Real Oviedo

Real Oviedo is a Spanish football club based in Oviedo, Asturias. Founded on 26 March 1926 as a result of the merger of two clubs who had maintained a large sporting rivalry for years in the city: Real Stadium Club Ovetense and Real Club Deportivo Oviedo. The club plays in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system. The club plays in blue shirts and white shorts in the Estadio Carlos Tartiere, which seats 30,500 spectators,[2] opened on 30 September 2000, and is the largest sports stadium in Asturias. In the all-time league table for the Spanish top division, Oviedo ranks in 18th place.

Real Oviedo

Full name	Real Oviedo, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Carbayones, Los Azules (The Blues), El Rey de Asturias (The King of Asturias), Oviedistas
Founded	26 March 1926 (1926-03-26)
Ground	Carlos Tartiere, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
Capacity	30,500 [1]
Owner	Grupo Carso
President	Jorge Menéndez Vallina
Head coach	José Ángel Ziganda
League	Segunda División
2019–20	Segunda División, 15th of 22
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Its local rivals are Sporting Gijón on the sea coast to its north, which whom the club contests the Asturian derby. In the regional Asturian language the club is known as Real Uviéu.

History

Founded in 1926 after a merger with Stadium Ovetense and Real Club Deportivo Oviedo. The first one was founded by young people who had studied in England, where the "foot-ball" was already popular. And the second club was founded a few years later by a split in the first.[3] Oviedo first reached La Liga seven years later.

Their attacking quartet of Emilín, Galé, Herrerita and Isidro Lángara (all represented Spain in this period), as well as Casuco and Ricardo Gallart modernised the game with their pace and running off the ball tied with sharp passing and one-touch football, played in a style 30/40 years before its time, being dubbed Delanteras Eléctricas ("The electric forwards"); all this was connected with a rigid training and fitness regime started by a former manager of the club, Englishman Fred Pentland.

Isidro Lángara won three consecutive Pichichi trophies from 1933-34 to 1935-36.

Lángara won the Pichichi Trophy three years in a row prior to the Spanish Civil War, as Oviedo broke all scoring records (174 goals in 62 league games). With the outbreak of the conflict, however, the team broke up: Lángara emigrated to South America, Herrerita and Emilín signed with FC Barcelona, Galé with Racing de Santander and Gallart with Racing de Ferrol.

When football in the country resumed in 1939, Oviedo was relegated to the second division, as their pitch was deemed unplayable – Francisco Franco's troops had used the stadium as an ammunition dump. During the following decades, the club bounced back between the first and second levels, the high point being a best-ever third position in 1962–63 (ranking joint-first with Real Madrid after the first 15 rounds), while the lowest was the side's first relegation to Segunda División B, in 1978 (for a single season).

With the FIFA World Cup to be held on home soil in 1982, the Carlos Tartiere Stadium was completely renewed, the first match being held with the Chilean national team (0–0). In 1984–85 Oviedo won the soon-to-be-defunct Spanish League Cup (second division), after successively defeating UD Salamanca, Bilbao Athletic, CF Lorca Deportiva, CE Sabadell FC and Atlético Madrileño (the latter with a 2–1 aggregate in the final).

In 1988 Oviedo returned to the top division, after ousting RCD Mallorca in the promotion playoffs (2–1 on aggregate, with striker Carlos, who would feature prominently for the club in the following years, scoring one of the goals), and remained in that level for 13 consecutive seasons – in 1990–91 it finished sixth, qualifying for the first time for Europe, and being knocked out in the first round by Genoa C.F.C. of Italy (2–3). Oviedo bounced back from that defeat immediately, with a 2–1 win at the Camp Nou over Barcelona.[4][5]

Real Oviedo first squad in 1926.

After that successful year, there were more brilliant seasons and others where relegation was narrowly dodged (in 1998 Real Oviedo succeeded in a relegation playoff to stay up after beating UD Las Palmas). In a nutshell, the Carbayones had an outstanding run in La Liga during the 1990s with a team which lined up top international players. In 1992 Real Oviedo as well as most Spanish football clubs was forced to become public limited sports company. The initial capital stock for Real Oviedo amounted to €3.6 million.[6]

On 4 October 1995, Real Oviedo played its 1,000th game in La Liga.

In 2000, the new Carlos Tartiere Stadium with 30,500 seats became Real Oviedo’s new ground. It was officially opened on 20 September 2000 with a match between Real Oviedo and Partizan Belgrade, where Real Oviedo lost 0-2 to the Serbian side. Three days before, Real Oviedo and UD Las Palmas had got a 2-2 draw on the first fixture in the 2000–01 season.[7]

After being relegated two consecutive times, Real Oviedo suffered severe economic troubles, which, when coupled with a profound lack of institutional support from the city's government, resulted in the team's inability to pay its players. The club was then forced to drop all the way to the fourth division of Spanish football, for the 2003–04 season; at this point the team nearly folded but eventually recovered and regrouped, returning to level three in the following campaign.

Oviedo lasted two further campaigns before dropping down a level again. In another playoff against a Mallorca team – this time the reserves, the club returned again to the third division, after a penalty shootout; however, its survival remained at risk in the following years, due to continuing financial difficulties.[8]

The financial dire straits continued into the 2012–13 season, when Oviedo called on supporters to buy shares in the club. A few footballers, notably Santi Cazorla, Juan Mata, Michu and Adrián who all started their careers there, offered their financial support in an attempt to save the club from bankruptcy – the club had until 17 November to raise €2 million in order to prevent closure.[9][10][11]

On 17 November 2012 Carlos Slim, the second richest man in the world, invested $2.5 million in the club, therefore gaining a controlling stake.[12][13]

On 31 May 2015, Oviedo confirmed their return to the Spanish Segunda División after a thirteen-year absence with a 2–1 aggregate victory over Cádiz in the 2015 Segunda División B play-offs.

Season to season

Carlos Tartiere Stadium

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1929 2 2ª 7th Round of 16 1929/30 2 2ª 5th Quarterfinals 1930/31 2 2ª 8th Round of 16 1931/32 2 2ª 2nd Round of 16 1932/33 2 2ª 1st Round of 16 1933/34 1 1ª 6th Semifinals 1934/35 1 1ª 3rd Round of 16 1935/36 1 1ª 3rd Round of 16 1940/41 1 1ª 8th Quarterfinals 1941/42 1 1ª 11th Round of 16 1942/43 1 1ª 6th Round of 16 1943/44 1 1ª 4th Round of 16 1944/45 1 1ª 4th Quarterfinals 1945/46 1 1ª 5th Semifinals 1946/47 1 1ª 8th Round of 16 1947/48 1 1ª 9th Round of 16 1948/49 1 1ª 5th Round of 16 1949/50 1 1ª 14th Quarterfinals 1950/51 2 2ª 6th DNP 1951/52 2 2ª 1st Quarterfinals

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1952/53 1 1ª 9th Round of 16 1953/54 1 1ª 15th DNP 1954/55 2 2ª 2nd DNP 1955/56 2 2ª 2nd DNP 1956/57 2 2ª 4th DNP 1957/58 2 2ª 1st DNP 1958/59 1 1ª 11th Round of 16 1959/60 1 1ª 6th Round of 16 1960/61 1 1ª 13th Round of 16 1961/62 1 1ª 10th Round of 16 1962/63 1 1ª 3rd Round of 16 1963/64 1 1ª 14th Round of 16 1964/65 1 1ª 15th Round of 16 1965/66 2 2ª 4th Round of 16 1966/67 2 2ª 5th Round of 32 1967/68 2 2ª 6th Round of 32 1968/69 2 2ª 11th DNP 1969/70 2 2ª 7th Round of 16 1970/71 2 2ª 14th Round of 16 1971/72 2 2ª 1st Round of 32

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1972/73 1 1ª 12th Round of 16 1973/74 1 1ª 18th Round of 16 1974/75 2 2ª 1st Round of 16 1975/76 1 1ª 16th Round of 16 1976/77 2 2ª 5th Round of 32 1977/78 2 2ª 17th Round of 16 1978/79 3 2ªB 2nd Round of 32 1979/80 2 2ª 11th Round of 16 1980/81 2 2ª 10th Round of 32 1981/82 2 2ª 16th Round of 32 1982/83 2 2ª 12th Round of 32 1983/84 2 2ª 13th Round of 32 1984/85 2 2ª 16th Round of 16 1985/86 2 2ª 8th Round of 16 1986/87 2 2ª 16th Round of 32 1987/88 2 2ª 4th Round of 32 1988/89 1 1ª 12th Round of 32 1989/90 1 1ª 11th Round of 16 1990/91 1 1ª 6th Round of 16 1991/92 1 1ª 11th Round of 16

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1992/93 1 1ª 16th Quarterfinals 1993/94 1 1ª 9th Quarterfinals 1994/95 1 1ª 9th Round of 32 1995/96 1 1ª 14th Round of 16 1996/97 1 1ª 17th Round of 16 1997/98 1 1ª 18th Round of 32 1998/99 1 1ª 14th Round of 32 1999/00 1 1ª 16th Round of 16 2000/01 1 1ª 18th Round of 32 2001/02 2 2ª 7th Round of 32 2002/03 2 2ª 21st Round of 16 2003/04 4 3ª 1st Round of 32 2004/05 4 3ª 1st Second round 2005/06 3 2ªB 7th Second round 2006/07 3 2ªB 19th First round 2007/08 4 3ª 1st DNP 2008/09 4 3ª 1st Second round 2009/10 3 2ªB 2nd Second round 2010/11 3 2ªB 8th Second round 2011/12 3 2ªB 6th Round of 32

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2012/13 3 2ªB 3rd Second round 2013/14 3 2ªB 5th First round 2014/15 3 2ªB 1st Round of 32 2015/16 2 2ª 9th Third round 2016/17 2 2ª 8th Second round 2017/18 2 2ª 7th Second round 2018/19 2 2ª 8th Second round 2019/20 2 2ª 15th First round

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• 38 seasons in La Liga
• 37 seasons in Segunda División
• 9 seasons in Segunda División B
• 4 seasons in Tercera División

European history

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg.
1991–92	UEFA Cup	R64	Genoa	1–0	1–3	2–3

Current squad

The numbers are established according to the official website: www.realoviedo.es

As of 4 August 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ESP Alfonso Herrero 2 DF   SUI Simone Grippo 3 DF  ESP Alejandro Arribas 6 DF  ESP Carlos Hernández 7 MF  ESP Sebas Coris 8 MF  ESP Marco Sangalli 9 FW  ESP Rodri 10 FW  ESP Saúl Berjón (captain) 11 MF  PAN Édgar Bárcenas (on loan from Cancún) 12 DF  ESP Juanjo Nieto 13 GK  ARG Nereo Champagne

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  ESP Jimmy 15 FW  ESP Alfredo Ortuño (on loan from Albacete) 17 FW  SEN Ibrahima Baldé 18 DF  ESP Christian Fernández 19 MF  ESP Borja Sánchez 20 MF  ESP Sergio Tejera 21 MF  ESP Lolo González 22 MF  ESP Edu Cortina 23 DF  ESP Mossa 24 DF  ESP Lucas Ahijado

Reserve team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 28 MF  ESP Riki Rodríguez 29 MF  ESP Javi Cueto 30 FW  GHA Samuel Obeng 31 DF  ESP Jorge Mier

No. Pos. Nation Player 32 MF  ESP Javi Mier 33 DF  ESP Josín Martínez 34 MF  BRA Vanderson Silva 37 MF  ESP Viti Rozada

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ISL Diegui Johannesson (at Cartagena until 30 June 2020) — DF  ESP Javi Fernández (at Villarreal B until 30 June 2020)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  ESP Steven Prieto (at Badajoz until 30 June 2020)

Current technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	José Ángel Ziganda
Assistant coach	Bingen Arostegui
Goalkeeping coach	Sergio Segura
Fitness coach	Alberto Martínez
Doctor	Manuel Rodríguez
Physiotherapist	Gerardo Yáñez
Physio	Diego Suárez
Physio	José Carlos de Pedro

Last updated: August 2020
Source: Real Oviedo

Honours

Further information: List of Real Oviedo records and statistics § Honours

• Segunda División

Winners (5): 1932–33, 1951–52, 1957–58, 1971–72, 1974–75

• Copa de la Liga (Segunda División)

Winners: 1984–85

• Segunda División B

Winners: 2014–15

• Tercera División

Winners (4): 2003–04, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2008–09

Individual

Pichichi Trophy

• La Liga: Isidro Lángara (3) (1933–34, 1934–35, 1935–36), Marianín (1972–73)
• Segunda División: Isidro Lángara (1932–33), Eduardo Gómez "Lalo" (1957–58), Galán (1971–72), Carlos (1987–88)
• Segunda División B: Miguel Linares (2014–15)
• Tercera División: Diego Cervero (3) (2004–05, 2007–08, 2008–09)

Zamora Trophy

• Segunda División: Óscar Álvarez (2) (1931–32, 1932–33), Lombardía (1971–72)
• Tercera División: Rafael Ponzo (2003–04), Oinatz Aulestia (2008–09)

Notable former players

Note: this list includes players that have appeared in at least 100 league games and/or have reached international status.

Juan José Borrelli Fernando Gamboa Roberto Pompei Sánchez Lage Gert Claessens Janko Janković Nikola Jerkan Robert Prosinečki Peter Møller Stan Collymore Kily Álvarez Yago Yao Diego Johannesson Idrissa Keita

McDonald Mariga Franck Rabarivony Oswaldo Alanís José Manuel de la Torre Mitko Stojkovski Édgar Bárcenas Dely Valdés Ramón Hicks Abel Xavier Paulo Bento Carlos Gomes Marius Lăcătuș Nicolae Simatoc Viktor Onopko

Ibrahima Baldé Slaviša Jokanović Albert Nađ Veljko Paunović Đorđe Tomić Peter Dubovský Adrián López Antón Armando Álvarez Iván Ania Luis Aragonés Bango Berto Carlos

José Carrete Santi Cazorla César Martín Thomas Christiansen Cristóbal Parralo Emilín Vicente Engonga Esteban Enrique Galán Chus Herrera Herrerita Isidro Lángara José María Luis Manuel

Marianín Julio Marigil Juan Mata Michu Oli Paquito Antonio Rivas Tensi Uría Milovan Đorić Ratomir Dujković Nenad Gračan Andriy Lunin Juan González Rafael Ponzo

Personnel

Jorge Menéndez Vallina is the current president of the club since December 2013.

Management

Office	Name
President	Jorge Menéndez Vallina
Vice President	Manuel Paredes González
Counselor	Fernando Corral Mestas
Institutional relations	César Martín Villar

Last updated: November 2019
Source: Real Oviedo Official Website

Coaches

Luis Aragonés was player and coach of the club.

Dates Name 1926–27 Fred Pentland 1927–28 Frank Burton 1928–29 Antonín Fivébr 1929–31 Patrick O'Connell 1931–33 Vicente Tonijuán 1933–35 Emilio Sampere 1935–36 José María Peña 1940–41 Cristóbal Martí 1941–42 Óscar Álvarez 1942–47 Manuel Meana 1947–48 Francisco Gamborena 1948–50 Juan Urquizu 1950–51 Patricio Caicedo 1951–54 Luis Urquiri 1954–55 Domènec Balmanya 1955 Óscar Álvarez 1955–56 Luis Pasarín 1956–57 Eduardo Toba 1957 Fernando Argila 1957–59 Abel Picabéa 1959 Luis Pasarín 1959–60 Fernando Argila 1960–61 Sabino Barinaga 1961 Fernando Argila 1961–62 Álvaro Pérez 1962 Antón 1962–63 Juan Ochoa 1963–64 Enrique Orizaola 1964 Eduardo Toba 1964–65 Enrique Martín 1965 Luis Diestro

Dates Name 1965–66 Francisco Antúnez 1966 Antón 1966–67 Juan Rodríguez Aretio 1967–68 Juan Ochoa 1968 Toni Cuervo 1968–69 Ramón Cobo 1969 Pedro Eguíluz 1969–70 Enrique Casas 1970 Horacio Leiva 1970–71 José Mª García de Andoín 1971 Toni Cuervo 1971–73 Eduardo Toba 1973–74 Sabino Barinaga 1974–76 Vicente Miera 1976–77 Toni Cuervo 1977–78 Manuel Ruiz Sosa 1978 Sabino Barinaga 1978–79 Lalo 1979 José María Luis Diestro 1979–81 Nando Yosu 1981–82 José Víctor Rodríguez 1982–83 José María 1983–84 Luis Costa 1984–86 José Luis Romero 1986 Antonio Ruiz 1986–87 José Carrete 1987–89 Vicente Miera 1989–93 Javier Irureta 1993–95 Radomir Antić 1995–96 Ivica Brzić

Dates Name 1996–97 Juan Manuel Lillo 1997 José Antonio Novo 1997–98 Óscar Tabárez 1998–99 Fernando Vázquez 1999–00 Luis Aragonés 2000–01 Radomir Antić 2001–02 Enrique Marigil 2002–03 Vicente González 2003 Miguel Sánchez 2003–06 Antonio Rivas 2006–07 Antonio Velázquez 2007 Ramiro Solís 2007 Ismael Díaz 2007–08 Francisco José Carrasco 2008 Fermín Álvarez 2008–09 Julio Raúl González 2009 Fermín Álvarez 2009–10 Pichi Lucas 2010–11 José Manuel Martínez 2011–12 Pacheta 2012–13 Félix Sarriugarte 2013–14 José Carlos Granero 2014 Roberto Robles 2014–16 Sergio Egea 2016 David Generelo 2016–17 Fernando Hierro 2017–19 Juan Antonio Anquela 2019 Sergio Egea 2019–20 Javi Rozada 2020– José Ángel Ziganda

Rivalries

The Asturian derby has been closely contested throughout its history and the two teams have met 117 times in all competitions. Real Oviedo have won 49 times, while Sporting de Gijón have done so in 38 games; 30 draws have been produced.

Sporting won the first match ever played, a 2–1 win for the Regional Championships on 6 December 1926. The first top flight derby took place during the 1944–45 season, and honours were split over the two games: Oviedo won its home fixture 2–1, but lost by a record 0–6 at El Molinón.[14]

The inaugural second level season, 1929, also brought two local derbies – Oviedo thrashed Sporting 6–2 at home, while Sporting won 3–2 in the return fixture. On 15 March 1998, the last contest in the top level took place, and Oviedo emerged victorious 2–1 at the Tartiere, eventually managing to stay afloat (only through the play-offs though) whilst the Rojiblancos suffered direct relegation as 20th and last.

Supporters

After the first relegation in its history to Tercera División, 2003–04 season, the historical record of the category was established with 10,759 season ticket holders, up to that time, the record was for Málaga CF in 1995 with 4,200.

Real Oviedo achieved its season ticket holders record in the 2017-2018 season with 20.796 people.

Real Oviedo supporters maintain friendly relations with fans of Deportivo La Coruña, Real Valladolid and Sevilla and internationally with fans of Genoa and Žilina.

Sponsorships and manufacturers

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
1990–1991	Kelme	CLAS
1991–1993		Cajastur
1993–1998	Joluvi
1998–2000	Erima	—
2000–2001	Puma
2001–2003		Principality of Asturias
2003–2008	Joluvi
2008–2012	Nike
2012–2014	Joma	None
2014–2015		ASAC Comunicaciones[15]
2015–2016	Hummel	GAM
2016–2017	Adidas	Procoin
2017–		Huawei

Real Oviedo B

Main article: Real Oviedo B

The reserve team, which plays since 2018 in the third level (Segunda B), was formerly named Vetusta. Vetusta was also the original name of the team, before the Royal Spanish Football Federation decree which banned unique reserve club names in the early 1990s.

Real Oviedo (women)

Main article: Real Oviedo (women)

On 28 August 2017, women's club Oviedo Moderno CF signed an agreement with Real Oviedo for using their name and their blue and white colors, instead of their classic black and green, since the 2017–18 season, with the aim to be completely integrated into the structure of the club for the 2018–19 season onwards.[16] The club formerly used the blue and white colors for the 2016–17 promotion play-offs.

Oviedo currently plays in second level.

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External links

• Official website (in English)
• Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
• Club magazine (in Spanish)
• Club blog (in Spanish)
• Oviedín, fansite (in Spanish)