Aragon Sport

Nowadays, SD Huesca is the best football team in Aragon. In the year 2017/2018 the team had been playing in La Liga (Football First Division), this achievement was reached for the first time in the club’s history.

However, historically, Aragon’s most successful football club is Real Zaragoza. The club was founded in 1932 and spent 58 seasons in First Division, having played at its current ground, La Romareda, since 1957. Real Zaragoza have won six Copa del Rey titles from 1964 to 2004, and the 1995 European Cup Winners’ Cup. There are plenty of smaller clubs in the region, like CD Teruel.

Skiing is popular in the Pyrenean north of Aragon, at resorts such as Formigal and Candanchú. The Aragonese city of Jaca in the Pyrenees bid to host the Winter Olympics from 2002 to 2014. Zaragoza was considering a bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics, but dropped it in 2011 to strengthen the chance of Barcelona winning the games.

The Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, also known as Motorland Aragón, is a motorsport racetrack located near Alcañiz in Aragon. It is home to the Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix.

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