Unión Deportiva Logroñés, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in

Logroño Logroño () is the capital of the province of La Rioja, situated in northern Spain. Traversed in its northern part by the Ebro River, Logroño has historically been a place of passage, such as the Camino de Santiago. Its borders were disputed b ...

, in the autonomous community of

La Rioja La Rioja () is an autonomous community and province in Spain, in the north of the Iberian Peninsula. Its capital is Logroño. Other cities and towns in the province include Calahorra, Arnedo, Alfaro, Haro, Santo Domingo de la Calzada, and N� ...

. Founded in 2009, it currently plays in

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– Group 2, holding home matches at ''

Estadio Las Gaunas Estadio Las Gaunas is a football stadium in Logroño, La Rioja, Spain. The stadium holds 16,000 spectators and was opened on 28 February 2002. It is the home ground of Segunda División club UD Logroñés, and the women's Primera División team ...

'', with a capacity of 16,000 seats.

History

''Unión Deportiva Logroñés'' was founded in 2009 after the extinction of

CD Logroñés Club Deportivo Logroñés, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in Logroño, in the autonomous community of La Rioja. Founded in 1940, it last played in ''Regional Preferente de La Rioja''. Due to financial problems, since 2009 the club has ...

, occupying the seat of

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, recently promoted to

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...

. They comfortably maintained their place in the division in their first season, (2009–10), and their reserve team,

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, finished in third position in the regional championship, thus promoting to

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 Di ...

. UD Logroñés reached 5th place in the 2011–12 season. In 2016 the club made a 3-year collaboration agreement with

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, with their players going on loan to Logroñés for experience with the aim of achieving promotion due to the additional talent in the squad. Being in Segunda División B, UD Logroñés finished 6th in the 2016–17 season. One of the first to make the move was goalkeeper Jon Ander. In the next season, the club finished 7th in Group 2, and in the 2018–19 season the club finished as runners-up of their group The 2019–20 season was curtailed, due to the

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, when the team was leading Group 2. On 18 July 2020, the season recommenced with the promotion playoffs to

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, and UD Logroñés achieved promotion after beating Castellón in a penalty shootout.

Season to season

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*2 seasons in

*11 seasons in

Current squad

Reserve team

Stadium

Logroñés plays home games at ''

''. It has a capacity of 16,000 spectators, and its pitch measures 104 x 66 meters.

References

External links

Official website

Futbolme team profile
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