2015-2016 Inaugural Season Overview

Marbella United F.C. kicked off its inaugural season in August 2015 in Marbella, Spain. Our program partnered with the American College in Spain to meet the academic needs of our student-athletes in high school and college. We trained and played our home games at the beautiful Marbella Football Center, which hosts professional clubs and national teams worldwide. Our teams competed in leagues in the Malaga and Sevilla regions of the Spanish Federation. We competed regularly with La Liga academies and other professional clubs throughout Europe. American players from our program advanced to San Pedro, the third-division Spanish club in our first season. Americans also had tryout opportunities with first and second-division clubs in Holland and Belgium. R.O.D.A. J.C., Holland, and K.F.C.O. Beerschot Wilrijk, Belgium, both intended to sign Tommy Bueno from Winchester, Virginia, if he could secure his European passport. Unexpected complications with the Italian passport authority denied the opportunity—Tommy Bueno signed with Club Deportivo San Pedro, 3rd Division in Spain.

On October 19th, 2016 Marbella United FC took a squad of 21 student-athletes to La Liga's Granada CF, U18 Academy which is 5th in the Division de Honor Juvenil de Futbol (the top academy league in Spain). MUFC drew with Granada 1-1. In the first half, Granada scored first against our senior team. In the second half, MUFC equalized the score with a great effort from Gus Chaves beating their right back to cross the ball through the 6-yard box which Elijah Mwenebitu ran onto to hit the back of the net.

At our home venue, Marbella Football Center

Marbella United FC loses 0-2 to Real Betis U18's in Sevilla. The day included a tour of the Real Betis stadium, Benito Villamarin, lunch at their training facility and another La Liga development game

Verse Division 2b Hurrican First Team

Marbella United FC played NEC Nijmegen Pro Academy in the 2nd Semester of the Season

After finishing a one week trial with ROJA JC FC in Holland, Marbella United FC's Tommy Buono went on a 2-week trial with the Belgian club, K.F.C.O. Beerschot Wilrijk of the second division.

Partnership with The American College in Spain

Malaga Futbol news of Marbella United FC

Marbella United FC was proud to announce that another former player had advanced his pro career. Shelby Printemps has signed with Surabaya United of the Indonesian Super League after spending the past 1.5 years in Germany with FSV Optik Rathenow. He also made his first appearance with the Haiti National Team. Shelby was a member of the US Soccer Academy in Washington DC before the academy moved to Spain to become MUFC.

In October of 2015, MUFC had its first player James Queree sign with a Spanish club, U.D. San Pedro of the 3rd Division. He quickly found his way into the starting 11. On October 27, 2015, our two clubs officially signed an agreement that promotes player development and professional opportunities. San Pedro lost their final 2014-15 playoff game that would have promoted the club to the 2b Division. James Queree, was then promoted to the MUFC Director of Operations position and became a member of our coaching staff.