Lleida CF

Lleida Club de Futbol is a Spanish football team based in Lleida, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in July 2011, it plays in, holding home games at Camp d'Esports, with a capacity of 13,500 seats.

History
In mid-May 2011, historic club Lleida was liquidated due to a €27.2 million debt. Its berth was auctioned and acquired by an entrepreneur from Lleida, Sisco Pujol, who created the new Lleida Esportiu, which started competing in Segunda División B; the club was also scheduled to take part in the 2011–12 Copa del Rey, in place of Unió Esportiva. Emili Vicente, the last manager of the previous club, was the first manager of the new one.

Esportiu played its first friendly game on 6 August 2011, with Poblade Mafumet (2–0); fifteen days later the team played its first official match, losing 1–3 at home to Reus. The cup campaign ended in the first round with a loss by the same score at Andorra. In 2013, just in their second season, Lleida played for the first time the promotion playoffs to Segunda División, as they did a year later, losing respectively to Real Jaén and Leganés; Toni Seligrat led the team in both seasons. In 2016, their third try in four years, the team lost in the playoff final to Sevilla Atlético, after a penalty shootout.

In the 2017–18 Copa del Rey, Lleida reached for the first time the round of 16 after eliminating top-level side Real Sociedad, by overcoming a disadvantage of three goals in the aggregate score in the previous round. In their first appearance in the round of 16, the club was eliminated by Atlético Madrid 7–0 on aggregate.

After a league restructuring, Lleida ended up in the new fourth-tier Segunda Federación for the 2021–22 season. In a first playoff for six years, the club lost to the seeded Sestao River Club after a goalless draw on 21 May.

Season to season

 * 10 seasons in Segunda División B
 * 3 seasons in Segunda Federación/Segunda División RFEF

Records

 * Record league victory: 0–6 vs. Atlético Baleares (3 April 2016)
 * Record league defeat: 5–1 vs. Villarreal B (3 October 2015), 4–0 vs. Sabadell (21 December 2019)
 * Record attendance: 13,700 vs. Sevilla Atlético, Segunda División B Play-off (19 June 2016)
 * Most league appearances: 193, Pau Torres (2012–2015, 2018–2021)
 * Most league goals scored: 29, Jaime Mata (2012–14)
 * Most goals scored, season: 19, Pedro Martín (2018–19)
 * Highest league position: 3rd in Segunda División B (2014)
 * Copa del Rey best: Round of 16 (2017–18)
 * Record consecutive league appearances: 88, Pau Torres (August 2012 – November 2014)
 * Youngest player: Òscar Canadell, 17 years and 158 days (against Ontinyent, 6 April 2014)
 * Oldest player: Óscar Rubio, 39 years and 356 days (against Hércules, 5 May 2024)

Coaches

 * ''Statistics are correct as of 5 May 2024.