UE Santa Coloma

UE Santa Coloma

Full name	Unió Esportiva Santa Coloma
Nickname(s)	UE Esquirols (Squirrels)
Founded	1986 (1986)
Ground	Andorra Football Federation stadiums
Chairman	Juan Antonio Antón Álvarez
Manager	Emiliano González Arqués
League	Primera Divisió
2013–14	Primera Divisió, 2nd
Home colours Away colours

Unió Esportiva Santa Coloma, also known as UE Santa Coloma, is a football club from Andorra based in the village of Santa Coloma. The club currently plays in Primera Divisió.

History

UE Santa Coloma was founded in 1986. The team plays in the Primera Divisió after winning the Segona Divisió in the 2007–08 season. The club made its first appearance in European competition in the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League after finishing second in the league in the 2009–10 season. In 2013 the team won his first trophy in the Copa Constitució after defeating 3-2 UE Sant Julià in the average time.

Colours and badge

Yellow has been the traditional UE Santa Coloma color. Manly of the home kits alternate yellow and black. Until 2013 the badge was representing Santa Coloma's pre-romanical church tower and the most traditional team icon, the squirrel.

The nowadays crest still represent the icons of UE Santa Coloma, featuring the club colours (yellow and black) and the year of foundation (1986).

The club have an alternative badge (main crest during the first leg of the 2013-14 season) representing the Santa Coloma's squirrel and the colours of the Andorran nation with the motto's country "Virtus Unita Fortior".

Old badge (until 2013).

Alternative badge.

Original first kit.

2013-14 home kit.

Support

The club's nickname, as seen from the crest, is Esquirols (Squirrels) due to the number of the animals that live around the town of Santa Coloma. There is a long-standing tradition for a number of fans to wear squirrel costumes at the club's last home game of each season.

Club rivalries

El Derbi Colomenc

The local rival of UE Santa Coloma is actually their neighbour's hometown football team FC Santa Coloma. The rivalry between these two teams has increased since the 2009/10 season when those teams were competing for winning the Premier Andorran League.^[1]

Honours

• Primera Divisió:
  • Runners-up (2): 2009–10, 2013–14
• Copa Constitució:
  • Winners (1): 2013
  • Runners-up (2): 2010, 2011
• Supercopa Andorrana:
  • Runners-up (1): 2013
• Segona Divisió:
  • Winners (1): 2007–08

Current squad

As of 5 March 2015.

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Ivan Perianez 2 DF Jesús Rubio 3 DF David Maneiro 4 MF Marc Amat 5 DF Alexandre Martínez (captain) 6 DF Àlex Roca 7 DF Albert Ramírez 8 MF Josep Ayala 9 FW Antón Codina 10 FW Joan Salomó 11 FW Josep Vall

No. Position Player 13 GK Friday Godswill 14 FW Víctor Bernat 15 DF Walid Bousenine 16 MF Enric Triquell 17 FW Albert Riera 18 DF Albert Rodríguez 19 MF Aitor Pereira 20 DF Àlex Blázquez 22 FW Sergio Crespo 23 DF Jordi Rubio (vice-captain) 25 DF Víctor Rodríguez

UE Santa Coloma History

European cup history

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
2010–11	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	FK Mogren	0–3	0–2	0–5
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Paksi SE	0–1	0–4	0–5
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	FC Twente	0–3	0–6	0–9
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Zrinjski Mostar	1–3	0–1	1–4
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Metalurg Skopje	0–3	0–2	0–5

External links

• UE Santa Coloma Official Web

References