Real Oviedo
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| Full name | Real Oviedo | |||
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| Nickname(s) |
Carbayones, Los Azules (The Blues), Los Godos (The Goths) Oviedistas | |||
| Founded | 1926 | |||
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Carlos Tartiere, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain | |||
| Capacity | 30,500 | |||
| Owner | Grupo Carso | |||
| Chairman | Jorge Menéndez Vallina | |||
| Manager | Fernando Hierro | |||
| League | Segunda División | |||
| 2015–16 | 9th | |||
| Website | Club home page | |||
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Real Oviedo (Asturian: Real Uviéu) is a Spanish football club based in Oviedo, in the autonomous community of 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, opened on 30 September 2000, is the largest sports stadium in Asturias. In the all-time league table for the Spanish top division, Oviedo rank in 17th place.
History
Founded in 1926 after a merger with Stadium Ovetense and Real Club Deportivo Oviedo, 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.
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 were 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 (38 seasons) and second levels (32), the high point being qualifying for the UEFA Cup after finishing a best-ever third 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 once again for Europe, and being knocked out in the first round by Genoa C.F.C. of Italy (2–3, although Oviedo bounced back from that defeat immediately, with a 2–1 win at the Camp Nou over Barcelona).[1][2]
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 were forced to become public limited sports companies. The initial capital stock for Real Oviedo amounted to €3.6 million.[3]
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.[4]
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.[5]
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.[6][7][8]
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.[9][10]
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
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- 38 seasons in La Liga
- 34 seasons in Segunda División
- 9 seasons in Segunda División B
- 4 seasons in Tercera División
European history
| Season | Competition | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Agg. |
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| 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 19 August 2016
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Honours
Team
- Copa de la Liga (Segunda División)
- Winners: 1984–85
- Winners: 2014–15
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.
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Personnel
Current technical staff
| Position | Staff |
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| Manager |  Fernando Hierro |
| Assistant Manager | Julián Calero |
| Physical trainer | Roberto Ovejero |
| Goalkeeping coach | Xavi Valero |
Last updated: April 2016
Source: Real Oviedo Official Website
Management
| Office | Name |
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| President | Jorge Menéndez Vallina |
| Vice President | Manuel Paredes González |
| Counselor | Fernando Corral Mestas |
| Consultant |  Joaquín del Olmo |
Last updated: July 2014
Source: Real Oviedo Official Website
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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.[12]
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, in the top level, the last contest 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.
5,200 members are kept since 2001, when Real Oviedo was relegated from La Liga and achieved its particular record of 19,132 season ticket holders.
Sponsorships and manufacturers
| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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| 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[13] | |
| 2015–2016 | Hummel | GAM |
| 2016– | Adidas | |
Real Oviedo B
The reserve team, which played since 2010 in the fourth level, was renamed Real Oviedo Vetusta in 2008. 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.
References
- ↑ "Una corta renta para el Oviedo" [Short lead for Oviedo] (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 20 September 1991. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
- ↑ "Skuhravy rompió el sueño" [Skuhravy shattered dream] (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 4 October 1991. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
- ↑ "Real Oviedo History". Real Oviedo Official Website. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ↑ "Real Oviedo History". Real Oviedo Official Website. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ↑ "Real Oviedo – The people's club". Football Friends Online. 7 November 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ↑ "Spanish stars join Real Oviedo fight". ESPN FC. 9 November 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ↑ "Michu answers a Real SOS back home". Swansea AFC. 7 November 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- ↑ "Real Oviedo – the remarkable story of a club the world united to save". The Guardian. 29 November 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
- ↑ "Mexican tycoon buys majority share in Real Oviedo". The New York Times. 17 November 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
- ↑ "Investing in football: a Real Oviedo shareholder's tale". CNN. 21 November 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
- ↑ "New technical staff (Spanish)".
- ↑ "El Derbi Asturiano: Sporting and Oviedo on course to resume old acquaintances". El Centrocampista. 3 April 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ↑ ASAC Comunicaciones, nuevo patrocinador del Real Oviedo (ASAC Comunicaciones, new sponsor of Real Oviedo); RTPA, 25 September 2014
External links
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- Official website (English)
- Futbolme team profile (Spanish)
- Club magazine (Spanish)
- Club blog (Spanish)
- Oviedín, fansite (Spanish)