UE Figueres

Figueres

Full name	Unió Esportiva Figueres
Founded	1919 (reformed in 2007)
Ground	Vilatenim, Figueres, Catalonia, Spain
Capacity	9,472
Chairman	José Antonio Revilla
Manager	Chicho
League	3ª – Group 5
2017–18	3ª – Group 5, 10th
Home colours Away colours

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 Tercera División – Group 5, holding home matches at Estadi Municipal de Vilatenim, with a seating capacity of 9,472.

History

Figueres was first founded in 1919. 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 CF.

Figueres spent the next fourteen years 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, Tercera Catalana.

Season to season

Vilatenim stadium