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| Full name | Real Oviedo, S.A.D. | |||
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| Nicknames | Oviedistas Carbayones Los Azules (The Blues) Los Godos[1] (TheGoths) | |||
| Founded | 26 March 1926; 99 years ago (1926-03-26) | |||
| Ground | Estadio Carlos Tartiere | |||
| Capacity | 30,500[2] | |||
| Owner(s) | Grupo Pachuca (51%)[3] Grupo Carso (20%) Others (29%) | |||
| President | Martín Peláez | |||
| Head coach | Luis Carrión | |||
| League | La Liga | |||
| 2024–25 | Segunda División, 3rd of 22 (promoted via play-offs) | |||
| Website | realoviedo.es | |||
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Real Oviedo (Spanish:[re'aloˈβ̞je.ð̞o];Asturian:Real Uviéu[re'al uˈβ̞jøu],locallyReal Uvieo[re'al u'β̞ieo]) is aSpanish professionalfootball club based inOviedo,Asturias. Founded on 26 March 1926, the club plays inLaLiga, the highest level of theSpanish football league system. The club plays at theEstadio Carlos Tartiere,[4] opened on 30 September 2000, and is the largest sports stadium in Asturias. In theall-time league table for the Spanish top division (LaLiga), Real Oviedo ranks 18th, as it has played 38 seasons.
The club's local rivals areReal Sporting Gijón on the sea coast to its north, with whom the club contests theAsturian derby.
Founded in 1926 after amerger ofStadium Ovetense andReal Club Deportivo Oviedo. The first one was founded by young people who had studied in England, where the "foot-ball" was already popular. And the second club was founded a few years later by a split in the first.[5]Carlos Tartiere served as the inaugural president when the club was established.[6] Oviedo first reachedLa Liga seven years later.
Their attacking quartet ofEmilín,Galé,Herrerita andIsidro Lángara (all representedSpain in this period), as well asCasuco andRicardo Gallart modernised the game with their pace and running off the ball tied with sharp passing and one-touch football, played in a style 30/40 years before its time, being dubbedDelanteras Eléctricas ("The electric forwards"); all this was connected with a rigid training and fitness regime started by a former manager of the club, EnglishmanFred Pentland.
Lángara won thePichichi Trophy three years in a row prior to theSpanish Civil War, as Oviedo broke all scoring records (174 goals in 62 league games). With the outbreak of the conflict, however, the team broke up: Lángara emigrated toSouth America, Herrerita and Emilín signed withFC Barcelona, Galé withRacing de Santander and Gallart withRacing de Ferrol.
When football in the country resumed in 1939, Oviedo could not play1939–40 season, as their pitch was deemed unplayable –Francisco Franco's troops had used the stadium as an ammunition dump. During the following decades, the club bounced back between the first and second levels, the high point being a best-ever third position in1962–63 (ranking joint-first withReal Madrid after the first 15 rounds), while the lowest was the side's first relegation toSegunda División B, in 1978 (for a single season).
With theFIFA World Cup to be heldin Spain in 1982, theCarlos Tartiere Stadium was completely renewed, the first match being held with theChile national team, 0–0. In 1984–85 Oviedo won the soon-to-be-defunctSpanish League Cup (second division), after successively defeatingUD Salamanca,Bilbao Athletic,CF Lorca Deportiva,CE Sabadell FC andAtlético Madrileño (the latter with a 2–1 aggregate in the final).
In 1988 Oviedo returned to the top division, after oustingRCD Mallorca in the promotion playoffs (2–1 on aggregate, withstrikerCarlos, who would feature prominently for the club in the following years, scoring one of the goals), and remained in that level for 13 consecutive seasons – in1990–91 it finished sixth,qualifying for the first time for Europe, and being knocked out in the first round byGenoa C.F.C. ofItaly (2–3). Oviedo bounced back from that defeat immediately, with a 2–1 win at theCamp Nou over Barcelona.[7][8]
After that successful year, there were more brilliant seasons and others where relegation was narrowly dodged (in 1998 Real Oviedo succeeded in arelegation playoff to stay up after beatingUD Las Palmas). In a nutshell, theCarbayones had an outstanding run in La Liga during the 1990s with a team which lined up top international players. In 1992 Real Oviedo as well as most Spanish football clubs was forced to becomepublic limited sports company. The initial capital stock for Real Oviedo amounted to €3.6 million.[9]
On 4 October 1995, Real Oviedo played its 1,000th game in La Liga.
In 2000, the newCarlos Tartiere Stadium with 30,500 seats became Real Oviedo's new ground. It was officially opened on 20 September 2000 with a match between Real Oviedo andPartizan Belgrade, where Real Oviedo lost 0–2 to the Serbian side. Three days before, Real Oviedo and UD Las Palmas had got a 2–2 draw on the first fixture in the2000–01 season.[10]
After being relegated two consecutive times, Real Oviedo suffered severe economic troubles, which, when coupled with a profound lack of institutional support from the city's government, resulted in the team's inability to pay its players. The club was then forced to drop all the way to thefourth division ofSpanish football, for the2003–04 season; at this point the team nearly folded but eventually recovered and regrouped, returning to level three in the following campaign.
Oviedo lasted two further campaigns before dropping down a level again. In another playoff against a Mallorca team – this timethe reserves, the club returned again to the third division, after apenalty shootout; however, its survival remained at risk in the following years, due to continuing financial difficulties.[11]
The financial dire straits continued into the2012–13 season, when Oviedo called on supporters to buy shares in the club. A few footballers, notablySanti Cazorla,Juan Mata,Michu andAdrián who all started their careers there, offered their financial support in an attempt to save the club from bankruptcy – the club had until 17 November to raise€2 million in order to prevent closure.[12][13][14]Zohran Mamdani, who would later be electedmayor of New York City in2025, also bought a share.[15]
On 17 November 2012,Carlos Slim, at the time the richest person in the world, invested$2.5 million in the club, therefore gaining a controlling stake.[16][17]
On 31 May 2015, Oviedo confirmed their return to the SpanishSegunda División after a thirteen-year absence with a 2–1 aggregate victory overCádiz in the2015 Segunda División B play-offs.[18] In the2023–24 Segunda División, Oviedo finished sixth, earning a spot in thepromotion play-offs, where they reached the final, winning the first leg 1–0,[19] but lost 2–1 on aggregate toEspanyol.[20]
After finishing third in the2024–25 season, Oviedo secured promotion to La Liga for the first time in 24 years by defeatingMirandés 3–1 after extra time in the second leg of thepromotion play-off final.[21]
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| Position | Staff |
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| Head coach |  Luis Carrión |
| Assistant coach |  Claudio Arzeno Quinton Fortune Nuno Gomes Miljan Radović |
| Fitness coach | Alberto Martínez Dani Ramilo |
| Delegate | Gabriel Piquero |
| Goalkeeping coach | Mauro de Ves |
| Field delegate | Andrés Torre |
| Analyst | Quinton Fortune Javier Benavides |
| Equipment manager | Manuel Antonio Campa "Lito" Silvino Aparicio |
| Doctor | Diego Cervero David Bonilla |
| Head of the physiotherapy and rehabilitation department | Gabriel Díaz Peláez |
| Physiotherapist | Carlos Álvarez Fueyo Esteban Corral |
| Nutritionist | Luis Frechoso |
Last updated: 15 August 2025
Source:Real Oviedo(in Spanish)
Note: this list includes players that have appeared in at least 100 league games and/or have reached international status.
| Office | Name |
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| President |  Martín Peláez |
| Counselor | Jorge Menéndez Vallina |
| Counselor | Manuel Paredes González |
| Counselor | Fernando Corral Mestas |
| Institutional relations | César Martín Villar |
Last updated: July 2022
Source:Real Oviedo Official Website
TheAsturian derby has been closely contested throughout its history and the two teams have met 117 times in all competitions. Real Oviedo have won 49 times, whileSporting de Gijón have done so in 38 games; 30 draws have been produced.
Sporting won the first match ever played, a 2–1 win for the Regional Championships on 6 December 1926. The first top flight derby took place during the1944–45 season, and honours were split over the two games: Oviedo won its home fixture 2–1, but lost by a record 0–6 atEl Molinón.[23]
The inaugural second level season,1929, also brought two local derbies – Oviedo thrashed Sporting 6–2 at home, while Sporting won 3–2 in the return fixture. On 15 March 1998, the last contest in the top level took place, and Oviedo emerged victorious 2–1 at the Tartiere, eventually managing to stay afloat (only through the play-offs though) whilst theRojiblancossuffered direct relegation as 20th and last.
After the first relegation in its history toTercera División, the historical record of the category was established in the2003–04 season, with 10,759 season ticket holders, up to that time, the record was forMálaga CF in 1995 with 4,200. Oviedo fans have also established some other Spanish records, such as the record attendance for a Tercera División regular game (16,573 people vs Oviedo ACF)[24] or the record attendance for a Segunda B promotion game (27,214 people vsMallorca B).[25]
Real Oviedo achieved its season ticket holders record in the 2023–24 season with 21,517 people. Their fans are gathered in more than 90 "peñas" (officially, club-affiliated supporters' groups), which are organized by APARO (Asociación de Peñas Azules del Real Oviedo). Oviedo's most notorious and hardcore "peña" is Symmachiarii, considered as the club "ultras".
Real Oviedo supporters maintain friendly relations with fans ofDeportivo La Coruña,Real Valladolid andSevilla and internationally with fans ofGenoa,Apollon Smyrnis F.C. andŽilina.
| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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| 1981–1982 | Puma | – |
| 1982–1985 | Meyba | FIAT |
| 1985–1989 | Juan Casabella | CLAS |
| 1989–1990 | Eder | |
| 1990–1991 | Kelme | |
| 1991–1993 | Cajastur | |
| 1993–1998 | Joluvi | |
| 1998–2000 | Erima | — |
| 2000–2001 | Puma | |
| 2001–2005 | Principality of Asturias | |
| 2003–2008 | Joluvi | |
| 2008–2012 | Nike | |
| 2012–2014 | Joma | — |
| 2014–2015 | ASAC Comunicaciones[26] | |
| 2015–2016 | Hummel | GAM |
| 2016–2017 | Adidas | Procoin |
| 2017–2018 | Huawei | |
| 2018–2019 | — | |
| 2019–2020 | Oviedo | |
| 2020–2021 | NMR | |
| 2021-2024 | DIGI |
Thereserve team, which plays since 2022 in the fourth level (Segunda Federación), was formerly namedVetusta. Vetusta was also the original name of the team, before theRoyal Spanish Football Federation decree which banned unique reserve club names in the early 1990s.
On 28 August 2017, women's club Oviedo Moderno CF signed an agreement with Real Oviedo for using their name and their blue and white colors, instead of their classic black and green, since the2017–18 season, with the aim to be completely integrated into the structure of the club for the 2018–19 season onwards.[27] The club formerly used the blue and white colors for the2016–17 promotion play-offs.
Oviedo currently plays inSegunda Federación, the Spanish third tier.
