Penya Encarnada d'Andorra

Penya d'Andorra

Full name	Fútbol Club Penya d'Andorra
Nickname(s)	La Penya
Founded	2009 (2009)
Ground	Andorra Football Federation stadiums
Chairman	José Manuel da Costa
Manager	Aleix Carbonell
League	Primera Divisió
2023–24	Primera Divisió, 5th of 10
Home colours Away colours

Fútbol Club Penya d'Andorra is an Andorran professional football club created by fans of the Portuguese club Benfica, based in Andorra La Vella. The club currently plays in the Primera Divisió.

History

FC Penya d'Andorra, formerly known as Associació Club Penya Encarnada d'Andorra, was founded in 2009 as a cultural association for the promotion of football and sport in the parish of Andorra la Vella in defense of the name and honor of the House of Benfica. The team was for the first time promoted to Primera Divisió after finishing first in the 2014–15 season of Segona Divisió.

Although the club was relegated the following season to Segona Divisió they competed a two-legged relegation play-off for one spot in 2017–18 Primera Divisió against FC Ordino. Penya Encarnada won 5–3 on aggregate and were promoted to Primera Divisió. After the 2018 relegation the club returned to the Primera Divisió in 2020.

Colors and badge

The original colors and badge invoked its Portuguese identity and were related, along with the local club Casa Estrella del Benfica, with the Portuguese club Benfica. The traditional club colors were red and black, thus given the club's nickname encarnados (the red ones), and the badge was a minor variation of the Benfica's sports club.

Old badge until 2020.

Original first kit.

Honours

• Segona Divisió
  • Champions (3): 2014–15, 2019–20, 2021–22

Recent seasons

League	Season	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Segona Divisió	2009–10	7	14	1	0	13	13	57	−44	3
Segona Divisió	2010–11	7	18	4	1	13	27	50	−23	13
Segona Divisió	2011–12	9	18	2	3	13	26	62	−36	9
Segona Divisió	2012–13	11	22	5	0	17	30	103	−73	15
Segona Divisió	2013–14	14	14	1	1	12	13	74	−61	4
Segona Divisió	2014–15	1	16	13	2	1	70	23	+47	41
Primera Divisió	2015–16	8	20	1	3	16	15	58	-43	3
Segona Divisió	2016–17	2	23	17	4	2	89	27	+62	55
Primera Divisió	2017–18	8	27	3	2	22	15	126	-111	11
Segona Divisió	2018–19	4	23	15	2	6	70	31	+39	47
Segona Divisió	2019–20	1	16	15	1	0	53	7	+46	46

Current squad

As of August 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	AND	Iván Periáñez
2	DF	BRA	Lucas Andrade
3	DF	ARG	Ezequiel Vargas
4	DF	ESP	Juanma Miranda
5	DF	ARG	Matías Vaamonde
6	MF	ESP	Junior
7	FW	ESP	Chirri
8	FW	ESP	Xavi Puerto
9	FW	ESP	Manuel Calvo
10	FW	ESP	David Corominas
11	FW	ESP	Iván Guzmán
12	FW	ESP	Gabi García
13	GK	ESP	Luismi Ibáñez
14	FW	AND	Víctor Bernat
15	MF	BRA	Christian
16	FW	BRA	Thyaguinho

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	DF	FRA	Ahmed Baaloul
18	MF	FRA	Soane Deminguet Folituu
19	MF	ESP	Javi García
20	FW	BRA	Léo Novack
22	DF	ESP	Antonio Fernández
23	DF	ESP	Carlos López
24	MF	POR	João Tomaz
25	DF	AND	Andreu da Costa
26	DF	ESP	David Ruano
27	MF	BRA	Daniel Campos
28	MF	ESP	Carlos Rojas
—	FW	ESP	Miguel Ponce
—	FW	ESP	Álex Poves
—	FW	ESP	Josele

Personnel

Technical staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Aleix Carbonell
Assistant coach	Sergi Lirola
Assistant coach	Lluís Lladò
Goalkeeping coach	Guillem Ruig
Fitness coach	Enric Cabrera