Sant Julià
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Full nameUnió Esportiva Sant Julià
Nickname(s)Lauredians
Santju or Sanju
Founded1982 (1982)
GroundAndorra Football Federation stadiums
ChairmanAlbert Carnicé
ManagerPablo Huerga
LeagueSegona Divisió
2023–24Primera Divisió, 8th Decrease

Unió Esportiva Sant Julià, also known as UE Sant Julià, is an Andorran professional football club based in the parish of Sant Julià de Lòria. The club currently competing in Primera Divisió.

History

Founded in 1982 UE Sant Julià is the main football club of the Andorran Southern parish of Sant Julià de Lòria. The team have been playing in the top flight since the foundation of the Andorran Premier League in 1995. Since then UE Sant Julià have won the Andorran championship twice (2004–05 and 2008–09) and are five time Copa Constitució winners (2008, 2010, 2011, 2014 and 2015).

UE Sant Julià in Europe

UE Sant Julià against S.P. Tre Fiori in 2009–10 UEFA Champions League.

The club has also appeared in European competitions several times. In the 2000–01 season they were eliminated in the first round of Intertoto Cup by the Swiss team, Lausanne-Sport (aggregate 1–9). They also participated in the Intertoto Cup in 2002–03 and drew 2–2 at home against Coleraine from Northern Ireland, but away from home lost 5–0 to be eliminated from the competition. They suffered an 8–0 defeat at home in the 2004–05 season of the Intertoto Cup against the Serbian team, FK Smederevo and also fell 3–0 in Serbia. In the first qualifying round for the UEFA Cup 2005–06 they lost to Romanian team, Rapid București (aggregate 0–10).

In the first round of the 2006–07 Intertoto Cup they lost to Maribor from Slovenia (aggregate 0–8). In the first round of the 2007–08 Intertoto Cup they lost to the Bosnian squad Slavija Sarajevo 3–2[1] in Andorra and 3–2[2] again in Bosnia-Herzegovina (aggregate 4–6). Sant Julià faced Cherno More of Bulgaria in the first qualifying round of the 2008–09 UEFA Cup. They lost 0–9 on aggregate.

For the 2009–10 season, Sant Julia once again drew a Bulgarian opponent, this time for UEFA Champions League qualification in the second round – Levski Sofia. Before meeting the champions of Bulgaria, Sant Julia eliminated Tre Fiori of San Marino after two 1–1 results, and a penalty shootout. This was the first European tie won by an Andorran football club in history.

Their dreams came to an end after a 4–0 defeat away at Sofia. The team still played well and managed to keep their goal clean for 49 minutes against the Bulgarian champion. Only 9 players from Aixovall exited the pitch after two Sant Julia players received red cards. They lost 0–5 in the return leg at home.

UE Sant Julià participated in the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round against MYPA and in 2011–12 against Bnei Yehuda, losing on aggregate 0–8 against the Finnish squad and 0–4 against the Israeli squad.

For the 2014–15 season UE Sant Julià returned to the European competitions playing the first round of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League against the Serbian Čukarički team losing on aggregate 0–4. UE Sant Julià qualified for the 2015–16 European competitions the following season playing the first round of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League against the Danish Randers FC team losing on aggregate 0–4.

UE Sant Julià qualified for European competitions in the 2017–18 and 2018–19 season, playing the first round of UEFA Europa League against KF Skënderbeu Korçë from Albania losing on aggregate 0–6, and the following season against Gżira United from Malta losing on aggregate 1–4.

Colours and badge

Traditionally orange have been the home colours of UE Sant Julià and the main colour of the team, always referred to as l'equip taronja (the orange team) or el club taronja (the orange club),[3] and supporters. Although some seasons the club have worn black and red/orange or all green kits in home matches.

The club crest is a variation of the coat of arms of Sant Julià de Lòria.

Coat of arms of Sant Julià de Lòria.
Traditional first kit.
First kit variation (until late 2000s).
Change kit black variation (until late 2000s).
Change kit black variation (2009–14).
Traditional all green kit.
Period * Kitmaker Kit sponsor
1994–08 Diadora Matecosa
2008–12 Joma
2012–14 Elements None
2014–15 Les Barques
2015–17 Pentex Tic Tapa
2017–19 Hummel
2019–20 Joma None
2020–present Asioka Olympus

* Since the Andorra Football Federation affiliation.

Club rivalries

El Clàssic

The main rival of UE Sant Julià in Primera Divisió has been always FC Santa Coloma playing in a derby called El Clàssic. Both teams are strong in the Andorran Premier League and since the creation of the championship the clubs have been competing for being the champion of the top flight.[4][5][6]

Honours

Primera Divisió

Copa Constitució

Supercopa Andorrana

  • Winners (6): 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2018
  • Runners-up (4): 2003, 2005, 2008, 2015

League history

Season Division Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P
2011–12 Primera Divisió 4 201064 572236
2012–13 Primera Divisió 4 201046 381834
2013–14 Primera Divisió 3 201154 461938
2014–15 Primera Divisió 4 20956 412332
2015–16 Primera Divisió 3 20956 412032
2016–17 Primera Divisió 2 271485 552350
2017–18 Primera Divisió 3 271467 642448
2018–19 Primera Divisió 2 271584 522653

Current squad

As of 31 July 2023

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 Spain ESP Tito
4 DF Guinea GUI Sékouba Kaba
6 MF France FRA Jonathan Tassin
8 MF Spain ESP Alvaro Correia
9 FW Hungary HUN Zsolt Szilvási
10 MF France FRA Noah Morillon
11 MF France FRA Celyan Djattit
14 FW Spain ESP Ginés Hernández
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF France FRA Morgan Lafont
17 MF South Korea KOR Seung-cheol Jang
20 DF Spain ESP César Rodríguez
25 GK France FRA Billal Djattit
27 MF Hungary HUN Mari Zoltán
28 MF Mexico MEX Alejandro Huerta
29 FW France FRA Adoum Oueddo
30 DF France FRA Mike Nosso
— MF Spain ESP Pedro Santos

European results

As of match played 15 July 2021.

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Switzerland Lausanne-Sport 1–3 0–6 1–9
2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Northern Ireland Coleraine 2–2 0–5 2–7
2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Serbia and Montenegro FK Smederevo 0–8 0–3 0–11
2005–06 UEFA Cup 1Q Romania Rapid București 0–5 0–5 0–10
2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Slovenia Maribor 0–3 0–5 0–8
2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Bosnia and Herzegovina Slavija Sarajevo 2–3 2–3 4–6
2008–09 UEFA Cup 1Q Bulgaria Cherno More 0–5 0–4 0–9
2009–10 UEFA Champions League 1Q San Marino Tre Fiori 1–1 1–1 2–2 (5–4 p)
2Q Bulgaria Levski Sofia 0–5 0–4 0–9
2010–11 UEFA Europa League 2Q Finland MYPA 0–3 0–5 0–8
2011–12 UEFA Europa League 2Q Israel Bnei Yehuda 0–2 0–2 0–4
2014–15 UEFA Europa League 1Q Serbia Čukarički 0–0 0–4 0–4
2015–16 UEFA Europa League 1Q Denmark Randers FC 0–1 0–3 0–4
2017–18 UEFA Europa League 1Q Albania Skënderbeu 0–5 0–1 0–6
2018–19 UEFA Europa League PR Malta Gżira United 0−2 1−2 1–4
2019–20 UEFA Europa League PR Gibraltar Europa 3−2 0−4 3–6
2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League 1Q Malta Gżira United 0–0 1–1 (a.e.t.) 1–1 (3–5 p)
Notes
  • PR: Preliminary round
  • 1R: First round
  • 1Q: First qualifying round
  • 2Q: Second qualifying round

References

  1. ↑ UE Sant Julià – FK Slavija : 2–3 Match report from Scorespro.com
  2. ↑ FK Slavija – UE Sant Julià : 3–2 Match report from Scorespro.com
  3. ↑ "Diari d'Andorra".
  4. ↑ "Andorran Football Federation-News".
  5. ↑ "BonDia Diari digital d'Andorra".
  6. ↑ "FAF - Taules en el clàssic per clausurar la Lliga 2010-11 de Primera".
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