Active departments of Grupo Covadonga
Archery	Athletics	Basketball (Men's)	Basque pelota (Men's)
Canoeing	Chess	Gymnastics	Handball (Men's)
Field hockey (Men's)	Karate	Mountaineering	Padel tennis
Rugby (Men's)	Sailing	Swimming	Tennis
Volleyball (Women's)	Weightlifting	Wrestling	The club Real Grupo de Cultura Covadonga Real Grupo de Cultura Covadonga is a multisport club based in Gijón, Spain. The club was founded in 1938 and is the biggest sports club in Asturias...

Real Grupo de Cultura Covadonga is a multisport club

Sports club

A sports club or sport club, sometimes athletics club or sports association is a club for the purpose of playing one or more sports...

 based in Gijón

Gijón

Gijón , officially Gijón / Xixón, is a coastal industrial city and a municipality in the autonomous community of Asturias in Spain. Early mediaeval texts mention it as "Gigia". It was an important regional Roman city, although the area has been settled since earliest history...

, Spain

Spain

Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

. The club was founded in 1938 and is the biggest sports club in Asturias

Asturias

The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages...

. It has got 28,000 members, more than the most important football clubs of the region (Sporting de Gijón

Sporting de Gijón

Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club from Gijón, Asturias. Founded in 1 June 1905, it currently plays in Spanish first division....

 and Real Oviedo

Real Oviedo

Real Oviedo is a Spanish football club based in Oviedo, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded on 26 March 1926, it currently plays in Segunda División B - Group 2....

).

History

The club was founded on May 10, 1938 with the initial purpose of the club was to create an independent Sports Club. It was based near the beach of San Lorenzo in Gijón

Gijón

Gijón , officially Gijón / Xixón, is a coastal industrial city and a municipality in the autonomous community of Asturias in Spain. Early mediaeval texts mention it as "Gigia". It was an important regional Roman city, although the area has been settled since earliest history...

. On 1949, Grupo Covadonga purchases lands in the neighbourhood of Las Mestas, near the El Molinón

El Molinón

Estadio El Molinón is an association football stadium in Gijón, Asturias-Spain. The stadium is the home ground of Sporting de Gijón.The stadium's address is Parque de Isabel la Católica, 33390 Gijón.-History:...

 football stadium.

Sections

Grupo Covadonga has got teams in 19 sports. It also has got a group of traditional dance

Folk dance

The term folk dance describes dances that share some or all of the following attributes:*They are dances performed at social functions by people with little or no professional training, often to traditional music or music based on traditional music....

 and a choir

Choir

A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...

.

Archery Archery Archery is the art, practice, or skill of propelling arrows with the use of a bow, from Latin arcus. Archery has historically been used for hunting and combat; in modern times, however, its main use is that of a recreational activity... Basketball Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules... Basque pelota Canoeing Canoeing Canoeing is an outdoor activity that involves a special kind of canoe.Open canoes may be 'poled' , sailed, 'lined and tracked' or even 'gunnel-bobbed'.... Chess Chess Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player... Gymnastics Gymnastics Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body... Handball Team handball Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

Hockey Hockey Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:... Karate Karate is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks,... Mountaineering Mountaineering Mountaineering or mountain climbing is the sport, hobby or profession of hiking, skiing, and climbing mountains. While mountaineering began as attempts to reach the highest point of unclimbed mountains it has branched into specialisations that address different aspects of the mountain and consists... Olympic weightlifting Padel tennis Padel Tennis Padel tennis is a racquet sport played extensively in Spain and Latin America.Padel is typically played in doubles on an enclosed court about half the size of a tennis court... Rugby Rugby football Rugby football is a style of football named after Rugby School in the United Kingdom. It is seen most prominently in two current sports, rugby league and rugby union.-History:... Sailing Sailing (sport) Sailing is a well organized and recognized sport.There is a broad variety of kinds of races and sailboats used for racing. Much racing is done around buoys or similar marks in protected waters, while some longer offshore races cross open water...

Swimming Swimming (sport) Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native... Tennis Tennis Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all... Track and field Track and field Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area... Volleyball Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive... Wrestling Wrestling Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...

Basketball team

Grupo Covadonga's men basketball team competes in 1ª División, the fifth tier in the Spanish basketball league system. There is not women basketball.

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	Postseason
1938–99	Lower divisions
1999–00	3	Liga EBA Liga EBA Liga Española de Baloncesto Amateur is a Spanish basketball championship that is the fourth level in the Spanish basketball league system, behind Liga ACB, LEB Oro and LEB Plata. Is administered by the FEB.The Liga EBA is constituted by five groups...		–
2000–01	4	Liga EBA Liga EBA Liga Española de Baloncesto Amateur is a Spanish basketball championship that is the fourth level in the Spanish basketball league system, behind Liga ACB, LEB Oro and LEB Plata. Is administered by the FEB.The Liga EBA is constituted by five groups...		–
2001–02	4	Liga EBA Liga EBA Liga Española de Baloncesto Amateur is a Spanish basketball championship that is the fourth level in the Spanish basketball league system, behind Liga ACB, LEB Oro and LEB Plata. Is administered by the FEB.The Liga EBA is constituted by five groups...		Relegated
2002–03	5	1ª División Primera División de Baloncesto The Primera División de Baloncesto is the fifth level in the Spanish basketball league system.-Current format:The Primera División works similar to the Tercera División of Spanish football...	1	Promotion playoffs
2003–04	5	1ª División Primera División de Baloncesto The Primera División de Baloncesto is the fifth level in the Spanish basketball league system.-Current format:The Primera División works similar to the Tercera División of Spanish football...	1	Promotion playoffs
2004–05	5	1ª División Primera División de Baloncesto The Primera División de Baloncesto is the fifth level in the Spanish basketball league system.-Current format:The Primera División works similar to the Tercera División of Spanish football...		–
2005–06	5	1ª División Primera División de Baloncesto The Primera División de Baloncesto is the fifth level in the Spanish basketball league system.-Current format:The Primera División works similar to the Tercera División of Spanish football...	2	Promotion playoffs
2006–07	5	1ª División Primera División de Baloncesto The Primera División de Baloncesto is the fifth level in the Spanish basketball league system.-Current format:The Primera División works similar to the Tercera División of Spanish football...	1	Promoted
2007–08	5	Liga EBA Liga EBA Liga Española de Baloncesto Amateur is a Spanish basketball championship that is the fourth level in the Spanish basketball league system, behind Liga ACB, LEB Oro and LEB Plata. Is administered by the FEB.The Liga EBA is constituted by five groups...		–
2008–09	5	Liga EBA Liga EBA Liga Española de Baloncesto Amateur is a Spanish basketball championship that is the fourth level in the Spanish basketball league system, behind Liga ACB, LEB Oro and LEB Plata. Is administered by the FEB.The Liga EBA is constituted by five groups...		–
2009–10	5	1ª División Primera División de Baloncesto The Primera División de Baloncesto is the fifth level in the Spanish basketball league system.-Current format:The Primera División works similar to the Tercera División of Spanish football...	2	Promotion playoffs
2010–11	5	1ª División Primera División de Baloncesto The Primera División de Baloncesto is the fifth level in the Spanish basketball league system.-Current format:The Primera División works similar to the Tercera División of Spanish football...	1	Promotion playoffs
2011–12	5	1ª División Primera División de Baloncesto The Primera División de Baloncesto is the fifth level in the Spanish basketball league system.-Current format:The Primera División works similar to the Tercera División of Spanish football...

Volleyball team

There's only women volleyball. The team plays in Liga FEV, third tier, and it played the Superliga Femenina de Voleibol

Superliga Femenina de Voleibol

The Superliga Femenina de Voleibol ' is the top level of Spanish volleyball. The championship was founded in 1989. The administration of the league is carried out by the Real Federación Española de Voleibol...

 during two seasons and the Superliga 2

Superliga 2 de Voleibol Femenina (Spain)

The Superliga 2 de Voleibol Femenina , is the second category league of Spanish Volleyball, under the Superliga Femenina de Voleibol. The administration of the league is carried out by the Real Federación Española de Voleibol....

 for several years.

Its young teams won some Spanish championships.

Handball team

Grupo plays in Primera División, the third tier in the Spanish handball

Handball in Spain

The Spanish handball league is divided into divisions. The top teams play in the Liga ASOBAL. In each division, a team plays all other teams twice, once at home and once away....

.