Sabadell

• Centre d'Esports de Sabadell (1903-1910)
• Centre d'Esports Sabadell Foot-ball Club (1910-1941)
• Centro de Deportes Sabadell Club de Fútbol (1941-1975)
• Centre d'Esports Sabadell Futbol Club (1975-1992)
• Centre d'Esports Sabadell Futbol Club, S.A.E. (1992-present)

In 1901, Joan Saus and a group of youngsters from the Sabadell Catalan Centre founded Centre d'Esports Sabadell, which became fully legalized on 5 June 1906. The club's first games were held in a grass field at Prat de Sant Oleguer but, on 3 June of that year, a stadium in the Creu Alta District was inaugurated, in a game against "Team X" from Barcelona, later known as RCD Espanyol; in 1912, in the same site, the first game under floodlights was played in the country.

In 1933–34, the club won its first major trophy, the Catalan Football Championship, which allowed the winner to participate in the Copa del Presidente de la República. During the former tournament, it won 15 games and drew once, reaching the latter's final in the following season, losing 0–3 to Sevilla FC at the Chamartín Stadium.

Sabadell first competed in La Liga in the 1943–44 season, finishing ninth. It improved to fifth in 1946–47, ranking in front of Real Madrid and only four points behind champions Valencia CF, just one season after returning from Segunda División.

In 1968–69, Sabadell, guided by manager Pasieguito, finished a best-ever fourth as the top flight already consisted of 16 clubs. José Luis Garzón was the top scorer of the team with 9 goals. Subsequently, it competed in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, losing to Club Brugge K.V. of Belgium in the first round (3–5 on aggregate). Sabadell won 2-0 at home in the first leg, with Pedro Zaballa scoring the first-ever goal of the club in an european competition and Cristo adding the second in the last minutes of the game. A 5-1 defeat in Brugge, with Josep Palau [es] scoring the away goal, ended the dream. In 1972, a seven-year ran in the top division came to an end, as the Arlequinats were relegated after finishing dead last.

On 18 May 1986, Sabadell returned to Primera División after defeating Atlético Madrileño 2-0 at home with goals from Joaquín Villa [es] and Nacho. The team, which finished runner-up in 1985-86 Segunda División, was guided by manager Pedro Mari Uribarri and was captained by homegrown midfielder Lino Gutiérrez [es]. The following season, the team survived in the first tier after succeding in a dramatic relegation group in the 1986-87 La Liga managed by former goalkeeper and legend Pepe Martínez [es], the player with most games in Primera División in the club's history. Martínez was sacked on 2 November 1987 and was replaced by Antonio de la Cruz, who could not keep the team in the top division. Relegation to Segunda División was confirmed on 22 May 1988 after losing 2-0 in San Mamés against Athletic Club and finishing second from bottom.

CE Sabadell became a public limited sports company in 1991, being relegated to Segunda División B two years later, and immediately to Tercera División following severe economic problems. After achieving promotion in 1994 with a very young team guided by manager Antonio Jaurrieta , the club spent the following seventeen years in the third level (with the exception of 2006–07 in the fourth). In that dark period, there were only three highlights, two of them with manager Pere Valentí Mora in charge: the 1999-2000 Copa Federación de España title against the reserve team of Elche CF and a third place finish the following season which allowed the team to play in the play-offs, with hopes of promotion to the second tier ended after a home defeat against Burgos CF. The third one was another unsuccessful promotion play-off after the team finished fourth in the 2008–09 Segunda División B. This time, the dream was over after a controversial game against Real Unión de Irún. Ramón Moya, who had also been the manager in the return to Segunda B two seasons before , narrowly missed a second promotion with the club.

In the 2010–11 season, Sabadell, managed by Lluís Carreras, won its group in the regular season. In the playoffs, the team drew both games against SD Eibar, but was eventually promoted on the away goals rule following the 1–1 score at the Ipurua Municipal Stadium with Marc Fernández scoring the historic goal, returning to the professional divisions after 18 years. Three young players who were loaned by other catalan clubs, winger Isaac Cuenca, midfielder Juanjo Ciércoles and striker Hiroshi Ibusuki, had a big impact in the successful campaign. It was the second promotion for goalkeeper David de Navas, who signed for the club when it was in the fourth tier in 2007.

Sabadell struggled in their return to the second level finishing in 19th place, being the first side in the relegation zone. However, they were spared when Villarreal CF dropped down a division in the top flight, which led to the automatic relegation of its reserve team Villarreal CF B. Sabadell finished second level as 16th in 2012–13 season, with Carreras departing at the end of the campaign. 10th place was achieved in the 2013–14 season, the best final position in the second tier since 1992, with Miquel Olmo as manager. The following season was much more difficult, with Olmo sacked on november and his successor Álex García winning only one of his nine league games in charge. Although the team improved with the appointment of Juan Carlos Mandiá, Sabadell finished in the 21st place and was relegated to the third level after 4 years.

Sabadell had a lot of financial problems after the relegation to Segunda B. Japanese owner Keisuke Sakamoto, who had bought the club in 2012, sold it to Aragón-based company Viacron in 2015. The best sporting achievement of these years was winning the 2015-16 Copa Catalunya, defeating FC Barcelona B in the final in the Nova Creu Alta with goals from Sandro Toscano and Ernest Forgàs. Esteve Calzada, a former member of FC Barcelona board and a marketing expert whose company worked for Manchester City, bought the club in 2017. Difficulties in finding a new investor meant that from 2017 to 2019 the club was more concerned with relegation avoidance than real hopes of promotion.

In August 2019, the club announced an historical agreement with a group of international investors (led by Pau Morilla-Giner), whereby this Group would both bail out the Club and achieve majority ownership through periodic capital infusions over the following three years to guarantee institutional stability and financial resources to achieve sustainable success. On the back of this, and guided by manager Antonio Hidalgo, the Club secured promotion to the La Liga Smartbank Segunda División in July 2020 by beating Barcelona B 2–1 in the Segunda División B playoff final after five-years in third division with goals from Aleix Coch and Néstor Querol.

The team was immediately relegated in the following 2020–21 season by the narrow margin of one single point, and joined the newly created 1a RFEF Division. Hidalgo was sacked after a poor start of the new season , and the team missed the play-offs in the last matchday after the improvement made by new manager Pedro Munitis. Investment was much lower in the 2022-23 season, but safety was achieved thanks to the contribution of talented young players such as Pau Víctor, Sergi Altimira and Álex Sala.

During 2023-24 Season, Chairman Esteve Calzada became CEO of Saudi Club Al Hilal SFC and was replaced by board member Pau Morilla-Giner. Manager Miki Lladó, who had done a great job saving the team from relegation the season before, was sacked after seven games. He was replaced by his assistant Gerard Bofill, who could not achieve a single point in six games and was fired with the team in the bottom of the table. The team improved with the signing of manager Óscar Cano and sporting director Carlos Rosende, but was relegated to Segunda Federacion after failing to win the last game away against CD Lugo on 25 May 2024. Some weeks before the end of the season, Chairman Morilla-Giner found a new ownership group led by venture capitalist Adam Rothstein [1]. In his first interview, Rothstein outlined the strategic plans for the years ahead. Despite the relegation, Rothstein stayed loyal to his words and the club was able to form a competitive team to try to go back to Primera Federación.

At the end of 2024-25 Season, the team, guided by manager David Movilla, achieved promotion to Primera RFEF via a successful playoff run defeating UCAM Murcia CF in the final.

In June 2025, the team announced the appointment of Ferran Costa as Head Coach.