Avilés Stadium Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club based in

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. Founded in 2015, it plays in , holding home games at ''Estadio Muro de Zaro'', with a capacity of 4,000 people.

History

Avilés Stadium was founded in 2015 by a group of supporters worried about the situation of

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, owned by unpopular José María Tejero. The club has the intention to be run democratically by its members. On 15 August 2015, the club played its first friendly match, a 3–2 win against

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at Piedras Blancas,

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, after being losing by 0–2 in the first half. On 13 September 2015, Avilés Stadium played its first official game at Campo de Santo Domingo in the parish of Miranda, its field for the first season. It defeated San Juan La Carisa by 2–0. On 12 April 2018, Avilés Stadium announced it would merge with local farm team Avilés Deportivo, with the aim of developing its own

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. In 2020, despite the league being suspended due to the

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, Avilés Stadium was promoted to

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as the second qualified of the Regional Preferente at the moment of the suspension.

Season to season

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*3 seasons in

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Stadium

Avilés Stadium played the home games of its first three seasons at ''Campo de Santo Domingo'', in the parish of Miranda. In 2018, the club agreed with the Town Hall to move to Estadio Muro de Zaro, in the neighbourhood of Llaranes.

Coaches

*Manel Erimia and Luis Castro 2015–2016 *Luis Castro 2016–2018 *Luis Valera 2018–present

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aviles Stadium Football clubs in Asturias Association football clubs established in 2015 2015 establishments in Spain Fan-owned football clubs in Spain