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Real Sporting de Gijón Femenino is the women's football team of Asturian football club Sporting de Gijón.
History
Founded in 1995, the club was renamed as Club Deportivo Escuela de Fútbol de Mareo Femenino in 1999 as part of an agreement with Gijón's town hall, the club decided to rename the team again as Real Sporting de Gijón Femenino in 2016, and to declare it as the official women's section of the club.
The club played from 1996 to 2001 in Primera División, when it was composed by multiple groups.
In 2018, the club signed for the first time players from out from Asturias. Despite not gaining a spot for the smaller Segunda División next season, after spending 18 consecutive seasons in Segunda División, on 31 July 2019, the Royal Spanish Football Federation gave to the club the vacant place of Atlántida Matamá in the newly created Segunda División.
Der Verein hat noch keinen großen Titel gewonnen, konnte aber bereits einige Erfolge feiern. So erreichte die Mannschaft 2015 das Halbfinale der Copa de la Reina und 2019 das Viertelfinale. Außerdem nahm Sporting Gijón 2018 an der Qualifikation zur UEFA Women's Champions League teil.
Zu den bekanntesten Spielerinnen des Vereins gehören die spanische Nationalspielerin Sheila García und die brasilianische Stürmerin Carla.