Unió Esportiva Figueres is a Spanish football team based in

Figueres Figueres (, ; , es, Figueras, ) is the capital of the ''comarca'' of Alt Empordà, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. The town is the birthplace of artist Salvador Dalí, and houses the Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, a large museu ...

, 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 1919 and refounded in 2007 it plays in the

Primera Catalana The Primera Catalana is the 6th tier of the Spanish football league system and the highest league in the autonomous community of Catalonia. The league was formed in 1991 to replace Regional Preferent as the first level of Catalonia and was split i ...

league, holding home matches at ''Estadi Municipal de Vilatenim'', with a

seating capacity Seating capacity is the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, in terms of both the physical space available, and limitations set by law. Seating capacity can be used in the description of anything ranging from an automobile that ...

of 9,472.

History

Figueres was first founded on April 13, 1919. Bernat Palmer was elected as its first president, and ''Camp de l’Horta de l’Institut'' became its first stadium. In 1983 the club first reached

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 ...

, and promoted to

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commercially known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administrated by the Lig ...

only three years later, maintaining that status for seven seasons and appearing once in the

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men's ...

promotion playoffs: after finishing third in the regular season, it eventually lost on aggregate to

Cádiz CF Cádiz Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., known simply as Cádiz, is a Spanish professional football club based in Cádiz, Andalusia. Founded in 1910, the club competes in the La Liga, holding home games at Nuevo Mirandilla, with a seating capacity of 20 ...

. Figueres spent the next fourteen years consolidated in the third level, only now and then vying for promotion. On 27 June 2007 the principal shareholder transferred the club to

Castelldefels Castelldefels () is a municipality in the Baix Llobregat comarca, in the province of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain, and a suburban town of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona. Its population is 65,954 ( IDESCAT, 2017). Geography and location It is ...

due to little support of the public, and the side would eventually disappear. In August 2007 UE Figueres was refounded by minority shareholders, with the team starting playing in the lowest division of Spanish football,

Quarta Catalana The Quarta Catalana is the 10th and last tier of the Spanish football league system and the fifth highest league in the autonomous community of Catalonia. The league was formed in 2011 to replace the Tercera Territorial as third level of Catalo ...

Season to season

---- *7 seasons in

*17 seasons in

*19 seasons in

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 ...

;Notes

Team refounded

---- *9 seasons in

*1 season in Tercera División RFEF

Famous players

Note: this list includes players that have played at least 70 league games and/or have reached international status. :'

Famous coaches

Pichi Alonso Àngel "Pichi" Alonso Herrera (born 17 December 1954) is a Spanish retired football striker and manager. A player with a prolific scoring rate, though he never won the Pichichi Trophy, he represented, amongst others, both Barcelona major clubs ...

Francisco Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco (name), Paco". Francis of Assisi, San Francisco de Asís was known as '' ...

* Mané

References

External links

Official website

Futbolme team proile

Club & Stadium history Estadios de España
{{DEFAULTSORT:Figueres Football clubs in Catalonia Association football clubs established in 1919 Association football clubs established in 2007 1919 establishments in Spain Segunda División clubs