FC Rànger's

This article is about the Andorran football club. For the Scottish club, see Rangers F.C.

FC Rànger's

Full name	Fútbol Club Rànger's
Nickname(s)	-
Founded	1981
Ground	Estadio Comunal de Aixovall Andorra la Vella Andorra
Capacity	1,800
Chairman	Rafael Amat Escobar
Manager	Jesús Julián Lucendo
League	Campionat de Lliga
2006-2007	1st
Home colours

FC Rànger's (also, for sponsorship reasons, Construccion Buiques Rànger) is an Andorran football team which plays in the Andorran First Division.

History

The club was founded in 1981, but they just started playing in Andorran leagues in 1999. After two years in the Segunda División de Andorra, they played for the first time in the Campionat de Lliga in 2001/02. After that promotion the club started a growing career, and after being 2nd in 2005, they won the title the two subsequent years, 2006 and 2007. Between 2004 and 2006 the club was known as Pizzeria Venècia Rànger's due to sponsor reasons.

FC Ranger's made their first time appearance in European competitions, playing the Intertoto Cup in the summer of 2005, being eliminated by SK Sturm Graz by 6-1 in aggregate. The home game ended with a 1-1 draw (goal by Norberto Urbani). After the winning of the championship they qualified for the UEFA Cup and were eliminated in the 1st Round by FK Sarajevo. FC Rànger's became the first Andorran team to compete in the UEFA Champions League by qualifying for the 2007-08 season. Their stay was however short-lived as they were eliminated in the first qualifying round after a 5-0 aggregate loss to Sheriff Tiraspol over two rounds played on July 17th and July 25th 2007.

Achievements

• Campionat de Lliga: 2

(2006, 2007)

• Supercopa Andorrana: 1

(2006)

UEFA club competition record

Competition	Matches	W	D	L	GF	GA
UEFA Champions League	2	-	-	2	-	5
UEFA Cup	2	-	-	2	-	5
UEFA Intertoto Cup	2	-	1	1	1	6

Current squad

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	ESP	Gregorio Salmerón Rodríguez
2	DF	ESP	José María Porta
3	DF	POR	Flavio Neves Pimentel
4	FW	AND	Alejandro Venturi
5	DF	ESP	Sergio Teba Albanell
6	MF	POR	Mario Neves Pimentel
7	MF	AND	Alex Somoza
8	DF	POR	João Carlos da Cunha Gomes
9	FW	ESP	Toni Ruivo Caçador
10	FW	ARG	Hernán Darío Walker
11	FW	AND	Víctor Moreira
12	MF	ARG	Nicolás Martínez
13	GK	AND	Josep María Serrano Contrer
14	MF	ESP	Carles Vallverdú Bergues

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	POR	Vitor Manuel Pereira da Costa
16	DF	AND	Fernando Miguel Goncalves Peire
17	MF	URU	Sebastián "Sebas" Gómez Pérez
18	MF	AND	Jose Combarros
—	DF	ESP	Toni Cerezo Palmero
—	DF	AND	Jordi Teixeira
—	DF	AND	Francesc Javier Ramírez Palomo
—	MF	AND	Joel Aljama
—	MF	AND	Nitin Babani Babani
—	FW	AND	Justo Ruiz González
—	FW	AND	Armand Godoy Venturi
—	FW	AND	Bruno Fernandes
—	FW		Hugo
—			Miguel Martín

External links

• UEFA.com - FC Rànger's
• FC Rànger's at WELTFUSSBALL.DE
• FC Rànger's at TRANSFERMARKT.DE
• FC Rànger's at NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAMS.COM