{"id":48990,"date":"2026-04-16T20:54:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T15:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=48990"},"modified":"2026-04-16T21:04:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T15:34:28","slug":"lionel-messi-buys-ue-cornella-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-catalan-third-division-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/lionel-messi-buys-ue-cornella-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-catalan-third-division-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi buys UE Cornell\u00e0: All you need to know about the Catalan based third-division club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\"><strong>Lionel Messi<\/strong>, the football legend and eight-time Ballon d\u2019Or winner, has reportedly taken full ownership of <strong>UE Cornell\u00e0<\/strong>, a community-based club in Catalonia, Spain. This surprising move places the Argentine superstar as 100% owner of a modest third-division side located just minutes from his former home at FC Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Whether you\u2019re a Messi fan, a follower of Spanish lower-league football, or curious about the GOAT\u2019s latest venture off the pitch, here\u2019s everything you need to know about the <strong>Messi UE Cornell\u00e0<\/strong> acquisition and the club itself.<\/p>\n<h4 dir=\"auto\">Messi\u2019s Entry into Club Ownership in Spain<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"auto\">According to reports, Lionel Messi has acquired <strong>100% ownership<\/strong> of <strong>Uni\u00f3 Esportiva Cornell\u00e0<\/strong> (UE Cornell\u00e0). The club competes in Spain\u2019s <strong>Tercera Federaci\u00f3n<\/strong> (fifth tier of Spanish football, often referred to as the third division in regional contexts).<\/p>\n<h4 dir=\"auto\">Who Are UE Cornell\u00e0? Club History and Background<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><strong>UE Cornell\u00e0<\/strong> was founded in 1951 through the merger of several local clubs in Cornell\u00e0 de Llobregat, a town in the Barcelona metropolitan area (Baix Llobregat region).<\/p>\n<ul dir=\"auto\">\n<li><strong>Full Name<\/strong>: Uni\u00f3 Esportiva Cornell\u00e0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Founded<\/strong>: 1951<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nickname<\/strong>: Often referred to as the green-and-whites<\/li>\n<li><strong>Colors<\/strong>: Green and white striped shirts with green shorts<\/li>\n<li><strong>Current League (2025-26 season)<\/strong>: Tercera Federaci\u00f3n \u2013 Group 5 (after relegation from Segunda Federaci\u00f3n in 2024-25)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"auto\">The club spent decades in the lower regional divisions before achieving its biggest breakthrough in <strong>2014<\/strong>, when it earned promotion to the third tier (Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B \/ now Segunda Federaci\u00f3n) for the first time in its history. It has built a reputation as a solid, hard-working side known for occasional giant-killing performances in the <strong>Copa del Rey<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">In the 2020-21 season, Cornell\u00e0 famously knocked out Atl\u00e9tico Madrid in the Copa del Rey, creating one of the biggest upsets in recent Spanish football history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lionel Messi, the football legend and eight-time Ballon d\u2019Or winner, has reportedly taken full ownership of UE Cornell\u00e0, a community-based\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":48992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[487,5225],"class_list":["post-48990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-lionel-messi","tag-ue-cornella"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48990"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48995,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48990\/revisions\/48995"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}