[4] The decree specified that in order to achieve official status, an advisory board would be created with the mission of collaborating with the Generalitat of Catalonia in coordinating and regulating Catalan sports.

The assembly was celebrated on 31 July at the function hall of the General Direction of Sport for Catalonia, with the participation of 39 of the 47 Catalan federations that were legally constituted at the time.

Once the UFEC was constituted and its statutes approved, an electoral process was started to choose the definitive president and board of directors.

The first board meeting was held on 16 January 1986, where Francesc Martínez i Massó, ex-president of the Hiking Federation was nominated as general secretary.

In 1933 he was elected by the Assembly of Federations to be their president, along with Joan Roca as secretary; Francesec Fàbregues as vice-secretary; Lluís Ortín as treasurer; Francesc Guarner as accountant; Càndid Vidal de llobatera as archivist; Joan Boix as librarian and Jaume Güell; Josep Sunyol, Ramon Peypoch as vice-presidents.

Joan de la Llera lived through 17 October 1986, when Barcelona was nominated for the 1992 Summer Olympics, but had very little time to start projects as he died in a car crash on 11 December 1987, shortly before the Sports Law (Catalan: Llei de l'esport) was passed, a law he had been a firm champion of.

In 1996 he didn't present himself for re-election due to a new law that prevented a federation president from running and he still wanted to be leading basketball.

[11] In 1995 UFEC won management rights for the Estació del Nord Sports Centre , which opened up an important chapter in its process of self-finance.

During his several mandates, through which he was re-elected 4 times without opposition, UFEC intensified its task in promoting, defending and representing Catalan federated sport in its entirety.

Above all else David Moner worked hard to turn the Union into a services entity with solid financial backing.

Since then it has worked on expanding and renovating the sports centre, which included adding a swimming pool which was opened to the public in 1999.

In 2004, the Catalan Olympic Committee (COC), which nowadays still defending its international recognition, was integrate into the UFEC.

UFEC also organises different events throughout the year that help people learn about sport in all of its rich variety: UFEC has its own resources thanks to the management, through different administrative concessions, of 6 sports installations which are: the Estació del Nord sports center, the Complex Esportiu Municipal d'Arella, the Complex Esportiu Municipal Fondo de les Creus d'Arenys de mar, the Complex Esportiu Sot de les granotes a Sant Celona, the Piscina Municipal de Salt and the municipal swimming pools Joan Serra of Sabadell.