Primera Divisió
Season2012–13
ChampionsFC Lusitanos
RelegatedUE Engordany
Champions LeagueFC Lusitanos
Europa LeagueFC Santa Coloma

The 2012–13 Primera Divisió is the eighteenth season of top-tier football in Andorra. It began in September 2012 and ended in April 2013. The defending champions are FC Lusitanos, who won their first championship in the previous season. The title was retained by Lusitanos.[1]

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in 2012-13 Primera Divisió
Team Home town Stadium Capacity
FC Encamp Encamp DEVK-Arena 1,000
UE Engordany Escaldes-Engordany DEVK-Arena 1,000
Inter Club d'Escaldes Escaldes DEVK-Arena 1,000
FC Lusitanos Andorra la Vella DEVK-Arena 1,000
CE Principat Andorra la Vella DEVK-Arena 1,000
UE Sant Julià Aixovall DEVK-Arena 1,000
FC Santa Coloma Santa Coloma DEVK-Arena 1,000
UE Santa Coloma Santa Coloma DEVK-Arena 1,000

Competition format

The participating teams first played a conventional round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent once "home" and once "away" (in actuality, the designation of home and away was purely arbitrary as the clubs did not have their own grounds) for a total of 14 games. The league was then split up in two groups of four teams with each of them playing teams within their group in a home-and-away cycle of games. The top four teams competed for the championship. The bottom four clubs played for one direct relegation spot and one relegation play-off spot. Records earned in the First Round were taken over to the respective Second Rounds.

Promotion and relegation from 2011–12

FC Rànger's were relegated after last season due to finishing in 8th place. They were replaced by Segona Divisió champions FC Encamp.

Inter Club d'Escaldes, who finished last season in 7th place, and 2nd place Segona Divisió club UE Extremenya played a two-legged relegation play-off. Inter Club d'Escaldes won the playoff, 3–0 on aggregate, and remained in the Primera Divisió while Extremenya remained in the Segona Divisió.

First round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Lusitanos 14 10 3 1 55 11 +44 33 Qualification to Championship round
2 UE Santa Coloma 14 9 3 2 39 14 +25 30
3 Sant Julià 14 9 3 2 32 9 +23 30
4 FC Santa Coloma 14 8 5 1 25 12 +13 29
5 Principat 14 3 3 8 17 30 −13 12 Qualification to Relegation round
6 Encamp 14 3 1 10 14 49 −35 10
7 Engordany 14 2 2 10 14 47 −33 8
8 Inter Club d'Escaldes 14 2 0 12 14 38 −24 6
Source: 1a Divisió (in Catalan and English)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Home \ Away ENC ENG INT LUS PRI SJU SFC SUE
Encamp 1–1 2–3 0–11 1–6 0–5 0–4 2–9
Engordany 1–4 3–2 1–4 1–1 0–4 1–3 1–5
Inter Club d'Escaldes 1–2 1–3 1–7 1–4 0–2 0–2 1–3
Lusitanos 3–0 6–1 5–1 5–0 1–1 3–0 2–2
Principat 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–3 1–4 1–3 1–1
Sant Julià 5–0 5–0 1–0 1–4 1–0 1–1 0–1
FC Santa Coloma 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–0
UE Santa Coloma 2–0 7–0 2–0 2–1 4–2 0–1 1–1
Source: 1a Divisió (in Catalan and English)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second round

Championship Round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Lusitanos (C) 20 13 5 2 65 17 +48 44 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2 FC Santa Coloma 20 10 9 1 31 16 +15 39 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3 UE Santa Coloma 20 11 4 5 47 25 +22 37 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
4 Sant Julià 20 10 4 6 38 18 +20 34
Source: fedandfut.com (in Catalan and English)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ↑ Winners of the 2013 Copa Constitució competition.
Home \ Away LUS SJU SFC SUE
Lusitanos 2–0 0–0 2–1
Sant Julià 2–4 0–0 0–1
FC Santa Coloma 0–0 1–0 2–2
UE Santa Coloma 2–1 1–4 1–2
Source: fedandfut.com (in Catalan and English)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
5 Principat 20 6 3 11 23 35 −12 21
6 Inter Club d'Escaldes 20 6 0 14 22 42 −20 18
7 Encamp (O) 20 5 2 13 18 55 −37 17 Qualification to relegation play-offs
8 Engordany (R) 20 4 3 13 20 56 −36 15 Relegation to Segona Divisió
Source: fedandfut.com (in Catalan and English)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Home \ Away ENC ENG INT PRI
Encamp 2–1 1–0 0–2
Engordany 1–1 2–1 1–0
Inter Club d'Escaldes 1–0 3–0 2–1
Principat 1–0 2–1 0–1
Source: fedandfut.com (in Catalan and English)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

The seventh-placed club in the league competed in a two-legged relegation play-off against the runners-up of the 2012–13 Segona Divisió, for one spot in 2013–14 Primera Divisió.

References

  1. ↑ "Lusitans retain Andorran league crown". UEFA.com. 7 April 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  • Official site (in Catalan and English)
  • League321.com - Andorran football league tables, records & statistics database. (in English)
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