C.D. El Cotillo is a Spanish football team based in El Cotillo, a district of the municipality of La Oliva, on the island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1968, it currently plays in Interinsular Preferente de Las Palmas-Group 1, the sixth level of the Spanish football leagues.
The club's first team played in the regional leagues for most of its existence, reaching the Tercera División in the 2003–04 season. In the 2008–09 season, after being relegated to the Preferente, it folded and was subsequently refounded.
El Cotillo played its first season in the fourth tier in 2011–12, after winning the group of the Preferente. It achieved its best position ever in the following campaign, finishing in eleventh position. In the 2013–14 season, it was relegated back to the fifth division.
The club's stadium is the Municipal de El Cotillo, which was inaugurated in 2003. It has a capacity of 1,500 and an artificial turf pitch.
El Cotillo has a reserve team, C.D. El Cotillo "B", which currently plays in the Primera Regional de Las Palmas. It also runs a women's football team, C.D. El Cotillo Femenino.
The club's colors are blue and white. Its crest has changed several times over the years, but it has always featured an illustration of a lighthouse, which is a symbol of El Cotillo.
The club's first team played in the regional leagues for most of its existence, reaching the Tercera División in the 2003–04 season. In the 2008–09 season, after being relegated to the Preferente, it folded and was subsequently refounded.
El Cotillo played its first season in the fourth tier in 2011–12, after winning the group of the Preferente. It achieved its best position ever in the following campaign, finishing in eleventh position. In the 2013–14 season, it was relegated back to the fifth division.
The club's stadium is the Municipal de El Cotillo, which was inaugurated in 2003. It has a capacity of 1,500 and an artificial turf pitch.
El Cotillo has a reserve team, C.D. El Cotillo "B", which currently plays in the Primera Regional de Las Palmas. It also runs a women's football team, C.D. El Cotillo Femenino.
The club's colors are blue and white. Its crest has changed several times over the years, but it has always featured an illustration of a lighthouse, which is a symbol of El Cotillo.