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Real Oviedo (youth)
Real Oviedo ( Asturian: Real Uviéu) is a Spanish professional football club based in Oviedo, Asturias. Founded on 26 March 1926, the club plays in La Liga, the first tier of the Spanish football league system, after winning the Segunda Division's promotion playoffs. The club plays at the Estadio Carlos Tartiere, opened on 30 September 2000, and is the largest sports stadium in Asturias. In the all-time league table for the Spanish top division (La Liga), Oviedo ranks 18th, as it has played 38 seasons. The club's local rivals are Sporting Gijón on the sea coast to its north, with whom the club contests the Asturian derby. History Founded in 1926 after a merger of ''Stadium Ovetense'' and ''Real Club Deportivo Oviedo.'' The first one was founded by young people who had studied in England, where the "foot-ball" was already popular. And the second club was founded a few years later by a split in the first. Carlos Tartiere served as the inaugural president when the club was est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visigoths
The Visigoths (; ) were a Germanic people united under the rule of a king and living within the Roman Empire during late antiquity. The Visigoths first appeared in the Balkans, as a Roman-allied Barbarian kingdoms, barbarian military group united under the command of Alaric I. Their exact origins are believed to have been diverse but they probably included many descendants of the Thervingi who had moved into the Roman Empire beginning in 376 and had played a major role in defeating the Romans at the Battle of Adrianople in 378. Relations between the Romans and Alaric's Visigoths varied, with the two groups making treaties when convenient, and warring with one another when not. Under Alaric, the Visigoths invaded Italy and sack of Rome (410), sacked Rome in August 410. The Visigoths were subsequently settled in southern Gaul as ''foederati'' to the Romans, a relationship that was established in 418. This developed as an independent kingdom with its Capital city, capital at Toulou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Racing De Ferrol
Racing Club de Ferrol, commonly known as Racing de Ferrol, is a Spanish football team based in Ferrol, Province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1919, the club currently plays in , holding home games at '' Estadio da Malata''. Club colours are green shirts with white shorts, though during the early years of its existence green and white shirts with vertical stripes were used. Although Racing has never played in Spain's top division of La Liga, the club has spent many years in the second tier before being in the third tier more recently. Racing holds the record for most seasons in the second tier without making La Liga (35). History The history of football in Ferrol is associated with the shipbuilding yards, workshops, foundries and drydocks and the British technical advisors, hired to work locally who used to play against each-other at first, but later on, local workers and military personnel stationed in Ferrol. The renewal of the ship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, Spain, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system, Spanish league system. It was founded in 1913 and it holds home games at Campos de Sport de El Sardinero, El Sardinero, with a capacity for 22,222 spectators. It is one club of the ten founding clubs of La Liga. History Real Racing Club played their first football match on 23 February 1913, losing 1–2 to neighbouring ''Strong''. It was officially founded on 14 June, as ''Santander Racing Club'', appearing in its first tournament during that summer (Luis Redonet Trophy) and being admitted to the Biscay Championship, Northern Federation on 14 November, eventually Mergers and acquisitions, merging with Santander Football Club. In the 1929 La Liga, 1928–29 season, the La Liga, Spanish League competition began. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly known as FC Barcelona and colloquially as Barça (), is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football league system, Spanish football. Founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, Catalan, German, and English footballers led by Joan Gamper, the club has become a symbol of Catalan culture and Catalanism, hence the motto ''"Més que un club"'' (''"More than a club"''). Unlike many other football clubs, Supporters of FC Barcelona, the supporters own and operate Barcelona. It is the third-most valuable football club in the world, worth $5.6 billion, and the Deloitte Football Money League, world's fourth richest football club in terms of revenue, with an annual turnover of €800.1 million. The official Barcelona anthem is the "Cant del Barça", written by :ca:Jaume Picas i Guiu, Jaume Picas and Josep Maria Espinàs. Barcelona tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion of the Americas. South America is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean, on the north and east by the Atlantic Ocean, and to the south by the Drake Passage; North America and the Caribbean Sea lie to the northwest. The continent includes twelve sovereign states: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela; two dependent territory, dependent territories: the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; and one administrative division, internal territory: French Guiana. The Dutch Caribbean ABC islands (Leeward Antilles), ABC islands (Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao) and Trinidad and Tobago are geologically located on the South-American continental shel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War () was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republican faction (Spanish Civil War), Republicans and the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the Left-wing politics, left-leaning Popular Front (Spain), Popular Front government of the Second Spanish Republic. The opposing Nationalists were an alliance of Falangism, Falangists, monarchists, conservatives, and Traditionalism (Spain), traditionalists led by a National Defense Junta, military junta among whom General Francisco Franco quickly achieved a preponderant role. Due to the international Interwar period#Great Depression, political climate at the time, the war was variously viewed as class struggle, a War of religion, religious struggle, or a struggle between dictatorship and Republicanism, republican democracy, between revolution and counterrevolution, or between fascism and communism. The Nationalists won the war, which ended in early 1939, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pichichi Trophy
In Spanish Association football, football, the Pichichi Trophy () is awarded by the sports newspaper ''Marca (newspaper), Marca'' to the top goalscorer of each La Liga season. Named after the Athletic Bilbao striker Pichichi (footballer), Rafael "Pichichi" Moreno, the trophy has been awarded annually since the 1952–53 La Liga, 1952–53 season. All top scorers who preceded the award's creation were retroactively named Pichichi winners by ''Marca''. Since the 2014–15 season, the top scorer of the women's Liga F is also awarded the Pichichi Trophy. The Pichichi is not officially recognised by the league's governing body, the Liga de Fútbol Profesional, Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional. As the award is based on ''Marca''s subjective criteria, its data may differ from the official match delegate reports. For the top scorers in the Spanish football league according to La Liga data, see ''List of La Liga top scorers''. The player with the record number of wins is Lionel Messi w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langara
Langara may refer to: Places British Columbia, Canada *Langara Island, the northernmost island of Haida Gwaii **Langara Light, lighthouse on Langara Island *Vancouver-Langara Vancouver-Langara is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. This riding takes in neighbourhoods in south-central Vancouver, such as Marpole, Sunset and Oakridge: it is the most diverse provin ..., provincial legislative constituency (electoral district) in Vancouver Norway *Langåra, an island of Tiholmane, part of the Thousand Islands People *Isidro Lángara (1912—1992), Spanish football striker *Juan de Lángara (1736—1806), Spanish naval officer Arts *Langara (Stargate), race and planet in the fictional ''Stargate SG-1'' universe Education *Langara College, a four-year community college in Vancouver, Canada {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Pentland
Frederick Beaconsfield Pentland (29 July 1883 – 16 March 1962) was an English football player and coach. Pentland played club football in the Football League for Blackpool, Blackburn Rovers and Middlesbrough, in the Southern Football League for Brentford, Queens Park Rangers and Stoke, and in the Midland League for Halifax Town. He was capped five times for England in 1909. He played as a forward, mainly at outside right. As a manager, he took charge of the German Olympic football team, the France national team, and Spanish club sides Racing de Santander, Athletic Club de Bilbao, Atlético Madrid and Real Oviedo, before returning to England where he briefly managed Barrow. Playing career Pentland began his football career with Avondale Juniors and Willenhall Swifts before joining Football League Second Division club Small Heath in August 1900 at the age of 17. He played for Small Heath's reserves in the Birmingham & District League, but made no senior league appearanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricardo Gallart
Ricardo Gallart Selma (17 January 1907 – 6 November 1993) was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward for Espanyol and Real Oviedo, playing in the first-ever La Liga match of both clubs, and even scoring the first league goal in Oviedo's history. He later worked as a manager, taking charge of several clubs in the Segunda División. Club career Early career Born in Barcelona on 17 January 1907, Gallart began his footballing career in the youth ranks of his hometown club FC Espanya de Barcelona, where he won a youth tournament in Mataró organized by Iluro SC, which brought together the best teams in the province. RCD Espanyol In 1925, Gallart moved to Gràcia FC and UE Sants, from where he arrived at RCD Español, then under the command of Jack Greenwell, who, knowing that he was ending his contract, anticipated the intentions of CE Europa, which was close to acquiring his services. He played as an inside right and, although small in stature, he was a player of grea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casuco
Juan Manuel Martínez Martínez (born 26 September 1955), commonly known as Casuco, is a Spanish former football right back and manager. Playing career Born in Lorca, Region of Murcia, Casuco spent most of his career at Real Zaragoza, playing more than 320 competitive matches. In 1986, he won the Copa del Rey with his main club. Casuco also represented Elche CF in La Liga, being relegated at the end of the 1977–78 season after starting in all his 27 appearances. Coaching career Casuco started working as a manager in 1994. At the professional level, he worked in Segunda División with CD Toledo, UD Almería, Real Murcia, CD Tenerife and Xerez CD. Honours Zaragoza *Copa del Rey The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanis ...: 1985–86 References External links * *Futb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
