Inter Club d'Escaldes

Inter Club d'Escaldes is an Andorran football club based in Escaldes-Engordany. The club currently plays in Primera Divisió, where it is the current three-time defending champion.

Inter Club d'Escaldes
Full nameInter Club d'Escaldes
Nickname(s)Inter
Founded1991 (1991)
GroundAndorra Football Federation stadiums
ChairmanPablo Gómez
ManagerOtger Canals
LeaguePrimera Divisió
2021–22Primera Divisió, 1st
WebsiteClub website

History

Inter Club d'Escaldes was founded in Escaldes-Engordany in 1991 and being founder member of Primera Divisió in 1995, the Premier League of Andorra. The club was playing since then in the top flight until April 2015 when the team was relegated after finishing 8th in the regular league.[1] The club returned in Primera Divisió after two seasons, in May 2017.[2]

L'Inter achieved twice the third position in Primera Divisió, during two consecutives seasons in 1999-00 and 2000–01, and became runners-up in Copa Constitució during the 2001–02 season, losing 2–0 against FC Lusitanos.

After becoming champion of the 2019–20 Primera Divisió, the club was able to have the right to participate in the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League, from the preliminary round. This historic partition represents the 1st time in the club's history that it has participated in an official international tournament.[3]

Colors and badge

In its beginnings the club had a strong support of Construccions Modernes, a company linked to the construction, to the point that its initials CM remain until 2019 in its shield. Due to team colors, blue and black, the team and fans are referenced as blau-i-negres.[4]

Contruccions Modernes[5] crest until 2015
25th Anniversary crest (1991–2016)
Classic kit.
First kit (2010–2012)
First kit (2012–2016)

Honours

European record
Competition Pld W D L GF GA
UEFA Champions League 3 1 0 2 2 4
UEFA Europa League 1 0 0 1 0 1
UEFA Europa Conference League 4 1 1 2 3 7
TOTAL 8 2 1 5 5 12

Matches
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Agg.
2020–21 UEFA Champions League PR Kosovo Drita 1–2
UEFA Europa League 2Q Republic of Ireland Dundalk 0–1 — —
2021–22 UEFA Champions League PR Faroe Islands HB Tórshavn 1–0
Kosovo Prishtina 0–2
UEFA Europa Conference League 2Q Albania Teuta 0–3 (aet) 2−0 2–3
2022–23 UEFA Champions League PR San Marino La Fiorita 2–1
Iceland Víkingur Reykjavík 0–1
UEFA Europa Conference League 2Q Romania CFR Cluj 1–1 0–3 1–4
2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League 1Q
Notes
  • PR: Preliminary round
  • 1Q: First qualifying round
  • 2Q: Second qualifying round

Current squad
As of 12 April 2023[6]

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 Spain ESP Álex Iglesias
2 DF Andorra AND Txus Rubio
3 DF Andorra AND Josep Cabanes
4 DF Spain ESP Iván de Nova
5 DF Spain ESP Pau Bosch
6 MF Andorra AND Sergi Moreno
7 FW Spain ESP Ángel Pérez
8 FW Ivory Coast CIV Jean Luc Assoubre
9 FW Spain ESP Sascha Andreu
10 FW Spain ESP Aridai Cabrera
11 MF Morocco MAR Domingo Berlanga
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 DF Romania ROU Raul Feher
13 GK Andorra AND Ion Rodríguez
19 MF Spain ESP Viti Martínez
21 FW Spain ESP Iñigo Sánchez
22 MF Spain ESP Marc Caballé
23 MF Spain ESP Jordi Roca
25 GK Spain ESP Adrià Muñoz
27 DF Spain ESP Roger Marcè
31 GK Spain ESP Gerardo Rubio
48 DF Spain ESP Chete González
49 DF Spain ESP Adrià Gallego

References
  1. "FAF - L'FC Santa Coloma dóna un cop sobre la taula en endur-se el derbi ciutadà". www.faf.ad. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  2. "Tic Tapa i UE Santa Coloma seran a Europa i l'Inter és de Primera". elperiodic.ad. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  3. "L'Inter d'Escaldes es proclama campió de la lliga de futbol".
  4. "La FAF es posa dura per l'encesa d'una bengala a la Borda Mateu". elperiodic.ad. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  5. "FAF – L'Inter Club Escaldes espera rival per jugar la promoció". www.faf.ad. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  6. "Plantilla" [Team] (in Catalan). Inter Club d'Escaldes. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2021.


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