Asturias autonomous football team

Asturias

Association	Royal Asturias Football Federation (RFFPA)
Head coach	José Manuel Díaz Novoa Marcelino García Toral
Captain	Mario Cotelo
Most caps	8 players (3)
Top scorer	Juanele (3)
First colours Second colours
First international
Asturias 0–0 St. Mirren F.C. (June 1922)

The Asturias autonomous football team is the national football team for Asturias. They are not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA, because it is represented internationally by the Spanish national football team. The team only plays friendly matches.

Matches played

Cantabric Team

Date	Venue	Home team	Away team	Score
10 May 1917	Madrid	Cantabric	Catalonia	1–1
11 May 1917	Madrid	Center	Cantabric	3–2
20 Jan 1918	Madrid	Center	Cantabric	3–2
23 Jan 1918	Madrid	Center	Cantabric	3–1

Asturias Team

Date	Venue	Home team	Away team	Score
1922	Gijón	Asturias	Saint Mirren	0–0
12 Nov 1922	Gijón	Asturias	Euskadi	1–1
13 Nov 1922	Gijón	Asturias	Euskadi	4–3
14 Jan 1923	Gijón	Asturias	Catalonia	1–0
25 Feb 1923	Vigo	Galicia	Asturias	1–3
18 Oct 1923	Bilbao	Euskadi	Asturias	4–2
3 May 1925	Santander	Cantabria	Asturias	1–3
21 Jun 1925	Gijón	Asturias	Cantabria	0–1
5 Sep 1926	Gijón	Asturias	Catalonia	0–2
19 Sep 1926	Barcelona	Catalonia	Asturias	4–3
10 Jul 1932	Gijón	Asturias	Benfica	3–1
30 Oct 1932	Lisboa	Benfica	Asturias	1–2
30 Oct 1932	Oporto	Porto	Asturias	6–3
16 Jun 1934	Gijón	Asturias	Mexico	5–2
28 Aug 1936	Gijón	Asturias	Brussels	3–3
23 Dec 2000	Oviedo	Asturias	REDIRECT Template:Country data North Macedonia Republic of Macedonia	1–0
29 Dec 2001	Gijón	Asturias	Lithuania	6–1
28 Dec 2002	Avilés	Asturias	Honduras	5–3
Dec 2008	Gijón	Asturias	Sporting de Gijón Legends	(*)

(*) Game was cancelled

Latest games

Asturias v Macedonia

23 December 2000	Asturias	1 – 0	Macedonia	Oviedo
	Juanele  50'	Summary		Stadium: Carlos Tartiere Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González

Asturias v Lithuania

29 December 2001	Asturias	6 – 1	Lithuania	Gijón
	Oli  3' Pablo Lago  20' Juanele  35', 51' José Manuel  58' César  81'	Report	Dančenka  64' (pen.)	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 16,000 Referee: César Muñiz Fernández

Asturias v Honduras

28 December 2002	Asturias	5 – 3	Honduras	Avilés
	Abelardo  6' Mario  13' Oli  16' Villa  30' Miguel  61'	Report	Saúl Martínez  31', 37', 83'	Stadium: Román Suárez Puerta Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González

Statistics since 2000

Name	Pos	Years	Caps	Goals
Esteban	GK	2000–2002	3	0
Juanjo	GK	2000	1	0
Julio Iglesias	GK	2001–2002	2	0
Abelardo	DF	2002	1	1
Dani Amieva	DF	2000	1	0
Boris	DF	2000–2001	2	0
César	DF	2000–2002	3	1
Isma	DF	2001	1	0
Jaime	DF	2000	1	0
Javi Venta	DF	2001–2002	2	0
José Manuel	DF	2000–2002	3	1
Manel	DF	2000–2002	3	0
Muñiz	DF	2000	1	0
Pablo	DF	2002	1	0
Sietes	DF	2000–2002	3	0
Urbano	DF	2002	1	0
Miguel Ángel Angulo	MF	2000	1	0
Caco Morán	MF	2000	1	0
Francisco Javier Castaño	MF	2001–2002	2	0
Miguel Cobas	MF	2002	1	0
Iván Ania	MF	2000–2002	3	0
Iván Iglesias	MF	2000	1	0
Manolo	MF	2001–2002	2	0
Mario Cotelo	MF	2000–2002	3	1
Pablo Lago	MF	2000–2001	2	1
Juanele	FW	2000–2001	2	3
Luis Enrique	FW	2000	1	0
Javier Manjarín	FW	2000	1	0
Miguel	FW	2002	1	1
Oli	FW	2000–2002	3	2
Pablo Álvarez	FW	2001	1	0
Quique Martín	FW	2000	1	0
David Villa	FW	2001–2002	2	1

Last call up

Squad for game vs. Sporting de Gijón Legends in December 2008, which was eventually cancelled. Players are with the team in the date of the match.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1GK Sergio Sánchez 21 April 1977 0 0 Sporting de Gijón 1GK Esteban Andrés Suárez 27 June 1975 3 0 UD Almería 2DF Roberto Canella 7 February 1988 0 0 Sporting de Gijón 2DF Jorge 13 January 1984 0 0 Sporting de Gijón 2DF Javi Venta 13 December 1975 2 0 Villarreal CF 2DF Sergio Fernández 23 May 1977 0 0 CA Osasuna 2DF Joni López 17 April 1987 0 0 FC Barcelona B 2DF Yago Yao 19 August 1979 0 0 Levante UD 3MF Míchel 9 November 1985 0 0 Sporting de Gijón 3MF Juan Mata 28 April 1988 0 0 Valencia CF 3MF Miguel Ángel Angulo 23 June 1977 1 0 Valencia CF 3MF Santi Cazorla 13 December 1984 0 0 Villarreal CF 3MF Jairo 21 March 1986 0 0 Lorca Deportiva CF 3MF Marcos Landeira 2 May 1987 0 0 UD Melilla 3MF Gerardo Noriega 10 March 1982 0 0 Hércules CF 3MF Mario Cotelo 10 February 1975 3 1 Getafe CF 4FW Luis Morán 5 January 1983 0 0 Sporting de Gijón 4FW Omar 5 June 1985 0 0 CD Castellón 4FW David Villa 3 December 1981 2 1 Valencia CF 4FW Luis García 6 February 1981 0 0 RCD Espanyol 4FW Adrián 8 January 1988 0 0 Málaga CF 4FW Rubén 19 February 1979 0 0 UD Levante 4FW Miguel 5 January 1983 1 1 Elche CF 4FW Adrián Colunga 17 November 1984 0 0 Recreativo de Huelva

Selected famous players

• Abelardo Fernández
• David Villa
• Juan Mata
• Iván Ania
• Javier Manjarín
• Juanele
• Luis Enrique
• Miguel Ángel Angulo
• Oli
• Santi Cazorla

Selected former coaches

• José Manuel Díaz Novoa (2000–2002)
• Marcelino García Toral

Amateur team

The Asturias amateur team is composed of Asturian players of Tercera División and lower divisions. This team plays in the UEFA Regions' Cup, and their most important achievement was to qualify to the Final tournament of the 2003 UEFA Regions' Cup, after winning the Spanish phase and winning all their previous matches in the European rounds.

Results summary

Overall							National games						International games
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
40	20	10	10	70	30	+37	15	8	9	53	27	+26	5	2	1	17	3	+14

Matches

Competition	Round	Host	Opponent	Score
2001 UEFA Regions' Cup	Spanish first round	Burgos	Andalusia	2–3
2001 UEFA Regions' Cup	Spanish first round	Burgos	Castile and León	0–0
2001 UEFA Regions' Cup	Spanish first round	Burgos	Basque Country	1–2
2003 UEFA Regions' Cup	Spanish first round	Andalusia	Aragon	2–1
2003 UEFA Regions' Cup	Spanish first round	Andalusia	Andalusia	1–0
2003 UEFA Regions' Cup	Spanish semifinal	Alcalá de Henares	Madrid	2–1
2003 UEFA Regions' Cup	Spanish final	Alcalá de Henares	Basque Country	0–0
2003 UEFA Regions' Cup	European preliminary round	Belgium	Andorra	7–0
2003 UEFA Regions' Cup	European preliminary round	Belgium	Antwerp	1–0
2003 UEFA Regions' Cup	European preliminary round	Belgium	South Karelia	5–0
2003 UEFA Regions' Cup	European intermediary round	Central Bohemia	Central Bohemia	1–0
2003 UEFA Regions' Cup	European intermediary round	Luanco	Central Bohemia	1–0
2003 UEFA Regions' Cup	European final rond group stage	Württemberg	Piedmont	1–1
2003 UEFA Regions' Cup	European final rond group stage	Württemberg	Württemberg	1–1
2003 UEFA Regions' Cup	European final rond group stage	Württemberg	Ticino	0–1
2005 UEFA Regions' Cup	Spanish first round	Gijón	Castile and León	0–0
2005 UEFA Regions' Cup	Spanish first round	Gijón	Cantabria	3–0
2005 UEFA Regions' Cup	Spanish intermediary round	Asturias	Valencian Community	0–0
2005 UEFA Regions' Cup	Spanish intermediary round	Asturias	Valencian Community	3–0
2005 UEFA Regions' Cup	Spanish semifinal	Las Rozas	Galicia	1–1
2005 UEFA Regions' Cup	Spanish final	Las Rozas	Basque Country	1–3
2007 UEFA Regions' Cup	Spanish first round	Asturias	Extremadura	2–0
2007 UEFA Regions' Cup	Spanish first round	Asturias	Melilla	4–0
2007 UEFA Regions' Cup	Spanish intermediary round	Balearic Islands	Balearic Islands	1–1
2007 UEFA Regions' Cup	Spanish intermediary round	Asturias	Balearic Islands	4–1
2007 UEFA Regions' Cup	Spanish semifinal	Portugalete	Catalonia	0–1
2009 UEFA Regions' Cup	Spanish first round	Asturias	Balearic Islands	2–1
2009 UEFA Regions' Cup	Spanish first round	Asturias	Ceuta	7–0
2009 UEFA Regions' Cup	Spanish intermediary round	Asturias	Basque Country	1–1
2009 UEFA Regions' Cup	Spanish intermediary round	Basque Country	Basque Country	0–1
2011 UEFA Regions' Cup	Spanish first round	Asturias	Aragon	0–1
2011 UEFA Regions' Cup	Spanish first round	Asturias	Canary Islands	1–2
2013 UEFA Regions' Cup	Spanish first round	Aranjuez	Aragon	2–0
2013 UEFA Regions' Cup	Spanish first round	Aranjuez	Galicia	3–1
2013 UEFA Regions' Cup	Spanish semifinal	Villaviciosa	Murcia	4–1
2013 UEFA Regions' Cup	Spanish final	Gijón	Catalonia	1–2
2015 UEFA Regions' Cup	Spanish first round	Ceuta	Galicia	2–2
2015 UEFA Regions' Cup	Spanish first round	Ceuta	Murcia	0–1
2017 UEFA Regions' Cup	Spanish semifinal	El Berrón	Madrid	2–0
2017 UEFA Regions' Cup	Spanish first round	Avilés	Melilla	1–0

External links

• List of matches in Roon Ba