SD Formentera

Sociedad Deportiva Formentera is a football team based in Sant Francesc Xavier, Formentera in the Balearic Islands. The team plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 3. The club's home ground is the Estadi Municipal, which has a capacity of 500 spectators.^[4]

Formentera

Full name	Sociedad Deportiva Formentera
Nickname(s)	Rojillos, Rojinegros, Formenterenses
Founded	7 September 1971; 51 years ago (1971-09-07)^[1]
Ground	Estadi Municipal, Sant Francesc Xavier, Formentera, Balearic Islands, Spain
Capacity	500^[2]
President	Xicu Ferrer
Head coach	Víctor Basadre^[3]
League	Segunda Federación – Group 3
2021–22	Segunda División RFEF – Group 3, 7th of 18
Home colours Away colours

History

Founded in 1971, in 1979–80 the club took part in Tercera División, ending in relegation. It also entered the year's Copa del Rey, dispatching UD Porreras 3–2 on aggregate in the first round before falling 2–0 to Atlético Baleares in the second round.^[5]

Formentera returned to the fourth division in 2012, after winning the regional Preferente. In 2015–16, they reached the second round of the cup with a 2–1 win at Segunda División B team CD Alcoyano,^[6] and a year later they reached the last 32 of the competition before a 14–2 aggregate loss to La Liga team and UEFA Europa League holders Sevilla FC.^[7]

In that 2016–17 season, Formentera promoted for the first time ever to the third division after defeating Alavés B in the promotion play-offs.^[8] The following season, they reached again the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey, where they eliminated top level club Athletic Bilbao after winning in San Mamés with a goal in the sixth minute of stoppage time;^[9] in the last 16 they were eliminated by another top-flight Basque team, Deportivo Alavés,^[10] and the league season ended with instant relegation.^[11]

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1971–72 4 1ª Reg. 5th 1972–73 4 1ª Reg. 6th 1973–74 4 1ª Reg. 5th 1974–75 4 1ª Reg. 3rd 1975–76 4 1ª Reg. 6th 1976–77 4 Reg. Pref. 4th 1977–78 5 Reg. Pref. 1978–79 5 Reg. Pref. 1979–80 4 3ª 19th Second round 1980–81 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 1981–82 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 1982–83 5 Reg. Pref. 5th 1983–84 5 Reg. Pref. 5th 1984–85 5 Reg. Pref. 4th 1985–86 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd 1986–87 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 1987–88 5 Reg. Pref. 5th 1988–89 5 Reg. Pref. 1989–90 5 Reg. Pref. 1990–91 5 Reg. Pref. 1st

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1991–92 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd 1992–93 5 Reg. Pref. 1st 1993–94 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 1994–95 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 1995–96 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 1996–97 5 Reg. Pref. 8th 1997–98 5 Reg. Pref. 7th 1998–99 5 Reg. Pref. 6th 1999–2000 5 Reg. Pref. 9th 2000–01 5 Reg. Pref. 5th 2001–02 5 Reg. Pref. 6th 2002–03 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 2003–04 5 Reg. Pref. 7th 2004–05 5 Reg. Pref. 6th 2005–06 5 Reg. Pref. 9th 2006–07 5 Reg. Pref. 9th 2007–08 5 Reg. Pref. 11th 2008–09 5 Reg. Pref. 7th 2009–10 5 Reg. Pref. 10th 2010–11 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2011–12 5 Reg. Pref. 1st 2012–13 4 3ª 3rd 2013–14 4 3ª 3rd 2014–15 4 3ª 1st 2015–16 4 3ª 2nd Second round 2016–17 4 3ª 1st Round of 32 2017–18 3 2ª B 17th Round of 16 2018–19 4 3ª 4th 2019–20 4 3ª 7th 2020–21 4 3ª 3rd / 4th 2021–22 4 2ª RFEF

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• 1 season in Segunda División B
• 1 season in Segunda División RFEF
• 9 seasons in Tercera División

Current squad

As of 16 November 2017.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   ESP Marcos — GK   ESP Chechu — DF   ESP Samuel — DF   ESP Dailos — DF   ESP Alejandro Bonilla — DF   GHA Kingsley Fobi — DF   ESP Javi Rosa — DF   ESP Quico — DF   ESP Manu Amores — MF   ESP Joseba Garmendia

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   ESP Adrián Riera — MF   ESP Fernando Liñán — MF   ESP Nando — MF   ESP Álvaro Muñiz — MF   ESP Michael — MF   ARG Agustín Ojeda — FW   ESP Juanan — FW   BRA Bruno Vinicius — FW   ESP Omar Álvarez — FW   ESP Gabri Gómez

References

1. "Historia" [History] (in Spanish). SD Formentera. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
2. "Municipal de Formentera :: Estadios y Pabellones ::". www.lapreferente.com. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
3. Ibiza, Diario de. "Víctor Basadre, nuevo entrenador del Formentera". www.diariodeibiza.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 March 2020.
4. "SD Formentera - galeria - noticias". puntobalonbalear.es. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
5. "Segunda eliminatoria (ida)" [Second round (second leg)] (PDF) (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 22 November 1979. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
6. "El Formentera elimina al Alcoyano en la Copa del Rey" [Formentera eliminate Alcoyano from the Copa del Rey] (in Spanish). Diario de Ibiza. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
7. "Barcelona's reserves rout Hercules 7-0 in Copa del Rey". USA Today. AP. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
8. "El Formentera asciende a Segunda B" (in Spanish). Diario de Ibiza. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
9. "Álvaro Muñiz, el farmacéutico que anima la Copa" [Álvaro Muñiz, the pharmacist making headlines in the Copa]. ABC (in Spanish). 1 December 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
10. "El Alavés elimina a un digno Formentera de la Copa del Rey" [Alavés eliminate a dignified Formentera from the Copa del Rey]. Diario de Ibiza (in Spanish). 10 January 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
11. "Marcos Contreras anuncia que deja el Formentera" [Marcos Contreras announces that he is leaving Formentera]. ABC (in Spanish). 16 May 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.

External links

• Official website
• Club & Stadium History at Estadios de España (in English)