CE Sabadell FC

Centre d'Esports Sabadell Futbol Club, S.A.D. (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈsentɾə ðəsˈpɔɾ(ts) səβəˈðeʎ fubˈbɔl ˈklup]) is a Spanish football team based in Sabadell, a city in the province of Barcelona in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1903, it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta.

Sabadell

Full name	Centre d'Esports Sabadell Futbol Club, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Arlequinats Saballuts Laneros Catalan Gas
Founded	1903
Ground	Nova Creu Alta, Sabadell, Catalonia, Spain
Capacity	11,908^[1]
Owner	Investor Consortium
President	Esteve Calzada
Head coach	Miki Lladó
League	Primera Federación
2021–22	Primera División RFEF, Group 2, 8th of 20
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

The side has competed in national leagues since 1928, gaining its first promotion to the Segunda División in 1933 and then the La Liga in 1944. Sabadell's longest spell in the top flight was from 1965 to 1972, and their most recent from 1986 to 1988. They have reached one Copa del Rey final, which they lost 3–0 to Sevilla in 1935.

By historical standards, CE Sabadell FC is the third best club in Catalonia, after FC Barcelona and RCD Espanyol.

History

In 1901, Joan Saus and a group of youngsters from the Sabadell Catalan Centre founded Centre d'Esports Sabadell, which became fully legalized on 5 June 1906. The club's first games were held in a grass field at Prat de Sant Oleguer but, on 3 June of that year, a stadium in the Creu Alta District was inaugurated, in a game against "Team X" from Barcelona, later known as RCD Espanyol; in 1912, in the same site, the first game under floodlights was played in the country.

In 1933–34, the club won its first major trophy, the Catalan Football Championship, which allowed the winner to participate in the Copa del Presidente de la República. During the former tournament, it won 15 games and drew once, reaching the latter's final in the following season, losing 0–3 to Sevilla FC at the Chamartín Stadium.

Sabadell first competed in La Liga in the 1943–44 season, finishing ninth. It improved to fifth in 1946–47, ranking in front of Real Madrid and only four points behind champions Valencia CF, just one season after returning from Segunda División.

In 1968–69, Sabadell, guided by manager Pasieguito, finished a best-ever fourth as the top flight already consisted of 16 clubs. Subsequently, it competed in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, losing to Club Brugge K.V. of Belgium in the first round (3–5 on aggregate); in 1972, a seven-year ran in the top division came to an end, as the Arlequinats were relegated after finishing dead last.

CE Sabadell became a public limited sports company in 1991, being relegated to Segunda División B two years later, and immediately to Tercera División following severe economic problems. The club spent the following seventeen years in the third level (with the exception of 2006–07 in the fourth).

In the 2010–11 season, Sabadell, managed by Lluís Carreras, won its group in the regular season. In the playoffs, the team drew both games against SD Eibar, but was eventually promoted on the away goals rule following the 1–1 score at the Ipurua Municipal Stadium, returning to the professional divisions after 18 years.

Sabadell struggled in their return to the second level finishing in 19th place, being the first side in the relegation zone. However, they were spared when Villarreal CF dropped down a division in the top flight, which led to the automatic relegation of its reserve team Villarreal CF B. Sabadell finished second level as 16th in 2012–13 season, as 10th in the 2013–14 season. Finally Sabadell finished it as 21st and relegated to third level after 4 years.

Sabadell had a lot of financial problems after the relegation to Segunda B. Japanese owner Keisuke Sakamoto, who had bought the club in 2012, sold it to Aragón-based company Viacron in 2015. Esteve Calzada, a former member of FC Barcelona board and a marketing expert whose company worked for Manchester City, bought the club in 2017. Since then, the club's debt has been restructured. Difficulties in finding a new investor meant that from 2017 to 2019 the club was more concerned with relegation avoidance than real hopes of promotion.

In August 2019, the Club announced an historical agreement with a group of international investors, whereby this Group would achieve majority ownership through periodic capital infusions over the following three years to guarantee institutional stability and financial resources to achieve sustainable success.^[2]

On 26 July 2020, the Club secured promotion to the La Liga Smartbank Segunda División by beating Barcelona B 2-1 in the Segunda División B playoff final after five-years in third division.^[3]

The team was immediately relegated in the following 2020–21 season by the narrow margin of one point, and joined the newly-created 1a RFEF Division.

In 2021-22 Season, the team did not manage to make it to Playoffs by the margin of a single point.

Season to season

 

Sabadell before game against Eibar (2010)

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1930–31 3 3ª 2nd Second round 1931–32 3 3ª 1st 1932–33 3 3ª 2nd 1933–34 2 2ª 9th First round 1934–35 2 2ª 2nd Runner-up 1935–36 2 2ª 5th 1939–40 2 2ª 2nd 1940–41 2 2ª 9th First round 1941–42 2 2ª 1st First round 1942–43 2 2ª 2nd First round 1943–44 1 1ª 9th Quarter-finals 1944–45 1 1ª 13th First round 1945–46 2 2ª 1st First round 1946–47 1 1ª 5th Quarter-finals 1947–48 1 1ª 12th Sixth round 1948–49 1 1ª 14th Fourth round 1949–50 2 2ª 6th Second round 1950–51 2 2ª 3rd 1951–52 2 2ª 4th 1952–53 2 2ª 11th First round

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1953–54 2 2ª 6th 1954–55 2 2ª 10th 1955–56 2 2ª 5th 1956–57 2 2ª 2nd 1957–58 2 2ª 2nd 1958–59 2 2ª 2nd First round 1959–60 2 2ª 7th Second round 1960–61 2 2ª 6th First round 1961–62 2 2ª 8th Second round 1962–63 2 2ª 16th First round 1963–64 3 3ª 1st 1964–65 2 2ª 2nd First round 1965–66 1 1ª 14th Quarter-finals 1966–67 1 1ª 8th Second round 1967–68 1 1ª 12th Second round 1968–69 1 1ª 4th First round 1969–70 1 1ª 13th Quarter-finals 1970–71 1 1ª 13th Fifth round 1971–72 1 1ª 18th Fourth round 1972–73 2 2ª 12th Fifth round

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1973–74 2 2ª 15th Round of 16 1974–75 2 2ª 19th Fourth round 1975–76 3 3ª 6th Second round 1976–77 3 3ª 1st First round 1977–78 2 2ª 6th Fourth round 1978–79 2 2ª 12th First round 1979–80 2 2ª 6th Fourth round 1980–81 2 2ª 7th Second round 1981–82 2 2ª 11th Second round 1982–83 2 2ª 18th Second round 1983–84 3 2ª B 1st Fourth round 1984–85 2 2ª 4th Round of 16 1985–86 2 2ª 2nd Quarter-finals 1986–87 1 1ª 15th Third round 1987–88 1 1ª 19th Quarter-finals 1988–89 2 2ª 13th Fourth round 1989–90 2 2ª 7th Round of 16 1990–91 2 2ª 12th Fourth round 1991–92 2 2ª 9th Fourth round 1992–93 2 2ª 20th Fifth round

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1993–94 4 3ª 1st First round 1994–95 3 2ª B 11th Second round 1995–96 3 2ª B 16th DNP 1996–97 3 2ª B 11th DNP 1997–98 3 2ª B 11th DNP 1998–99 3 2ª B 7th DNP 1999–2000 3 2ª B 13th DNP 2000–01 3 2ª B 3rd DNP 2001–02 3 2ª B 14th Preliminary round 2002–03 3 2ª B 7th DNP 2003–04 3 2ª B 16th Round of 64 2004–05 3 2ª B 13th DNP 2005–06 3 2ª B 18th DNP 2006–07 4 3ª 3rd DNP 2007–08 3 2ª B 14th DNP 2008–09 3 2ª B 4th DNP 2009–10 3 2ª B 10th Second round 2010–11 3 2ª B 1st DNP 2011–12 2 2ª 19th Second round 2012–13 2 2ª 16th Third round

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2013–14 2 2ª 10th Second round 2014–15 2 2ª 21st Round of 32 2015–16 3 2ª B 7th First round 2016–17 3 2ª B 15th DNP 2017–18 3 2ª B 12th DNP 2018–19 3 2ª B 12th DNP 2019–20 3 2ª B 3rd DNP 2020–21 2 2ª 19th Second round 2021–22 3 1ª RFEF 8th First round 2022–23 3 1ª RFEF

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• 14 seasons in La Liga
• 44 seasons in Segunda División
• 2 seasons in Primera División RFEF
• 23 seasons in Segunda División B
• 8 seasons in Tercera División

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Score
1969–70	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	1R		Club Brugge	2–0, 1–5

• 1R = first round

Players

Current squad

As of 6 September 2022.^[4]

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 Sergi Puig 2 DF   ESP Pau Resta 3 DF   ESP Juanmi Carrión 4 DF   ESP César Morgado 5 DF   ESP Guillem Molina (captain) 6 MF   ESP Sergi Altimira 7 MF   EQG Joanet López 8 MF   ESP Álex Gualda 9 FW   SEN Moha Keita 10 MF   ESP Sergio Montero 11 FW   ESP Christian Dieste 13 GK   ESP Víctor Vidal 14 DF   KEN Ismael Athuman

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF   ESP Pelayo Suárez 16 MF   ESP Sergi García (on loan from Albacete) 17 FW   ESP Juan Delgado 18 MF   ESP Pau Víctor (on loan from Girona) 19 MF   ESP Armando Corbalán 20 DF   ESP Eudald Vergés (on loan from Andorra) 21 DF   ESP Adán Gurdiel 22 FW   ESP Alberto Fernández 23 MF   ESP Álex Sala (on loan from Girona) 25 GK   ESP Carles Segura 26 MF   ESP David Astals 27 DF   ESP Marc Vargas 28 FW   ESP Jaume Piñol

Youth players

Main article: CE Sabadell FC B

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 29 DF   ESP Iker Hernández 30 FW   UKR Vladyslav Kopotun

Honours

Copa del Rey

• Runners-up: 1935
• Quarter-finals: 1964–65, 1969–70, 1985–86, 1987–88

Campeonato de España

• Winners: 1913

Championat de Catalunya

• Winners: 1933–34

Copa Catalunya

• Winners: 2015–16

Copa Federación de España

• Winners: 1999–2000

Catalan Second Division

• Winners: 1912–13, 1913–14, 1929–30

Segunda División

• Winners: 1942–43, 1945–46

Segunda División B

• Winners: 1983–84, 2010–11

Tercera División

• Winners: 1931–32, 1963–64, 1976–77, 1993–94

• Historic position in La Liga:^[5] 30th

Former players

See also: Category:CE Sabadell footballers

Most appearances in La Liga

•   Pepe Martinez: 151
•   Isidro Sánchez: 142
•   Ramón Montesinos: 142
•   Ramón Marañón: 140
•   Mario Pini: 138
•   Josep Palau: 115
•   Joaquín Navarro: 103
•   Lluís Múñoz: 100
•   Antonio Vázquez: 92
•   Alberto Arnal: 86
•   Manuel Pallas: 85
•   Ricard Pujol: 81

Most goals in La Liga

•   Antonio Vázquez: 35
•   Manuel Pallas: 27
•   Josep Palau: 26
•   Antonio Sangrador: 23
•   Juan del Pino: 24
•   José Luis Garzón Sr.: 21
•   Josep Antoni Noya: 15
•   Josep María Vall: 15
•   Ramón Marañon: 15
•   Juli Gonzalvo : 14
•   Benjamín Telechea: 12
•   Periko Alonso: 12

Former coaches

1912–1912:   Pepe Rodríguez 1924–1925:   Bernard Travers 1933–1935:   Joan Tena 1941–1942:   José Luis Zabala 1942–1943:   Joan Armet Kinké 1943–1945:   Pere Solé 1945–1947:   Vicenç Gràcia 1947–1948:   Antoni Sangüesa 1948–1948:   Emili Vidal 1949–1950:   Josep Argemí 1950–1950:   Vicenç Gràcia 1950–1951:   Amadeu Navarra 1951–1952:   Josep Escolà 1952–1952:   Vicenç Gràcia 1952–1953:   Lluís Miró 1953–1953:   Antoni Sangüesa 1953–1955:   Zvonimir Monsider 1955–1956:   Vicenç Gràcia 1956–1958:   Juanito Ochoa 1958–1958:   Elemér Berkessy 1958–1959:   Juan Zambudio Velasco 1959–1959:   Patrocinio Ramon Patro 1960–1960:   Juan Zambudio Velasco 1960–1961:   Nicolae Simatoc 1961–1961:   Vicenç Gràcia 1961–1961:   Ernest Pons 1961–1962:   Antoni Sangüesa 1962–1962:   Juan Casariego

1962–1964:   Juan Ramón Santiago 1964–1972:   Bernardino Pérez Pasieguito 1972–1972:   Enrique Orizaola 1972–1974:   Antonio Jaurrieta 1974–1974:   Otto Bumbel 1974–1974:   Albert Arnal 1974–1975:   Gustau Biosca 1975–1976:   Antonio Jaurrieta 1976–1980:   Pepe Martínez 1980–1981:   José Luis Romero 1981–1982:   Manuel Polinario Poli 1982–1983:   Julià Garcia 1983–1983:   Antonio Jaurrieta 1983–1984:   Salvador Cadena 1984–1984:   Vicenç Dauder 1984–1985:   Bernardino Pérez Pasieguito 1985–1987:   Pedro Mari Uribarri 1987–1988:   Pepe Martínez 1988–1988:   Toño de la Cruz 1988–1989:   José Luis Romero 1989–1990:   Lluís Pujol 1990–1991:   José Antonio Naya 1991–1991:   Julià Garcia 1991–1991:   Luis García Luiche 1991–1992:   Antoni Olmo 1992–1992:   Pepe Martínez 1992–1993:   Pedro Mari Uribarri 1993–1994:   Antonio Jaurrieta

1994–1995:   José Luis Romero 1995–1999:   Paco Garcia Llamas 1999–1999:   Pedro Mari Uribarri 1999–1999:   Luis Miguel Gail 1999–2002:   Pere Valentí Mora 2002–2004:  Roberto Elvira 2004–2005:   Joan Francesc Ferrer Rubi 2005–2005:   Pere Valentí Mora 2005–2006:   José Luis Montes 2006–2006:   Jaume Bonet 2006–2006:   Manolo Fernández 2006–2009:   Ramon Moya 2009–2010:   David Pirri 2010–2013:   Lluís Carreras 2013–2013:   Javi Salamero 2013–2014:   Miquel Olmo 2014–2015:   Álex García 2015:   Juan Carlos Mandiá 2015–2016:   Miguel Álvarez Jurado 2016–2017:   José Solivelles 2017:   Guillermo Fernández Romo 2017–2019:   Toni Seligrat 2019-2019:   Kiko Ramírez 2019-2021:   Antonio Hidalgo 2021–2022:   Pedro Munitis 2022-2022:   Gabri 2022- :   Miki Lladó

Former presidents

• Joan Grau (1906–1910)
• Felip Davi (1910–1911)
• Joan Saus (1911–1923)
• Emili Moragas (1923–1929)
• Valentí Gorina (1929–1930)
• Antoni Tamburini (1930–1933)
• Josep Maria Marcet (1933–1934)
• Josep Bofarull (1934–1935)
• Josep Maria Marcet (1935–1939)
• Antoni Tamburini (1939)
• Josep Maria Marcet (1939–1942)
• Pau Maria Llonch (1945–1946)
• Miquel Sala (1946–1949)
• Pau Maria Llonch (1949–1951)
• Josep Maria Marcet (1951–1952)
• Pere Fontanet (1952)
• Josep Maria Marcet (1952–1953)
• Joan Ricart (1953–1955)
• Ricard Rosson (1955–1958)
• Antoni Altarriba (1958–1961)
• Ramiro Fernández (1961–1963)
• Josep Bargalló (1963)
• Antoni Llonch (1963–1965)
• Ricard Rosson (1965–1973)
• Francesc Marlasca (1973–1974)
• Joaquim Hors (1974–1975)
• Francesc Valldeperas (1975–1983)
• Rafael Arroyos (1983–1987)
• Alfred Besonias (1987–1991)
• Josep Miquel Sanmiquel (1991)
• Rafael Arroyos (1991–1993)
• Francesc Soldevilla (1993–1994)
• Joan Soteras (1994–1996)
• Eugeni Sánchez (1996)
• Joan Puig (1996)
• Miquel Arroyos (1996–2002)
• Francisco González Cano (2002–2004)
• Josep Manel Piedrafita (2004–2005)
• Antonio Larrosa (2005–2006)
• Joan Soteras (2006–2013)
• Keisuke Sakamoto (2013–2015)
• Antoni Reguant (2015–2018)
• Esteve calzada (2018-)

Stadium

Sabadell plays home games at Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta. Inaugurated on 20 August 1967 with a 1–0 win against FC Barcelona, it has a capacity of 11,908 spectators.^[6]

Supporters

The club has multiple supporter groups. Most groups have activities related to the social life of the members. For example, THE WALKING ARLEKIN CLUB has walking excursions during the season, usually before matches.^[7] There are also groups like Honor 1903, La Força Arlequinada and Supporters Gol Nord, that focus more on the encouragement of the team, before, during and after the matches. Most of those groups usually concentrate in the northern stand at the Nova Creu Alta.

The club used to have a fan club called Hooligans Vallès. They used to be a far right-wing group which was established in 1993.^[8] In 2011, the group was disbanded as an official supporter group. In 2014, two fans were expelled from the Nova Creu Alta, after performing a Nazi salute during a match.^[9] However, in 2016, an unofficial Hebrew supporter group was created, under the name CE Sabadell Hebreu - סבאדל בעברית. The group provides news about the club in its Facebook and Twitter pages, for Israeli and other Hebrew-speaking fans.

The fans have good relations with Bristol Rovers, which initially began due to several Rovers fans noticing that the local club had the same colours.^[10] They also have a friendship with Gerunda Sud of Girona FC, and rivalries with Desperdicis of UE Sant Andreu, Penya Sport of Palamos CF and Rudes Lleida of Lleida Esportiu.^[11]

Anthem

The official anthem of the club is Honor al Sabadell, written by Lluís Papell to the music of Adolf Cabané. However, between 1983 and 1991 the club used Sempre endavant Sabadell as the official anthem, composed by Ramon Montlleó.^[12]

References

1. "Instalaciones". CE Sabadell FC (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
2. "El CE Sabadell cierra un acuerdo histórico con un grupo de inversores extranjeros". Marca.com (in Spanish). 26 August 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
3. "El Sabadell deja al Barça B sin ascenso a LaLiga Smartbank". Sport.es (in Spanish). 26 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
4. "Plantilla" [Squad] (in Catalan). CE Sabadell FC. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
5. "Spanish Premier Division All-Time Table". www.rsssf.com. from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
6. "Instalaciones | Sabadell - Web Oficial". Instalaciones | Sabadell - Web Oficial (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 July 2020.
7. "The Walking Arlekin CLUB". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
8. Martín, Luis; Congostrina, Alfonso L. (15 December 2014). "El C E Sabadell estudia expulsar a dos socios que realizaron gestos nazis". El País. from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018 – via elpais.com.
9. "Comunicado oficial | Sabadell - Web Oficial". Comunicado oficial | Sabadell - Web Oficial (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 July 2020.
10. "Sorry Lionel. We Made Plans – From Issue 14". standamf.com. 12 September 2015. from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
11. "Un petit resum de cada grup - ask.fm/SpinnelliRudeBoy". ask.fm. from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
12. SergiSBD (19 June 2009). "Nou himne del C.E. Sabadell 09/10". from the original on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2018 – via YouTube.

External links

 

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• Arlekinats, fansite (in Catalan)
• CE Sabadell Hebreu (in Hebrew)