Asturian derby

The Asturian derby (, or Derbi astur) is the name given to any association football match contested between Sporting de Gijón and Real Oviedo (sometimes referred to as Carbayones), the two biggest clubs in Asturias. The rivalry is well-known as one of the strongest, and most heated in Spanish football.

History The first competitive match between the two teams happened on 5 December 1926, after the two main teams in Oviedo (Stadium Ovetense and Deportivo Oviedo) merged to create Real Oviedo. The match, in the Regional Championship of Asturias, was played in El Molinón and Sporting Gijón won by 2–1.

The first official match in the Spanish league was played in February 1929, during the 1929 Segunda División. Oviedo defeated Sporting by 6–2 with Barril scoring four goals in the second half. In 1944, the first derby in La Liga was played and the Carbayones won again 2–1.

On 27 February 1966, just after the kickoff of the derby at El Molinón, several people were injured after an avalanche occurred in one of the stands of the stadium.

On 29 May 1977 a special derby was held in Oviedo, where Sporting won by 2–1 at Estadio Carlos Tartiere in the penultimate match of the 1976–77 Segunda División, achieving promotion to La Liga and beginning the 'golden years' of the club.

On 15 March 1998, Oviedo won 2–1 in the last derby in La Liga to date. After that season, Sporting were relegated to Segunda División with the worst performance ever in the Spanish top league. This was also the last Asturian derby played at the old Estadio Carlos Tartiere before its closure in May 2000.

The first derby at the new Estadio Carlos Tartiere was played on 28 October 2001, being the first ever sell-out for the venue; Sporting beat the locals 2–0.

In 2003, the clubs played the last derby before the relegation of Oviedo to Segunda División B, later dropped to Tercera División due to nonpayments. Oviedo won by 2–1. After Oviedo's second goal, one of the stands collapsed and several fans went onto the pitch, without any injuries. Due to this, Estadio Carlos Tartiere was closed for one game.

After Oviedo were relegated to the lower divisions, the club had to play against Sporting B for several years until their comeback to Segunda División in 2015.

Oviedo and Sporting met again on 9 September 2017, in the fourth round of the 2017–18 Segunda División, breaking the biggest gap ever (14 years) without facing each other in official competitions. The match, played in Gijón, ended with a one-goal draw. Before it, in the surroundings of the stadium, there were altercations between the National Police and the ultras of Sporting Gijón, ending with damage to the buses of both clubs and 12 persons arrested. In the second-leg match played in Carlos Tartiere, Oviedo defeated Sporting by 2–1.

The second derby of the 2019–20 season, initially dated for 29 March 2020, was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. It finally was played on 22 June at El Molinón, behind closed doors, and finished with the win of the carbayones by 0–1.

The derby in the society In April 2000, when both clubs were suffering acute financial trouble, there were rumours about meetings between the board of directors of both clubs to discuss a merger to create a single team in the region called Real Asturias, and to study the possibility of building a new stadium between Oviedo and Gijón. Supporters of both clubs and the vast majority of the institutions were opposed to this proposal.

In 2017, the Non-governmental organisation Asturies por África (Asturias for Africa) organised an Asturian derby in Gambia, played by local boys, to raise funds to build a new solar-powered well in the village of Ndungu Kebbeh.

Head-to-head statistics Competition La Liga 40 19 13 8 42 31 Segunda División 50 16 13 21 66 75 Copa del Rey 10 7 1 2 23 17 Regional Championship 18 8 5 5 46 38 Total in official games 118 50 32 36 177 161 Trofeo Principado 19 10 4 5 23 16 Other friendly matches 25 9 6 10 39 43 Total in all games 165 69 42 51 239 220 Source:

Head-to-head ranking in La Liga (1929–2021) P. 34 35 36 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 52 53 54 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 71 72 73 74 75 76 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 09 10 11 12 16 17 122 33 3 3 3 44 4 4 4 55 5 5 5 66 6 6 6 6 77 7 7 88 8 8 8 99 9 9 9 9 9 1010 10 10 1111 11 11 11 11 1212 12 12 12 12 1313 13 13 13 13 13 1414 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 1515 15 15 15 15 1616 16 16 16 1717 17 17 1818 18 18 18 18 18 1919 2020 2122 •Total: Sporting with 6 higher finishes (and in top tier alone for 22 seasons), Oviedo with 14 higher finishes (and in top tier alone for 18 seasons); as of the end of the 2020–21 season.

Records All-time goalscorers The following players have scored 3 or more league goals in the Asturian derby. This includes all La Liga, Segunda División and Copa del Rey matches.

Player Club(s) La Liga Segunda CopaOverall YearsHerreritaBoth clubs2 2481929–1933 (S), 1933–1936 (O), 1940–1950 (O), 1950–1951 (S)Isidro LángaraOviedo1 671930–1936, 1946–1948José PrendesSporting1 671948–1957Pepe OrtizSporting 771949–1963EmilínBoth clubs2 461933–1936 (O), 1940–1949 (O), 1949–1951 (S)PíoSporting5 51944–1950, 1954–1955Cholo DindurraBoth clubs3 251933 (S), 1941–1942 (S), 1942–1943 (O), 1943–1953 (S)PinSporting 551924–1943BarrilOviedo 551926–1931UrrutiaOviedo 551927–1931Miguel FerrerOviedo 551954–1958Alfonso AlarcónOviedo3 141973–1978QuiniSporting3 141968–1980, 1984–1987Enrique GalánOviedo2 241968–1978Tati ValdésSporting1 341965–1979Ramón HerreraSporting 441925–1927, 1930–1935Ricardo GallartOviedo 3141930–1943David VillaSporting 2242001–2003AntónOviedo 441935–1936, 1940–1951Areta IIOviedo3 31951–1954CarlosOviedo3 31987–1988, 1989–1996MolinucuSporting2 131944–1957LaloOviedo1 231953–1967Esteban EchevarríaOviedo1 231942–1951Camilo LizSporting1 231942–1946AloyOviedo 331954–1958José Luis QuirósOviedo 331964–1969MijaresSporting 331941–1944

Clean sheets The following goalkeepers have at least three clean sheets in the Asturian derby. This includes La Liga, Segunda División and Copa del Rey matches.

Player Club(s) Clean sheets Games YearsViti Oviedo 6 9 1979–1994Jesús Castro Sporting 5 12 1967–1985Juan Luis Mora Oviedo 5 6 1993–1999Juan Carlos Ablanedo Sporting 4 13 1982–1999Sabino Zubeldia Oviedo 3 3 1985–1992Juanjo Valencia Sporting 3 5 1999–2004Fernando de Argila Oviedo 3 12 1943–1952, 1952–1957Sión Sporting 3 12 1949–1961

All-time results La Liga # Season Date R. Home team Score Away team Oviedo scorers Sporting scorers 1 1944–45 10 December 1944 12 Oviedo 2 – 1 Sporting Echevarría (23), Herrerita (38) Liz (89) 2 13 May 1945 25 Sporting 6 – 0 Oviedo Pío (12, 52, 61), Molinucu (14), Cervigón (67), Tamayo (76) 3 1945–46 30 December 1945 13 Sporting 1 – 0 Oviedo Molinucu (17) 4 31 March 1946 26 Oviedo 2 – 2 Sporting Chas (21), Emilín (87) Dindurra (38, 85) 5 1946–47 29 September 1946 2 Sporting 1 – 1 Oviedo Domingo (10) Dindurra (78) 6 7 January 1947 15 Oviedo 3 – 2 Sporting Diestro (25), Emilín (53), Lángara (71) Méndez (4, 21) 7 1947–48 12 October 1947 4 Oviedo 0 – 0 Sporting 8 25 January 1948 17 Sporting 2 – 1 Oviedo Herrerita (55) Pío (42, 88) 9 1952–53 4 January 1953 14 Sporting 1 – 3 Oviedo Areta II (10), Toni Cuervo (20), Durán (75) Grau (89) 10 26 April 1953 29 Oviedo 2 – 4 Sporting Areta II (17), Basabe (23) Germán (43), Prendes (76), Medina (77), Grau (82) 11 1953–54 13 September 1953 1 Sporting 0 – 0 Oviedo 12 10 January 1954 16 Oviedo 1 – 0 Sporting Areta II (82) 13 1958–59 16 November 1958 10 Sporting 0 – 3 Oviedo Lalo (42), Romero (49), Emilio (o.g. 83) 14 15 March 1959 25 Oviedo 2 – 0 Sporting Massey (16), Arbaizar (58) 15 1972–73 7 January 1973 17 Oviedo 1 – 0 Sporting Galán (20) 16 20 May 1973 34 Sporting 1 – 0 Oviedo Quini (63) 17 1973–74 30 December 1973 16 Sporting 0 – 3 Oviedo Marianín (17), Galán (31), Castro (o.g. 86) 18 5 May 1974 33 Oviedo 0 – 0 Sporting 19 1975–76 28 September 1975 4 Oviedo 3 – 1 Sporting Alarcón (8, 36, 63) Quini (42) 20 8 February 1976 21 Sporting 3 – 1 Oviedo Marianín (48) Valdés (9, 20), Quini (63) 21 1988–89 11 January 1989 17 Oviedo 1 – 0 Sporting 24,000 Tomás (81) 22 17 June 1989 37 Sporting 0 – 0 Oviedo 19,841 23 1989–90 5 November 1989 10 Sporting 0 – 0 Oviedo 26,000 24 11 March 1990 29 Oviedo 1 – 0 Sporting 20,012 Hicks (51) 25 1990–91 30 December 1990 16 Oviedo 0 – 0 Sporting 20,200 26 19 May 1991 35 Sporting 0 – 0 Oviedo 27,335 27 1991–92 15 December 1991 14 Oviedo 1 – 0 Sporting 19,321 Bango (25) 28 3 May 1992 33 Sporting 1 – 0 Oviedo 25,000 Monchu (3) 29 1992–93 3 January 1993 16 Sporting 0 – 1 Oviedo 25,000 Lăcătuș (9) 30 29 May 1993 35 Oviedo 2 – 1 Sporting 16,003 Carlos (47, 53) Abelardo (16) 31 1993–94 19 September 1993 3 Oviedo 0 – 1 Sporting 19,000 Juanele (78) 32 6 February 1994 22 Sporting 0 – 0 Oviedo 26,200 33 1994–95 22 January 1995 18 Sporting 1 – 1 Oviedo 25,300 Carlos (72) Pier (38) 34 11 June 1995 37 Oviedo 1 – 0 Sporting 14,553 Oli (57) 35 1995–96 3 December 1995 15 Oviedo 1 – 0 Sporting 18,663 Bango (o.g. 89) 36 14 April 1996 36 Sporting 0 – 1 Oviedo 29,500 Carlos (47) 37 1996–97 26 January 1997 21 Sporting 0 – 0 Oviedo 19,800 38 22 June 1997 42 Oviedo 0 – 0 Sporting 23,500 39 1997–98 9 November 1997 10 Sporting 1 – 2 Oviedo 19,826 Juan González (18), Dely Valdés (53) Bango (10) 40 15 March 1998 29 Oviedo 2 – 1 Sporting 20,000 Nikiforov (o.g. 16), Dely Valdés (81) Kaiku (8)

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