Editing Sporting de Gijón (section)

===1992–2008: Decline of the club===
In 1992, following the law, Real Sporting de Gijón became a [[Sociedad Anónima Deportiva]]. Its official name since that moment is ''Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D.'' The internal financial crisis and the departure of important players triggers the decline of the club, pushing it to the lower positions in La Liga. In the [[1994–95 Sporting de Gijón season|1994–95 season]], Sporting remained in La Liga thanks to winning the relegation playoffs against [[UE Lleida|Lleida]], but three years later, following a disastrous [[1997–98 Sporting de Gijón season|1997–98 campaign]] where Sporting only earned 13 points (two wins and seven draws in 38 games), the club was relegated to [[Segunda División|Second Division]], finishing its 21-year continuous stretch in La Liga.

Due to the financial crisis during the 2000s, the club was menaced by its possible dissolution and was forced to sell the [[Escuela de Fútbol de Mareo]] to the Municipal Town Hall for €12m in August 2001. The [[2003–04 Sporting de Gijón season|2003–04 season]] started with several doubts after the transfer of [[David Villa]] to [[Real Zaragoza|Zaragoza]] and the election of [[Marcelino García Toral]] as head coach, who previously relegated the [[Sporting de Gijón B|reserve team]] to [[Tercera División]]. However, the club was close to promotion to La Liga, but failed to accomplish the goal, finishing in the fifth position. After accumulating €51m of debts in its worst years, Real Sporting was close to being administratively relegated at the end of the [[2004–05 Sporting de Gijón season|2004–05 season]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://futbol.as.com/futbol/2005/07/29/mas_futbol/1122618459_850215.html|title=José Fernández pondrá los 1,5 millones de euros|date=29 June 2005|publisher=As|language=es|access-date=17 March 2017}}</ref>