Real Oviedo

Real Oviedo is a football (soccer) club from Spain.

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Real Oviedo, S.A.D. (Asturian language: Real Uviéu) is a historically important Spain football (soccer) team from Oviedo. Founded on March 26, 1926, they were the first team from Asturias ever to play in the La Liga, and have the greatest number of appearances in the La Liga of any Asturias team.

It will play the 2009-2010 season in Segunda División B, having been promoted from Tercera División.

They play in blue shirts and white shorts in the Estadio Carlos Tartiere, which seats 30,500 spectators. Real Oviedo has about 10,500 ticket holders; the average attendance during the regular season reaches 6,000 supporters.

History

Though they originally played in the La Liga shortly after its inception, the gap caused by the Spanish Civil War meant that Real Oviedo could not push on from earlier successes. until the arrival of one of its greatest players, Tristán Esperanza. When La Liga play resumed in 1939, Real Oviedo were relegated to the second division, as their pitch was deemed unplayable — Franco's troops had used the stadium as an ammunition dump. For many years afterwards, Oviedo bounced between the Primera (38 seasons) and Segunda (32 seasons); their high point was qualifying for the UEFA Cup, while their low point was relegation to the Segunda B in 1978 for a single season.

Promoted to the Primera División in 1988, they remained there until the 2000–01 season, at one point finishing as high as sixth (in 1990-91). After being relegated from the Primera in 2002-03, 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. Oviedo were then forced to drop all the way into the Tercera División the fourth division of the Spanish football league system, for the 2003-04 season. At this point Real Oviedo nearly folded, but they recovered, regrouped, and were promoted to Segunda 'B' in 2004-05. However, they lasted only two seasons there and were again relegated to Tercera. They were promoted to the Segunda 'B' in 2008-09, beating Real Mallorca B in a play-off decided by a penalty shoot-out. The team's survival remains at risk due to its continuing financial difficulties.

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Seasons

- 32 seasons in Segunda División
- 4 seasons in Segunda División B
- 4 seasons in Tercera División

Famous players

- José Maria Buljubasich
- Roberto Pompei
- Christian Patiño
- Juan José Borrego
- José María Sánchez Lage
- Juan José Borrelli
- Fábio Pinto
- Gert Claessens
- Idrissa Keita
- Nikola Jerkan
- Robert Prosinečki
- Nenad Gračan
- Janko Janković
- Jesús Alonso Fernández
- Peter Møller
- Keith Thompson (footballer)
- Stan Collymore
- Yago Alonso-Fueyo Sako
- David Álvarez Aguirre

- Mitko Stojkovski
- Franck Rabarivony
- José Manuel de la Torre
- Nebojsa Scepanovic
- Joyce Moreno
- Julio Dely Valdes
- Jorge Romero
- Florencio Amarilla
- Mario Jacquet
- Ramón Hicks
- Paulo Bento
- Abel Xavier
- Marius Lăcătuş
- Nicolae Simatoc
- Viktor Onopko
- Slaviša Jokanović
- Ratomir Dujković
- Albert Nađ
- Milan Martinović

- Veljko Paunović
- Milovan Đorić
- Peter Dubovský
- Eduardo Herrera Bueno
- Emilio Alonso Larrazabal
- Carlos Antonio Muñoz Cobo
- Luis Aragonés
- Esteban Andres Suarez
- Isidro Lángara
- Tomás Zarraonaindia
- Francisco Javier Uría
- César Martín
- Armando Álvarez Álvarez
- Oliverio Jesús Alvarez González
- Thomas Christiansen
- Mateo Corbo
- Juan Antonio Gonzalez Crespo
- Daniel Bartolotta
- Rafael Ponzo

- Patrick O'Connell (1887–1959)
- Vicente Miera
- Javier Irureta
- Luis Aragonés
- Radomir Antić
- Fernando Vázquez
- Francisco José Carrasco

Sporsonships and manufacturers

{. Vetusta was the name originally used before the Royal Spanish Football Federation decree banning unique reserve club names in the early 1990s.

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