain's third tier, more than several second-division clubs.
- The 2014–15 LaLiga season ended with 20 points and a single win, one of the worst returns in the league's modern history.
- The nickname El Califa comes from Córdoba's history as the seat of the Umayyad Caliphate.
- Almost no English-language matchday writing exists about this ground, which makes it an open gap rather than a crowded one.