UP Langreo

UP Langreo was founded on 4 July 1961, after the merge of local teams CP La Felguera and Racing de Sama, which had a fierce rivalry. The merge was made with the aim of overcoming from the rivalry between Sama and La Felguera not only in football, but in all areas.[2]

In its first season, Langreo achieved promotion to Segunda División, where it played during eight seasons out of the next ten years. Since its second relegation from Segunda to Tercera División, the club always played between Tercera and Segunda División B, the new third tier created in 1977, where UP Langreo played for the first time in its inaugural season.

In 1994, Langreo played the promotion playoffs to Segunda División, but it finished in the last position of its group, composed also by CF Extremadura, AEC Manlleu and CD Numancia.

Since that year, Langreo continues playing alternatively between Segunda División B and Tercera División. In the 2017–18 season the club promoted back to Segunda División B after spending three seasons in Tercera[3] and qualified for the Copa del Rey thus ending with an 18-year absence in the competition, the largest in the club's history.

Main tribune of Estadio Ganzábal.

Since its foundation, Langreo plays in Estadio Ganzábal. Entirely renovated in 2006, it has capacity for 4,024 spectators.

Langreo's historic rival is Caudal Deportivo. Both teams meet in the Asturian Mining basins derby.[4] The club also has a strong rivalry with Real Avilés.

• 8 seasons in Segunda División
• 19 seasons in Segunda División B
• 33 seasons in Tercera División

As of 19 January 2019

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 Adrián Torre — GK  ESP Imanol Elías — DF  ESP Dani López — DF  ESP Andrés Cabranes — DF  ESP Cristian Ferreiro — DF  ESP Álvaro Cuello — DF  ESP Íñigo Zubiri — DF  ESP Alain Álvarez — DF  CMR Paul Otia — DF  ESP Jorge García Torre

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ESP Riki Rodríguez — MF  ESP Omar Sampedro — MF  CMR Samba — MF  ESP Héctor Nespral — MF  ESP Nacho Calvillo — MF  ESP Aimar Gulín — MF  ESP Dani Abalo — FW  ESP Javi Sánchez — FW  ESP Roni — FW  BRA Allyson

• Tercera División: 1961–62, 1969–70, 1981–82, 1985–86, 2001–02
• Copa RFEF (Asturias tournament): 1997, 2008, 2017

• Kily
• Juan Carlos Álvarez
• Michu
• David Villa (youth)

Source:[5]

• Official website
• Non official website
• BDFútbol team profile