FC Lusitanos

Lusitanos

Full name	Futebol Club Lusitanos
Nickname(s)	LFC Lusitanos (Lusitanians) Lusos
Founded	1999
Ground	Andorra Football Federation stadiums
Chairman	António da Silva Cerqueira
Manager	Raúl Cañete
League	Primera Divisió
2014–15	Primera Divisió, 2nd
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

FC Lusitanos, also known as Lusitans, is an Andorran football club from Andorra la Vella which was founded in 1999 and currently play in Primera Divisió.

Lusitanos won their first Primera Divisió title in 2011–12 and its second national championship the following season. The club's name, crest and kit reflect its Portuguese identity.

History

Futebol Club Lusitanos was founded in 1999. The club played for the first time in the Campionat de Lliga in 2000–2001, after winning the Second Division championship. In 2001–2002 they won its first title, the Copa Constitució after winning 2–0 in the final against Inter Club d'Escaldes on 2 June, with both goals by Manuel Vieira.^[1]

Lusitanos played their first European matches in the 2010-11 UEFA Europa League, where they were eliminated 11–0 on aggregate by Macedonian club Rabotnicki.^[2] In the following season's tournament, they were beaten at the same stage by Croatian club Varazdin, 6–1 on aggregate.^[3]

Since their promotion to the top division they have not been relegated, and won their first title in 2012. This qualified the club to the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League, where they were knocked out 9–1 on aggregate in the first qualifying round by Maltese champions Valletta.^[4]

They won their second league title in 2013, this qualified the club to the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League they were drawn to play EB/Streymur of the Faroe Islands, in the first leg they drew 2–2 and in the second leg they lost 5–1, losing 7–3 on aggregate.^[5]

After finishing fourth in the regular season FC Lusitanos ended the 2013–14 season without being quilified for the UEFA Europa League after losing against UE Sant Julià 1–2 in the final of the 2014 Copa Constitució.^[6]

In the 2014–15 season FC Lusitanos became runners-up of the regular league and this qualifyed the club to the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League where they were drawn to face West Ham United FC in the first qualifying round, lost 0–3 in the away match and 0–1 at home (0–4 on aggregate).^[7][8]

Identity and support

FC Lusitanos' logo greatly resembles that of the Portuguese Football Federation. Since its founding, the club has had several Portuguese players and coaches. The supporters, known as Lusitanos or Lusos, are mainly Portuguese immigrants in Andorra or Andorran people of Portuguese heritage.

The team's kit manufacturer is the Portuguese brand Peba.^[9]

Original crest inspired by the FPF's logo.

Original first kit.

Period *	Kitmaker	Kit sponsor
1999–2012	Peba	La Posa
2012–2015		None
2015–present	Peba/Armatura	Les Barques

* Since the Andorra Football Federation affiliation.

Honours

• Primera Divisió:
  • Winners (2): 2011–12, 2012–13
  • Runners-up (1): 2014–15
• Copa Constitució:
  • Winners (1): 2002
  • Runners-up (3): 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014
• Supercopa Andorrana:
  • Winners (2): 2012, 2013
• Segona Divisió:
  • Winners (1): 1999–00

Primera Divisió history

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P
2000–2001	Primera Divisió	5	20	7	5	8	35	42	26
2001–2002	Primera Divisió	5	20	6	4	10	32	39	22
2002–2003	Primera Divisió	5	22	12	1	9	63	40	37
2003–2004	Primera Divisió	6	20	5	6	9	24	29	21
2004–2005	Primera Divisió	6	20	5	2	13	24	48	17
2005–2006	Primera Divisió	4	20	9	1	10	30	41	28
2006–2007	Primera Divisió	4	20	6	3	11	22	41	21
2007–2008	Primera Divisió	4	20	10	1	9	44	29	31
2008–2009	Primera Divisió	4	20	10	0	10	39	30	30
2009–2010	Primera Divisió	4	20	7	3	10	34	32	24
2010–2011	Primera Divisió	3	20	11	5	4	43	20	38
2011–2012	Primera Divisió	1	20	11	7	2	48	18	40
2012–2013	Primera Divisió	1	20	13	5	2	64	16	44
2013–2014	Primera Divisió	4	20	11	2	7	57	20	35
2014–2015	Primera Divisió	2	20	12	3	5	53	26	39

European Cup history

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2010–11	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	FK Rabotnički	0–6	0–5	0–11
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	NK Varaždin	0–1	1–5	1–6
2012–13	UEFA Champions League	First qualifying round	Valletta FC	0–1	0–8	0–9
2013–14	UEFA Champions League	First qualifying round	EB/Streymur	2–2	1–5	3–7
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	West Ham United	0–1	0–3	0–4

European record

Competition	Matches	W	D	L	GF	GA
UEFA Champions League	4	0	1	3	3	16
UEFA Europa League	5	0	0	5	1	20
Total	9	0	1	8	4	36

Current squad

As of 7 February 2016^[10][11]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Ricardo Paz 2 DF Carlos Acosta 3 MF Moisés San Nicolás 4 MF Lucas Sousa 5 DF Pedro Muñoz 6 DF Joel Paredes 7 FW Luigi San Nicolás 8 MF Luís Pinto 9 FW José Villanueva 10 FW Luís dos Reis (Captain) 11 MF José Aguilar 14 MF Alberto Molina

No. Position Player 15 DF Duarte Azevedo 16 DF André Armada 17 FW João Moreira 18 DF Lucas Maciel 19 FW Samir Bousenine 20 MF João López 21 FW Manuel Veiga 22 FW Diop Oumar 23 MF Christopher Pousa 24 DF Leonel Maciel 30 GK Andrés Benítez 31 MF Sierra Álves

References

1. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/andocup02.html
2. "UEFA Europa League 2010/11 - History — Matches – UEFA.com". Uefa.com. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
3. "UEFA Europa League 2011/12 - History — Matches – UEFA.com". Uefa.com. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
4. "UEFA Champions League 2012/13 - History — Lusitans – UEFA.com". UEFA.com. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
5. "EB/Streymur 5–1 Lusitans". www.uefa.com. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
6. "Cuarta copa para el Sant Julià". UEFA.com. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
7. "UEFA Europa League 2016 - Lusitans-West Ham – UEFA.com". Uefa.com. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
8. "UEFA Europa League 2016 - West Ham-Lusitans – UEFA.com". Uefa.com. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
9. "Futebol Clube Lusitanos joga na Liga Europa" [Futebol Clube Lusitanos plays in Europe League] (in Portuguese). PEBA SPORT. 2011-07-07. p. http://www.pebasport.com/.
10. "FC Lusitans". uefa.com. 5 March 2015.
11. "FC Lusitans". UEFA. Retrieved 2 July 2015.

External links

• FC Lusitanos Official Web
• Lusitanos at UEFA.COM
• Lusitanos at Weltfussball.de
• Lusitanos at Football-Lineups.com
• FC Lusitanos on Facebook