Unión Deportiva Atlético Gramenet Milán is a Spanish football team based in Santa Coloma de Gramenet, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1945 it currently plays in ''Segona Catalana – Group 4'', holding home games at '' Municipal de Sant Adrià'' in Sant Adrià de Besòs, with a capacity of 1,000.

History

UDA Gramenet was founded in 1945, through the

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of three teams from Santa Coloma de Gramenet: FC Gramenet, UD Colomense and CF Baleares. The club first reached the national categories in 1956, and first promoted to the

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37 years later. Gramenet finished three times in the top three in its first four seasons, but successively underachieved in the playoffs, against Real Jaén,

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and Sestao Sport Club ( 1993–94), Deportivo Alavés, Jaén and Las Palmas ( 1994–95) and Jaén,

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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 Copa del Rey after ousting FC Barcelona, Levante and

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, only being downed by Real Betis (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 Salamanca 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 Santa Coloma de Gramenet and since the 2014–15 season, Gramenet plays its games at Sant Adrià de Besòs.

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

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*20 seasons in Tercera División

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 Oussama Souaidy (born 25 August 1981) is a retired Association football, footballer who played mainly as a Midfielder#Defensive midfielder, defensive midfielder. Born in France, he represented Morocco national football team, Morocco at internatio ...

* Robert * Jorge Rojas *

Curro Torres Cristóbal Emilio "Curro" Torres Ruiz (born 27 December 1976) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a right-back, currently manager of Estonian club FCI Levadia Tallinn. In his professional career, whose later years were blighted by sev ...

Unai Vergara Unai Vergara Díez-Caballero (born 20 January 1977), known simply as Unai, is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a central defender. He amassed La Liga totals of 74 matches and five goals over four seasons, almost exclusiv ...

* Tito Vilanova

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