UC Ceares

Unión Club Ceares is a Spanish football team based in the neighbourhood of Ceares, Gijón, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1946, it plays in Tercera División – Group 2, holding home games at Campo de La Cruz, which has a capacity of 1,500 spectators.

Ceares

Full name	Unión Club Ceares
Nickname(s)	Ciares Teyeros (Tilers) Brickers
Short name	UCC
Founded	1946
Ground	La Cruz, Gijón, Asturias, Spain
Capacity	1,500
Chairman	Alberto Álvarez
Manager	Pablo Busto
League	3ª – Group 2
2018–19	3ª – Group 2, 13th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

Early years

The club was founded in 1946 as a merger of two clubs: Fortuna and Reconquista. In 1965 and being Mr. José Ramón Elvira Sastre the president, UC Ceares promotes for the first time to Tercera División, but finished in the last position, being subsequently relegated. Ceares continued playing in regional divisions until 1986, year that the team returned to Tercera División and played in it two years.

2000s: Comeback to Tercera División

In the seasons 2001–02 and 2002–03, Ceares achieved two consecutive promotions from Primera Regional to Tercera División with Rogelio García as head coach. He would coach UC Ceares during six consecutive seasons, with a break in 2007, remaining in Tercera starting the longest streak of the club in this division.

In 2007, former Real Sporting footballer José Antonio Redondo replaced him until 2009, when he resigned. With Redondo at the helm, on 5 April 2008, Ceares earned a 1–1 away draw in the last minute against Asturian powerhouse Oviedo[1] and qualified for the semi-finals of the Asturian tournament of the RFEF Cup, where they were eliminated by Langreo.

Rogelio would take the team again until the end of the 2008–09 season.[2] After that season, Florentino Angulo was hired as new manager. Angulo managed Ceares until 2012.

2010s: "People's football" project and promotion playoffs

Before the 2011–12 season, a new board takes the control of the club and gives it a new philosophy based on a claim of social and people's sport and criticism the actual business in football.[3] For this philosophy, Ceares board inspired on English football and clubs like St. Pauli or United of Manchester.

La Cruz stadium, full, at the playoffs game versus Águilas

The 2013–14 season was the 14th of the club in this league (the 11th consecutive one) and the second of Nacho Cabo as manager. Ceares started the season with only one defeat in the first fifteen games, earning 34 points, which allowed the club to lead the table during two weeks, after a win at L'Entregu CF by 1–3 in its 500th game in Tercera.[4]

Finally, Ceares qualified for the promotion playoffs to Segunda División B in the last week, after winning by 0–3 to Luarca CF. The team finished in the third position with 74 points, 21 wins, 54 goals scored and only 31 allowed. All these numbers were records in the history of the club.

In the first round, Ceares dropped Águilas by 2–1 in the aggregate. In the first leg, the brickers earned a draw by 1–1 thanks to a goal of Pablo Martínez in the 87th minute. Martínez also scored the only goal in the second game. This was the second time La Cruz registered an attendance of 1,500 fans. The first one was in 2003, when Oviedo visited the field for the first time.

Ceares faced Trival Valderas, the champion of the group of Madrid, in the second round, but was widely defeated in the first leg, played in Gijón, by 0–3. The team earned a 2–2 draw at Alcorcón, in a game where Borja Noval missed a penalty when the game was 2–1 for the brickers.

Águilas v Ceares

18 May 2014	Águilas	1–1	Ceares	Águilas
17:00 (CEST)	Ginés Meca  65'	Report	Pablo Martínez  87'	Stadium: El Rubial Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Pérez León

Ceares v Águilas

25 May 2014	Ceares	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Águilas	Gijón
17:00 (CEST)	Pablo Martínez  35'	Report		Stadium: La Cruz Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Martín Pérez

Ceares v Trival Valderas

1 June 2014	Ceares	0–3	Trival Valderas	Gijón
17:00 (CEST)		Report	Óscar  16', 51' Herrero  32'	Stadium: La Cruz Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Díaz Álvarez

Trival Valderas v Ceares

8 June 2014	Trival Valderas	2–2 (5–2 agg.)	Ceares	Alcorcón
11:30 (CEST)	Palacios  45' Óscar  94'	Report	Ponte  63' Juan Carlos  67'	Stadium: La Canaleja Attendance: 750 Referee: Creus Rodríguez

On 30 August 2014, Bryan Jiménez became the first Ceares player who played an international game. He made his debut with the Dominican Republic national team in a loss friendly against El Salvador.[5]

In 2015, Ceares signed a collaboration agreement with women's football club Gijón FF for sharing La Cruz stadium and to create a youth academy for boys and girls.[6]

Stadium

La Cruz

Main entrance to La Cruz
Full name	Campo de La Cruz
Location	Gijón, Spain
Owner	UC Ceares
Capacity	1,500
Field size	99 × 65 m
Surface	Grass
Construction
Built	1970s
Renovated	2004, 2020
Tenants
UC Ceares Gijón FF (2005–2006; 2018–present)

During the 1960s, UC Ceares played its matches in the old pitch of Los Fresno, in Viesques, neighbourhood of Gijón. This location is today occupied by a school. During some years, due to not having an own stadium, played its matches in several fields until the current Campo de La Cruz was built in the 1970s.

The pitch is made of natural grass and has dimensions of 99 by 65 meters. The stadium has got a lateral tribune, improved in 2004, with 250 seats. It's located in Parque de Los Pericones in Gijón.

The stadium was used also by Gijón FF, for playing the 2005–06 Superliga Femenina, the only season the club played in the top women's league in Spain. It came back to La Cruz in 2018.

In April 2017, Ceares agreed with the Gijón Town Hall the renovation of the facilities and the construction of a second pitch made of artificial turf for Gijón FF and the youth teams of the club.[7][8] However, due to some controversies in the city, the Town Hall preferred to build the second pitch in other area of the neighbourhood.

One year later, Ceares authorised Gijón FF to play its games in the women's second division at La Cruz.

In July 2019, the Town Hall of Gijón refused to continue with the project of the new pitch mainly for the women's team and only offered Ceares to renovate La Cruz by building a new tribune and changing the pitch of natural grass for one made of artificial turf. This proposal was widely rejected by the club members.[9]

In 2020, the building of the lockers and club office and the kop, both located behind the goal, were reformed.

Gallery

• 
  The main tribune in 2003, before its renovation.
• 
  The main tribune in 2013.

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsors
2003–2004	No provider	Nistal
2004–2008		Farho
2008–2010		SEAT Asturias Motor
2010–2011	Luanvi	Cubiastur Gijón
2011–2012	Huerco	Xixón
2012–2013		Fachadas El Llano Xixón
2013–2016	Mazcatu
2016–2017	Gorbeat	Tierras Gallegas Xixón
2017–2018	Givova
2018–present	Adidas

Current squad

As of 10 January 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 — GK  ESP Dani Díaz — GK  ESP Nacho Rubiera — DF  ESP Alberto Barrero — DF  HAI Matteo Cantave — DF  ESP Chery — DF  ESP Edu Sánchez — DF  ESP Nélson Cáceres — DF  ESP Rubén Expósito — DF  ESP Pelayo Muñiz

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ESP Carlos Cid — MF  ESP Juan Carlos (captain) — MF  ESP David Llerandi — MF  ESP Martín Pérez — MF  ESP Pablo Martínez — FW  ESP Álvaro Moreno — FW  ESP Jairo Huerta — FW  CIV Ousmane Togola — FW  ESP Zucu

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 — FW  ESP Hugo García (at Ribadesella)

Season to season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Copa Federación	Top scorer(s)
1948–49	5	2ª Reg.	2nd	24	14	6	4	72	27	34
		PG	1st	6	5	0	1	18	7	10
1949–50	4	1ª Reg.	3rd	20	13	2	5			28
1950–51	4	1ª Reg.	7th	26	10	6	10	46	41	26
1951–52	4	1ª Reg.	11th	26	6	5	15	37	66	17
1952–53	Did not participate as result of a protest[10]
1953–54	4	1ª Reg.	12th	22	1	3	18	29	79	5
1954–55	5	2ª Reg.	12th	22	4	1	17	24	62	9
1955–56	5	2ª Reg.	11th	20	5	4	11	33	44	14
1956–57	5	2ª Reg.	1st	12	8	1	3	37	16	17
		PG	8th	14	0	4	10	15	47	4
1957–58	5	2ª Reg.	6th	16	7	2	7	29	31	16
1958–59	Did not enter any competition
1959–60	5	2ª Reg.		24	11	3	10	44	46	25
1960–61	5	2ª Reg.		26	13	3	10	52	42	29
1961–62	4	1ª Reg.	14th	26	5	6	15	33	56	16
1962–63	4	1ª Reg.	9th	28	9	6	13	34	54	24
1963–64	4	1ª Reg.	14th	30	7	9	14	34	47	23
1964–65	4	1ª Reg.	2nd	30	18	7	5	64	31	43
1965–66	3	3ª	16th	30	3	6	21	36	81	12
1966–67	4	1ª Reg.	9th	30	12	3	15	43	52	27
1967–68	4	1ª Reg.	12th	30	11	5	14	42	54	27
1968–69	4	1ª Reg.	13th	36	12	6	18	53	66	30
1969–70	4	1ª Reg.	17th	38	12	5	21	48	83	29
1970–71	5	2ª Reg.	3rd
1971–72	5	2ª Reg.
		PG	3rd	10	5	2	3			12
1972–73	5	2ª Reg.	3rd	26	17	4	5			38
1973–74	5	2ª Pref.	16th	38	13	6	19	53	69	32
1974–75	6	2ª Reg.	1st	20	17	1	2			35
		PG	3rd	8	5	0	3	16	9	10
1975–76	6	2ª Reg.	1st	16	12	3	1	47	13	27
		PG	1st	10	5	2	3	14	8	12
1976–77	5	2ª Pref.	18th	38	7	5	26	45	90	19
1977–78	6	2ª Pref.	5th	38	19	7	12	63	64	45
1978–79	6	1ª Reg.	2nd	38	23	10	5	64	27	56
1979–80	5	Pref.	18th	38	7	14	17	32	60	28
1980–81	5	Pref.	17th	38	13	5	20	59	49	31
1981–82	5	Pref.	15th	38	15	6	17	48	62	36
1982–83	5	Pref.	13th	38	13	11	14	58	46	37
1983–84	5	Pref.	15th	38	11	11	16	57	70	33
1984–85	5	Pref.	8th	38	17	8	13	71	50	42
1985–86	5	Pref.	2nd	38	19	11	8	60	38	49
1986–87	4	3ª	19th	38	5	18	15	27	54	28
		RP	W	2	1	0	1	3	2
1987–88	4	3ª	20th	38	2	9	27	30	95	13
1988–89	5	Pref.	17th	38	9	10	19	36	70	28
1989–90	5	Pref.	15th	38	14	9	15	38	64	37
1990–91	5	Pref.	6th	38	16	9	13	50	35	41
1991–92	5	Pref.	6th	38	16	8	14	43	34	40
1992–93	5	Pref.	14th	38	11	10	17	44	64	32
1993–94	5	Pref.	8th	38	14	11	13	45	45	39
1994–95	5	Pref.	4th	38	21	6	11	58	33	48
1995–96	5	Pref.	13th	38	13	7	18	39	53	46
1996–97	5	Pref.	13th	38	12	10	16	43	50	46
1997–98	5	Pref.	8th	38	14	12	12	38	36	54
1998–99	5	Pref.	11th	38	11	14	13	37	41	47
1999–00	5	Pref.	12th	38	12	11	15	39	45	47
2000–01	5	Pref.	18th	38	10	5	23	47	71	35
2001–02	6	1ª Reg.	1st	38	25	9	4	72	24	84
2002–03	5	Pref.	1st	38	26	9	3	80	16	87		Dueñas	14
2003–04	4	3ª	10th	38	13	13	12	41	45	52		Sergio Melón	10
2004–05	4	3ª	11th	38	15	7	16	49	55	52	Group stage	Chris Rodri	8
2005–06	4	3ª	16th	38	10	10	18	35	49	40	Group stage	David Bouzo José María Luengo	6
2006–07	4	3ª	9th	38	12	12	14	48	58	48		José María Luengo	12
2007–08	4	3ª	12th	38	14	8	16	53	55	50	Group stage	Javi Castaño	10
2008–09	4	3ª	15th	38	10	12	16	45	57	42	Semi-finals	Bogdan Stoica	10
2009–10	4	3ª	13th	38	12	8	18	39	59	44		Jimmy	8
2010–11	4	3ª	15th	38	10	9	19	39	56	39		Pelayo Torre	11
2011–12	4	3ª	16th	38	12	4	22	40	62	40		Jimmy	13
2012–13	4	3ª	12th	38	13	9	16	43	48	48		Jorge Vázquez	17
2013–14	4	3ª	3rd	38	21	11	6	54	31	74		Borja Noval	11
		PO	R2	4	1	2	1	4	6
2014–15	4	3ª	6th	38	16	15	7	51	41	63	Group stage	Álvaro Ponte	11
2015–16	4	3ª	10th	38	13	6	19	42	60	45	Group stage	Marcos Iglesias	20
2016–17	4	3ª	9th	38	14	7	17	47	63	49	Group stage	Marcos Iglesias	12
2017–18	4	3ª	6th	38	15	15	8	46	30	60	Group stage	Juan Menéndez	12
2018–19	4	3ª	13th	38	10	14	14	35	51	44	Group stage	Juan Menéndez Wilmer	7
2019–20	4	3ª	15th	28	6	9	13	28	37	27	Group stage	Zucu	9

Source[11]

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• 20 seasons in Tercera División

Statistics and records

In Tercera División

Seasons	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
20	741	226	202	314	828	1087

Updated as of the end of the 2019–20 season.[12]

• Best position: 3rd (2013–14).
• Consecutive season in Tercera División: 17th (2003–04 to 2019–20).
• Rounds leading the league table: 3 (round 1, 1965–66; rounds 14 to 15, 2013–14).
• Consecutive rounds leading the league table: 2 (rounds 14 to 15, 2013–14).
• Record home win: 6–0 vs Condal (2017–18).
• Record away win: 0–4 vs Llanes (2012–13), 1–5 vs Siero (2019–20).
• Consecutive games undefeated: 12 (round 8 to 20, 2014–15).[N 1]
• Consecutive wins: 4 (round 12 to 15, 2013–14; rounds 8 to 11, 2017–18).
• Consecutive games without goals against: 5 (round 18 to 22, 2009–10).
• Top scorer: Jimmy (47 goals).
• Most games played: Juan Carlos (276 games, including playoffs).
• Coach with more games:
  • In the club: Rogelio García (208 games).
  • In Tercera División: Nacho Cabo (156 games, including playoffs).

Most capped players

Below is a list of the ten players with the most caps for Ceares in Tercera División, as of the 2019–20 season, just before the interruption due to the coronavirus pandemic. Players in bold are currently playing at Ceares.

#	Player	Period	Caps	Goals
1	Juan Carlos	2011–	276	28
2	Jimmy	2009–2016	221	47
3	Pablo Martínez	2013–2020	217	20
4	Fonso Bellón	2012–2019	216	7
5	Chery	2014–2020	197	3
5	Pablo Prendes	2003–2006 2007–2009 2014–2015	188	10
7	Bermejo	2003–2009	165	1
8	Chelís	2003–2009	160	3
9	Mario de la Roca	2003–2007 2011–2012	154	5
10	Marcos	2003–2009	142	0

Top goalscorers

Below is a list of the top ten goalscorers for Ceares in Tercera División, as of the 2019–20 season, just before the interruption due to the coronavirus pandemic. Players in bold are currently playing at Ceares.

#	Player	Period	Goals	Caps	Average
1	Jimmy	2009–2016	47	221	0.22
2	Marcos Iglesias	2015–2017	32	63	0.51
3	Francisco Castaño	2006–2009	30	102	0.29
4	Juan Carlos	2011–	28	249	0.10
5	José María Luengo	2005–2007 2011–2012	22	101	0.22
	Álvaro Ponte	2013–2016	22	89	0.25
6	Pablo Martínez	2013–2020	20	217	0.09
7	Juan Menéndez	2017–2019	19	69	0.28
9	Jorge Vázquez	2010–2011 2012–2013	18	58	0.31
10	Dani Peláez	2005–2007 2016–2017	17	98	0.17
	Sergio Melón	2003–2004 2009–2010	17	61	0.28

Famous players

• Salvador Capín
• Francisco Javier Castaño
• Adrián Colunga
• Dani Peláez
• Josu Uribe
• Bryan Jiménez

Head coaches

Rogelio García, one of the most prolific coaches in the club's history

League and playoff games are counted.

Name	From	To	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	PCT
Brasi	2001	2002	38	25	9	4	72	24	.658
Rogelio García	2002	2007	190	76	51	63	253	222	.400
José Antonio Redondo	2007	2008	20	8	2	10	26	27	.400
Rogelio García (2)	2008	2009	56	16	18	22	72	85	.286
Florentino Angulo	2009	2012	114	34	21	59	118	177	.298
Nacho Cabo	2012	2014	80	35	22	23	101	85	.438
Miguelín	2014	2015	43	19	15	9	56	48	.442
Iñaki Eraña	2015	2016	31	8	6	17	33	53	.258
Tino del Corzo	2016	2017	38	14	7	17	47	63	.368
Nacho Cabo (2)	2017	2019	76	25	29	22	81	81	.329
Alberto Menéndez	2019	2020	28	6	9	13	28	37	.214
Pablo Busto	2020								–

Memorial Pepe Ortiz

Since 2011, UC Ceares starts the pre-season playing a friendly trophy called Memorial Pepe Ortiz in hommage of the former player of Sporting de Gijón from 1949 to 1963, considered as the best player of the history of the neighbourhood.[13]

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score
2011	Roces	Ceares	1–0
2012	Sporting B	Ceares	2–0
2013	Avilés	Ceares	2–1
2014	Sporting B	Ceares	2–0
2015	Ceares	La Bañeza	2–1
2016	Atlético Pinto	Ceares	2–1
2017	Ceares	Gijón Industrial	2–1
2018	Ceares	Candás	3–2
2019	Langreo	Ceares	2–0

Agreed and affiliated teams

Aboño

Aboño

Full name	Cultural Deportiva de Aboño
Founded	1929
Ground	Gómez Lozana, Aboño Carreño, Asturias, Spain
Capacity	500
League	Segunda Regional
2018–19	12th

Since July 2019, Cultural Deportiva de Aboño acts as the reserve team of Ceares.[14]

The club, founded in 1929 in Aboño, Carrió, Carreño, currently plays in Segunda Regional, seventh and last tier, and in its best years reached the Regional Preferente, fifth division.[15]

Season to season (as reserve team)

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Copa del Rey
2019/20	7	2ª Reg.	13th

Gijón FF

Main article: Gijón FF

Gijón Fútbol Femenino is the only women's football team of Gijón that played in the Superliga.

In 2015, Gijón FF started to act as de facto's women's section of Ceares and both created the Mixed Football Academy.

Veriña

Veriña Club de Fútbol, located in the namesake parish, is one of the most important youth football teams in the city. The collaboration agreement started in 2020, during the months Ceares had to play at Estadio Lloreda due to the improvement works at La Cruz.[16]

Notes

1. Not including the game against Cudillero, awarded by 2–0 after its retirement.

References

1. "El Oviedo cede un empate ante el Ceares en tiempo añadido" (in Spanish). El Comercio hemerotec. 6 April 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
2. "El Ceares es el mejor club para la despedida" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 26 April 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
3. "De las gradas a los despachos: Fútbol popular y anglófilo en Ceares" (in Spanish). Los ideales del gol. 6 January 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
4. "El Ceares se hace con el liderato en casa de L'Entregu" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 18 November 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
5. "2-0.El Salvador vence a dominicanos en primer triunfo en era del español Roca" [2-0.El Salvador defeat to Dominicans in first victory in era of Spanish Roca] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
6. "Resumen de la Asamblea Extraordinaria de soci@s" (in Spanish). UC Ceares. 6 March 2015.
7. "El Ceares ampliará las instalaciones de La Cruz con un segundo campo" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 18 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
8. "Ceares y Gijón Femenino tendrán sintético" (in Spanish). FutbolAsturiano.es. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
9. "Sobre la instalación de hierba sintética en La Cruz" [About the set up of synthetic grass in La Cruz] (in Spanish). UC Ceares. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
10. [hemeroteca.elcomercio.es/cgi-bin/Pandora.exe?fn=select;query=id:0000118807;xslt=pagina;publication=El Comercio;place=Gijón;day=27;month=08;year=1952;page=004;filename=52G27;encoding=utf-8 "La Federación Nacional desestima el recurso de los equipos regionales"] Check |url= value (help) (in Spanish). El Comercio. 27 August 1952.
11. Profile at Fútbol Regional
12. "Histórico UC Ceares" (in Spanish). Futbolme.net. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
13. "III Trofeo 'Pepe Ortiz': UC Ceares – Real Avilés" (in Spanish). UC Ceares website. 24 July 2013.
14. "La Cultural Deportiva de Aboño, nuevu filial del Ciares" (in Asturian). UC Ceares. 6 July 2019.
15. CD Aboño at Jugadores Segunda B. (in Spanish)
16. "El Veriña CF améstase na escuela mista y va ser filial del UC Ceares. El AD Lloreda entama con nos como club collaborador" (in Asturian). UC Ceares. 9 March 2020.

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)