El Molinón

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El Molinón is a football stadium in Gijón-Xixón in Asturias, Spain, the home ground of Sporting de Gijón

The stadium played host to two famous group matches in the 1982 World Cup, Germany's shock 1-2 defeat to Algeria being the first. After the result of Algeria's final group game was known, a rather uncontested 1-0 victory of Germany against Austria which sent both teams through at Algeria's expense. This shameful game at Gijon directly led to a change of the rules requiring the last matches in the group phase to be played simultaneously.

• Capacity: 25,885
• Pitch dimensions:
  • Length: 105 m
  • Width: 90 m
• Opened: 1908
• Address: Parque de Isabel la Católica, 33390 Gijón
• Official name: Estadio Municipal El Molinón

Coordinates: 43°32′10″N, 5°38′14″W

Segunda División venues, 2007-08 v • d • e
Manuel Martínez Valero | La Rosaleda | Balaídos | Gran Canaria | Anoeta | José Rico Pérez | El Molinón | Heliodoro Rodríguez López | Chapín | Ramón de Carranza | Mendizorrotza | Nou Castalia | El Helmántico | Carlos Belmonte | Nuevo Arcángel | Nou Estadi | La Malata | Los Pajaritos | Santo Domingo | Ipurua | Escribano Castilla | Cisneros Palacios |