Xerez Deportivo FC


Xerez Deportivo Fútbol Club, also known as Xerez DFC, is a football club in Jerez de la Frontera. It was founded in 2013 by a group of fans due to the critical situation of Xerez CD. It plays in the, holding home matches at the Estadio Municipal de Chapín, with an overall 20,742-seat capacity. The team colours are usually blue shirts and socks, with white shorts.
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History

In June 2013, Joaquín Morales, chairman of Xerez CD, announced he was going to liquidate the club for economic reasons. A group of fans met and decided to form a new club to replace the old one, and on 28 June the new club, Xerez Deportivo FC, was inaugurated. Morales consequently decided to sell Xerez CD to Ricardo García, a businessman who had considered liquidating another city club, Jerez Industrial CF.
On 17 July 2013, the Salvemos al Xerez group held a special session, the Asamblea Xerecista, with club supporters voting to decide the question: "Está usted de acuerdo en que el Xerez Deportivo FC comience a competir en la temporada 2013/14?" The vote resulted in a 75.79% majority voting 'yes', and the new club started to play in the eighth national league.
Sixto de la Calle led the team as an interim president during its inaugural season. 5,865 subscribers were retrieved, setting a record for a non-professional club. On 30 December 2013, José Ravelo was elected its new president. On 6 April 2014, Deportivo FC was promoted to the seventh national league and won 3–1 against CD Guadiaro.
In the summer of 2014, the assembly voted to create a futsal and a track team, and the club came to terms with the SD Jerez 93 futsal team and the Club Atletismo Chapín track team to include both as part of Xerez Deportivo FC.
The following season, the club acquired 4,102 subscribers and was able to attract players from higher categories. In early 2015, the board of directors decided to democratize the club and allow all members to attend assemblies and elect the president. On 22 February 2015, Xerez Deportivo FC was promoted to the sixth national league and won 6–0 against Espera CF. On 25 May 2015, Carlos Orúe resigned as coach due to disagreements with Pedro Ruiz and some of the players. He was replaced by Daniel Pendín.
It was revealed on 7 July 2015 that talks to merge Xerez CD and Xerez Deportivo FC into a single club were underway. The board of directors decided to convene an assembly on 23 July to make a decision. On 23 July, the Assembly met in Alcazar of Jerez de la Frontera, where over 350 partners of Xerez Deportivo FC decided for the "Unification of xerecismo". But finally the "Unification of Xerecismo" was not carried out, because Xerez CD fans voted "no".
On 17 August, the assembly decided to create a rugby team. Xerez Deportivo FC and Club Rugby Xerez, a rugby team founded in 1992, came to a collaboration agreement, so Club Rugby Xerez became a sports club. Early in September, most of Xerez DFC fans showed their discomfort with their board of directors and the Ayuntamiento de Jerez due to use of the Estadio Municipal de Chapín.
The team kept producing strong results as the new season got underway. Easter Sunday, 2016, saw Xerez Deportivo FC advance to the fifth national league after defeating Puerto Real CF 2–0. On 25 May, the Asamblea de Socios approved reaching an agreement with Estella CD to be the reserve team of Xerez DFC. In summer 2016, the club ended the affiliation contract with the "Atletismo Chapin" and "CRUXE" Rugby teams.
3,300 new members joined the club in the next season. In the beginning, the team didn't get good results and the coach, Dani Pendín, was sacked and replaced by Antonio Sanchez Franzon, who turned the results around. Pedro Ruiz, responsible for sports affairs, continued in the club despite complaints from the club's partners. Juan Carlos Ramírez was appointed Sports Director.
In 2018 they were promoted to Tercera División.
In the 2018–19 season the team debuted in a national category in a hotly contested competition. Their first game outside Andalusia took place, in a visit to Ceuta in which the "azulinos" won 3–0 against AD Ceuta FC in the Alfonso Murube Stadium.
In the 2020–2021 season, in a competition with two stages due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the team earned promotion to the newly created Segunda Division RFEF

Stadium

Estadio Municipal de Chapín is a multi-purpose stadium in Jerez, Spain, currently used mostly for football matches. It is the home ground of Xerez Deportivo FC. Built in 1988, the stadium holds 20,523 spectators.
In 2002 the stadium was remodelled to accommodate the 2002 FEI World Equestrian Games, the entire grandstand being covered with a roof; a hotel, spa, and gym were added to the complex as well.
Since its foundation in 1988 until 2015, it was the home ground of Xerez CD, since 2013 it has been the home ground of Xerez Deportivo FC and since 2021, it has been the home of both simultaneously.

Symbols

Shield

The first official shield was exactly the same as the old coat of arms of the city of Jerez de la Frontera. It is surrounded by a circle with the name Xerez Deportivo FC and there is a ball in the middle.
In 2018 after a consultation among the partners, it was decided to make a choice to choose a new shield. The process consisted of a voting between different alternatives; finally after three polls, Xerez changed its shield.

Anthem

La voz de un pueblo

No existe amor que llegue tanto al corazón
como el que siento por mi equipo.
Mi condición de Xerecista es la razón
por la que vivo los Domingos.
Son mis principios desde chiquillo.
Es mi Xerez el de la rabia y el poder
el de Chapín y su rugido.
Te seguiré a donde quiera que tú estés,
tú vas marcando mis caminos.
Somos la causa de todo lo que vivimos,
somos los de las bulerías y el buen vino.
Por ti me dejo la garganta los Domingos,
son mis principios desde chiquillo.
Y ahora que somos libres
no hay nada que nos pare
azul el sentimiento
de este amor que me invade;
somos la voz de un pueblo
que quiso renacer
con soniquetes meten los goles
sois los mejores ¡Vamos Xerez!
Esta canción la que te canta tu afición
con la que ganas los partidos,
cuando tú juegas se desata la pasión
¡Vamos Xerez todos unidos!
Echo la vista atrás y todo lo que vivimos
son los recuerdos que hacen sentirnos más vivo.
Hermano Xerecista lo hemos conseguido
¡Grítalo fuerte, canta conmigo!
Y ahora que somos libres...

Motto

Spanish
''English''

Seasons

Season to season

SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey
2013–1482ª Prov.
2014–1573ª And.
2015–1662ª And.
2016–175Div. Hon.6th
2017–185Div. Hon.
2018–1943ª5th
2019–2043ª3rd
2020–2143ª
2021–2242ª RFEF10thFirst round
2022–2342ª Fed.14th
2023–2453ª Fed.3rd
2024–2542ª Fed.12th
2025–2642ª Fed.

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Historical timeline


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Detailed list of seasons

SeasonTierDivisionTop scorer
2013–1482ª Provincial1st3431211192295Barba
Guille		15
2014–1573ª Andaluza1st2825211261277Guille25
2015–1662ª Andaluza1st322912921288Guille26
2016–175Div. de Honor6th3817138654363Tamayo16
2017–185Div. de Honor1st342356591874Cuenca12
2018–1943ª División5th4220175512477Gallardo17
2019–2043ª División3rd291748442455Colorado6
2020–2143ª División1st241554351750Máyor9
2021–2242ª RFEF10th3413813283947Máyor4
2022–2342ª RFEF14th34101014303640Simeone
Aguado		4
2023–2453ª RFEF3rd3418106502364Ilias9

Records

Biggest win: Xerez DFC 9–0 CF Español de Vejer and Xerez DFC 9–0 Balón de Cádiz CF Biggest defeat: CD San Roque de Lepe 5–1 Xerez DFC and ''Xerez DFC 1–5 Cordoba CF''

Fundación Xerecismo en Libertad

On 23 March 2015, the president and the secretary of Xerez founded Fundación Xerecismo en Libertad, an organisation dedicated to protecting the interests of Xerez Deportivo FC.

Área Social

Xerez Deportivo supports various charitable causes to promote a better society in the city. Its volunteers work to improve animal welfare, operate soup kitchens, donate blood, and collect toys and food for the needy, among other such activities.

Coaches

CoachYears

Supporters

Fans

In the first season, the club. Retrieved 5,865 subscribers, a record for a non-professional club. The next year, in the 2014–15 season, the club. Retrieved 4,102 subscribers.
The General Assembly is formed by all subscribers older than 18 years of age. It is responsible for voting every four years for the board and president of the club. Also each year they gather for the Extraordinary General Meeting where the annual accounts and the financial budget for the following year as well as other important issues are approved.

Ultras

Kolectivo Sur is the ultras group of Xerez Deportivo FC. It was created in 1991 and it is located in Fondo Sur.

Sympathy

The main team with which Xerez has a sympathetic relationship is Sevilla FC. Good relations between the fans of Xerez DFC and Sevilla FC are born of their ultras groups, Biris Norte of Sevilla and Kolectivo Sur of Xerez, since the late 20th century due to similarity in the political ideology of both groups, as well as the proximity and characteristics of their cities.