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Cádiz CF

2023–24 season
President	Manuel Vizcaíno
Head coach	Sergio González (until 20 January) Mauricio Pellegrino (from 24 January)
Stadium	Nuevo Mirandilla
La Liga	18th (relegated)
Copa del Rey	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Chris Ramos (5) All: Chris Ramos (5)
Highest home attendance	20,325 vs Real Madrid
Lowest home attendance	15,346 vs Real Betis
Average home league attendance	18,016
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2023–24 season was Cádiz Club de Fútbol's 114th season in existence and fourth consecutive season in La Liga. They also competed in the Copa del Rey.

Cádiz struggled throughout the season, only managing to win two out of the first 27 league matches. After losing to Alavés in the 21st round, head coach Sergio González was replaced by Mauricio Pellegrino. On 19 May 2024, Cádiz was officially relegated to the Segunda División after four seasons in the top flight.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 February 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ARG Conan Ledesma (4th captain) 2 DF  ESP Joseba Zaldúa 3 DF  ESP Fali (3rd captain) 4 MF  ESP Rubén Alcaraz 5 DF  ESP Víctor Chust 6 MF  MLI Diadie Samassékou (on loan from TSG Hoffenheim) 7 FW  ESP Rubén Sobrino 8 MF  ESP Álex Fernández (vice-captain) 9 FW  ESP Juanmi (on loan from Real Betis) 10 FW  URU Brian Ocampo 11 FW  ESP Iván Alejo 12 MF  MLI Rominigue Kouamé 13 GK  ESP David Gil 14 DF  SEN Momo Mbaye 15 DF  ESP Javi Hernández (on loan from Leganés)

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 FW  ESP Chris Ramos 17 MF  ARG Gonzalo Escalante 18 FW  VEN Darwin Machís (on loan from Valladolid) 19 FW  ESP Sergi Guardiola 20 DF  ESP Iza Carcelén (5th captain) 21 FW  ESP Roger Martí 22 DF  ESP Jorge Meré (on loan from América) 23 DF  ESP Luis Hernández 24 DF  SYR Aiham Ousou (on loan from Slavia Prague) 25 FW  URU Maxi Gómez (on loan from Trabzonspor) 27 MF  ESP Robert Navarro (on loan from Real Sociedad) 33 DF  BRA Lucas Pires (on loan from Santos) — MF  ESP Fede San Emeterio — MF  ESP José Mari (captain)

Reserve team

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 GK  BRA Victor Aznar 28 MF  MLI Moussa Diakité 29 FW  CMR Nico Njalla 30 DF  ESP Álex Morata 31 DF  ESP Adri Miranda

No. Pos. Nation Player 32 DF  ESP Julio Cabrera 34 GK  ESP Nando Almodóvar 35 DF  ESP Adrián Salguero 36 MF  CMR Etta Eyong

Other players under contract

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  MLI Youba Diarra

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  PAR Santiago Arzamendia (at Cerro Porteño until 30 June 2024) — DF  ESP Carlos García-Die (at Córdoba until 30 June 2024) — MF  CHI Tomás Alarcón (at Cartagena until 30 June 2024) — MF  ESP Álvaro Bastida (at Atlético Sanluqueño until 30 June 2024) — MF  ZAM Francisco Mwepu (at Atlético Sanluqueño until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ESP Martín Calderón (at Atlético Sanluqueño until 30 June 2024) — FW  ESP Álvaro Jiménez (at Tenerife until 30 June 2024) — FW  ESP Rafa Llorente (at Linares until 30 June 2024) — FW  ESP Peru Ruiz (at Real Unión until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Darwin Machís	Valladolid	Loan	1 July 2023
FW	Sergi Guardiola	Valladolid	€1,000,000	1 July 2023
MF	Gonzalo Escalante	Lazio	€2,500,000	1 July 2023
DF	Lucas Pires	Santos	Loan	25 July 2023
FW	Maxi Gómez	Trabzonspor	Loan	22 August 2023
MF	Robert Navarro	Real Sociedad	Loan	1 September 2023
MF	Rominigue Kouamé	Troyes	€2,500,000	1 September 2023
DF	Aiham Ousou	Slavia Prague	Loan	1 February 2024
MF	Juanmi	Real Betis	Loan	1 February 2024
MF	Diadie Samassékou	1899 Hoffenheim	Loan	1 February 2024

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Anthony Lozano	Getafe	Free	1 July 2023
DF	Alfonso Espino	Rayo Vallecano	Free	1 July 2023
MF	Théo Bongonda	Spartak Moscow	€7,000,000	12 July 2023
FW	Awer Mabil	Grasshopper Club Zürich	Undisclosed	21 August 2023
MF	Tomás Alarcón	FC Cartagena	Loan	23 August 2023
FW	Milutin Osmajić	Preston North End	€2,500,000	1 September 2023

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

14 July 2023 Friendly	Cádiz	5–0	Barbate	Benalup-Casas Viejas
19:30 UTC+2	Ramos 16' Negredo 21' Roger 61' Osmajić 69' Fernández 72'			Stadium: Campo de Deportes Benalup

23 July 2023 Friendly	Espanyol	0–1	Cádiz	San Pedro de Alcántara
19:30 UTC+2		Report	Mbaye 57'	Stadium: Marbella Football Center

4 August 2023 Trofeo Puertas de Córdoba	Córdoba	1–1 (4–5 p)	Cádiz	Córdoba
20:30 UTC+2	Gudelj 82'	Report	Machís 87'	Stadium: Estadio Nuevo Arcángel Referee: Munuera Montero

6 August 2023 Ramón de Carranza Trophy	Cádiz	1–1 (3–1 p)	Lecce	Cádiz
17:00 UTC+2	Alejo  35' Roger 40' Fali  78'	Report	Almqvist 13' Strefezza  24'	Stadium: Nuevo Mirandilla Attendance: 16,017 Referee: Francisco José Hernandez Maeso
	Penalties
	L. Hernández Negredo Bastida Lucas Pires		Strefezza Ceesay Gonzàlez Maleh

16 November 2023 Friendly	Atlético Sanluqueño	0–2	Cádiz	Sanlúcar de Barrameda
18:00 UTC+1			Gómez 59' Fernández 81'	Stadium: El Palmar

22 March 2024 Friendly	Cádiz	1–1	Como	Puerto Real
11:00 UTC+1	Ramos 21'		Fumagalli 68'	Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva de El Rosal

Competitions

Overall record

Source: Soccerway

La Liga

League table

1. Mallorca finished ahead of Las Palmas on head-to-head points: Las Palmas 1–1 Mallorca, Mallorca 1–0 Las Palmas.
2. ^ Tied on head-to-head points. Almería finished ahead of Granada on overall goal difference.

Results summary

Source: La Liga

Results by round

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 22 June 2023.

Copa del Rey

References

1. "Players". Cádiz Club de Fútbol SAD. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
2. "Darwin Machis vuelve a ser cadista". Diario AS. July 1, 2023.
3. "Ejecutada la opción de compra de Sergi Guardiola". www.cadizcf.com.
4. "Escalante será cadista hasta 2026". www.cadizcf.com.
5. "Oficial: el Cádiz ficha a Lucas Pires como cedido". Diario AS. July 25, 2023.
6. "Maxi Gómez refuerza el ataque del Cádiz CF".
7. "Robert Navarro llega cedido por la Real Sociedad".
8. "El Cádiz CF cierra el fichaje del medio Kouamé". September 2023.
9. "Aiham Ousou si vyzkouší La Ligu, bude hostovat v Cádizu". SK Slavia Prague (in Czech). 1 February 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
10. "Juanmi Jiménez llega cedido hasta final de temporada" [Juanmi Jiménez arrives on loan until the end of the season] (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
11. "Samassékou to join Cadiz on loan". TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
12. "COMUNICADO OFICIAL | 'Choco' Lozano". www.getafecf.com.
13. "Théo Bongonda se marcha al Spartak de Moscú". MARCA. July 12, 2023.
14. "GRASSHOPPER CLUB ZÜRICH VERPFLICHTET AWER MABIL". www.gcz.ch.
15. "Agreement with Cartagena for the transfer of Alarcón". www.cadizcf.com.
16. "Milutin Osmajić ima novi klub". September 2023.
17. "Reglamento General – Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
18. "Calendario de Liga 2023-24: primera jornada, fechas clave, los Clásicos, los derbis." Marca (in Spanish). 22 June 2023.
19. "Game between Mallorca and Cadiz postponed after Muriqi called up for Kosovo's match against Israel". AP News. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.

External links

• Official website

• Cádiz CF seasons
• Spanish football clubs 2023–24 season