El Molinon Stadium

Estadio El Molinon (Spanish pronunciation: [esˈta.ðjo el mo.liˈnon]), officially Estadio Municipal El Molinon-Enrique Castro "Quini", is an association football stadium in Gijon, Asturias, Spain. The stadium is the home ground of Real Sporting de Gijon. With a capacity of 29,029 seats, El Molinon is the 20th largest stadium in Spain and the second largest in Asturias.

History

El Molinon is the oldest professional football field in Spain. It has been in use since at least 1908, and is located on the site of an old watermill, hence the stadium's name, the Spanish word for "big mill".

Real Sporting started to use El Molinon as official ground in 1917. The first official match was held on April 22, 1917 between Real Sporting and Arenas Club de Getxo as part of the 1917 Copa del Rey. Arenas won 0–1. On August 5 of that same year, the first great renovation of the stadium was finished.

On 2 May 1920, El Molinon held the 1920 Copa del Rey Final, where Barcelona defeated Athletic Bilbao by 2–0.

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