Editing Real Oviedo (section)

==History==
Founded in 1926 after a [[Mergers and acquisitions|merger]] of ''Stadium Ovetense'' and ''Real Club Deportivo Oviedo.'' The first one was founded by young people who had studied in England, where the "foot-ball" was already popular. And the second club was founded a few years later by a split in the first.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elsuperhincha.com/26-marzo-se-fundo-real-oviedo/|title=Real Oviedo fundado el 26 de Marzo de 1926. 90 años de historia|date=2016-03-26|website=elSuperHincha|language=es|access-date=2020-02-28|archive-date=28 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228131920/https://elsuperhincha.com/26-marzo-se-fundo-real-oviedo/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Carlos Tartiere]] served as the inaugural president when the club was established.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.realoviedo.info/tartiere.htm |title=Don Carlos Tartiere |publisher=Real Oviedo |language=es }}</ref> Oviedo first reached [[La Liga]] seven years later.

Their attacking quartet of [[Emilín (footballer, born September 1912)|Emilín]], [[Galé]], [[Herrerita (footballer, born 1914)|Herrerita]] and [[Isidro Lángara]] (all represented [[Spain men's national football team|Spain]] in this period), as well as [[Casuco]] and [[Ricardo Gallart]] modernised the game with their pace and running off the ball tied with sharp passing and one-touch football, played in a style 30/40 years before its time, being dubbed ''Delanteras Eléctricas'' ("The electric forwards"); all this was connected with a rigid training and fitness regime started by a former manager of the club, Englishman [[Fred Pentland]]. [[File:Langara.jpg|thumb|left|177x177px|[[Isidro Lángara]] won three consecutive [[Pichichi Trophy|Pichichi trophies]] from 1933–34 to 1935–36.]]Lángara won the [[Pichichi Trophy]] three years in a row prior to the [[Spanish Civil War]], as Oviedo broke all scoring records (174 goals in 62 league games). With the outbreak of the conflict, however, the team broke up: Lángara emigrated to [[South America]], Herrerita and Emilín signed with [[FC Barcelona]], Galé with [[Racing de Santander]] and Gallart with [[Racing de Ferrol]].

When football in the country resumed in 1939, Oviedo could not play [[1939–40 La Liga|1939–40 season]], as their pitch was deemed unplayable – [[Francisco Franco]]'s troops had used the stadium as an ammunition dump. During the following decades, the club bounced back between the first and second levels, the high point being a best-ever third position in [[1962–63 La Liga|1962–63]] (ranking joint-first with [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]] after the first 15 rounds), while the lowest was the side's first relegation to ''[[Segunda División B]]'', in 1978 (for a single season).

With the [[FIFA World Cup]] to be held [[1982 FIFA World Cup|in Spain in 1982]], the ''[[Estadio Carlos Tartiere (1932)|Carlos Tartiere Stadium]]'' was completely renewed, the first match being held with the [[Chile national football team|Chile national team]], 0–0. In 1984–85 Oviedo won the soon-to-be-defunct [[Copa de la Liga|Spanish League Cup]] (second division), after successively defeating [[UD Salamanca]], [[Bilbao Athletic]], [[C.F. Lorca Deportiva (1969)|CF Lorca Deportiva]], [[CE Sabadell FC]] and [[Atlético Madrid B|Atlético Madrileño]] (the latter with a 2–1 aggregate in the final).

In 1988 Oviedo returned to the top division, after ousting [[RCD Mallorca]] in the promotion playoffs (2–1 on aggregate, with [[Forward (association football)|striker]] [[Carlos Muñoz Cobo|Carlos]], who would feature prominently for the club in the following years, scoring one of the goals), and remained in that level for 13 consecutive seasons – in [[1990–91 La Liga|1990–91]] it finished sixth, [[1991–92 UEFA Cup|qualifying]] for the first time for Europe, and being knocked out in the first round by [[Genoa C.F.C.]] of [[Italy]] (2–3). Oviedo bounced back from that defeat immediately, with a 2–1 win at the [[Camp Nou]] over Barcelona.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1991/09/20/pagina-10/1242831/pdf.html|title=Una corta renta para el Oviedo|trans-title=Short lead for Oviedo|publisher=[[El Mundo Deportivo (newspaper)|El Mundo Deportivo]]|language=es|date=20 September 1991|access-date=23 January 2014|archive-date=3 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203140459/http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1991/09/20/pagina-10/1242831/pdf.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1991/10/04/pagina-8/1237130/pdf.html|title=Skuhravy rompió el sueño|trans-title=Skuhravy shattered dream|publisher=El Mundo Deportivo|language=es|date=4 October 1991|access-date=31 January 2014|archive-date=10 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110004752/http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1991/10/04/pagina-8/1237130/pdf.html|url-status=live}}</ref>[[File:Real Oviedo 1926.jpg|thumb|283x283px|Real Oviedo first squad in 1926.]]After that successful year, there were more brilliant seasons and others where relegation was narrowly dodged (in 1998 Real Oviedo succeeded in a [[1997–98 La Liga#Relegation playoff|relegation playoff]] to stay up after beating [[UD Las Palmas]]). In a nutshell, the ''Carbayones'' had an outstanding run in La Liga during the 1990s with a team which lined up top international players. In 1992 Real Oviedo as well as most Spanish football clubs was forced to become [[Sociedad Anónima Deportiva|public limited sports company]]. The initial capital stock for Real Oviedo amounted to €3.6 million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.realoviedo.es/en/el-club/historia//preview////pagina-8/1237130/pdf.html|title=Real Oviedo History|publisher=Real Oviedo Official Website|access-date=20 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220150007/http://www.realoviedo.es/en/el-club/historia//preview////pagina-8/1237130/pdf.html|archive-date=20 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 4 October 1995, Real Oviedo played its 1,000th game in La Liga.

In 2000, the new ''[[Estadio Carlos Tartiere|Carlos Tartiere Stadium]]'' with 30,500 seats became Real Oviedo's new ground. It was officially opened on 20 September 2000 with a match between Real Oviedo and [[Partizan Belgrade]], where Real Oviedo lost 0–2 to the Serbian side. Three days before, Real Oviedo and UD Las Palmas had got a 2–2 draw on the first fixture in the [[2000–01 La Liga|2000–01 season]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.realoviedo.es/en/el-club/historia//preview////pagina-8/1237130/pdf.html|title=Real Oviedo History|publisher=Real Oviedo Official Website|access-date=20 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220150007/http://www.realoviedo.es/en/el-club/historia//preview////pagina-8/1237130/pdf.html|archive-date=20 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

After being relegated two consecutive times, Real Oviedo suffered severe economic troubles, which, when coupled with a profound lack of institutional support from the city's government, resulted in the team's inability to pay its players. The club was then forced to drop all the way to the [[Tercera División|fourth division]] of [[Spanish football league system|Spanish football]], for the [[2003–04 Tercera División|2003–04 season]]; at this point the team nearly folded but eventually recovered and regrouped, returning to level three in the following campaign.
[[File:Real Oviedo league performance 1929-2023.svg|thumb|Chart of Real Oviedo league performance 1929-2023]]
Oviedo lasted two further campaigns before dropping down a level again. In another playoff against a Mallorca team – this time [[RCD Mallorca B|the reserves]], the club returned again to the third division, after a [[Penalty shootout (association football)|penalty shootout]]; however, its survival remained at risk in the following years, due to continuing financial difficulties.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/blogs/2012/11/7/real-oviedo-the-peoples-club.html|title=Real Oviedo – The people's club|publisher=Football Friends Online|date=7 November 2012|access-date=10 November 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110014214/http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/blogs/2012/11/7/real-oviedo-the-peoples-club.html|archive-date=10 November 2013}}</ref>

The financial dire straits continued into the [[2012–13 Segunda División B|2012–13 season]], when Oviedo called on supporters to buy shares in the club. A few footballers, notably [[Santi Cazorla]], [[Juan Mata]], [[Michu]] and [[Adrián López Álvarez|Adrián]] who all started their careers there, offered their financial support in an attempt to save the club from bankruptcy – the club had until 17 November to raise [[Euro|€]]2 million in order to prevent closure.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1219403/premier-league-stars-join-real-oviedo-survival-fight?cc=5739|title=Spanish stars join Real Oviedo fight|publisher=[[ESPN FC]]|date=9 November 2012|access-date=10 November 2012|archive-date=22 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121122065719/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1219403/premier-league-stars-join-real-oviedo-survival-fight?cc=5739|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swanseacity.com/news/article/michu-real-oviedo-470726.aspx|title=Michu answers a Real SOS back home|publisher=Swansea AFC|date=7 November 2012|access-date=8 November 2012}}{{dead link|date=June 2018|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2012/nov/29/real-oviedo-spain-premier-league|title=Real Oviedo – the remarkable story of a club the world united to save|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=29 November 2012|access-date=7 May 2013|archive-date=27 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127202910/https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2012/nov/29/real-oviedo-spain-premier-league|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 17 November 2012, [[Carlos Slim]], at the time the richest person in the world, invested [[United States dollar|$]]2.5 million in the club, therefore gaining a controlling stake.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/18/sports/soccer/carlos-slim-helu-becomes-oveidos-majority-shareholder.html|title=Mexican tycoon buys majority share in Real Oviedo|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=17 November 2012|access-date=20 November 2012|archive-date=2 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702181433/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/18/sports/soccer/carlos-slim-helu-becomes-oveidos-majority-shareholder.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2012/11/21/sport/football/football-oviedo-carlos-slim-twitter-fans/|title=Investing in football: a Real Oviedo shareholder's tale|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=21 November 2012|access-date=7 May 2013|archive-date=5 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130105231501/http://edition.cnn.com/2012/11/21/sport/football/football-oviedo-carlos-slim-twitter-fans|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 31 May 2015, Oviedo confirmed their return to the Spanish [[Segunda División]] after a thirteen-year absence with a 2–1 aggregate victory over [[Cádiz CF|Cádiz]] in the [[2015 Segunda División B play-offs]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://espndeportes.espn.com/noticias/nota/_/id/2386572/el-oviedo-de-slim-logra-el-ascenso-a-segunda-division-tras-derrotar-al-cadiz |title=El Oviedo, de Slim, logra el ascenso a Segunda División tras derrotar al Cádiz |publisher=ESPN Deportes |language=es |date=31 May 2015 }}</ref> In the [[2023–24 Segunda División]], Oviedo finished sixth, earning a spot in the [[2024 Segunda División play-offs|promotion play-offs]], where they reached the final, winning the first leg 1–0,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.realoviedo.es/en/news/a-step-closer-to-the-dream |title=A Step Closer to the Dream |publisher=Real Oviedo |date=16 June 2024 }}</ref> but lost 2–1 on aggregate to [[RCD Espanyol|Espanyol]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/40415431/espanyol-laliga-promotion-playoff-win |title=Espanyol earn LaLiga promotion with playoff win over Oviedo |publisher=ESPN |date=23 June 2024 }}</ref>