Location Gijón
Asturias, Spain Construction cost 50 million pesetas Owner Sporting de Gijón | Type Sports facility Opened 28 March 1978 Architect Miguel Díaz Negrete | |
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Similar El Molinón, Estadio Las Gaunas, Estadio El Montecillo, Estadio Merkatondoa, Campo de Fútbol La Murta | ||
The Escuela de Fútbol de Mareo is the training ground and academy base of the Spanish football club Sporting de Gijón. It was officially opened in 1978 and used by the main team and the youth teams of the club. The designer was architect Miguel Díaz Negrete.
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Covering an area of 112,000 m², it is used since 1978 for youth and senior teams trainings.
Facilities
History
In January 1974, Sporting de Gijón club board led by Ángel Viejo Feliu appointed Yugoslavian Branko Zebec as head coach, but he left the city after few days due to the precarious resources. After this circumstance, the club starts a plan for purchasing terrains where to build the appropriate installations for a La Liga team. The income from the transfer of Ignacio Churruca to Athletic Bilbao, 50 million pesetas, were destinated entirely for this purpose. Finally, the Escuela de Fútbol de Mareo was inaugurated on 28 March 1978.
On 1 August 2001, due to the deep financial crisis of Sporting Gijón, president Juan Arango sells the terrains to the Gijón City Hall by €12 million. After this transfer, Sporting Gijón signed an agreement for using the installations on loan.
