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===1905–1940: First years===
The club was established in 1905 with the name '''Sporting Club Gijonés''', Anselmo López being the first club president. The first game of the club is dated on 18 August 1907, against Sport Ovetense.<ref name="1900s">{{cite web|url=http://www.realsporting.com/webrsg/index.php/template/2015-01-31-10-14-40/2015-01-31-12-06-07/1900-1910|publisher=Sporting de Gijón|title=1900–1910|access-date=4 October 2016|language=es}}</ref> The decline of other local clubs like [[Gijón Sport Club]] (founded in 1903) and Sportiva Gijonesa allowed Sporting Gijonés to become the main team in the city.<ref name="1910s">{{cite web|url=http://www.realsporting.com/webrsg/index.php/template/2015-01-31-10-14-40/2015-01-31-12-06-07/1911-1920|publisher=Sporting de Gijón|title=1910–1920|access-date=4 October 2016|language=es}}</ref> In 1912, King [[Alfonso XIII]] accepted the Royal patronage of the club for the Spanish Crown, introducing the term "Real" (Spanish for ''Royal'') to its name, becoming '''Real Sporting Club Gijonés'''.<ref name="1910s" />

In 1914, Sporting Gijón won its first [[Regional Championship of Asturias]], success repeated two years later when the club started the first steps to buy [[El Molinón]], where Sporting started to play its games in 1915. On 2 April 1916, a new change took place to adopt today's denomination, '''Real Sporting de Gijón'''. Because of the win at the Regional Championship, on 24 April 1917 the club made its debut in the [[Copa del Rey]], but was eliminated in the first round by [[Arenas Club de Getxo]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.realsporting.com/noticia/un-siglo-desde-el-debut-en-competicion-nacional-oficial|language=es|date=25 December 2017|access-date=25 December 2017|title=Un siglo desde el debut en competición nacional oficial|trans-title=One century of the debut in official national competition|publisher=Sporting de Gijón}}</ref> Sporting lost both games by 0–1 in Gijón and 0–7 at the Basque Country.

On 9 October 1921, Manolo Meana became the first Sporting Gijón player to be called up with the [[Spain men's national football team|Spanish national team]], for a friendly game against [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]]. In 1929, Sporting Gijón joined [[Segunda División]]. In its [[1929 Segunda División|first season]], the club finished in the fourth position.<ref name="1920s">{{cite web|url=http://www.realsporting.com/webrsg/index.php/template/2015-01-31-10-14-40/2015-01-31-12-06-07/1921-1930|publisher=Sporting de Gijón|title=1920–1930|access-date=4 October 2016|language=es}}</ref>

[[File:Real_Gijón.jpg|thumb|left|100px|Logo during Real Gijón era.]]