Real Avilés Industrial CF

Real Avilés Industrial Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Avilés, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1903 it plays in Segunda Federación – Group 1, holding home matches at Estadio Román Suárez Puerta, with an approximate capacity of 5,400 seats.

Avilés Industrial

Full name	Real Avilés Industrial Club de Fútbol
Nickname(s)	Realavilesinos Blanquiazules
Founded	1903 (1903)
Ground	Estadio Román Suárez Puerta
Capacity	5,400
President	Diego Baeza
Head coach	Emilio Cañedo
League	Segunda Federación – Group 1
2023–24	Segunda Federación – Group 1, 13th of 18
Website	www.realaviles.es
Home colours Away colours

History

First years

Avilés was founded in 1903 under the name Sport Club Avilesino, hence being considered the oldest football club in Asturias. In 1906 he joins the Sociedad Obrera Industrial as their football section with the name of Círculo Industrial y de Sport de Avilés, but a few years later, the players and managers of the football team decide to become independent again, this time with the name of Stadium Club Avilesino.

In 1925 Stadium obtained the royal crown from Alfonso XIII, being renamed Real Stadium Club Avilesino. A new name change took place in 1940, according to a government's prohibition of foreign names, and the club became Real Avilés Club de Fútbol.

Last decades

In 1983 Avilés absorbed Club Deportivo Ensidesa and changed its name again, to Real Avilés Industrial Club de Fútbol. It played in Segunda División B (the third highest level of the league pyramid) for two seasons and returned to that level at the end of the 1987–88 campaign, being crowned champions three years later and thus promoting to Segunda División: after comfortably finishing in midtable in its first season, the team ranked second from bottom in the following, spending a further eight years in the third category then two more from 2002 to 2004, after which it returned to Tercera División (the fourth highest level).

The relegation to Tercera was followed by a serious financial and social crisis in the club, with almost all the supporters leaving the club. In 2010, the board of the club retook its old name Real Avilés Club de Fútbol.

Following an agreement with the investment group "Golplus", Real Avilés failed to promote to Segunda División B in 2012, but the club could buy a vacant berth in the third tier. Two years later, Real Avilés would play the promotion play-offs to Segunda División. They would eliminate FC Cartagena in the first round, but failed in the attempt to beat UE Llagostera in the second one. In October 2014, Golplus would leave the club due to the lack of support and Real Avilés would start a new crisis that ended with the relegation to Tercera División after being beaten in the relegation playoffs by CD Eldense.

On 3 July 2017, the Royal Spanish Football Federation would not allow Real Avilés to register its players in any of the categories due to an unpaid debt of €32,000 to their players. After paying it, the club continued involved in serious internal problems as José María Tejero, owner of the club, and the management group did not reach an agreement. Tejero decided to take the helm of the club despite the opposition of the management group, and without terminating the contract; this action started when during the preseason of the 2017–18 Tercera División, Tejero called private security for not allowing the coaches and the players, contracted by the management group, to train in the municipal facilities.

After this incident, the owner and the management group made a different team each one for playing in the 2017–18 Tercera División. Both hired one coach and signed several players, but finally only the ones contracted by the owner were finally registered.

On 7 July 2023, Avilés announced a change of name to Real Avilés Industrial CF for the upcoming season.

Club crest

The club changed the crest to the most recent one in 2017. The historical logo that was introduced in 1983, adding garnet colour, the colour of Ensidesa to the crest. However, in circa 2015 the club dropped the colour and restored to the old design. The club also deleted other elements that refer to Ensidesa from the club song.

Before 1983 the club also user a few other design.

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  the logo of the club from circa 2015 to 2017 and in 1983
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  the logo of the club from circa 2011 to 2015
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  the logo of the club from circa 2017 to 2021

Names

• Sport Club Avilesino (1903–1906)
• Círculo Industrial y de Sport de Avilés (1906–1915)
• Stadium Club Avilesino (1915–1925)
• Real Stadium Club Avilesino (1925–1931)
• Stadium Club Avilesino (1931–1940)
• Real Avilés Club de Fútbol (1940–1983)
• Real Avilés Industrial Club de Fútbol (1983–1992)
• Real Avilés Industrial Club de Fútbol, SAD (1992–2010)
• Real Avilés Club de Fútbol, SAD (2010–2023)
• Real Avilés Industrial Club de Fútbol, SAD (2023–)

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1929–30 3 3ª 2nd 1930–31 3 3ª 8th 1931–32 3 3ª 3rd 1932–33 3 3ª 1st 1933–34 3 3ª 4th 1934–35 2 2ª 4th Third round 1935–36 2 2ª 5th First round 1939–40 2 2ª 7th 1940–41 2 2ª 12th First round 1941–42 3 1ª Reg. 5th 1942–43 3 1ª Reg. 3rd 1943–44 3 3ª 3rd First round 1944–45 3 3ª 1st 1945–46 3 3ª 5th 1946–47 3 3ª 6th 1947–48 3 3ª 6th Third round 1948–49 3 3ª 5th Fourth round 1949–50 3 3ª 2nd 1950–51 3 3ª 10th 1951–52 3 3ª 1st

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1952–53 2 2ª 3rd Third round 1953–54 2 2ª 11th 1954–55 2 2ª 15th 1955–56 3 3ª 2nd 1956–57 2 2ª 7th 1957–58 2 2ª 10th 1958–59 2 2ª 11th First round 1959–60 2 2ª 15th First round 1960–61 3 3ª 2nd 1961–62 3 3ª 2nd 1962–63 3 3ª 3rd 1963–64 3 3ª 2nd 1964–65 3 3ª 1st 1965–66 3 3ª 2nd 1966–67 3 3ª 1st 1967–68 3 3ª 1st 1968–69 3 3ª 3rd 1969–70 3 3ª 6th First round 1970–71 3 3ª 7th First round 1971–72 3 3ª 8th Third round

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1972–73 3 3ª 13th 1973–74 3 3ª 14th First round 1974–75 4 Reg. Pref. 8th 1975–76 4 Reg. Pref. 2nd 1976–77 4 Reg. Pref. 2nd 1977–78 4 3ª 7th First round 1978–79 4 3ª 2nd 1979–80 4 3ª 2nd Second round 1980–81 4 3ª 9th First round 1981–82 4 3ª 8th 1982–83 4 3ª 13th 1983–84 3 2ª B 16th First round 1984–85 3 2ª B 19th 1985–86 4 3ª 3rd 1986–87 4 3ª 2nd First round 1987–88 3 2ª B 2nd Third round 1988–89 3 2ª B 4th First round 1989–90 3 2ª B 1st 1990–91 2 2ª 9th Third round 1991–92 2 2ª 19th Fifth round

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1992–93 3 2ª B 6th Third round 1993–94 3 2ª B 15th Third round 1994–95 3 2ª B 10th First round 1995–96 3 2ª B 3rd 1996–97 3 2ª B 10th Second round 1997–98 3 2ª B 16th 1998–99 3 2ª B 9th 1999–2000 3 2ª B 16th 2000–01 4 3ª 7th 2001–02 4 3ª 2nd 2002–03 3 2ª B 13th 2003–04 3 2ª B 20th 2004–05 4 3ª 6th 2005–06 4 3ª 8th 2006–07 4 3ª 6th 2007–08 4 3ª 11th 2008–09 4 3ª 11th 2009–10 4 3ª 9th 2010–11 4 3ª 10th 2011–12 4 3ª 2nd

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2012–13 3 2ª B 14th 2013–14 3 2ª B 3rd 2014–15 3 2ª B 16th Second round 2015–16 4 3ª 3rd 2016–17 4 3ª 2nd 2017–18 4 3ª 17th First round 2018–19 4 3ª 14th 2019–20 4 3ª 16th 2020–21 4 3ª 2nd / 5th 2021–22 4 2ª RFEF 9th 2022–23 4 2ª Fed. 2nd 2023–24 4 2ª Fed. 13th First round 2024–25 4 2ª Fed.

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• 13 seasons in Segunda División
• 18 seasons in Segunda División B
• 4 seasons in Segunda Federación/Segunda División RFEF
• 53 seasons in Tercera División (29 on 3rd tier)

Players

Current squad

As of 28 August 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ESP	Álvaro Fernández
2	DF	ESP	José Antonio Soler
3	DF	ESP	Viti
4	DF	ESP	Julio Rodríguez
5	DF	ESP	Luis Martínez
6	MF	ESP	Edu Cortina
7	FW	ESP	Davo Fernández
8	MF	ESP	Javier Mecerreyes
9	FW	ESP	Álvaro Santamaría
10	FW	ESP	Javi Cueto
11	FW	ESP	Nicolás Fernández (on loan from Alcorcón)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	DF	MTQ	Jean-Sylvain Babin
13	GK	ESP	Nico Chenu
14	MF	ESP	Kevin Bautista
15	FW	ESP	Roberto Alarcón
16	FW	GHA	Bashiru Mohammed
17	DF	ESP	Èric Callís
18	MF	ESP	Álvaro Gete
19	FW	ESP	Natalio
20	DF	ESP	Osky Menéndez
21	FW	ESP	Sergio García
22	DF	ESP	Josín

Honours

• Segunda División B: 1989–90
• Tercera División: 1932–33, 1944–45, 1951–52, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68
• Copa RFEF: 2002–03
• Copa RFEF (Asturias tournament): 1999, 2001, 2002, 2021, 2022, 2024
• Regional Championship of Asturias (2nd division): 1919–20, 1920–21, 1928–29
• Spanish Second Division Championship: 1920

Famous players

Note: this list contains players that have played at least 100 league games and/or have reached international status.

• Juanele
• Marcelino Campanal
• Mauri
• Nicasio Goitisolo

See also: Category:Real Avilés CF footballers

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)