Unió Esportiva Cornellà, S. A. D. is a Spanish football team based in Cornellà de Llobregat, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded on 29 April 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 Tercera División until the season 2013/2014, when it achieved the historic promotion to the Segunda División B.
On 6 January 2021, Cornellà upset La Liga giants Atlético Madrid by a score of 1–0 in the second round of the Copa del Rey. They were eliminated in the following round by Barcelona, as the final score was 2–0 after extra time.
On 16 April 2026, footballer Lionel Messi acquired full ownership of Cornellà.
Club background Unión Deportiva Cornellá (1951–1999) Unió Esportiva Cornellà (1999–)
Season to season SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1951–52611th1952–5365th1953–5467th1954–5558th1955–5652nd1956–5752nd1957–5844th1958–59417th1959–6047th1960–61413th1961–6243rd1962–63410th1963–64417th1964–65417th1965–6651966–67416th1967–6849th1968–69415th1969–70411th1970–7152ndSeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1971–7253rd1972–73510th1973–7457th1974–7558th1975–7656th1976–7754th1977–7856th1978–79514th1979–8059th1980–81515th1981–82519th1982–8367th1983–8466th1984–8564th1985–8668th1986–8766th1987–88613th1988–89612th1989–9062nd1990–9161st SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1991–926Pref. Terr.3rd1992–936Pref. Terr.5th1993–946Pref. Terr.3rd1994–956Pref. Terr.4th1995–966Pref. Terr.1st1996–9751ª Cat.5th1997–9851ª Cat.9th1998–9951ª Cat.2nd1999–200043ª4th2000–0143ª15th2001–0243ª18th2002–0351ª Cat.1st2003–0443ª10th2004–0543ª16th2005–0643ª17th2006–0751ª Cat.6th2007–0851ª Cat.1st2008–0943ª12th2009–1043ª5th2010–1143ª8thSeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey2011–1243ª5th2012–1343ª2nd2013–1443ª1st2014–1532ª B15thRound of 322015–1632ª B5th2016–1732ª B9thThird round2017–1832ª B4th2018–1932ª B4thFirst round2019–2032ª B4thFirst round2020–2132ª B / Round of 322021–2231ª RFEF14thFirst round2022–2331ª Fed.11th2023–2431ª Fed.18th2024–2542ª Fed.14th2025–2653ª Fed.3rd2026–2753ª Fed.
3 seasons in Primera Federación/Primera División RFEF 7 seasons in Segunda División B 1 season in Segunda Federación 12 seasons in Tercera División 2 seasons in Tercera Federación
Players Current squad .
Honours Tercera División Champions (1): 2013–14 Copa Catalunya Champions (1): 2017–18
Notable players
Tha'er Bawab (youth) Keita Baldé (youth) Pep Caballé Enric Gallego David García Eloy Gila Sergio Gómez Borja López Pere Martínez Rubén Miño (youth) Ignasi Miquel (youth) Xavi Moro Xavi Puerto David Raya (youth) Víctor Ruiz (youth) Enric Vallès Gerard Martín Pedro Soma
References
External links Official website Futbolme team profile Club & stadium history - Estadios de España