In less than 10 days, Osijek arrives at Estadi Communal in Andora, La Vella and will play their match in the 1st qualifying round of the Euro-League. Now, UE Santa Coloma will be elaborated on, who fought and won admittance in Europe during last season, winning the Andorran Cup after having beaten their rival, FC Santa Coloma (1:0).
Osijek’s opponent has some experience on the international level, but without net win. For instance, during the last 6 years, they were sent packing in their first qualifying match: against Mogren (0:5), Paks (0:5), Twente (0:9), Zrinjski (1:4), Metalurg (0:5) and Lokomotiva (2:7 (1:3 in one and 1:4 in the other match)). Therefore, UE Santa Coloma achieved only 3 scores in 12 games, and found 35 balls in their nets in comparison.
In two instances vice-Champions of Andorra
The value of the whole Andorran team is a meagre 75,000 Euros according to the Transfermarkt, while Osijek is estimated to be 11,9 million. The average age of our opponents is 29,1 years, with a handful being 35+ years old. Most of their team are Andorrans, with 3 unknown Spanish players and one being Portuguese. Their coach is Emilio Gomez, an unknown to most.
The club was founded in 1986, was 2 times vice-Champion of the state league and won the national cup 3 times, those being their greatest achievements, along one triumph in the Andorran Supercup. Their main colors are Yellow-and-Black, the away colors being Red-and-Blue. Last season, they placed 3rd in the state championship, behind FC Sant Coloma and 2nd placed Sant Julia.
Highest City in Europe!
Next to football curiosities, another thing is intriguing about the city and the state that NK Osijek will soon visit. Andorra la Vella is the highest-altitude city in Europe with an altitude of 1,023 meters abovea sea level. The cute city is situated in the Pyrenean mountains between France and Spain and has a population of 22,000.
80,000 is the population of Andorra and the living standards are above-modest, with football not really being the second-most important thing. Far from that, winter sports are more popular there.
Andorran citizens’ first language is Catalonian, with other official languages being Spanish, Portuguese and French.
A huge chunk of Andorra’s citizens aren’t of Andorran origin, them being only 36,6%. Spanish and Catalonians make 33,2%, Portuguese 16,3%, and French 6,3%.
