CF Badalona

Badalona
Full name	Club de Fútbol Badalona
Nickname(s)	Escapulats
Founded	15 May 1903; 121 years ago
Ground	Estadi Municipal, Badalona,; Catalonia, Spain
Capacity	4,170
President	Felipe Martínez
Head coach	Manolo González
League	Tercera Federación – Group 5
2022–23	Tercera Federación – Group 5, 13th of 16

Club de Fútbol Badalona (Catalan pronunciation: [bəðəˈlonə]) is a Spanish football team based in Badalona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1903 it plays in Tercera Federación – Group 5, temporarily holding home games at Estadi Municipal de Badalona, with a capacity of 4,170 seats.^[1]

Badalona acts as the reserve team of CF Badalona Futur since 2022.

History

Badalona was founded in 1903 as Football Bétulo Club, being renamed FC Badalona five years later. It played 14 seasons in the second division (1934–36, 1939–41, 1947–52, 1963–68), but this was prior to the creation of the intermediate Segunda División B.

As the club was constantly in economical problems, having to battle for the people's preference with basketball side Joventut Badalona, it nearly disappeared in the early 2000s (as the side was on the verge of celebrating 100 years) but, after another merge, this time with Unió de l'Esport Badaloní, resurfaced and changed names to Club de Fútbol Badalona – with the latter preserving its history – eventually making its debut in the (new) third level in 2004.

In January 2015, its home ground since 1936, the 10,000 seat Camp del Centenari, was demolished^[2] and the club was relocated temporarily to Camp de Montigalà, until the completion of the new 4,100 seat Estadi Municipal de Badalona, inaugurated on 29 January 2017.^[3] Average attendance for their home games has been 946 in 2018–19 and 947 in 2019–20.

The club finished 7th in Segunda División B, Group 3 in the 2018–19 season.^[4] Badalona had a solid performance at home, having lost only 4 of 19 matches at the Estadi Municipal.^[5] The club finished 19th in the COVID-19 shortened 2019–20 season, winning only 3 of their 12 home games, but was not relegated to Tercera División as the Royal Spanish Football Federation revoked all relegations due to the incomplete (3/4 of games were played) season.

On 19 July 2022, Badalona absorbed UE Costa Brava. As the club was relegated to Tercera Federación, Costa Brava changed name to Club de Fútbol Badalona Futur, with the original Badalona acting as a reserve team.^[6]

Club background

Football Bétulo Club (1903–1907)
Football Club Badalona (1907–1941)
Club de Fútbol Badalona (1942–)

Season to season

As an independent team

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Copa del Rey
1929–30	3	3ª	2nd
1930–31	3	3ª	3rd	Round of 16
1931–32	3	3ª	2nd
1932–33	3	3ª	1st
1933–34	3	3ª	4th
1934–35	2	2ª	6th	Round of 16
1935–36	2	2ª	4th	group stage
1939–40	2	2ª	8th
1940–41	2	2ª	12th	Round of 16
1941–42	3	1ª Reg.	8th
1942–43	3	1ª Reg.	9th
1943–44	4	1ª Reg.	8th
1944–45	4	1ª Reg.	1st
1945–46	3	3ª	1st
1946–47	3	3ª	1st
1947–48	2	2ª	10th	Round of 16
1948–49	2	2ª	13th	Fourth round
1949–50	2	2ª	15th	Second round
1950–51	2	2ª	13th
1951–52	2	2ª	15th

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Copa del Rey
1952–53	3	3ª	4th
1953–54	3	3ª	11th
1954–55	3	3ª	8th
1955–56	3	3ª	5th
1956–57	3	3ª	2nd
1957–58	3	3ª	14th
1958–59	3	3ª	6th
1959–60	3	3ª	8th
1960–61	3	3ª	1st
1961–62	3	3ª	6th
1962–63	3	3ª	2nd
1963–64	2	2ª	14th	First round
1964–65	2	2ª	14th	First round
1965–66	2	2ª	12th	First round
1966–67	2	2ª	10th	First round
1967–68	2	2ª	9th	Round of 32
1968–69	3	3ª	4th
1969–70	3	3ª	2nd	First round
1970–71	3	3ª	11th	First round
1971–72	3	3ª	17th	First round

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Copa del Rey
1972–73	4	Reg. Pref.	5th
1973–74	4	Reg. Pref.	10th
1974–75	4	Reg. Pref.	20th
1975–76	5	1ª Reg.	2nd
1976–77	4	Reg. Pref.	6th
1977–78	4	3ª	13th	First round
1978–79	4	3ª	2nd	First round
1979–80	4	3ª	11th	Second round
1980–81	4	3ª	3rd
1981–82	4	3ª	2nd	First round
1982–83	4	3ª	3rd	Second round
1983–84	4	3ª	3rd	First round
1984–85	4	3ª	11th	First round
1985–86	4	3ª	19th
1986–87	5	Reg. Pref.	3rd
1987–88	4	3ª	5th
1988–89	4	3ª	18th
1989–90	5	Reg. Pref.	7th
1990–91	5	Reg. Pref.	3rd
1991–92	5	1ª Cat.	4th

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Copa del Rey
1992–93	5	1ª Cat.	5th
1993–94	4	3ª	6th
1994–95	4	3ª	18th
1995–96	5	1ª Cat.	10th
1996–97	5	1ª Cat.	2nd
1997–98	4	3ª	12th
1998–99	4	3ª	13th
1999–2000	4	3ª	18th
2000–01	5	1ª Cat.	18th
2001–02	6	Pref. Terr.	2nd
2002–03	4	3ª	1st
2003–04	4	3ª	1st	First round
2004–05	3	2ª B	9th	Round of 64
2005–06	3	2ª B	1st
2006–07	3	2ª B	5th	Round of 32
2007–08	3	2ª B	10th	Second round
2008–09	3	2ª B	9th
2009–10	3	2ª B	12th
2010–11	3	2ª B	2nd
2011–12	3	2ª B	4th	First round

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Copa del Rey
2012–13	3	2ª B	13th	First round
2013–14	3	2ª B	13th
2014–15	3	2ª B	7th
2015–16	3	2ª B	13th
2016–17	3	2ª B	5th
2017–18	3	2ª B	8th	First round
2018–19	3	2ª B	7th	Second round
2019–20	3	2ª B	19th	Round of 32
2020–21	3	2ª B	6th / 5th
2021–22	4	2ª RFEF	15th

As the reserve team of CF Badalona Futur

Season	Tier	Division	Place
2022–23	5	3ª Fed.	13th
2023–24	5	3ª Fed.

14 seasons in Segunda División
17 seasons in Segunda División B
1 season in Segunda División RFEF
40 seasons in Tercera División
2 seasons in Tercera Federación
18 seasons in Categorías Regionales

Honours

Copa Federación de España
- Winners (1): 2003–04

Players

Current squad

As of 30 March 2021^[7]

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	ESP	Álex Sánchez
3	DF	ESP	Valentín Merchán
4	DF	ESP	Miquel Robusté
5	DF	ESP	Ismael Moyano (captain)
7	DF	ESP	Robert Simón
8	MF	ESP	Ale Galindo
9	FW	ESP	Chema Moreno
10	MF	ESP	Airam Benito
11	FW	ESP	Moussa Bandeh


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	FW	ESP	Toni Larrosa
13	GK	ESP	Francisco Dorronsoro
14	MF	ESP	Gonzalo Llerena
15	DF	ESP	Josep Jaume (on loan from Barcelona B)
16	MF	ESP	Roger Colomina
17	FW	ESP	Jairo Cárcaba
20	DF	ESP	Cristian Márquez
21	MF	ESP	Néstor Albiach (on loan from Real Madrid B)
22	FW	ESP	Esteban Aparicio