UD Ourense backed by new investors

UD Ourense will face UB Conquense in the final promotion playoff to Primera RFEF after Monday’s draw paired the Galician club with a Cuenca side that has spent the season under new financial backing. The tie opens on Sunday at 5 p.m. in Ourense and returns to La Fuensanta on May 31, with promotion at stake. Spanish regional media have framed the matchup not only as a football contest, but also as a test of how far Conquense’s new ownership-backed project has already moved the club. The latest reporting from La Voz de Galicia said the Cuenca side is competing this year with greater resources and a larger budget than at any point in its history. ### Who are the new backers behind Conquense? UB Conquense ratified the arrival of a new investor group at an assembly on June 12, 2025, according to Las Noticias de Cuenca. The three figures identified in local coverage were Luis Alonso, Íñigo Asensio and César Navas. The same report said the group entered in a personal capacity rather than through companies, and described Alonso as CEO of CAA Stellar who would serve in an advisory role because FIFA rules prevented him from taking a direct equity position. (lavozdegalicia.es) Voces de Cuenca reported on June 26, 2025 that Navas would act as football director, Alonso would remain an adviser to the club and Asensio would oversee accounting and financial matters without handling day-to-day operations. That report said the existing board would stay in place while the new group took on the economic and sporting rebuild. (lasnoticiasdecuenca.es) ### How much money has gone into the project? Conquense approved expenses of 2.8 million euros for the current season at its most recent assembly in November, La Voz de Galicia reported on May 19. The newspaper described that figure as the largest spending plan in the club’s history and said it was tied to plans to improve La Fuensanta and move forward with a conversion into a sociedad anónima deportiva, or sports corporation. (vocesdecuenca.com) Las Noticias de Cuenca reported in June 2025 that the club’s total debt stood at 956,000 euros, with 175,000 euros still tied to Grupo Herce after the transaction. The same report said the investor group’s control arrangement was extended through June 30, 2027. Voces de Cuenca separately reported that the investors said stabilizing the club financially and socially was the first step of the new phase, while a push toward promotion was part of a longer project. (lavozdegalicia.es) That outlet also said the group viewed the conversion to a SAD structure as essential for making the club financially viable. (lasnoticiasdecuenca.es) ### What role has Luis Alonso played? Luis Alonso was singled out in La Voz de Galicia’s preview as one of the names that backed the La Fuensanta project this season. More detailed local reporting in Cuenca has cast him as one of the public faces of the investment group, though not the only one. (vocesdecuenca.com) El Deporte Conquense reported on May 7 that Alonso had worked mainly away from the spotlight while focusing on the sporting side of the project. That outlet said his work included helping advise on moves that contributed to the club reaching the promotion playoff and pointed to the winter market and outside contacts as part of his contribution. (lavozdegalicia.es) ### Why does this matter for the tie with Ourense? UB Conquense reached this round after eliminating Xerez and finishing third in Group 5, while UD Ourense also arrived as a third-place finisher after beating Reus in the previous round. Local coverage in both Cuenca and Ourense has emphasized that the return leg in La Fuensanta gives Conquense home advantage in the decisive match. (eldeporteconquense.com) Borja Fernández, the UD Ourense coach, told Telemiño that Conquense had been “very reliable” during the season and called it a physical team with a clear style of play, according to La Región. Rober Gutiérrez, Conquense’s coach, said after the draw that playing the second leg at home was “the most important” outcome because of the atmosphere generated in the previous round, according to El Digital de Cuenca. (eldigitaldecuenca.com) ### What happens next? The first leg will be played on Sunday in Ourense after a scheduling adjustment linked to O Couto, which is also used by Ourense CF, El Digital de Cuenca reported. The second leg is set for May 31 at La Fuensanta in Cuenca, where the winner of the tie will secure promotion to Primera RFEF. (eldigitaldecuenca.com) (laregion.es)