CF Badalona Futur

Badalona Futur
Full name	CF Badalona Futur SAD
Nickname(s)	Futuristas
Founded	1947; 77 years ago (as Unión Deportiva Llagostera)
Ground	Estadi Municipal, Badalona,; Catalonia, Spain
Capacity	4,000
President	Toni Freixa
Head coach	Sergi Escobar
League	Segunda Federación – Group 3
2023–24	Segunda Federación – Group 3, 3rd of 18
Website	https://www.cfbadalona.net/
Home colours	Away colours

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.

History

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

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

2012–13 Copa del Rey game against Valencia CF at Estadi Municipal de Llagostera.

Season	Tier	Division	Place
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
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	3ª	7th
2010–11	4	3ª	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	2ª	9th	Second round
2015–16	2	2ª	20th	Round of 32
2016–17	3	2ª B	14th	Second round
2017–18	3	2ª B	16th
2018–19	4	3ª	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.

2 seasons in Segunda División
1 season in Primera División RFEF
7 seasons in Segunda División B
3 seasons in Segunda Federación
3 seasons in Tercera División

Players

Current squad

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

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

Crest


Crest evolution

2004–2014	2014–2021	2021–2022	2022–2023	2023–present

Honours

League

Segunda División B
- Winners: 2013–14
Tercera División
- Winners: 2010–11, 2018–19
Tercera Catalana
- Winners: 2005–06

Cups

Spanish Royal Federation Cup
- Winners: 2020, 2023

References

^ ^a ^b "El Badalona absorbe a un Costa Brava que ya es historia". As.com (in Spanish). 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
^ "Unió Esportiva Llagostera-Costa Brava, S.A.D. :: La Futbolteca. Enciclopedia del Fútbol Español" (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-01-25.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "Se acabó el sueño del Real Avilés" [Real Avilés' dream is over]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). 8 June 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
^ "Histórico ascenso del Llagostera a Segunda división" [Historic promotion of Llagostera to Segunda División] (in Spanish). ABC. 21 June 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "El Llagostera, primer ascendido a Segunda B" [Llagostera, first promoted to Segunda B] (in Spanish). Be Soccer. 1 June 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "Plantilla Primer Equip". UE Llagostera (in Catalan). Retrieved 29 October 2021.

External links

Official website (in Catalan)
Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
Club & stadium history (in English)

[AS-1] "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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