2008–09 Sporting de Gijón season

Sporting de Gijón
2008–09 season
Chairman Manuel Vega-Arango
Manager Manuel Preciado
Stadium El Molinón
La Liga 14th
Copa del Rey Quarterfinals
Top goalscorer League: Mate Bilić (12)
All: David Barral (14)
Average home league attendance 21,667
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 Sporting de Gijón season was the first season that the club played in La Liga, the highest tier of football in Spain, eleven years after its last time.

In the previous season, the club promoted as third qualified of Segunda División.

Overview

Sporting established a new record in La Liga of consecutive games without draws. It earned its first draw in the matchday 34 against Athletic Bilbao, but it lost a possible win in the 92nd minute.[1]

The club avoided relegation after winning its last three season games against Málaga, at Real Valladolid and Recreativo de Huelva, all of them by 2–1 scorelines.

In the Copa del Rey, Sporting was eliminated in quarter-finals by Athletic Bilbao. The club had not reached this round since 1995.[2]

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Spain GK Sergio Sánchez
3 Spain DF Neru
4 Spain DF Andreu
5 Spain DF Jorge
6 Spain MF Carmelo
7 Spain MF Pedro
8 Spain MF Míchel
9 Croatia FW Mate Bilić
10 Spain FW Tati Maldonado
11 Spain FW Omar
12 Netherlands DF Jürgen Colin
13 Spain GK Iván Cuéllar
No. Position Player
14 Spain DF Iván Hernández
15 Spain DF Roberto Canella (vice-captain)
16 Spain DF Gerard
17 Spain FW Diego Castro
18 Spain FW Luis Morán
19 Spain MF Diego Camacho
20 Spain DF Raúl Cámara
21 Spain FW Kike Mateo
22 Spain DF Rafel Sastre (captain)
23 Spain FW David Barral
24 Spain MF Sergio Matabuena
25 Spain GK Iñaki Lafuente

From the youth squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
27 Spain MF Alberto Lora
No. Position Player
31 Spain DF José Ángel

Competitions

La Liga

Main article: 2008–09 La Liga

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH
Result L L L L L W W W W L W L W L L W L W L L W L L L L W W L L L L L L D L W W W
Position 14 20 20 20 20 19 15 13 12 14 9 13 10 12 12 11 12 9 11 14 12 12 14 14 17 13 11 11 13 17 17 17 18 18 18 17 17 14

Source: BDFutbol
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
12 Racing Santander 38 12 10 16 49 48+1 46
13 Athletic Bilbao 38 12 8 18 47 62−15 44 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round 1
14 Sporting de Gijón 38 14 1 23 47 79 −32 43
15 Osasuna 38 10 13 15 41 47−6 43
16 Valladolid 38 12 7 19 46 58−12 43

Source: LFP, sportec.es, Yahoo! Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Matches

Copa del Rey

Matches

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalLa Liga Copa del Rey
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Spain Sergio Sánchez 14 0 8+0 0 6+0 0
3 DF Spain Neru 22 0 18+1 0 3+0 0
4 DF Spain Andreu 7 0 3+3 0 1+0 0
5 DF Spain Jorge 16 1 10+2 0 3+1 1
6 MF Spain Carmelo 32 8 25+3 6 2+2 2
7 MF Spain Pedro 21 0 12+5 0 3+1 0
8 MF Spain Míchel 36 0 24+6 0 3+3 0
9 FW Croatia Mate Bilić 41 12 22+15 12 3+1 0
10 FW Spain Tati Maldonado 21 2 9+10 2 2+0 0
11 FW Spain Omar Sampedro 10 1 0+4 0 5+1 1
12 DF Netherlands Jürgen Colin 4 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
13 GK Spain Iván Cuéllar 18 0 18+0 0 0+0 0
14 DF Spain Iván Hernández 27 0 21+1 0 5+0 0
15 DF Spain Roberto Canella 24 1 24+0 1 0+0 0
16 DF Spain Gerard Autet 27 1 25+1 1 1+0 0
17 FW Spain Diego Castro 34 6 31+1 6 2+0 0
18 FW Spain Luis Morán 31 4 19+9 4 1+2 0
19 MF Spain Diego Camacho 36 1 27+4 1 3+2 0
20 DF Spain Raúl Cámara 21 0 13+4 0 3+1 0
21 MF Spain Kike Mateo 26 2 10+14 2 1+1 0
22 DF Spain Rafel Sastre 33 0 30+0 0 3+0 0
23 FW Spain David Barral 41 14 19+16 10 3+3 4
24 MF Spain Sergio Matabuena 30 0 22+5 0 3+0 0
25 GK Spain Iñaki Lafuente 13 0 12+1 0 0+0 0
27 MF Spain Alberto Lora 10 0 4+4 0 2+0 0
31 DF Spain José Ángel 17 1 10+3 1 4+0 0
Players who appeared for Sporting no longer at the club:
10 MF Spain Pablo de Lucas 2 0 0+0 0 2+0 0

References

  1. ↑ "El día que el Sporting empató" (in Spanish). i+fútbol. 5 May 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Athletic de Bilbao y el Mallorca, primeros semifinalistas de la Copa del Rey" (in Spanish). El Imparcial. 28 January 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2016.

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