UD Ibiza

Not to be confused with CD Ibiza Islas Pitiusas.

Ibiza

Full name	Unión Deportiva Ibiza
Nickname(s)	L'Eivissa Ibiza Celestes UD
Founded	2015; 9 years ago (2015)
Ground	Can Misses, Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain
Capacity	6,000
Owner	Salvo Family
President	Amadeo Salvo
Head coach	José Luis Martí
League	Primera Federación – Group 2
2023–24	Primera Federación – Group 2, 4th of 20
Website	http://www.ibizaud.com/
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Unión Deportiva Ibiza is a Spanish professional football club based in the town of Ibiza, in the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. Founded in 2015, it plays in Primera Federación – Group 2, holding home matches at Estadi Municipal de Can Misses, with a capacity of 6,000.^[1]

History

UD Ibiza was founded in 2015 by former Valencia CF president Amadeo Salvo, as a revival of UD Ibiza-Eivissa which had folded five years earlier. The new organisation was allowed to use the old one's identity, by settling its €50,000 debt with the Royal Spanish Football Federation and the regional federation in the Balearic Islands.^[2] In June 2017, the club was promoted to Tercera División after spending two seasons in the Regional league.^[3]

On 7 August 2018, after the RFEF blocked Lorca FC's participation in Segunda División B, Ibiza paid the club's debts and achieved an administrative promotion to the third level.^[4]

In 2019–20, the club competed in the Copa del Rey for the first time. They defeated Pontevedra and Albacete Balompié before a 1–2 home loss to FC Barcelona in the round of 32, having led the league title holders with 20 minutes to play.^[5] In the following edition, UD Ibiza beat a top-flight team for the first time, winning 5–2 against Celta Vigo in the second round of the competition;^[6] later they lost 2–1 to Athletic Bilbao after extra time.^[7]

On 23 May 2021, Ibiza was promoted for the first time ever to Segunda División by defeating UCAM Murcia in the final of the promotion play-off, via an Ekain Zenitagoia goal from the penalty spot.^[8] To compete in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, the club became a Sociedad Anónima Deportiva with a starting capital of €700,000.^[9] Manager Juan Carlos Carcedo, who led the team to promotion, was dismissed on 18 December following six games without a win;^[10] his replacement Paco Jémez saved the team from relegation with a 15th-place finish, which was not enough for Salvo to give him a new contract.^[11]

On 28 April 2023, Ibiza were relegated to Primera Federación after being defeated 1–0 at Racing Santander, ending their two-season spell in the second division.^[12]

Season to season

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Copa del Rey
2015–16	5	Reg. Pref.	4th
2016–17	5	Reg. Pref.	1st
2017–18	4	3ª	3rd
2018–19	3	2ª B	6th
2019–20	3	2ª B	2nd	Round of 32
2020–21	3	2ª B	1st	Round of 32
2021–22	2	2ª	15th	Second round
2022–23	2	2ª	21st	Second round
2023–24	3	1ª Fed.	4th	First round
2024–25	3	1ª Fed.

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• 2 seasons in Segunda División
• 2 seasons in Primera Federación
• 3 seasons in Segunda División B
• 1 season in Tercera División
• 2 seasons in Categorías Regionales

Players

First team squad

As of 8 October 2024.^[13]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ESP Ramón Juan 3 DF  ESP Guillem Molina 4 DF  ESP Eric Monjonell 5 DF  ESP Javi Jiménez 6 MF  ESP Jesús Álvarez 7 FW  ESP Quique González 8 MF  ESP Fausto Tienza 9 FW  ESP Pau Ferrer (on loan from Las Palmas) 10 MF  ESP Álex Gallar 11 MF  ESP David Astals 12 FW  GHA Mo Dauda (on loan from Tenerife) 13 GK  ESP Javier Belman

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  ESP Marc Domènech 15 DF  GUI Lass Kourouma (on loan from Levante) 16 MF  ESP Roberto Olabe 17 DF  ESP Unai Medina 18 MF  ESP Arturo Molina 19 FW  ESP José Naranjo 20 DF  ESP Iago Indias 21 MF  ESP Eugeni 22 FW  ESP Antonio Zarzana 23 DF  ESP Alberto Escassi 25 GK  UKR Andrii Chekotun — DF  PAN José Matos

Reserve team

Main article: UD Ibiza B

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 DF  ITA Paolo Pugliese 28 DF  ESP Óscar Vivares

Managers

Current technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Paco Jémez
Assistant coach	Antonio Méndez
Fitness coach	Toni Servera
Goalkeeping coach	Juanjo Valencia
Sporting director	Miguel Ángel Gómez

Last updated: 8 November 2021
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Managerial history

Juan Carlos Carcedo won Ibiza's first promotion to Segunda División in 2021

• Buti (2015–2017)^[14]
• José López Bargues (2017)
• David Porras (2017)^[15]
• Manuel Benavente (2017)^[16]
• Toni Amor (2017–2018)^[17]
• Francisco Rufete (2018)^[17]
• Antonio Méndez (2018)^[18]
• Andrés Palop (2018–2019)^[18]
• Pablo Alfaro (2019–2020)^[19]
• Juan Carlos Carcedo (2020–2021)^[10]
• Paco Jémez (2022)^[11]
• Javier Baraja (2022)^[20]
• Juan Antonio Anquela (2022)^[21]
• Carlos Sánchez (2022)^[22]
• Lucas Alcaraz (2022–)^[23]

References

1. García, Sergio (29 May 2021). "Capacidad para 6.000 personas" [Capacity for 6,000 people]. Periódico de Ibiza (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 May 2023.
2. Vidal, Carlos (3 August 2015). "Amadeo Salvo: "El proyecto de la UD Ibiza-Eivissa es pequeño hoy, pero mañana ya veremos"" [Amadeo Salvo: "The UD Ibiza-Eivissa project is small today, but tomorrow we'll see"]. Nou Diari (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 December 2022.
3. "1-0. La UD Ibiza sube a Tercera Division" [1–0. UD Ibiza rise to Tercera División]. Nou Diari (in Spanish). 11 June 2017.
4. "El Ibiza ocupará la plaza del Lorca FC en Segunda B" [Ibiza will occupy Lorca FC's place in Segunda B]. La Verdad (in Spanish). 7 August 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
5. "Ibiza 1–2 Barcelona". BBC Sport. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
6. Winterburn, Chris (5 January 2021). "Ibiza stun Celta Vigo in Copa del Rey upset". Marca. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
7. "Sin bombazo en Ibiza: un Athletic supercampeón sufre y remonta en la Copa" [Without a bomb blast in Ibiza: super champions Athletic suffer and comeback in the Cup]. El Español (in Spanish). 21 January 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
8. "Con seis años de vida el Ibiza asciende a Segunda división" [Six-year-old Ibiza promoted to Segunda División]. Marca (in Spanish). 23 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
9. Tur, Joan (14 April 2021). "La UD Ibiza se transforma en Sociedad Anónima con un capital social de 700.000 euros" [UD Ibiza transforms into a Public Limited Company with a social capital of 700,000 euros] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
10. García, Sergio (18 December 2021). "Juan Carlos Carcedo, destituido como entrenador del Ibiza" [Juan Carlos Carcedo, dismissed as manager of Ibiza]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 May 2023.
11. Palomo, Rúben J. (1 June 2022). "La UD Ibiza y Paco Jémez rompen" [UD Ibiza and Paco Jémez break up]. Diario de Ibiza (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 May 2023.
12. "El Racing roza la salvación y el Ibiza desciende a Primera RFEF" [Racing touch survival and Ibiza go down to the Primera RFEF]. Sport (in Spanish). 28 April 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
13. "Plantilla" [Squad] (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 March 2021.
14. Pomar, Álex (28 June 2017). "Fumata blanca en Ibiza" [White smoke in Ibiza] (in Spanish). Fútbol Mallorca. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
15. "La UD Ibiza despide a David Porras en la primera jornada" [UD Ibiza dismiss David Porras after first game of the season] (in Spanish). Fútbol Balear. 21 August 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
16. Galicia, Samuel (21 August 2017). "David Porras, primera víctima de los banquillos del fútbol español" [David Porras, first victim on the benches of Spanish football]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 May 2023.
17. Domínguez Orta, R. J. (19 April 2018). "La UD Ibiza destituye a Toni Amor como entrenador y recurre a Rufete" [UD Ibiza dismiss Toni Amor as manager and bring in Rufete]. Diario de Ibiza (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 May 2023.
18. "Andrés Palop sustituye a Méndez como entrenador de la UD Ibiza" [Andrés Palop replaces Méndez as manager of UD Ibiza]. Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). 28 September 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
19. "Pablo Alfaro deja la UB [sic] Ibiza" [Pablo Alfaro leaves UD Ibiza]. Estadio Deportivo (in Spanish). 31 July 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
20. García, Sergio (23 October 2022). "Javier Baraja, destituido como entrenador del Ibiza" [Javier Baraja, dismissed as manager of Ibiza]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 May 2023.
21. "Juan Antonio Anquela, destituido como entrenador del Ibiza tan solo después de cinco partidos" [Juan Antonio Anquela, dismissed as manager of Ibiza after only five matches] (in Spanish). Cadena COPE. 23 November 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
22. "El Andorra se mete en 'playoffs' a costa de un Ibiza que es el nuevo colista" [Andorra put themselves in the playoffs at the expense of an Ibiza that is the new last-placed team]. Marca (in Spanish). 28 November 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
23. "Lucas Alcaraz se convierte en el tercer entrenador del Ibiza esta temporada" [Lucas Alcaraz becomes Ibiza's third manager this season] (in Spanish). Cadena COPE. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2023.

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Estadios de España (in English)
• BDFutbol profile

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