UC Ceares

The club was founded in 1946 as a merger of two clubs: Fortuna and Reconquista. In 1965 and being Mr. José Ramón Elvira Sastre the president, UC Ceares promotes for the first time to Tercera División, but finished in the last position, being subsequently relegated. Ceares continued playing in regional divisions until 1986, year that the team returned to Tercera División and played in it two years.

In the seasons 2001–02 and 2002–03, Ceares achieved two consecutive promotions from Primera Regional to Tercera División with Rogelio García as head coach. He would coach UC Ceares during six consecutive seasons, with a break in 2007, remaining in Tercera starting the longest streak of the club in this division.

In 2007, former Real Sporting footballer José Antonio Redondo replaced him until 2009, when he resigned. With Redondo at the helm, on 5 April 2008, Ceares earned a 1–1 away draw in the last minute against Asturian powerhouse Oviedo[1] and qualified for the semi-finals of the Asturian tournament of the RFEF Cup, where they were eliminated by Langreo.

Rogelio would take the team again until the end of the 2008–09 season.[2] After that season, Florentino Angulo was hired as new manager. Angulo managed Ceares until 2012.

Before the 2011–12 season, a new board takes the control of the club and gives it a new philosophy based on a claim of social and people's sport and criticism the actual business in football.[3] For this philosophy, Ceares board inspired on English football and clubs like St. Pauli or United of Manchester.

La Cruz stadium, full, at the playoffs game versus Águilas

The 2013–14 season was the 14th of the club in this league (the 11th consecutive one) and the second of Nacho Cabo as manager. Ceares started the season with only one defeat in the first fifteen games, earning 34 points, which allowed the club to lead the table during two weeks, after a win at L'Entregu CF by 1–3 in its 500th game in Tercera.[4]

Finally, Ceares qualified for the promotion playoffs to Segunda División B in the last week, after winning by 0–3 to Luarca CF. The team finished in the third position with 74 points, 21 wins, 54 goals scored and only 31 allowed. All these numbers were records in the history of the club.

In the first round, Ceares dropped Águilas by 2–1 in the aggregate. In the first leg, the brickers earned a draw by 1–1 thanks to a goal of Pablo Martínez in the 87th minute. Martínez also scored the only goal in the second game. This was the second time La Cruz registered an attendance of 1,500 fans. The first one was in 2003, when Oviedo visited the field for the first time.

Ceares faced Trival Valderas, the champion of the group of Madrid, in the second round, but was widely defeated in the first leg, played in Gijón, by 0–3. The team earned a 2–2 draw at Alcorcón, in a game where Borja Noval missed a penalty when the game was 2–1 for the brickers.

Águilas v Ceares

18 May 2014	Águilas	1–1	Ceares	Águilas
17:00 (CEST)	Ginés Meca 65'	Report	Pablo Martínez 87'	Stadium: El Rubial Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Pérez León

Ceares v Águilas

25 May 2014	Ceares	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Águilas	Gijón
17:00 (CEST)	Pablo Martínez 35'	Report		Stadium: La Cruz Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Martín Pérez

On 30 August 2014, Bryan Jiménez became the first Ceares player who played an international game. He made his debut with the Dominican Republic national team in a lost friendly against El Salvador.[5]

In 2015, Ceares signed a collaboration agreement with women's football club Gijón FF for sharing La Cruz stadium and to create a youth academy for boys and girls.[6]

In the 2020–21 season, the one with a two-staged format, Ceares ended the first leg of the regular season as champion of one of the two subgroups. On 2 May 2021, Ceares had the option to directly promote to the newly created Segunda División RFEF, that would replace the Segunda División B, by defeating San Martín at home. However, they had to wait one more week as they were widely beaten by 1–4. Seven days later, Ceares clinched the Tercera División title and promotion after beating 0–2 in a do-or-die match at L'Entregu.

L'Entregu v Ceares

9 May 2021	L'Entregu	0–2	Ceares	El Entrego
		Report	Aitor Cañedo 14' Juan Carlos 67'	Stadium: Nuevo Nalón Attendance: Limited to 300 Referee: Juan González Suárez

The first win in the new league arrived at round 3, after defeating Arenteiro by 2–0. However, a long streak of losses quickly demoted the team to the last position. On 30 November 2021, Ceares made its debut in the Copa del Rey, by facing local powerhouse Sporting de Gijón. The match was played at El Molinón, as La Cruz did not meet the requirements of the RFEF for hosting matches of this competition, and finished with a 0–1 defeat.

Ceares v Sporting Gijón

30 November 2021	Ceares	0–1	Sporting Gijón	Gijón
20:00		Report	César 38'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

Updated as of the end of the 2021–22 season.

• Best position: 18th (2021–22).
• Record home win: 2–0 vs Arenteiro.
• Consecutive games undefeated: 2.
• Consecutive games without goals against: 2.
• Top scorer: Óscar Fernández (9 goals).
• Most games played: Héctor Zuazua (33 games).
• Coach with more games: Pablo Busto (34 games).

Updated as of the end of the 2020–21 season.[12]

• Best position: 1st (2020–21).
• Consecutive season in Tercera División: 17th (2003–04 to 2019–20).
• Record home win: 6–0 vs Condal (2017–18).
• Record away win: 0–4 vs Llanes (2012–13), 1–5 vs Siero (2019–20).
• Consecutive games undefeated: 13 (2020–21).
• Consecutive wins: 7 (2020–21).
• Consecutive games without goals against: 5 (2009–10 and 2020–21).
• Top scorer: Jimmy (47 goals).
• Most games played: Juan Carlos (295 games, including playoffs).
• Coach with more games: In Tercera División: Nacho Cabo (156 games, including playoffs).

Below is a list of the ten players with the most caps for Ceares in national leagues, Copa del Rey and Copa RFEF, as of the 2021–22 season. Players in bold are currently playing at Ceares.

Below is a list of the top ten goalscorers for Ceares in national leagues, Copa del Rey and Copa RFEF, as of the 2021–22 season. Players in bold are currently playing at Ceares.

Aboño

Full name	Cultural Deportiva de Aboño
Founded	1929
Ground	Gómez Lozana, Aboño Carreño, Asturias, Spain
Capacity	500
League	Tercera Asturfútbol – Group 1
2022–23	Tercera RFFPA – Group 1, 7th of 14

Since July 2019, Cultural Deportiva de Aboño acts as the reserve team of Ceares.[14]

The club, founded in 1929 in Aboño, Carrió, Carreño, currently plays in Tercera Asturfútbol – Group 1, eight and last tier, and in its best years reached the Regional Preferente, fifth division.[15]

Gijón Fútbol Femenino is the only women's football team of Gijón that played in the Superliga.

In 2015, Gijón FF started to act as de facto's women's section of Ceares and both created the Mixed Football Academy.

Veriña Club de Fútbol, located in the namesake parish, is one of the most important youth football teams in the city. The collaboration agreement started in 2020, during the months Ceares had to play at Estadio Lloreda due to the improvement works at La Cruz.[16]