Centre d'Esports Sabadell Futbol Club

Name evolution

Centre d'Esports de Sabadell (1903-1910) Centre d'Esports Sabadell Foot-ball Club (1910-1941) Centro de Deportes Sabadell Club de Fútbol (1941-1975) Centre d'Esports Sabadell Futbol Club (1975-1992) Centre d'Esports Sabadell Futbol Club, S.A.E. (1992-present)

History

Beginnings

In 1901, Joan Saus and a group of youngsters from the Sabadell Catalan Centre founded Centre d'Esports Sabadell, which became fully legalized on 5 June 1906. The club's first games were held on a grass field at Prat de Sant Oleguer but, on 3 June of that year, a stadium in the Creu Alta District was inaugurated, in a game against "Team X" from Barcelona, later known as RCD Espanyol. On 6 August 1912, the first game under floodlights in Spain was played in the same venue against Universitari, a club also from Barcelona.

Spanish Cup Final

In 1933–34, the club won its first major trophy, the Catalan Football Championship, which allowed the winner to participate in the Copa del Presidente de la República. During the former tournament, it won 15 games and drew once, reaching the latter's final in the following season, losing 0–3 to Sevilla FC at the Chamartín Stadium.

First promotions to La Liga

Sabadell first competed in La Liga in the 1943–44 season, finishing ninth. It improved to fifth in 1946–47, ranking in front of Real Madrid and only four points behind champions Valencia CF, just one season after returning from Segunda…

National competitions

Copa del Rey Runners-up (1): 1935 Copa Federación de España Winners (1): 1999–2000 Segunda División Winners (2): 1942–43, 1945–46 Segunda División B Winners (2): 1983–84, 2010–11 Tercera División Winners (4): 1931–32, 1963–64, 1976–77, 1993–94 Copa Mediterráneo Winners (1): 1944 Campeonato de España de Segunda Categoría Winners (1): 1913

Regional competitions

Primera Categoria del Campionat de Catalunya Winners (1): 1933–34 Segunda Categoria del Campionat de Catalunya Winners (3): 1912–13, 1913–14, 1929–30 Copa Catalunya Winners (2): 2015–16, 2025-26

Friendly competitions

Torneig Nostra Catalunya Winners (4): 1978, 1979, 1988, 1989