C.F. Badalona Futur S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in

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, in the

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. Founded in 1947, it currently plays in Segunda Federación – Group 3. Its home stadium is ''Estadi Municipal'', with a capacity for 4,000 spectators.

History

Leandro Calm, the mayor of the city, founded the club as Unión Deportiva Llagostera on 13 November 1947. He also became its first president. Llagostera spent most of its history in the Catalan regional leagues, 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 ...

for the first time ahead of the 2009–10 season. In only its second season at that level, the club won its group before defeating

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3–0 on aggregate in the

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. In 2011–12, its first season in

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 ...

, Llagostera finished only one point out of the play-offs, instead qualifying for the next season's

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 ...

, where it reached the last 32 before a 5–1 aggregate loss to giants

Valencia CF Valencia Club de Fútbol (, ca-valencia, València Club de Futbol ), commonly referred to as Valencia CF (or simply Valencia) is a professional football club based in Valencia, Spain, that currently plays in La Liga, the top flight of the Spa ...

. The team was promoted to the professional leagues for the first time in 2014 with a 3–2 aggregate comeback win over Real Avilés and beating Gimnàstic de Tarragona after the overtime in the last round of the 2014 Segunda División B play-offs, playoffs. As their stadium did not meet LFP criteria for home games, Llagostera had as its home stadium from 2014 to 2017 the Estadi Palamós Costa Brava, 30 km from Llagostera, which holds 3,724 spectators. The club held its own in its first season in Segunda División, coming within four points of a 2015 Segunda División play-offs, play-off berth. It was relegated back to the third tier towards after two 2015-16 Segunda División, seasons. On 30 June 2017, the club announced it would come back to the Estadi Municipal de Llagostera. One year later, Llagostera would be relegated to

, after losing the 2018 Segunda División B play-offs, relegation playoffs against CD Izarra, Izarra, but bounced back immediately with victory against Club Portugalete in June 2019. In the 2020 Copa Federación de España, Llagostera emerged as champions following a 2–1 Extra time (football), extra time win in the final. On 31 July 2021, the club announced the change of name to ''Unió Esportiva Costa Brava'', moving to the city of Palamós and changing the club's logo. On 19 July 2022, Costa Brava was absorbed by CF Badalona. As Badalona was relegated to Tercera Federación, Costa Brava changed name to ''Club de Fútbol Badalona Futur'', with the original Badalona acting as a reserve team.

Club background

*1947–1972: Unión Deportiva Llagostera *1972–1981: Club de Fútbol Llagostera *1981–2004: Unión Deportiva Llagostera *2004–2015: Unió Esportiva Llagostera *2015–2021: Unió Esportiva Llagostera-Costa Brava *2021–2022: Unió Esportiva Costa Brava *2022–: Club de Fútbol Badalona Futur

Season to season

---- *2 seasons in Segunda División *1 season in Primera División RFEF *7 seasons in

*1 season in Segunda Federación *3 seasons in

Players

Current squad

Notable players

Note: this list includes players that have played at least 100 league games and/or have reached international status.

Honours

League

*Winners: 2013–14 Segunda División B, 2013–14

*Winners: 2010–11 Tercera División, 2010–11, 2018–19 Tercera División, 2018–19 Tercera Catalana *Winners: 2005–06

Cups

Spanish Royal Federation Cup *Winners: 2020 Copa Federación de España, 2020

References

External links

Official website

Futbolme team profile

Club & stadium history
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