Lleida Esportiu

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Lleida Esportiu
Lleida Esportiu.svg
Full nameClub Lleida Esportiu
Nickname(s)Els Blaus (The Blues)
Els de la Terra Ferma (Firmlanders)
Founded2011
GroundCamp d'Esports, Lleida,
Catalonia, Spain
Capacity13,500
PresidentJordi Esteve
Head coachGabri
League2ªRFEF – Group 3
2020–212ªB – Group 3 (A), 7th of 11
2ªB – Group 3 (D), 4th of 7

Club Lleida Esportiu is a Spanish football team based in Lleida, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in July 2011 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 3, holding home games at Camp d'Esports, with a capacity of 13,500 seats.[1]

History[]

In mid-May 2011, historic club UE Lleida was liquidated due to a 27.2 million debt.[2] Its berth was auctioned and acquired by an entrepreneur from Lleida, Sisco Pujol,[3] who created the new Lleida Esportiu, which started competing in Segunda División B;[4] the club was also scheduled to take part in the 2011–12 Copa del Rey, in place of Unió Esportiva.

Esportiu played its first friendly game on 6 August 2011, with CF Pobla de Mafumet (2–0). On the 21st, the team played its first official match, losing 1–3 against CF Reus Deportiu.

In 2013, just in their second season, Lleida Esportiu played for the first time the promotion playoffs to Segunda División. In 2016, their third try in four years, the team lost promotion in the last round against Sevilla Atlético, after a penalty shootout.

One year later, Lleida Esportiu reached for the first time the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey, after eliminating top-level side Real Sociedad, by overcoming a disadvantage of three goals in the aggregate score, in the previous round. In their first appearance in the round of 16, the club was eliminated by Atlético Madrid.

The club finished 2018–19 season in the 6th place in the Group 3 of Segunda División B.[5]

Season to season[]

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
2011–12 3 2ª B 7th First round
2012–13 3 2ª B 4th Second round
2013–14 3 2ª B 3rd Round of 32
2014–15 3 2ª B 5th Third round
2015–16 3 2ª B 4th Third round
2016–17 3 2ª B 8th Second round
2017–18 3 2ª B 7th Round of 16
2018–19 3 2ª B 6th Third round
2019–20 3 2ª B 5th First round
2020–21 3 2ª B 7th / 4th First round
2021–22 4 2ª RFEF

Detailed list of seasons[]

Season League Cup Other cups Top scorer[N 1]
Tier Division Gr Pos Pld W D L GF GA Pts Name(s) Goal
2011–12 3 Segunda División B 3 7th 38 16 11 11 50 40 59 R1 Copa Federación R32 Spain Asier Eizaguirre 10
2012–13 3 Segunda División B 2 4th 38 17 15 6 56 34 66 R2 Copa Catalunya R2.3 Spain Jaime Mata 14
PO 4 1 3 0 5 4
2013–14 3 Segunda División B 3 3rd 38 19 11 8 52 35 68 R32 Copa Catalunya R2.1 Spain Jaime Mata 15
PO 4 1 2 1 3 3
2014–15 3 Segunda División B 3 5th 38 18 7 13 45 34 61 R3 Copa Catalunya R1 Spain Salva Chamorro 14
2015–16 3 Segunda División B 3 4th 38 18 13 7 49 22 67 R3 Copa Catalunya R2 Spain Manuel Onwu 10
PO 6 4 1 1 7 2
2016–17 3 Segunda División B 3 8th 38 15 11 12 41 41 56 R2 Copa Catalunya R3 Spain Javi Casares 8
2017–18 3 Segunda División B 3 7th 38 14 13 11 37 33 55 R16 Copa Catalunya R1 Spain Jorge Félix 10
2018–19 3 Segunda División B 3 6th 38 15 11 12 46 39 56 R3 Copa Catalunya R3 Spain Pedro Martín 16
2019–20 3 Segunda División B 3 5th 28 12 10 6 34 22 46 R1 Copa Catalunya R2 Spain Xemi Fernández 8
2020–21 3 Segunda División B 3 10th 26 10 5 11 28 28 35 R1 Spain Raúl González 9

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 31 August 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 Spain ESP Ramon Vila
2 DF Spain ESP Diego Garzón
3 DF United States USA John Neeskens
4 DF Spain ESP Arnau Gaixas
5 DF Spain ESP Roger Figueras
6 MF Spain ESP Toni Vicente
7 MF Equatorial Guinea EQG Joanet López
10 FW Senegal SEN Moha Keita
11 FW Spain ESP Colau Forner
13 GK United States USA Víctor Vidal
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Spain ESP Yasser El Arbaoui
15 DF Spain ESP Pedro Inglés
16 MF Spain ESP Modest Notario
17 MF Spain ESP David López
18 FW Spain ESP Joan Monterde
19 FW Spain ESP Quim Araújo
20 FW Spain ESP Sanku Jabbie
21 FW Mali MLI Alpha Bagayoko
22 MF Honduras HON Álex Mejía
23 MF Senegal SEN Abdoulaye Fall

Reserves[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
27 DF Spain ESP Adrià Pladevall
31 FW Spain ESP Lamin Juwara
32 DF Spain ESP Álvaro Martínez (on loan from Betis)
No. Pos. Nation Player
33 DF Spain ESP Alejandro Pereira
38 DF Spain ESP Joel Febas

Out on loan[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Spain ESP Sergi Brunet (at Binéfar until 30 June 2022)
FW Morocco MAR Tarik Fillali (at Binéfar until 30 June 2022)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Spain ESP Moro Sidibe (at Mollerussa until 30 June 2022)

Records[]

  • Record league victory: 0–6 vs. Atlético Baleares (3 April 2016)
  • Record league defeat: 5–1 vs. Villarreal B (3 October 2015), 4–0 vs. Sabadell (21 December 2019)
  • Record attendance: 13,700 vs. Sevilla Atlético, Segunda División B Play-off (19 June 2016)
  • Most league appearances: 193, Pau Torres (2012–2015, 2018–)
  • Most league goals scored: 29, Jaime Mata (2012–14)
  • Most goals scored, season: 19, Pedro Martín (2018–19)
  • Highest league position: 3rd in Segunda División B (2014)
  • Copa del Rey best: Round of 16 (2017–18)
  • Record consecutive league appearances: 88, Pau Torres (August 2012 – November 2014)
  • Youngest player: Òscar Canadell, 17 years and 158 days (against Ontinyent, 6 April 2014)
  • Oldest player: César Soriano, 37 years and 361 days (against Atlético Levante, 18 April 2021)

Coaches[]

Statistics are correct as of 19 September 2021.
Name Nationality From To Matches Won Drawn Lost GF GA Win % Notes
Emili Vicente  Spain 23 July 2011 30 June 2012 38 16 11 11 50 40 42.1
Toni Seligrat  Spain 1 July 2012 30 June 2014 76 36 26 14 108 69 47.4
Imanol Idiakez  Spain 1 July 2014 30 June 2016 76 36 20 20 93 56 47.4
Gustavo Siviero  Argentina 13 July 2016 18 May 2017 38 15 11 12 41 41 39.5
 Spain 22 May 2017 3 February 2019 61 24 21 16 70 59 39.3
Juan Carlos Oliva  Spain 5 February 2019 3 June 2019 15 5 3 7 13 13 33.3
Molo  Spain 5 June 2019 24 May 2021 54 22 15 17 63 50 40.7
Gabri  Spain 1 June 2021 Present 3 0 2 1 3 5 0

Notable players[]

Note: this list includes players playing on fully professional top leagues or with international caps.

Notes[]

  1. ^ All goals scored in league games, not including playoffs.

References[]

  1. ^ d’Esports, Sid Lowe at the Camp. "Diego Costa's love affair with Atletico Madrid is on and off again". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  2. ^ Un agujero de 28 millones engulle a la UE Lleida (28 million hole swallows UE Lleida); El País, 16 May 2011 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ El juez echa a Junyent y le da el club a Lleida Esportiu (Judge ousts Junyent and gives club to Lleida Esportiu) Archived 2011-07-12 at the Wayback Machine; Sport, 7 July 2011 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ El Lleida Sportiu ya es equipo de Segunda División B (Lleida Sportiu is finally a Segunda División B team); Marca, 19 July 2011 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ "Histórico Lleida Esportiu - Segunda División B G 3". www.resultados-futbol.com. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
  6. ^ http://www.lleidaesportiu.cat/equip

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