UP Langreo

Unión Popular de Langreo is a Spanish football team based in Langreo, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1961, it plays in Segunda Federación – Group 1, holding its home games at Estadio Ganzábal in La Felguera, with a capacity of 4,024 seats.^[1]

Langreo

Full name	Unión Popular de Langreo
Nickname(s)	Unionistas, Azulgranas
Short name	UPL
Founded	July 4, 1961; 63 years ago (1961-07-04)
Ground	Ganzábal, Langreo, Asturias, Spain
Capacity	4,024
President	Vicente Fernández-Miranda
Head coach	Ángel Rodríguez
League	Segunda Federación – Group 1
2023–24	Segunda Federación – Group 1, 6th of 18
Website	http://www.uplangreo.es
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

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.

Stadium

Main tribune of Estadio Ganzábal.

Main article: Estadio Ganzábal

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

Rivalries

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.

Season to season

Main article: List of UP Langreo seasons

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1961–62 3 3ª 1st 1962–63 2 2ª 13th First round 1963–64 2 2ª 11th Round of 32 1964–65 2 2ª 12th First round 1965–66 2 2ª 13th Round of 32 1966–67 2 2ª 13th First round 1967–68 2 2ª 10th Round of 32 1968–69 3 3ª 2nd 1969–70 3 3ª 1st Second round 1970–71 2 2ª 17th Round of 32 1971–72 2 2ª 20th Fourth round 1972–73 3 3ª 8th Third round 1973–74 3 3ª 2nd Fourth round 1974–75 3 3ª 10th First round 1975–76 3 3ª 11th Second round 1976–77 3 3ª 7th First round 1977–78 3 2ª B 8th Second round 1978–79 3 2ª B 14th First round 1979–80 3 2ª B 5th Third round 1980–81 3 2ª B 19th Second round

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1981–82 4 3ª 1st 1982–83 4 3ª 2nd Second round 1983–84 4 3ª 3rd First round 1984–85 4 3ª 4th First round 1985–86 4 3ª 1st Second round 1986–87 4 3ª 3rd Round of 16 1987–88 3 2ª B 13th First round 1988–89 3 2ª B 11th Second round 1989–90 3 2ª B 12th 1990–91 3 2ª B 18th First round 1991–92 4 3ª 3rd Third round 1992–93 4 3ª 3rd First round 1993–94 3 2ª B 4th Third round 1994–95 3 2ª B 8th Second round 1995–96 3 2ª B 10th 1996–97 3 2ª B 14th 1997–98 3 2ª B 11th 1998–99 3 2ª B 18th 1999–2000 4 3ª 5th 2000–01 4 3ª 3rd

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2001–02 4 3ª 1st 2002–03 3 2ª B 16th Preliminary 2003–04 4 3ª 5th 2004–05 4 3ª 4th 2005–06 4 3ª 2nd 2006–07 4 3ª 3rd 2007–08 4 3ª 3rd 2008–09 4 3ª 5th 2009–10 4 3ª 5th 2010–11 4 3ª 3rd 2011–12 4 3ª 3rd 2012–13 4 3ª 4th 2013–14 4 3ª 2nd 2014–15 3 2ª B 17th 2015–16 4 3ª 2nd 2016–17 4 3ª 3rd 2017–18 4 3ª 2nd 2018–19 3 2ª B 9th First round 2019–20 3 2ª B 10th First round 2020–21 3 2ª B 5th / 4th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2021–22 4 2ª RFEF 11th 2022–23 4 2ª Fed. 12th 2023–24 4 2ª Fed. 6th 2024–25 4 2ª Fed. First round

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• 8 seasons in Segunda División
• 19 seasons in Segunda División B
• 4 seasons in Segunda Federación/Segunda División RFEF
• 33 seasons in Tercera División

Current squad

As of 1 March 2024^[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ESP Adrián Torre 2 DF  ESP Nacho López 3 DF  ESP Dani Hernández 4 DF  ESP Gonzalo de la Fuente 5 DF  ESP Alain Álvarez 6 MF  ESP Mateo Arellano 7 FW  ESP Carlos Cid 8 MF  ESP Joselu Guerra 9 FW  ESP Javi Serra 10 MF  ESP Juan López 11 MF  ESP Luis Sánchez

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 MF  ESP Pablo Álvarez 13 GK  ESP Guillermo Fernández 14 MF  ESP Iago Novo 16 DF  ESP David Fernández 17 FW  ESP Steven Prieto 18 FW  ESP Nané García 19 FW  MAR Imad Salhi 20 DF  ESP Gabriel Rabanillo 21 DF  ESP Keko Hevia 22 DF  ESP Sergio Ordóñez 24 FW  ESP Pablo Ares

Honours

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

Notable players

Main category: UP Langreo footballers

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

Presidents

• José Antonio Coto (1961–71)
• Alfredo Fombella (1971)
• Guillermo Menéndez Coto (1971–75)
• José María Fernández (1975–77)
• Enrique López Clavería (1977–80)
• Guillermo Menéndez Coto (2) (1980)
• Honorino Montes (1980–85)
• Julio Cadenas (1985–89)
• Amador Cañón (1989–90)
• Alfonso Cienfuegos (1990–99)
• Manuel Mazzola (1999–2007)
• Adolfo Ceñera (2007–08)
• Fernando de la Roza (2008)
• Francisco Brito Arceo (2008–11)
• Senén Riera (2011–13)
• Ana Pacho (2013–14)
• Víctor Fernández-Miranda (2014–present)

Source:^[6]

References

1. AS, Diario (20 November 2019). "Langreo". AS.com. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
2. "Nacimiento del U.P. Langreo "La fusión"" (in Spanish). UPLangero.com. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
3. "Histórico Langreo - Segunda División B G 1". www.resultados-futbol.com. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
4. "El otro "derbi"" (in Spanish). Asturias Mundial. 3 November 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
5. "temp20_21 plantilla". www.uplangreo.com. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
6. "Presidentes" (in Spanish). UP Langreo non-official website. Retrieved 21 February 2017.

External links

• Official website
• Non-official website
• BDFútbol team profile