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 Primera Catalana league, holding home matches at Estadi Municipal de Vilatenim, with a seating capacity of 9,472.

History Figueres was first founded on April 13, 1919. Bernat Palmer was elected as its first president, and Camp de l’Horta de l’Institut became its first stadium. In 1983 the club first reached Segunda División B, and promoted to Segunda División only three years later, maintaining that status for seven seasons and appearing once in the La Liga promotion playoffs after finishing third in the regular season; it eventually lost on aggregate to Cádiz.

In the 2001-02 season, Figueres became the first club from third division to advance to the Copa del Rey semi-finals. Their campaign began with a 10-1 aggregate victory over CD Teruel. In the following round, the round of 64 Figueres was faced with powerhouse Barcelona, beating them in extra time in historic fashion. In the round of 32, the club eliminated another first division club, this time beating Osasuna on penalties after a 0–0 draw. In the round of 16, which was now played over two legs, Figueres beat Novelda 2–1 on aggregate. In the quarter-finals, Figueres pulled off another upset, beating Second division club Córdoba 2–0 on aggregate. In the semi-finals, Figueres was faced with Deportivo de La Coruña, one of the best teams in Spain at the time and league champions in 2000. The first leg in Figueres ended in a 1–0 loss, and the second leg ended in a 1–1 draw, with Figueres being eliminated and Deportivo going on to beat Real Madrid in the final.

For most of the 90s and 2000s, Figueres was consolidated in the third level, only now and then vying for promotion. On 27 June 2007 the principal shareholder transferred the club to Castelldefels due to little support of the public, and the side would eventually disappear.

In August 2007 UE Figueres was refounded by minority shareholders, with the team starting playing in the lowest division of Spanish football, Quarta Catalana.

Season to season

SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1940–4161st1941–4244th1942–4335th1943–4433ª10th1944–4545th1945–46412th1946–4751st1947–48410th1948–49410th1949–5049th1950–5147th1951–5245th1952–53410th1953–54415th1954–5545th1955–56411th1956–5733ª16th1957–5833ª6th1958–5933ª5th1959–6033ª1stSeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1960–6133ª7th1961–6233ª3rd1962–6333ª12th1963–64413th1964–6542nd1965–6633ª14th1966–6733ª10th1967–6833ª10th1968–6933ª17th1969–7033ª9th1970–71415th1971–7243rd1972–7346th1973–7444th1974–7545th1975–7647th1976–7742nd1977–7843ª2nd1978–7943ª8th1979–8043ª3rd SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1980–8143ª2nd1981–8243ª3rd1982–8343ª2nd1983–8432ª B4th1984–8532ª B6th1985–8632ª B1st1986–8722ª14thFirst round1987–8822ª7thRound of 321988–8922ª9thThird round1989–9022ª12thFirst round1990–9122ª7thThird round1991–9222ª3rdFourth round1992–9322ª17thRound of 321993–9432ª B4thThird roundSeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1994–9532ª B9thSecond round1995–9632ª B3rd1996–9732ª B4thFirst round1997–9832ª B7thThird round1998–9932ª B8th1999–0032ª B6th2000–0132ª B8thSecond round2001–0232ª B13thSemifinals2002–0332ª B16th2003–0432ª B13th2004–0532ª B8th2005–0632ª B14th2006–0732ª B12th

7 seasons in Segunda División 17 seasons in Segunda División B 19 seasons in Tercera División

Notes

Team refounded SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey2007–0893ª Terr.1st2008–0982ª Terr.1st2009–1071ª Terr.1st2010–116Pref. Terr.2nd2011–1251ª Cat.1st2012–1343ª6th2013–1443ª11th2014–1543ª4th2015–1643ª10th2016–1743ª9th2017–1843ª10th2018–1943ª12th2019–2043ª13th2020–2143ª / 2021–2253ª RFEF15th2022–2361ª Cat.4th2023–246Lliga Elit5th2024–256Lliga Elit14th2025–2671ª Cat.

9 seasons in Tercera División 1 season in Tercera División RFEF

Famous players Note: this list includes players that have played at least 70 league games and/or have reached international status. Emil Walter Marc Pujol Justo Ruiz Juan Cuyami Francisco Carrasco Luis Cembranos Martín Domínguez Pere Gratacós Toni Jiménez Tintín Márquez Albert Serra Tito Vilanova Tab Ramos Peter Vermes José Herrera

Famous coaches Pichi Alonso Francisco Mané

References

External links

Futbolme team profile Club & Stadium history Estadios de España