Sporting Atlético

Not to be confused with Sporting CP B.

Sporting Atlético

Founded	1960; 65 years ago (1960)
Ground	Campo Pepe Ortiz, Gijón, Asturias, Spain
Capacity	1,600
President	Javier Fernández
Head coach	Aitor Zulaika
League	Tercera Federación – Group 2
2023–24	Tercera Federación – Group 2, 2nd of 18
Home colours Away colours

Sporting Atlético is a Spanish football club based in Gijón, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1960 it is the reserve team of Sporting de Gijón, and currently plays in Tercera Federación – Group 2, holding home games at Escuela de Fútbol de Mareo with a 3,000-seat capacity.^[1]

Reserve teams in the Spanish football league system play in the same football pyramid as their senior team rather than a separate league, although reserve teams cannot play in the same division as their senior team. Reserve teams are also no longer permitted to enter the Copa del Rey. In addition, only under-23 players, or under-25 players with a professional contract, can switch between senior and reserve teams.

History

La Camocha

Sociedad Deportiva La Camocha was founded in 1955, joining the Royal Spanish Football Federation two years later. On 30 July 1966, the team signed an agreement to be affiliated with Real Gijón as their reserve team.

The following year, La Camocha's rights in Tercera División were acquired by Gijón and the team was renamed Club Atlético Gijón, being relegated to Primera Regional after three seasons.^[2]

Sporting Gijón B

Sporting de Gijón B was founded as Club Deportivo Gijón in 1960. Because the club started in the lowest level in Asturias, Segunda Regional, Real Gijón used other clubs to promote its youth players such as La Camocha. In 1970, La Camocha was replaced by Deportivo Gijón as sole affiliate after both clubs were to start in Primera Regional.^[2] La Camocha eventually became an independent club and was renamed Atlético Camocha Sociedad Deportiva.^[3][4] Deportivo Gijón finished as runner-up in 1971–72 and lost the promotion play-off to C.D. Acero 3–8 on aggregate,^[5] promoting to the fourth level two years later after winning the regional league.^[6]

In the following decades, Sporting B fluctuated between division four and Segunda División B, first reaching the latter in 1979–80, but being immediately relegated. In 1991, it first reached the promotion playoffs in the category, repeating the feat in 1996 and 1997, but consecutively falling short.

In early July 2011, despite finishing 19th in the third division table, with the subsequent relegation, Sporting B was reinstated in the category by buying the vacant place left by the administrative relegation of Universidad de Las Palmas CF.^[7]

In 2018, the club qualified for the promotion playoffs to Segunda División, 21 years after their last participation. The club beat Cornellà in the first round but lost the two legs against Elche in the second. On 6 July 2023, the club returned to their previous name of Sporting Atlético.^[8]

Club background

• Club Deportivo Gijón (1960–79)^[2]
• Sporting de Gijón Atlético CF (1979–91)
• Sporting de Gijón B (1991–2023)
• Sporting Atlético (2023–)

Season to season

• As a farm team

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1966–67 5 2ª Reg. 1st 1967–68 4 1ª Reg. 3rd 1968–69 4 1ª Reg. 2nd 1969–70 4 1ª Reg. 2nd 1970–71 4 1ª Reg. 11th 1971–72 4 1ª Reg. 2nd 1972–73 4 1ª Reg. 8th 1973–74 4 Reg. Pref. 1st 1974–75 3 3ª 11th Second round 1975–76 3 3ª 8th Third round 1976–77 3 3ª 15th First round 1977–78 4 3ª 2nd First round 1978–79 4 3ª 1st First round

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1979–80 3 2ª B 17th First round 1980–81 4 3ª 1st 1981–82 3 2ª B 12th First round 1982–83 3 2ª B 16th 1983–84 3 2ª B 13th 1984–85 3 2ª B 10th 1985–86 3 2ª B 16th First round 1986–87 4 3ª 4th 1987–88 4 3ª 2nd 1988–89 4 3ª 1st 1989–90 3 2ª B 11th 1990–91 3 2ª B 12th

• As a reserve team

Season Tier Division Place 1991–92 3 2ª B 3rd 1992–93 3 2ª B 14th 1993–94 3 2ª B 12th 1994–95 3 2ª B 5th 1995–96 3 2ª B 1st 1996–97 3 2ª B 1st 1997–98 3 2ª B 8th 1998–99 3 2ª B 7th 1999–2000 3 2ª B 12th 2000–01 3 2ª B 5th 2001–02 3 2ª B 17th 2002–03 4 3ª 3rd 2003–04 4 3ª 3rd 2004–05 4 3ª 5th 2005–06 4 3ª 7th 2006–07 4 3ª 4th 2007–08 4 3ª 2nd 2008–09 3 2ª B 16th 2009–10 3 2ª B 12th 2010–11 3 2ª B 19th

Season Tier Division Place 2011–12 3 2ª B 10th 2012–13 3 2ª B 13th 2013–14 3 2ª B 9th 2014–15 3 2ª B 11th 2015–16 3 2ª B 17th 2016–17 4 3ª 1st 2017–18 3 2ª B 2nd 2018–19 3 2ª B 11th 2019–20 3 2ª B 15th 2020–21 3 2ª B 9th / 6th 2021–22 5 3ª RFEF 2nd 2022–23 5 3ª Fed. 2nd 2023–24 5 3ª Fed. 2nd 2024–25 5 3ª Fed.

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• 31 seasons in Segunda División B
• 16 seasons in Tercera División
• 4 seasons in Tercera Federación/Tercera División RFEF

Current squad

For a list of all former and current Sporting de Gijón B players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Sporting de Gijón B players.

As of 16 November 2024.^[9]

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 — GK  FIN Elmo Henriksson (on loan from HJK) — GK  ESP Pablo Díez — DF  ARG Tomás Fuentes — DF  FRA Yann Kembo — DF  CGO Pierre Mbemba — DF  ESP Borja Montes — DF  ESP Carlos Hernández — DF  ESP Iker Martínez — DF  ESP Jorge Montes — DF  MEX Kevin Picón — MF  FRA Frédéric Loki — MF  MEX Joshua Mancha

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ESP Aarón Quintana — MF  ESP Manu Rodríguez — FW  ESP Cristian Acerete — FW  COL Lucho Arroyo — FW  SEN Amadou Coudoul — FW  ESP Marcos Fernández — FW  MEX Esteban Lozano (on loan from Club América) — FW  MEX Erick Medrano — FW  ESP Samu Montes — FW  ESP Álex Oyón — FW  ESP Enol Prendes — FW  ESP Yosmel Zayas

From Sporting C

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 — GK  ESP Gerard Moreno — GK  ESP Jonathan More — DF  ESP Gonza Díaz

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ESP Lucas Ferreras — FW  ESP Dani Marti

Current technical staff

Role	Name
Head coach	Aitor Zulaika
Assistant coach	Nacho Cases
Delegate	Carlos Manuel Manjarín Pereda
Goalkeeping coach	Daniel Fernández Lozano
Fitness coaches	Álvaro Vázquez García
Physiotherapist	Sergio Vicente Guerrero Álvarez Pedro Diaz Herrero
Kit men	Alejandro Tuya Moriyon

Honours

Official

• Segunda División B: 1995–96 (Group 2), 1996–97 (Group 1)
• Tercera División Group 2: 1978–79,^[10] 1980–81,^[11] 1988–89,^[12] 2016–17
• Copa de la Liga: 1982–83 Segunda División B – Group I
• Copa RFEF (Asturias tournament): 1996, 2003, 2014, 2016^[13]

Friendly

• Trofeo Emma Cuervo:^[14] 2008

Stadium

Sporting de Gijón B play most of its home games at Escuela de Fútbol de Mareo (field 1, also named Pepe Ortiz), which also acts as both the training ground and football academy for the first team. It has a capacity of 3,000 spectators.

References

1. "Datos Real Sporting de Gijón B - Senior Masculino - Datos del club". futbolme.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-01-19.
2. "Sporting B" (in Spanish). La Fútbolteca. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
3. "2ºRegional Gr1" (in Spanish). Real Federación de Fútbol del Principado de Asturias. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
4. "S.D. Atl. Camocha" (in Spanish). Real Federación de Fútbol del Principado de Asturias. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
5. "Fase de permanencia en Tercera División 1971–72" [Tercera División promotion/relegation 1971–72] (in Spanish). Arquero-Arba. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
6. "Regional Preferente" (in Spanish). Arquero-Arba. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
7. El Sporting recupera la plaza que perdió en Segunda B (Sporting regains lost Segunda B berth); La Nueva España, 5 July 2011 (in Spanish)
8. "El filial vuelve a llamarse Sporting Atlético" [The reserves are called Sporting Atlético again] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
9. "Plantilla Real Sporting B". Sporting de Gijón B (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 March 2021.
10. Temporada 1978–1979 (1978–1979 season) Archived 2010-06-01 at the Wayback Machine; at AREFE (in Spanish)
11. Temporada 1980–1981 (1980–1981 season) Archived 2010-06-01 at the Wayback Machine; at AREFE (in Spanish)
12. Temporada 1988–1989 (1988–1989 season) Archived 2010-06-01 at the Wayback Machine; at AREFE (in Spanish)
13. Resumen de temporadas anteriores; at Astur Fútbol
14. Trofeo Emma Cuervo (Ribadeo, Lugo-Spain) 1952–2008; at RSSSF

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• BDFútbol team profile
• Sporting B history & stadium Estadios de España (in English)