UP Langreo

Unión Popular de Langreo is a Spanish football team based in Langreo, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1961, it plays in, holding its home games at Estadio Ganzábal in La Felguera, 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 and Racing de Sama, which had a fierce rivalry. The merge was made with the aim of overcoming from the rivalry between Sama and La Felguera not only in football, but in all areas.

In its first season, Langreo achieved promotion to Segunda División, where it played during eight seasons out of the next ten years. Since its second relegation from Segunda to Tercera División, the club always played between Tercera and Segunda División B, the new third tier created in 1977, where UP Langreo played for the first time in its inaugural season.

In 1994, Langreo played the promotion playoffs to Segunda División, but it finished in the last position of its group, composed also by CF Extremadura, AEC Manlleu and CD Numancia.

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

Stadium


Since its foundation, Langreo plays in Estadio Ganzábal. Entirely renovated in 2006, it has capacity for 4,024 spectators.

Rivalries
Langreo's historic rival is Caudal Deportivo. Both teams meet in the Asturian Mining basins derby. The club also has a strong rivalry with Real Avilés.

Season to season

 * 8 seasons in Segunda División
 * 19 seasons in Segunda División B
 * 3 seasons in Segunda Federación/Segunda División RFEF
 * 33 seasons in Tercera División

Honours

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

Notable players

 * 🇬🇶 Kily
 * 🇪🇸 Juan Carlos Álvarez
 * 🇪🇸 Michu
 * 🇪🇸 David Villa (youth)

Presidents
• José Antonio Coto (1961–71)

• Alfredo Fombella (1971)

• Guillermo Menéndez Coto (1971–75)

• José María Fernández (1975–77)

• Enrique López Clavería (1977–80)

• Guillermo Menéndez Coto (2) (1980)

• Honorino Montes (1980–85)

• Julio Cadenas (1985–89)

• Amador Cañón (1989–90)

• Alfonso Cienfuegos (1990–99)

• Manuel Mazzola (1999–2007)

• Adolfo Ceñera (2007–08)

• Fernando de la Roza (2008)

• Francisco Brito Arceo (2008–11)

• Senén Riera (2011–13)

• Ana Pacho (2013–14)

• Víctor Fernández-Miranda (2014–present) Source: