Real Avilés Industrial Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Avilés, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1903 it plays in , holding home matches at Estadio Román Suárez Puerta, with an approximate capacity of 5,400 seats.

History First years Avilés was founded in 1903 under the name Sport Club Avilesino, hence being considered the oldest football club in Asturias. In 1906 he joins the Sociedad Obrera Industrial as their football section with the name of Círculo Industrial y de Sport de Avilés, but a few years later, the players and managers of the football team decide to become independent again, this time with the name of Stadium Club Avilesino.

In 1925 Stadium obtained the royal crown from Alfonso XIII, being renamed Real Stadium Club Avilesino. A new name change took place in 1940, according to a government's prohibition of foreign names, and the club became Real Avilés Club de Fútbol.

Last decades In 1983 Avilés absorbed Club Deportivo Ensidesa and changed its name again, to Real Avilés Industrial Club de Fútbol. It played in Segunda División B (the third highest level of the league pyramid) for two seasons and returned to that level at the end of the 1987–88 campaign, being crowned champions three years later and thus promoting to Segunda División: after comfortably finishing in midtable in its first season, the team ranked second from bottom in the following, spending a further eight years in the third category then two more from 2002 to 2004, after which it returned to Tercera División (the fourth highest level).

The relegation to Tercera was followed by a serious financial and social crisis in the club, with almost all the supporters leaving the club. In 2010, the board of the club retook its old name Real Avilés Club de Fútbol.

Following an agreement with the investment group "Golplus", Real Avilés failed to promote to Segunda División B in 2012, but the club could buy a vacant berth in the third tier. Two years later, Real Avilés would play the promotion play-offs to Segunda División. They would eliminate FC Cartagena in the first round, but failed in the attempt to beat UE Llagostera in the second one. In October 2014, Golplus would leave the club due to the lack of support and Real Avilés would start a new crisis that ended with the relegation to Tercera División after being beaten in the relegation playoffs by CD Eldense.

On 3 July 2017, the Royal Spanish Football Federation would not allow Real Avilés to register its players in any of the categories due to an unpaid debt of €32,000 to their players. After paying it, the club continued involved in serious internal problems as José María Tejero, owner of the club, and the management group did not reach an agreement. Tejero decided to take the helm of the club despite the opposition of the management group, and without terminating the contract; this action started when during the preseason of the 2017–18 Tercera División, Tejero called private security for not allowing the coaches and the players, contracted by the management group, to train in the municipal facilities.

After this incident, the owner and the management group made a different team each one for playing in the 2017–18 Tercera División. Both hired one coach and signed several players, but finally only the ones contracted by the owner were finally registered.

On 7 July 2023, Avilés announced a change of name to Real Avilés Industrial CF for the upcoming season.

Club crest The club changed the crest to the most recent one in 2017. The historical logo that was introduced in 1983, adding garnet colour, the colour of Ensidesa to the crest. However, in circa 2015 the club dropped the colour and restored to the old design. The club also deleted other elements that refer to Ensidesa from the club song.

Before 1983 the club also used a few other designs.

Names Sport Club Avilesino (1903–1906) Círculo Industrial y de Sport de Avilés (1906–1915) Stadium Club Avilesino (1915–1925) Real Stadium Club Avilesino (1925–1931) Stadium Club Avilesino (1931–1940) Real Avilés Club de Fútbol (1940–1983) Real Avilés Industrial Club de Fútbol (1983–1992) Real Avilés Industrial Club de Fútbol, SAD (1992–2010) Real Avilés Club de Fútbol, SAD (2010–2023) Real Avilés Industrial Club de Fútbol, SAD (2023–)

Season to season SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey 1929–3033ª2nd1930–3133ª8th1931–3233ª3rd1932–3333ª1st1933–3433ª4th1934–3522ª4thThird round1935–3622ª5thFirst round1939–4022ª7th1940–4122ª12thFirst round1941–4235th1942–4333rd1943–4433ª3rdFirst round1944–4533ª1st1945–4633ª5th1946–4733ª6th1947–4833ª6thThird round1948–4933ª5thFourth round1949–5033ª2nd1950–5133ª10th1951–5233ª1stSeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey 1952–5322ª3rdThird round1953–5422ª11th1954–5522ª15th1955–5633ª2nd1956–5722ª7th1957–5822ª10th1958–5922ª11thFirst round1959–6022ª15thFirst round1960–6133ª2nd1961–6233ª2nd1962–6333ª3rd1963–6433ª2nd1964–6533ª1st1965–6633ª2nd1966–6733ª1st1967–6833ª1st1968–6933ª3rd1969–7033ª6thFirst round1970–7133ª7thFirst round1971–7233ª8thThird round SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey 1972–7333ª13th1973–7433ª14thFirst round1974–754Reg. Pref.8th1975–764Reg. Pref.2nd1976–774Reg. Pref.2nd1977–7843ª7thFirst round1978–7943ª2nd1979–8043ª2ndSecond round1980–8143ª9thFirst round1981–8243ª8th1982–8343ª13th1983–8432ª B16thFirst round1984–8532ª B19th1985–8643ª3rd1986–8743ª2ndFirst round1987–8832ª B2ndThird round1988–8932ª B4thFirst round1989–9032ª B1st1990–9122ª9thThird round1991–9222ª19thFifth roundSeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1992–9332ª B6thThird round1993–9432ª B15thThird round1994–9532ª B10thFirst round1995–9632ª B3rd1996–9732ª B10thSecond round1997–9832ª B16th1998–9932ª B9th1999–200032ª B16th2000–0143ª7th2001–0243ª2nd2002–0332ª B13th2003–0432ª B20th2004–0543ª6th2005–0643ª8th2006–0743ª6th2007–0843ª11th2008–0943ª11th2009–1043ª9th2010–1143ª10th2011–1243ª2nd SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey 2012–1332ª B14th2013–1432ª B3rd2014–1532ª B16thSecond round2015–1643ª3rd2016–1743ª2nd2017–1843ª17thFirst round2018–1943ª14th2019–2043ª16th2020–2143ª / 2021–2242ª RFEF9th2022–2342ª Fed.2nd2023–2442ª Fed.13thFirst round2024–2542ª Fed.3rd2025–2631ª Fed.14thFirst round2026–2731ª Fed.

13 seasons in Segunda División 2 seasons in Primera Federación 18 seasons in Segunda División B 4 seasons in Segunda Federación/Segunda División RFEF 53 seasons in Tercera División (29 on 3rd tier)

Players Current squad

Out on loan

Honours Segunda División B: 1989–90 Tercera División: 1932–33, 1944–45, 1951–52, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68 Copa RFEF: 2002–03 Copa RFEF (Asturias tournament): 1999, 2001, 2002, 2021, 2022, 2024 Regional Championship of Asturias (2nd division): 1919–20, 1920–21, 1928–29 Spanish Second Division Championship: 1920

Famous players Note: this list contains players that have played at least 100 league games and/or have reached international status. Juanele Marcelino Campanal Mauri Nicasio Goitisolo

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