 The late 1980s saw a significant restructuring of the club both at board and management levels and, in 1990, Compostela regained third-level status.The following campaign was to prove the club's most successful to date.On 23 June 1991, a capacity crowd of 8,000 at the "Estadio Municipal Santa Isabel", saw goals from Juanito and Ochoa (two) clinch a 3–1 victory in the final play-off match against CD Badajoz, for a first-ever Segunda División visit.