Club de Fútbol Badalona () is a Spanish football team based in Badalona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1903 it plays in , temporarily holding home games at Estadi Municipal de Badalona, with a capacity of 4,170 seats.
Badalona acted as the reserve team of CF Badalona Futur during the 2022–23 season.
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 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. 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. Badalona had a solid performance at home, having lost only 4 of 19 matches at the Estadi Municipal. 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.
Club background Football Bétulo Club (1903–1907) Football Club Badalona (1907–1941) Club de Fútbol Badalona (1942–)
Season to season As an independent team SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1929–3033ª2nd1930–3133ª3rdRound of 161931–3233ª2nd1932–3333ª1st1933–3433ª4th1934–3522ª6thRound of 161935–3622ª4thgroup stage1939–4022ª8th1940–4122ª12thRound of 161941–4238th1942–4339th1943–4448th1944–4541st1945–4633ª1st1946–4733ª1st1947–4822ª10thRound of 161948–4922ª13thFourth round1949–5022ª15thSecond round1950–5122ª13th1951–5222ª15thSeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1952–5333ª4th1953–5433ª11th1954–5533ª8th1955–5633ª5th1956–5733ª2nd1957–5833ª14th1958–5933ª6th1959–6033ª8th1960–6133ª1st1961–6233ª6th1962–6333ª2nd1963–6422ª14thFirst round1964–6522ª14thFirst round1965–6622ª12thFirst round1966–6722ª10thFirst round1967–6822ª9thRound of 321968–6933ª4th1969–7033ª2ndFirst round1970–7133ª11thFirst round1971–7233ª17thFirst round SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1972–7345th1973–74410th1974–75420th1975–7652nd1976–7746th1977–7843ª13thFirst round1978–7943ª2ndFirst round1979–8043ª11thSecond round1980–8143ª3rd1981–8243ª2ndFirst round1982–8343ª3rdSecond round1983–8443ª3rdFirst round1984–8543ª11thFirst round1985–8643ª19th1986–8753rd1987–8843ª5th1988–8943ª18th1989–9057th1990–9153rd1991–9251ª Cat.4thSeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1992–9351ª Cat.5th1993–9443ª6th1994–9543ª18th1995–9651ª Cat.10th1996–9751ª Cat.2nd1997–9843ª12th1998–9943ª13th1999–200043ª18th2000–0151ª Cat.18th2001–026Pref. Terr.2nd2002–0343ª1st2003–0443ª1stFirst round2004–0532ª B9thRound of 642005–0632ª B1st2006–0732ª B5thRound of 322007–0832ª B10thSecond round2008–0932ª B9th2009–1032ª B12th2010–1132ª B2nd2011–1232ª B4thFirst round SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey2012–1332ª B13thFirst round2013–1432ª B13th2014–1532ª B7th2015–1632ª B13th2016–1732ª B5th2017–1832ª B8thFirst round2018–1932ª B7thSecond round2019–2032ª B19thRound of 322020–2132ª B / 2021–2242ª RFEF15th2022–2353ª Fed.13th2023–2453ª Fed.4th2024–2553ª Fed.5th2025–2653ª Fed.2nd2026–2753ª Fed.
14 seasons in Segunda División 17 seasons in Segunda División B 1 season in Segunda División RFEF 40 seasons in Tercera División 5 seasons in Tercera Federación
Notes
Honours Copa Federación de España Winners (1): 2003–04
Players Current squad
Notable players Alexandru Maxim Mariano Díaz Xavier Aguado (youth) Jordi Ferrón Xavier Pelegrí Víctor Rodríguez Isaías Sánchez Pere Tarradellas
Famous coaches Fred Spiksley Ramón Calderé Josep Escolà
References
External links
(archived) Futbolme team profile Club & stadium history – España de Espana