Getafe Club de Fútbol is a Spanish La Liga football club based in Getafe, a city in the Madrid metropolitan area, founded in 1946 and refounded in 1983. In the top level since 2004-05, it holds home games at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez. On 25 April, 2011 the club was bought by the Dubai-based Royal Emirates Group for between €70 and €90 million euros.

Getafe Club de Fútbol was officially founded on July 8, 1983, after passing through the general partners assembly. Starting in the regional leagues in 1983/84, Getafe was promoted for four consecutive seasons until reaching Segunda División B. The club started a new period with its promotion into Segunda in 1994/95, staying only two years. Threatening absolute disappearance just a few years later in 1997, Getafe survived relegation into the fourth level Tercera División following a two-legged playoff victory over Huesca.

Meanwhile, Getafe’s current stadium, the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez, was inaugurated on the January 1, 1998.

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