Unión Popular de Langreo is a Spanish football team based in

Langreo Langreo () or Llangréu () ( Asturian) is a municipality and town in northern Spain, in Asturias. It is the 4th largest town of Asturias with 43,000 inhabitants. Langreo is located in the centre of Asturias, approximately south-east of Oviedo. I ...

, in the autonomous community of

Asturias Asturias (; ; ) officially the Principality of Asturias, is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in northwest Spain. It is coextensive with the provinces of Spain, province of Asturias and contains some of the territory t ...

. Founded in 1961, it plays in , holding its home games at ''

Estadio Ganzábal Estadio Ganzábal is a football (soccer), football stadium in La Felguera, Langreo, and is the Home (sports), home of UP Langreo. History The history of the stadium starts in the 1920s, when it was called as ''Estadio La Barraca'', with CP La F ...

'' in

La Felguera La Felguera is a parish of Langreo, and the most important district in the municipality of Langreo ( Principality of Asturias) in northern Spain, with 21,000 inhabitants. It is located 18 minutes by car to Oviedo, the capital of Asturias. La Fel ...

, with a capacity of 4,024 seats.

History

UP Langreo was founded on 4 July 1961, after the merge of local teams

CP La Felguera Círculo Popular de La Felguera was a Spanish football club based in La Felguera, Asturias. Founded in 1917, it held home matches at ''Estadio La Barraca'', with a 5,000 (1,000-seat) capacity. History The club was founded in 1916 with the name Sp ...

and

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, which had a fierce rivalry. The merge was made with the aim of overcoming from the rivalry between Sama and

not only in football, but in all areas. In its first season, Langreo achieved promotion to

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, where it played during eight seasons out of the next ten years. Since its second relegation from Segunda to

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 ...

, the club always played between Tercera and

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 ...

, the new third tier created in 1977, where UP Langreo played for the first time in its inaugural season. In 1994, Langreo played the

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to Segunda División, but it finished in the last position of its group, composed also by

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, AEC Manlleu and

CD Numancia Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club in Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 April 1945, it plays in , holding home games at '' Nuevo Estadio Los Pajaritos''. Besides football it ...

. Since that year, Langreo continues playing alternatively between Segunda División B and Tercera División. In the 2017–18 season the club promoted back to Segunda División B after spending three seasons in Tercera and qualified for the

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 ...

thus ending with an 18-year absence in the competition, the largest in the club's history.

Stadium

Since its foundation, Langreo plays in

. Entirely renovated in 2006, it has capacity for 4,024 spectators.

Rivalries

Langreo's historic rival is

Caudal Deportivo Caudal Deportivo is a Spanish football team based in Mieres, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1918 it plays in , holding home matches at '' Estadio Hermanos Antuña'' (built in 1951), with a capacity of 2,940 spectators. Hist ...

. Both teams meet in the ''Asturian Mining basins derby''. The club also has a strong rivalry with

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Season to season

---- *8 seasons in

*19 seasons in

*5 seasons in

Segunda Federación Segunda Federación, previously called Segunda RFEF, also officially known as Segunda B, is the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system containing 90 teams divided into five groups. It is administered by the Royal Spanish Football Fede ...

/Segunda División RFEF *33 seasons in

Current squad

Honours

: 1961–62, 1969–70, 1981–82, 1985–86, 2001–02 * Copa RFEF (Asturias tournament): 1997, 2008, 2017

Notable players

* Kily * Juan Carlos Álvarez *

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(youth)

Presidents

Source:

References

External links

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Non-official website

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