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 Andorra la Vella french: Andorre-la-Vieille is the capital of the Principality of Andorra. It is located high in the east Pyrenees, between France and Spain. It is also the name of the parish that surrounds the capital. , the city has a popu ...

. The club currently 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) whi ...

History

UE Santa Coloma was founded on 23 September 1986 in the village of Santa Coloma. In 1996 the club established a

football academy In sporting terminology, a youth system (or youth academy) is a youth investment program within a particular team or league, which develops and nurtures young talent in farm teams, with the vision of using them in the first team in the future if t ...

to give a qualitative leap in the field of sports in the country. During few seasons the club acted as

farm team In sports, a farm team, farm system, feeder team, feeder club, or nursery club is generally a team or club whose role is to provide experience and training for young players, with an agreement that any successful players can move on to a higher ...

for many Andorran teams including

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 ...

. The first football department team was refounded, after being inactive many years, in 2006 by joining the Andorran football league

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 ...

the following year. The team plays in the

after winning the

in the 2007–08 season. The club made its first appearance in European competition in the

2010–11 UEFA Europa League The 2010–11 UEFA Europa League was the second season of the UEFA Europa League, Europe's secondary club association football, football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 40th edition overall including its predecessor, the UEFA Cup. It began ...

after finishing second in the league in the 2009–10 season. In 2013 the team won his first trophy in the Copa Constitució after defeating 3–2 Sant Julià in the average time. Three years later UE Santa Coloma was crowned again as Andorran's Cup winner after defeating 3-0 UE Engordany in 2016.

Colours and badge

Yellow has been the traditional UE Santa Coloma color. Manly of the home kits alternate yellow and black. Even then in its beginnings the club dressed up the colors of the parish of

, green and navy, and occasionally wearing an orange kit during some seasons. Until 2013 the badge was representing Santa Coloma's pre-romanical church tower and the most traditional team icon, the squirrel. The nowadays crest still represent the icons of UE Santa Coloma, featuring the club colours (yellow and black) and the year of foundation (1986). The club have an alternative badge (main crest during the first leg of the 2013–14 season) representing the Santa Coloma's squirrel and the colours of the Andorran nation with the motto's country "Virtus Unita Fortior". * ''Since the Andorra Football Federation affiliation.''

Support

The club's nickname, as seen from the crest, is ''Esquirols'' (Squirrels) due to the number of the animals that live around the town of Santa Coloma. There is a long-standing tradition for a number of fans to wear squirrel costumes at the club's last home game of each season.

Club rivalries

''El Derbi Colomenc''

The local rival of UE Santa Coloma is actually their neighbour's hometown football team

. The rivalry between these two teams has increased since the 2009/10 season when those teams were competing for winning the Premier Andorran League.

Honours

: ::''Runners-up (2):'' 2009–10, 2013–14 * Copa Constitució: ::Winners (3):

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::''Runners-up (2):'' 2010, 2011 * Supercopa Andorrana: ::Winners (1): 2016 ::''Runners-up (1):'' 2013 *

: ::Winners (1): 2007–08

League history

European results

Current squad

''As of 1 November 2022''

External links

UE Santa Coloma Official Web

References

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