2018–19 Sporting de Gijón season

Real Sporting
2018–19 season
President Javier Fernández
Manager Rubén Baraja
Stadium El Molinón
Segunda División TBD
Copa del Rey Qualified
Highest home attendance 21,484
Real Sporting 2–0 Gimnàstic
(26 August 2018)
Lowest home attendance 19,011
Real Sporting 1–1 Numancia
(16 September 2018)
Average home league attendance 20,277
Home colours
Away colours

The 2018–19 season will be Real Sporting's 113th season in existence and the club's 47th season in the second flight of Spanish football, the second one since its last relegation. It covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Season overview

Pre-season

On 12 June 2018, Alberto Lora announced he would leave Real Sporting after spending 12 seasons in the club. The board of directors, players and supporters went to his farewell.[1]

Two days later, Miguel Torrecilla, director of football, annonunced that after the great success of the reserve team in the previous season, six players would promote to the first team: Nacho Méndez, Juan Rodríguez, Dani Martín, Isma Cerro, Cristian Salvador and Álvaro Traver.[2]

On 4 July 2018, Portuguese midfielder André Sousa became the first new player of the season. He came loaned from Belenenses, with a buy-option for Real Sporting.[3] Five days later, Isma López rescinded with the club for signing with Cypriot AC Omonia. The Navarrese player left the team after five seasons with 130 league games played and eight goals scored.[4]

Also in that week, Carlos Castro was transferred to Mallorca for an undisclosed fee.[5]

On 11 July, right back Francisco Molinero arrived to Gijón from Getafe for signing with the club the next day.[6] Only one day later, another new right back arrived to Mareo: Portuguese André Geraldes came loaned from Sporting CP after spending the last season with André Sousa at Belenenses.[7]

On 18 July, Real Sporting played their first match of the preseason at Villaviciosa. Despite receiving a first goal, they beat homers Lealtad by 2–1. Gorka Santamaría, signed for the reserves, and Pablo Fernández scored the two goals.

On 23 July, the club signed Finnish international winger Robin Lod for two seasons.[8] Two days later, after requesting to leave the club for playing in La Liga, Sergio Álvarez was transferred to Eibar.[9] The Asturian midfielder spent 13 seasons in the club.[10]

Before these two transfers, Diego Mariño received the Molinón de Plata award for the best player of the previous season.[11]

On 27 July, Real Sporting beat Langreo by 2–0 in a match where striker Neftali Manzambi, that is in the club as a test player, made a notable performance.[12]

On 2 August, the day after a win against Cultural Leonesa, Real Sporting announced French defender Mathieu Peybernes, who came on loan from Lorient. Five days later, Manzambi agreed to remain in the B-side with a one-year loan from Basel and in the next day, Ghanain Isaac Cofie signed a two-year contract with the club.[13]

On 14 August, Federico Barba left Real Sporting for coming back to Italy after Chievo Verona paid the termination clause of the player.[14] One day later, English striker Nick Blackman joined the club on a season-long loan from Derby County.[15]

August

On 18 August, as in the previous season, Real Sporting started the season with a draw at Alcorcón. This time, Real Sporting rescued one point thanks to a great shot of André Sousa in the 93rd minute. 17-year-old player Pelayo Morilla made his debut with the first side.[16]

After this match, left back Javi Noblejas signed for the club,[17] as Serbian striker Uroš Đurđević, who, for a fee of about €2 million became the most expensive transfer in the club's history,[18] and winger Álvaro,[19] loaned from Getafe after he could not sign with Málaga, that had problems their salary cap.

The second match of the season was played on 26 August, and Real Sporting defeated Gimnàstic by 2–0 with goals of Hernán Santana and Robin Lod, both players scoring for the first time with the Asturian team.

September

Real Sporting continued unbeaten after the third round, by beating debutants Extremadura 2–0. This win allowed the team to reach the direct promotion positions for the first time in the season.

The first loss arrived on 9 September, at Riazor, with a goal of Pablo Marí for Deportivo La Coruña in the 94th minute, in a very criticized match by the local media due to not shooting on target in the whole game. Robin Lod, called up for playing the UEFA Nations League with Finland, missed the game. Rubén Baraja and the rest of the technical staff were worried about his presence with the national team as became recovered recently from an injure.

After the dissapointment at Coruña, Real Sporting faced the Copa del Rey and beat Numancia by 1–2. Pelayo Morilla, with only 17 years old, netted the second goal for the team.[20] However, in the league match played four days later at El Molinón, the rojiblancos only could earn one point after a 1–1 due to a controversial goal for Numancia, where an offside was claimed.

On 22 September, Sporting longed their streak without wins with a 1–0 loss at El Sadar against Osasuna. The performance was again heavily criticized, as after the match at Riazor, due to not shooting again on target during the 90 mionutes.

Players

Current squad

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Since
 App
 Goals
 Ends
 Transfer fee
 Notes
1 GK Spain Dani Martín20 2018 0 0 2021 Youth system
2 DF Spain Francisco Molinero33 2018 0 0 2019 Free
3 DF Spain Javi Noblejas25 2018 0 0 2019 Free
4 DF Spain Juan Rodríguez23 2018 12 0 2020 Youth system
5 MF Ghana Isaac Cofie27 2018 0 0 2020 Free
6 DF Martinique Jean-Sylvain Babin32 2016 22 1 2019 Free Played internationally with Martinique
8 MF Spain Hernán Santana28 2018 9 1 2021 Free
9 FW England Nick Blackman28 2018 0 0 2019 Free
10 MF Spain Carlos Carmona31 2012 192 34 2021 Free
11 FW Spain Isma Cerro23 2018 0 0 2021 Youth system
12 MF Spain Álvaro 23 2018 0 0 2019 Free
13 GK Spain Diego Mariño28 2016 44 0 2022 Undisclosed
14 MF Spain Nacho Méndez20 2018 11 0 2021 Youth system
15 FW Spain Roberto Canella30 2008 287 8 2019 Youth system
16 MF Portugal André Sousa28 2018 0 0 2019 Free
17 MF Finland Robin Lod25 2018 0 0 2020 Free
18 DF Portugal André Geraldes27 2018 0 0 2019 Free
19 DF France Mathieu Peybernes27 2018 0 0 2019 Free
20 MF Spain Cristian Salvador23 2018 0 0 2021 Youth system
21 MF Spain Álvaro Traver25 2018 0 0 2021 Youth system
22 MF Spain Pablo Pérez25 2017 82 8 2020 Youth system
23 FW Serbia Uroš Đurđević24 2018 0 0 2022 €2m
24 DF Spain Álex Pérez27 2017 37 1 2019 Free
  • Source:Stats updated as of the end of the 2017–18 season. Only league 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 DF Carlos Cordero
27 Spain MF Pedro Díaz
28 Spain MF Pablo Fernández
29 Switzerland MF Neftali Manzambi (on loan from Basel)
No. Position Player
30 Cuba GK Cristian Joel
31 Spain MF Pelayo Morilla
32 Spain DF Alberto Espeso
33 Spain MF Garci

In

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
DF Martinique Jean-Sylvain Babin 31 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv End of loan Summer 2019 Free
DF Algeria Rachid 25 Belgium Waasland-Beveren End of loan Summer 2019 Free
MF Spain Nacho Méndez 20 Real Sporting B Promoted Summer 2021 Free [2]
GK Spain Dani Martín 19 Real Sporting B Promoted Summer 2021 Free [2]
DF Spain Juan Rodríguez 23 Real Sporting B Promoted Summer 2020 Free [2]
MF Spain Álvaro Traver 25 Real Sporting B Promoted Summer 2021 Free [2]
MF Spain Cristian Salvador 23 Real Sporting B Promoted Summer 2021 Free [2]
FW Spain Isma Cerro 22 Real Sporting B Promoted Summer 2021 Free [2]
MF Portugal André Sousa 27 Portugal Belenenses Loan Summer 2019 Free [3]
DF Spain Francisco Molinero 32 Getafe Transfer Summer 2019 Free [6]
DF Portugal André Geraldes 27 Portugal Sporting CP[lower-alpha 1] Loan Summer 2019 Free [7]
MF Finland Robin Lod 25 Greece Panathinaikos Transfer Summer 2020 Free [8]
DF France Mathieu Peybernes 27 France Lorient[lower-alpha 2] Loan Summer 2019 Free
MF Ghana Isaac Cofie 26 Italy Genoa Transfer Summer 2020 Free [13]
FW England Nick Blackman 28 England Derby County[lower-alpha 3] Loan Summer 2019 Free [15]
DF Spain Javi Noblejas 25 Rayo Vallecano[lower-alpha 4] Transfer Summer 2019 Free [17]
FW Serbia Uroš Đurđević 24 Greece Olympiacos Transfer Summer 2022 €2m [18]
MF Spain Álvaro 23 Getafe Loan Summer 2019 Free [19]

Out

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
1 GK Spain Óscar Whalley 24 Denmark AGF End of contract Summer Free
4 MF Spain Álex Bergantiños 33 Deportivo La Coruña End of loan Summer Free
7 FW Uruguay Michael Santos 25 Málaga[lower-alpha 5] End of loan Summer Free
11 DF Spain Alberto Lora 31 Cyprus Omonia End of contract Summer Free [1]
14 MF Spain Rubén García 24 Levante End of loan Summer Free
16 MF Spain Jony 26 Málaga[lower-alpha 6] End of loan Summer Free
17 DF Spain Álex López 30 End of contract Summer Free
19 FW Spain Nano 23 Eibar[lower-alpha 7] End of loan Summer Free
20 DF Colombia Juan Sebastián Quintero 23 Colombia Deportivo Cali End of loan Summer Free
21 FW Spain Borja Viguera 31 Numancia End of contract Summer Free
23 DF Spain Alberto Guitián 27 Valladolid End of loan Summer Free
25 DF Spain Jordi Calavera 22 Eibar End of loan Summer Free
MF Spain Moi Gómez 24 Huesca Loan Summer Free
18 DF Spain Isma López 28 Cyprus Omonia Transfer Summer Free [4]
9 FW Spain Carlos Castro 23 Mallorca Transfer Summer Undisclosed [5]
6 MF Spain Sergio Álvarez 26 Eibar Transfer Summer Undisclosed [9]
5 DF Italy Federico Barba 24 Italy Chievo Verona Transfer Summer €3m [14]
7 MF Algeria Rachid 25 Termination Summer Free

  1. ↑ Previously loaned to Portugal Belenenses.
  2. ↑ Previously loaned to Belgium Eupen.
  3. ↑ Previously loaned to Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv.
  4. ↑ Previously loaned to Córdoba.
  5. ↑ Later loaned to Leganés.
  6. ↑ Later loaned to Alavés.
  7. ↑ Later loaned to Tenerife.

Current technical staff

Position Staff
Manager Spain Rubén Baraja
Assistant Manager Spain José Ramón Rodríguez
Goalkeeping Coach Spain Diego Tuero
Delegate Spain Mario Cotelo
Director of Football Spain Miguel Torrecilla
Academy Director Spain Manolo Sánchez Murias

Source: Real Sporting

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Segunda División

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
8 Almería 9 4 1 4 11 8 +3 13
9 Numancia 9 3 4 2 10 10 0 13
10 Sporting Gijón 9 3 3 3 9 7 +2 12
11 Osasuna 9 3 3 3 9 8 +1 12
12 Oviedo 9 3 3 3 10 12 −2 12
Updated to match(es) played on 15 October 2018. Source: LaLiga
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored[21]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
9 3 3 3 9 7  +2 12 3 2 0 7 2  +5 0 1 3 2 5  −3

Positions by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAH
ResultDWWLDLWLD
Position842871079

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

Matches

Copa del Rey

Matches

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalLa LigaCopa del Rey
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Spain Dani Martín 000+000+00
2 DF Spain Francisco Molinero 1009+001+00
3 DF Spain Javi Noblejas 000+000+00
4 DF Spain Juan Rodríguez 201+001+00
5 MF Ghana Isaac Cofie 807+001+00
6 DF Martinique Jean-Sylvain Babin 717+010+00
8 MF Spain Hernán Santana 613+211+00
9 FW England Nick Blackman 100+100+00
10 MF Spain Carlos Carmona 938+130+00
11 FW Spain Isma Cerro 000+000+00
12 MF Spain Álvaro 917+111+00
13 GK Spain Diego Mariño 1009+001+00
14 MF Spain Nacho Méndez 1014+510+10
15 DF Spain Roberto Canella 706+001+00
16 MF Portugal André Sousa 918+110+00
17 MF Finland Robin Lod 614+210+00
18 DF Portugal André Geraldes 503+200+00
19 DF France Mathieu Peybernes 302+001+00
20 MF Spain Cristian Salvador 402+101+00
21 MF Spain Álvaro Traver 201+100+00
22 MF Spain Pablo Pérez 201+000+10
23 FW Serbia Uroš Đurđević 808+000+00
24 DF Spain Álex Pérez 808+000+00
27 MF Spain Pedro Díaz 100+000+10
28 MF Spain Pablo Fernández 101+000+00
29 FW Switzerland Neftali Manzambi 700+601+00
31 MF Spain Pelayo Morilla 310+201+01

Disciplinary record

N P Nat. Name Segunda Copa del Rey Total Notes
5 MF Ghana Isaac Cofie 1 1 1 1
14 MF Spain Nacho Méndez 4 4
2 DF Spain Francisco Molinero 2 2
10 MF Spain Carlos Carmona 2 2 3 times captain
12 MF Spain Álvaro 2 2
15 DF Spain Roberto Canella 2 2 7 times captain
16 MF Portugal André Sousa 2 2
20 MF Spain Cristian Salvador 2 2
23 FW Serbia Uroš Đurđević 2 2
24 DF Spain Álex Pérez 2 2
4 DF Spain Juan Rodríguez 1 1
6 DF Martinique Jean-Sylvain Babin 1 1
8 MF Spain Hernán Santana 1 1
27 MF Spain Pedro Díaz 1 1
1 GK Spain Dani Martín
3 DF Spain Javi Noblejas
9 FW England Nick Blackman
11 FW Spain Isma Cerro
13 GK Spain Diego Mariño
17 MF Finland Robin Lod
18 DF Portugal André Geraldes
19 DF France Mathieu Peybernes
21 MF Spain Álvaro Traver
22 MF Spain Pablo Pérez
26 MF Spain Pablo Fernández
29 FW Switzerland Neftali Manzambi
31 MF Spain Pelayo Morilla

Source: BDFútbol
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

References

  1. 1 2 "Emocionada despedida de Lora" (in Spanish). Real Sporting. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Torrecilla: «Tenemos que pedir disculpas y asumir responsabilidades»" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 14 June 2018.
  3. 1 2 "André Sousa se incorpora al Sporting" [André Sousa joins Sporting] (in Spanish). Real Sporting. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Καταρχήν συμφωνία με Isma Lopez" [Principle of agreement with Isma López] (in Greek). AC Omonia. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  5. 1 2 "El Mallorca ficha a Carlos Castro, exdelantero del Sporting de Gijón" [Mallorca sign Carlos Castro, former Sporting de Gijón forward] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Molinero: "Ves Mareo y ves la grandeza de este club"" [Molinero: "You see Mareo and you see the greatness of this club] (in Spanish). Real Sporting. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  7. 1 2 "Geraldes, tercera incorporación rojiblanca" [Geraldes, third incorporation of Sporting] (in Spanish). Real Sporting. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  8. 1 2 "Robin Lod ya está en Gijon para fichar por el Sporting". La Voz de Asturias (in Spanish). 2018-07-23. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
  9. 1 2 "Sergio Álvarez, traspasado" [Sergio Álvarez, transferred] (in Spanish). Real Sporting. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  10. ↑ "Adiós entre lágrimas de Sergio Álvarez" (in Spanish). Real Sporting. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  11. ↑ "Mariño, "Molinón de plata": "Devolveré el cariño dando el callo en el campo"" (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 22 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  12. ↑ "Neftali Manzambi debuta con nota en el Sporting" (in Spanish). La Voz de Asturias. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  13. 1 2 "Isaac Cofie, nuevo refuerzo" (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  14. 1 2 "El Sporting traspasa a Federico Barba al Chievo de Verona" [Sporting transfers Federico Barba to Chievo Verona] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  15. 1 2 "Blackman ya es jugador sportinguista". realsporting.com (in Spanish). Sporting de Gijón. 15 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  16. ↑ "Una obra de arte de Sousa salva al Sporting sobre la bocina" [A masterpiece from Sousa saves Sporting under the bell] (in Spanish). Marca. 18 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  17. 1 2 "Javi Noblejas, nuevo fichaje rojiblanco" [Javi Noblejas, new Sporting sign] (in Spanish). Sporting de Gijón. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  18. 1 2 "El nuevo delantero del Sporting, Uros Djurdjevic, ya está en Asturias" [Sporting's new striker, Uros Djurdjevic, is already in Asturias] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  19. 1 2 "Álvaro Jiménez, nuevo fichaje rojiblanco" (in Spanish). Real Sporting. 22 August 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  20. ↑ "«Pelayo Morilla no olvidará este partido»" [«Pelayo Morilla will not forget this match»] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 14 September 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  21. ↑ "Reglamento General RFEF - Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos. (page 104)" (PDF). RFEF. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
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