CE Atlètic Lleida

Atlètic Lleida

Full name	Club Esportiu Atlètic Lleida
Founded	25 September 1926 (as CE EFAC Almacelles) 22 June 2019; 5 years ago (2019-06-22) (as CE Atlètic Lleida)
Ground	Ramon Farrús, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
Capacity	1,200[1]
Chairman	Josep María Oromí[2]
Manager	Xavi Bartolo[3]
League	Tercera Federación – Group 5
2023–24	Lliga Elit, 6th of 16 (promoted via play-offs)
Home colours Away colours

Club Esportiu Atlètic Lleida is a Spanish football team based in Lleida, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded on 22 June 2019, they play in Tercera Federación – Group 5, holding home games at Camp de Futbol Municipal Ramón Farrús, with a capacity of 1,200 people.

Founded on 25 September 1926^[4] as Club Deportivo Almacellench, the club were later renamed to Club de Fútbol Almacelles and later Athlètic Almacelles in 1968 (Athletic would later be refounded in 2014).^[5] In 1986, they changed name to Club Esportiu Escola de Futbol Almacelles i Comarca.

After being only an amateur team, EFAC Almacelles started playing in a senior competition in 1988, winning promotion from the Tercera Regional. They first reached the top tier of regional football, the Primera Catalana, in 2011.

After playing the following years between Primera and Segona Catalana, EFAC reached an agreement with Club Esportiu Atlètic Lleida (a club founded on 22 June 2019)^[6] in late June 2019, with the latter taking over their place in the fifth tier from the 2020–21 season onwards.^[7] The name of "Esportiu Atlètic Lleida" was contested by the president of Lleida Esportiu at the time, Albert Esteve, by considering that the new brand could "generate confusion".^[8]

In March 2024, Diari Segre reported that Atlètic Lleida were under negotiations with CF Badalona Futur to acquire their place in either the Segunda Federación or Primera Federación, with their president Josep María Oromí stating that the negotiations were in an "advanced" stage.^[9]

In June 2024, the team achieved promotion to the Tercera Federación, entering the national Spanish football league system, so the team will compete in that division starting in the 2024–25 season.^[10] After being promoted the Atlètic Lleida board decided to withdraw from the Badalona Futur purchase negotiations, they argued that the existence of two teams from Lleida competing in the Segunda Federación would mean a sporting conflict that Atlètic wanted to avoid, in addition to seeking to strengthen their own project.^[11]

• Club Deportivo Almacellench (1926–19XX)
• Club de Fútbol Almacelles (19XX–1968)
• Athlètic Almacelles (1968–1986)
• Club Esportiu Escola de Futbol Almacelles i Comarca (1986–2020)
• Club Esportiu Atlètic Lleida (2020–)

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• 1 season in Tercera Federación

As of 7 September 2024

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 Pau Torres 2 DF  ESP Sergi Quirós 3 MF  ESP Dauda Koné 4 DF  ESP Xavier Manrique 5 DF  ESP Víctor Villote 6 MF  ESP Toni Vicente 7 MF  EQG Joanet López 8 MF  ESP Jordi Ortega 9 FW  MLI Soule Sidibe 10 FW  ESP Boris Garrós 11 FW  ECU Aless Hurtado 12 DF  ESP Samou Koné

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 GK  ESP Marc Sanz 14 MF  ESP Nil Sauret 16 DF  ESP Roger Alcalá 17 DF  AND Marc Vales 18 MF  ESP Fer Albín 19 FW  ESP Moró Sidibe 20 MF  ESP Marcel Samsó 21 DF  GHA Rockson Okyere 22 DF  ESP Antonio Bioque 23 FW  ESP Guillermo Cucurull 24 MF  ESP Aleix Ribera 25 GK  ESP Joel Llobera

• Official website (in Catalan)
• Soccerway team profile