C.F. Badalona Futur S.A.D.[1] is a Spanish football team based in Badalona, Barcelona, in the Autonomous Community of Catalonia. Founded in 1947, it currently plays in Segunda Federación – Group 3. Its home stadium is Estadi Municipal, with a capacity for 4,000 spectators.

Badalona Futur
Full nameCF Badalona Futur SAD
Nickname(s)Futuristas
Founded1947; 77 years ago (1947) (as Unión Deportiva Llagostera)
GroundEstadi Municipal, Badalona,
Catalonia, Spain
Capacity4,000
PresidentToni Freixa
Head coachSergi Escobar
LeagueSegunda Federación – Group 3
2023–24Segunda Federación – Group 3, 3rd of 18
Websitehttps://www.cfbadalona.net/

History

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UE Llagostera's logo used between 2014 and 2021

Leandro Calm, the mayor of the city, founded the club as Unión Deportiva Llagostera on 13 November 1947. He also became its first president.[2] Llagostera spent most of its history in the Catalan regional leagues, promoting to Tercera División 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 CCD Cerceda 3–0 on aggregate in the promotion play-offs.[3]

In 2011–12, its first season in Segunda División B, Llagostera finished only one point out of the play-offs, instead qualifying for the next season's Copa del Rey, where it reached the last 32 before a 5–1 aggregate loss to giants Valencia CF.[4] The team was promoted to the professional leagues for the first time in 2014 with a 3–2 aggregate comeback win over Real Avilés[5] and beating Gimnàstic de Tarragona after the overtime in the last round of the playoffs.[6]

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 play-off berth. It was relegated back to the third tier towards after two seasons.[7]

On 30 June 2017, the club announced it would come back to the Estadi Municipal de Llagostera.[8] One year later, Llagostera would be relegated to Tercera División, after losing the relegation playoffs against Izarra, but bounced back immediately with victory against Club Portugalete in June 2019.[9]

In the 2020 Copa Federación de España, Llagostera emerged as champions following a 2–1 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.[10]

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.[11][1]

Club background

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Logo of UE Costa Brava (2021–22)
  • 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

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2012–13 Copa del Rey game against Valencia CF at Estadi Municipal de Llagostera.
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1947–1965 Regional
1965–66 5 2ª Reg. 14th
1966–67 5 2ª Reg.
1967–68 5 2ª Reg.
1968–69 5 1ª Reg. 20th
1969–70 6 2ª Reg.
1970–71 5 1ª Reg. 16th
1971–72 6 2ª Reg. 10th
1972–73 6 2ª Reg. 19th
1973–74 7 3ª Reg.
1974–75 7 3ª Reg.
1975–76 7 3ª Reg.
1976–77 7 3ª Reg.
1977–78 8 3ª Reg.
1978–79 8 3ª Reg.
1979–80 8 3ª Reg.
1980–81 7 2ª Reg. 19th
1981–82 8 3ª Reg.
1982–83 8 3ª Reg.
1983–84 7 2ª Reg. 5th
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1984–85 6 1ª Reg. 4th
1985–86 6 1ª Reg. 6th
1986–87 6 1ª Reg. 17th
1987–88 6 1ª Reg. 11th
1988–89 6 1ª Reg. 15th
1989–90 6 1ª Reg. 17th
1990–91 6 1ª Reg. 17th
1991–92 7 1ª Terr. 17th
1992–93 8 2ª Terr. 13th
1993–94 8 2ª Terr. 11th
1994–95 8 2ª Terr. 5th
1995–96 8 2ª Terr. 7th
1996–97 8 2ª Terr. 17th
1997–98 9 3ª Terr. 1st
1998–99 8 2ª Terr. 3rd
1999–2000 8 2ª Terr. 6th
2000–01 8 2ª Terr. 16th
2001–02 8 2ª Terr. 14th
2002–03 8 2ª Terr. 8th
2003–04 8 2ª Terr. 16th
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
2004–05 8 2ª Terr. 2nd
2005–06 7 1ª Terr. 1st
2006–07 6 Pref. Terr. 8th
2007–08 6 Pref. Terr. 2nd
2008–09 5 1ª Cat. 3rd
2009–10 4 7th
2010–11 4 1st
2011–12 3 2ª B 5th Third round
2012–13 3 2ª B 10th Round of 32
2013–14 3 2ª B 1st
2014–15 2 9th Second round
2015–16 2 20th Round of 32
2016–17 3 2ª B 14th Second round
2017–18 3 2ª B 16th
2018–19 4 1st
2019–20 3 2ª B 13th First round
2020–21 3 2ª B 4th / 2nd First round
2021–22 3 1ª RFEF 19th
2022–23 4 2ª Fed. 8th
2023–24 4 2ª Fed. 3rd First round
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
2024–25 4 2ª Fed.

Players

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Current squad

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As of 30 August 2024[12]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   UKR Yaroslav Meykher
2 DF   ESP Fran Grima
4 DF   ESP Alejandro Marcos
5 DF   ARG Manuel Guanini
6 MF   ESP Ángel Climent
7 DF   ESP Loren Fernández
8 MF   ESP Pablo Hernández
9 FW   ESP Moha Traoré
10 MF   ESP Nando Quesada
11 FW   FRA Jean-Paul N'Djoli
12 DF   ESP Ricard Pulido
13 GK   ESP Iker Candón
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW   ESP Guille Andrés
15 MF   ESP Alberto Villapalos
16 MF   MAR Sami el Mahboubi
17 FW   COL Richard Franco
18 MF   ESP Markel Rodríguez
19 FW   ESP Edgar Martínez
20 MF   ESP Gorka Iturraspe
21 MF   ITA Lucca Giuntini
22 DF   GHA Philip Osei
23 FW   ESP Gabi García
24 DF   ESP Toni Peris
25 GK   ESP Josan Gordo (on loan from Real Betis)

Notable players

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

Crest

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Crest evolution
         
2004–2014 2014–2021 2021–2022 2022–2023 2023–present

Honours

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League

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Cups

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References

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  1. ^ a b "El Badalona absorbe a un Costa Brava que ya es historia". As.com (in Spanish). 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Unió Esportiva Llagostera-Costa Brava, S.A.D. :: La Futbolteca. Enciclopedia del Fútbol Español" (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  3. ^ "El Cerceda volvió a ser inferior al Llagostera, que logró el ascenso" [Cerceda were again inferior to Llagostera, who achieved promotion]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 30 June 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Rami marca el gol de esta ronda desde el centro del campo" [Rami scores the goal of the round from the halfway line]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 28 November 2012.
  5. ^ "Se acabó el sueño del Real Avilés" [Real Avilés' dream is over]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). 8 June 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Histórico ascenso del Llagostera a Segunda división" [Historic promotion of Llagostera to Segunda División] (in Spanish). ABC. 21 June 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  7. ^ "El Leganés baja a la Llagostera y aplaza su ascenso a Miranda" [Leganés send Llagostera down and postpone their promotion until Miranda]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 29 May 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  8. ^ "El Llagostera arriba a un acord amb l'Ajuntament per jugar els seus partits al Municipal" (in Catalan). Diari de Girona. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  9. ^ "El Llagostera, primer ascendido a Segunda B" [Llagostera, first promoted to Segunda B] (in Spanish). Be Soccer. 1 June 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  10. ^ "La UE Llagostera renace como UE Costa Brava "por pura supervivencia"" [UE Llagostera is reborn as UE Costa Brava due to "pure survival"] (in Spanish). Golsmedia. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  11. ^ "El Costa Brava passa a dir-se Badalona Futur" [Costa Brava is now named Badalona Futur] (in Catalan). Diari de Girona. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  12. ^ "Plantilla Primer Equip". UE Llagostera (in Catalan). Retrieved 29 October 2021.
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