UP Langreo
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| Full name | Unión Popular de Langreo | |||
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| Short name | UPL | |||
| Founded | July 4, 1961 | |||
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Ganzábal, Langreo, Asturias, Spain | |||
| Capacity | 4,024 | |||
| President | Víctor Fernández-Miranda | |||
| Manager | Hernán Pérez | |||
| League | 2ªB - Group 2 | |||
| 2017–18 | 3ª – Group 2, 2nd (promoted) | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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Unión Popular de Langreo is a Spanish football team based in Langreo, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1961, it plays in Segunda B, 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, who both had a fiercy 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.[1]
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.
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.[2] The club also has a strong rivalry with Real Avilés.
Season to season
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- 8 seasons in Segunda División
- 17 seasons in Segunda División B
- 32 seasons in Tercera División
Current squad
- As of 20 August 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Honours
- Tercera División: 1961–62, 1969–70, 1981–82, 1985–86, 2001–02
- Copa RFEF (Asturias tournament): 1997, 2008, 2017
Notable players
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: [3]
References
- ↑ "Nacimiento del U.P. Langreo "La fusión"" (in Spanish). UPLangero.com. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ↑ "El otro "derbi"" (in Spanish). Asturias Mundial. 3 November 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ↑ "Presidentes" (in Spanish). UP Langreo non-official website. Retrieved 21 February 2017.