Unió Esportiva Vilajuïga, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in

Vilajuïga Vilajuïga () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Alt Empordà, Girona, Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Cataloni ...

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, 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 2007 it played its last season in 3ª - Group 5, holding home matches at '' Estadi Municipal de Vilajuïga'', with a capacity of 2,500 spectators.

History

UE Vilajuïga was founded in 1919 as

UE Figueres Unió Esportiva Figueres is a Spanish football team based in Figueres, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1919 and refounded in 2007 it plays in the , holding home matches at ''Estadi Municipal de Vilatenim'', with a seating cap ...

. On 27 June 2007 the club's main shareholder transferred the team 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 ...

and renamed it ''UE Miapuesta Castelldefels'', with the historical

UE Castelldefels Unió Esportiva Castelldefels is a Spanish football team based in Castelldefels, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1948 it currently plays in , holding home matches at ''Municipal Els Canyars'', with a capacity for 2,500 specta ...

now serving as the

reserve team In sports, a reserve team is a team composed of players who are under contract to a club but who do not regularly play in matches for the club's primary team. Reserve teams usually include players who are part of the larger first-team squad but ...

. In 2007–08 the club played its first season in the third division, being relegated immediately. It was then moved to

, renamed ''Unió Esportiva Vilajuïga'' and started competing in the fourth level, being dissolved after only one year.El MiApuesta Vilajuïga oficializa su renuncia (MiApuesta Vilajuïga makes forfeit official)

El Mundo Deportivo ''Mundo Deportivo'' (; ) is a Spanish nationwide daily sports newspaper published in Barcelona. History and profile ''Mundo Deportivo'' was first published on 1 February 1906, as a weekly newspaper, and since 1929 daily. It is the oldest sports ...

, 4 August 2009

Club background

*''Unió Esportiva Miapuesta Castelldefels'' – (2007–08) *''Unió Esportiva Vilajuïga'' – (2008–09)

Season to season

*''Miapuesta Castelldefels'' *''UE Vilajuiga'' ---- *1 season in

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: 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 ...

*1 season in

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

Famous players

* Martín Posse * Jordi Masip * Víctor Rodríguez * Zou Feddal

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vilajuiga Defunct football clubs in Catalonia Association football clubs established in 2007 Association football clubs disestablished in 2009 2007 establishments in Catalonia 2009 disestablishments in Spain Alt Empordà Sport in the Province of Girona