2008–09 Sporting de Gijón season

Real Sporting
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

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
2 Costa Rica DF Jervis Holtby
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
No. Position Player
13 Spain GK Iván Cuéllar
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

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH
ResultLLLLLWWWWLWLWLLWLWLLWLLLLWWLLLLLLDLWWW
Position14202020201915131214913101212111291114121214141713111113171717181818171714

Source: BDFutbol
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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 LigaCopa del Rey
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Spain Sergio Sánchez 1408+006+00
3 DF Spain Neru 22018+103+00
4 DF Spain Andreu 703+301+00
5 DF Spain Jorge 16110+203+11
6 MF Spain Carmelo 32825+362+22
7 MF Spain Pedro 21012+503+10
8 MF Spain Míchel 36024+603+30
9 FW Croatia Mate Bilić 411222+15123+10
10 FW Spain Tati Maldonado 2129+1022+00
11 FW Spain Omar Sampedro 1010+405+11
12 DF Netherlands Jürgen Colin 402+002+00
13 GK Spain Iván Cuéllar 18018+000+00
14 DF Spain Iván Hernández 27021+105+00
15 DF Spain Roberto Canella 24124+010+00
16 DF Spain Gerard Autet 27125+111+00
17 FW Spain Diego Castro 34631+162+00
18 FW Spain Luis Morán 31419+941+20
19 MF Spain Diego Camacho 36127+413+20
20 DF Spain Raúl Cámara 21013+403+10
21 MF Spain Kike Mateo 26210+1421+10
22 DF Spain Rafel Sastre 33030+003+00
23 FW Spain David Barral 411419+16103+34
24 MF Spain Sergio Matabuena 30022+503+00
25 GK Spain Iñaki Lafuente 13012+100+00
27 MF Spain Alberto Lora 1004+402+00
31 DF Spain José Ángel 17110+314+00
Players who appeared for Sporting no longer at the club:
10 MF Spain Pablo de Lucas 200+002+00

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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