| Full name | Unión Popular de Langreo | ||
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| Nicknames | Unionistas,Azulgranas | ||
| Short name | UPL | ||
| Founded | July 4, 1961; 64 years ago (1961-07-04) | ||
| Ground | Ganzábal,Langreo, Asturias, Spain | ||
| Capacity | 4,024 | ||
| President | Vicente Fernández-Miranda | ||
| Head coach | Ángel Rodríguez | ||
| League | Segunda Federación – Group 1 | ||
| 2024–25 | Segunda Federación – Group 1, 6th of 18 | ||
| Website | http://www.uplangreo.es | ||
Unión Popular de Langreo is aSpanish football team based inLangreo, in the autonomous community ofAsturias. Founded in 1961, it plays inSegunda Federación – Group 1, holding its home games atEstadio Ganzábal inLa Felguera, with a capacity of 4,024 seats.[1]
UP Langreo was founded on 4 July 1961, after the merge of local teamsCP La Felguera andRacing de Sama, which had a fierce rivalry. The merge was made with the aim of overcoming from the rivalry betweenSama andLa Felguera not only in football, but in all areas.[2]
In its first season, Langreo achieved promotion toSegunda División, where it played during eight seasons out of the next ten years. Since its second relegation from Segunda toTercera División, the club always played between Tercera andSegunda División B, the new third tier created in 1977, where UP Langreo played for the first time in itsinaugural season.
In 1994, Langreo played thepromotion playoffs to Segunda División, but it finished in the last position of its group, composed also byCF Extremadura,AEC Manlleu andCD Numancia.
Since that year, Langreo continues playing alternatively between Segunda División B and Tercera División. In the2017–18 season the club promoted back to Segunda División B after spending three seasons in Tercera[3] and qualified for theCopa del Rey thus ending with an 18-year absence in the competition, the largest in the club's history.

Since its foundation, Langreo plays inEstadio Ganzábal. Entirely renovated in 2006, it has capacity for 4,024 spectators.
Langreo's historic rival isCaudal Deportivo. Both teams meet in theAsturian Mining basins derby.[4] The club also has a strong rivalry withReal Avilés.
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