UE Sant Julià


Unió Esportiva Sant Julià, also known as UE Sant Julià, is an Andorran football club based in the parish of Sant Julià de Lòria. The club currently plays 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 and are five time Copa Constitució winners.

UE Sant Julià in Europe

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. 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 Bucureşti.
In the first round of the 2006–07 Intertoto Cup they lost to Maribor from Slovenia. In the first round of the 2007–08 Intertoto Cup they lost to the Bosnian squad Slavija Sarajevo 3–2 in Andorra and 3–2 again in Bosnia-Herzegovina. 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 elimination in
European tournaments in the history of Andorran football.
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 or el club taronja, 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.
Period *KitmakerKit sponsor
1994–08DiadoraMatecosa
2008–12JomaMatecosa
2012–14ElementsNone
2014–15ElementsLes Barques
2015–17PentexTic Tapa
2017–19HummelTic Tapa
2019–presentJomaNone

* 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.

Honours

Primera Divisió
Copa Constitució
Supercopa Andorrana

Current squad

European results

As of July 2018.
SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
2001UEFA Intertoto Cup1R Lausanne-Sport1–30–61–9
2002UEFA Intertoto Cup1R Coleraine2–20–52–7
2004UEFA Intertoto Cup1R FK Smederevo0–80–30–11
2005–06UEFA Cup1Q Rapid București0–50–50–10
2006UEFA Intertoto Cup1R Maribor0–30–50–8
2007UEFA Intertoto Cup1R Slavija Sarajevo2–32–34–6
2008–09UEFA Cup1Q Cherno More0–50–40–9
2009–10UEFA Champions League1Q Tre Fiori1–11–12–2
2009–10UEFA Champions League2Q Levski Sofia0–50–40–9
2010–11UEFA Europa League2Q MYPA0–30–50–8
2011–12UEFA Europa League2Q Bnei Yehuda0–20–20–4
2014–15UEFA Europa League1Q Čukarički0–00–40–4
2015–16UEFA Europa League1Q Randers FC0–10–30–4
2017–18UEFA Europa League1Q Skënderbeu0–50–10–6
2018–19UEFA Europa LeaguePR Gżira United0−21−21–4
2019–20UEFA Europa LeaguePR Europa3−20−43–6

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