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Rayo Majadahonda

Full name	Club de Fútbol Rayo Majadahonda
Nickname(s)	Majariegos
Founded	1976; 48 years ago (1976)
Ground	Estadio Cerro del Espino, Majadahonda, Madrid
Capacity	3,800
President	José María Sanz
Head coach	Jesús Arribas
League	Segunda Federación – Group 5
2023–24	Primera Federación – Group 1, 20th of 20 (relegated)
Website	https://www.rayomajadahonda.com/
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Club de Fútbol Rayo Majadahonda (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈraʝo maxaðaˈonda]) is a Spanish professional football club in Majadahonda, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1976 it plays in Segunda Federación – Group 5, holding home games at Estadio Cerro del Espino, with a capacity of 3,800 seats.

History

Rayo Majadahonda was founded in 1976, being immediately registered in the Madrid Football Federation. It played in the regional divisions until 1987 when it achieved promotion to Tercera División. The club entered this new period with the new president Enrique Vedia, starting from 30 June 1987.

The club established themselves in the fourth division until the 1996–97 campaign, when it achieved a first-ever promotion to Segunda División B. Two consecutive relegations followed, but the club immediately regained their national status in 2000. Then, it subsequently remained in the fourth level until 2015 (only split by a one-season spell in the third division), when it achieved promotion with club legend Antonio Iriondo as manager.

On 27 May 2018, Rayo Majadahonda promoted for the first time ever to Segunda División by beating FC Cartagena with a last-minute own goal from Míchel Zabaco, with Iriondo still in charge of the first team. A year later, after suffering instant relegation, he resigned. In the second tier, the club played its home games at Atlético Madrid's Wanda Metropolitano due to the insufficient facilities at the Estadio Cerro del Espino.

As part of the conditions of playing in the fully professional second division, Rayo Majadahonda had a year to establish a Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, a form of public limited company that all its teams must be. The initial majority shareholder in September 2019 was Alejandro Arribas, a player formed at the club who was still playing professionally for Real Oviedo at the time.

Also in September, 2019 José María Sanz became club's new president.

Season to season

• 1 season in Segunda División
• 3 seasons in Primera Federación/Primera División RFEF
• 7 seasons in Segunda División B
• 1 season in Segunda Federación
• 25 seasons in Tercera División

Current squad

As of 27 September 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  ESP Adrián Fernández 2 DF  ESP Emiliano Hernández 3 DF  ESP Adrián Expósito 4 DF  ESP Pablo Villalón 5 DF  ESP Alejandro Arribas 6 DF  ESP Dani Ramos 7 MF  ESP Alberto Guti 8 MF  ESP Ato 9 FW  ARG Gianluca Simeone 10 MF  ESP Fer Pina 11 FW  ESP Rubén Torres 12 DF  BRA Pedrinho 13 GK  ESP Hugo Mantecón (on loan from Real Madrid)

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  ESP Rafa Salama 16 FW  ESP Hugo Esteban 18 FW  ESP Diego Cayena 19 DF  EQG Cristian Ebea 20 FW  ESP Kevin Manzano 21 MF  ESP Guille Berzal 22 MF  ESP Pedro Mosquera 23 FW  VEN Christian Santos 26 DF  ESP Javi Tejedor 29 FW  ESP Samuel Rodríguez 30 MF  ESP Álvaro Batán — MF  ESP Hugo García — FW  MEX Derek Septién

Reserve team

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  ESP Aarón Cordero (at Carabanchel until 30 June 2025)

Current technical staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Carlos Cura
Assistant manager	Santiago Cortes
Fitness coach	Luis Muñoz
Goalkeeping coach	Alfonso Lacasa

Last updated: July 2018
Source: Rayo Majadahonda

Notable players

Note: This list contains players that have played at least 100 league games and/or have reached international status.

• Lucas Mugni
• Lucas Hernandez (youth)
• Théo Hernandez (youth)
• Marcos Llorente (youth)
• Giovanni Simeone (youth)
• Asen
• Dani García
• Munir (youth)
• Rodri (youth)
• Jorge de Frutos

Notable coaches

• Antonio Iriondo
• Manolo

Reserve team

Founded in 1997, Rayo Majadahonda's reserve team started playing in the Regional Preferente (fifth tier) from 2000 to 2010. It was dissolved in 2011, after a third position in the Primera Regional.

On 4 July 2018, the club reached an agreement with CDF Tres Cantos to become its reserve team. The deal ended in April 2020, when the club announced a link with Alcobendas Sport; the club was renamed CD Paracuellos Antamira.

In 2021, Rayo Majadahonda's B-team returned to an active status, but now as a second reserve team behind Paracuellos. On 30 May 2023, Rayo Majadahonda's affiliation with Paracuellos ended, with the club choosing CU Collado Villalba as their new reserve team.

References

1. "El Cerro del Espino, el actual estadio del Rayo, es el más pequeño del fútbol profesional". Ideal (in Spanish). 2019-03-01. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
2. "El Cerro del Espino, el actual estadio del Rayo, es el más pequeño del fútbol profesional". Ideal (in Spanish). 2019-03-01. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
3. "Club de Fútbol Rayo Majadahonda :: La Futbolteca. Enciclopedia del Fútbol Español" (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-04-22.
4. Griñán, Marta (27 May 2018). "Rayo Majadahonda 1–0 Cartagena: así vivimos el ascenso a Segunda" [Rayo Majadahonda 1–0 Cartagena: How we saw promotion to Segunda]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 June 2018.
5. "Antonio Iriondo ha presentado su dimisión a la Junta Directiva" [Antonio Iriondo presented his resignation to the Board] (in Spanish). CF Rayo Majadahonda. 11 June 2019. Archived from the original on 19 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
6. "El Rayo Majadahonda jugará hasta enero en el Wanda Metropolitano" [Rayo Majadahonda will play until January in the Wanda Metropolitano]. ABC (in Spanish). 30 June 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
7. "Arribas, jugador del Oviedo, se convierte en el máximo accionista del Rayo Majadahonda" [Arribas, Oviedo player, becomes the largest shareholder in Rayo Majadahonda]. Marca (in Spanish). 12 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
8. ""Chema" Sanz, nuevo presidente del Rayo Majadahonda: "Vamos a profesionalizar el club" | Marcagoles" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2019-11-16. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
9. "Listado de dorsales de la temporada 2023/2024". CF Rayo Majadahonda (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 April 2021.
10. "El C.F. Rayo Majadahonda y el C.D. Fútbol Tres Cantos unen sus fuerzas para afrontar esta ilusionante temporada" [C.F. Rayo Majadahonda and C.D. Fútbol Tres Cantos join their forces to face this exciting season] (in Spanish). CF Rayo Majadahonda. 4 July 2018. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
11. "El Alcobendas Sport pasará a llamarse Paracuellos Antamira y será filial del Rayo Majadahonda a partir de la temporada 2020/21" [Alcobendas Sport will be called Paracuellos Antamira and will be the reserve team of Rayo Majadahonda starting from the 2020/21 season] (in Spanish). FutMadrid. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
12. "El CUC Villalba se convierte en el filial del Rayo Majadahonda" [CUC Villalba become the reserve team of Rayo Majadahonda] (in Spanish). CF Rayo Majadahonda. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.

External links

• Official website. Archived 2021-05-14 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish).
• Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
• Unofficial website (in Spanish) (archived)

• CF Rayo Majadahonda
• Football clubs in the Community of Madrid
• Association football clubs established in 1976
• 1976 establishments in Spain
• Segunda División clubs
• Primera Federación clubs
• Majadahonda