Club Deportivo Lealtad de Villaviciosa (English: Loyalty Sporting Club of Villaviciosa) is a Spanish football team based in Villaviciosa, in the autonomous community of

Asturias Asturias (, ; ast, Asturies ), officially the Principality of Asturias ( es, Principado de Asturias; ast, Principáu d'Asturies; Galician-Asturian: ''Principao d'Asturias''), is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in nor ...

. Founded in 1916, it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at ''Les Caleyes'' ground with a capacity of 3,000.

History

Founded in 1916 by a group of young people at the Worker's Athenaeum, Lealtad played in regional leagues until 1990, when it was promoted for the first time to

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

. In 1998, with Marcelino García as coach, the club achieved its first promotion ever to

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after defeating Real Madrid "C",

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and Gimnástica Segoviana in the promotion playoffs. It only remained in the third tier one season and spent fifteen more seasons in Tercera before being promoted again in 2014, after overcoming a critical economic situation in 2012, by beating

CD Puertollano Club Deportivo Puertollano was a Spanish football team based in Puertollano, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Founded in 1948 it played in Tercera División – Group 18, holding home matches at '' Estadio Ciudad de Puerto ...

in the shootout of the group champions' play-off. This time, Lealtad avoided relegation after beating Racing Ferrol in the last match of the 2014–15 season by 1–0. In the 2015–16 season, Lealtad achieved a great year with a 10th position, the best ever in the club's history. After four seasons in the third tier, Lealtad would be relegated to Tercera División in April 2018, after receiving an 8–0 defeat from

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. On 24 October 2018, Lealtad achieved their first Asturian Copa Federación by defeating

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after a

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. The team finished the 2018–19 league season without losses in the Group 2, but failed to promote to Segunda División B after failing to beat firstly Getafe B and later

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Stadium

Lealtad plays its games at Estadio Les Caleyes located next to the river mouth of Villaviciosa. It has a capacity of 3,000 spectators and after its last renovation, the main tribune has 220 seats. The record attendance was beaten on 24 April 2016, with 4,052 spectators at the club's match of the

2015–16 Segunda División B The 2015–16 Segunda División B season was the 39th since its establishment. The first matches of the season were to be played in August 2015, and the season ended in June 2016 with the promotion play-off finals. Overview before the season 80 te ...

against

Racing de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system ...

Season to season

---- *5 seasons in

*25 seasons in

*1 season in Tercera División RFEF

Current squad

Honours

: (6) 1991–92, 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2013–14, 2018–19, 2019-20 *

Copa Federación de España (Asturias tournament) The Asturias tournament is the previous round of the Copa RFEF in Asturias. Organized by the Royal Asturias Football Federation, the Asturian teams in Segunda División B and the best teams of the Tercera División (Group 2) non qualified to the ...

: (1)

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Notable players

* Fernando Tocornal * Paco Fernández * Alejandro 'Caco' Morán * José Manuel 'Sietes' Suárez * Javi Castaño *

Saúl Berjón Saúl Berjón Pérez (born 24 May 1986) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left winger or forward. Club career Born in Oviedo, Asturias, Berjón graduated from Real Oviedo's youth setup, but started playing as a senior with ...

* Rubén Uría * Miguel Vigón * Pedrín Menéndez

Notable coaches

Josu Uribe Jesús Uribesalgo Gutiérrez (born 25 May 1969), commonly known as Josu Uribe, is a Spanish Association football, football Manager (association football), manager. Club career Born in Gijón, Asturias, Uribe began coaching at the age of 21, manag ...

* Marcelino García * José Antonio 'Pocholo' Fernández * Nené Ballina * Paco Fernández * Ricardo Bango * Javi Rozada * Samu Baños

References

External links

Official website

Futbolme team profile

Club & stadium history
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