Club Esportiu Banyoles is a Spanish football club based in the city of

Banyoles Banyoles () is a city of 20,168 inhabitants (2021) located in the province of Girona in northeastern Catalonia, Spain. The town is the capital of the Catalan ''comarca'' " Pla de l'Estany". Although an established industrial centre many of th ...

, in the autonomous community of

Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ...

. Founded in 1913, they play in ''

Primera Catalana The Primera Catalana is the 7th tier of the Spanish football league system and the second highest league in the autonomous community of Catalonia. The league was formed in 1991 to replace Regional Preferent as the first level of Catalonia and was ...

,'' holding home games at '' Estadi Nou Municipal'', which has a capacity of 4,000 spectators.

History

''Club Deportiu Banyoles'' was founded on 15 August 1913 by Francesc Xavier Ballestero Pérez, changing name to ''Centre d'Esports Banyoles'' in 1925. In 1942, after the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War () was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republican faction (Spanish Civil War), Republicans and the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the Left-wing p ...

, the club was renamed to ''Club Deportivo Bañolas'' due to the prohibitions of non-Spanish names, and they achieved their first-ever promotion to

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

in 1957. Relegated in 1959, the club only returned to Tercera División in 1982, now the fourth level after the establishment of

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: second division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish ...

. They returned to their first name ''CD Banyoles'' in 1984, but were again renamed in 2013, their centenary year, to ''Club Esportiu Banyoles.''

Season to season

---- *25 seasons in ''

Notable players

Ferran Corominas Ferran Corominas Telechea (born 5 January 1983), known as Coro, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a forward. He spent the majority of his professional career with Espanyol, appearing in 200 competitive games while scor ...

Andreu Fontàs Andreu Fontàs Prat (; born 14 November 1989) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Club career Early years Born in Banyoles, Girona, Catalonia, Fontàs was a product of FC Barcelona's youth system, having pre ...

Albert Serra Albert Serra Juanola (; born 9 October 1975) is a Spanish independent filmmaker and manager of the production company Andergraun Films, set up by Montse Triola primarily to produce Serra's films. He is best known for his films '' Story of My De ...

* Chechu

References

External links

* (archived) Football clubs in Catalonia Association football clubs established in 1913 Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol clubs 1913 establishments in Spain Pla de l'Estany Sport in the Province of Girona Long stubs with short prose {{Spain-footyclub-stub