[2] Canillas was formed in 1961 in Nápoles, Hortaleza, initially under the name "Club Deportivo Los Merinos".

Registered in the Madrid Football Federation in 1969, it was renamed to "Club Deportivo Nápoles" due to regulation rules.

[3] CD Canillas B, the reserve team of CD Canillas, plays in the Primera Categoría de Aficionados, the sixth tier of Spanish football while CD Canillas U19 plays in Group XII of the Liga Nacional Juvenil.

Canillas Femenino (now CD Tacón)[6][7] was bought by Real Madrid.

[8] Since CD Canillas is the feeder club of Real Madrid, some players who came from La Fábrica, Real Madrid's youth academy, had played at CD Canillas.