Sporting Atlético is a Spanish football club based in Gijón, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1960 it is the reserve team of Sporting de Gijón, and currently plays in , holding home games at Escuela de Fútbol de Mareo with a 3,000-seat capacity.
Reserve teams in the Spanish football league system play in the same football pyramid as their senior team rather than a separate league, although reserve teams cannot play in the same division as their senior team. Reserve teams are also no longer permitted to enter the Copa del Rey. In addition, only under-23 players, or under-25 players with a professional contract, can switch between senior and reserve teams.
History
La Camocha Sociedad Deportiva La Camocha was founded in 1955, joining the Royal Spanish Football Federation two years later. On 30 July 1966, the team signed an agreement to be affiliated with Real Gijón as their reserve team.
The following year, La Camocha's rights in Tercera División were acquired by Gijón and the team was renamed Club Atlético Gijón, being relegated to Primera Regional after three seasons.
Sporting Gijón B Sporting de Gijón B was founded as Club Deportivo Gijón in 1960. Because the club started in the lowest level in Asturias, Segunda Regional, Real Gijón used other clubs to promote its youth players such as La Camocha. In 1970, La Camocha was replaced by Deportivo Gijón as sole affiliate after both clubs were to start in Primera Regional. La Camocha eventually became an independent club and was renamed Atlético Camocha Sociedad Deportiva. Deportivo Gijón finished as runner-up in 1971–72 and lost the promotion play-off to C.D. Acero 3–8 on aggregate, promoting to the fourth level two years later after winning the regional league.
In the following decades, Sporting B fluctuated between division four and Segunda División B, first reaching the latter in 1979–80, but being immediately relegated. In 1991, it first reached the promotion playoffs in the category, repeating the feat in 1996 and 1997, but consecutively falling short.
In early July 2011, despite finishing 19th in the third division table, with the subsequent relegation, Sporting B was reinstated in the category by buying the vacant place left by the administrative relegation of Universidad de Las Palmas CF.El Sporting recupera la plaza que perdió en Segunda B (Sporting regains lost Segunda B berth); La Nueva España, 5 July 2011
In 2018, the club qualified for the promotion playoffs to Segunda División, 21 years after their last participation. The club beat Cornellà in the first round but lost the two legs against Elche in the second. On 6 July 2023, the club returned to their previous name of Sporting Atlético.
Club background Club Deportivo Gijón (1960–79) Sporting de Gijón Atlético CF (1979–91) Sporting de Gijón B (1991–2023) Sporting Atlético (2023–)
Season to season As a farm team SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1966–6752ª Reg.1st1967–6841ª Reg.3rd1968–6941ª Reg.2nd1969–7041ª Reg.2nd1970–7141ª Reg.11th1971–7241ª Reg.2nd1972–7341ª Reg.8th1973–744Reg. Pref.1st1974–7533ª11thSecond round1975–7633ª8thThird round1976–7733ª15thFirst round1977–7843ª2ndFirst round1978–7943ª1stFirst roundSeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1979–8032ª B17thFirst round1980–8143ª1st1981–8232ª B12thFirst round1982–8332ª B16th1983–8432ª B13th1984–8532ª B10th1985–8632ª B16thFirst round1986–8743ª4th1987–8843ª2nd1988–8943ª1st1989–9032ª B11th1990–9132ª B12th As a reserve team SeasonTierDivisionPlace1991–9232ª B3rd1992–9332ª B14th1993–9432ª B12th1994–9532ª B5th1995–9632ª B1st1996–9732ª B1st1997–9832ª B8th1998–9932ª B7th1999–200032ª B12th2000–0132ª B5th2001–0232ª B17th2002–0343ª3rd2003–0443ª3rd2004–0543ª5th2005–0643ª7th2006–0743ª4th2007–0843ª2nd2008–0932ª B16th2009–1032ª B12th2010–1132ª B19thSeasonTierDivisionPlace2011–1232ª B10th2012–1332ª B13th2013–1432ª B9th2014–1532ª B11th2015–1632ª B17th2016–1743ª1st2017–1832ª B2nd2018–1932ª B11th2019–2032ª B15th2020–2132ª B / 2021–2253ª RFEF2nd2022–2353ª Fed.2nd2023–2453ª Fed.2nd2024–2553ª Fed.4th2025–2653ª Fed.3rd2026–2753ª Fed.
31 seasons in Segunda División B 16 seasons in Tercera División 6 seasons in Tercera Federación/Tercera División RFEF
Current squad
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From Sporting C
Out on loan
Current technical staff RoleName Head coach Aitor Zulaika Assistant coach Nacho Cases Delegate Carlos Manuel Manjarín Pereda Goalkeeping coach Daniel Fernández Lozano Fitness coaches Álvaro Vázquez García Physiotherapist Sergio Vicente Guerrero Álvarez Pedro Diaz Herrero Kit men Alejandro Tuya Moriyon
Honours
Official Segunda División B: 1995–96 (Group 2), 1996–97 (Group 1) Tercera División Group 2: 1978–79,Temporada 1978–1979 (1978–1979 season) ; at AREFE 1980–81,Temporada 1980–1981 (1980–1981 season) ; at AREFE 1988–89,Temporada 1988–1989 (1988–1989 season) ; at AREFE 2016–17 Copa de la Liga: 1982–83 Segunda División B – Group I Copa RFEF (Asturias tournament): 1996, 2003, 2014, 2016Resumen de temporadas anteriores; at Astur Fútbol
Friendly Trofeo Emma Cuervo:Trofeo Emma Cuervo (Ribadeo, Lugo-Spain) 1952–2008; at RSSSF 2008
Stadium Sporting de Gijón B play most of its home games at Escuela de Fútbol de Mareo (field 1, also named Pepe Ortiz), which also acts as both the training ground and football academy for the first team. It has a capacity of 3,000 spectators.
References
External links
BDFútbol team profile Sporting B history & stadium Estadios de España