Founded in 1910, the club competes in Segunda División, holding home games at Nuevo Mirandilla, with a seating capacity of 20,724.

[3] The Civil War interrupted the organization of competitions and Cádiz CF only played friendly matches, among others, against teams such as Betis and Celta de Vigo.

Among them there were such important players in Cádiz history as Bocoya, Juan José, Hugo Vaca, Dos Santos, Amarillo, Luque, Linares, Pepe Mejías, Dieguito (Escobar), López (Choquet) and Mané.

During the late 1980s and early 1990s the club became known as "The Yellow Submarine", due to its capacity of "coming afloat" every year at the end of each season and remain in the top division, despite having been "sunk down" during most of the campaign.

[3] A group of cadistas, headed by Antonio Muñoz and Manuel García, had the negotiations with the creditors, reorganized the club and started managing it directly from the city of Cádiz.

[3] After a long spell in Segunda División B the club was finally promoted in 2003, spectacularly returning to the top level in 2005, after taking the championship with a last-day victory at neighbours Xerez CD.

[10] Performance of such experienced players as Raúl López, Andrés Fleurquin and Enrique Ortiz was the major asset to the successful 2008–09 season.

For the second time, the club gave an opportunity to more than 250 Indian students to win a scholarship to live and train in Spain.

[13] Head coach Álvaro Cervera admitted the good start of the season and said: We are an uncomfortable team for others and we create many problems.

[15] On 2 March 2020, Cádiz CF confirmed that an unnamed American investor of great economic strength became one of the club's shareholders.

[22] On 4 April 2021 in a league game Mouctar Diakhaby of Valencia denounced an alleged racist aggression by Cádiz defender Juan Cala.

[23] The tests carried out by LaLiga and the RFEF showed that the complaint was false, so the judge declared Juan Cala innocent.

On 19 May 2024, Cádiz was relegated to second division after a 0–0 draw against Las Palmas, ending their four year stay in the top tier.

In June 2024, Cádiz CF had 13.1 million followers on social media, making it one of the most-followed sports clubs in Spain.

Last updated: 8 December 2024Source: [26][27] Segunda División Champions (1): 2004–05 Copa del Rey Semi-finalists: 1989-90 Note: this list includes players that have appeared in at least 100 league games and/or have reached international status.