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The new Estadio Carlos Tartiere staged its first match on 17 September 2000, a Spanish top-flight fixture between Real Oviedo and UD Las Palmas that finished 2-2 in front of around 22,000 people. The first goal at the ground was a Robert Jarni penalty for the Canary Islands side; Oviedo’s first was scored by Losada. The official opening came three days later, on 20 September, with a friendly against Partizan Belgrade, who won 2-0. Around 15,000 spectators attended, during the city’s San Mateo festivities.

Construction and features

The stadium was built between 1998 and 2000 in the Parque del Oeste area of Oviedo, on Calle Isidro Lángara, and is owned by the city council. It was designed by architects Carles Buxadé, Joan Margarit and Manuel Emilio Llano, at a cost of roughly 47 million euros. It holds 30,500 spectators, all seated, with a directors’ box and more than 200 VIP seats, and has a natural grass pitch measuring 105 by 68 metres. A few months after the opening a video screen was installed in the south-east corner; in 2023 it was replaced by two screens, one above each end stand. The ground floor houses the Real Oviedo museum, which covers just over 700 square metres. The stadium has drawn criticism for access routes poorly suited to large crowds and for damp ground that gets few hours of sunlight, which makes the pitch hard to maintain.

The name and the old Tartiere

The ground takes its name from its predecessor, which honoured Carlos Tartiere, the first president of Real Oviedo. The old stadium, in the Buenavista district, opened on 24 April 1932 with a friendly between Spain and Yugoslavia (2-1). It came under municipal ownership in 1954 and was renamed Carlos Tartiere in 1958. It was renovated in 1982, when it hosted three matches at the World Cup in Spain, and staged a U2 concert in 1993. Once the club had moved to the new ground, the old one was demolished in 2003, and the Oviedo Conference Centre was built on the site.

From the top flight to the fourth tier

Oviedo spent only one season in the Spanish top flight at their new home before going down in 2001, after averaging 23,800 spectators in 2000-01. During the 2002-03 season the stadium was closed once, after a barrier in the north stand gave way and caused a crush during a derby against Sporting Gijón; the following match was played at the Román Suárez Puerta in Avilés. In 2003 the club dropped to the Tercera División, the fourth tier, yet crowds remained far above that level: in 2004 a fourth-tier derby against Oviedo ACF drew 16,573 spectators, and in 2009 the promotion play-off against Mallorca B attracted 27,214. The team reached Segunda B in 2005, fell back to the Tercera in 2007 and returned to the third tier in 2009.

Back in professional football

The 2014-15 season ended with promotion to the Spanish second division. That campaign brought two notable crowds: 27,035 for a regular third-tier league game against UD Somozas and a full house of 30,500 for the promotion tie against Cádiz. Oviedo became established in the second tier from 2015, with average gates above 13,000, and played every home game of 2020-21 behind closed doors because of the pandemic. On 21 June 2025 the team beat CD Mirandés 3-1 in the play-off final, watched by 29,624 people, and returned to the top flight 24 years after their last relegation.

Return to the top flight

In the 2025-26 season the stadium averaged 24,888 spectators. Real Madrid’s visit in the second round of fixtures drew 29,758, and FC Barcelona’s in the sixth drew 29,850, the largest attendance recorded in Asturias in the 21st century. Oviedo finished bottom with 29 points and were mathematically relegated in May 2026, one year after promotion.

International matches

On 23 December 2000 an Asturias regional side beat Macedonia 1-0 with a goal from Juanele in front of 25,000 spectators. The Spain national team first played at the ground on 2 June 2001, beating Bosnia and Herzegovina 4-1 in qualifying for the 2002 World Cup. Spain returned on 12 September 2007 to beat Latvia 2-0 on the way to Euro 2008, and on 5 September 2015 to defeat Slovakia 2-0 in qualifying for Euro 2016. The Spain under-21 side beat Poland 2-0 there on 4 September 2009. On 3 October 2026, in the Nations League, Spain beat the Czech Republic 3-1 with goals from Lamine Yamal, Rodri and Mikel Merino in front of 28,515 spectators.