Villaviciosa – Campo de Les Caleyes

Article updated: 09/10/2025

Located in the Asturian town of Villaviciosa, Club Deportivo Lealtad de Villaviciosa (lealtad means loyalty in Spanish) was founded by members of a workers’ education cooperative in April 1918. For its first 70 years or so, CD Lealtad primarily competed in the lower divisions of the Asturian regional leagues. On 26 May 1918, Lealtad played its first match, beating Athletic Club de Villaviciosa 7-2. A year later, the club moved to the Campo de Les Caleyes.

Much Binding in the Marsh – CD Lealtad was founded by a workers’ cooperative in 1918

In 1990, they finally reached the Tercera, securing their first Tercera title by a point in the final match of the 1991-1992 season. Hopes of promotion to Segunda B were scuppered by RSD Alcala, who topped the playoff group ahead of Lealtad, Carballiño and Atlético Astorga. Lealtad reached the playoffs in four of the next five seasons, only to miss out on the step up to the third tier. Finally, in the 1997/98 season, under the stewardship of Marcelino García Toral, the club gained promotion to Segunda B. After securing their second Tercera title, Lealtad was paired with Gimnastica Segoviana, Betanzos & Real Madrid C in the playoff group. Entering the final match at Les Caleyes, they trailed Gimnastica Segoviana by a point, but a 1-0 victory was enough to secure promotion. Lealtad’s first season in Segunda B was short-lived, as they spent just one season there after finishing bottom with 9 wins and 36 points.

lealtad040914a — Match Day at Les Caleyes

After a 15-year absence, Club Deportivo Lealtad returned to Segunda B in May 2014, thanks to a fourth Tercera title and victory over CD Puertollano in the playoffs. Les Caleyes was crammed full on 25 May 2014, when Lealtad overcame a first-leg deficit to beat CD Puertollano 4-3 on penalties and claim a place in the third tier. Four seasons in the third tier followed, with two very respectable 10th-placed finishes achieved in successive seasons between 2015 and 2017. Les Caleyes also recorded its highest official attendance on 24 April 2016, when 4,052 spectators watched the Segunda B fixture versus Racing Santander. Lealtad dropped back to the Tercera at the end of the 2017-18 season; however, the disappointment of relegation was tempered by their first victory in Copa Federación de Asturias, beating Sporting Gijón B in October 2018.

lealtad130119f — The only shelter at Les Caleyes

After remaining undefeated for the first 28 matches, the 2019-20 season was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The competition resumed in July 2020, with the playoffs reduced to a single-match knock-out format between the top four teams in the division. Lealtad surprisingly lost 0-1 to Caudal Deportivo at the Román Suárez Puerta in Avilés, and their hopes of ascending to Segunda B appeared to have ended. However, with the pandemic causing more disruption, and the reorganisation of the Spanish football pyramid on the horizon, the RFEF elevated Lealtad, CD Marino, CD Alcoyano and Linares Deportivo to the third tier. The truncated format did Lealtad no favours, and following 18 games in the regular season and a further eight in the playoffs, the club dropped to the new Tercera Federación for the 2021-22 season. Lealtad won promotion to the Segunda Federación at the end of the 2024-25 season with playoff victories over Caudal Deportivo, Sporting Atético & the Extremadurans, Agrupación Deportiva Llerenense.

A little wet underfoot at the Campo de Les Caleyes

Lealtad plays its home matches at the Campo Les Caleyes, a basic municipal ground with a capacity of 4,000 on the northern edge of town. Surrounded to the north by marshland, Les Caleyes has been prone to flooding from the nearby Rio Villaviciosa since the club made it its home in 1919. Technically, this makes Les Caleyes the fourth-oldest stadium in Spain, although to describe it as a stadium before 1960 would be stretching it a bit. It has only one small seated stand on the southern side of the pitch. 30 metres in length, its green cantilevered roof hangs over five rows of 160 black bucket seats. Club officials and the media sit in small palcos/booths at the rear of the stand. The remaining three sides of the Les Caleyes are made up of hard standing. Like any decent ground at this level, Les Caleyes has a bar and clubhouse where you can grab a beer and a bite to eat while watching the match. Whilst the clubhouse dates from the mid-2000s, the dressing rooms for players and officials, located next door, were built in the 1960s.