UP Langreo
| UP Langreo | |||
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| Basic data | |||
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| Surname | Unión Popular de Langreo | ||
| Seat | Langreo , Asturias | ||
| founding | 1961 | ||
| Colours | blue red | ||
| Website | uplangreo.com | ||
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| Venue |
Estadio Ganzábal Langreo , Spain |
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| Places | 4,000 | ||
| league | Segunda Division B | ||
| 2017/18 | 2nd place ( Tercera División ) | ||
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The Unión Popular de Langreo is a Spanish football club from the Asturian city of Langreo . The club, founded in 1961, plays in Segunda División B , Group 2 for the 2018/19 season .
history
UP Langreo was created in 1961 through the merger of the two clubs Racing Club de Sama and Círculo Popular de La Felguera . After the first season, the newly founded club managed to qualify for the first time for the Segunda División , Spain's 2nd division. As early as 1967/68 the club had to relegate to the Tercera División, which at that time was still third class. After two years, they returned to League 2 in 1970, where they stayed for only two more years.
The UP Langreo never managed to gain a foothold in Spanish professional football, since relegation in 1972 the club played exclusively in the Segunda División B and the Tercera División . They last played in 2014/15 in Segunda División B, from which they were relegated after just one year.
Stadion
UP Langreo plays in the Estadio Ganzábal , which has a capacity of 4,000 spectators. The stadium was inaugurated in 2006 after a new building and is owned by the city.
Club dates
- League 1: 0
- League 2 seasons: 8
- League 2B seasons: 16
- League 3: 32
- Best league place: 11th in Segunda División (1963/64)
- Worst league place: 11th in Tercera División (1975/76)
Status: including the 2017/18 season
successes
- Promotion to the Segunda División: 1961/62, 1969/70
- Master of the Tercera División (5): 1961/62, 1969/70, 1981/82, 1985/86, 2001/02)
