Club Deportivo Covadonga is a Spanish football team based in Oviedo, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1979 it plays in Tercera Federación – Group 2, holding home games at Estadio Juan Antonio Álvarez Rabanal, with a 2,000-seat capacity.[3]
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| Full name | Club Deportivo Covadonga | ||
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| Founded | 31 July 1979 | ||
| Ground | Estadio Juan Antonio Álvarez Rabanal, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain | ||
| Capacity | 2,000[1] | ||
| President | Francisco Cabal Díaz[2] | ||
| Head coach | Fermín Álvarez | ||
| League | Tercera Federación – Group 2 | ||
| 2023–24 | Segunda Federación – Group 1, 18th of 18 (relegated) | ||
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History
editCD Covadonga was founded in 1979 by José Antonio Álvarez Rabanal, priest of the parish of Our Lady of Covadonga, Oviedo, with the aim to give a way to development as people to the local youth.[4]
It started to play its games in the Asturian Regional divisions in the field of the Fundación Masaveu while the club was negotiating with the Oviedo City Hall for the transfer of a piece of ground in Los Castañales, neighbourhood of Teatinos, for building a new football field.
In 1998 the team promoted for the first time to Tercera División. Fifteen years later, in 2013, the club finished the league in third position and qualifies for the 2013 Tercera División play-offs,[5] but it was eliminated in the first round by Don Benito.
Covadonga repeated participation in the playoffs in 2019, but was clearly defeated again in the first round, this time by Bergantiños.[6] However, the club achieved promotion in their third attempt, after defeating Llanera and Caudal in the playoffs.
Season to season
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- 1 season in Segunda División B
- 1 season in Segunda Federación
- 16 seasons in Tercera División
- 3 seasons in Tercera Federación/Tercera División RFEF
Current squad
edit- As of August 2024[7]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Famous players
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Iván Ania- Santi Cazorla (youth)
Women's team
editOn 26 November 2017, CD Covadonga announced the creation of a new women's team that would start competing in the 2018–19 season.[8] It previously existed until it was disbanded in 1997.
Season by season
edit| Season | Division | Place | Copa de la Reina |
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| 1996/97 | Regional | 11th | |
| 1997/98 | Regional | 12th | |
| 1998–18 | DNP | ||
| 2018/19 | Regional | 17th | |
| 2019/20 | Regional | 5th | |
References
edit- ^ "The latest news from CD Covadonga: squad, results, table". www.besoccer.com. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- ^ "Curro Cabal Díaz, nuevo presidente del CD.Covadonga". 2017-10-26. Archived from the original on 2018-02-22. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- ^ "CD Covadonga - Segunda División B G 1". www.resultados-futbol.com. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- ^ "Historia del CD Covadonga" (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ^ "El Covadonga, de fiesta ante el Tuilla" (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 12 May 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ^ "Bergantiños FC vs CD Covadonga - Tercera Playoffs - 02 June 2019". www.besoccer.com. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- ^ "Jugadores Covadonga". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- ^ "El CD Covadonga creará un equipo Senior Femenino" (in Spanish). CD Covadonga. 26 November 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
External links
edit- Official website (in Spanish)
- BDFutbol team profile
- Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)