The annual San Bartolomé tournament took place between the 8-10 August with four teams competing San Bartolomé CF, UD Lanzarote, U.S. Yaiza juniors and Fuerteventura side CD Herbania. On the opening night Lanzarote played hosts San Bartolomé CF and trailed 2-0 by halftime. Winger Ale Fuentes scored early in the second period for the Rojillos […]
The annual San Bartolomé tournament (8-10 August) begins this week at the Pedro Espinosa Colon stadium in the village. The four teams participating are CF San Bartolomé, UD Lanzarote, Fuerteventura side CD Herbania and Yaiza Juniors. Schedule Thursday 8th August 8.30pm CF San Bartolomé v UD Lanzarote Friday 9th August 8.30pm CD Herbania v U.S. […]
The Rojillos cruised to a 0-5 win to become this years Champions of the Juan Morales Cáceres tournament in Tinajo. It’s always so enjoyable to visit the stadium in Tinajo and this year it was all the more sweeter with two dominant displays having won the semifinal 3-0 versus Yaiza Juniors the previous evening. Lanzarote […]
The Tercera Division (Fifth Tier) will consist of 18 teams, the league winners will be the only side guaranteed of promotion whilst the following four teams will battle it out in the playoffs and four sides will be relegated. For UD Lanzarote´s complete fixture list click here https://mercancialanzarote.com/fixtures/ The Rojillos will begin the 2024/25 campaign […]
The Rojillos play their first pre season match in the Juan Morales Cáceres tournament at the stadium in Tinajo tomorrow evening (Friday 2nd August) at 8.30pm versus U.S. Yaiza juniors. This is a four team tournament with CD Tinajo and CF San Bartolomé playing tonight (Thursday). On Saturday 3rd August at 6pm will be the […]
UD Lanzarote returned to training yesterday evening at the Manuel Arocha García stadium at the far end of Puerto Del Carmen just past Montana Tropical. It does seem that the club will be using Puerto Del Carmen´s facilities for training for the foreseeable future whilst renovations are taking place at home in Ciudad Deportiva in […]
The RFEF (Royal Spanish Football Federation) will more than likely release the Tercera división (Fifth Tier) fixtures for season 2024/25 in early August. The Rojillos (The Reds) return to preseason training this Monday 29th July in preparation for the league season that begins on the 7/8th September. PRESEASON TOURNAMENTS 1st-3rd August TINAJO – Stadium Los Volcanes […]
On my update on the 22nd June https://mercancialanzarote.com/2024/06/22/update-new-signings-renewed-contracts/ I had mentioned that six players from last season had renewed their contracts with the club and there had been three new signings. A little over three weeks later and there has been another six players continuing with the club along with four more new signings. The […]
On Monday evening the 8th July the Rojillos introduced their new manager Juan Carlos Socorro for the forthcoming 2024/25 season. UD Lanzarote President Juan Carlos Albuixech opened proceedings thanking the clubs sponsors Grupo Cepal for once again holding the press conference at their showrooms in Arrecife and also for their continued support both financially and […]
The season may have finished but work behind the scenes never stops as UD Lanzarote look forward to the 2024/25 season. At present the club have renewed the contracts of six of their players from last season with many more imminent as well as three new faces which I am sure all Rojillo fans wish […]
For the second consecutive season the Rojillos finished in second spot in the RFEF 3 (Fifth Tier) and once again their dreams of promotion disappointingly ended in the first phase of the playoffs. There was a lot of optimism at the beginning of the season with the arrival of the new manager Argentine Leonel “Pipa”Gancedo. […]
Coach Nazareno Brindisi will not continue with UD Lanzarote and has left the club. The Argentine was brought into the club from Las Palmas in January following the departure of Leonel “Pipa” Gancedo. He shared the duties of coach alongside Sergio Hernández and helped the club reach second position and also qualify for the Copa […]