CD Covadonga

Covadonga

Full name	Club Deportivo Covadonga
Founded	1979
Ground	Estadio Juan Antonio Álvarez Rabanal, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
Capacity	2,000
Chairman	Miguel Ángel Rico Blanco
Manager	Fermín Álvarez
League	3ª – Group 2
2015–16	3ª – Group 2, 11th
Home colours Away colours

Club Deportivo Covadonga is a Spanish football team based in Oviedo, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1979 it plays in Tercera División – Group 2, holding home games at Estadio Juan Antonio Álvarez Rabanal, with a 2,000-seat capacity.

History

CD Covadonga was founded in 1979 by José Antonio Álvarez Rabanal, priest of the parish of Our Lady of Covadonga, Oviedo, with the aim to give a way to development as people to the local youth.^[1]

It started to play its games in the Asturian Regional divisions in the field of the Fundación Masaveu while the club was negotiating with the Oviedo City Hall for the transfer of a piece of ground in Los Castañales, neighbourhood of Teatinos, for building a new football field.

In 1998 the team promoted for the first time to Tercera División. Fifteen years later, in 2013, the club finished the league in third position and qualifies for the 2013 Tercera División play-offs,^[2] but it was eliminated in the first round by CD Don Benito.

Season to season

Season Level Division Place Copa del Rey 1979/80 7 2ª Reg. 12th 1980/81 7 2ª Reg. 9th 1981/82 7 2ª Reg. 1st 1982/83 6 1ª Reg. 8th 1983/84 6 1ª Reg. 16th 1984/85 6 1ª Reg. 17th 1985/86 7 2ª Reg. 5th 1986/87 7 2ª Reg. 1987/88 7 2ª Reg. 1st 1988/89 7 2ª Reg. 2nd 1989/90 6 1ª Reg. 6th 1990/91 6 1ª Reg. 9th 1991/92 6 1ª Reg. 5th 1992/93 6 1ª Reg. 5th 1993/94 6 1ª Reg. 5th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1994/95 6 1ª Reg. 8th 1995/96 6 1ª Reg. 2nd 1996/97 5 Reg. Pref. 14th 1997/98 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd 1998/99 4 3ª 18th 1999/00 5 Reg. Pref. 4th 2000/01 4 3ª 20th 2001/02 4 Reg. Pref. 3rd 2002/03 4 3ª 16th 2003/04 5 Reg. Pref. 4th 2004/05 5 Reg. Pref. 4th 2005/06 4 3ª 9th 2006/07 4 3ª 16th 2007/08 5 Reg. Pref. 4th 2008/09 4 3ª 13th

Season Level Division Place Copa del Rey 2009/10 4 3ª 19th 2010/11 5 Reg. Pref. 1st 2011/12 4 3ª 11th 2012/13 4 3ª 3rd 2013/14 4 3ª 5th 2014/15 4 3ª 5th 2015/16 4 3ª 11th 2016/17 4 3ª

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• 12 seasons in Tercera División

Famous players

• Iván Ania
• Santi Cazorla (youth)

References

1. "Historia del CD Covadonga" (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 May 2016.
2. "El Covadonga, de fiesta ante el Tuilla" (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 12 May 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

External links

• Official website (Spanish)
• Futbolme team profile (Spanish)