Club Deportivo Acero ('Steel Sporting Club' in
Spanish
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) is a
Spanish football team based in
Puerto de Sagunto (an urban nucleus in
Sagunto
Sagunto ( ca-valencia, Sagunt) is a municipality of Spain, located in the province of Valencia, Valencian Community. It belongs to the modern fertile ''comarca'' of Camp de Morvedre. It is located c. 30 km north of the city of Valencia, cl ...
), in the
Valencian Community
The Valencian Community ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid with ...
, Spain. Founded in 1919 it plays in
Tercera División RFEF – Group 6, holding home games at ''Estadio El Fornàs'', which has a capacity of 4,500 spectators.
History
Football reached Sagunto city when the Basque sailors who docked at the commercial port played the game with the locals. In 1919 Sporting Club was founded, bringing the colors of the Athletic Club in honor of the steel company.
In the early 1920s the club began to play against such popular teams, like
Valencia CF
Valencia Club de Fútbol (, ca-valencia, València Club de Futbol ), commonly referred to as Valencia CF (or simply Valencia) is a professional football club based in Valencia, Spain, that currently plays in La Liga, the top flight of the Spa ...
or
Levante UD
Levante Unión Deportiva, S.A.D. (, ca-valencia, Llevant Unió Esportiva ) is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club in Valencia, in the Valencian Community, namesake autonomous community.
Founded on 9 September 1909, Levante ...
, thus developing in a more professional way.
After the
Spanish Civil War
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, the use of foreign idioms was forbidden, so the football team was renamed to Club Deportivo Acero.
Seasons
References
External links
Official websiteHistory of CD Acero(in Spanish)
Futbolme team profile
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Football clubs in the Valencian Community
Association football clubs established in 1919
1919 establishments in Spain
Sagunto