Sociedad Deportiva Atlético Camocha is a Spanish football club based in the neighbourhood of

La Camocha La Camocha is a mining neighbourhood located in the rural district parish of Vega ( Gijón / Xixón) in the Principality of Asturias, Spain. The town rose surrounding the La Camocha coal mine. See also * Vega Vega is the brightest ...

, in the Asturian parish of

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Gijón Gijón () or () is a city and municipality in north-western Spain. It is the largest city and municipality by population in the autonomous community of Asturias. It is located on the coast of the Cantabrian Sea in the Bay of Biscay, in the cen ...

. Founded in 1970, it currently plays in Primera Regional.

History

Sociedad Deportiva La Camocha was founded in 1955, and in 1966 reached an agreement with

Sporting de Gijón Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. (), commonly known as Real Sporting, Sporting Gijón, or simply Sporting (although in an international context this can lead to confusion with Sporting Clube de Portugal) is a Spanish football club from Gijón, P ...

to become its

reserve team In sports, a reserve team is a team composed of players under contract to a club but who do not normally play in matches for the first team. Reserve teams often include back-up players from the first team, young players who need playing time to i ...

. In 1968, SD La Camocha was absorbed by Sporting and its rights in

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

finally acquired by the main club of Gijón and changed the name of the club to ''Club Atlético Gijón''. SD La Camocha would continue existing after changing the name to SD Felgueroso, other local club. After the end of the 1969–70 season, Sporting Gijón dissolves Atlético Gijón for only having one reserve team (Club Deportivo Gijón, current

Sporting de Gijón B Real Sporting de Gijón B is a Spanish football club based in Gijón, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1960 it is the reserve team of Sporting de Gijón, and currently plays in Tercera Federación – Group 2, holding home ga ...

). Finally, on 6 July 1970 is created the current SD Atlético Camocha after the merge of SD La Camocha and Atlético Gijón. In 1984, the club promoted for the first time to Tercera División, where it played during five consecutive seasons before being relegated again to the Regional leagues.

Season to season

---- *5 seasons in

Notable players

* Juanele

References

External links

LaPreferente.com profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Camocha Football clubs in Asturias Association football clubs established in 1970 1970 establishments in Spain Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol clubs