2008–09 Sporting de Gijón season

Real Sporting
2008–09 season
ChairmanManuel Vega-Arango
ManagerManuel Preciado
StadiumEl Molinón
La Liga14th
Copa del ReyQuarterfinals
Top goalscorerLeague: Mate Bilić (12)
All: David Barral (14)
Average home league attendance21,667

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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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

From the youth squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
27 MF Spain ESP Alberto Lora
No. Pos. Nation Player
31 DF Spain ESP José Ángel

Competitions

La Liga

Main article: 2008–09 La Liga

Results by round

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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[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:
  1. ^ ALM 1–1 RAC; RAC 0–2 ALM
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c SPG: 12 pts; OSA: 2 pts → OSA 3–3 VLD; VLD: 2 pts → VLD 0–0 OSA


Matches

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 Red card 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 Red card 39'		 Referee: Medina Cantalejo
26 October 2008 8 Deportivo La Coruña 0–3 Real Sporting Riazor
Colotto Red card 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 Yellow card Yellow-red card 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 Red card 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 Yellow card Yellow-red card 79'		 Summary Cuéllar Red card 76' Referee: Ramírez Domínguez
23 April 2009 32 Real Sporting 0–3 Espanyol El Molinón
Barral Red card 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

Main article: 2008–09 Copa del Rey

Matches

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

Appearances and goals

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