The Unió Esportiva Rubí is a football club in Rubí, Barcelona, which is currently playing in Lliga Elit.

Rubí
Full nameUnió Esportiva Rubí
Founded30 June 1912; 111 years ago (1912-06-30)
GroundMunicipal de Can Rosés
Rubí, Barcelona, Cataluña Spain.
Capacity6,000[1]
PresidentJosep Alcalá
Head coachJordi Peris
LeagueLliga Elit
2022–23Primera Catalana – Group 2, 2nd of 16
WebsiteClub website

History edit

On 30 June 1912, a group of young people in Rubí, after playing matches against clubs from Barcelona a month before, decided to form a football club that would represent the town. Their first match was played against a team from the neighboring town of Castellbisbal.[2] The club was only formally created in 1917, when Barcelona-born businessman Joan Franch i Vilarnau (who was on vacation with his family in Rubí during the summer) proposed to formally create the club under the name Rubí Fútbol Club, which remained in effect until their dissolution in 1927. The club was refounded in 1932 with their current name: Unió Esportiva Rubí.

After the Civil War, the club started to feature in the Catalan Segunda Regional, playing in the regional leagues until 1991, when they achieved promotion to Tercera División. In the 1992–93 season, they achieved a first-ever promotion to Segunda División B after finishing third, but only remained in the category for one year before suffering relegation.

Back to the regional leagues in 1998, Rubí only returned to the fourth tier in 2011.

Controversy over the date of foundation and fake background edit

In the past 30 years, the club has proposed several founding dates, many of them have been wrong, even claiming that the club was founded in 1902 and therefore was the centenary 2002. This theory was disproved by historian Josep Maria Freixes rubinense that through his historical research has shown that football rubinense origin and genesis of the club is dated 1912, which was recognized by the Consell Català for Sport (Catalan Sports Council) in 2005 [3] as for the Catalan Football Federation in 2006. The club, however, kept between 2003 and 2011 to 1902 as its founding until the end of June 2011, when the institution was finally recognized in 1912 as its foundation and at the same time, confirming the year 2012 as his centennial celebration.

Season to season edit

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1932–1949 Regional
1949–50 6 2ª Reg. 4th
1950–51 6 2ª Reg. 10th
1951–52 6 2ª Reg. 7th
1952–53 6 2ª Reg. 6th
1953–54 DNP
1954–55 5 2ª Reg. 8th
1955–56 5 2ª Reg. 4th
1956–57 4 1ª Reg. 15th
1957–58 4 1ª Reg. 17th
1958–59 4 1ª Reg. 11th
1959–60 4 1ª Reg. 5th
1960–61 4 1ª Reg. 3rd
1961–62 4 1ª Reg. 13th
1962–63 4 1ª Reg. 9th
1963–64 4 1ª Reg. 9th
1964–65 4 1ª Reg. 17th
1965–66 4 1ª Reg. 19th
1966–67 4 1ª Reg. 17th
1967–68 5 2ª Reg. 5th
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1968–69 5 1ª Reg. 1st
1969–70 4 Reg. Pref. 18th
1970–71 5 1ª Reg. 16th
1971–72 5 1ª Reg. 9th
1972–73 5 1ª Reg. 16th
1973–74 6 2ª Reg. 2nd
1974–75 5 1ª Reg. 4th
1975–76 5 1ª Reg. 3rd
1976–77 5 1ª Reg. 16th
1977–78 6 1ª Reg. 3rd
1978–79 6 1ª Reg. 3rd
1979–80 6 1ª Reg. 12th
1980–81 6 1ª Reg. 3rd
1981–82 6 1ª Reg. 1st
1982–83 5 Reg. Pref. 7th
1983–84 5 Reg. Pref. 15th
1984–85 5 Reg. Pref. 11th
1985–86 5 Reg. Pref. 16th
1986–87 6 1ª Reg. 7th
1987–88 6 1ª Reg. 1st
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1988–89 5 Reg. Pref. 6th
1989–90 5 Reg. Pref. 11th
1990–91 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd
1991–92 4 13th
1992–93 4 3rd
1993–94 3 2ª B 17th Third round
1994–95 4 15th First round
1995–96 4 17th
1996–97 4 12th
1997–98 4 18th
1998–99 5 1ª Cat. 17th
1999–2000 6 Pref. Terr. 1st
2000–01 5 1ª Cat. 14th
2001–02 5 1ª Cat. 19th
2002–03 6 Pref. Terr. 1st
2003–04 5 1ª Cat. 2nd
2004–05 4 13th
2005–06 4 19th
2006–07 5 1ª Cat. 20th
2007–08 6 Pref. Terr. 4th
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
2008–09 6 Pref. Terr. 1st
2009–10 5 1ª Cat. 8th
2010–11 5 1ª Cat. 3rd
2011–12 4 11th
2012–13 4 11th
2013–14 4 5th
2014–15 4 8th
2015–16 4 18th
2016–17 5 1ª Cat. 16th
2017–18 6 2ª Cat. 2nd
2018–19 5 1ª Cat. 12th
2019–20 5 1ª Cat. 9th
2020–21 5 1ª Cat. 7th
2021–22 6 1ª Cat. 10th
2022–23 6 1ª Cat. 2nd
2023–24 6 Lliga Elit

Squad edit

As of 1 November 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   ESP Rafa Leva
2 DF   ESP Aitor Torres
3 MF   ESP Óscar Morell
4 DF   ESP Oriol Tenorio
5 DF   ESP David Picón
6 MF   ESP Xavi Torres
7 MF   ESP Adrià Recort
8 MF   ESP Jordi Masip
9 FW   ESP Daniel Muela
10 MF   ESP Pau Albelda
11 FW   ESP Muñi
13 GK   URU Iván Capurro
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW   ESP Sergi Monsó
15 DF   ESP Mario Hervías
16 MF   ESP Adrià Carricondo
17 MF   ESP Cristian Mulero
18 FW   ESP Marc Rodriguez
19 MF   MTN Abde
20 DF   ESP Alex Ruiz
21 MF   ESP Sergio Mulero
23 MF   ESP Marc Cintas
24 FW   ESP Eloi Moral
25 GK   CHN Zhang Donghai

Honours edit

References edit

  1. ^ "The latest news from UE Rubí: squad, results, table". www.besoccer.com. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
  2. ^ Ràdio Rubí, ed. (2011-06-17). "La U.E. Rubí desvetlla el disseny de la seva nova samarreta" (in Catalan). Archived from the original on 2012-07-18. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  3. ^ Rectificando su error en 2003, que ratificaba que el Rubí fue fundado en 1902. - El 9 Esportiu 12/02/2005

Bibliography edit

There are books published by Josep Maria Freixes about EU Ruby:

  • Freixes Trujillo, Josep Maria: Unió Esportiva Rubí: 85 anys de futbol (1912-1997). Fecha de publicación: 1997 - ISBN 84-605-6945-4
  • Freixes Trujillo, Josep Maria: La Unió Esportiva Rubí, una història (1912-2004). Fecha de publicación: 2004 - ISBN 84-609-2741-5

External links edit