Club Deportivo Acero ('Steel Sporting Club' in

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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

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, 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

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, thus developing in a more professional way. After the

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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 website

History of CD Acero
(in Spanish)
Futbolme team profile
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