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Asturias

Association	Royal Asturias Football Federation (RFFPA)
Top scorer	José Luis Zabala (7)
First colours
First international
Asturias 3–7 St Mirren F.C. (Gijón, Spain; 4 June 1922)
Biggest win
Asturias 6–1 Lithuania  (Gijón, Spain; 29 December 2001)
Biggest defeat
Asturias 3–7 St Mirren F.C. (Gijón, Spain; 4 June 1922)
Prince of Asturias Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 1922-23 Prince of Asturias Cup)
Best result	Champions, 1922-23 Prince of Asturias Cup

The Asturias autonomous football team is the regional football team for Asturias. They are not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA, because it is represented internationally by the Spain national football team. The team only plays friendlies.

The Regional Cantabric Federation of Football Clubs was founded on 9 December 1915 with the aim to represent all the clubs in the Province of Oviedo. On 22 November 1916, the Spanish Football Federation allowed the clubs of Cantabria to leave the Northern Regional Championship and join the newly created Cantabrian Regional Federation, along with clubs from Oviedo, soon to be renamed Asturias.

In 1917, the Cantabrians joined forces with the Asturian clubs, and as the 'Cantabric Team', they played four official matches between 1917 and 1918, competing in the defunct Copa Príncipe de Asturias, an inter-regional competition organized by the Spanish Federation. This Cantabric side had the likes of the Villaverde brothers (Fernando and Senén), Manuel Argüelles and Manuel Meana, with the latter two going on to represent the Asturias national team in the 1920s.

On 28 May 1918, the Cantabrian clubs returned to the Northern Federation, so the Spanish Federation agreed to change the name of the Cantabric Federation to Regional Asturian Federation of Football Clubs. Their first game as the Asturias autonomous football team was a friendly against St Mirren F.C. which ended in a 3–7 loss, with the Asturian goalscorers being José Luis Zabala, Manuel Argüelles and Domingo. The Regional Asturian team then played seven official games between 1922 and 1926 in the Prince of Asturias Cup, winning the 1922–23 edition, largely thanks to their main player Zabala, who scored twice in their thrilling 4-3 extra-time win over Biscay in the quarter-finals, followed by a last-minute winner against Catalonia in the semi-finals and to seal the title in style, a second-half brace in the final to give his side a 3-1 win over Galicia, with the Asturian equaliser coming from Manuel Meana. The following edition wasn't so successful as they were knocked out by Biscay in the quarter-finals despite yet another Zabala goal. The last edition of the competition was a two-legged final between the winners of the previous two, Asturias and Catalonia, facing each other only for the right to keep the trophy, and Catalonia won both games (2–0 and 4–3), thus deeming Asturias to a silver medal, with the silver lining being a late brace in two minutes from Ramón Herrera. The year before, in 1925, they had faced Cantabria in another two-legged affair, at El Sardinero in Santander and at the El Molinón in Gijón, and after a 3–3 draw away, they lost 0–1 at home thanks to an own goal from what had been a Cantabric international in 1918: Manuel Meana. During the 1930s, the Asturian team continued playing several friendly games until the Spanish Civil War.

On 23 December 2000, the Royal Asturian Football Federation rescued the Regional team to play a friendly game at Estadio Carlos Tartiere against Macedonia. Juanele scored the only goal of the match, with 30,000 people filling the stadium in Oviedo. Asturias played two more games, against Lithuania in Gijón and Honduras in Avilés, ending its revival unbeaten.

In December 2008, a friendly game against Sporting de Gijón legends was going to be organized, but in the end, it was canceled.

Cantabric v  Catalonia

10 May 1917 1917 Prince of Asturias Cup	Cantabric	0–1	Catalonia	Madrid
		Report	Gumbau 30'	Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Menéndez

Castile v Cantabric

11 May 1917 1917 Prince of Asturias Cup	Castile	3–2	Cantabric	Madrid
	Castell 20' (pen.) Agüero 30' Villaverde 45'	Report	Felgueroso 50' Pascual 60' (o.g.)	Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Pelayo Serrano

Castile v Cantabric

20 January 1918 1918 Prince of Asturias Cup	Castile	3–2	Cantabric	Madrid
	Sansinenea Gomar Rey	Report	Villaverde III Villaverde I	Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Pelayo Serrano

Castile v Cantabric

23 January 1918 1918 Prince of Asturias Cup	Castile	3–1	Cantabric	Madrid
	Sansinenea Olalquiaga	Report	Villaverde III	Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Carlos Dieste

Asturias  v St Mirren F.C.

4 June 1922 Friendly	Asturias	3–7	St Mirren F.C.	Gijón, Asturias
	Zabala Argüelles pen.' Domingo	Report	Walker Gillies	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Fernando Villaverde

Asturias  v Biscay

12 November 1922 1922–23 Prince of Asturias Cup quarter-finals	Asturias	1–1	Biscay	Gijón, Asturias
	Arcadio 38'	Report	Larraza 25'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Murguía

Asturias  v Biscay

13 November 1922 1922–23 Prince of Asturias Cup quarter-finals replay	Asturias	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Biscay	Gijón, Asturias
	Zabala 30', 95' Barril 125', 144'	Report	Travieso 33' Acedo 111' Careaga 132' (pen.)	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Murguía
Note: After the end of the match (1–1), an overtime of one hour was played.

Asturias  v  Catalonia

14 January 1923 1922–23 Prince of Asturias Cup semi-finals	Asturias	1–0	Catalonia	Gijón, Asturias
	Zabala 90'	Report		Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Torra

Galicia  v  Asturias

25 February 1923 1922–23 Prince of Asturias Cup Final	Galicia	1–3	Asturias	Vigo, Galicia
	Balbino 1–0'	Report	Meana 1–1' Zabala 1–2', 1–3'	Stadium: Coia Referee: Leclerc

Biscay v  Asturias

18 November 1923 1923–24 Prince of Asturias Cup quarter-finals	Biscay	4–2	Asturias	Bilbao, Basque Country
	Carmelo 1–1' Laca 2–1' Travieso 3–2', 4–2'	Report	Bolado 0–1' Zabala 2–2'	Stadium: San Mamés Referee: Contreras

Cantabria  v  Asturias

3 May 1925 Friendly	Cantabria	3–3	Asturias	Santander, Cantabria
	Óscar 38' (pen.), 79' ? 2–2'	Report	Abdón 28' Domingo 0–2' Trucha 2–3'	Stadium: El Sardinero Referee: Blanco

Asturias  v  Cantabria

21 June 1925 Friendly	Asturias	0–1	Cantabria	Gijón, Asturias
		Report	Meana ?' (o.g.)	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Alejandro Quintana

Asturias  v  Catalonia

5 September 1926 1926 Prince of Asturias Cup Final	Asturias	0–2	Catalonia	Gijón, Asturias
		Report1 Report2	Broto 22', 80'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Steimborn Ludeuvik

Catalonia  v  Asturias

19 September 1926 1926 Prince of Asturias Cup Final	Catalonia	4–3	Asturias	Barcelona, Catalonia
	Forgas 10', 82' Pellicer 59' Alcántara 79'	Report1 Report2	Avilesu 5' Herrera 85', 87'	Stadium: Guinardó Referee: Steimborn Ludeuvik

Asturias  v Lisbon

10 July 1932 Friendly	Asturias	3–1	Lisbon	Gijón, Asturias
	Lángara 12', 25' Gallart 83'	Report	Héctor 28'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Vieira

Lisbon v  Asturias

30 October 1932 Friendly	Lisbon	1–2	Asturias	Lisbon, Portugal
	Héctor 1–0'	Report	Gallart 1–1' Inciarte 1–2'	Stadium: Estádio do Lumiar Referee: Joaquín Menchaca

Porto v  Asturias

6 November 1932 Friendly	Porto	2–1	Asturias	Porto, Portugal
	Valdemar 1–0' 2–1'	Report	Herrera 1–1'	Stadium: Campo do Ameal Referee: Figuereido

Asturias  v  Mexico

16 June 1934 Friendly	Asturias	5–2	Mexico	Gijón, Asturias
	Emilín 10' Lángara 40' Gallart 75' Herrerita 88' Casuco 89'	Report 1 Report 2	Alonso 5' Mejía 20'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Amadeo Sánchez

Asturias  v Brussels XI

28 August 1936 Friendly	Asturias	3–3	Brussels XI	Gijón, Asturias
	Antón 1–1' Meana	Report	0–1'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Merediz

Asturias  v  Macedonia

23 December 2000 Friendly	Asturias	1–0	Macedonia	Oviedo, Asturias
	Juanele 50'	Summary		Stadium: Carlos Tartiere Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Mejuto González

Asturias  v  Lithuania

29 December 2001 Friendly	Asturias	6–1	Lithuania	Gijón, Asturias
	Oli 3' Pablo Lago 20' Juanele 35', 51' José Manuel 58' César 81'	Report	Dančenka 64' (pen.)	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Muñiz Fernández

Asturias  v  Honduras

28 December 2002 Friendly	Asturias	5–3	Honduras	Avilés, Asturias
	Abelardo 6' Mario 13' Oli 16' Villa 30' Miguel 61'	Report	Saúl Martínez 31', 37', 83'	Stadium: Román Suárez Puerta Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Mejuto González

• José Manuel Díaz Novoa (2000–2002)
• Marcelino García Toral

Prince of Asturias Cup:

• Champions (1): 1922–23
• Runners-up (2): 1918 and 1926

The Asturias amateur football team is mostly composed by players of the Group 2 of the Tercera Federación.

It plays bianually the Spanish stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup, competition that won in 2002, thus qualifying for the 2003 UEFA Regions' Cup, where it reached the final tournament.

The women's team made its debut on 19 May 2019 in Santa Cruz de Bezana, Cantabria. They were defeated 2–3 by Cantabria.

Cantabria  v  Asturias

19 May 2019	Cantabria	3–2	Asturias	Santa Cruz de Bezana
12:00	Alba 9' Jimena 10' Athenea 87'	Report	María Méndez 50' Alejandra Moro 80'	Stadium: Municipal Referee: Bolado Palencia

• Category:Footballers from Asturias

• List of matches in Roon Ba (archived 18 November 2007)
• Matches of Catalonia at Copa Príncipe de Asturias (archived 26 February 2008)

• Football in Asturias
• Spanish autonomous football teams
• Representative teams of association football leagues
• Sports organizations established in 1922
• 1922 establishments in Spain