Editing Sporting de Gijón (section)

===1940–1970: Real Gijón era===
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 [[RCD Español|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 CF (I)|Burgos]], but the resignation of [[CD Condal|Condal]] to continue playing in the second tier allows Sporting to play a repechage playoff against [[Sevilla Atlético]] and [[CD Castellón|Castellón]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cihefe.es/cuadernosdefutbol/2009/11/el-torneo-relampago-de-mallorca-en-1961/|publisher=CIHEFE|language=es|date=17 October 2009|access-date=24 April 2017|title=El Torneo Relámpago de Mallorca en 1961}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lavozdeasturias.es/noticia/deportes/2016/05/11/seis-milagros-resucitaron-sporting/00031462958289221763503.htm|publisher=La Voz de Asturias|access-date=23 January 2017|date=11 May 2016|language=es|title=Los seis milagros que resucitaron al Sporting}}</ref> In the final for remaining in the category, Sporting defeated Sevilla Atlético by 2–1.