CF Balaguer

Balaguer
Full nameClub de Futbol Balaguer
Founded1945
GroundMunicipal, Balaguer,
Catalonia, Spain
Capacity2,000
PresidentAntonio Ayguadé
Head coachJosete
LeaguePrimera Catalana – Group 2
2025–26Primera Catalana – Group 2, 11th of 16

Club de Futbol Balaguer is a Catalan Spanish football team based in Balaguer, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1945 it currently plays in Primera Catalana – Group 2, holding home games at Municipal de Balaguer, with a capacity of 2,000 seats. Balaguer was the last club local-born Roberto Martínez played for in Spain before moving to England. Roberto's father managed CF Balaguer in the eighties.

History

Football first appeared in the city of Balaguer in 1916, when the students started to play each Thursday in the field near the current Municipal Theater.

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1945–46 5 1ª Reg. B 4th
1946–47 5 2ª Reg. 5th
1947–48 5 1ª Reg. B 6th
1948–49 5 1ª Reg. B 3rd
1949–50 4 1ª Reg. 14th
1950–51 4 1ª Reg. 14th
1951–52 6 2ª Reg. 4th
1952–53 6 2ª Reg. 2nd
1953–54 5 2ª Reg. 3rd
1954–55 4 1ª Reg. 5th
1955–56 4 1ª Reg. 12th
1956–57 4 1ª Reg. 1st
1957–58 3 3ª 14th
1958–59 4 1ª Reg. 6th
1959–60 4 1ª Reg. 3rd
1960–61 3 3ª 11th
1961–62 3 3ª 12th
1962–63 3 3ª 16th
1963–64 4 1ª Reg. 1st
1964–65 3 3ª 5th
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1965–66 3 3ª 6th
1966–67 3 3ª 15th
1967–68 4 1ª Reg. 12th
1968–69 5 1ª Reg. 6th
1969–70 5 1ª Reg. 13th
1970–71 5 1ª Reg. 19th
1971–72 6 2ª Reg. 1st
1972–73 6 2ª Reg. 1st
1973–74 5 1ª Reg. 16th
1974–75 5 1ª Reg. 18th
1975–76 6 2ª Reg. 13th
1976–77 6 2ª Reg. 10th
1977–78 7 2ª Reg. 1st
1978–79 6 1ª Reg. 9th
1979–80 6 1ª Reg. 13th
1980–81 6 1ª Reg. 18th
1981–82 6 1ª Reg. 5th
1982–83 6 1ª Reg. 10th
1983–84 6 1ª Reg. 8th
1984–85 6 1ª Reg. 1st
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1985–86 5 Reg. Pref. 4th
1986–87 5 Reg. Pref. 4th
1987–88 4 3ª 11th
1988–89 4 3ª 15th
1989–90 4 3ª 12th
1990–91 4 3ª 1st
1991–92 4 3ª 2nd Second round
1992–93 4 3ª 8th First round
1993–94 4 3ª 5th
1994–95 4 3ª 7th
1995–96 4 3ª 7th
1996–97 4 3ª 18th
1997–98 5 1ª Cat. 1st
1998–99 4 3ª 5th
1999–2000 4 3ª 1st
2000–01 4 3ª 2nd First round
2001–02 4 3ª 13th
2002–03 4 3ª 20th
2003–04 5 1ª Cat. 3rd
2004–05 4 3ª 7th
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
2005–06 4 3ª 9th
2006–07 4 3ª 8th
2007–08 4 3ª 10th
2008–09 4 3ª 16th
2009–10 4 3ª 9th
2010–11 4 3ª 15th
2011–12 4 3ª 12th
2012–13 4 3ª 20th
2013–14 5 1ª Cat. 13th
2014–15 5 1ª Cat. 10th
2015–16 5 1ª Cat. 3rd
2016–17 5 1ª Cat. 3rd
2017–18 5 1ª Cat. 11th
2018–19 5 1ª Cat. 18th
2019–20 6 2ª Cat. 10th
2020–21 6 2ª Cat. 1st
2021–22 7 2ª Cat. 1st
2022–23 6 1ª Cat. 15th
2023–24 8 2ª Cat. 1st
2024–25 7 1ª Cat. 8th
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
2025–26 7 1ª Cat.

Current squad

As of 22 December 2018

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ESP Alfred Peguero
2 DF  ESP Aleix Llusà
3 DF  ESP Xavier Gabernet
5 DF  ESP Joan Martínez
6 MF  ESP Víctor Darias
7 MF  ESP Hichem Boumedol
8 MF  ESP Carlos Martínez
9 FW  ESP Joan Vendrell
10 FW  GHA Obed Nii
12 MF  ESP Dorin Takacs
13 GK  ESP Marc Aceituno
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW  ESP Sergi Galcerán
15 MF  ESP Pau Solanes
16 DF  ESP Robert Font
17 DF  ESP Marcel Ormo
18 DF  ESP Rubén Egea
19 DF  ESP Jordi Jordana
20 DF  ESP Lluís Roqué
21 FW  ESP Xavier Gomà
22 MF  ESP Marc Sánchez
23 MF  ESP Eric Trota
24 DF  ESP Ramon Rueda

Notable players

References

  1. ↑ "The latest news from CF Balaguer: squad, results, table". www.besoccer.com. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
  2. ↑ Un exprimera, nou entrenador del CF Balaguer, balaguer.tv, 18 October 2023
  3. ↑ "CF Balaguer - 2ª Catalana G 5". www.resultados-futbol.com. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
  4. ↑ "Història". Club Futbol Balaguer (in Catalan). 2012-09-28. Retrieved 2020-04-28.