Sporting Gijón

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Real Sporting de Gijón is an Spain Football (soccer) team from Gijón, Asturias. Established 1 June 1905. They currently play in La Liga, Primera División. Known as Rojiblancos because of their red and white striped jerseys. Their home field is El Molinón stadium, the oldest professional football field in Spain. It's been in use since 1908, and is located on the site of an old watermill, hence the stadium's name, the Spanish word for "big mill".

History

Sporting Gijón was established in 1905 with the name Sporting Gijonés, Anselmo López being the first president. King Alfonso XIII accepted the Royal patronage of Sporting Gijón for the Spanish crown in 1912, introducing the term "Real" (spanish language for "Royal") to its name, becoming Real Sporting Club Gijonés. In 1916 a new change took place to adopt today's denomination, Real Sporting de Gijón. From 1941 until the 1970s, due to a temporary law forbidding the use of foreign words in football club names, the team's official denomination was Real Gijón.

In 1944, Sporting Gijón was promoted into La Liga for the first time, and played thereafter in both the first and second divisions, achieving greatest success in the late 1970s and early 1980s, competing for league and national cup titles and laying the groundwork for a 21-year continuous stretch in La Liga. During this period, Sporting competed in the UEFA Cup six times, losing in the Round of 32 four times, and the Round of 16 twice, most recently in 1991-92.

Following a disastrous 1998 campaign, Sporting Gijón was relegated to Segunda División, where they played for a ten seasons stretch. On 15 June 2008, Sporting Gijón secured promotion back to Primera for the 2008-09 season. In the 08-09 season their best victories have came against Valencia (2-3) and Sevilla (1-0). In their first five games of the 08-09 season, they allowed 20 goals. The 08-09 season also saw them break La Liga record of 29 consecutive games without a draw. They played 33 games before their only draw of the season, 1-1 with Athletic Bilbao on 3rd May 2009.

The team's historic rival is Real Oviedo. When both teams play in the same division, they compete in the Asturian Local derby. This derby is currently on hold as Oviedo are playing in Segunda Division B.

Club colours and crest

The club's colours, red and white, were chosen from the colours of Gijón's flag.

From 1931 to 1936, during the Spanish Second Republic, the Crown (heraldry) in Sporting's crest was temporarily replaced by a mural crown.

Season to season

- - Primera División runner up in 1979.
- - Copa del Rey runner up in 1981 and 1982
- 41 seasons in Segunda División

As of 18 July 2009.

The players with numbers over 25 are registered with the Sporting de Gijón B.

Out on Loan

Notable players

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Famous coaches
- Joan Josep Nogués, 1952-54
- Vicente Miera
- Vujadin Boškov, 1983-84
- Mariano García Remón
- Bert Jacobs
- Aad de Mos

see also

Almería, Athletic Club Bilbao, Atlético Madrid, Deportivo La Coruña, Espanyol, FC Barcelona, Getafe CF, Málaga CF, Mallorca, Numancia, Osasuna, Racing Santander, Real Betis, Real Madrid, Recreativo Huelva, Sevilla FC, Sporting Gijón, Valencia CF, Valladolid, Villarreal CF