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| Founded | 1960; 65 years ago (1960) | ||
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| Ground | Campo Pepe Ortiz,Gijón, Asturias,Spain | ||
| Capacity | 1,600 | ||
| President | Javier Fernández | ||
| Head coach | Samuel Baños | ||
| League | Tercera Federación – Group 2 | ||
| 2024–25 | Tercera Federación – Group 2, 4th of 18 | ||
Sporting Atlético is aSpanish football club based inGijón, in the autonomous community ofAsturias. Founded in 1960 it is thereserve team ofSporting de Gijón, and currently plays inTercera Federación – Group 2, holding home games atEscuela de Fútbol de Mareo with a 3,000-seat capacity.[1]
Reserve teams in theSpanish football league system play in the same football pyramid as their senior team rather than a separate league, although reserve teams cannot play in the same division as their senior team. Reserve teams are also no longer permitted to enter theCopa del Rey. In addition, only under-23 players, or under-25 players with a professional contract, can switch between senior and reserve teams.
Sociedad Deportiva La Camocha was founded in 1955, joining theRoyal Spanish Football Federation two years later. On 30 July 1966, the team signed an agreement to be affiliated withReal Gijón as theirreserve team.
The following year, La Camocha's rights inTercera División were acquired by Gijón and the team was renamedClub Atlético Gijón, being relegated toPrimera Regional after three seasons.[2]
Sporting de Gijón B was founded asClub Deportivo Gijón in 1960. Because the club started in the lowest level inAsturias,Segunda Regional, Real Gijón used other clubs to promote its youth players such as La Camocha. In 1970, La Camocha was replaced byDeportivo Gijón as sole affiliate after both clubs were to start in Primera Regional.[2] La Camocha eventually became an independent club and was renamedAtlético Camocha Sociedad Deportiva.[3][4] Deportivo Gijón finished as runner-up in 1971–72 and lost the promotion play-off toC.D. Acero 3–8 onaggregate,[5] promoting to the fourth level two years later after winning the regional league.[6]
In the following decades, Sporting B fluctuated between division four andSegunda División B, first reaching the latter in1979–80, but being immediately relegated. In 1991, it first reached the promotion playoffs in the category, repeating the feat in 1996 and 1997, but consecutively falling short.
In early July 2011, despitefinishing 19th in the third division table, with the subsequent relegation, Sporting B was reinstated in the category by buying the vacant place left by the administrative relegation ofUniversidad de Las Palmas CF.[7]
In 2018, the club qualified for thepromotion playoffs to Segunda División, 21 years after their last participation. The club beatCornellà in the first round but lost the two legs againstElche in the second. On 6 July 2023, the club returned to their previous name ofSporting Atlético.[8]
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| Role | Name |
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| Head coach |  Aitor Zulaika |
| Assistant coach | Nacho Cases |
| Delegate | Carlos Manuel Manjarín Pereda |
| Goalkeeping coach | Daniel Fernández Lozano |
| Fitness coaches | Álvaro Vázquez García |
| Physiotherapist | Sergio Vicente Guerrero Álvarez Pedro Diaz Herrero |
| Kit men | Alejandro Tuya Moriyon |
Sporting de Gijón B play most of its home games atEscuela de Fútbol de Mareo (field 1, also namedPepe Ortiz), which also acts as both thetraining ground andfootball academy for the first team. It has a capacity of 3,000 spectators.
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