Real Oviedo

Real Oviedo
Full nameReal Oviedo, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)Carbayones,
Los Azules (The Blues),
Los Godos[1] (The Goths),
Oviedistas
Founded26 March 1926; 98 years ago (1926-03-26)
GroundEstadio Municipal Carlos Tartiere
Capacity30,500[2]
OwnerGrupo Pachuca (51%)[3]
Grupo Carso (20%)
Others (29%)
PresidentMartín Peláez
Head coachJavier Calleja
LeagueSegunda División
2023–24Segunda División, 6th of 22
Websiterealoviedo.es
Current season

Real Oviedo (Asturian: Real Uviéu[4]) is a Spanish professional football club based in Oviedo, Asturias. Founded on 26 March 1926, the club plays in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system. The club plays at the Estadio Carlos Tartiere,[5] opened on 30 September 2000, and is the largest sports stadium in Asturias. In the all-time league table for the Spanish top division (La Liga), Oviedo ranks 18th, as it has played 38 seasons.

The club had 21,517 season ticket holders in the 2023–2024 season and their fans are called "Carbayones". The club's local rivals are Sporting Gijón on the sea coast to its north, with whom the club contests the Asturian derby.

Real Oviedo has also a women's team, called Real Oviedo Femenino. It has played several times in the Spanish first division (Liga F) but now[when?] it competes in the third tier (Segunda Federación Femenina).

  1. ^ Nilsson, Leonard Jägerskiöld (15 November 2018). World Football Club Crests: The Design, Meaning and Symbolism of World Football's Most Famous Club Badges. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 80. ISBN 9781472954251.
  2. ^ "Real Oviedo". RTVE. Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Comunicado Oficial" (in Spanish). Real Oviedo S.A.D. 12 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Club | Real Oviedo | Web Oficial" (in Asturian). Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Real Oviedo | Liga Española 2ª División 2019-20-RTVE.es". www.rtve.es. Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2020.