FC Santa Coloma

FC Santa Coloma is an Andorran football team from Santa Coloma in the parish of Andorra la Vella. They play in the Primera Divisió. With thirteen titles the club ist the most sucessful in Andorra. Also in the cup (Copa Constitució) they are the most sucessful with ten titels.

FC Santa Coloma
Full nameFútbol Club Santa Coloma
Nickname(s)FCSC
Colomencs
Coloma (Dove)
El Don (The Lord or Sir)
Blues
Founded1986; 39 years ago (1986)
GroundAndorra Football Federation stadiums
ChairmanAlain Molné Oviedo
ManagerAlbert Jorquera
LeaguePrimera Divisió
2021–22Primera Divisió, 5th
WebsiteClub home page
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

History

Fútbol Club Santa Coloma was founded in 1986.[1] Later FC Santa Coloma became one of the founder members of Primera Divisió in 1995.[2]

At the end of 2017 the Spanish La Liga Villarreal CF team announced a collaboration with the Andorran club at basic football level.[3]

FC Santa Coloma in Europe

FC Santa Coloma is the only Andorrian team which one a match in an European competition. It was the first match in the 2007–08 UEFA Cup qualifying round against Maccabi Tel Aviv from Israel. FC Santa Coloma won 1–0 at home. 2014–15 they won in the UEFA Champions League First qualifying round versus FC Banants from Armenia 1–0. In the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round they won 1–0 at home against Valur from Iceland. They lost the away-match 4–0 to Maccabi and 3–0 to Valur, so they were eliminated.

Against Banants they lost the second leg away in Armenia 3–2 and were promoted by the away goals rule.[4] It was the second time an Andorran club won a two-legged tie in Europe after Sant Julià.

Colours and badge

FC Santa Coloma dressed in all white all the seasons since the creation of the Andorran Premier League, alternating the home kit with red or blue. Traditionally the away kit has been all blue and third kit all red. However the original first kit at the beginning of the foundation of the club was blue and gives the nickname of Blues. In the club crest feature the colours of Andorra and the Holy Dove that gives the name of the Santa Coloma d'Andorra town[5] and therefore the name of the club.

Honours

  • Primera Divisió:
    • Winners (13): 1994–95, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16,, 2017–18, 2018–19
  • Copa Constitució:
    • Winners (10): 1991, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2018
  • Supercopa Andorrana:
    • Winners (7): 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2015, 2017, 2019

Current squad

As of 9 January 2022

No. Position Player
1 Spain GK Adrià Muñoz
3 Spain DF Robert Ramos
4 Spain DF Andreu Ramos
5 Spain DF Eric Ruiz
6 Spain MF Víctor Alonso
7 France FW Guillaume Lopez
8 Spain MF Carles Coto
10 Spain FW Xavi Puerto
11 Spain DF Enric Pi
12 Andorra GK Joel Garcia
13 Paraguay GK Andrés Benítez
14 Spain FW Virgili
17 Spain MF David Rodríguez
No. Position Player
19 Tunisia MF Hamza Ryahi
20 Andorra MF Luis Blanco
21 Spain DF Javi Morales
22 Spain FW Xiscu Martínez
23 Andorra MF Roger Nazzaro
23 Spain DF Javi López
Portugal DF Rui Beja
Andorra MF Ferrán Muxella
Andorra MF Marc Pujol
Chile FW Jaime Grondona
Andorra FW Cristian Martínez
Andorra FW Josep Maria Tizón

Managers

  • Spain Santos Ilatigo (2006–07)
  • Spain Xavier Roura (2007)
  • Andorra Vicens Marques (2008–10)
  • Spain Xavier Roura (2010–11)
  • Spain Luis Blanco Torrado (2011–13)
  • Andorra Richard Imbernón (2013–18)
  • Spain Marc Rodríguez (2018–20)
  • Spain Albert Jorquera (2020–)

References

  1. "HISTÒRIA – F. C. Santa coloma". Archived from the original on 2019-12-23. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
  2. "Competicions : Lliga Nacional de Futbol (1ª divisió)". Faf.ad. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
  3. "Fútbol base, amistosos, prioridad en fichajes…éstas son las claves del acuerdo entre Villarreal CF y Vallbanc FC Santa Coloma – la Jugada Financiera". Archived from the original on 2018-03-04. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
  4. "Europe's goalscoring goalkeepers". 9 July 2014. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  5. "Iglesia de Santa Coloma – Hotel Andorra Patagonia". Andorrapatagonia.net. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-07-18.

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