With Copa del Rey around the corner, the fans are curious about Barcelona’s latest opponents in the competition. The Culers will be going into the Copa del Rey Round of 32 head-to-head with a third division Spanish side this Wednesday, in the name of “CF Intercity”. So, who is this new challenger?
The Valencian Community’s San Juan de Alicante is home to the Spanish football team Club de Futbol Intercity (CF Intercity). The team competes in Spain’s third division of football, the Primera División RFEF – Group 2. Their home ground is the Estadio Antonio Solana, which seats around 2,500 people.
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History
Intercity was formed in 2017 by reforming the structure of GCD Sant Joan d’Alacant. After being promoted to Regional Preferente in June 2018, the club attempted to merge with Novelda CF in order to compete in Tercera División, however the Royal Spanish Football Federation disapproved this. The same month, Intercity became the first Spanish football club to list itself on the stock market.
In 2019, after becoming regional champions, Intercity got promoted to Tercera División. They qualified into the Copa del Rey for the first time. CF Intercity got off to a dream start, beating UD Gran Tarajal in the preliminary rounds, but unfortunately lost to Athletic Bilbao 0 – 3 in the first round.
Seasonal Stats
- 1 season in Primera División RFEF
- 1 season in Segunda División RFEF
- 2 seasons in Tercera División
Intercity are currently sitting down in the 16th spot of Primera Division RFEF Group 2. In their last 5 league games they’ve set a record of 3 draws, 1 loss and 1 win. Their win was against Alcoyano with a 4 – 1 score line. And the club secured their 2-0 win in the Copa del Rey against CD Mirandes sending them to the Round of 32.
Squad
The squad consists of 8 players who’s had involvement of their careers with FC Barcelona before. Oriol Soldevila, Guillem Jaime, Carlos Carmona, Franck Angong, Xemi Fernandez, Cristian Herrera, Pol Roige and Benja Martinez are the players with Catalan history.
Defense
Manu Herrera (GK) (C), Guillem Jaime, Leonel Ferroni, Emilio Nsue, Gaizka Campos (GK), Vadik Murria, Alvaro Perez, Cristo Romero, Ivan Kecojevic
Mid Field
Eneko Undabarrena, Martin Bellotti, Frank Angong, Miguel Mari, Rafa Galvez, Xemi Fernandez, Oriol Soldevila
Forward
Carlos Carmona, Cristian Herrera, Pol Roige, Christan Koffi, Jon Etxaniz, Benja, Aaron Pinan
Players to Watch
| Top Goal Scorer | Most minutes | Most games | Most booked |
| Xemi Fernández 5 | Manu Herrera 1260′ | O. Soldevila 17 | Álvaro Pérez 5 |
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