Unió Esportiva Engordany is an Andorran

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and

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club based in

Escaldes-Engordany Escaldes-Engordany () is one of the 7 parishes of Andorra. The Escaldes-Engordany parish was founded on 14 June 1978 and has the second largest population after Andorra la Vella. The parish is composed of the areas of les Escaldes, Engordany, Els V ...

. The club football section plays in

Primera Divisió The Primera Divisió (First Division) or Lliga Multisegur Assegurances for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of men's football in Andorra. The league was launched in 1995 sponsored by the local federation (Andorran Football Federation) whic ...

History

The club was founded on 2 October 1980 as Unió Esportiva Engordany Futbol Club in the main venue of

Engordany Engordany () is an urban area in Andorra, located in the parish of Escaldes-Engordany. It is contiguous with Les Escaldes and Andorra la Vella Andorra la Vella french: Andorre-la-Vieille is the capital of the Principality of Andorra. It is ...

by Manuel Puerta Martín, Manuel Varela Valés and Josep Rodríguez Sànchez. On 28 January 1981 the club was established and was later renamed simply as UE Engordany. In 2001 the club was affiliated in the FAF and began competing in the

Segona Divisió The Segona Divisió (Second Division), or Lliga UNIDA for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest level of men's football in Andorra. Former FC Santa Coloma reserve team were renamed UE Santa Coloma for 2007–08 (therefore eligible for prom ...

, being promoted to

in 2003. However the club was relegated the following year after one season playing in the Andorran top league. In the 2006–07 season they finished 3rd in the Andorran 2nd division. Because

FC Santa Coloma 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 thirteen titles. It ...

's B Team, who finished 2nd, was not eligible for the 1st division, they went into play-offs against 7th from the 1st division,

Encamp Encamp () is one of the parishes of Andorra, located on the Valira d'Orient river. It is also the name of the main town in the parish. Other settlements include Vila, El Pas de la Casa, Grau Roig, El Tremat, La Mosquera and Les Bons. As of 2004 ...

. By winning 2–1 at home (goals by Rubén and Joan Marc) and drawing 3–3 in the away game, they were promoted to the premier Andorran league for the 2007–08 season. The club finished 7th facing the relegation play-offs against UE Extremenya. After losing 2–3 at home the away game was won 3–0. Thereby the club remains in the premier Andorran league for the 2008–09 season. Although in the 2012–13 season UE Engordany suffer the relegation to the 2nd division after finishing 8th in the regular season. The club returned to the top flight after finishing 1st in the 2013–14 season of the 2nd division. During 2015 and 2016 the club had an agreement and collaboration with the Spanish

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''Alwaysoccer Barcelona'' for the sports development and training of both entities. At the end of the season the club achieved the

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final for the first time in their history after defeating two biggest clubs of Andorra as Lusitans and Sant Julià but lost 3–0 against

UE Santa Coloma Unió Esportiva Santa Coloma, also known as UE Santa Coloma, is a football club from Andorra based in the village of Santa Coloma, Andorra la Vella. The club currently plays in Primera Divisió. History UE Santa Coloma was founded on 23 Septe ...

. In 2018 the club achieved the 2nd position in the regular league season being able to compete the

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. UE Engordany maintains a healthy rivalry with

Inter Club d'Escaldes Inter Club d'Escaldes is an Andorran football club based in Escaldes-Engordany. The club currently plays in Primera Divisió. History Inter Club d'Escaldes was founded in Escaldes-Engordany in 1991 and being founder member of Primera Divisió ...

being the two clubs of

that have played more seasons in Primera Divisió.

Honours

Football

: ::''Runners-up (1):'' 2017–18 *

: ::Winners (1):

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::''Runners-up (1):''

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: **''Winners (2):'' 2002–03, 2013–14

Basketball

*Lliga Andorrana de Bàsquet: **Winners (4): 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15 *Copa LAB: **Winners (1): 2012

European record

Current squad

References

External links

UE Engordany Official WebClub profile on WeltfussballClub profile on Football-Lineups
{{Primera Divisió teamlist

1980 establishments in Andorra Association football clubs established in 1980