UE Lleida
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Unió Esportiva Lleida, S.A.D. is a Football in Spain Football in Catalonia football club based in Lleida, Spain. They currently play in Segunda División B. Originally formed as
Lérida Balompié-AEM in 1938, they became
Unión Deportiva Lérida in 1947, after a merger with
CD Leridano. They adopted the Catalan language version of their name in 1978. UE Lleida has spent most of it’s history in the lower divisions. However in the early 1950s and early 1990s UE Lleida won promotion to La Liga. During the 1990s UE Lleida was managed by José Manuel Esnal, Juan de la Cruz Ramos Cano and Víctor Muñoz. All three subsequently became successful managers with other clubs. Since 1987 UE Lleida has organised it’s own summer trophy, the Ciutat de Lleida Trophy.
History
Early Lleida football Clubs
Football was first introduced to Lleida in 1910 by Manuel Azoz, a Barcelona business man. Among the earliest clubs in the city were
Montserrat, founded in 1913 by Marist Brothers, and
FC Lleida founded in 1914. Both played their early games in the district of Pla d’en Gardeny. In 1915 the
Associació Cultural Lleidatana was founded by Catalan nationalism. By 1917 two other clubs
Club Colonial and
Athlètic Metalúrgic began playing at the Camp de Mart. In 1918
FC Joventut was formed by Young Republican Left of Catalonia and during the 1920s they emerged as the city’s strongest side. In 1919 they became the first club to use the Camp d´Esports. However this club was dissolved in 1927. Other clubs of the 1920s included
AE Lleida Calaveres,
Lleida Sport Club and
AEM Lleida, all of which disappeared during the 1930s.
Lérida Balompié and CD Leridano
After the Spanish Civil War, former members of AE Lleida Calaveres, Lleida Sport Club and AEM Lleida formed Lérida Balompié-AEM. After playing in regional leagues for four seasons they made their debut in the Tercera División in 1943. In 1944 UE Lleida spilt into two separate clubs, Lérida Balompié and AEM. Meanwhile in 1941 Spanish nationalists formed CD Leridano and a local rivalry developed between them and Lérida Balompié. On March 9 1947 Lérida Balompié and CD Leridano merged to become Unión Deportiva Lérida. The new team retained both the blue and white colours and club shield of Lérida Balompié. The first president of the new club was Eduard Estadella.
First Golden Era
UD Lérida enjoyed a golden age in the late 1940s and early 1950s when they progressed from the Tercera División to La Liga in three seasons. In 1949 they won the Tercera División and the following season, 1949-50, they made their debut in the Segunda División. The season saw UE Lleida achieve their biggest league win to date, a 9-2 win against CD Lugo. They also finished as Segunda División runners-up and were then promoted to La Liga for the 1950-51 season. However UE Lleida were out of their depth and were heavily defeated on several occasions. Their second game saw them lose 9-0 to CD Málaga and in subsequent games they lost 10-1 to Deportivo de La Coruña and 10-0 to Athletic Bilbao. It was no surprise when at the end of the season they were relegated. First eleven in La Liga was: Rivero, Rigau, Telechea, Carrillo, Esquerda, Roca, Gausí, Pellicer, Ramón, Bidegain and Fustero.
The Mané Era
In the late 1980s and early 1990s UE Lleida enjoyed a second golden era under coach José Manuel Esnal. He joined UE Lleida in 1988 and took them from Segunda División B to La Liga. In 1990 they were Segunda División B champions and in 1993 they won the Segunda División. The following season, 1993-94, saw UE Lleida return to La Liga for a second time. Despite a 1-0 win over the FC Barcelona
Dream Team at the Camp Nou and a 2-1 win at the Camp d´Esports over Real Madrid, UE Lleida only managed to win five other games and were relegated once again. First eleven in the return to La Liga was: Ravnic, Tomás, Virgilio, David, Txema, Gonzalo, Jaime, Rubio, Bartolo, Urbano and Parés. The 1994-95 season saw them finish third in the Segunda División but they then lost a promotion play-off against Sporting Gijón.
Club background
Lérida SC -
(¿?–1938) → ↓
Lérida Balompié -
(1938–1947)AE Lleida Calaveres -
(¿?–1938) → ↑
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CD Leridano -
(1941–1947) → ↓
Unió Esportiva Lleida -
(1947–)Lérida Balompié -
(1938–1947) → ↑
Honours
- Segunda División
- - Winners Segunda División - 1992-93 1
- - Runners-up 1950 1
- Segunda División B
- - Winners 1990, 2004 2
- - Runners-up 1987 1
- Tercera División
- - Winners 1949 1
- - Runners-up 1958, 1964, 1965 3
- Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol
- - Winners 1971 1
- Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol
- - Runners-up 1942 1
- Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol
- - Winners 1940, 1941 2
- Copa Catalunya
- - Runners-up 1992, 1999 2
- Nostra Catalunya Trophy
- - Winners 1974, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1990 7
- Ciutat de Lleida Trophy
- - Winners 1987, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008 10
Club records
- Best league home win
- - 9-0 v Calella, Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol, 30 November 1941
- Best league away win
- - 1-8 v CE Europa, Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol, 22 February 1942
- Worst league home defeat
- - 1-6 v Real Madrid, Primera División, 8 October 1950
- - 1-6 v Valencia CF, Primera División, 4 February 1951
- Worst league away defeat
- - 11-0 v Sporting de Gijón, Segunda División, 13 January 1957
- Best Copa del Rey home win
- - 7-0 v UE Sant Andreu, 2nd Rd, 2nd Leg, 19 December 1985
- Best Copa del Rey away win
- - 1-5 v UE Sant Andreu, 2nd Rd, 1st Leg, 23 October 1985
- Worst Copa del Rey home defeat
- - 0-3 v Deportivo de La Coruña, Last 16, 1st Leg, 8 February 1995
- Worst Copa del Rey away defeat
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- Record transfer fee paid, Nakor Bueno Gómez, €300.000, from FC Barcelona, June 2000
- Record transfer fee received, Vicente Fernández, €1.2 million, to Sporting de Gijón, April 1998
- Most League appearances, 460, Miguel Ángel Rubio Buedo 1982–1996
- Most League goals scored, total, 82, Mariano Azcona 1984–1990
- Most goals scored, season, 26, Mariano Azcona 1989-1990
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