Unión Deportiva Atlético Gramenet Milán is a Spanish football team based in

Santa Coloma de Gramenet Santa Coloma de Gramenet () informally simply known as Santa Coloma (in Spanish: Santa Coloma de Gramanet, historically also known as ''Gramenet de Besòs'') is a municipality in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the south-east side of the L ...

, in the autonomous community of

Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a '' nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the nort ...

. Founded in 1945 it currently plays in ''Segona Catalana – Group 4'', holding home games at '' Municipal de Sant Adrià'' in

Sant Adrià de Besòs Sant Adrià de Besòs () is a city and a municipality within the comarca of Barcelonès in Catalonia, north-eastern Spain. It is situated on the Mediterranean coast, at the mouth of river Besòs, extending to both sides of the estuary although th ...

, with a capacity of 1,000.

History

UDA Gramenet was founded in 1945, through the merger of three teams from

: FC Gramenet, UD Colomense and CF Baleares. The club first reached the national categories in 1956, and first promoted to the third division 37 years later. Gramenet finished three times in the top three in its first four seasons, but successively underachieved in the playoffs, against

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, Ourense and

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( 1993–94),

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, Jaén and

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( 1994–95) and Jaén, Lemona and Ourense ( 1996–97). In 1996 the club merged with C.D. Milán, who later became Gramenet B. In the 2004–05 season, still in the third division, Gramenet could only place 16th in the league, but reached the quarterfinals of the

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after ousting

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, Levante and Lleida, only being downed by

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(2–2 at home, 3–4 away) who later went on to win the tournament. In the following years the club would only participate once in the promotion playoffs, losing 3–6 on aggregate to

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in 2006.Los tres filiales fueron los peores parados del sorteo (The three B-teams had worst of lucks in draw)
Diario AS, 30 May 2006 In 2014, the club was forced by the city hall to leave the Nou Camp Municipal in

and since the 2014–15 season, Gramenet plays its games at

Background

:''FC Gramenet'' - ''(¿?–1945)'' → ↓ :''UD Colomense'' - ''(¿?–1945)'' → ''UDA Gramenet'' - ''(1945–95)'' → ''UDA Gramenet Milán ''(1995–¿?) :''CF Baleares'' - ''(¿?–1945)'' → ↑ ---- ::''UD Obreros''- ''(¿?–1995)'' → ↓ ''UDA Gramenet'' - ''(1945–95)'' → ''UDA Gramenet Milán ''(1995–¿?) :::''CD Milán''- ''(¿?–1995)'' → ↑

Season to season

---- *18 seasons in Segunda División B *20 seasons in

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the '' Segunda División'', and the semi-professional '' Segunda ...

Famous players

Note: this list includes players that have played at least 100 league games and/or have reached international status. * Anselmo * Jacinto Elá * Oussama Souaidy *

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* Jorge Rojas * Curro Torres * Unai Vergara *

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