In spite of being based in the microstate of Andorra, the club, voluntarily affiliated to the Catalan Football Federation,[1] has been allowed to compete in Spanish leagues since 1948.

The Andorran team eliminated FC Barcelona in the semi-finals (aggregate 2–1) and defeated RCD Espanyol in the final played in the Municipal Stadium of Vilassar de Mar, winning 4–2 on penalties after no goals were scored during ordinary and extra time.

The Andorran club was bought in December 2018 by Gerard Piqué's Kosmos Holding Group,[6][7] and in April 2019 presented its main sponsor MoraBanc;[8] a major bank in Andorra.

[14] On 27 February 2020, one of the biggest business groups in Andorra Pyrénées signed an agreement with the club, becoming its "premium partner".

[15] In 2021 the team qualified for the promotion play-offs to Segunda División for the first time; however, the club was eliminated in the first round by Real Sociedad B.

[16] Although, despite this result the team achieved a place in the Primera División RFEF, new league of the third level of Spanish football.

[21] The stadium had previously hosted FC Andorra games on a temporary basis in 2015 prior to the opening of the Centre d'Entrenament de la FAF.

On 8 May 2022, a record 3,631 fans attended the team's home match against visiting Albacete Balompié at Estadi Nacional.

Historically, the club's kit has often featured the three distinctive colours in the design on the national flag, thus earning FC Andorra the nickname of Els tricolors ('The Tricolours').