Granada CF
Granada Club de Fútbol (Spanish pronunciation: [gɾaˈnaða ˈkluβ ðe ˈfuðβol]), known simply as Granada or "Graná", is a professional Spanish football club based in the city of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, that currently plays in La Liga, having being promoted from the Segunda División in the 2022–23 season. Its main shareholder is the Chinese company Desport, and its president Jiang Lizhang. The club was founded in 1931 with the name of Club Recreativo Granada, and plays its home matches at the Nuevo Estadio de Los Cármenes.
| Full name | Granada Club de Fútbol | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Nazaríes (Nasrids) | |||
| Short name | GCF | |||
| Founded | 6 April 1931 as Club Recreativo Granada | |||
| Ground | Nuevo Los Cármenes | |||
| Capacity | 19,336 | |||
| Owner | Daxian 2009 SL | |||
| President | Sophia Yang | |||
| Manager | José Ramón Sandoval | |||
| League | La Liga | |||
| 2022–23 | Segunda División, 1st of 22 (promoted) | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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Since 17 July 2020, the club is located at position 22 of the historical points classification of the First Division, and 20 of the historical First Division number of seasons classification, where it has participated in 25 seasons and finished in sixth place twice. Granada was the Copa del Rey runner-up in 1959 (the competition was then known as the Copa del Generalísimo). The club finished the 2019–20 season in 7th, qualifiying for their first-ever European appearance, in the UEFA Europa League, where they were quarter-finalists.