CD Lugo explained

Club Deportivo Lugo is a Spanish football team based in Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded on 8 July 1953, it plays in, holding home games at Estadio Anxo Carro.

History

The new board of directors was officially formed under the presidency of Emilio Núñez Torrón on Wednesday, 8 July 1953, after a merger between SG Lucense and CD Polvorín. CD Lugo played their first official match against Pontevedra CF on Sunday, 13 September 1953. Lugo won it 3–1. With the new configuration of the Tercera División from the 1956–57 season Lugo permanently played there for many further years. In the 1961–62 Lugo led by the coach Luis Diestro won their first trophy, becoming Tercera División champion.^[2]

Lugo earned promotion for the first time to Segunda División in 1992, but could not remain more than one season in the league. The 1992–93 season was unsuccessful for the club, as it had only 25 points in 38 games and finished in the 18th position among 20 teams.^[3] Lugo became a representative of the middle class of the Segunda División B. Between 1994 and 2000 the club had no problems retaining its place in the category.^[4]

It took 20 years before the club earned promotion again to the second division after beating Cádiz in the last round of the promotion play-offs, after a penalty shootout.

In 2013 the club started their second consecutive season in the Segunda. Lugo finished in 12th position with 54 points, just 4 points from being relegated to Segunda División B.

The 2014–15 season was the sixth and the last for coach Quique Setién. With 49 points Lugo reached 15th position and achieved their goal to retain its place in Segunda División. Luis Milla was chosen as a new coach for the 2015–16 season. Unfortunately, he left the club in February 2016. He explained that it was for personal reasons and the club accepted his resignation.^[5]

In October 2017, after twelve rounds of the 2017–18 season, Lugo for the first time in their history led the table of the Segunda División.^[6] However, the team finished that season in the 12th position.

During the 2018–19 season Lugo was fighting to stay in the Segunda División, and finally ended up on the 18th position which allowed them to remain in the Spanish Second Division for a seventh consecutive season. The club went undefeated in the last 6 games of the season^[7] which helped them finish just 2 points above the relegation zone.^[8]

In the 2022–23 Season, Lugo were relegated to third division, ending their 11 years in second division.

Kit

The current kit consists of a red and white vertical striped shirt, light blue shorts and light blue socks. The shirt has remained unchanged since 1955 except in 1996 when horizontal stripes were chosen instead of vertical. The second kit isn't set and has changed multiple times. However, the light blue similar to the Flag of Galicia is the one that has been used the longest.

For the 2013–14 Second Division season, the company originally commissioned to make the kit was the Italian company Kappa, but due to disagreements over the retail price, the agreement was cancelled, and a new agreement was reached with the company Enfíos.

Kit history

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1953–54 3 3ª 5th DNP 1954–55 3 3ª 8th DNP 1955–56 3 3ª 9th DNP 1956–57 3 3ª 3rd DNP 1957–58 3 3ª 4th DNP 1958–59 3 3ª 3rd DNP 1959–60 3 3ª 5th DNP 1960–61 3 3ª 2nd DNP 1961–62 3 3ª 1st DNP 1962–63 3 3ª 2nd DNP 1963–64 3 3ª 4th DNP 1964–65 3 3ª 3rd DNP 1965–66 3 3ª 5th DNP 1966–67 3 3ª 2nd DNP 1967–68 3 3ª 4th DNP 1968–69 3 3ª 5th DNP 1969–70 3 3ª 2nd Fourth round 1970–71 3 3ª 10th First round 1971–72 3 3ª 16th Second round 1972–73 4 Serie A 1st DNP

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1973–74 3 3ª 10th First round 1974–75 3 3ª 5th Third round 1975–76 3 3ª 15th First round 1976–77 3 3ª 14th First round 1977–78 4 3ª 1st First round 1978–79 3 2ª B 18th Second round 1979–80 4 3ª 7th First round 1980–81 4 3ª 1st First round 1981–82 4 3ª 3rd First round 1982–83 4 3ª 4th First round 1983–84 4 3ª 4th Second round 1984–85 4 3ª 4th First round 1985–86 4 3ª 1st Second round 1986–87 3 2ª B 11th Second round 1987–88 3 2ª B 9th Third round 1988–89 3 2ª B 5th Third round 1989–90 3 2ª B 5th DNP 1990–91 3 2ª B 2nd First round 1991–92 3 2ª B 2nd Fourth round 1992–93 2 2ª 18th Fifth round

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1993–94 3 2ª B 8th Third round 1994–95 3 2ª B 11th Third round 1995–96 3 2ª B 10th DNP 1996–97 3 2ª B 20th DNP 1997–98 3 2ª B 6th DNP 1998–99 3 2ª B 11th DNP 1999–2000 3 2ª B 8th DNP 2000–01 3 2ª B 15th DNP 2001–02 3 2ª B 9th DNP 2002–03 3 2ª B 18th DNP 2003–04 4 3ª 6th DNP 2004–05 4 3ª 3rd DNP 2005–06 4 3ª 2nd DNP 2006–07 3 2ª B 9th Second round 2007–08 3 2ª B 7th DNP 2008–09 3 2ª B 8th First round 2009–10 3 2ª B 7th DNP 2010–11 3 2ª B 1st DNP 2011–12 3 2ª B 3rd First round 2012–13 2 2ª 11th Second round

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2013–14 2 2ª 12th Third round 2014–15 2 2ª 15th Third round 2015–16 2 2ª 14th Third round 2016–17 2 2ª 9th Second round 2017–18 2 2ª 12th Third round 2018–19 2 2ª 18th Round of 32 2019–20 2 2ª 16th First round 2020–21 2 2ª 18th Second round 2021–22 2 2ª 16th Second round 2022–23 2 2ª 22nd First round 2023–24 3 1ª Fed. 10th Round of 32 2024–25 3 1ª Fed. 13th 2025–26 3 1ª Fed.

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• 12 seasons in Segunda División
• 3 seasons in Primera Federación
• 23 seasons in Segunda División B
• 34 seasons in Tercera División
• 1 season in Categorías Regionales

Current squad

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Reserve team

See main article: Polvorín FC.

Current technical staff

Stadium

CD Lugo play its home matches at the Estadio Anxo Carro. It has a capacity of approximately 8,000. Built in 1974 it was inaugurated on 31 August 1974, with a triangular tournament featuring also Deportivo de La Coruña and Club Lemos.

• Google map of Anxo Carro

Famous players

Note: this list includes players that have appeared in at least 100 league games, have reached international status, or both.

Samuel Galindo Serge Leuko Iván Zarandona Ramon Azeez Ángel Guirado José Manuel Aira Pablo Álvarez

Ángel Cuéllar Iago Díaz Fabri Antonio Guayre Iriome González Paco Jémez José Juan

Diego López Manu Víctor Marco Carlos Pita Pablo Rodríguez Fernando Seoane

Coaches

Ramón Polo (1951–52) Pontoni (1971–72) Ignacio Martín-Esperanza (1974–75), (1982–83) Fabri (1986–88) Julio Díaz (1988–89), (1990–92) Luis Rodríguez Vaz (1992–93) Fernando Vázquez (1994–95) Fabri (1999–2000) Carlos García Cantarero (2000)

Julio Díaz (2000–01) Víctor Basadre (2000–01) Julio Díaz (2001–02) Javier Vidales (2002–03) José Durán (2004) Carlos Ballesta (2004–05) Quique Setién (2009–15) Luis Milla (2015–16) José Durán (2016) Luis César Sampedro (2016–2017) Francisco (2017–)

Bibliography

• Pérez, Abraham: Sacho de seda, Menino Morreu, 2023.

References

1. Web site: DATOS. CD Lugo . es. 26 September 2020.
2. Web site: Historia Lugo - Web Oficial. Historia Lugo - Web Oficial. es. 2019-10-12.
3. Web site: Segunda División, Temporada 1992/1993 - liga smartbank, segunda division, campeonato nacional de liga de segunda división, segunda division española, laliga 2 española. resultados-futbol.com. 2019-12-27.
4. Web site: Historia Lugo - Web Oficial. Historia Lugo - Web Oficial. es. 2019-12-27.
5. Web site: Luis Milla dimite como entrenador del Lugo. 2016-02-24. Marca. es. 2019-11-12.
6. Web site: El Lugo, líder en solitario por primera vez en su historia. Diario AS. 31 October 2017. 31 October 2017. es. 1 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180101154256/https://as.com/futbol/2017/10/31/segunda/1509420075_858240.html. dead.
7. Web site: Lugo - Segunda División 2018/2019. resultados-futbol.com. 2019-12-27.
8. Web site: Segunda División, Temporada 2018/2019 - liga smartbank, segunda division, campeonato nacional de liga de segunda división, segunda division española, laliga 2 española. resultados-futbol.com. 2019-12-27.
9. Web site: WorldFootball. CD Lugo » Squad 2025/2026 . 22 September 2025.

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External links

• Official website
• Futbolme team profile
• BDFutbol team profile