El Molinón

• Sporting Gijón

• Games of Sporting Gijon
• Football World Cup 1982

The Estadio Municipal El Molinón is a football stadium in the Spanish city Gijón - Xixón. It is home to the La Liga clubs Real Sporting de Gijón and can accommodate 29 538 spectators.

History

The Estadio Municipal El Molinón was inaugurated in 1908 and is the oldest football stadium in Spain. It was used for the first time a competitive match in 1917 at a cup match between Sporting Gijon and Arenas Club de Getxo, which the guest was able to win 1-0. Since 1915 the local club Sporting Gijon uses the stadium as the venue for their home games.

The greatest success of this association was a second place in the Spanish championship of 1978 / 79th Currently plays Sporting in La Liga, the top division in Spain, where it has currently established in the back of the midfield. The only title of the Association was in the Segunda División five championships.

The Estadio Municipal El Molinón was one of the venues for the FIFA World Cup 1982, which organized Spain. At that time, the stadium could accommodate 45,000 spectators. Currently, the capacity is 29 538 spectator seats after they had made ​​in the 2009/10 season a small renovation and doing some spaces added before the 25,000 -seater stadium. At the World Cup were two memorable games held in Gijón. Firstly, the two-time world champion at the time, Germany was defeated in the first round of Algeria 2-1.

However, much more famous is the third game in this World Cup in El Molinón where Germany and Austria faced the final group game. Having previously Algeria Chile had defeated two handed a narrow victory of the Germans to progress. What followed was a non-aggression pact of Gijon in the history of the World Cup one, because after an early goal for Germany by Horst Hrubesch presented both teams the game completely and just pushed the ball is still on. Since this game and the obvious manipulation of the final group games at World Cup tournaments are regularly held at the same time.

Games of the Soccer World Cup 1982 in Gijón

Games of the Spanish national football team in Gijón

To date, La Furia Roja wore from nine matches in El Molinón. In the games they remained undefeated with six wins and three draws. (Updated: February 23, 2014)

• April 22, 1928: Spain 1785 Spain - Italy 1861 Italy 1-1 ( FS)
• March 29 1978: Spain 1977 Spain - Norway Norway 3-0 (FS )
• April 16, 1980: Spain 1977 Spain - Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 2-2 (FS )
• September 24 1986: Spain - Greece 3:1 ( FS)
• September 12 1990: Spain - Brazil Brazil 3-0 (FS )
• October 11, 1997: Spain - Faroe Faroe Islands 3:1 (WM -Q)
• March 31 2004: Spain - Denmark Denmark 2-0 (FS )
• August 17, 2005: Spain - Uruguay Uruguay 2-0 (FS )
• March 22 2013: Spain - Finland Finland 1:1 (WM -Q)