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| Full name | Club Deportivo Lealtad de Villaviciosa | ||
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| Nicknames | Leales (The Loyals) Negrillos (Blacks) | ||
| Founded | April 1916; 109 years ago (April 1916) | ||
| Ground | Les Caleyes,Villaviciosa, Asturias, Spain | ||
| Capacity | 3,000[1] | ||
| President | Fran Cabal | ||
| Vice President | Luis A. Vázquez | ||
| Head coach | José Clemente Sánchez García[2] | ||
| League | Segunda Federación – Group 1 | ||
| 2024–25 | Tercera Federación – Group 2, 5th of 18 (promoted via play-offs) | ||
| Website | http://www.cdlealtadvillaviciosa.com | ||
Club Deportivo Lealtad de Villaviciosa (English: Loyalty Sporting Club of Villaviciosa) is aSpanish football team based inVillaviciosa, in the autonomous community ofAsturias. Founded in 1916, it plays inSegunda Federación – Group 1, holding home games atLes Caleyes ground with a capacity of 3,000.[3]
Founded in 1916 by a group of young people at the Worker's Athenaeum, Lealtad played in regional leagues until 1990, when it was promoted for the first time toTercera División. In 1998, withMarcelino García as coach, the club achieved its first promotion ever toSegunda División B after defeatingReal Madrid "C",Betanzos CF andGimnástica Segoviana in the promotion playoffs.
It only remained in the third tier one season and spent fifteen more seasons in Tercera before being promoted again in 2014, after overcoming a critical economic situation in 2012, by beatingCD Puertollano in the shootout of thegroup champions' play-off.[4]
This time, Lealtad avoided relegation after beatingRacing Ferrol in the last match of the2014–15 season by 1–0. In the2015–16 season, Lealtad achieved a great year with a 10th position, the best ever in the club's history.
After four seasons in the third tier, Lealtad would be relegated to Tercera División in April 2018, after receiving an 8–0 defeat fromBilbao Athletic.[5]
On 24 October 2018, Lealtad achieved their firstAsturian Copa Federación by defeatingSporting de Gijón B after apenalty shootout.[6] The team finished the2018–19 league season without losses in the Group 2, but failed to promote to Segunda División B after failing to beat firstlyGetafe B and laterVillarrobledo.
Lealtad plays its games atEstadio Les Caleyes located next to the river mouth of Villaviciosa. It has a capacity of 3,000 spectators and after its last renovation, the main tribune has 220 seats.
The record attendance was beaten on 24 April 2016, with 4,052 spectators at the club's match of the2015–16 Segunda División B againstRacing de Santander.[7]
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