Inter Club d'Escaldes

Inter Club d'Escaldes is an Andorran football club based in Escaldes-Engordany. The club currently plays in Primera Divisió, where it is a three-time champion.

Inter Club d'Escaldes

Full name	Inter Club d'Escaldes
Nickname(s)	Inter
Founded	1991; 32 years ago (1991)
Ground	Andorra Football Federation stadiums
Chairman	Pablo Gómez
Manager	Otger Canals
League	Primera Divisió
2022–23	Primera Divisió, 2nd
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

Inter Club d'Escaldes was founded in Escaldes-Engordany in 1991 and being founder member of Primera Divisió in 1995, the Premier League of Andorra. The club was playing since then in the top flight until April 2015 when the team was relegated after finishing 8th in the regular league.^[1] The club returned in Primera Divisió after two seasons, in May 2017.^[2]

L'Inter achieved twice the third position in Primera Divisió, during two consecutive seasons in 1999-00 and 2000–01, and became runners-up in Copa Constitució during the 2001–02 season, losing 2–0 against FC Lusitanos.

After becoming champion of the 2019–20 Primera Divisió, the club was able to have the right to participate in the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League, from the preliminary round. This historic partition represents the 1st time in the club's history that it has participated in an official international tournament.^[3]

Colours and badge

In its beginnings the club had a strong support of Construccions Modernes, a company linked to the construction, to the point that its initials CM remain until 2019 in its shield. Due to team colours, blue and black, the team and fans are referenced as blau-i-negres.^[4]

Contruccions Modernes^[5] crest until 2015

25th Anniversary crest (1991–2016)

Classic kit.

First kit (2010–2012)

First kit (2012–2016)

Honours

• Primera Divisió
  • Champions (3): 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
• Copa Constitució
  • Winners (2): 2020, 2023
  • Runners-up (1): 2002
• Supercopa Andorrana:
  • Winners (4): 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
• Segona Divisió
  • Winners (1): 2016–17

European record

Matches

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Agg.
2020–21	UEFA Champions League	PR	Drita	1–2
	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Dundalk	0–1
2021–22	UEFA Champions League	PR	HB Tórshavn	1–0
			Prishtina	0–2
	UEFA Europa Conference League	2Q	Teuta	0–3 (aet)	2−0	2–3
2022–23	UEFA Champions League	PR	La Fiorita	2–1
			Víkingur Reykjavík	0–1
	UEFA Europa Conference League	2Q	CFR Cluj	1–1	0–3	1–4
2023–24	UEFA Europa Conference League	1Q	Víkingur	2−1	1–1	3–2
		2Q	Hibernian	2−1	1–6	3–7

Notes

• PR: Preliminary round
• 1Q: First qualifying round
• 2Q: Second qualifying round

Current squad

As of 1 October 2023^[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   AND Ion Rodríguez 3 DF   AND Josep Foix 4 DF   ROU Raul Feher 5 MF   AND Sergi Moreno 6 MF   ESP Marc Caballé 7 FW   ESP Ángel De la Torre 9 FW   ESP Sascha Andreu 10 FW   ESP Aridai Cabrera 11 MF   MAR Domingo Berlanga 12 MF   CIV Jean Luc Assoubre 13 GK   ESP Jesús Coca 14 DF   ESP Javier Duro 15 MF   EQG Joanet

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF   ESP Viti Martínez 20 MF   ESP Martí Riverola 21 FW   MAR Ander El Haddadi 22 DF   AND Txus Rubio 23 MF   ESP Jordi Roca 25 DF   ESP Eric Ruiz 48 DF   ESP Chete González 49 DF   ESP Adrià Gallego — GK   ESP Adrià Muñoz — DF   ESP Iván Alonso — FW   ESP Kilian Grant — FW   ARG Abel Argañaraz

References

1. "FAF - L'FC Santa Coloma dóna un cop sobre la taula en endur-se el derbi ciutadà". www.faf.ad. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
2. "Tic Tapa i UE Santa Coloma seran a Europa i l'Inter és de Primera". elperiodic.ad. from the original on 15 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
3. "L'Inter d'Escaldes es proclama campió de la lliga de futbol". from the original on 2020-10-30. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
4. "La FAF es posa dura per l'encesa d'una bengala a la Borda Mateu". elperiodic.ad. from the original on 15 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
5. "FAF – L'Inter Club Escaldes espera rival per jugar la promoció". www.faf.ad. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
6. "Plantilla" [Team] (in Catalan). Inter Club d'Escaldes. 16 January 2018. from the original on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.

External links

• Official website
• Inter d'Escaldes at faf.ad
• Inter d'Escaldes at UEFA.COM
• Inter d'Escaldes at Weltfussball.de