Asturian derby


The Asturian derby, is the name given to any association football match contested between Sporting de Gijón and Real Oviedo, 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 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 (1932)|Estadio Carlos Muñoz Cobo|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 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 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

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Head-to-head ranking in La Liga (1929–2021)

•Total: Sporting with 6 higher finishes, Oviedo with 14 higher finishes ; 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.
PlayerClubLa LigaSegundaCopaOverallYears
HerreritaBoth clubs22481929–1933, 1933–1936, 1940–1950, 1950–1951
Isidro LángaraOviedo1671930–1936, 1946–1948
José PrendesSporting1671948–1957
Pepe OrtizSporting771949–1963
EmilínBoth clubs2461933–1936, 1940–1949, 1949–1951
PíoSporting551944–1950, 1954–1955
Cholo DindurraBoth clubs3251933, 1941–1942, 1942–1943, 1943–1953
PinSporting551924–1943
BarrilOviedo551926–1931
UrrutiaOviedo551927–1931
Miguel FerrerOviedo551954–1958
Alfonso AlarcónOviedo3141973–1978
QuiniSporting3141968–1980, 1984–1987
Enrique GalánOviedo2241968–1978
Tati ValdésSporting1341965–1979
Ramón HerreraSporting441925–1927, 1930–1935
Ricardo GallartOviedo3141930–1943
David VillaSporting2242001–2003
AntónOviedo441935–1936, 1940–1951
Areta IIOviedo331951–1954
CarlosOviedo331987–1988, 1989–1996
MolinucuSporting2131944–1957
LaloOviedo1231953–1967
Esteban EchevarríaOviedo1231942–1951
Camilo LizSporting1231942–1946
AloyOviedo331954–1958
José Luis QuirósOviedo331964–1969
MijaresSporting331941–1944

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.
PlayerClubClean sheetsGamesYears
VitiOviedo691979–1994
Jesús CastroSporting5121967–1985
Juan Luis MoraOviedo561993–1999
Juan Carlos AblanedoSporting4131982–1999
Sabino ZubeldiaOviedo331985–1992
Juanjo ValenciaSporting351999–2004
Fernando de ArgilaOviedo3121943–1952, 1952–1957
SiónSporting3121949–1961

All-time results

Regional Championship

The Regional Championship of Asturias was played before La Liga was created. Every year, the winner of the tournament qualified for the Copa del Rey, in that years called Campeonato de España.
#EditionDateHome teamScoreAway teamOviedo scorersSporting scorers
11926–276 December 1926Sporting2 – 1OviedoHerrera, Loredo
21926–2714 February 1927Oviedo2 – 1SportingPin
31928–298 October 1928Oviedo2 – 2SportingCampanal, Nani
41928–295 November 1928Sporting3 – 3OviedoAdolfo, Campanal
51929–3020 October 1929Oviedo1 – 1SportingPin
61929–3017 November 1929Sporting4 – 2OviedoCuesta, Pin, Pachín
71930–315 October 1930Oviedo1 – 2SportingChicote
81930–312 November 1930Sporting6 – 1OviedoChicote, Nani, Adolfo
91931–3211 October 1931Sporting0 – 1Oviedo
101931–3216 October 1932Oviedo0 – 2SportingHerrera
111932–3318 September 1932Oviedo5 – 1SportingHerrera
121932–3316 October 1932Sporting2 – 2OviedoHerrera, Adolfo
131933–3424 September 1933Sporting2 – 2OviedoPin
141933–3422 October 1933Oviedo8 – 2SportingHerrera, Iglesias
151934–3530 September 1934Sporting2 – 3OviedoPin, Santomé
161934–3518 November 1934Oviedo4 – 2SportingRubiera, Calleja
171935–3615 September 1935Sporting0 – 5Oviedo
181935–3620 October 1935Oviedo3 – 2SportingJaso, Rubiera

Trofeo Principado

The Trofeo Principado was a friendly tournament played from 1988 to 1996 between Sporting and Oviedo. In 1996, Real Oviedo won the tournament has been given after winning five editions. Sporting won the 1993 edition and Real Oviedo won the 1996 one after a penalty shootout.
In 2006 and 2007 the tournament was played in a single game format and both teams won one edition.
#EditionDateHome teamScoreAway teamOviedo scorersSporting scorers
1I10 August 1988Oviedo1 – 3SportingBango Juanma, Villa
2II16 August 1989Sporting0 – 2OviedoZúñiga, Bango
3II24 August 1989Oviedo2 – 1Sporting
4III21 August 1990Oviedo3 – 0SportingCarlos, Bango
5III26 August 1990Sporting0 – 1OviedoSarriugarte
6IV17 August 1991Sporting2 – 0OviedoMuñiz, Juanele
7IV21 August 1991Oviedo2 – 1SportingSarriugarte Juanma
8V19 August 1992Oviedo2 – 1SportingCarlos, Cristóbal Juanele
9V29 August 1992Sporting1 – 3OviedoLăcătuș, Cristóbal Abelardo
10VI13 August 1993Sporting1 – 2OviedoJanković Miner
11VI23 August 1993Oviedo0 – 1SportingSabou
12VII18 August 1994Oviedo0 – 1SportingPier
13VII26 August 1994Sporting1 – 1OviedoJokanović Lediakhov
14VIII19 August 1995Sporting0 – 2OviedoDubovský, Oli
15VIII23 August 1995Oviedo0 – 0Sporting
16IX9 August 1996Oviedo0 – 0Sporting
17IX23 August 1996Sporting0 – 0Oviedo
18X9 August 2006Sporting2 – 0OviedoBarral
19XI19 September 2007Oviedo2 – 1SportingCervero, Lucas Karanka

Women's Asturian derby

Oviedo and Sporting Gijón's women's teams play the Asturian derby since 2023, as Oviedo absorbed the main teams of Oviedo Moderno CF. Both teams play in Segunda Federación.
In the 2017–18 season, Oviedo Moderno started playing with the name of Real Oviedo and their colours. Meanwhile, Sporting Gijón had its women's team since 1995, being named Escuela de Fútbol de Mareo between 1999 and 2016 as part of a collaboration agreement with the city's town hall.
In 2023, Oviedo absorbed the main teams of Oviedo Moderno. Since this data, Oviedo and Sporting would play their first Asturian derbies with both teams being completely integrated in the structure of their clubs.

Matches between reserve teams

All matches

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Other Asturian derbies

Mining basins derby

The Mining basins derby involves Caudal and Langreo. It is one of the strongest rivalries in the region as one of the oldest.

Head to head

Source

Avilés–Langreo rivalry

Langreo and Avilés hold a fierce rivalry and their games are usually designed as high-risk matches.

Gijón derby

Besides Sporting, Gijón Industrial and Ceares play the derby for honourably being the second team in the city.

Gijón women's derby

Sporting Gijón and Gijón FF are the two main local teams in women's football. The firsts, part of the team's women's club, were known as Escuela de Fútbol de Mareo until 2016 and the lasts played one season in the top tier and are vinculated to UC Ceares since 2015.
On 21 April 2019 both teams played the first women's football match ever at El Molinón, with 9,700 spectators attending to it.

Other minor derbies