Formentera

Sociedad Deportiva Formentera is a football team based in Sant Francesc Xavier, Formentera in the Balearic Islands. The team plays in Segunda Division RFEF – Group 3. The club's home ground is the Estadi Municipal, which has a capacity of 500 spectators.

History

Founded in 1971, in 1979–80 the club took part in Tercera Division, ending in relegation. It also entered the year's Copa del Rey, dispatching UD Porreras 3–2 on aggregate in the first round before falling 2–0 to Atletico Baleares in the second round.

Formentera returned to the fourth division in 2012, after winning the regional Preferente. In 2015–16, they reached the second round of the cup with a 2–1 win at Segunda Division B team CD Alcoyano, and a year later they reached the last 32 of the competition before a 14–2 aggregate loss to La Liga team and UEFA Europa League holders Sevilla FC.

In that 2016–17 season, Formentera promoted for the first time ever to the third division after defeating Alaves B in the promotion play-offs.