Club Deportivo Acero (often shortened to CDA or CD Acero, 'Steel Sporting Club' in
Spanish) is a
Spanish football team based in
Puerto de Sagunto (an urban nucleus in
Sagunto), in the
Valencian Community
The Valencian Community is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid wit ...
, Spain. Founded in 1919 it plays in , 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
Valencia CF
Valencia Club de Fútbol, S. A. D. (; ), commonly referred to as Valencia CF or simply Valencia, is a Spanish professional Association football, football club based in Valencia, Spain, that currently plays in La Liga, the top tier of the Spani ...
or
Levante UD, thus developing in a more professional way.
After the
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 p ...
, the use of foreign idioms was forbidden, so the football team was renamed to Club Deportivo Acero.
Club background
*''Sporting Club Canet'' (1919–1932)
*''Sporting Club Puerto Sagunto'' (1932–1940)
*''Club Deportivo Acero'' (1940–)
Seasons
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*47 seasons in
Tercera División
*3 seasons in
Tercera Federación/Tercera División RFEF
References
External links
*
History of CD AceroFutbolme team profile
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Football clubs in the Valencian Community
Association football clubs established in 1919
1919 establishments in Spain
Sagunto