Trofeo Villa de Gijón

Since the tournament is called Villa de Gijón, the trophy is a rendering of the monument Elogio del Horizonte of Eduardo Chillida.

The Trofeo Villa de Gijón, called Trofeo Costa Verde until 1992, is a friendly association football tournament played annually since 1962 in Estadio Municipal El Molinón in Gijón, Asturias, Spain. The tournament is played between Spanish club Sporting Gijón and one or more invited teams.

The tournament was suspended in the following years:

• 1971: Suspended due to the works to change the pitch.
• 1981: Suspended due to the expansion of the stadium for the 1982 FIFA World Cup.
• 1987: The tournament was changed by a tribute to Quini.
• 1995: Suspended due to the financial crisis of Sporting Gijón.
• 2009 and 2010: Suspended due to the renovation of the stadium.
• 2017 and 2018: Suspended due to the works to change the pitch.

Results

Year	Winners	Runners-Up	Scores	Third Place	Fourth Place
Trofeo Costa Verde
1962	Sporting Gijón	Osasuna	2–2
1963	Sporting Gijón	Athletic Bilbao	1–0
1964	Oviedo	Sporting Gijón	1–1
1965	Sporting Gijón	Belenenses	3–1
1966	Vitória de Setúbal	Sporting Gijón	3–1
1967	Angoulême	Sporting Gijón	2–1
1968	Deportivo La Coruña	Sporting Gijón	3–2
1969	Real Sociedad	Sporting Gijón	1–0
1970	Sporting Gijón	Vitória de Setúbal	VIT 2–2 BEL SPG 3–2 VIT SPG 5–1 BEL	Belenenses
1972	Sporting Gijón	Hamburger SV	1–0
1973	1. FC Köln	Sporting Gijón	SPG 1–2 KÖLN KÖLN 1–0 VEL SPG 2–1 VEL	Velež Mostar
1974	Oviedo	Sporting Gijón	OVI 2–1 MTK SPG 0–1 OVI	MTK Budapest
1975	Sporting Gijón	CSKA Sofia	SPG 1–0 ENS ENS 1–2 CSKA SPG 2–2 CSKA	Ensidesa
1976	Sporting Gijón	Oviedo	3–0
1977	Sporting Gijón	Videoton	SPG 4–1 VIT VID 2–2 VIT SPG 4–1 VID	Vitória de Guimarães
1978	Sporting Gijón	Lokomotiv Moscow	4–1	Austria Wien	Racing Santander
1979	Sporting Gijón	White Star Woluwe	SPG 2–0 WHI BEL 0–1 WHI SPG 3–2 BEL	Red Star Belgrade
1980	AZ	Sporting Gijón	3–2	Porto	Levski Sofia
1982	Red Star Belgrade	Sporting Gijón	1–0	Barcelona	Oviedo
1983	Spartak Moscow	Atlético Madrid	2–1	Sporting Gijón	1. FC Köln
1984	Sporting Gijón	Real Sociedad	1–0	Steaua București	Groningen
1985	Sporting Gijón	Oviedo	SPG 3–2 SPA OVI 4–0 SPA SPG 1–0 OVI	Sparta Rotterdam
1986	Sporting Gijón	Standard Liège	SPG 3–1 STA OVI 0–1 STA SPG 2–1 OVI	Oviedo
1988	Sporting Gijón	Valencia	3–0
1989	Sporting Gijón	Vitosha	2–2
1990	Sporting Gijón	Sporting CP	SPG 1–0 SCP AVI 1–1 SCP SPG 2–0 AVI	Avilés
1991	Sporting Gijón	Crystal Palace	SPG 5–0 LEV CRY 3–1 LEV SPG 2–2 CRY	Levski Sofia
1992	Sporting Gijón	Tavriya Simferopol	SPG 2–0 VIT VIT 3–3 TAV SPG 2–1 TAV	Vitesse
Trofeo Villa de Gijón
1994	CSKA Moscow	Sporting Gijón	SPG 1–1 TEN SPG 1–2 CSKA TEN 0–1 CSKA	Tenerife	Triangular 45-minute game
1996	Sporting Gijón	Real Madrid	2–1
1997	Real Betis	Sporting Gijón	3–1
1998	Valladolid	Sporting Gijón	2–1
1999	Racing Santander	Sporting Gijón	2–1
2000	Real Sociedad	Sporting Gijón	SPG 0–0 ZAR SPG 0–1 RSO ZAR 0–1 RSO	Zaragoza	Triangular 45-minute game
2001	Sporting Gijón	Racing Santander	2–0
2002	Sporting Gijón	Racing Santander	0–0
2003	Tenerife	Sporting Gijón	2–1
2004	Racing Santander	Sporting Gijón	1–1
2005	Athletic Bilbao	Sporting Gijón	1–2
2006	Racing Santander	Sporting Gijón	0–0
2007	Racing Santander	Sporting Gijón	0–0 (4–3 p)
2008	Sporting Gijón	Milan	2–0
2011	Genoa	Sporting Gijón	2–1
2012	Vitória de Guimarães	Sporting Gijón	2–0
2013	Villarreal	Sporting Gijón	4–1
2014	Sporting Gijón	Getafe	0–0
2015	Sporting Gijón	Palermo	3–1
2016	Sporting Gijón	Deportivo La Coruña	1–1 (4–2 p)

List of winners

Team	Titles	Years won
Sporting Gijón	25	1962, 1963, 1965, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2014, 2015, 2016
Racing Santander	4	1999, 2004, 2006, 2007
Oviedo	2	1964, 1974
Real Sociedad	2	1969, 2000
Vitória de Setúbal	1	1966
Angoulême	1	1967
Deportivo La Coruña	1	1968
1. FC Köln	1	1973
AZ	1	1980
Red Star Belgrade	1	1982
Spartak Moscow	1	1983
CSKA Moscow	1	1994
Real Betis	1	1997
Valladolid	1	1998
Tenerife	1	2003
Athletic Bilbao	1	2005
Genoa	1	2011
Vitória de Guimarães	1	2012
Villarreal	1	2013

External links

• Trofeo Costa Verde at the RSSSF archives
• Trofeo Villa de Gijón at the RSSSF archives