2016–17 Sporting de Gijón season

Real Sporting
2016–17 season
President Javier Fernández
Manager Rubi
Stadium El Molinón
La Liga 18th
Copa del Rey Round of 32
Top goalscorer League:
All: Duje Čop (9 goals)
Highest home attendance 25,899
Real Sporting 0–5 Barcelona
(24 September 2016)
Lowest home attendance 15,365
Real Sporting 2–2 Real Betis
(20 May 2017)
Average home league attendance 22,594
Home colours
Away colours

The 2016–17 season was Sporting de Gijón's 111th season in existence and the club's 42nd season in the top flight of Spanish football. It covered a period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Season overview

Despite earning seven points in the first three games, a streak of five losses dropped Real Sporting to the relegation positions. The club was unable to leave them during the rest of the season and finally was relegated to Segunda División despite winning 1–0 at Ipurua.

Players

Current squad

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Since
 App
 Goals
 Ends
 Transfer fee
 Notes
1 GK Spain Iván Cuéllar (vice-captain)33 2008 133 0 2019 Free
2 DF Brazil Douglas 26 2016 0 0 2017 Loan
3 DF Martinique Jean-Sylvain Babin30 2016 0 0 2019 Free Played internationally with Martinique
4 DF Spain Jorge Meré20 2015 31 0 2020 Youth system
5 DF Venezuela Fernando Amorebieta32 2016 0 0 2020 Undisclosed Second nationality: Spain
6 MF Spain Sergio Álvarez25 2013 82 5 2021 Youth system
7 MF Spain Víctor Rodríguez27 2016 0 0 2020 Youth system
8 FW Ivory Coast Lacina Traoré26 2017 0 0 2017 Loan
9 FW Spain Carlos Castro22 2014 30 9 2018 Youth system
10 MF Spain Nacho Cases29 2011 133 7 2018 Youth system
11 DF Spain Alberto Lora (captain)30 2007 209 8 2018 Youth system
12 DF Nigeria Elderson Echiéjilé29 2017 0 0 2017 Loan
13 GK Spain Diego Mariño27 2016 0 0 2020 Undisclosed
14 MF Spain Burgui23 2016 0 0 2017 Loan
15 FW Spain Roberto Canella29 2008 225 6 2019 Youth system
16 DF Spain Lillo 28 2016 0 0 2018 Free
17 FW Qatar Akram Afif20 2016 0 0 2017 Loan
18 DF Spain Isma López27 2013 44 6 2019 Free
19 MF Spain Carlos Carmona29 2012 103 13 2019 Free
20 MF Cameroon Dani Ndi21 2015 27 2 2018 Youth system
21 MF Spain Xavi Torres30 2016 0 0 2017 Free Played two games with number 25
22 MF Spain Mikel Vesga24 2017 0 0 2017 Loan
23 MF Spain Moi Gómez23 2016 0 0 2020 Free
24 FW Croatia Duje Čop27 2016 0 0 2017 Loan
25 FW Spain Borja Viguera30 2016 0 0 2018 Free
30 GK Spain Óscar Whalley23 2016 0 0 2018 Free
  • Last updated: 31 January 2017
  • Source:Ages as of 30 June 2017. Stats updated as of the end of the 2015–16 season. Only league and playoff games included.
  • Ordered by squad number.

From the reserve team

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

No. Position Player
26 Spain FW Pablo Fernández
29 Spain DF Juan Rodríguez
31 Spain FW Rubén
33 Spain MF Cristian

In

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
7 MF Spain Víctor Rodríguez 26 Getafe [N 1] Free Summer 2020 Free
13 GK Spain Diego Mariño 26 Levante Free Summer 2020 Undisclosed [1]
16 DF Spain Lillo 27 Eibar Free Summer 2019 Free [2]
23 MF Spain Moi Gómez 22 Getafe [N 2] Free Summer 2020 Free [3]
14 MF Spain Burgui 22 Espanyol [N 3] Loan Summer 2017 Free
5 DF Venezuela Fernando Amorebieta 31 Fulham England Transfer Summer 2019 Undisclosed [4]
20 FW Croatia Duje Čop 26 Cagliari Italy Loan Summer 2017 Free [5]
3 DF Martinique Jean-Sylvain Babin 29 Granada Transfer Summer 2019 Free [6]
17 FW Qatar Akram Afif 19 Villarreal [N 4] Loan Summer 2017 Free [6]
30 GK Spain Óscar Whalley 22 Zaragoza Transfer Summer 2018 Free
21 MF Spain Xavi Torres 29 Real Betis Transfer Summer 2017 Free [7]
2 DF Brazil Douglas 26 Barcelona Loan Summer 2017 Free [8]
25 FW Spain Borja Viguera 29 Athletic Bilbao Transfer Summer 2018 Free [9]
22 MF Spain Mikel Vesga 23 Athletic Bilbao Loan Winter 2017 Free
8 FW Ivory Coast Lacina Traoré 26 Monaco France[N 5] Loan Winter 2017 Free [10]
12 FW Nigeria Elderson Echiéjilé 29 Monaco France[N 6] Loan Winter 2017 Free [11]

Out

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
2 DF Spain Luis Hernández 27 Leicester City England End of contract Summer Free [12]
23 MF Spain Jony 24 Málaga End of contract Summer Free [13]
17 MF Spain Omar Mascarell 23 Eintracht Frankfurt Germany Loan return[N 7] Summer Free
20 FW Paraguay Antonio Sanabria 19 Betis Loan return[N 8] Summer Free
25 MF Croatia Alen Halilović 20 Hamburger SV Germany Loan return[N 9] Summer Free [14]
4 DF Chile Igor Lichnovsky 21 Valladolid Loan return[N 10] Summer Free
3 DF Spain Álex Menéndez 24 Girona End of contract Summer Free [15]
8 MF Spain Álex Barrera 25 Zaragoza End of contract Summer Free [16]
9 FW Spain Miguel Ángel Guerrero 25 Leganés End of contract Summer Free [17]
5 DF Colombia Bernardo 26 Middlesbrough England End of contract Summer Free [18]
13 GK Spain Alberto 31 Getafe Contract terminated Summer Free
21 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina Ognjen Vranješ 26 Tom Tomsk Russia Mutual consent Summer Free
22 MF Spain Pablo Pérez 23 Alcorcón Loan Summer Free
8 DF Algeria Rachid Aït-Atmane 23 Tenerife Loan Winter Free [19]

Technical staff

Position Staff
Manager Rubi (replaced Abelardo Fernández)
Assistant Manager Jaume Torras (replaced Iñaki Tejada)
Goalkeeping Coach Diego Tuero (replaced Isidro Fernández)
Physical Fitness Coach Xabi Gil (replaced Gerardo Ruiz)
Director of Football Nicolás Rodríguez
Delegate Mario Cotelo
Academy Director José María M. Acebal

Source: Sporting de Gijón Official Website

Managerial changes

Outgoing manager Manner of
departure		 Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of
appointment
Spain Abelardo Fernández Mutual consent 17 January 2017[20] 18th Spain Rubi 17 January 2017

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

La Liga

Round 7 game against Deportivo de La Coruña.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
16 Deportivo La Coruña 38 8 12 18 43 61 −18 36
17 Leganés 38 8 11 19 36 55 −19 35
18 Sporting Gijón (R) 38 7 10 21 42 72 −30 31 Relegation to the Segunda División
19 Osasuna (R) 38 4 10 24 40 94 −54 22
20 Granada (R) 38 4 8 26 30 82 −52 20
Source: La Liga, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points; 7) Play-off.[21]
(R) Relegated.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 7 10 21 42 72  −30 31 5 4 10 26 38  −12 2 6 11 16 34  −18

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWDWLLLLLDDLLLWLLLLDLLWLDLLDWDLLLDDLWWD
Position663811141618181818181818181818181818181818181919191818181818181818181818

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

Matches

Copa del Rey

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalLa LigaCopa del Rey
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Spain Iván Cuéllar 36036+000+00
2 DF Brazil Douglas 23320+131+10
3 DF Martinique Jean-Sylvain Babin 24120+212+00
4 DF Spain Jorge Meré 32031+001+00
5 DF Venezuela Fernando Amorebieta 27026+100+00
6 MF Spain Sergio Álvarez 36234+220+00
7 MF Spain Víctor Rodríguez 26215+922+00
8 FW Ivory Coast Lacina Traoré 825+320+00
9 FW Spain Carlos Castro 26410+1540+10
10 MF Spain Nacho Cases 22216+422+00
11 MF Spain Alberto Lora 704+300+00
12 DF Nigeria Elderson Echiéjilé 312+110+00
13 GK Spain Diego Mariño 402+002+00
14 MF Spain Burgui 34221+1122+00
15 DF Spain Roberto Canella 22220+022+00
16 DF Spain Lillo 26024+101+00
17 FW Qatar Akram Afif 1102+700+20
18 FW Spain Isma López 27019+800+00
19 MF Spain Carlos Carmona 27821+482+00
20 MF Cameroon Dani Ndi 601+500+00
21 MF Spain Xavi Torres 1908+902+00
22 MF Spain Mikel Vesga 17116+110+00
23 MF Spain Moi Gómez 26224+220+00
24 FW Croatia Duje Čop 31927+490+00
25 FW Spain Borja Viguera 1726+912+01
26 DF Spain Pablo Fernández 200+200+00
29 DF Spain Juan Rodríguez 502+201+00
30 GK Spain Óscar Whalley 000+000+00
31 FW Spain Rubén 310+200+11
33 MF Spain Cristian 100+000+10
Players who have left the club after the start of the season:
8 MF Algeria Rachid Aït-Atmane 806+200+00
  • Source:

Disciplinary record

N P Nat. Name La Liga Copa del Rey Total Notes
4 DF Spain Jorge Meré 7 1 7 1
13 GK Spain Diego Mariño 1 1
17 DF Spain Lillo 7 1 7 1
11 MF Spain Alberto Lora 1 1 3 times captain
5 DF Venezuela Fernando Amorebieta 17 17
6 MF Spain Sergio Álvarez 8 8 9 times captain
21 MF Spain Xavi Torres 6 1 7
2 DF Brazil Douglas 6 6
10 MF Spain Nacho Cases 6 6 5 times captain
14 MF Spain Burgui 6 6
22 MF Spain Mikel Vesga 6 6
24 FW Croatia Duje Čop 6 6
1 GK Spain Iván Cuéllar 5 5
18 FW Spain Isma López 5 5
19 MF Spain Carlos Carmona 5 5 One time captain
23 MF Spain Moi Gómez 4 4
15 DF Spain Roberto Canella 3 3 21 times captain
3 DF Martinique Jean-Sylvain Babin 2 2
8 FW Ivory Coast Lacina Traoré 2 2
9 FW Spain Carlos Castro 2 2
16 FW Qatar Akram Afif 2 2
25 FW Spain Borja Viguera 1 1 2
7 MF Spain Víctor Rodríguez 1 1
29 DF Spain Juan Rodríguez 1 1
12 DF Nigeria Elderson Echiéjilé
20 MF Cameroon Dani Ndi
30 GK Spain Óscar Whalley
Players who have left the club after the start of the season:
8 MF Algeria Rachid Aït-Atmane 3 3

Source:
Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Notes

  1. ↑ On loan from Elche.
  2. ↑ On loan from Villarreal.
  3. ↑ On loan from Real Madrid.
  4. ↑ Last season played in Eupen Belgium
  5. ↑ Previouslay loaned to CSKA Moscow Russia
  6. ↑ Previouslay loaned to Standard Liège Belgium
  7. ↑ Loan return to Real Madrid, later transferred
  8. ↑ Loan return to Roma, later transferred
  9. ↑ Loan return to Barcelona, later transferred
  10. ↑ Loan return to Porto, later loaned again

References

  1. ↑ "La portería rojiblanca se refuerza con Diego Mariño" (in Spanish). Sporting de Gijón. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "El defensa Lillo, nuevo jugador rojiblanco" (in Spanish). Real Sporting. 5 July 2016. Archived from the original on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Moi Gómez se suma a la nómina sportinguista" (in Spanish). Sporting de Gijón. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Amorebieta Departs". Fulham FC. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Duje Čop, nuevo jugador del Sporting" (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  6. 1 2 "El Sporting firma al central Babin por tres años y logra la cesión del delantero del Villarreal Akran Afif" (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "Xavi Torres llega a Gijón procedente del Betis" (in Spanish). Real Sporting. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "Agreement with Sporting Gijón for loan of Douglas". FC Barcelona. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  9. ↑ "Borja Viguera se incorpora al Sporting" (in Spanish). Real Sporting. 30 August 2016. Archived from the original on 2 September 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "Lacina Traoré nuevo jugador del Sporting" (in Spanish). Sporting de Gijón. 31 January 2017.
  11. ↑ "Elderson cedido por el Mónaco hasta final de temporada" [Elderson loaned by Monaco until the end of the season] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 31 January 2017.
  12. ↑ "Carta de despedida de Luis a la afición del Sporting" (in Spanish). Sporting1905.es. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  13. ↑ "Carta de despedida de Jony para la afición" (in Spanish). Sporting1905.es. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  14. ↑ "Halilovic anuncia que no seguirá cedido en el Sporting" (in Spanish). AS. 22 May 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  15. ↑ "Alex Menéndez abandonará el Sporting" (in Spanish). La Voz de Asturias. 19 May 2016. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  16. ↑ "Barrera deja el Sporting" (in Spanish). Sporting1905. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  17. ↑ "Carta de despedida de Guerrero al sportinguismo" (in Spanish). Sporting1905. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  18. ↑ "Bernardo abandona el Sporting" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  19. ↑ "Rachid cedido al CD Tenerife" (in Spanish). Real Sporting. 31 January 2017.
  20. ↑ "Pitu Abelardo deja de ser entrenador del Sporting" (in Spanish). Sporting de Gijón. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  21. ↑ "Primera División 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
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