Asturias autonomous football team

Asturias amateur team
Association	Royal Asturias Football Federation (RFFPA)
Head coach	Luis Rueda
Most caps	Rubén Fernández (14)
Top scorer	Alberto Morán (5)
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Asturias 2–3 Andalusia ; (Burgos, Spain; 18 May 2000)
Biggest win
	Asturias 7–0 Andorra ; (Antwerp, Belgium; 15 November 2002); Asturias 7–0 Ceuta ; (El Berrón, Spain; 9 December 2007)
Biggest defeat
	Asturias 0–3 Galicia ; (El Berrón, Spain; 8 December 2017)
UEFA Regions' Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2003)
Best result	Final tournament, 2003
Spanish stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup
Appearances	9 (first in 2000)
Best result	Champions, 2002

Asturias
Association	Royal Asturias Football Federation (RFFPA)
Top scorer	José Luis Zabala (8)
	First colours
	First colours
First international
	Asturias 3–7 St Mirren F.C. ; (Gijón, Spain; 4 June 1922)
Biggest win
	Asturias 6–1 Lithuania ; (Gijón, Spain; 29 December 2001)
Biggest defeat
	Asturias 3–7 St Mirren F.C. ; (Gijón, Spain; 4 June 1922)
Copa Príncipe de Asturias
Appearances	3 (first in 1922–23)
Best result	Champions, 1922–23

The Asturias autonomous football team is the regional football team for Asturias. They are not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA, because it is represented internationally by the Spain national football team. The team plays only friendly matches.

History[]

Cantabric Federation[]

The Regional Cantabric Federation of Football Clubs was founded on 9 December 1915 with the aim to represent all the clubs in the Province of Oviedo. On 22 November 1916, the Spanish Football Federation proposed that the clubs from Cantabria move from the Northern Federation, where the Basque teams were integrated, to the Regional Cantabric one, with the Asturian clubs.

With the name of Cantabric team, it played four official matches between 1917 and 1918 in the defunct Copa Príncipe de Asturias, organised by the Spanish Federation and played by all the Spanish Regional teams.^[1]

Asturian Federation[]

On 28 May 1918 the Cantabrian clubs moved back to the Northern Federation, so the Spanish Federation agreed to change the name of the Cantabric Federation to Regional Asturian Federation of Football Clubs. After a first friendly game against St Mirren F.C. that finished with a 3–7 loss,^[2] the Regional Asturian team played seven more official games between 1922 and 1926, also becoming champion of the Copa Príncipe de Asturias in the 1922–23 season and runner-up in the 1925–26 edition. During the 1930s, the Asturian team continued playing several friendly games until the Spanish Civil War.

Revival in the 2000s[]

On 23 December 2000, the Royal Asturian Football Federation rescued the Regional team to play a friendly game at Estadio Carlos Tartiere against Macedonia. Juanele scored the only goal of the match, with 30,000 people filling the stadium in Oviedo. Asturias played two more games, against Lithuania in Gijón and Honduras in Avilés, ending its revival unbeaten.^[3]

In December 2008, a friendly game against Sporting de Gijón legends was going to be organised, but it finally was cancelled.

Competitive record[]

Copa Príncipe de Asturias record
Year	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1922–23	Champion	4	3	1	0	9	5
1923–24	Quarterfinalist	1	0	0	1	2	4
1925–26	Runners-up	2	0	0	2	3	6
Total		7	3	1	3	14	15

Results[]

Cantabric[]

10 May 1917 (1917-05-10) Prince of Asturias Cup^[1]	^[d]Cantabric	0–1	Catalonia	Madrid
			Gumbau	Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Menéndez

11 May 1917 (1917-05-11) Prince of Asturias Cup^[1]	^[c]Castile	3–2	Cantabric^[d]	Madrid
				Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell

20 January 1918 (1918-01-20) Prince of Asturias Cup^[1]	^[c]Castile	3–2	Cantabric^[d]	Madrid
				Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Serrano

22 January 1918 (1918-01-22) Prince of Asturias Cup^[1]	^[c]Castile	3–1	Cantabric^[d]	Madrid
			Villaverde	Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Dieste

Notes[]

^
The Central Federation team (Spanish: Equipo de la Centro Federación), including Madrid and the wider Castile region.
^
The Cantabric (Spanish: Cantábrico) team, including Asturias and Cantabria.

Asturias[]

4 Jun 1922 Friendly	Asturias	3–7	St Mirren F.C.	Gijón
	Zabala Argüelles Corugedo pen.'	Report	Walker Gillies	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Fernando Villaverde

12 Nov 1922 CP QF	Asturias	1–1	Biscay	Gijón
	Arcadio 38'	Report	Larraza 25'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Murguía

13 Nov 1922 CP QF Replay	Asturias	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Biscay	Gijón
	Zabala 1–0', 2–1' Barril 3–3', 4–3'	Report	Carmelo 1–1', 2–2' Travieso 2–3' (pen.)	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Murguía
Note: After the end of the match (1–1), an overtime of one hour was played.

14 Jan 1923 CP SF	Asturias	1–0	Catalonia	Gijón
	Zabala 90'	Report		Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Torre

25 Feb 1923 CP F	Galicia	1–3	Asturias	Vigo
	Polo 1–0'	Report	Zabala 1–1', 1–2', 1–3'	Stadium: Coia Referee: Leclerc

18 Nov 1923 CP QF	Biscay	4–2	Asturias	Bilbao
	Carmelo 1–1' Laka 2–1' Travieso 3–2', 4–2'	Report	Bolado 0–1' Zabala 2–2'	Stadium: San Mamés Referee: Contreras

3 May 1925 Friendly	Cantabria	3–3	Asturias	Santander
	Óscar 38' (pen.), 79' 2–2'	Report	Abdón 28' Domingo 0–2' Trucha 2–3'	Referee: Blanco

21 Jun 1925 CP F	Asturias	0–1	Cantabria	Gijón
		Report	Meana (o.g.)	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Alejandro Quintana

5 Sep 1926 CP F	Asturias	0–2	Catalonia	Gijón
		Report	Broto 22', 80'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Steimborn

19 Sep 1926 CP F	Catalonia	4–3	Asturias	Barcelona
	Forgas 10', 82' Pellicer 59' Alcántara 79'	Report	Avilesu 5' Herrera 85', 87'	Stadium: Guinardó Referee: Steimborn

10 Jul 1932 Friendly	Asturias	3–1	Lisbon	Gijón
	Lángara 12', 25' Gallart 83'	Report	Héctor 28'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Vieira

30 Oct 1932 Friendly	Lisbon	1–2	Asturias	Lisbon
	Héctor 1–0'	Report	Gallart 1–1' Inciarte 1–2'	Referee: Joaquín Menchaca

6 Nov 1932 Friendly	Porto	2–1	Asturias	Porto
	Valdemar 1–0' 2–1'	Report	Herrera 1–1'	Referee: Figuereido

16 Jun 1934 Friendly	Asturias	5–2	Mexico	Gijón
	Emilín 10' Lángara 40' Gallart 75' Herrerita 88' Casuco 89'	Report 1 Report 2	Alonso 5' Mejía 20'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Amadeo Sánchez

28 Aug 1936 Friendly	Asturias	3–3	Brussels	Gijón
	Antón 1–1' Meana	Report	0–1'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Merediz

23 Dec 2000 Friendly	Asturias	1–0	Macedonia	Oviedo
	Juanele 50'	Summary		Stadium: Carlos Tartiere Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Mejuto González

29 Dec 2001 Friendly	Asturias	6–1	Lithuania	Gijón
	Oli 3' Pablo Lago 20' Juanele 35', 51' José Manuel 58' César 81'	Report	Dančenka 64' (pen.)	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Muñiz Fernández

28 Dec 2002 Friendly	Asturias	5–3	Honduras	Avilés
	Abelardo 6' Mario 13' Oli 16' Villa 30' Miguel 61'	Report	Saúl Martínez 31', 37', 83'	Stadium: Román Suárez Puerta Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Mejuto González

Statistics since 2000[]

Name	Pos	Years	Caps	Goals
Esteban	GK	2000–2002	3	0
Juanjo	GK	2000	1	0
Julio Iglesias	GK	2001–2002	2	0
Abelardo	DF	2002	1	1
Dani Amieva	DF	2000	1	0
Boris	DF	2000–2001	2	0
César	DF	2000–2002	3	1
Isma	DF	2001	1	0
Jaime	DF	2000	1	0
Javi Venta	DF	2001–2002	2	0
José Manuel	DF	2000–2002	3	1
Manel	DF	2000–2002	3	0
Muñiz	DF	2000	1	0
Pablo	DF	2002	1	0
Sietes	DF	2000–2002	3	0
Urbano	DF	2002	1	0
Miguel Ángel Angulo	MF	2000	1	0
Caco Morán	MF	2000	1	0
Francisco Javier Castaño	MF	2001–2002	2	0
Miguel Cobas	MF	2002	1	0
Iván Ania	MF	2000–2002	3	0
Iván Iglesias	MF	2000	1	0
Manolo	MF	2001–2002	2	0
Mario Cotelo	MF	2000–2002	3	1
Pablo Lago	MF	2000–2001	2	1
Juanele	FW	2000–2001	2	3
Luis Enrique	FW	2000	1	0
Javier Manjarín	FW	2000	1	0
Miguel	FW	2002	1	1
Oli	FW	2000–2002	3	2
Pablo Álvarez	FW	2001	1	0
Quique Martín	FW	2000	1	0
David Villa	FW	2001–2002	2	1

Selected former coaches[]

José Manuel Díaz Novoa (2000–2002)
Marcelino García Toral

Amateur team (UEFA Regions' Cup)[]

The Asturias amateur team is composed of Asturian players of Tercera División and lower divisions. This team plays in the UEFA Regions' Cup, and their most important achievement was to qualify to the Final tournament of the 2003 UEFA Regions' Cup, after winning the Spanish stage and winning all their previous matches in the European rounds.^[5]

Results summary[]

Overall							National games						International games
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
48	25	10	13	81	41	+40	20	8	12	64	38	+27	5	2	1	17	3	+14

Updated to 10 December 2017.

Matches[]

URC edition	Date	Round	Host	Opponent	Score
2001	18 May 2000	Spanish first round	Burgos	Andalusia	2–3
	19 May 2000		Burgos	Castile and León	0–0
	21 May 2000		Burgos	Basque Country	1–2
2003	7 Dec 2001	Spanish first round	Los Barrios	Aragon	2–1
	8 Dec 2001	Spanish first round	Los Barrios	Andalusia	1–0
	29 Mar 2002	Spanish semifinal	Alcalá de Henares	Madrid	2–1
	31 Mar 2002	Spanish final	Alcalá de Henares	Basque Country	0–0
	15 Nov 2002	European preliminary round	Overpelt	Andorra	7–0
	16 Nov 2002		Overpelt	Ligue Nord	1–0
	18 Nov 2002		Bocholt	South-East Finland	5–0
	16 Apr 2003	European Intermediate round	Central Bohemia	Central Bohemia	1–0
	7 May 2003	European Intermediate round	Luanco	Central Bohemia	1–0
	22 Jun 2003	European final round group stage	Heidenheim	Piedmont–Aosta Valley	1–1
	24 Jun 2003		Schwäbisch Gmünd	Württemberg	1–1
	26 Jun 2003		Schwäbisch Gmünd	Ticino	0–1
2005	6 Dec 2003	Spanish first round	Sotrondio	Castile and León	0–0
	8 Dec 2003	Spanish first round	Gijón	Cantabria	3–0
	25 Feb 2004	Spanish Intermediate round	Picassent	Valencian Community	0–0
	10 Mar 2004	Spanish Intermediate round	Asturias	Valencian Community	3–0
	8 Apr 2004	Spanish semifinal	Las Rozas	Galicia	1–1
	10 Apr 2004	Spanish final	Las Rozas	Basque Country	1–3
2007	2 Dec 2005	Spanish first round	Luanco	Extremadura	2–0
	4 Dec 2005	Spanish first round	Villaviciosa	Melilla	4–0
	15 Feb 2006	Spanish Intermediate round	Balearic Islands	Balearic Islands	1–1
	22 Feb 2006	Spanish Intermediate round	El Berrón	Balearic Islands	4–1
	14 Apr 2006	Spanish semifinal	Portugalete	Catalonia	0–1
2009	7 Dec 2007	Spanish first round	Sotrondio	Balearic Islands	2–1
	9 Dec 2007	Spanish first round	El Berrón	Ceuta	7–0
	30 Jan 2008	Spanish Intermediate round	Villaviciosa	Basque Country	1–1
	13 Feb 2008	Spanish Intermediate round	Muskiz	Basque Country	0–1
2011	6 Dec 2009	Spanish first round	Villaviciosa	Aragon	0–1
2011	8 Dec 2009	Spanish first round	Gijón	Canary Islands	1–2
2013	9 Dec 2011	Spanish first round	Aranjuez	Aragon	2–0
	10 Dec 2011	Spanish first round	Aranjuez	Galicia	3–1
	6 Apr 2012	Spanish semifinal	Villaviciosa	Murcia	4–1
	8 Apr 2012	Spanish final	Gijón	Catalonia	1–2
2015	6 Dec 2013	Spanish first round	Ceuta	Galicia	2–2
2015	7 Dec 2013	Spanish first round	Ceuta	Murcia	0–1
2017	4 Dec 2015	Spanish first round	El Berrón	Madrid	2–0
	6 Dec 2015	Spanish first round	Avilés	Melilla	1–0
	10 Feb 2016	Spanish Intermediate round	Pola de Lena	Extremadura	1–0
	24 Feb 2016	Spanish Intermediate round	Calamonte	Extremadura	1–0
	25 Mar 2016	Spanish semifinal	Puertollano	Ceuta	1–0
	27 Mar 2016	Spanish final	Puertollano	Castile and León	0–2
2019	8 Dec 2017	Spanish first round	El Berrón	Galicia	0–3
2019	10 Dec 2017	Spanish first round	Pola de Siero	Cantabria	4–2
2021	7 Dec 2019	Spanish first round	Vícar	Valencian Community	2–1
2021	8 Dec 2019	Spanish first round	Vícar	Andalusia	2–3

Source:^[6]

Head to head against other Autonomous Communities[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Andalusia	3	1	0	2	5	6	–1
Aragon	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2
Balearic Islands	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4
Basque Country	5	0	2	3	3	7	–4
Canary Islands	1	0	0	1	1	2	–1
Cantabria	2	2	0	0	7	2	+5
Castile and León	3	0	2	1	0	2	–2
	Did not play
Catalonia	2	0	0	2	1	3	–2
Ceuta	2	2	0	0	8	0	+8
Extremadura	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4
Galicia	4	1	2	1	6	7	–1
	Did not play
Madrid	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3
Melilla	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5
Murcia	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2
Navarre	Did not play
Valencian Community	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4

Women's team[]

The women's team made its debut on 19 May 2019 in Santa Cruz de Bezana, Cantabria. They were defeated 2–3 by Cantabria.^[7]

19 May 2019	Cantabria	3–2	Asturias	Santa Cruz de Bezana
12:00	Alba 9' Jimena 10' Athenea 90'	Report	María Méndez 50' Alejandra 80'	Stadium: Municipal Referee: Bolado Palencia

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Vicente Martínez Calatrava (17 August 2009). "La Copa Príncipe de Asturias" [The Prince of Asturias Cup] (in Spanish). CIHEFE. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
^ "El Comercio 06/06/1922" (in Spanish). El Comercio. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
^ "Asturias se recrea con el dúo Ania-Villa frente a Honduras" (in Spanish). La Voz de Asturias. 29 December 2002. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
^ "Andanzas de la Gualdiazul (2ª Parte)" (in Spanish). FutbolAsturiano.es. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
^ "La "manzana mecánica"" [The "Clockwork Apple"] (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
^ "Andanzas de la Gualdiazul (1ª Parte)" (in Spanish). Fútbol Asturiano. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
^ "Debut con victoria de la selección femenina" (in Spanish). Cantabrian Football Federation. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.

External links[]

[cnote_c] 
The Central Federation team (Spanish: Equipo de la Centro Federación), including Madrid and the wider Castile region.

[cnote_d] 
The Cantabric (Spanish: Cantábrico) team, including Asturias and Cantabria.

[principe-1] Vicente Martínez Calatrava (17 August 2009). "La Copa Príncipe de Asturias" [The Prince of Asturias Cup] (in Spanish). CIHEFE. Retrieved 5 April 2019.

[2] "El Comercio 06/06/1922" (in Spanish). El Comercio. Retrieved 31 December 2016.

[3] "Asturias se recrea con el dúo Ania-Villa frente a Honduras" (in Spanish). La Voz de Asturias. 29 December 2002. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2016.

[4] "Andanzas de la Gualdiazul (2ª Parte)" (in Spanish). FutbolAsturiano.es. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.

[5] "La "manzana mecánica"" [The "Clockwork Apple"] (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2016.

[6] "Andanzas de la Gualdiazul (1ª Parte)" (in Spanish). Fútbol Asturiano. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.

[7] "Debut con victoria de la selección femenina" (in Spanish). Cantabrian Football Federation. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.

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v t Spanish autonomous community football teams
Men's	Andalusia Aragon Asturias Balearic Islands Menorca Basque Country Biscay Gipuzkoa Canary Islands Cantabria Castile and León Catalonia Ceuta Extremadura Galicia Madrid Melilla Murcia Navarre Valencian Community
Women's	Asturias Balearic Islands Basque Country Cantabria Catalonia Galicia Navarre
Spanish stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup