CE Sabadell FC
Tier 2Segunda DivisiónSabadell, Cataluña, SpainOn the globe
- Founded
- 1903
- Ground
- Nova Creu Alta11,981 seats · opened 1967
- Full name
- Centre d'Esports Sabadell Fútbol Club
- Website
- cesabadell.cat
Who owns CE Sabadell FC
CE Sabadell FC is controlled by Adam Rothstein.
Owned by investorsOwner based abroad: United States
From the pitch to the top
The company that fields the team, then each holder above it.
- Stake not knowncontrolsAdam RothsteinFigure as of August 2026Majority shareholder; percentage not reported.Medium confidenceSources: 2Playbook, 2Playbook
Sabadell’s finances
From its published accounts and league records. Figures compare only with clubs at the tier it played that season.
Against its tier
Sabadell's revenue of €1.34m is the 2nd highest of the 8 Segunda Federación clubs with published accounts
In 2024-25 it spent €1.24 on staff for every €1 of revenue; the typical Segunda Federación club spent €1.26.
- Sabadell
- Other Segunda Federación clubs
- Equity
- −€1.44m
- accounts, 2024-25
- Public money
- €60k
- awarded, 2025-26, 1 records
The accounts
Centre d'Esports Sabadell Futbol Club, S.A.D., the entity that fields the team · 2020-21 to 2024-25
| Line | 2024-25Tier 4 · abridged accounts · audited | 2023-24Tier 3 · abridged accounts · audited | 2022-23Tier 3 · abridged accounts · audited | 2021-22Tier 3 · abridged accounts · audited | 2020-21Tier 2 · abridged accounts · audited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profit and loss | |||||
| Revenue | €1.34m1 | €1.45m2 | €1.76m | €1.72m | €6.91m |
| TV money | €12.5k3 | €61.1k3 | — | — | — |
| Matchday | €535k4 | €459k4 | — | — | — |
| Sponsorship | €411k5 | €539k5 | — | — | — |
| Other revenue | €450k6 | €130k | €340k6 | €1.92m6 | €501k6 |
| Staff costs | €1.66m | €2.33m | €1.67m | €3.31m | €4.24m |
| Other operating costs | €1.13m | €1.21m | €1.17m7 | €1.99m8 | €3.83m9 |
| Other depreciation | €1.05m10 | €1.05m11 | €56.2k12 | €115k12 | €187k12 |
| Operating result | −€1.30m | −€2.21m | −€1.26m | −€2.11m13 | −€944k14 |
| Financial result | €0 | −€55k | −€1,052 | −€40.7k | −€83.3k |
| Result before tax | −€1.30m | −€2.27m | −€1.26m | −€2.15m | −€1.03m |
| Income tax | €0 | €0 | — | €0 | €0 |
| Net result | −€1.30m | −€2.27m | −€1.26m | −€2.15m | −€1.03m |
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Total assets | €3.15m | €3.97m | €5.02m | €1.70m | €5.94m |
| Non-current assets | €2.36m15 | €3.49m16 | €4.51m17 | €606k | €2.97m18 |
| Property and equipment | €339k | €394k | €445k | €502k | €615k |
| Current assets | €787k | €485k | €509k | €1.09m | €2.97m |
| Cash | €301k | €191k | €32.1k | €430k | €1.82m |
| Equity | −€1.44m19 | €1.04m20 | €2.31m21 | €232k | €1.38m |
| Share capital | €1.97m | €1.97m | €7.30m | €7.30m | €7.30m |
| Liabilities | €4.59m | €2.94m | €2.71m | €1.46m | €4.56m |
| Non-current liabilities | €312k22 | €319k | €486k23 | €621k23 | €2.20m23 |
| Current liabilities | €4.28m | €2.62m | €2.22m | €844k | €2.36m |
| Financial debt | — | — | — | — | €779k24 |
| Shareholder loans | €3.58m25 | — | €1.50m26 | — | — |
| Money from owners | |||||
| Capital increase | €1.97m27 | — | — | — | €5.37m28 |
| Owner contributions | — | — | — | €647k29 | — |
| Transfers and people | |||||
| Employees | 33.09 | 39.97 | — | — | — |
Notes on 29 figures, in the accounts’ own words
- Revenue: Of which other income €381,199.88.
- Revenue: Of which other income €387,701.17.
- TV money: Derechos de TV.
- Matchday: Gate and season tickets.
- Sponsorship: Ingresos sponsors.
- Other revenue: Otros ingresos de explotación.
- Other operating costs: Otros gastos de explotación; supplies a further €471,685.53.
- Other operating costs: Otros gastos de explotación; supplies a further €410,557.76.
- Other operating costs: Otros gastos de explotación; supplies a further €618,375.44.
- Other depreciation: Mostly the stadium-use right (€1m a year), matched by €1m of capital grant taken to income.
- Other depreciation: Mostly the stadium-use right, matched by €1m of capital grant taken to income.
- Other depreciation: Amortización del inmovilizado.
- Operating result: Other results €76,065.85.
- Operating result: Change in inventories €303,774.23; other results €221,713.82.
- Non-current assets: Includes €2,000,792 of intangible assets (the Nova Creu Alta stadium-use right).
- Non-current assets: Includes €3,000,792 of intangible assets (the stadium-use right).
- Non-current assets: Includes €4,000,792 of intangible assets: the four-year right to use the Nova Creu Alta stadium granted by the city council.
- Non-current assets: Includes €2,351,098 of intangible assets.
- Equity: Includes €2m of capital grants; fondos propios −€3,444,175.28.
- Equity: Includes €3m of capital grants; fondos propios −€1,964,300.36.
- Equity: Includes €4m of capital grants (the stadium-use right); fondos propios −€1,690,858.68.
- Non-current liabilities: Creditors' arrangement debt due after a year; €113,707.39 more falls due within a year.
- Non-current liabilities: Other long-term debts (the creditors' arrangement).
- Financial debt: Bank debt (short term).
- Shareholder loans: Contributions from shareholders and investors held as short-term debt until a capital increase by debt compensation planned for 2025-26.
- Shareholder loans: Shareholders' contributions €1,047,395 and €453,000 paid on account of a capital increase, held inside other short-term debts (€1,685,287.22).
- Capital increase: From BORME, not the accounts: 2024-11-27 act 509722: reduction of €7,299,253.80, subscribed capital €0 after it; 2024-11-27 act 509722: increase of €925,000, subscribed capital €925,000 after it; 2024-11-27 act 509727: increase of €1,040,000, subscribed capital €1,965,000 after it. Basis: nominal capital registered in the Registro Mercantil and published in BORME section A; BORME states neither the share premium nor who subscribed, and an act is dated by its BORME publication, weeks after the deed.
- Capital increase: From BORME, not the accounts: 2020-09-09 act 303561: reduction of €1,168,924.50, subscribed capital €129,880.50 after it; 2021-06-17 act 293398: increase of €5,369,373.30, subscribed capital €7,299,253.80 after it. Basis: nominal capital registered in the Registro Mercantil and published in BORME section A; BORME states neither the share premium nor who subscribed, and an act is dated by its BORME publication, weeks after the deed.
- Owner contributions: Otras aportaciones de socios, new in the year (nil a year earlier; note 7).
2024-25: Sources: CE Sabadell FC, Boletín Oficial del Registro Mercantil (BOE)2023-24: Source: CE Sabadell FC2022-23: Source: CE Sabadell FC2021-22: Sources: CE Sabadell FC, CE Sabadell FC2020-21: Sources: CE Sabadell FC, Boletín Oficial del Registro Mercantil (BOE), Boletín Oficial del Registro Mercantil (BOE)
League figures, wage bills, budgets and public money 7 records
| Season | TV money | Squad cost limit | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | Source: LaLiga (Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional) |
| Public money, season or year | Total | Records |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | €60kawarded | 1 |
| 2025-26 | €20kmaximum | 1 |
| 2025 | €5,040awarded | 1 |
| 2023-24 | €75kawarded | 1 |
| 2023 | €6,923awarded | 1 |
| 2021-22 | €70kawarded | 1 |
- 2025-26€60kawarded from Real Federación Española de Fútbol: Programa Futuro, Primera Federación, T. 2025/2026 (Primera Federación section): laboralidad €60,000.. Source: Real Federación Española de Fútbol
- 2025-26€20kmaximum from Real Federación Española de Fútbol: Programa Futuro, Primera Federación, T. 2025/2026 (Primera Federación section): incentivo económico €20,000 (importe variable o condicionado).. Source: Real Federación Española de Fútbol
- 31 July 2025€5,040awarded from CONSELL CATALÀ DE L'ESPORT: Subvenciones para la participación de clubs deportivos federados en competiciones oficiales en la temporada 2024-2025. Source: Base de Datos Nacional de Subvenciones (IGAE)
- 2023-24€75kawarded from Real Federación Española de Fútbol: Ayudas a clubes de Primera Federación, T. 2023/2024 (Primera Federación section): laboralidad €75,000; payment withheld until the club files the documents the resolution asks for.. Source: Real Federación Española de Fútbol
- 15 May 2023€6,923awarded from SERVICIO PÚBLICO DE EMPLEO DE CATALUÑA: RESOLUCIÓN EMT/ /2022, de de , por la que se abre la convocatoria anticipada para el año 2023 para la concesión de subvenciones correspondientes a la Línea 2, Entidades contratantes del Programa 30 Plus para la inserción de personas desocupadas. Source: Base de Datos Nacional de Subvenciones (IGAE)
- 2021-22€70kawarded from Real Federación Española de Fútbol: Ayudas a clubes de Primera División RFEF, T. 2021/2022 (Primera RFEF section): profesionalización €50,000 + fomento de la base €20,000.. Source: Real Federación Española de Fútbol
Where Sabadell has played
Season by season
- 2026-272Segunda División
- 2025-263Primera Federación, Grupo 2, promoted
- 2024-254Segunda Federación, Grupo 3, promoted
- 2023-243Primera Federación, Grupo 1, relegated
- 2022-233Primera Federación, Grupo 2
- 2021-223Primera Federación, Grupo 2
- 2020-212Segunda División, relegated
- 2019-203Segunda División B, Grupo 3, promoted
- 2018-193Segunda División B, Grupo 3
- 2017-183Segunda División B, Grupo 3
- 2016-173Segunda División B, Grupo 3
Sources8
- Resolución definitiva de ayudas a clubes de Primera Federación, temporada 2025/2026 Real Federación Española de Fútbol, Federation, 2025. Checked 3 October 2026.
- LaLiga Hypermotion: clubes LaLiga, League. Checked 3 October 2026.
- De Apollo a Taito Suzuki: ¿cómo el fútbol español ha llegado a los 30 dueños extranjeros? 2Playbook, News, 14 July 2026. Checked 3 October 2026.
- El CE Sabadell incorpora a Quim Doménech (DAZN) como nuevo accionista del club 2Playbook, News, 31 August 2026. Checked 3 October 2026.
- Relación de S.A.D. de fútbol Consejo Superior de Deportes, Regulator. Checked 3 October 2026.
- Nova Creu Alta Wikidata, Wikipedia / Wikidata. Checked 3 October 2026.
- Wikidata Wikidata, Wikipedia / Wikidata. Checked 3 October 2026.
- Segunda División de España 2026-27 Wikipedia (es), Wikipedia / Wikidata. Checked 3 October 2026.
Also on Wikidata (Q12260).
