Club Deportivo Covadonga is a Spanish football team based in Oviedo, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1979 it plays in , holding home games at Estadio Álvarez Rabanal, with a 2,000-seat capacity.
History CD Covadonga was founded in 1979 by José Antonio Álvarez Rabanal, priest of the parish of Our Lady of Covadonga, Oviedo, with the aim to give a way to development as people to the local youth.
It started to play its games in the Asturian Regional divisions in the field of the Fundación Masaveu while the club was negotiating with the Oviedo City Hall for the transfer of a piece of ground in Los Castañales, neighbourhood of Teatinos, for building a new football field.
In 1998 the team promoted for the first time to Tercera División. Fifteen years later, in 2013, the club finished the league in third position and qualifies for the 2013 Tercera División play-offs, but it was eliminated in the first round by Don Benito.
Covadonga repeated participation in the playoffs in 2019, but was clearly defeated again in the first round, this time by Bergantiños. However, the club achieved promotion in their third attempt, after defeating Llanera and Caudal in the playoffs.
Season to season SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1979–8072ª Reg.12th1980–8172ª Reg.9th1981–8272ª Reg.1st1982–8361ª Reg.8th1983–8461ª Reg.16th1984–8561ª Reg.17th1985–8672ª Reg.5th1986–8772ª Reg.5th1987–8872ª Reg.1st1988–8972ª Reg.2nd1989–9061ª Reg.6th1990–9161ª Reg.9th1991–9261ª Reg.5th1992–9361ª Reg.5th1993–9461ª Reg.5th1994–9561ª Reg.8th1995–9661ª Reg.2nd1996–975Reg. Pref.14th1997–985Reg. Pref.2nd1998–9943ª18thSeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1999–20005Reg. Pref.4th2000–0143ª20th2001–024Reg. Pref.3rd2002–0343ª16th2003–045Reg. Pref.4th2004–055Reg. Pref.4th2005–0643ª9th2006–0743ª16th2007–085Reg. Pref.4th2008–0943ª13th2009–1043ª19th2010–115Reg. Pref.1st2011–1243ª11th2012–1343ª3rd2013–1443ª5th2014–1543ª5th2015–1643ª11th2016–1743ª7th2017–1843ª5th2018–1943ª4th SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey2019–2043ª3rd2020–2132ª B / 2021–2253ª RFEF10th2022–2353ª Fed.1st2023–2442ª Fed.18thFirst round2024–2553ª Fed.3rd2025–2653ª Fed.2nd2026–2753ª Fed.TBD
1 season in Segunda División B 1 season in Segunda Federación 16 seasons in Tercera División 5 seasons in Tercera Federación/Tercera División RFEF
Current squad
Famous players Iván Ania Santi Cazorla (youth)
Women's team On 26 November 2017, CD Covadonga announced the creation of a new women's team that would start competing in the 2018–19 season. It previously existed until it was disbanded in 1997. Season by season SeasonDivisionPlaceCopa de la Reina1996/97Regional11th1997/98Regional12th1998–18DNP2018/19Regional17th2019/20Regional5th
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