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Brigadas Amarillas

Brigadas Amarillas, Cádiz CF's ultra group since 1982: its origin in Frente Cádiz, a name inspired by Verona, left-wing ideology, friendship with Bukaneros, the Cádiz Joven award and its situation in 2025.

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Brigadas Amarillas is Cádiz CF's ultra group, based in the Fondo Sur of the stadium, today's Nuevo Mirandilla. It emerged in 1981–1982 from an anti-fascist youth group called Frente Cádiz and took its current name in 1982, inspired by Verona's Brigate Gialloblu. The press describes it as one of the furthest-left groups in Spanish football and documents its friendship with Bukaneros, of Rayo Vallecano. In 2006 it received the Cádiz Joven award for its charitable work, and in October 2025 it was involved in a brawl in Granada investigated by the National Police.

Club
Cádiz CF
City
Cádiz
Stadium
Nuevo Mirandilla
Stand
Fondo Sur
Founded
1982
Situation
Brawl in Granada investigated by the National Police (October 2025)

Documented history

Brigadas Amarillas: Cádiz's ultra group since 1982

The group itself places its beginnings in the 1981/82 season, under the Preferencia tower of the Ramón de Carranza stadium, and the appearance of its banner on the Fondo Sur fence a season later. The Federación de Peñas Cadistas lists it in its directory with 1982 as the year of foundation, and in 2018 the group celebrated its 35th anniversary.

From Frente Cádiz to Brigadas Amarillas

According to the journalist Stewart McGill (Morning Star, June 2020), the group began as an anti-fascist youth collective called Frente Cádiz, was renamed Barra Ultra and in 1982 took the name Brigadas Amarillas, inspired by Verona's Brigate Gialloblu. It grew until 1987 with mass away trips and demonstrations against unemployment in the province; fines, arrests and fights reduced it to a few dozen members by the end of the eighties, according to the same author.

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The nineties and the friendship with Bukaneros

The friendship with Rayo Vallecano fans began in the mid-nineties, when some of them met Cádiz supporters at the Trofeo Ramón de Carranza, according to Morning Star. Bukaneros, for its part, remembers a trip to Cádiz in its early years as the origin of that friendship, and in 2014 the two groups celebrated twenty years of twinning. Morning Star described the stadium's Fondo Sur in 2020 as the stand that «belongs» to the Brigadas.

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2006: the Cádiz Joven award

The Andalusian Youth Institute gave Brigadas Amarillas the 2006 Cádiz Joven award, in the category of Promotion of Cádiz Abroad. Cádiz CF congratulated the group and highlighted its involvement in charitable and volunteer work. The presentation took place in March 2007 at the Heracles building in the Zona Franca, with representatives of the Cádiz peñas and of the project Carranza: Estadio de Paz.

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Public positions

In February 2016, faced with the possible arrival of Salva Ballesta on the Cádiz bench, the group warned that the city did not want «fascists» as its coach, according to Vozpópuli. In March 2024, Linkiesta reported its support for the metalworkers' strike in the Bay of Cádiz and the display of Palestinian flags in the stadium in late October 2023.

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Rivalries and the 2025 Granada brawl

The provincial derby with Xerez is its traditional rivalry, according to Morning Star, which also recalled the hostile reception given to Biris Norte, of Sevilla, in Cádiz in early 2018, which forced several police charges. On 25 October 2025, before a Granada–Cádiz match, members of Brigadas Amarillas clashed in Granada with ultras of Curva Sur, of Granada, backed by Frente Bokerón; in December, the National Police reported 57 arrests. These are arrests, not convictions.

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Key dates

Timeline of Brigadas Amarillas

  1. 1982 · Brigadas Amarillas

    After being called Frente Cádiz and Barra Ultra, the group adopts its name, inspired by Verona's Brigate Gialloblu.

  2. 1987 · Growth and crisis

    It grows until 1987 with mass away trips; at the end of the decade, fines and arrests shrink it.

  3. 1995 · Friendship with Bukaneros

    In the mid-nineties its friendship with Rayo Vallecano fans begins.

  4. 2006 · Cádiz Joven award

    The Andalusian Youth Institute rewards its charitable work; the presentation is held in March 2007.

  5. 2016 · Rejection of a coach

    It warns that Cádiz does not want «fascists» on the bench.

  6. 2025 · Brawl in Granada

    On 25 October it clashes with Curva Sur ultras, backed by Frente Bokerón; the police report 57 arrests.

Ideology and identity · Brigadas Amarillas

Morning Star described Brigadas Amarillas in 2020 as a group born from an anti-fascist youth collective, and Linkiesta placed it in 2024 among the most radically left-wing fan groups in Spanish football, with the face of Che Guevara in its logo. In February 2016 the group itself rejected the possible arrival on the bench of a coach whom it called a fascist, according to Vozpópuli. These are descriptions of the group at those dates, not of all Cádiz supporters.

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Frequently asked questions

Getting to know Brigadas Amarillas

When was Brigadas Amarillas founded?

In 1982, according to the Federación de Peñas Cadistas and Morning Star. The group itself places its beginnings in the 1981/82 season, under the Preferencia tower of the Carranza.

What are Cádiz's ultras called?

Brigadas Amarillas, a group born in 1982 and based in the Fondo Sur of Cádiz's stadium, today's Nuevo Mirandilla.

What is Brigadas Amarillas's ideology?

Left-wing and anti-fascist, according to the press: Morning Star (2020) recalls its origin in an anti-fascist collective and Linkiesta (2024) places it among the furthest-left fan groups in Spain.

Where do Brigadas Amarillas stand?

In the Fondo Sur, where they hung their banner from 1982–1983, according to the group itself. Morning Star described that stand in 2020 as the Brigadas' own.

Why are they called Brigadas Amarillas?

The name, adopted in 1982, was inspired by Verona's Brigate Gialloblu, according to Morning Star. Before that, the group had been called Frente Cádiz and Barra Ultra.

Which groups are they friends with?

With Bukaneros, of Rayo Vallecano, since the mid-nineties, according to Morning Star. In 2014 the two groups celebrated twenty years of twinning.

Who are Brigadas Amarillas's rivals?

Morning Star cites the derby with Xerez and the hostility towards Biris Norte in 2018. In October 2025 the group was involved in a brawl in Granada with Curva Sur ultras, backed by Frente Bokerón, according to the National Police.

What award did Brigadas Amarillas receive?

The 2006 Cádiz Joven award from the Andalusian Youth Institute, in the category of Promotion of Cádiz Abroad, for its charitable and volunteer work.

Sources

The documents behind this history

Each source keeps its date and scope. Titles appear in their original language. An insider account, an announcement and an official decision document different facts.

Documentary review: 18 October 2026. English edition: 21 October 2026. Editorial team: Mundo Ultras.

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