Unión Esportiva Cornellà, S. A. D. ( ca, Unió Esportiva Cornellà) is a Spanish football team based in

Cornellà de Llobregat Cornellà de Llobregat (; es, Cornellá de Llobregat) is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Baix Llobregat in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the left bank of the Llobregat River. It is in the south-western part of the Barcelona metr ...

, 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 north ...

. Founded in 1951 it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at ''RCDE stadium'', which has a capacity of 40,000 spectators.

History

Unión Deportiva Cornellà was founded on April 29, 1951 by the merging of Club Atlético Padró and Academia Junyent. Since its foundation the club participated in regional competitions and

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until the season 2013/2014, when it achieved the historic promotion to the Segunda División B. On 6 January 2021, Cornellà upset

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giants

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by a score of 1–0 in the second round of the

Copa del Rey The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footbal ...

. They were eliminated in the following round by

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, as the final score was 2–0 after extra time.

Season to season

---- *2 seasons in

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*7 seasons in

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*12 seasons in

Players

Current squad

Youth players

Out on loan

Honours

: 2013–14

Notable players

References

External links

Official website

Futbolme team profile

Club & stadium history - Estadios de España
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