FC Santa Coloma

Full name

Futbol Club Santa Coloma

Nickname(s)

FCSC
Colomencs
Coloma (Dove)
El Don (The Lord or Sir)

Founded

1986

Ground

Andorra Football Federation stadiums

Chairman

Alain Molné Kirik

Manager

Richard Imbernón

League

Primera Divisió

2016–17

Primera Divisió, 1st

Website

Club website

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

FC Santa Coloma is an Andorran football team based in the village of Santa Coloma, in the parish of Andorra la Vella. The club currently plays in Primera Divisió, and is its current champion and most successful team with eleven titles. It is also the most successful team in the Copa Constitució, winning it nine times.

History

Founded in 1986 FC Santa Coloma became one of the founder members of Primera Divisió in 1995.^[1] Since 2001 the club has enjoyed a great success in all Andorran competitions standing with all the records in the Premier Andorran League (10)^[1] and Andorran Cup (8).^[2]

FC Santa Coloma in Europe

FC Santa Coloma has two unique achievements for an Andorran team in European competitions, never repeated so far by any Andorran team: it is the only team from Andorra to win a match in any European competition and the only team that did not concede a goal in a match in a European competition.

Both of these feats were achieved on two occasions: the first match in the 2007–08 UEFA Cup qualifying round against the Israeli side Maccabi Tel Aviv, in which FC Santa Coloma won 1–0 at home with a goal scored by Juli Fernandez and in the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round when they beat Banants of Armenia 1–0. On the first occasion, in the return leg they lost 4–0 to Maccabi and were eliminated from the tournament. Against Banants, they lost the second leg away in Armenia 3–2, however the game finished 3–3 on aggregate and FC Santa Coloma won by the away goals rule, thanks to a last minute goal by goalkeeper Eloy Casals. It was only the second time an Andorran club have won a two-legged tie in Europe after Sant Julià.

Colours and badge

FC Santa Coloma dressed in all white all the seasons since the creation of the Andorran Premier League, alternating the home kit with red or blue. Traditionally the away kit has been all blue and third kit all red. In the club crest feature the colours of Andorra and the Holy Dove that gives the name of the Santa Coloma d'Andorra town^[3] and therefore the name of the club.

Period *	Kitmaker	Kit sponsor
1994–10	Joma	Don Pernil
2010–13		Pidasa
2013–15		None
2015–present		Don Denis

* Since the Andorra Football Federation affiliation.

Club rivalries

El Clàssic

The main rival of FC Santa Coloma in Primera Divisió has been always Sant Julià playing in a derby called El Clàssic. Both teams are strong in the Andorran Premier League and since the creation of the championship the clubs have been competing for being the champion of the top flight.^[4]^[5]^[6]

El Derbi Colomenc

The local rival of FC Santa Coloma is actually their neighbour's hometown football team UE 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.^[7]

Honours

Primera Divisió:
- Winners (11): 1994–95, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
- Runners-up (7): 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2012–13
Copa Constitució:
- Winners (9): 1991, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
- Runners-up (5): 1996, 1998, 1999, 2015, 2017
Supercopa Andorrana:
- Winners (5): 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2015
- Runners-up (8): 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016

League history

Season	Division	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P
2011–12	Primera Divisió	2	20	11	5	4	56	17	38
2012–13	Primera Divisió	2	20	10	9	1	30	15	39
2013–14	Primera Divisió	1	20	13	3	4	50	12	42
2014–15	Primera Divisió	1	20	13	3	4	64	14	42
2015–16	Primera Divisió	1	20	14	5	1	44	8	47
2016–17	Primera Divisió	1	20	14	5	1	44	8	47

European results

In 2014 Santa Coloma advanced for the first time in a knock-out round after bettering FC Banants by away goals rule. The deciding goal was scored by Coloma's goalkeeper in the 4th minute of added time.^[8]

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2001–02	UEFA Cup	QR	Partizan	0–1	1–7	1–8
2003–04	UEFA Cup	QR	Esbjerg fB	1–4	0–5	1–9
2004–05	UEFA Cup	1Q	Modriča	0–1	0–3	0–4
2007–08	UEFA Cup	1Q	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–0	0–4	1–4
2008–09	UEFA Champions League	1Q	FBK Kaunas	1–4	1–3	2–7
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Basel	1–4	0–3	1–7
2010–11	UEFA Champions League	1Q	Birkirkara	0–3¹	3–4	3–7
2011–12	UEFA Champions League	1Q	F91 Dudelange	0–2	0–2	0–4
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Osijek	0–1	1–3	1–4
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Breiðablik	0–0	0–4	0–4
2014–15	UEFA Champions League	1Q	Banants	1–0	2–3	3–3 (a)
2014–15	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–1	0–2	0–3
2015–16	UEFA Champions League	1Q	Lincoln Red Imps	1–2	0–0	1–2
2016–17	UEFA Champions League	1Q	Alashkert	0–0	0–3	0–3
2017–18	UEFA Champions League	1Q	Alashkert	1–1	0–1	1–2

Notes

QR: Qualifying round
1Q: First qualifying round
2Q: Second qualifying round

Note 1: match forfeited, result set to 0–3 by UEFA.

Current squad

Eloy Casals

As of 27 June 2017.

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	Eloy Casals (Captain)
3	DF	Oriol Fité
4	DF	Andreu Ramos
5	MF	Marc Rebés
6	DF	Ildefons Lima
7	FW	Chus Sosa
8	MF	Joel Martínez
9	FW	Iban Parra
10	MF	Pedro Santos
11	MF	Albert Mercadé
12	GK	Joel García
13	GK	Víctor Silveiro

No.	Position	Player
14	FW	Andreu Matos
15	MF	Antonio Marinho
16	MF	Àlex Villagrasa
17	MF	Jérémy Lempereur
18	MF	José Galán
19	DF	Joan Capdevila
20	MF	Jaime Conde
21	MF	Gabi Riera
22	FW	Quique Cubas
23	FW	Juanfer Laín
24	DF	Robert Ramos
25	MF	Víctor Rodríguez

References

1 2 "Competicions : Lliga Nacional de Futbol (1ª divisió)". Faf.ad. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
↑ "Competicions : Copa Constitució (futbol)". Faf.ad. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
↑ "Iglesia de Santa Coloma – Hotel Andorra Patagonia". Andorrapatagonia.net. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
↑ "Andorran Football Federation-News". Fedandfut.com. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
↑ "Diari digital d'Andorra BonDia – Notícies d'última hora, cartellera, meteorologia, horòscop, informació...". Bondia.ad. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
↑ "Notícies Futbol". Faf.ad. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
↑ "Diari digital d'Andorra BonDia – Notícies d'última hora, cartellera, meteorologia, horòscop, informació...". Bondia.ad. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
↑ "Keeper Casals edges Santa Coloma past Banants". UEFA. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.

External links

Parish of Andorra la Vella
Villages	Andorra la Vella La Margineda Santa Coloma d'Andorra
Buildings	Andorra Monument Andorra National Library Antiga Vegueria Francesa Casa Felipó Casa dels Russos Casa Massip-Dolsa Casa de la Vall Castle and church of Sant Vicenç d'Enclar Church of Santa Coloma Església de Sant Esteve Hotel Bellavista Hotel Pyrénées Hotel Roc Blanc Pont de la Margineda Pont de la Paris
Parks and open spaces	Andorra Park Parc Central Parc Infantil Parc de Mola Plaça del Poble
Streets	Avinguda de Meritxell Avinguda de Salou
Sports	FC Andorra CE Principat Constel·lació Esportiva Estadi Nacional d'Andorra Estadi Comunal d'Andorra la Vella FC Lusitanos FC Rànger's FC Santa Coloma Poliesportiu d'Andorra UE Santa Coloma BC Andorra
Mayors	Lluís Viu Torres (1992–1999) Concepció Mora Jordana (1999–2003) Francesc Xavier Mora Baron (2003–2007) Maria Rosa Ferrer Obiols (2007–)

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