UC Ceares

Ceares

Full name	Unión Club Ceares
Nickname(s)	Ciares Teyeros (Tilers) Brickers
Short name	UCC
Founded	1946
Ground	La Cruz, Gijón, Asturias, Spain
Capacity	1,500
Chairman	Alberto Álvarez
Manager	Pablo Busto
League	2ª RFEF – Group 1
2020–21	3ª – Group 2 (A), 1st of 11 3ª – Group 2 (C), 1st of 6
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Unión Club Ceares is a Spanish football team based in the neighbourhood of Ceares, Gijón, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1946, it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 1, holding home games at Campo de La Cruz, which has a capacity of 1,500 spectators.

History[]

Early years[]

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.

2000s: Comeback to Tercera División[]

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.

2010s: "People's football" project and promotion playoffs[]

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.

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.

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]

2020–present: promotion to Segunda División RFEF[]

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.

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.

Stadium[]

La Cruz

Main entrance to La Cruz
Full name	Campo de La Cruz
Location	Gijón, Spain
Coordinates	43°31′46″N 5°39′19″W / 43.52940°N 5.65536°W / 43.52940; -5.65536Coordinates: 43°31′46″N 5°39′19″W / 43.52940°N 5.65536°W / 43.52940; -5.65536
Owner	UC Ceares
Capacity	1,500
Field size	99 × 65 m
Surface	Grass
Construction
Built	1970s
Opened	8 January 1978; 44 years ago (8 January 1978)
Renovated	2004, 2020
Tenants
UC Ceares Gijón FF (2005–2006; 2018–present)

During the 1960s, UC Ceares played its matches in the old pitch of Los Fresno, in Viesques, neighbourhood of Gijón. This location is today occupied by a school. During some years, due to not having an own stadium, played its matches in several fields until the current Campo de La Cruz was built in the 1970s.

The pitch is made of natural grass and has dimensions of 99 by 65 meters. The stadium has got a lateral tribune, improved in 2004, with 250 seats. It's located in Parque de Los Pericones in Gijón.

The stadium was used also by Gijón FF, for playing the 2005–06 Superliga Femenina, the only season the club played in the top women's league in Spain. It came back to La Cruz in 2018.

In April 2017, Ceares agreed with the Gijón Town Hall the renovation of the facilities and the construction of a second pitch made of artificial turf for Gijón FF and the youth teams of the club.^[7][8] However, due to some controversies in the city, the Town Hall preferred to build the second pitch in other area of the neighbourhood.

One year later, Ceares authorised Gijón FF to play its games in the women's second division at La Cruz.

In July 2019, the Town Hall of Gijón refused to continue with the project of the new pitch mainly for the women's team and only offered Ceares to renovate La Cruz by building a new tribune and changing the pitch of natural grass for one made of artificial turf. This proposal was widely rejected by the club members.^[9]

In 2020, the building of the lockers and club office and the kop, both located behind the goal, were reformed.

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors[]

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsors
2003–2004	No provider	Nistal
2004–2008		Farho
2008–2010		SEAT Asturias Motor
2010–2011	Luanvi	Cubiastur Gijón
2011–2012	Huerco	Xixón
2012–2013		Fachadas El Llano Xixón
2013–2016	Mazcatu
2016–2017	Gorbeat	Tierras Gallegas Xixón
2017–2018	Givova
2018–2021	Adidas
2021–		Scone Xixón

Current squad[]

As of 20 November 2021

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ESP Kike 3 DF  ESP Héctor Zuazua 4 DF  ESP David Blanco 5 MF  ESP Sergio Orviz 6 MF  ESP Mario Buelga 7 DF  ESP Pelayo Muñiz 8 MF  ESP David Llerandi 9 FW  ESP Carlos Madeira 10 MF  ESP Juan Carlos (captain) 11 FW  ESP Óscar Fernández

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 GK  ESP Guillermo Fernández 14 DF  ESP Aitor Elena 15 DF  ESP Varo Álvarez 16 FW  ESP Juan Cueto 17 FW  ESP Miguel Cuesta 18 MF  VEN Manu Medori 19 MF  ESP Abraham Ferreres 20 DF  ESP Edu García 21 DF  ESP Aitor Cañedo (vice-captain) 22 MF  ESP Noé Fernández

Season to season[]

Season	Tier	Division	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Copa del Rey	Copa Federación	Top scorer(s)
1948–49	5	2ª Reg.	2nd	24	14	6	4	72	27	34
		PG	1st	6	5	0	1	18	7	10
1949–50	4	1ª Reg.	3rd	20	13	2	5			28
1950–51	4	1ª Reg.	7th	26	10	6	10	46	41	26
1951–52	4	1ª Reg.	11th	26	6	5	15	37	66	17
1952–53	Did not participate as result of a protest[10]
1953–54	4	1ª Reg.	12th	22	1	3	18	29	79	5
1954–55	5	2ª Reg.	12th	22	4	1	17	24	62	9
1955–56	5	2ª Reg.	11th	20	5	4	11	33	44	14
1956–57	5	2ª Reg.	1st	12	8	1	3	37	16	17
		PG	8th	14	0	4	10	15	47	4
1957–58	5	2ª Reg.	6th	16	7	2	7	29	31	16
1958–59	Did not enter any competition
1959–60	5	2ª Reg.		24	11	3	10	44	46	25
1960–61	5	2ª Reg.		26	13	3	10	52	42	29
1961–62	4	1ª Reg.	14th	26	5	6	15	33	56	16
1962–63	4	1ª Reg.	9th	28	9	6	13	34	54	24
1963–64	4	1ª Reg.	14th	30	7	9	14	34	47	23
1964–65	4	1ª Reg.	2nd	30	18	7	5	64	31	43
1965–66	3	3ª	16th	30	3	6	21	36	81	12
1966–67	4	1ª Reg.	9th	30	12	3	15	43	52	27
1967–68	4	1ª Reg.	12th	30	11	5	14	42	54	27
1968–69	4	1ª Reg.	13th	36	12	6	18	53	66	30
1969–70	4	1ª Reg.	17th	38	12	5	21	48	83	29
1970–71	5	2ª Reg.	3rd
1971–72	5	2ª Reg.
		PG	3rd	10	5	2	3			12
1972–73	5	2ª Reg.	3rd	26	17	4	5			38
1973–74	5	2ª Pref.	16th	38	13	6	19	53	69	32
1974–75	6	2ª Reg.	1st	20	17	1	2			35
		PG	3rd	8	5	0	3	16	9	10
1975–76	6	2ª Reg.	1st	16	12	3	1	47	13	27
		PG	1st	10	5	2	3	14	8	12
1976–77	5	2ª Pref.	18th	38	7	5	26	45	90	19
1977–78	6	2ª Pref.	5th	38	19	7	12	63	64	45
1978–79	6	1ª Reg.	2nd	38	23	10	5	64	27	56
1979–80	5	Pref.	18th	38	7	14	17	32	60	28
1980–81	5	Pref.	17th	38	13	5	20	59	49	31
1981–82	5	Pref.	15th	38	15	6	17	48	62	36
1982–83	5	Pref.	13th	38	13	11	14	58	46	37
1983–84	5	Pref.	15th	38	11	11	16	57	70	33
1984–85	5	Pref.	8th	38	17	8	13	71	50	42
1985–86	5	Pref.	2nd	38	19	11	8	60	38	49
1986–87	4	3ª	19th	38	5	18	15	27	54	28
		RP	W	2	1	0	1	3	2
1987–88	4	3ª	20th	38	2	9	27	30	95	13
1988–89	5	Pref.	17th	38	9	10	19	36	70	28
1989–90	5	Pref.	15th	38	14	9	15	38	64	37
1990–91	5	Pref.	6th	38	16	9	13	50	35	41
1991–92	5	Pref.	6th	38	16	8	14	43	34	40
1992–93	5	Pref.	14th	38	11	10	17	44	64	32
1993–94	5	Pref.	8th	38	14	11	13	45	45	39
1994–95	5	Pref.	4th	38	21	6	11	58	33	48
1995–96	5	Pref.	13th	38	13	7	18	39	53	46
1996–97	5	Pref.	13th	38	12	10	16	43	50	46
1997–98	5	Pref.	8th	38	14	12	12	38	36	54
1998–99	5	Pref.	11th	38	11	14	13	37	41	47
1999–00	5	Pref.	12th	38	12	11	15	39	45	47
2000–01	5	Pref.	18th	38	10	5	23	47	71	35
2001–02	6	1ª Reg.	1st	38	25	9	4	72	24	84
2002–03	5	Pref.	1st	38	26	9	3	80	16	87			Dueñas	14
2003–04	4	3ª	10th	38	13	13	12	41	45	52			Sergio Melón	10
2004–05	4	3ª	11th	38	15	7	16	49	55	52		Group stage	Chris Rodri	8
2005–06	4	3ª	16th	38	10	10	18	35	49	40		Group stage	David Bouzo José María Luengo	6
2006–07	4	3ª	9th	38	12	12	14	48	58	48			José María Luengo	12
2007–08	4	3ª	12th	38	14	8	16	53	55	50		Group stage	Javi Castaño	10
2008–09	4	3ª	15th	38	10	12	16	45	57	42		Semi-finals	Bogdan Stoica	10
2009–10	4	3ª	13th	38	12	8	18	39	59	44			Jimmy	8
2010–11	4	3ª	15th	38	10	9	19	39	56	39			Pelayo Torre	11
2011–12	4	3ª	16th	38	12	4	22	40	62	40			Jimmy	13
2012–13	4	3ª	12th	38	13	9	16	43	48	48			Jorge Vázquez	17
2013–14	4	3ª	3rd	38	21	11	6	54	31	74			Borja Noval	11
		PO	R2	4	1	2	1	4	6
2014–15	4	3ª	6th	38	16	15	7	51	41	63		Group stage	Álvaro Ponte	11
2015–16	4	3ª	10th	38	13	6	19	42	60	45		Group stage	Marcos Iglesias	20
2016–17	4	3ª	9th	38	14	7	17	47	63	49		Group stage	Marcos Iglesias	12
2017–18	4	3ª	6th	38	15	15	8	46	30	60		Group stage	Juan Menéndez	12
2018–19	4	3ª	13th	38	10	14	14	35	51	44		Group stage	Juan Menéndez Wilmer	7
2019–20	4	3ª	15th	28	6	9	13	28	37	27		Group stage	Zucu	9
2020–21	4	3ª	1st	26	16	6	4	38	25	54			Carlos Madeira	12
2021–22	4	2ª RFEF									First round

Source^[11]

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• 1 season in Segunda División RFEF
• 21 seasons in Tercera División

Awards and trophies[]

• 1 Tercera División: 2020–21

Statistics and records[]

In Tercera División[]

Seasons	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
21	767	242	208	318	866	1112

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 the club: Rogelio García (208 games).
  • In Tercera División: Nacho Cabo (156 games, including playoffs).

Most capped players[]

Below is a list of the ten players with the most caps for Ceares in Tercera División, as of the 2020–21 season. Players in bold are currently playing at Ceares.

#	Player	Period	Caps	Goals
1	Juan Carlos	2011–	295	34
2	Jimmy	2009–2016	221	47
3	Pablo Martínez	2013–2020	217	20
4	Fonso Bellón	2012–2019	216	7
5	Chery	2014–2020	197	3
5	Pablo Prendes	2003–2006 2007–2009 2014–2015	188	10
7	Aitor Cañedo	2013–2018 2020–	185	10
8	David Bermejo	2003–2009	165	1
9	Chelís	2003–2009	160	3
10	Mario de la Roca	2003–2007 2011–2012	154	5

Top goalscorers[]

Below is a list of the top ten goalscorers for Ceares in Tercera División, as of the 2020–21 season. Players in bold are currently playing at Ceares.

#	Player	Period	Goals	Caps	Average
1	Jimmy	2009–2016	47	221	0.22
2	Juan Carlos	2011–	34	295	0.12
3	Marcos Iglesias	2015–2017	32	63	0.51
4	Francisco Castaño	2006–2009	30	102	0.29
5	José María Luengo	2005–2007 2011–2012	22	101	0.22
	Álvaro Ponte	2013–2016	22	89	0.25
6	Pablo Martínez	2013–2020	20	217	0.09
7	Juan Menéndez	2017–2019	19	69	0.28
9	Jorge Vázquez	2010–2011 2012–2013	18	58	0.31
10	Dani Peláez	2005–2007 2016–2017	17	98	0.17
	Sergio Melón	2003–2004 2009–2010	17	61	0.28

Famous players[]

• Salvador Capín
• Francisco Javier Castaño
• Adrián Colunga
• Dani Peláez
• Josu Uribe
• Bryan Jiménez

Head coaches[]

League and playoff games are counted.

Name	From	To	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	PCT
	2001	2002	32	23	8	1	60	15	.719
Berrocal	2002	2002	6	2	1	3	12	9	.333
	2002	2007	190	76	51	63	253	222	.400
José Antonio Redondo	2007	2008	20	8	2	10	26	27	.400
(2)	2008	2009	56	16	18	22	72	85	.286
	2009	2012	114	34	21	59	118	177	.298
	2012	2014	80	35	22	23	101	85	.438
	2014	2015	43	19	15	9	56	48	.442
Iñaki Eraña	2015	2016	31	8	6	17	33	53	.258
	2016	2017	38	14	7	17	47	63	.368
(2)	2017	2019	76	25	29	22	81	81	.329
	2019	2020	28	6	9	13	28	37	.214
	2020		26	16	6	4	38	25	.615

Memorial Pepe Ortiz[]

Since 2011, UC Ceares starts the pre-season playing a friendly trophy called Memorial Pepe Ortiz in hommage of the former player of Sporting de Gijón from 1949 to 1963, considered as the best player of the history of the neighbourhood.^[13]

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score
2011[a]	Roces	Ceares	1–0
2012	Sporting B	Ceares	2–0
2013	Avilés	Ceares	2–1
2014	Sporting B	Ceares	2–0
2015	Ceares	La Bañeza	2–1
2016	Atlético Pinto	Ceares	2–1
2017	Ceares	Gijón Industrial	2–1
2018	Ceares	Candás	3–2
2019	Langreo	Ceares	2–0
2020	Ceares	Candás	2–0
2021	Ceares	Gijón Industrial	1–1 (5–3 p)

Agreed and affiliated teams[]

Aboño[]

Aboño

Full name	Cultural Deportiva de Aboño
Founded	1929
Ground	Gómez Lozana, Aboño Carreño, Asturias, Spain
Capacity	500
League	Segunda Regional
2019–20	13th

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

The club, founded in 1929 in Aboño, , Carreño, currently plays in Segunda Regional, seventh and last tier, and in its best years reached the Regional Preferente, fifth division.^[15]

Season to season (as reserve team)[]

Season	Tier	Division	Place
2019/20	7	2ª Reg.	13th
2020/21	7	2ª Reg.	4th

Gijón FF[]

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[]

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]

References[]

External links[]

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