Real Sociedad Gimnástica Española
| Full name | Real Sociedad Gimnástica Española | |
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| Nickname(s) | Gimnástica de Madrid | |
| Short name | Gimnástica Española RS Gimnástica SGE | |
| Founded | 2 March 1887 | |
| Dissolved | c. 1950 | |
| Stadium | Estadio de Diego de León, Madrid | |
| League | Campeonato Regional Centro | |
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Real Sociedad Gimnástica Española (RSGE), also known as Gimnástica de Madrid, was a sports club based in Madrid, Spain. It was officially founded as an amateur gymnastics club on 2 March 1887 by Narciso Masferrer under the name "Sociedad Gimnástica Española".
The club's football section started activities in 1907, winning four Centro Championships (1910, 1911, 1912, 1914). In 1915 King of Spain, Alfonso XIII, granted the club Royal title, therefore the institution changed its name to "Real Sociedad Gimnástica Española". The football section was dissolved in 1928, and the whole club years later.
Apart from the sports mentioned above, Sociedad Gimnástica hosted a large list of activities such as athletics, basketball, boxing, fencing, field hockey, mountaineering, Olympic weightlifting, road bicycle racing, rowing, swimming, and wrestling.