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.
| 2008–09 season | |
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| 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 |
In the previous season, the club promoted as third qualified of Segunda División.
Overview edit
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 edit
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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From the youth squad edit
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Competitions edit
La Liga edit
Results by round edit
League table edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 12 | Racing Santander | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 49 | 48 | +1 | 46[a] | |
| 13 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 47 | 62 | −15 | 44 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[b] |
| 14 | Sporting Gijón | 38 | 14 | 1 | 23 | 47 | 79 | −32 | 43[c] | |
| 15 | Osasuna | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 43[c] | |
| 16 | Valladolid | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 46 | 58 | −12 | 43[c] |
Source: LFP and Yahoo! Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
Notes:
- ^ ALM 1–1 RAC; RAC 0–2 ALM
- ^ Since Barcelona, winners of the 2008–09 Copa del Rey, already qualified for the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, losing cup finalists Athletic Bilbao earned a spot in the third qualifying round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.
- ^ a b c SPG: 12 pts; OSA: 2 pts → OSA 3–3 VLD; VLD: 2 pts → VLD 0–0 OSA
Matches edit
| 31 August 2008 1 | Real Sporting | 1–2 | Getafe | El Molinón |
Castro  35' |
Summary | Albín 15' Casquero 85' |
Referee: Pérez Burrull |
| 13 September 2008 2 | Sevilla | 4–3 | Real Sporting | Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán |
| Chevantón 21' Kanouté 35', 59'Maresca 36' |
Summary | Bilić 17', 19', 45' (pen.) |
Referee: Mateu Lahoz |
| 21 September 2008 3 | Real Sporting | 1–6 | Barcelona | El Molinón |
| Maldonado 50' Gerard  56' |
Summary | Xavi 27' Eto'o 33'Jorge 49' (o.g.)Iniesta 70'Messi 85', 89' |
Referee: Megía Dávila |
| 24 September 2008 4 | Real Madrid | 7–1 | Real Sporting | Santiago Bernabéu |
| Van der Vaart 18', 33', 46' Higuaín 38'Robben 50'Raúl 60', 64' |
Summary | Mateo 52' |
Referee: Rodríguez Santiago |
| 27 September 2008 5 | Real Sporting | 0–1 | Villarreal | El Molinón |
| Report | Rossi 64' |
Referee: Paradas Romero |
| 5 October 2008 6 | Mallorca | 0–2 | Real Sporting | Ono Estadi |
| Summary | Carmelo 11' Canella 49' |
Referee: Ramírez Domínguez |
| 19 October 2008 7 | Real Sporting | 2–1 | Osasuna | El Molinón |
| Carmelo 12' Bilić 49' |
Summary | Ezquerro 15' Rovérsio 39' |
Referee: Medina Cantalejo |
| 26 October 2008 8 | Deportivo La Coruña | 0–3 | Real Sporting | Riazor |
| Colotto 43' |
Summary | Barral 22' Carmelo 26'Castro 84' |
Referee: Teixeira Vitienes |
| 2 November 2008 9 | Real Sporting | 3–1 | Numancia | El Molinón |
| Morán 33' Bilić 65', 76' |
Report | Goiria 20' |
Referee: Rubinos Pérez |
| 9 November 2008 10 | Racing Santander | 1–0 | Real Sporting | El Sardinero |
| Camacho 57' (o.g.) |
Report | Referee: Megía Dávila |
| 15 November 2008 11 | Valencia | 2–3 | Real Sporting | Mestalla |
| Villa 66' Mata 87' |
Summary | Morán 19' Barral 51'Castro 80' |
Referee: Paradas Romero |
| 23 November 2008 12 | Real Sporting | 1–2 | Betis | El Molinón |
| Castro 25' |
Report | Monzón 51' Emaná 59' |
Referee: Rodríguez Santiago |
| 30 November 2008 13 | Espanyol | 0–1 | Real Sporting | Olímpic Lluís Companys |
| Report | Carmelo 29' |
Referee: Pérez Lasa |
| 6 December 2008 14 | Real Sporting | 2–5 | Atlético Madrid | Gijón |
| Bilić 3' Barral 60' |
Report | Agüero 5', 40' Forlán 56', 81'Rodríguez 72' |
Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Turienzo Álvarez |
| 14 December 2008 15 | Athletic Bilbao | 3–0 | Real Sporting | San Mamés |
| Llorente 6' Iraola 23'López 32' |
Summary | Referee: Pérez Burrull |
| 21 December 2008 16 | Real Sporting | 1–0 | Almería | El Molinón |
| Maldonado 27' |
Summary | Referee: Delgado Ferreiro |
| 4 January 2009 17 | Málaga | 1–0 | Real Sporting | La Rosaleda |
| Lolo 34' |
Summary | Referee: Iturralde González |
| 11 January 2009 18 | Valladolid | 2–1 | Real Sporting | El Molinón |
| Carmelo 18' Barral 36' |
Report | Marcos   36'García Calvo 88' |
Referee: Pérez Lasa |
| 18 January 2009 19 | Recreativo | 2–0 | Real Sporting | Nuevo Colombino |
| Jorge 6' (o.g.) Colunga 56' |
Summary | Referee: Velasco Carballo |
| 25 January 2009 20 | Getafe | 5–1 | Real Sporting | Coliseum Alfonso Pérez |
| Soldado 15', 56', 72' Granero 16'Uche 69' |
Summary | Barral 44' |
Referee: Turienzo Álvarez |
| 1 February 2009 21 | Real Sporting | 1–0 | Sevilla | El Molinón |
| Summary | Castro 17' Canella 28' |
Referee: Megia Dávila |
| 8 February 2009 22 | Barcelona | 3–1 | Real Sporting | Camp Nou |
| Eto'o 23', 40' Alves 65' |
Report | Mateo 68' |
Referee: Rubinos Pérez |
| 15 February 2009 23 | Real Sporting | 0–4 | Real Madrid | El Molinón |
| Summary | Raúl 15', 76' Huntelaar 27'Marcelo 49' |
Referee: Mateu Lahoz |
| 21 February 2009 24 | Villarreal | 2–1 | Real Sporting | El Madrigal |
| Rossi 2' Capdevila 35' |
Summary | Bilić 1' |
Referee: Álvarez Izquierdo |
| 1 March 2009 25 | Real Sporting | 0–1 | Mallorca | El Molinón |
| Summary | Arango 49' |
Referee: Teixeira Vitienes |
| 8 March 2009 26 | Osasuna | 1–2 | Real Sporting | Reyno de Navarra |
| Nekounam 28' |
Summary | Barral 7' Castro 20' |
Referee: Medina Cantalejo |
| 15 March 2009 27 | Real Sporting | 3–2 | Deportivo La Coruña | El Molinón |
| Morán 49' Barral 52'José Ángel 71' |
Summary | Sergio 68' Riki 86' |
Referee: Rodríguez Santiago |
| 22 March 2009 28 | Numancia | 2–1 | Real Sporting | Los Pajaritos |
| Barkero 43' Goiria 54' |
Summary | Barral 46' |
Referee: Pérez Lasa |
| 5 April 2009 29 | Real Sporting | 0–2 | Racing Santander | El Molinón |
| Summary | Žigić 54' Colsa 89' |
Referee: Ramírez Domínguez |
| 12 April 2009 30 | Real Sporting | 2–3 | Valencia | El Molinón |
| Barral 34' Bilić 71' |
Summary | Silva 18' Villa 54'Mata 87' |
Referee: Fernández Borbalán |
| 19 April 2009 31 | Betis | 2–0 | Real Sporting | El Molinón |
| Emaná 7', 70' Arzu 79' |
Summary | Cuéllar 76' |
Referee: Ramírez Domínguez |
| 23 April 2009 32 | Real Sporting | 0–3 | Espanyol | El Molinón |
| Barral 75' |
Summary | Nenê 24' Román 71'Callejón 73' |
Referee: Ayza Gámez |
| 26 April 2009 33 | Atlético Madrid | 3–1 | Real Sporting | Vicente Calderón |
| Forlán 28' Simão 40'Agüero 46' |
Summary | Bilić 47' |
Referee: Turienzo Álvarez |
| 3 May 2009 34 | Real Sporting | 1–1 | Athletic Bilbao | El Molinón |
| Bilić 61' |
Summary | Iraola 90' |
Referee: Teixeira Vitienes |
| 10 May 2009 35 | Almería | 3–1 | Real Sporting | Mediterráneo |
| Nieto 27' Uche 55'Piatti 90' |
Summary | Carmelo 16' |
Referee: Pérez Burrull |
| 17 May 2009 36 | Real Sporting | 2–1 | Málaga | El Molinón |
| Gerard 23' Rosário 52' (o.g.) |
Summary | Weligton 37' |
Referee: Undiano Mallenco |
| 23 May 2009 37 | Valladolid | 1–2 | Real Sporting | José Zorrilla |
| Sesma 69' |
Summary | Camacho 43' Bilić 78' |
Referee: Fernández Borbalán |
| 31 May 2009 38 | Real Sporting | 2–1 | Recreativo | El Molinón |
| Barral 57' Morán 61' |
Summary | Martin 22' |
Referee: Iturralde González |
Copa del Rey edit
Matches edit
| 29 October 2008 Round of 32 First leg | Numancia | 0–1 | Real Sporting | Soria |
| Report | Omar 11' |
Stadium: Los Pajaritos Referee: Velasco Carballo |
| 12 November 2008 Round of 32 Second leg | Real Sporting | 2–0 | Numancia | Gijón |
| Barral 22', 81' |
Report | Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Delgado Ferreiro |
| 7 January 2009 Round of 16 First leg | Real Sporting | 3–1 | Valladolid | Gijón |
| Barral 9', 18' Carmelo 36' |
Report | Canobbio 89' |
Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Pérez Burrull |
| 14 January 2009 Round of 16 Second leg | Valladolid | 2–1 (3–4 agg.) | Real Sporting | Gijón |
| Canobbio 23' Pedro León 77' |
Report | Jorge 89' |
Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Ramírez Domínguez |
| 22 January 2009 Quarterfinals First leg | Athletic Bilbao | 0–0 | Real Sporting | Bilbao |
| Report | Stadium: San Mamés Referee: Medina Cantalejo |
| 28 January 2009 Quarterfinals Second leg | Sporting de Gijón | 1–2 (1–2 agg.) | Athletic Bilbao | Gijón |
| Carmelo 1' |
Report | Gabilondo 42' López 52' |
Stadium: Estadio El Molinón Referee: González Vázquez |
Squad statistics edit
Appearances and goals edit
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | La Liga | Copa del Rey | |||||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||||
| 1 | GK |  ESP
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Sergio Sánchez | 14 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | ||||
| 3 | DF | ESP
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Neru | 22 | 0 | 18+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | ||||
| 4 | DF | ESP
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Andreu | 7 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | DF | ESP
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Jorge | 16 | 1 | 10+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | ||||
| 6 | MF | ESP
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Carmelo | 32 | 8 | 25+3 | 6 | 2+2 | 2 | ||||
| 7 | MF | ESP
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Pedro | 21 | 0 | 12+5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | MF | ESP
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Míchel | 36 | 0 | 24+6 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | ||||
| 9 | FW |  CRO
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Mate Bilić | 41 | 12 | 22+15 | 12 | 3+1 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | FW | ESP
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Tati Maldonado | 21 | 2 | 9+10 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | ||||
| 11 | FW | ESP
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Omar Sampedro | 10 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 | ||||
| 12 | DF |  NED
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Jürgen Colin | 4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | GK | ESP
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Iván Cuéllar | 18 | 0 | 18+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | DF | ESP
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Iván Hernández | 27 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | ||||
| 15 | DF | ESP
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Roberto Canella | 24 | 1 | 24+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | ||||
| 16 | DF | ESP
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Gerard Autet | 27 | 1 | 25+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | FW | ESP
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Diego Castro | 34 | 6 | 31+1 | 6 | 2+0 | 0 | ||||
| 18 | FW | ESP
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Luis Morán | 31 | 4 | 19+9 | 4 | 1+2 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | MF | ESP
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Diego Camacho | 36 | 1 | 27+4 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | DF | ESP
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Raúl Cámara | 21 | 0 | 13+4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | ||||
| 21 | MF | ESP
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Kike Mateo | 26 | 2 | 10+14 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | ||||
| 22 | DF | ESP
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Rafel Sastre | 33 | 0 | 30+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | ||||
| 23 | FW | ESP
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David Barral | 41 | 14 | 19+16 | 10 | 3+3 | 4 | ||||
| 24 | MF | ESP
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Sergio Matabuena | 30 | 0 | 22+5 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | ||||
| 25 | GK | ESP
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Iñaki Lafuente | 13 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||||
| 27 | MF | ESP
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Alberto Lora | 10 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | ||||
| 31 | DF | ESP
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José Ángel | 17 | 1 | 10+3 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | ||||
| Players who appeared for Sporting no longer at the club: | |||||||||||||
| 10 | MF | ESP
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Pablo de Lucas | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | ||||
References edit
- ^ "El día que el Sporting empató" (in Spanish). i+fútbol. 5 May 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
- ^ "Athletic de Bilbao y el Mallorca, primeros semifinalistas de la Copa del Rey" (in Spanish). El Imparcial. 28 January 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2016.