Sporting de Gijón
Spanish association football club
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Summary
Sporting de Gijón is an association football club[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of association football club entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,379 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Gijón[3]
- Country: Spain[4]
- Founder: Anselmo López Sánchez[5]
- Home venue: El Molinón-Enrique Castro Quini[6]
- League or competition: LaLiga 2[7]
- Owned by: Grupo Orlegi[8]
- Headquarters location: Gijón[9]
- Head coach: Borja Jiménez Sáez[10]
- Child organization or unit: Sporting de Gijón B[11], Real Sporting de Gijón "C"[12]
- Commons category: Real Sporting de Gijón[13]
- Chairperson: Alejandro Irarragorri[14]
- General manager: Q133827019[15]
- Inception: July 1, 1905[16]
- Sport: association football[17]
- Official website: https://www.realsporting.com/[18]
- Sponsor: Q133826945[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:Sporting de Gijón[20]
- Topic has template: Template:Sporting de Gijón[21], Q11077569[22]
- Official name: Real Sporting de Gijón S.A.D.[23]
- Legal form: sociedad anónima deportiva[24]
- Position held by head of the organization: Q112798136[25]
- Competition won: 1956–57 Segunda División[26], 1943–44 Segunda División[27], 1950–51 Segunda División[28], 1969–70 Segunda División[29], 1976–77 Segunda División[30]
- Kit supplier: Puma[31]
- Category for members of a team: Category:Sporting de Gijón players[32]
- Official color: red[33], white[34]
Why It Matters
Sporting de Gijón has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]