Sociedad Deportiva Formentera is a football team based in Sant Francesc Xavier, Formentera in the Balearic Islands. The team plays in Segunda Federación – Group 3. The club's home ground is the Estadi Municipal, which has a capacity of 500 spectators.[4]

Formentera
Full nameSociedad Deportiva Formentera
Nickname(s)Rojillos, Rojinegros, Formenterenses
Founded7 September 1971; 52 years ago (1971-09-07)[1]
GroundEstadi Municipal, Sant Francesc Xavier, Formentera,
Balearic Islands, Spain
Capacity500[2]
PresidentXicu Ferrer
Head coachVíctor Basadre[3]
LeagueSegunda Federación – Group 3
2022–23Segunda Federación – Group 3, 11th of 18

History edit

Founded in 1971, in 1979–80 the club took part in Tercera División, ending in relegation. It also entered the year's Copa del Rey, dispatching UD Porreras 3–2 on aggregate in the first round before falling 2–0 to Atlético Baleares in the second round.[5]

Formentera returned to the fourth division in 2012, after winning the regional Preferente. In 2015–16, they reached the second round of the cup with a 2–1 win at Segunda División B team CD Alcoyano,[6] and a year later they reached the last 32 of the competition before a 14–2 aggregate loss to La Liga team and UEFA Europa League holders Sevilla FC.[7]

In that 2016–17 season, Formentera promoted for the first time ever to the third division after defeating Alavés B in the promotion play-offs.[8] The following season, they reached again the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey, where they eliminated top level club Athletic Bilbao after winning in San Mamés with a goal in the sixth minute of stoppage time;[9] in the last 16 they were eliminated by another top-flight Basque team, Deportivo Alavés,[10] and the league season ended with instant relegation.[11]

Season to season edit

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1971–72 4 1ª Reg. 5th
1972–73 4 1ª Reg. 6th
1973–74 4 1ª Reg. 5th
1974–75 4 1ª Reg. 3rd
1975–76 4 1ª Reg. 6th
1976–77 4 Reg. Pref. 4th
1977–78 5 Reg. Pref.
1978–79 5 Reg. Pref.
1979–80 4 19th Second round
1980–81 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd
1981–82 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd
1982–83 5 Reg. Pref. 5th
1983–84 5 Reg. Pref. 5th
1984–85 5 Reg. Pref. 4th
1985–86 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd
1986–87 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd
1987–88 5 Reg. Pref. 5th
1988–89 5 Reg. Pref.
1989–90 5 Reg. Pref.
1990–91 5 Reg. Pref. 1st
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1991–92 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd
1992–93 5 Reg. Pref. 1st
1993–94 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd
1994–95 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd
1995–96 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd
1996–97 5 Reg. Pref. 8th
1997–98 5 Reg. Pref. 7th
1998–99 5 Reg. Pref. 6th
1999–2000 5 Reg. Pref. 9th
2000–01 5 Reg. Pref. 5th
2001–02 5 Reg. Pref. 6th
2002–03 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd
2003–04 5 Reg. Pref. 7th
2004–05 5 Reg. Pref. 6th
2005–06 5 Reg. Pref. 9th
2006–07 5 Reg. Pref. 9th
2007–08 5 Reg. Pref. 11th
2008–09 5 Reg. Pref. 7th
2009–10 5 Reg. Pref. 10th
2010–11 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
2011–12 5 Reg. Pref. 1st
2012–13 4 3rd
2013–14 4 3rd
2014–15 4 1st
2015–16 4 2nd Second round
2016–17 4 1st Round of 32
2017–18 3 2ª B 17th Round of 16
2018–19 4 4th
2019–20 4 7th
2020–21 4 3rd / 4th
2021–22 4 2ª RFEF 7th
2022–23 4 2ª Fed. 11th
2023–24 4 2ª Fed.

Current squad edit

As of 16 November 2017.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   ESP Marcos
GK   ESP Chechu
DF   ESP Samuel
DF   ESP Dailos
DF   ESP Alejandro Bonilla
DF   GHA Kingsley Fobi
DF   ESP Javi Rosa
DF   ESP Quico
DF   ESP Manu Amores
MF   ESP Joseba Garmendia
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   ESP Adrián Riera
MF   ESP Fernando Liñán
MF   ESP Nando
MF   ESP Álvaro Muñiz
MF   ESP Michael
MF   ARG Agustín Ojeda
FW   ESP Juanan
FW   BRA Bruno Vinicius
FW   ESP Omar Álvarez
FW   ESP Gabri Gómez

References edit

  1. ^ "Historia" [History] (in Spanish). SD Formentera. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Municipal de Formentera :: Estadios y Pabellones ::". www.lapreferente.com. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  3. ^ Ibiza, Diario de. "Víctor Basadre, nuevo entrenador del Formentera". www.diariodeibiza.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  4. ^ "SD Formentera - galeria - noticias". puntobalonbalear.es. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Segunda eliminatoria (ida)" [Second round (second leg)] (PDF) (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 22 November 1979. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  6. ^ "El Formentera elimina al Alcoyano en la Copa del Rey" [Formentera eliminate Alcoyano from the Copa del Rey] (in Spanish). Diario de Ibiza. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  7. ^ "Barcelona's reserves rout Hercules 7-0 in Copa del Rey". USA Today. AP. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  8. ^ "El Formentera asciende a Segunda B" (in Spanish). Diario de Ibiza. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Álvaro Muñiz, el farmacéutico que anima la Copa" [Álvaro Muñiz, the pharmacist making headlines in the Copa]. ABC (in Spanish). 1 December 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  10. ^ "El Alavés elimina a un digno Formentera de la Copa del Rey" [Alavés eliminate a dignified Formentera from the Copa del Rey]. Diario de Ibiza (in Spanish). 10 January 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  11. ^ "Marcos Contreras anuncia que deja el Formentera" [Marcos Contreras announces that he is leaving Formentera]. ABC (in Spanish). 16 May 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.

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