CF Badalona

CF Badalona

Full name	Club de Fútbol Badalona
Nickname(s)	Escapulats
Founded	1903
Ground	Estadi Municipal, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain
Capacity	4,170
President	Felipe Martínez
Head coach	Manolo González
League	2ª RFEF – Group 3
2020–21	2ª B – Group 3 (A), 6th of 11 2ª B – Group 3 (D), 5th of 7
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Club de Fútbol Badalona (Catalan pronunciation: [bəðəˈlonə]) is a Spanish football team based in Badalona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1903 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 3, temporarily holding home games at Estadi Municipal de Badalona, with a capacity of 4,170 seats.^[1]

History[]

Badalona was founded in 1903 as Football Bétulo Club, being renamed FC Badalona five years later. It played 14 seasons in the second division (1934–36, 1939–41, 1947–52, 1963–68), but this was prior to the creation of the intermediate Segunda División B.

As the club was constantly in economical problems, having to battle for the people's preference with basketball side Joventut Badalona, it nearly disappeared in the early 2000s (as the side was on the verge of celebrating 100 years) but, after another merge, this time with Unió de l'Esport Badaloní, resurfaced and changed names to Club de Fútbol Badalona – with the latter preserving its history – eventually making its debut in the (new) third level in 2004.

In January 2015, its home ground since 1936, the 10,000 seat Camp del Centenari, was demolished^[2] and the club was relocated temporarily to Camp de Montigalà, until the completion of the new 4,100 seat Estadi Municipal de Badalona, inaugurated on 29 January 2017.^[3] Average attendance for their home games has been 946 in 2018–19 and 947 in 2019–20.

The club finished 7th in Segunda División B, Group 3 in the 2018-19 season.^[4] Badalona had a solid performance at home, having lost only 4 of 19 matches at the Estadi Municipal.^[5] The club finished 19th in the COVID-19 shortened 2019–20 season, winning only 3 of their 12 home games, but was not be relegated to Tercera División as the Royal Spanish Football Federation revoked all relegations due to the incomplete (3/4 of games were played) season.

Season to season[]

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1929–30 3 3ª 2nd 1930–31 3 3ª 3rd Round of 16 1931–32 3 3ª 2nd 1932–33 3 3ª 1st 1933–34 3 3ª 4th 1934–35 2 2ª 6th Round of 16 1935–36 2 2ª 4th group stage 1939–40 2 2ª 8th 1940–41 2 2ª 12th Round of 16 1941–42 4 1ª Reg. 8th 1942–43 4 1ª Reg. 9th 1943–44 4 1ª Reg. 8th 1944–45 4 1ª Reg. 1st 1945–46 3 3ª 1st 1946–47 3 3ª 1st 1947–48 2 2ª 10th Round of 16 1948–49 2 2ª 13th Fourth round 1949–50 2 2ª 15th Second round 1950–51 2 2ª 13th 1951–52 2 2ª 15th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1952–53 3 3ª 4th 1953–54 3 3ª 11th 1954–55 3 3ª 8th 1955–56 3 3ª 5th 1956–57 3 3ª 2nd 1957–58 3 3ª 14th 1958–59 3 3ª 6th 1959–60 3 3ª 8th 1960–61 3 3ª 1st 1961–62 3 3ª 6th 1962–63 3 3ª 2nd 1963–64 2 2ª 14th First round 1964–65 2 2ª 14th First round 1965–66 2 2ª 12th First round 1966–67 2 2ª 10th First round 1967–68 2 2ª 9th Round of 32 1968–69 3 3ª 4th 1969–70 3 3ª 2nd First round 1970–71 3 3ª 11th First round 1971–72 3 3ª 17th First round

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1972–73 4 Reg. Pref. 5th 1973–74 4 Reg. Pref. 10th 1974–75 4 Reg. Pref. 20th 1975–76 5 1ª Reg. 2nd 1976–77 4 Reg. Pref. 6th 1977–78 4 3ª 13th First round 1978–79 4 3ª 2nd First round 1979–80 4 3ª 11th Second round 1980–81 4 3ª 3rd 1981–82 4 3ª 2nd First round 1982–83 4 3ª 3rd Second round 1983–84 4 3ª 3rd First round 1984–85 4 3ª 11th First round 1985–86 4 3ª 19th 1986–87 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 1987–88 4 3ª 5th 1988–89 4 3ª 18th 1989–90 5 Reg. Pref. 7th 1990–91 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 1991–92 5 1ª Cat. 4th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1992–93 5 1ª Cat. 5th 1993–94 4 3ª 6th 1994–95 4 3ª 18th 1995–96 5 1ª Cat. 10th 1996–97 5 1ª Cat. 2nd 1997–98 4 3ª 12th 1998–99 4 3ª 13th 1999–00 4 3ª 18th 2000–01 5 1ª Cat. 18th 2001–02 6 Pref. Terr. 2nd 2002–03 4 3ª 1st 2003–04 4 3ª 1st First round 2004–05 3 2ª B 9th Round of 64 2005–06 3 2ª B 1st 2006–07 3 2ª B 5th Round of 32 2007–08 3 2ª B 10th Second round 2008–09 3 2ª B 9th 2009–10 3 2ª B 12th 2010–11 3 2ª B 2nd 2011–12 3 2ª B 4th First round

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2012–13 3 2ª B 13th First round 2013–14 3 2ª B 13th 2014–15 3 2ª B 7th 2015–16 3 2ª B 13th 2016–17 3 2ª B 5th 2017–18 3 2ª B 8th First round 2018–19 3 2ª B 7th Second round 2019–20 3 2ª B 19th Round of 32 2020–21 3 2ª B 6th / 5th 2021–22 4 2ª RFEF

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• 14 seasons in Segunda División
• 18 seasons in Segunda División RFEF
• 40 seasons in Tercera División
• 18 seasons in Categorías Regionales

Honours[]

Copa Federación de España

• Winners: 2003–04

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 30 March 2021^[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ESP Álex Sánchez 2 DF  ESP Joel Toledo 3 DF  ESP 4 DF  ESP Miquel Robusté 5 DF  ESP (captain) 7 DF  ESP Robert Simón 8 MF  ESP 9 FW  ESP 10 MF  ESP 11 FW  ESP Moussa Bandeh 12 FW  ESP 13 GK  ESP Francisco Dorronsoro

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  ESP 15 DF  ESP (on loan from Barcelona B) 16 MF  ESP 17 FW  ESP 18 MF  EQG Federico Bikoro (on loan from Zaragoza) 19 DF  ESP (on loan from Villarreal B) 20 DF  ESP 21 MF  ESP Néstor Albiach (on loan from Real Madrid B) 22 FW  ESP

Notable players[]

Alexandru Maxim Mariano Díaz Xavier Aguado (youth) Jordi Ferrón

Xavier Pelegrí Víctor Rodríguez Isaías Sánchez Pere Tarradellas

Famous coaches[]

• Ramón Calderé
• Josep Escolà

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (in Catalan)
• Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
• Club & stadium history - España de Espana (in English)

Coordinates: 41°27′23″N 2°14′13″E / 41.456264°N 2.236824°E / 41.456264; 2.236824