UE Cornellà

Unión Esportiva Cornellà, S. A. D. (Catalan: Unió Esportiva Cornellà) is a Spanish football team based in Cornellà de Llobregat, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1951 it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at RCDE stadium, which has a capacity of 40,000 spectators.^[4]

Cornellà

Full name	Unión Esportiva Cornellà, S.A.D.^[1]
Founded	1951
Stadium	RCDE Stadium
Capacity	40,000^[2]
President	Álex Talavera
Head coach	Gonzalo Riutort^[3]
League	Primera Federación – Group 2
2021–22	Primera División RFEF – Group 2, 14th of 20
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

History

 

Club logo until 2021

Unión Deportiva Cornellà was founded on April 29, 1951 by the merging of Club Atlético Padró and Academia Junyent.^[5] Since its foundation the club participated in regional competitions and Tercera División until the season 2013/2014, when it achieved the historic promotion to the Segunda División B.^[6]

On 6 January 2021, Cornellà upset La Liga giants Atlético Madrid by a score of 1–0 in the second round of the Copa del Rey.^[7] They were eliminated in the following round by Barcelona, as the final score was 2–0 after extra time.^[8]

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1954–55 5 2ª Reg. 8th 1955–56 5 2ª Reg. 2nd 1956–57 5 2ª Reg. 2nd 1957–58 4 1ª Reg. 4th 1958–59 4 1ª Reg. 17th 1959–60 4 1ª Reg. 7th 1960–61 4 1ª Reg. 13th 1961–62 4 1ª Reg. 3rd 1962–63 4 1ª Reg. 10th 1963–64 4 1ª Reg. 17th 1964–65 4 1ª Reg. 17th 1965–66 5 2ª Reg. 1966–67 4 1ª Reg. 16th 1967–68 4 1ª Reg. 9th 1968–69 4 Reg. Pref. 15th 1969–70 4 Reg. Pref. 11th 1970–71 5 1ª Reg. 2nd 1971–72 5 1ª Reg. 3rd 1972–73 5 1ª Reg. 10th 1973–74 5 1ª Reg. 7th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1974–75 5 1ª Reg. 8th 1975–76 5 1ª Reg. 6th 1976–77 5 1ª Reg. 4th 1977–78 5 Reg. Pref. 6th 1978–79 5 Reg. Pref. 14th 1979–80 5 Reg. Pref. 9th 1980–81 5 Reg. Pref. 15th 1981–82 5 Reg. Pref. 19th 1982–83 6 1ª Reg. 7th 1983–84 6 1ª Reg. 6th 1984–85 6 1ª Reg. 4th 1985–86 6 1ª Reg. 8th 1986–87 6 1ª Reg. 6th 1987–88 6 1ª Reg. 13th 1988–89 6 1ª Reg. 12th 1989–90 6 1ª Reg. 2nd 1990–91 6 1ª Reg. 1st 1991–92 6 Pref. Terr. 3rd 1992–93 6 Pref. Terr. 5th 1993–94 6 Pref. Terr. 3rd

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1994–95 6 Pref. Terr. 4th 1995–96 6 Pref. Terr. 1st 1996–97 5 1ª Cat. 5th 1997–98 5 1ª Cat. 9th 1998–99 5 1ª Cat. 2nd 1999–2000 4 3ª 4th 2000–01 4 3ª 15th 2001–02 4 3ª 18th 2002–03 5 1ª Cat. 1st 2003–04 4 3ª 10th 2004–05 4 3ª 16th 2005–06 4 3ª 17th 2006–07 5 1ª Cat. 6th 2007–08 5 1ª Cat. 1st 2008–09 4 3ª 12th 2009–10 4 3ª 5th 2010–11 4 3ª 8th 2011–12 4 3ª 5th 2012–13 4 3ª 2nd 2013–14 4 3ª 1st

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2014–15 3 2ª B 15th Round of 32 2015–16 3 2ª B 5th 2016–17 3 2ª B 9th Third round 2017–18 3 2ª B 4th 2018–19 3 2ª B 4th First round 2019–20 3 2ª B 4th First round 2020–21 3 2ª B 5th / 1st Round of 32 2021–22 3 1ª RFEF 14th First round 2022–23 3 1ª RFEF

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• 2 seasons in Primera División RFEF
• 7 seasons in Segunda División B
• 12 seasons in Tercera División

Players

Current squad

As of 8 February 2023.^[9]

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   BRA Lucas Anacker 3 DF   ESP Gerard Martin 4 MF   ESP Andreu Hernández 5 DF   ESP Eliseo Falcón 6 MF   ESP Raúl Tavares 7 FW   MLI Moha Traoré 8 MF   ESP Alfred Planas 9 FW   ESP Rubén Enri (on loan from Andorra) 10 MF   ESP Gil Muntadas 11 MF   GHA Isaac Nana 12 FW   ESP Valter Pereira 13 GK   ESP Juanvi 14 MF   ESP Kike López (captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF   ESP Carlos Blanco 16 DF   ESP Carlos Redruello 17 MF   ESP Francesc Fullana 18 MF   ESP Ramón Folch 19 FW   SEN Mamor Niang 20 DF   ESP Pere Martínez 22 FW   ESP Álex López 23 FW   ESP Nahuel Arroyo 28 DF   ESP Marc Vilaplana 29 FW   ESP Sergi Baldrich 40 GK   GRE Apostolos Barbopoulos — FW   ESP Dani Ribelles — FW   ESP Álex Gonpi

Youth players

Main article: UE Cornellà 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 30 MF   ESP Izan González 31 DF   ESP Xavier Finot 32 FW   ESP Carles Garrido

No. Pos. Nation Player 44 FW   ESP Adrián Bobi 45 DF   ESP Marc Jurado

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   ESP Iván Blanco (at Llosetense until 30 June 2023) — MF   ESP Aschalew Sanmartí (at Manresa until 30 June 2023)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   ARG Marcos Gorriti (at Cerdanyola del Vallès until 30 June 2023) — FW   ESP Gonzalo Carmona (at Vilassar de Mar until 30 June 2023)

Honours

• Tercera División: 2013–14

Notable players

Further information: Category:UE Cornellà players

Tha'er Bawab (youth)   Keita Baldé (youth)   Jordi Alba (youth)   Rubén Miño (youth)   Ignasi Miquel (youth)   Xavi Moro   David Raya (youth)   Víctor Ruiz (youth)   Enric Vallès

References

1. Catalan Football Federation profile
2. RCDE Stadium – RCD Espanyol Official Page
3. Aragón, Heraldo de. "El técnico del Ejea se va al Cornellá y llega al Ebro su nuevo director deportivo". heraldo.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-01-24.
4. chrisentrenador (2018-09-10). "Barcelona – Nou Camp Municipal de Cornellá". Estadios de España. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
5. "Unió Esportiva Cornellà, S.A.D. :: La Futbolteca. Enciclopedia del Fútbol Español" (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-04-09.
6. "El Club". Unió Esportiva Cornellà (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2019-11-20.
7. "Atletico Madrid suffer shock Copa del Rey defeat to third tier Cornella". 90min. 6 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
8. Roberts, Mike (21 January 2021). "Cornellà 0-2 FC Barcelona: Victory in extra time". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 27 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
9. "Plantilla". Unió Esportiva Cornellà (in European Spanish). Retrieved 27 October 2021.

External links

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

Coordinates: 41°20′51″N 2°04′25″E / 41.347631°N 2.073557°E / 41.347631; 2.073557