Asturias autonomous football team

Asturias

Association	Royal Asturias Football Federation (RFFPA)
Head coach	José Manuel Díaz Novoa Marcelino García Toral
Captain	Mario Cotelo
Most caps	8 players (3)[N 1]
Top scorer	Juanele (3)[N 1]
First colours Second colours
First international
Asturias 0–0 St Mirren F.C. (June 1922)
Biggest win
Asturias 6–1 Lithuania  (29 December 2001)
Biggest defeat
Asturias 0–2 Catalonia  (5 September 1926)

The Asturias autonomous football team is the national football team for Asturias. They are not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA, because it is represented internationally by the Spanish national football team. The team only plays friendly matches.

Matches played

Cantabric Team

Date	Venue	Home team	Away team	Score
10 May 1917	Madrid	Cantabric	Catalonia	1–1
11 May 1917	Madrid	Center	Cantabric	3–2
20 Jan 1918	Madrid	Center	Cantabric	3–2
23 Jan 1918	Madrid	Center	Cantabric	3–1

Asturias Team

Date	Venue	Home team	Away team	Score
1922	Gijón	Asturias	Saint Mirren	0–0
12 Nov 1922	Gijón	Asturias	Euskadi	1–1
13 Nov 1922	Gijón	Asturias	Euskadi	4–3
14 Jan 1923	Gijón	Asturias	Catalonia	1–0
25 Feb 1923	Vigo	Galicia	Asturias	1–3
18 Oct 1923	Bilbao	Euskadi	Asturias	4–2
3 May 1925	Santander	Cantabria	Asturias	1–3
21 Jun 1925	Gijón	Asturias	Cantabria	0–1
5 Sep 1926	Gijón	Asturias	Catalonia	0–2
19 Sep 1926	Barcelona	Catalonia	Asturias	4–3
10 Jul 1932	Gijón	Asturias	Benfica	3–1
30 Oct 1932	Lisboa	Benfica	Asturias	1–2
30 Oct 1932	Oporto	Porto	Asturias	6–3
16 Jun 1934	Gijón	Asturias	Mexico	5–2
28 Aug 1936	Gijón	Asturias	Brussels	3–3
23 Dec 2000	Oviedo	Asturias	Republic of Macedonia	1–0
29 Dec 2001	Gijón	Asturias	Lithuania	6–1
28 Dec 2002	Avilés	Asturias	Honduras	5–3
Dec 2008	Gijón	Asturias	Sporting de Gijón Legends	(*)

(*) Game was cancelled

Latest games

Asturias  v  Macedonia

23 December 2000	Asturias	1 – 0	Macedonia	Oviedo
	Juanele  50'	Summary		Stadium: Carlos Tartiere Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González

Asturias  v  Lithuania

29 December 2001	Asturias	6 – 1	Lithuania	Gijón
	Oli  3' Pablo Lago  20' Juanele  35', 51' José Manuel  58' César  81'	Report	Dančenka  64' (pen.)	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 16,000 Referee: César Muñiz Fernández

Asturias  v  Honduras

28 December 2002	Asturias	5 – 3	Honduras	Avilés
	Abelardo  6' Mario  13' Oli  16' Villa  30' Miguel  61'	Report	Saúl Martínez  31', 37', 83'	Stadium: Román Suárez Puerta Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González

Statistics since 2000

Name	Pos	Years	Caps	Goals
Esteban	GK	2000–2002	3	0
Juanjo	GK	2000	1	0
Julio Iglesias	GK	2001–2002	2	0
Abelardo	DF	2002	1	1
Dani Amieva	DF	2000	1	0
Boris	DF	2000–2001	2	0
César	DF	2000–2002	3	1
Isma	DF	2001	1	0
Jaime	DF	2000	1	0
Javi Venta	DF	2001–2002	2	0
José Manuel	DF	2000–2002	3	1
Manel	DF	2000–2002	3	0
Muñiz	DF	2000	1	0
Pablo	DF	2002	1	0
Sietes	DF	2000–2002	3	0
Urbano	DF	2002	1	0
Miguel Ángel Angulo	MF	2000	1	0
Caco Morán	MF	2000	1	0
Francisco Javier Castaño	MF	2001–2002	2	0
Miguel Cobas	MF	2002	1	0
Iván Ania	MF	2000–2002	3	0
Iván Iglesias	MF	2000	1	0
Manolo	MF	2001–2002	2	0
Mario Cotelo	MF	2000–2002	3	1
Pablo Lago	MF	2000–2001	2	1
Juanele	FW	2000–2001	2	3
Luis Enrique	FW	2000	1	0
Javier Manjarín	FW	2000	1	0
Miguel	FW	2002	1	1
Oli	FW	2000–2002	3	2
Pablo Álvarez	FW	2001	1	0
Quique Martín	FW	2000	1	0
David Villa	FW	2001–2002	2	1

Last call up

Squad for game vs. Sporting de Gijón Legends in December 2008, which was eventually cancelled. Players are with the team in the date of the match.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Sergio Sánchez	21 April 1977	0	0	Sporting de Gijón
	GK	Esteban Andrés Suárez	27 June 1975	3	0	UD Almería
	DF	Roberto Canella	7 February 1988	0	0	Sporting de Gijón
	DF	Jorge	13 January 1984	0	0	Sporting de Gijón
	DF	Javi Venta	13 December 1975	2	0	Villarreal CF
	DF	Sergio Fernández	23 May 1977	0	0	CA Osasuna
	DF	Joni López	17 April 1987	0	0	FC Barcelona B
	DF	Yago Yao	19 August 1979	0	0	Levante UD
	MF	Míchel	9 November 1985	0	0	Sporting de Gijón
	MF	Juan Mata	28 April 1988	0	0	Valencia CF
	MF	Miguel Ángel Angulo	23 June 1977	1	0	Valencia CF
	MF	Santi Cazorla	13 December 1984	0	0	Villarreal CF
	MF	Jairo	21 March 1986	0	0	Lorca Deportiva CF
	MF	Marcos Landeira	2 May 1987	0	0	UD Melilla
	MF	Gerardo Noriega	10 March 1982	0	0	Hércules CF
	MF	Mario Cotelo	10 February 1975	3	1	Getafe CF
	FW	Luis Morán	5 January 1983	0	0	Sporting de Gijón
	FW	Omar	5 June 1985	0	0	CD Castellón
	FW	David Villa	3 December 1981	2	1	Valencia CF
	FW	Luis García	6 February 1981	0	0	RCD Espanyol
	FW	Adrián	8 January 1988	0	0	Málaga CF
	FW	Rubén	19 February 1979	0	0	UD Levante
	FW	Miguel	5 January 1983	1	1	Elche CF
	FW	Adrián Colunga	17 November 1984	0	0	Recreativo de Huelva

Selected famous players

• Abelardo Fernández
• David Villa
• Juan Mata
• Iván Ania
• Javier Manjarín
• Juanele
• Luis Enrique
• Miguel Ángel Angulo
• Oli
• Santi Cazorla

Selected former coaches

• José Manuel Díaz Novoa (2000–2002)
• Marcelino García Toral

Amateur team

Asturias amateur team

Association	Royal Asturias Football Federation (RFFPA)
Head coach	Xiel
Most caps	Rubén Fernández (14)
Top scorer	Alberto Morán (5)[1]
First colours Second colours
First international
Asturias 2–3 Andalusia  (18 May 2000)
Biggest win
Asturias 7–0 Andorra (15 November 2002) Asturias 7–0 Ceuta (9 December 2007)
Biggest defeat
Asturias 1–3 Basque Country  (10 April 2004)
UEFA Regions' Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2003)
Best result	Final tournament, 2003
Spanish stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup
Appearances	9 (first in 2000)
Best result	Champions, 2002

The Asturias amateur team is composed of Asturian players of Tercera División and lower divisions. This team plays in the UEFA Regions' Cup, and their most important achievement was to qualify to the Final tournament of the 2003 UEFA Regions' Cup, after winning the Spanish stage and winning all their previous matches in the European rounds.^[2]

Results summary

Overall							National games						International games
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
44	23	10	11	73	32	+41	18	8	10	56	29	+27	5	2	1	17	3	+14

Updated to 27 March 2016.

Matches

UER edition	Date	Round	Host	Opponent	Score
2001	18 May 2000	Spanish first round	Burgos	Andalusia	2–3
	19 May 2000		Burgos	Castile and León	0–0
	21 May 2000		Burgos	Basque Country	1–2
2003	7 Dec 2001	Spanish first round	Andalusia	Aragon	2–1
	8 Dec 2001		Andalusia	Andalusia	1–0
	29 Mar 2002	Spanish semifinal	Alcalá de Henares	[[ national football team|]]	2–1
	31 Mar 2002	Spanish final	Alcalá de Henares	Basque Country	0–0
	15 Nov 2002	European preliminary round	Belgium	Andorra	7–0
	16 Nov 2002		Belgium	Antwerp	1–0
	18 Nov 2002		Belgium	South Karelia	5–0
	16 Apr 2003	European intermediary round	Central Bohemia	Central Bohemia	1–0
	7 May 2003		Luanco	Central Bohemia	1–0
	22 Jun 2003	European final rond group stage	Württemberg	Piedmont	1–1
	24 Jun 2003		Württemberg	Württemberg	1–1
	26 Jun 2003		Württemberg	Ticino	0–1
2005	6 Dec 2003	Spanish first round	Sotrondio	Castile and León	0–0
	8 Dec 2003		Gijón	Cantabria	3–0
	25 Feb 2004	Spanish intermediary round	Asturias	Valencian Community	0–0
	10 May 2004		Asturias	Valencian Community	3–0
	8 Apr 2004	Spanish semifinal	Las Rozas	Galicia	1–1
	10 Apr 2004	Spanish final	Las Rozas	Basque Country	1–3
2007	2 Dec 2005	Spanish first round	Asturias	Extremadura	2–0
	4 Dec 2005		Asturias	Melilla	4–0
	15 Feb 2006	Spanish intermediary round	Balearic Islands	Balearic Islands	1–1
	22 Feb 2006		Asturias	Balearic Islands	4–1
	14 Apr 2006	Spanish semifinal	Portugalete	Catalonia	0–1
2009	7 Dec 2007	Spanish first round	Asturias	Balearic Islands	2–1
	9 Dec 2007		Asturias	Ceuta	7–0
	30 Jan 2008	Spanish intermediary round	Asturias	Basque Country	1–1
	13 Feb 2008		Basque Country	Basque Country	0–1
2011	6 Dec 2009	Spanish first round	Villaviciosa	Aragon	0–1
	8 Dec 2009		Gijón	Canary Islands	1–2
2013	9 Dec 2011	Spanish first round	Aranjuez	Aragon	2–0
	10 Dec 2011		Aranjuez	Galicia	3–1
	6 Apr 2012	Spanish semifinal	Villaviciosa	Murcia	4–1
	8 Apr 2012	Spanish final	Gijón	Catalonia	1–2
2015	6 Dec 2013	Spanish first round	Ceuta	Galicia	2–2
	7 Dec 2013		Ceuta	Murcia	0–1
2017	4 Dec 2015	Spanish first round	El Berrón	[[ national football team|]]	2–0
	6 Dec 2015		Avilés	Melilla	1–0
	10 Feb 2016	Spanish intermediary round	Pola de Lena	Extremadura	1–0
	24 Feb 2016		Calamonte	Extremadura	1–0
	25 Mar 2016	Spanish semifinal	Puertollano	Ceuta	1–0
	27 Mar 2016	Spanish final	Puertollano	Castile and León	0–2

Source:^[3]

Head to head against other Autonomous Communities

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Andalusia	2	1	0	1	3	3	0
Aragon	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2
Balearic Islands	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4
Basque Country	5	0	2	3	3	7	–4
Canary Islands	1	0	0	1	1	2	–1
Cantabria	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Castile and León	3	0	2	1	0	2	–2
Castile-La Mancha	Did not play
Catalonia	2	0	0	2	1	3	–2
Ceuta	2	2	0	0	8	0	+8
Extremadura	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4
Galicia	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2
La Rioja	Did not play
[[ national football team|]]	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3
Melilla	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5
Murcia	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2
Navarre	Did not play
Valencian Community	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3

Notes

1. Stats since 2000

References

1. "Andanzas de la Gualdiazul (2ª Parte)" (in Spanish). FutbolAsturiano.es. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
2. "La "manzana mecánica"" [The "Clockwork Apple"] (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
3. "Andanzas de la Gualdiazul (1ª Parte)" (in Spanish). Fútbol Asturiano. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.

External links

• List of matches in Roon Ba