Caudal Deportivo is a Spanish football team based in

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, in the autonomous community of

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. Founded in 1918 it plays in , holding home matches at '' Estadio Hermanos Antuña'' (built in 1951), with a capacity of 2,940 spectators.

History

In 1914 ''Sporting de Mieres'' was founded, without any link to the Football Federation, and the club disappeared four years later, demoralized by the constant losses. That same year, on 6 July and after a draw to choose the name, ''Racing Club de Mieres'' was created, with the team being renamed ''Caudal Deportivo de Mieres'' after the

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, as all foreign denominations were forbidden. In 1946 Caudal first reached the third division, promoting to the second five years later – the ''

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: second division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish ...

'' category would only see the light of day in the late-1970s. Starting in 1980 and with the exception of one year, the club would spend the following 18 seasons in the fourth level, then play seven out of eight years in the third, being relegated back in 2004. Caudal won its group in the 2009–10 season – it had already finished first in 2006–07, albeit without promotion – and returned to division three after defeating Jumilla CF in the playoffs. At the end of the 2012–13 campaign, again in the third tier and just one year after promoting, it managed to qualify for the promotion playoffs after the fourth place in the

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. However, Caudal was relegated again to Tercera División during the next season, but two years later came back to the third tier.

Rivalries

Caudal's historic rival is

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. Both teams meet in the ''Asturian Mining basins derby''.

Season to season

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*14 seasons in

*53 seasons in

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

*4 seasons in

Tercera Federación Tercera Federación, previously known as Tercera RFEF, is the fifth tier of the Spanish football league system. It is below the ''La Liga'', ''Segunda División'', and its fellow semi-professional divisions '' Primera Federación'' and ''Segunda F ...

/Tercera División RFEF

Current squad

Honours

(16) - record: 1949–50, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1983–84, 1986–87, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2015–16 * Copa Federación de España (Asturias tournament) (4): 1995, 1998, 2005, 2020

Famous players

Note: this list includes players that have played at least 100 league games and/or have reached international status. * Alvarito * Berto

Basketball section

Caudal Deportivo had a basketball section until the 1990s, that played in the Spanish third tier in the 1995–96 season.

References

External links

Official website

Futbolme team profile

Unofficial website
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