Unió Esportiva Cornellà, S. A. D. is a Spanish football team based in

Cornellà de Llobregat Cornellà de Llobregat (; ) is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in the Comarques of Catalonia, ''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 ...

, in the autonomous community of

Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ...

. Founded in 1951 it plays in , holding home games at ''Estadi Palamós Costa Brava'', which has a capacity of 3,724.

History

Unión Deportiva Cornellà was founded on 29 April 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

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. They were eliminated in the following round by

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

Club backtground

* ''Unión Deportiva Cornellá'' (1951–1999) * ''Unió Esportiva Cornellà'' (1999–)

Season to season

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/Primera División RFEF *7 seasons in

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*1 season in

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*12 seasons in

Players

Current squad

Youth players

Out on loan

Honours

**Champions (1): 2013–14

Notable players

* Tha'er Bawab (youth) *

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(youth) *

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(youth) * Pep Caballé * Enric Gallego * David García *

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* Sergio Gómez *

Borja López Borja López Menéndez (; born 2 February 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central defender. He had two spells with Sporting de Gijón, totalling 81 games and two goals in the Segunda División as well as making three a ...

* Pere Martínez * Rubén Miño (youth) *

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(youth) *

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* Xavi Puerto *

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(youth) * Víctor Ruiz (youth) *

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References

External links

Official website

Futbolme team profile

Club & stadium history - Estadios de España
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