Asturias
AssociationRoyal Asturias Football Federation (RFFPA)
Top scorerJosé Luis Zabala (7)
First colours
First international
 Asturias 3–7 St Mirren F.C. Scotland
(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. Scotland
(Gijón, Spain; 4 June 1922)
Prince of Asturias Cup
Appearances3 (first in 1922-23 Prince of Asturias Cup)
Best resultChampions, 1922-23 Prince of Asturias Cup

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 only plays friendlies.

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 allowed the clubs of Cantabria to leave the Northern Regional Championship and join the newly created Cantabrian Regional Federation, along with clubs from Oviedo, soon to be renamed Asturias.

In 1917, the Cantabrians joined forces with the Asturian clubs, and as the 'Cantabric Team', they played four official matches between 1917 and 1918, competing in the defunct Copa Príncipe de Asturias, an inter-regional competition organized by the Spanish Federation.[1] This Cantabric side had the likes of the Villaverde brothers (Fernando and Senén), Manuel Argüelles and Manuel Meana, with the latter two going on to represent the Asturias national team in the 1920s.[2]

Asturian Federation

On 28 May 1918, the Cantabrian clubs returned to the Northern Federation, so the Spanish Federation agreed to change the name of the Cantabric Federation to Regional Asturian Federation of Football Clubs. Their first game as the Asturias autonomous football team was a friendly against St Mirren F.C. which ended in a 3–7 loss, with the Asturian goalscorers being José Luis Zabala, Manuel Argüelles and Domingo.[3] The Regional Asturian team then played seven official games between 1922 and 1926 in the Prince of Asturias Cup, winning the 1922–23 edition, largely thanks to their main player Zabala, who scored twice in their thrilling 4-3 extra-time win over Biscay in the quarter-finals, followed by a last-minute winner against Catalonia in the semi-finals and to seal the title in style, a second-half brace in the final to give his side a 3-1 win over Galicia, with the Asturian equaliser coming from Manuel Meana.[1] The following edition wasn't so successful as they were knocked out by Biscay in the quarter-finals despite yet another Zabala goal. The last edition of the competition was a two-legged final between the winners of the previous two, Asturias and Catalonia, facing each other only for the right to keep the trophy, and Catalonia won both games (2–0 and 4–3), thus deeming Asturias to a silver medal, with the silver lining being a late brace in two minutes from Ramón Herrera.[4] The year before, in 1925, they had faced Cantabria in another two-legged affair, at El Sardinero in Santander and at the El Molinón in Gijón, and after a 3–3 draw away, they lost 0–1 at home thanks to an own goal from what had been a Cantabric international in 1918: Manuel Meana.[5] 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.[6]

In December 2008, a friendly game against Sporting de Gijón legends was going to be organized, but in the end, it was canceled.

Competitive record

Copa Príncipe de Asturias record
Year Position Pld W D L GF GA
1922–23Champion431095
1923–24Quarterfinalist100124
1925–26Runners-up200236
Total73131415

Results

Cantabric

10 May 1917 1917 Prince of Asturias Cup [d]Cantabric 0–1  Catalonia Madrid
Report Gumbau 30' Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell
Referee: Community of Madrid Menéndez
11 May 1917 1917 Prince of Asturias Cup [c]Castile 3–2 Cantabric[d] Madrid
Castell 20' (pen.)
Agüero 30'
Villaverde 45'		 Report Felgueroso 50'
Pascual 60' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell
Referee: Basque Country (autonomous community) Pelayo Serrano
20 January 1918 1918 Prince of Asturias Cup [c]Castile 3–2 Cantabric[d] Madrid
Sansinenea
Gomar
Rey 		Report Villaverde III
Villaverde I 		Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell
Referee: Basque Country (autonomous community) Pelayo Serrano
23 January 1918 1918 Prince of Asturias Cup [c]Castile 3–1 Cantabric[d] Madrid
Sansinenea
Olalquiaga 		Report Villaverde III Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell
Referee: Community of Madrid Carlos Dieste

Notes

  1. ^
    The Central Federation team (Spanish: Equipo de la Centro Federación), including Madrid and the wider Castile region.
  2. ^
    The Cantabric (Spanish: Cantábrico) team, including Asturias and Cantabria.

Asturias

4 June 1922 Friendly Asturias  3–7 St Mirren F.C. Gijón, Asturias
Zabala
Argüelles pen.'
Domingo 		Report Walker
Gillies 		Stadium: El Molinón
Referee: Asturias Fernando Villaverde
12 November 1922 1922–23 Prince of Asturias Cup
quarter-finals		 Asturias  1–1 Biscay Biscay Gijón, Asturias
Arcadio 38' Report Larraza 25' Stadium: El Molinón
Referee: Basque Country (autonomous community) Murguía
13 November 1922 1922–23 Prince of Asturias Cup
quarter-finals replay		 Asturias  4–3 (a.e.t.) Biscay Biscay Gijón, Asturias
Zabala 30', 95'
Barril 125', 144'		 Report Travieso 33'
Acedo 111'
Careaga 132' (pen.)		 Stadium: El Molinón
Referee: Basque Country (autonomous community) Murguía
Note: After the end of the match (1–1), an overtime of one hour was played.
14 January 1923 1922–23 Prince of Asturias Cup
semi-finals		 Asturias  1–0  Catalonia Gijón, Asturias
Zabala 90' Report Stadium: El Molinón
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Basque Country (autonomous community) Torra
25 February 1923 1922–23 Prince of Asturias Cup Final Galicia  1–3  Asturias Vigo, Galicia
Balbino 1–0' Report Meana 1–1'
Zabala 1–2', 1–3'		 Stadium: Coia
Referee: Basque Country (autonomous community) Leclerc
18 November 1923 1923–24 Prince of Asturias Cup
quarter-finals		 Biscay Biscay 4–2  Asturias Bilbao, Basque Country
Carmelo 1–1'
Laca 2–1'
Travieso 3–2', 4–2'		 Report Bolado 0–1'
Zabala 2–2'		 Stadium: San Mamés
Referee: Community of Madrid Contreras
3 May 1925 Friendly Cantabria  3–3  Asturias Santander, Cantabria
Óscar 38' (pen.), 79'
? 2–2'		 Report Abdón 28'
Domingo 0–2'
Trucha 2–3'		 Stadium: El Sardinero
Referee: Catalonia Blanco
21 June 1925 Friendly Asturias  0–1  Cantabria Gijón, Asturias
Report Meana ?' (o.g.) Stadium: El Molinón
Referee: Alejandro Quintana
5 September 1926 1926 Prince of Asturias Cup Final Asturias  0–2  Catalonia Gijón, Asturias
Report1
Report2		 Broto 22', 80' Stadium: El Molinón
Referee: Basque Country (autonomous community) Steimborn Ludeuvik
19 September 1926 1926 Prince of Asturias Cup Final Catalonia  4–3  Asturias Barcelona, Catalonia
Forgas 10', 82'
Pellicer 59'
Alcántara 79'		 Report1
Report2		 Avilesu 5'
Herrera 85', 87'		 Stadium: Guinardó
Referee: Basque Country (autonomous community) Steimborn Ludeuvik
10 July 1932 Friendly Asturias  3–1 Lisbon Lisbon Gijón, Asturias
Lángara 12', 25'
Gallart 83'		 Report Héctor 28' Stadium: El Molinón
Referee: Vieira
30 October 1932 Friendly Lisbon Lisbon 1–2  Asturias Lisbon, Portugal
Héctor 1–0' Report Gallart 1–1'
Inciarte 1–2'		 Stadium: Estádio do Lumiar
Referee: Joaquín Menchaca
6 November 1932 Friendly Porto Porto 2–1  Asturias Porto, Portugal
Valdemar 1–0' 2–1' Report Herrera 1–1' Stadium: Campo do Ameal
Referee: Figuereido
16 June 1934 Friendly Asturias  5–2  Mexico Gijón, Asturias
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 August 1936 Friendly Asturias  3–3 Belgium Brussels XI Gijón, Asturias
Antón 1–1'
Meana 		Report 0–1' Stadium: El Molinón
Referee: Merediz
23 December 2000 Friendly Asturias  1–0  Macedonia Oviedo, Asturias
Juanele 50' Summary Stadium: Carlos Tartiere
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Mejuto González
29 December 2001 Friendly Asturias  6–1  Lithuania Gijón, Asturias
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 December 2002 Friendly Asturias  5–3  Honduras Avilés, Asturias
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

Selected former coaches

Honours

Prince of Asturias Cup:

  1. ↑ As part of the Cantabria team.

Notable players

Amateur team (UEFA Regions' Cup)

The Asturias amateur football team is mostly composed by players of the Group 2 of the Tercera Federación.

It plays bianually the Spanish stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup, competition that won in 2002, thus qualifying for the 2003 UEFA Regions' Cup, where it reached the final tournament.

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

See also

  • Category:Footballers from Asturias

References

  1. 1 2 3 Vicente Martínez Calatrava (17 August 2009). "La Copa Príncipe de Asturias" [The Prince of Asturias Cup] (in Spanish). CIHEFE. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  2. ↑ "Squad of Cantabria 1918 Copa del Príncipe de Asturias". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "El Comercio (Gijón) 06/06/1922" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 6 June 1922. Archived from the original on 2019-05-09. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "Classification Copa del Príncipe de Asturias 1925-26". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "El Comercio (Gijón) 23/06/1925" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 23 June 1925. Archived from the original on 2019-05-08. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "Debut con victoria de la selección femenina" (in Spanish). Cantabrian Football Federation. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
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