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Club Deportivo Toledo, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Toledo, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Founded in 1928 it plays in Tercera Federación – Group 18, holding home games at Estadio Salto del Caballo, with a seating capacity of 5,500 spectators.

Home kits consist of green shirts and white shorts.

Since the early 20th century, the city of Toledo began hosting football matches, especially due to the sport’s growing popularity within the military. This was facilitated by the fact that Toledo was home to the Infantry Academy. As a result, several modest clubs soon emerged with the express intention of practicing a sport that had become all the rage in Spain. Among them were the Sociedad Gimnástica (formed by members of the Central School of Gymnastics), the Racing Club de Toledo, the club of the National Arms Factory based in the city, and military teams from the Infantry Academy and the Engineers Academy.

Over time, the need arose to create a single representative team that could unite the strengths of these clubs and combine quality and strength to compete against provincial and regional rivals. Thus, on April 24, 1928, the “Sociedad de Foot-ball Toledo” was born—a team founded at a time when football was still transitioning between amateurism and professionalism. It was at the Polígono field, donated by the School of Gymnastics, where the players began to write the first lines of a legend that still lives on today.

The enthusiasm generated by the Club quickly grew, and on May 30, 1931, it inaugurated its own stadium: Palomarejos. The first match played there was against Real Madrid.

On June 7, 1932, the club—which wore white shirts and shorts—officially joined the Central Federation and changed its name to “Toledo Foot-ball Club,” adopting a white shirt and black shorts until the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936. After the war, the team lost its field, and it was “Educación y Descanso de Toledo” that paid off the club’s debts. This entity was officially established on December 26, 1939, thereby picking up the torch of the original club and taking over ownership of the stadium, becoming its primary tenant.

Until then, the Toledo team didn’t have a defined colour for their kit. It was the club’s secretary, Juan Montero, who one day travelled to Madrid and, in early 1940, chose green shirts and white shorts at the store "La Flecha de Oro," located in Plaza de Cascorro. In 1941, the team won the Spring Cup, defeating Rayo Vallecano in the final.

On August 11, 1941, the Castilian Football Federation authorised the team to change its name to Club Deportivo Toledo. The club was registered in Group II of the First Regional Division of Castilla, debuting on September 21, 1941. Toledo finished fifth in the league, but once again shone in the Spring Cup, securing their second consecutive title against U.D. Girod. After a 4-4 draw, Alvareda scored a brilliant goal in the tiebreaker match to claim victory.

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