Sporting de Gijón

Association football club in Spain

Football club

Sporting Gijón

Full name| Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)| Rojiblancos (Red-and-Whites)
Short name| RSG, Sporting
Founded| 1 July 1905; 120 years ago (1905-07-01) (as Sporting Gijonés)
Ground| Estadio Municipal El Molinón – Enrique Castro "Quini"
Capacity| 29,371[1]
Owner| Grupo Orlegi
President| Alejandro Irarragorri
Head coach| Asier Garitano
League| Segunda División
2024–25| Segunda División, 11th of 22
Website| realsporting.com

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. (Spanish pronunciation: [reˈal esˈpoɾtin de xiˈxon]), commonly known as Real Sporting, Sporting Gijón, or simply Sporting is a Spanish professional football club from Gijón, Principality of Asturias. Founded on 1 July 1905, it plays in the Segunda Division. Known as Los Rojiblancos because of their red and white striped jerseys, their home ground is El Molinón stadium, the oldest professional football ground in Spain, in use since at least 1908. Traditionally their red and white shirts are accompanied by blue shorts with the socks also being blue. Its Asturian name is Real Sporting de Xixón.

The most important milestones of the club were in the 1970s and 1980s, when it finished as runner-up of the 1978–79 La Liga and played two finals of the Copa del Rey in 1981 and 1982.

Real Sporting is also one of only nine Spanish teams that have never played below the second division. Its local rivals are Real Oviedo from the neighbouring city slightly inland.

## History

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### 1905–1940: First years

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The club was established in 1905 with the name Sporting Gijonés, Anselmo López being the first club president. The first game of the club is dated on 18 August 1907, against Sport Ovetense.[2] The decline of other local clubs like Gijón Sport Club (founded in 1903) and Sportiva Gijonesa allowed Sporting Gijonés to become the main team in the city.[3] In 1912, King Alfonso XIII accepted the Royal patronage of the club for the Spanish Crown, introducing the term "Real" (Spanish for Royal) to its name, becoming Real Sporting Club Gijonés.[3]

In 1914, Sporting Gijón won its first Regional Championship of Asturias, success repeated two years later when the club started the first steps to buy El Molinón, where Sporting started to play its games in 1915. On 2 April 1916, a new change took place to adopt today's denomination, Real Sporting de Gijón. Thanks to the win at the Regional Championship, on 24 April 1917 the club made its debut in the Copa del Rey, but was eliminated in the first round by Arenas Club de Getxo.[4] Sporting lost both games by 0–1 in Gijón and 0–7 at the Basque Country.

On 9 October 1921, Manolo Meana became the first Sporting Gijón player to be called up with the Spanish national team, for a friendly game against Belgium. In 1929, Sporting Gijón joined Segunda División. In its first season, the club finished in the fourth position.[5]

Logo during Real Gijón era.

### 1940–1970: Real Gijón era

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From 1940 until 1970, 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, the club was promoted to La Liga for the first time as champion of the 1943–44 Segunda División. The first game in the top tier was played on 24 September 1944, against Español at Sarriá. The game finished without goals. The first goal was scored in the next game against Deportivo de La Coruña, by Gundemaro, but the first win did not arrive until the week 6, when the team beat Atlético Aviación by 2–0. Sporting Still is in remaining in La Liga Right now.

Until the 1970s, Sporting alternated both divisions, spending all the decade of the 1960s in Segunda División. At the end of the 1960–61 Segunda División the club was relegated to Tercera División after losing the relegation playoffs against Burgos, but the resignation of Condal to continue playing in the second tier allows Sporting to play a repechage playoff against Sevilla Atlético and Castellón.[6] In the first match, Sporting tied 3–3 against Castellón. The winner of the match would be decided by a coin toss. After winning the two previous coin tosses during the match, choosing tails in both, captain Pepe Ortiz decided to choose again tails, and Sporting became the winner of the game.[7] In the final for remaining in the category, Sporting defeated Sevilla Atlético by 2–1.

### 1970–1992: The golden years and EuroSporting

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Quini, Sporting's all-time top scorer, was one of the club's best players during their golden years.

In 1970, with the name of "Sporting" recovered,[8] the club would start its consolidation in La Liga despite a relegation to Segunda División in 1975. This year would mean the start of the golden era of the club.

Just after promoting in 1976, Sporting Gijón started the 1977–78 season by accumulating eight matches without losses. Finally, the Rojiblancos finished in the fifth position qualifying for the first time to the UEFA Cup.

Players like Quini, Cundi, Enzo Ferrero or Antonio Maceda and others would make history in the 1978–79 club's season, considered the best one in the history of the club. The season started with the first round of the UEFA Cup, where on 13 September 1978, Sporting beat Torino 3–0 at El Molinón. In the second round, Sporting was eliminated by Red Star Belgrade. The club finished the first half of La Liga leading the table, tied in points with Real Madrid, but a 0–1 loss to the Merengues completely ruined their title hopes.[9]

In 1981, the club played for the first time the Cup Final. In the game played at Estadio Vicente Calderón on 18 June 1981, Sporting was defeated 1–3 by Barcelona. Former Sporting Gijón player Quini, considered as the most important player in the club's history, scored two goals for the blaugranas. Sporting repeated success in 1982, but this time Real Madrid beat the rojiblancos 1–2. During the 1980s Sporting accumulated four more participations at UEFA Cup, but always was eliminated in the first round. On 16 September 1987, Sporting won the first leg game against Arrigo Sacchi's AC Milan, but a 0–3 defeat in Italy cut off Sporting's possibilities. In the previous 1986–87 season, Sporting beat Barcelona at Camp Nou by 0–4, the biggest win away in the club's history in La Liga. One year before, Manuel Vega-Arango, president since 1977, left office.

The last UEFA Cup participation was during the 1991–92 season. Sporting Gijón eliminated Partizan after a penalty shootout, but failed to defeat Steaua București in the second round.

On 6 October 1992, Sporting Gijón played its 1,000th game in La Liga.

### 1992–2008: Decline of the club

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In 1992, following the law, Real Sporting de Gijón became a Sociedad Anónima Deportiva. Its official name since that moment is Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. The internal financial crisis and the departure of important players triggers the decline of the club, pushing it to the lower positions in La Liga. In the 1994–95 season, Sporting remained in La Liga thanks to winning the relegation playoffs against Lleida, but three years later, following a disastrous 1997–98 campaign where Sporting only earned 13 points (two wins and seven draws in 38 games), the club was relegated to Second Division, finishing its 21-year continuous stretch in La Liga.

Due to the financial crisis during the 2000s, the club was menaced by its possible dissolution and was forced to sell the Escuela de Fútbol de Mareo to the Municipal Town Hall for €12m in August 2001. The 2003–04 season started with several doubts after the transfer of David Villa to Zaragoza and the election of Marcelino García Toral as head coach, who previously relegated the reserve team to Tercera División. However, the club was close to promotion to La Liga, but failed to accomplish the goal, finishing in the fifth position. After accumulating €51m of debts in its worst years, Real Sporting was close to being administratively relegated at the end of the 2004–05 season.[10]

### 2008–2012: Return to La Liga with Manuel Preciado

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Football players celebrate with their fans the club's return to top-flight, 15 June 2008

With Manuel Preciado at the helm of the team since 2006, the 2007–08 season started with the club unbeaten during the first nine games. Finally, on 15 June 2008, the club secured promotion back to La Liga after beating 2–0 Eibar in the last round.

In its first season after the return, the 2008–09, Sporting conceded 20 goals in its first five games, but achieved important wins like the one at Mestalla against Valencia by 3–2 or the 1–0 win against Sevilla. In a season where the team broke La Liga record of 29 consecutive games without any draw (a 1–1 finish with Athletic Bilbao on 3 May 2009), Sporting avoided relegation in the last round after a win by 2–1 against last qualified Recreativo de Huelva.

On 2 April 2011, they beat Real Madrid 1–0 at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium to end Real manager José Mourinho's nine-year home league unbeaten run.[11][12] This was the best season of the club since the last promotion, as it finished in the 10th position.

The 2011–12 season started without wins in the first eight games and the team remained in the relegation positions almost all the season. On 31 January 2012, after a 5–1 loss against Real Sociedad, Manolo Preciado was sacked.[13] The Cantabrian coach ended his era after nearly six years in the club and being very appreciated by all the club supporters. Javier Clemente was hired for avoiding the relegation, but despite keeping the possibilities until the last round, failed and the club was condemned to a new relegation, that carried a new financial crisis in the club.

### 2014–2022: Los guajes and a new decline

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Deportivo de La Coruña vs. Sporting de Gijón.

On 4 May 2014, Abelardo Fernández was appointed as head coach after José Ramón Sandoval was sacked. In his first season, he could not win Gijón promotion to La Liga after being eliminated in the semi-finals of the play-offs by Las Palmas.

However, the manager extended his contract for two years. Sporting was not allowed to sign any player out from the reserve team during 2014–15 season due to the non-payments, but despite this disadvantage, Sporting once again returned to La Liga with a squad where 17 players played before in the reserve team or any of the youth teams of the club. After only two losses in all the season, Sporting promoted in the last round by beating 3–0 Real Betis at Benito Villamarín stadium and a late equaliser conceded by rival Girona in their separate match against CD Lugo, when Sporting's game just finished.

During its comeback season, Sporting had the same sanction due to a delay in payments to the players during the previous season. The club was only allowed to sign, by loan, three new under-23 players without experience in La Liga (Antonio Sanabria from Roma, Alen Halilović from Barcelona and Omar Mascarell from Real Madrid).

The season started with a 0–0 draw against Real Madrid, managed by Rafa Benítez, at El Molinón. Despite an irregular path, Sporting obtained very important wins like a 1–0 at Mestalla, a 2–1 against Atlético Madrid or a 5–1 against Real Sociedad. After earning a 1–1 draw at Getafe, the club finally avoided relegation in the last round after beating Villarreal by 2–0 and taking advantage of the win of Real Betis against Getafe.[14] The era of Abelardo ended in January 2017, when he left the club after earning only five points in 15 matches and, despite changing the manager, the club was finally relegated again to Segunda División.

In the successive years, Sporting remained in Segunda División, only playing the promotion play-offs in 2018. The club continued a decline until 2022, where it narrowly avoided relegation to the third division. Abelardo came back to ensure the place in Segunda in the latest four rounds.

### 2022–present: Grupo Orlegi as new owners

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On 28 June 2022, majority shareholder Javier Fernández sold the club to Mexican group Orlegi Sports by €43m, thus becoming the second highest sale of a club in Spain.[15] Alejandro Irarragorri became the first foreign President of the club.[16][17]

After two first seasons narrowly avoiding relegation to the third division, in 2024 Sporting Gijón qualified again to the promotion play-offs to La Liga. However, it was eliminated in the first round against Espanyol.

## Club colours and crest

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Flag of Gijón. Club's flag.

Real Sporting de Gijón have worn red and white striped jerseys since their inception, being the first Spanish team to wear red and white, as both Athletic Bilbao and Atlético Madrid wore blue and white until 1909. The colors are those of the official flag of Gijón, which itself is based on the flag of the maritime province of Gijón, established in 1845.[18] The color of the shorts alternated between blue and white, as in the first years there was not any officiality for its colors. In the 1910s, finally, the color blue was established as the color of the shorts of the first kit.

Currently, Sporting wears both blue shorts and socks but until the 1980s they were black. In the 1990s, Sporting wore white shorts and socks, until the supporters voted to come back to the traditional blue.

Like most old football clubs, Real Sporting de Gijón did not initially have any badge displayed on their shirts. Their first official badge was introduced in the 1920s. It consisted of a traditionally shaped shield split into three sections, representing the club and the city.

From 1931 to 1936, during the Spanish Second Republic, the badge consisted of a circular shield and had the royal crown in the top replaced by a mural crown.

The club's badge is a triangle with red and white vertical stripes with 'S' (for Sporting) and 'G' (for Gijón) intertwined, in gold, across them. A crown in the top symbolizes the royal patronage.[19]

### Flag

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The club's official flag consists of nine equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white in a rectangular field in a 2:3 ratio. The club logo is displayed in the centre.

### Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

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| Period  | Kit manufacturer  | Shirt sponsors

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1979–1986  | Adidas | none
1986–1989  | Cajastur
1989–1991  | Rasán
1991–1993  | Lotto
1993-1994  | Cajastur
Asturias
1994–1997  | Joma
1997–1999  | Astore  | none
1999–2001  | Gijón
2002–2011  | Gijón
Asturias
2011–2013  | Kappa[20]
2013–2016  | Gijón
2016–2017  | Nike
2017–2018  | Teslacard[21]
2018–2019  | Pastón
2019–2020  | Interwetten
2020–2022  | Integra Energía
Gijón
2022–2024  | Puma
2023–2024  | Jalisco
2024–present  | Siroko

### Home kit evolution

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1905–1910s

1905–1984

1984–1989

1989–1997

1997–2023

2023–present

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## Stadium

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Main article: El Molinón

El Molinón, with a capacity for 29,371 spectators,[1] holds the games of Sporting de Gijón.

Despite existing since at least 1908, Sporting did not start to use it until 1915. Before this year, the club played its games in different zones of the city. Firstly at San Lorenzo beach and later in the pitches of Prau Redondu (near El Humedal), La Matona in Somió, that was rented by the club for three months by paying 100 pesetas, and La Flor de Valencia in La Guía.

In 2018, the stadium was renamed as El Molinón-Enrique Castro "Quini" after the death of the club's all-time top scorer Quini.

## Academy

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The club headquarters, in Mareo

Main article: Escuela de Fútbol de Mareo

The Escuela de Fútbol de Mareo is the training ground and academy base of Sporting de Gijón. It was opened on 28 March 1978 and it also has the club headquarters in it.

Located just 7 km away from the city center and covering 112,000 m2, it is used for training and youth teams matches. At present, facilities include inter alia, eight pitches, one service building (including team catering areas), a gymnasium, and a medical centre. The main pitch, where Sporting de Gijón B plays its games, is called Campo Pepe Ortiz and has a capacity for 3,000 people.

Mareo is a very prolific cantera, where several international football players grown being widely famous like Eloy, Ablanedo, Luis Enrique, Abelardo, Manjarín, Juanele and David Villa, a World Champion in 2010 with the Spain national team.

In addition to Mareo, Sporting Gijón has a second academy located in Logroño, also called Mareo.[22]

## Supporters

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La Mareona, at Castalia in May 2008.

Sporting de Gijón supporters commonly call themselves Sportinguistas in order to show their dedication to the club.[23] Sportinguistas are widely regarded as one of the most loyal, best travelling, and most cheerful supporter groups in La Liga,[24][25][26] providing one of the best atmospheres in the competition.[27] When following their team in large groups through the country, they are referred to as La Mareona, Spanish for The Big Tide, composed mainly by 240 groups of supporters or peñas.[28]

About 300,000 fans showed up when Sporting's promotion was celebrated in June 2008.[29]

Sporting finished the 2015–16 season with 23,400 season tickets; this record would be beaten in August 2016, when the club reached the 24,078 tickets sold,[30] and again in the 2017–18 season, with 24,402 season tickets despite suffering a relegation in the previous season.[31]

## Rivalries

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The team's historic rival is Real Oviedo.[32] They compete in the Asturian derby.

## Honours

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Further information: List of Sporting de Gijón honours

### National titles

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* La Liga: runners-up, 1978–79[33]
* Copa del Rey: runners-up, 1981,[34] 1982[35]
* Segunda División: winners, 1943–44, 1950–51, 1956–57, 1969–70, 1976–77; runners-up 1929–30, 2014–15

### Individual honours

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#### Pichichi Trophy

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* La Liga: Quini (3) (1973–74, 1975–76, 1979–80)
* Segunda División: Ricardo (1956–57), Solabarrieta (1966–67), Quini (2) (1969–70, 1976–77)

#### Zamora Trophy

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* La Liga: Ablanedo II (3) (1984–85, 1985–86, 1989–90)
* Segunda División: Roberto (2005–06), Cuéllar (2014–15)

## Seasons

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Chart of Sporting Gijón league performance 1929–present

Further information: List of Sporting de Gijón seasons

| Season  | Tier  | Division  | Place  | Copa del Rey

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1929 | 2  | 2ª | 4th  | Round of 32
1929–30 | 2  | 2ª | 2nd  | Round of 32
1930–31 | 2  | 2ª | 4th  | Round of 16
1931–32 | 2  | 2ª | 3rd  | Quarter-finals
1932–33 | 2  | 2ª | 6th  | Round of 16
1933–34 | 2  | 2ª | 6th  | Round of 16
1934–35 | 2  | 2ª | 3rd  | Round of 16
1935–36 | 2  | 2ª | 3rd  | Third round
1939–40 | 2  | 2ª | 3rd  | Round of 16
1940–41 | 2  | 2ª | 3rd  | Third round
1941–42 | 2  | 2ª | 1st  | Round of 32
1942–43 | 2  | 2ª | 1st  | Round of 32
1943–44 | 2  | 2ª | 1st  | Round of 32
1944–45 | 1  | 1ª | 7th  | Round of 16
1945–46 | 1  | 1ª | 9th  | Round of 16
1946–47 | 1  | 1ª | 10th  | First round
1947–48 | 1  | 1ª | 14th  | Sixth round
1948–49 | 2  | 2ª | 6th  | Fifth round
1949–50 | 2  | 2ª | 3rd  | Second round
1950–51 | 2  | 2ª | 1st  | Quarter-finals
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1951–52 | 1  | 1ª | 13th  |
1952–53 | 1  | 1ª | 7th  | Round of 16
1953–54 | 1  | 1ª | 16th  |
1954–55 | 2  | 2ª | 4th  |
1955–56 | 2  | 2ª | 7th  |
1956–57 | 2  | 2ª | 1st  |
1957–58 | 1  | 1ª | 12th  | Round of 16
1958–59 | 1  | 1ª | 15th  | Round of 16
1959–60 | 2  | 2ª | 5th  | Quarter-finals
1960–61 | 2  | 2ª | 13th  | Round of 32
1961–62 | 2  | 2ª | 13th  | First round
1962–63 | 2  | 2ª | 5th  | Round of 32
1963–64 | 2  | 2ª | 2nd  | First round
1964–65 | 2  | 2ª | 3rd  | Quarter-finals
1965–66 | 2  | 2ª | 3rd  | Round of 32
1966–67 | 2  | 2ª | 2nd  | First round
1967–68 | 2  | 2ª | 5th  | Round of 32
1968–69 | 2  | 2ª | 5th  |
1969–70 | 2  | 2ª | 1st  | Fourth round
1970–71 | 1  | 1ª | 12th  | Round of 32
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1971–72 | 1  | 1ª | 11th  | Round of 16
1972–73 | 1  | 1ª | 14th  | Semi-finals
1973–74 | 1  | 1ª | 13th  | Fifth round
1974–75 | 1  | 1ª | 14th  | Fourth round
1975–76 | 1  | 1ª | 18th  | Round of 16
1976–77 | 2  | 2ª | 1st  | Third round
1977–78 | 1  | 1ª | 5th  | Semi-finals
1978–79 | 1  | 1ª | 2nd  | Third round
1979–80 | 1  | 1ª | 3rd  | Semi-finals
1980–81 | 1  | 1ª | 7th  | Runners-up
1981–82 | 1  | 1ª | 14th  | Runners-up
1982–83 | 1  | 1ª | 8th  | Semi-finals
1983–84 | 1  | 1ª | 13th  | Quarter-finals
1984–85 | 1  | 1ª | 4th  | Quarter-finals
1985–86 | 1  | 1ª | 6th  | Third round
1986–87 | 1  | 1ª | 4th  | Second round
1987–88 | 1  | 1ª | 9th  | Round of 16
1988–89 | 1  | 1ª | 13th  | Round of 16
1989–90 | 1  | 1ª | 13th  | Quarter-finals
1990–91 | 1  | 1ª | 5th  | Semi-finals
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1991–92 | 1  | 1ª | 8th  | Semi-finals
1992–93 | 1  | 1ª | 12th  | Round of 16
1993–94 | 1  | 1ª | 14th  | Round of 16
1994–95 | 1  | 1ª | 18th  | Semi-finals
1995–96 | 1  | 1ª | 18th  | Round of 16
1996–97 | 1  | 1ª | 15th  | Third round
1997–98 | 1  | 1ª | 20th  | Second round
1998–99 | 2  | 2ª | 9th  | Fourth round
1999–2000 | 2  | 2ª | 9th  | First round
2000–01 | 2  | 2ª | 7th  | Round of 64
2001–02 | 2  | 2ª | 6th  | Round of 16
2002–03 | 2  | 2ª | 10th  | Round of 64
2003–04 | 2  | 2ª | 5th  | Round of 64
2004–05 | 2  | 2ª | 11th  | Round of 64
2005–06 | 2  | 2ª | 9th  | First round
2006–07 | 2  | 2ª | 13th  | Second round
2007–08 | 2  | 2ª | 3rd  | Second round
2008–09 | 1  | 1ª | 14th  | Quarter-finals
2009–10 | 1  | 1ª | 15th  | Round of 32
2010–11 | 1  | 1ª | 10th  | Round of 32
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2011–12 | 1  | 1ª | 19th  | Round of 32
2012–13 | 2  | 2ª | 10th  | Round of 32
2013–14 | 2  | 2ª | 5th  | Second round
2014–15 | 2  | 2ª | 2nd  | Second round
2015–16 | 1  | 1ª | 17th  | Round of 32
2016–17 | 1  | 1ª | 18th  | Round of 32
2017–18 | 2  | 2ª | 4th  | Third round
2018–19 | 2  | 2ª | 9th  | Round of 16
2019–20 | 2  | 2ª | 13th  | First round
2020–21 | 2  | 2ª | 7th  | Round of 32
2021–22 | 2  | 2ª | 17th  | Round of 16
2022–23 | 2  | 2ª | 17th  | Round of 16
2023–24 | 2  | 2ª | 5th  | Second round
2024–25 | 2  | 2ª | 11th  | Second round
2025–26 | 2  | 2ª |  | TBD

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* 42 seasons in La Liga
* 53 seasons in Segunda División

## Sporting de Gijón in European football

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Main article: Sporting de Gijón in European football

Sporting de Gijón played six editions of the UEFA Cup, but only in two of them it passed the first round.

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1978–79 | UEFA Cup | R64 |  Torino | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1
R32 |  Red Star Belgrade | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2
1979–80 | R64 |  PSV Eindhoven | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1
1980–81 | R64 |  Bohemians | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–4
1985–86 | R64 |  Köln | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2
1987–88 | R64 |  Milan | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–3
1991–92 | R64 |  Partizan | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2
R32 |  Steaua București | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–3

## Players

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### Current squad

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As of 30 July 2025[36]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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1  | GK |  ESP | Rubén Yáñez
2  | DF |  ESP | Guille Rosas
3  | DF |  ESP | Pablo García
4  | DF |  FRA | Lucas Perrin
5  | DF |  ESP | Diego Sánchez
6  | MF |  ESP | Nacho Martín
7  | MF |  ESP | Gaspar Campos
8  | MF |  ESP | Jesús Bernal
9  | FW |  ECU | Jordy Josué Caicedo (on loan from Atlas)
10  | MF |  ESP | César Gelabert
11  | MF |  ESP | Dani Queipo
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13  | GK |  CUB | Christian Joel Sánchez
14  | MF |  ESP | Alexandre Corredera
15  | DF |  ESP | Pablo Vázquez
17  | FW |  BEL | Jonathan Dubasin
18  | FW |  SEN | Amadou Coundoul
19  | FW |  COL | Juan Otero
20  | DF |  ESP | Kevin Vázquez
22  | DF |  FRA | Yann Kembo
23  | DF |  ESP | Eric Curbelo
24  | MF |  CAN | Justin Smith (on loan from Espanyol)

### Reserve team

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Main articles: Sporting Atlético and Sporting de Gijón C

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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26  | DF |  ESP | Iker Martínez
27  | FW |  ESP | Álex Oyón
28  | DF |  FRA | Pierre Mbemba
30  | GK |  ESP | Iker Venteo
31  | MF |  ESP | Aarón Quintana
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32  | FW |  ESP | Enol Prendes
33  | DF |  ESP | Carlos Hernández
34  | MF |  MEX | Joshua Mancha
36  | MF |  ESP | Manu Rodríguez
-- | FW |  ESP | Álex Lozano

### Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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## Personnel

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For a full list of Sporting de Gijón managers, see List of Sporting de Gijón managers.

### Current technical staff

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Role  | Name

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Head coach  |  Asier Garitano
Assistant coaches  |  Pedro Hernández
Technical assistant  |  Iván Cabezudo
Analysts  |  Caco Morán
Carlos Hernández
Delegate  |  Mario Cotelo
Goalkeeping coach  |  Queco Piña
Fitness coaches  |  Miguel Pérez
Chief doctor  |  Antonio Maestro
Club doctors  |  Odín Vite
Physiotherapists  |  César Castaño
Pablo del Fueyo
Pelayo Merediz
Masseur  |  Diego Lobelle
Nutritionist  |  Beatriz Manchón
Podologist  |  Benjamín Arnáiz
Kit men  |  Jorge Luis García
Pablo Caso

## Direction and finances

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### Board of directors

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Role  | Name

|

President  | Alejandro Irarragorri
Executive presidente  | David Guerra
Director of Football  | Gerardo García
Club Ambassador  | Joaquín Alonso

### Club budgets

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Season | Division | Budget (€)

|
|

2013–14 | Segunda | 14,099,300.00
2014–15 | Segunda | 11,884,180.00
2015–16[37] | La Liga | 31,278,634.45
2016–17[38] | La Liga | 43,785,450.00
2017–18 | Segunda | 23,286,465.00
2018–19 | Segunda | 24,138,980.00
2019–20 | Segunda | 23,772,801.00
2020–21[39] | Segunda | 20,851,230.00

### Presidents

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#### Until 1992

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* Anselmo López Sánchez (1905–1915)
* Fernando Fernández Quirós Suárez (1905–1917)
* Manuel Ignacio González Rivera (1917–1919)
* Enrique Martínez (1919–1921)
* Ismael Figaredo Herrero (1921–1928)
* Roberto González de Anda(1928–1930)
* Pedro Portillo (1930–1934)
* Emilio García (1934–1935)
* Félix García (1935–1938)
* Pedro González del Río (1938–1940)
* Secundino Fernández (1940–1945)
* Juan Velasco (1945–1946)
* Jesús Fernández Hernández (1946–1947)
* José María Fernández Álvarez (1946–1947)
* Secundino Fernández (2) (1948–1949)
* Paulino Palacios (1949–1954)
* Joaquín Alonso Díaz (1954–1955)
* Eustaquio González (1955–1957)
* Alejandro Vidal (1957–1959)
* Ramón Gómez Lozano (1959–1960)
* Aurelio Menéndez González (1960–1961)
* Francisco Quirós Rodríguez (1961)
* Víctor Manuel Suarez Díaz (1967–1968)
* Antonio Ruiz (1967–1968)
* Carlos Méndez Cuevas (1968–1973)
* Ángel Vallejo (1973–1977)
* Manuel Vega-Arango Alvaré (1977–1986)
* Ramón Muñoz Fernández (1986–1989)
* Plácido Rodríguez Guerrero (1989–1992)

#### Since the conversion into SAD in 1992

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With Fernández family as owners

* Eloy Calvo Capellín (1992–1994)
* Manuel Calvo Pumpido (1994)
* José Fernández Álvarez (1994–1997)
* Ángel García Flórez (1997–1998)
* Germán Ojeda Gutiérrez (1998–1999)
* Juan Manuel Pérez Arango (1999–2002)
* Manuel Vega-Arango Alvaré (2) (2002–2013)
* Antonio Veiga Suárez (2013–2016)
* Javier Fernández Rodríguez (2016–2022)

With Orlegi Sports as owners

* Alejandro Carlos Irarragorri Gutiérrez (2022–present)

## Women's team

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Further information: Sporting de Gijón (women)

The women's team of Sporting Gijón was founded in 1995 as EF Mareo and declared officially as a section of the club in 2016. It currently plays in the third division, called Segunda Federación.

## Sections

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In other time, Sporting Gijón had sections of athletics, handball and rugby union.[40]

## See also

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* Sporting de Gijón B – Sporting de Gijón's farm team.
* Trofeo Villa de Gijón

## References

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1. ^ a b "Las cifras del nuevo aforo de El Molinón, se metería en el top15 de España y mantendría su antigüedad". lavozdeasturias.es. 7 December 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
2. ^ "1900–1910" (in Spanish). Sporting de Gijón. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
3. ^ a b "1910–1920" (in Spanish). Sporting de Gijón. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
4. ^ "Un siglo desde el debut en competición nacional oficial" [One century of the debut in official national competition] (in Spanish). Sporting de Gijón. 25 December 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
5. ^ "1920–1930" (in Spanish). Sporting de Gijón. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
6. ^ "El Torneo Relámpago de Mallorca en 1961" (in Spanish). CIHEFE. 17 October 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
7. ^ "Los seis milagros que resucitaron al Sporting" (in Spanish). La Voz de Asturias. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
8. ^ "Se autoriza al presidente rojiblanco para la enajenación de "Los Fresno"" (in Spanish). El Comercio Hemerotec. 23 July 1970. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
9. ^ "¡Así, así gana el Madrid!" (in Spanish). As. 14 November 2010.
10. ^ "José Fernández pondrá los 1,5 millones de euros" (in Spanish). As. 29 June 2005. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
11. ^ "Mourinho's unbeaten home run ends". London: BBC. 2 April 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
12. ^ Lowe, Sid (4 April 2011). "After nine years, 151 games and four clubs, José Mourinho's record ends". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
13. ^ "Lamento si hice algo mal, seré de este equipo siempre" ["I'm sorry if i did something wrong, this will be my team for always"]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 31 January 2012.
14. ^ "Sporting Gijón escape drop as Getafe, Rayo Vallecano go down". As. 15 May 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
15. ^ "Solo Peter Lim pagó más que los 43 millones de Orlegi por el Sporting" (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 28 June 2022.
16. ^ "Alejandro Irarragorri y Javier Fernández firman la venta del Sporting en una notaría de Madrid" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 28 June 2022.
17. ^ "Orlegi hace oficial la compra del Sporting con el "compromiso de desarrollar su máximo potencial como club y cantera"" (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 28 June 2022.
18. ^ "Las Banderas del Club" (in Spanish). RealSporting.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
19. ^ "Los Escudos" (in Spanish). RealSporting.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
20. ^ "Kappa vestirá al equipo" (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 29 March 2011.
21. ^ "TESLACARD, nuevo patrocinador principal del Real Sporting de Gijón" (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
22. ^ "EF Mareo Logroño website" (in Spanish).
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25. ^ "Spanish Inquisition: Sporting de Gijón, the darlings of Spain". Goal. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
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27. ^ "Spanish Debate: The Best Stadium in La Liga". Goal. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
28. ^ "Premio para el consejero Mariano Fernández" (in Spanish). La Nueva España. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
29. ^ "Gijón está de fiesta 10 años después". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 October 2009.
30. ^ "Récord: 24.000 socios" (in Spanish). Sporting de Gijón. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
31. ^ "El club confirma una nueva cima en su historia y finaliza la campaña con 24.402 abonados" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 17 October 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
32. ^ "Real Oviedo, Real who?". SpanishFootball.info. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
33. ^ Spain – Final Table 1978-79
34. ^ Spain – Cup 1981
35. ^ Spain – Cup 1982
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37. ^ "Real Sporting de Gijón. Junta General Ordinaria 2014-15" (PDF) (in Spanish). Proyecto Clubes. October 2016.
38. ^ "Junta General Ordinaria y Extraordinaria 2015-2016" (PDF) (in Spanish). Proyecto Clubes. February 2017.
39. ^ "La pandemia lleva al Sporting a los números rojos, con una caída de ingresos de 8,6 millones" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 21 November 2020.
40. ^ "La influencia de Juan Arribas" [The influence of Juan Arribas] (in Spanish). El Comercio.

## External links

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* Official website
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Stadium|

* El Molinón
* Escuela de Fútbol de Mareo (training ground)

Related articles|

* Trofeo Villa de Gijón
* Asturian derby
* League record by opponent

Matches|

* 1981 Copa del Rey final
* 1982 Copa del Rey final

Affiliated teams|

* RD Gijonés (farm team – 1945 to 1948)
* Club Hispania (second farm team – 1945 to 1948)
* CA Gijón (farm team – 1955 to 66)
* SD La Camocha (reserve team – 1966 to 1970)
* Sporting de Gijón Promesas (second reserve team – 1975 to 1981)
* CD San Martín (second reserve team – 2001 to 2002)

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Sporting de Gijón - current squad

* 1 Yáñez
* 2 G. Rosas
* 3 P. García
* 5 D. Sánchez
* 6 N. Martín
* 7 Gaspar
* 8 Bernal
* 11 Queipo
* 13 C. Joel
* 16 Caicedo
* 17 Dubasin
* 18 Gelabert
* 19 Otero
* 20 Kevin
* 23 Curbelo
* Amadou
* Corredera
* Kembo
* Perrin
* P. Vázquez
* Smith
* Manager: Garitano

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Sporting de Gijón – managers

* Orth (1921–23)
* Monegal (1925)
* Morán (1926)
* Meana (1926–29)
* Galloway (1929–31)
* Meana (1931–33)
* R. Herrera (1933–34)
* Plattkó (1934–35)
* Greenwell (1935–36)
* Peña (1939–42)
* Marculeta (1942–43)
* Sánchez (1943–44)
* Campomanes (1944–45)
* Sánchez (1945–46)
* Peña (1946–47)
* Rumbold (1947–48)
* Meana (1948–49)
* Campos (1949–50)
* Sánchez (1950–52)
* Luisín (1952)
* Nogués (1952–54)
* Campos (1954–55)
* Sánchez (1955–56)
* Barrio (1956–58)
* Mundo (1958–59)
* Luisín (1959)
* Adams (1959)
* Picabea (1959–60)
* Sánchez (1960–61)
* Menéndez (1961)
* Barrio (1961–62)
* Molinuevo (1962–66)
* Sánchez (1966)
* Galarraga (1966–68)
* Badás (1968)
* Carriega (1968–72)
* Barrio (1972)
* Moreno (1972–73)
* Barrio (1973)
* Pasieguito (1973–75)
* Sinibaldi (1975–76)
* Miera (1976–79)
* Novoa (1979–80)
* Miera (1980–82)
* Novoa (1982)
* Boškov (1982–84)
* Novoa (1984–88)
* Aranguren (1988–89)
* G. Cuervo (1989–90)
* Ciriaco (1990–92)
* Jacobs (1992–93)
* G. Cuervo (1993)
* García Remón (1993–95)
* G. Cuervo (1995)
* Rezza (1995–96)
* Solís (1996)
* Novoa (1996)
* Floro (1996–97)
* Montes (1997)
* Maceda (1997)
* Novoa (1997)
* Redondo (1997)
* López (1998)
* Novoa (1998)
* Redondo (1998)
* De Mos (1998–99)
* Braojos (1999–2000)
* Ciriaco (2000)
* Cantatore (2000–01)
* Acebal (2001–02)
* Maceda (2002–03)
* Marcelino (2003–05)
* Ciriaco (2005–06)
* Preciado (2006–12)
* Tejada (2012)
* Clemente (2012)
* Manolo (2012)
* Sandoval (2012–14)
* Abelardo (2014–17)
* Rubi (2017)
* P. Herrera (2017)
* Baraja (2017–18)
* José Alberto (2018–19)
* Đukić (2019–20)
* Gallego (2020–22)
* Martí (2022)
* Abelardo (2022–23)
* Ramírez (2023–24)
* Albés (2024–25)
* Garitano (2025–)

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Sporting de Gijón Player of the Season

* 1967: Alonso
* 1968: Alberto
* 1969: Florín
* 1970: Puente
* 1971: J. Castro & G. Cuervo
* 1972: Churruca
* 1973: J. Castro
* 1974: Quini
* 1975: José Manuel
* 1976: Fanjul
* 1977: J. Castro
* 1978: Ferrero
* 1979: Quini
* 1980: Uría
* 1981: Cundi
* 1982: Redondo
* 1983: Maceda
* 1984: Maceda
* 1985: Ablanedo II
* 1986: Joaquín
* 1987: Jiménez
* 1988: Joaquín
* 1989: Jiménez
* 1990: Ablanedo II
* 1991: Ablanedo II
* 1992: Emilio
* 1993: Abelardo
* 1994: Abelardo
* 1995: Ablanedo II
* 1996: Ablanedo II
* 1997: Ablanedo II
* 1998: The supporters
* 1999: José Manuel
* 2000: Yago
* 2001: Amo
* 2002: Villa
* 2003: Borreguero
* 2004: Samuel
* 2005: Irurzun
* 2006: Roberto
* 2007: Congo
* 2008: Mateo
* 2009: D. Castro
* 2010: Rivera
* 2011: Lora
* 2012: Juan Pablo
* 2013: Cuéllar
* 2014: S. Álvarez
* 2015: Bernardo
* 2016: Meré
* 2018: Mariño
* 2019: Mariño
* 2020: Mariño
* 2021: Đurđević

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Segunda División

2025–26 clubs|

* Albacete
* Almería
* Andorra
* Burgos
* Cádiz
* Castellón
* Ceuta
* Córdoba
* Cultural Leonesa
* Deportivo La Coruña
* Eibar
* Granada
* Huesca
* Las Palmas
* Leganés
* Málaga
* Mirandés
* Racing Santander
* Real Sociedad B
* Sporting Gijón
* Valladolid
* Zaragoza

Former teams|

| Active|

* Alavés
* Alcorcón
* Alcoyano
* Algeciras
* Amorebieta
* Alzira
* Arenas Getxo
* Arosa
* Atlético Baleares
* Atlético Ceuta
* Atlético Madrid
* Atlético Madrid B
* Atlético Malagueño
* Avilés
* Badajoz
* Badalona
* Barakaldo
* Barcelona B
* Basconia
* Betis
* Bilbao Athletic
* Burjassot
* Cacereño
* Cartagena FC
* FC Cartagena
* Caudal
* Celta
* Compostela
* Constància
* Deportivo Aragón
* Écija
* Elche
* Elche Ilicitano
* Eldense
* Ensidesa
* Erandio
* Espanyol
* Europa
* Ferroviaria
* Figueres
* Fuenlabrada
* Getafe
* Gimnàstic
* Gimnástica Torrelavega
* Gimnástico
* Girona
* Granollers
* Guadalajara
* Hércules
* Ibiza
* Imperio Madrid
* Indautxu
* Jaén
* Jerez Industrial
* Júpiter
* Juvenil
* La Felguera
* Langreo
* Levante
* Linense
* Llagostera
* UD Logroñés
* Lugo
* Mallorca
* Mallorca B
* Mollerussa
* Moscardó
* Murcia
* Numancia
* Osasuna
* Ourense
* Oviedo
* Palamós
* Ponferradina
* Pontevedra
* Puente Genil
* Racing Ferrol
* Racing Madrid
* Rayo Majadahonda
* Rayo Vallecano
* Real Córdoba
* Real Madrid Castilla
* Real Sociedad
* Real Unión
* Recreativo
* Sabadell
* Sant Andreu
* Sevilla
* Sevilla Atlético
* Tenerife
* Terrassa
* Toledo
* UCAM Murcia
* Valencia
* Valencia Mestalla
* Vecindario
* Villarreal
* Villarreal B
* Xerez

|

Defunct|

* Abarán
* Alicante
* AD Almería
* CA Almería
* Atlético Marbella
* Atlético Tetuán
* Burgos (1936)
* AgD Ceuta
* Ceuta SC
* SD Ceuta
* Ciudad Murcia
* Condal
* EHA Tánger
* Escoriaza
* España
* CF Extremadura
* Extremadura UD
* Getafe Deportivo
* Gimnástica Lucense
* Granada 74
* UD Huesca
* Iberia
* Levante FC
* Linares
* Lleida
* Logroño
* CD Logroñés
* Lorca Deportiva (1969)
* Lorca Deportiva (2002)
* Lorca FC
* CD Málaga
* UD Melilla (1943)
* Melilla CF
* Mérida
* Nacional Madrid
* Ontinyent
* Orensana
* Oriamendi
* Orihuela Deportiva
* Palencia
* Poli Ejido
* Puertollano
* Real Burgos
* Reus
* Salamanca
* San Fernando
* Sestao SC
* Universidad Las Palmas
* Unión Vigo
* Villarrobledo
* Xerez Club

Competition|

* Clubs
* Champions & Promotions
* Play-offs
* Players (foreign)
* Managers (Winners)
* Stadia
* Broadcasters
* Referees

Statistics and awards|

* Records and statistics
* All-time table
* Top Scorer (Pichichi)
* Spanish Top Scorer (Zarra)
* Best Goalkeeper (Zamora)
* Best Manager (Miguel Muñoz)
* Best referee (Guruceta)
* Player of the Month
* Manager of the Month

Finances|

* Richest clubs:
* Deloitte list
* Forbes' list
* Team owners
* Average attendances

Associated competitions|

* Promotion to La Liga
* Relegation to Primera Federación
* National cup: Copa del Rey

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Sport in Asturias

American football|

| Men|

Serie A
Gijón Mariners
Serie B
Oviedo Madbulls

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Baseball|

| Men|

El Llano

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Basketball|

| Men|

1ª FEB
Alimerka Oviedo
2ª FEB
Círculo Gijón
3ª FEB
CB Navia
Universidad de Oviedo

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Women|

LF2
ADBA
Siroko Gijón

Football|

| Men|

Oviedo

Sporting Gijón
1ª Federación
Avilés Industrial
2ª Federación
Langreo
Lealtad
Marino Luanco
Oviedo Vetusta

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Women|

1ª Federación
Oviedo
2ª Federación
Sporting Gijón

Futsal|

| Men|

2ª B
Boal
Gijón Playas

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Handball|

| Men|

1ªE
Cafés Toscaf Atlética
Unión Financiera Oviedo
Grupo IMQ
Procoaf Gijón

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Women|

DHF
Liberbank Gijón
DHP
BM Gijón
Oviedo BF
Siero DB

Rink hockey|

| Men|

OK Plata
Oviedo Booling

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Women|

OK Liga
Asturhockey
Cuencas Mineras
Telecable Gijón

Rugby|

| Men|

Honor B
Oviedo
Pasek Belenos

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Sailing|

* Real Club Astur de Regatas

Volleyball|

| Women|

S2F
Grupo Covadonga

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Events and others|

* Asturian bowling
* Asturian derby
* CSI Gijón
* Subida al Naranco
* Torneo Tenis Playa
* Vuelta a Asturias

Venues|

* Estadio Carlos Tartiere
* El Molinón
* Las Mestas Sports Complex
* Estadio Román Suárez Puerta
* Palacio de Deportes (Gijón)
* Palacio de los Deportes de Oviedo

Authority control databases |

* VIAF

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