Estadio Ganzábal is a

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, and is the

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UP Langreo Unión Popular de Langreo is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Langreo, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1961, it plays in , holding its home games at ''Estadio Ganzábal'' in La Felguera, with a ...

History

The history of the stadium starts in the 1920s, when it was called as ''Estadio La Barraca'', with

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playing its home games at the stadium, before merging with

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for creating the

. In 1961, year of the merge, the stadium was renamed as ''Estadio Ganzábal'' as homage to Francisco Fernández Ganzábal, local engineer and president of the club. In 2006 the stadium was completely renovated. The under-19 teams of

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and

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re-inaugurated the stadium with a friendly game on 20 September 2006. The first game of the local team in the new Ganzábal was played on 3 September 2006. Langreo defeated San Martín by 2–1.

League attendances

This is a list of league and playoffs games attendances of

at Ganzábal.

References

External links

UP Langreo official websiteEstadios de España
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ganzabal Football venues in Asturias Langreo UP Langreo Sports venues completed in 1922