UC Ceares

Ceares

Full name	Unión Club Ceares
Nickname(s)	Ciares Teyeros (Tilers) Brickers
Founded	1946
Ground	La Cruz, Gijón, Asturias, Spain
Ground Capacity	1,500
Chairman	Alberto Álvarez
Manager	Tino del Corzo
League	3ª – Group 2
2015–16	3ª – Group 2, 10th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away 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 Tercera División – Group 2, 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: Blancoval and Fortuna. 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, UC 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 Sporting de Gijón footballer José Antonio Redondo replaced him until 2009, when he resigned. Rogelio would take the team again until the end of the 2008–09 season.^[1] After that season, Florentino Angulo was hired as new manager. Angulo managed Ceares until 2012.

2010s: "Popular 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 popular sport and criticism the actual business in football.^[2] For this philosophy, UC Ceares board inspired on English football and clubs like FC St. Pauli or F.C. United of Manchester.

La Cruz stadium, full, at the playoffs game versus Águilas

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.^[3]

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 FC 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 Real Oviedo visited the field for the first time.

Ceares faced CF 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.

Águilas v Ceares

18 May 2014	Águilas	1 – 1	Ceares	Águilas
17:00 (CEST)	Ginés Meca  65'	Report	Pablo Martínez  87'	Stadium: El Rubial Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Pérez León

Ceares v Águilas

25 May 2014	Ceares	1 – 0 (2–1 agg.)	Águilas	Gijón
17:00 (CEST)	Pablo Martínez  35'	Report		Stadium: La Cruz Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Martín Pérez

Ceares v Trival Valderas

1 June 2014	Ceares	0 – 3	Trival Valderas	Gijón
17:00 (CEST)		Report	Óscar  16', 51' Herrero  32'	Stadium: La Cruz Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Díaz Álvarez

Trival Valderas v Ceares

8 June 2014	Trival Valderas	2 – 2 (5–2 agg.)	Ceares	Alcorcón
11:30 (CEST)	Palacios  45' Óscar  94'	Report	Ponte  63' Juan Carlos  67'	Stadium: La Canaleja Attendance: 750 Referee: Creus Rodríguez

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 loss friendly against El Salvador.^[4]

In 2015, UC 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.^[5]

Stadium

During the 1960s, UC Ceares played its matches in the old field of Viesques, neighbourhood of Gijón. This site is today occupied by a school. During some years, due to not having an own stadium, played its matches in various fields until actual Campo de La Cruz was built.

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.

At the main entrance, there is a sign stating in Asturian language "ESTO YE LA CRUZ" (This is La Cruz), inspired in the one existing at the stairs of Anfield, in Liverpool.

The stadium is used also by Gijón FF, who firstly played its games at La Cruz in the 2005–06 Superliga Femenina, the only season the club played in the top women's league in Spain.

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Current squad

As of 26 July 2016

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

No. Position Player GK Davo GK Nacho Rubiera DF Aitor Cañedo DF Beni DF Chery DF Fonso Bellón DF Hugo Álvarez DF Miguel Méndez MF Cristian García

No. Position Player MF Dani Peláez MF Guillermo Barquero MF Iván Suárez MF Juan Carlos (captain) MF Pablo Martínez FW Javi Gutiérrez FW Jorge Cayarga FW Marcos Iglesias FW Natan

Season to season

Tribune of La Cruz, in a preseason game in August 2013.

Season	Tier	Division	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Copa Federación	Top scorer(s)
1948–49	5	2ª Reg.	2nd	24	14	6	4	72	27	34
1949–50	4	1ª Reg.	3rd	20	12	2	6	52	27	26
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	4
1953–54	4	1ª Reg.	12th	22	1	3	18	29	70	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	5	2ª Reg.
1959–60	5	2ª Reg.		24	12	3	9	47	45	27
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.
1971–72	5	2ª Reg.
		PG	2nd	8	4	2	2	16	8	10
1972–73	5	2ª Reg.
1973–74	5	2ª Pref.	16th	38	13	6	19	53	69	32
1974–75	6	2ª Reg.
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	15	87
2003–04	4	3ª	10th	38	13	13	12	41	45	52		Adrián Colunga	14
2004–05	4	3ª	11th	38	15	7	16	49	55	52	Group stage
2005–06	4	3ª	16th	38	10	10	18	35	49	40	Group stage
2006–07	4	3ª	9th	38	12	12	14	48	58	48
2007–08	4	3ª	12th	38	14	8	16	53	55	50	Group stage
2008–09	4	3ª	15th	38	10	12	16	45	57	42	Semifinals	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	Group stage	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									Group stage

• 17 seasons in Tercera División

Statistics and records

In Tercera División

Updated as of the end of the 2015–16 season.

• Seasons in Tercera División: 16th.
• Best position: 3rd (2013–14).
• Consecutive season in Tercera División: 13th (2003–04 to 2015–16).
• Rounds leading the league table: 3 (round 1, 1965–66; rounds 14 to 15, 2013–14).
• Consecutive rounds leading the league table: 2 (rounds 14 to 15, 2013–14).
• Record home win: 5–0 vs CD Lieres (1965–66).
• Record away win: 0–4 vs CD Llanes (2012–13).
• Consecutive games undefeated: 12 (round 8 to 20, 2014–15).^{[N 1]}
• Consecutive wins: 4 (round 12 to 15, 2013–14).
• Consecutive games without goals against: 5 (round 18 to 22, 2009–10).
• Top scorer: Jimmy (47 goals).
• Most games played: Jimmy (221 games).
• Coach with more games: Rogelio García (208 games).

Famous players

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

Head coaches

Rogelio García, one of the most prolific coaches in the club's history

League and playoff games are counted.

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.^[6]

Awards

UC Ceares B

UC Ceares B was the reserve team of the club. It was created in 2012 and folded three years later. It always played in Segunda Regional, the lowest division in Asturias.

Ceares B played its games in La Cruz and in the pitches of the Royal Asturias Football Federation, in Roces, Gijón.

Notes

References

External links

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