Editing Sporting de Gijón (section)

===1970–1992: The golden years and ''EuroSporting''===
[[File:Quini 1983.jpg|thumb|150px|[[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,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hemeroteca.elcomercio.es/cgi-bin/Pandora.exe?fn=select;query=id:0000356553;xslt=pagina;publication=El%20Comercio;place=Gij%C3%B3n;day=23;month=07;year=1970;page=017;filename=70L23;encoding=utf-8|publisher=El Comercio Hemerotec|date=23 July 1970|access-date=23 July 2017|title=Se autoriza al presidente rojiblanco para la enajenación de "Los Fresno"|language=es}}</ref> 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 La Liga|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 (footballer)|Cundi]], [[Enzo Ferrero]] or [[Antonio Maceda]] and others would make history in the [[1978–79 Sporting de Gijón season|1978–79 club's season]], considered the best one in the history of the club. The season started with the first round of the [[1978–79 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]], where on 13 September 1978, Sporting beat [[Torino F.C.|Torino]] 3–0 at El Molinón. In the second round, Sporting was eliminated by [[Red Star Belgrade]]. The club finished the first half of [[1978–79 La Liga|La Liga]] leading the table, tied in points with [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]], but a 0–1 loss to the ''Merengues'' completely ruined their title hopes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://futbol.as.com/futbol/2010/11/14/mas_futbol/1289719631_850215.html|publisher=As|language=es|date=14 November 2010|title=¡Así, así gana el Madrid!}}</ref>

In 1981, the club played for the first time the Cup [[1981 Copa del Rey Final|Final]]. In the game played at [[Estadio Vicente Calderón]] on 18 June 1981, Sporting was defeated 1–3 by [[FC Barcelona|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 Copa del Rey Final|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 [[A.C. Milan|AC Milan]], but a 0–3 defeat in Italy cut off Sporting's possibilities. In the previous [[1986–87 La Liga|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 Sporting de Gijón season|1991–92 season]]. Sporting Gijón eliminated [[FK Partizan|Partizan]] after a penalty shootout, but failed to defeat [[FC Steaua București|Steaua București]] in the second round.

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