The Escuela de Fútbol de Mareo, officially Escuela de Fútbol Ángel Viejo Feliú, is the

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and

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base of the

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football club

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. 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. Covering an area of 112,000 m² in the parish of Leorio,

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, it is used since 1978 for youth and senior teams trainings.

Facilities

* Campo Pepe Ortiz with 680 seats at its main tribune and a capacity for 3,000 people, is the home stadium of

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, the under-19 team and the women's team. * 3 regular-sized natural grass training pitches. * 3 regular-sized artificial turf training pitches. * 1 artificial turf pitch for 8-a-side football. * 1 pitch for goalkeepers training. * 1

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court. * 2 sand pitches, for beach football and

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. * Service centre with gymnasium.

History

In January 1974, Sporting de Gijón club board led by Ángel Viejo Feliú appointed Yugoslavian

Branko Zebec Branislav "Branko" Zebec (17 May 1929 – 26 September 1988) was a Croatian footballer and manager who played for Yugoslavia. In his heyday, Zebec fascinated the world with his performances at the World Cups in 1954 and 1958. With Partizan ...

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 sold the terrains to the

City Hall by €12 million. After this transfer, Sporting Gijón signed an agreement for using the installations on loan. On 25 June 2017, the Campo Pepe Ortiz, main pitch of the academy, beat its attendance record with about 4,000 people at the last round of the

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against

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References

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Mareo Mareo ( it, Marebbe ; german: Enneberg ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about northeast of Bolzano. Geography As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 2,911 and an area of .All demographics and ot ...

Football academies in Spain Sports venues completed in 1978 1978 establishments in Spain