2008–09 Sporting de Gijón season
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 |
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
[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
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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] |
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 ![]() |
Summary | Albín ![]() Casquero ![]() |
Referee: Pérez Burrull |
13 September 2008 2 | Sevilla | 4–3 | Real Sporting | Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán |
Chevantón ![]() Kanouté ![]() Maresca ![]() |
Summary | Bilić ![]() |
Referee: Mateu Lahoz |
21 September 2008 3 | Real Sporting | 1–6 | Barcelona | El Molinón |
Maldonado ![]() Gerard ![]() |
Summary | Xavi ![]() Eto'o ![]() Jorge ![]() Iniesta ![]() Messi ![]() |
Referee: Megía Dávila |
24 September 2008 4 | Real Madrid | 7–1 | Real Sporting | Santiago Bernabéu |
Van der Vaart ![]() Higuaín ![]() Robben ![]() Raúl ![]() |
Summary | Mateo ![]() |
Referee: Rodríguez Santiago |
27 September 2008 5 | Real Sporting | 0–1 | Villarreal | El Molinón |
Report | Rossi ![]() |
Referee: Paradas Romero |
5 October 2008 6 | Mallorca | 0–2 | Real Sporting | Ono Estadi |
Summary | Carmelo ![]() Canella ![]() |
Referee: Ramírez Domínguez |
19 October 2008 7 | Real Sporting | 2–1 | Osasuna | El Molinón |
Carmelo ![]() Bilić ![]() |
Summary | Ezquerro ![]() Rovérsio ![]() |
Referee: Medina Cantalejo |
26 October 2008 8 | Deportivo La Coruña | 0–3 | Real Sporting | Riazor |
Colotto ![]() |
Summary | Barral ![]() Carmelo ![]() Castro ![]() |
Referee: Teixeira Vitienes |
2 November 2008 9 | Real Sporting | 3–1 | Numancia | El Molinón |
Morán ![]() Bilić ![]() |
Report | Goiria ![]() |
Referee: Rubinos Pérez |
9 November 2008 10 | Racing Santander | 1–0 | Real Sporting | El Sardinero |
Camacho ![]() |
Report | Referee: Megía Dávila |
15 November 2008 11 | Valencia | 2–3 | Real Sporting | Mestalla |
Villa ![]() Mata ![]() |
Summary | Morán ![]() Barral ![]() Castro ![]() |
Referee: Paradas Romero |
23 November 2008 12 | Real Sporting | 1–2 | Betis | El Molinón |
Castro ![]() |
Report | Monzón ![]() Emaná ![]() |
Referee: Rodríguez Santiago |
30 November 2008 13 | Espanyol | 0–1 | Real Sporting | Olímpic Lluís Companys |
Report | Carmelo ![]() |
Referee: Pérez Lasa |
6 December 2008 14 | Real Sporting | 2–5 | Atlético Madrid | Gijón |
Bilić ![]() Barral ![]() |
Report | Agüero ![]() Forlán ![]() Rodríguez ![]() |
Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Turienzo Álvarez |
14 December 2008 15 | Athletic Bilbao | 3–0 | Real Sporting | San Mamés |
Llorente ![]() Iraola ![]() López ![]() |
Summary | Referee: Pérez Burrull |
21 December 2008 16 | Real Sporting | 1–0 | Almería | El Molinón |
Maldonado ![]() |
Summary | Referee: Delgado Ferreiro |
4 January 2009 17 | Málaga | 1–0 | Real Sporting | La Rosaleda |
Lolo ![]() |
Summary | Referee: Iturralde González |
11 January 2009 18 | Valladolid | 2–1 | Real Sporting | El Molinón |
Carmelo ![]() Barral ![]() |
Report | Marcos ![]() ![]() García Calvo ![]() |
Referee: Pérez Lasa |
18 January 2009 19 | Recreativo | 2–0 | Real Sporting | Nuevo Colombino |
Jorge ![]() Colunga ![]() |
Summary | Referee: Velasco Carballo |
25 January 2009 20 | Getafe | 5–1 | Real Sporting | Coliseum Alfonso Pérez |
Soldado ![]() Granero ![]() Uche ![]() |
Summary | Barral ![]() |
Referee: Turienzo Álvarez |
1 February 2009 21 | Real Sporting | 1–0 | Sevilla | El Molinón |
Summary | Castro ![]() Canella ![]() |
Referee: Megia Dávila |
8 February 2009 22 | Barcelona | 3–1 | Real Sporting | Camp Nou |
Eto'o ![]() Alves ![]() |
Report | Mateo ![]() |
Referee: Rubinos Pérez |
15 February 2009 23 | Real Sporting | 0–4 | Real Madrid | El Molinón |
Summary | Raúl ![]() Huntelaar ![]() Marcelo ![]() |
Referee: Mateu Lahoz |
21 February 2009 24 | Villarreal | 2–1 | Real Sporting | El Madrigal |
Rossi ![]() Capdevila ![]() |
Summary | Bilić ![]() |
Referee: Álvarez Izquierdo |
1 March 2009 25 | Real Sporting | 0–1 | Mallorca | El Molinón |
Summary | Arango ![]() |
Referee: Teixeira Vitienes |
8 March 2009 26 | Osasuna | 1–2 | Real Sporting | Reyno de Navarra |
Nekounam ![]() |
Summary | Barral ![]() Castro ![]() |
Referee: Medina Cantalejo |
15 March 2009 27 | Real Sporting | 3–2 | Deportivo La Coruña | El Molinón |
Morán ![]() Barral ![]() José Ángel ![]() |
Summary | Sergio ![]() Riki ![]() |
Referee: Rodríguez Santiago |
22 March 2009 28 | Numancia | 2–1 | Real Sporting | Los Pajaritos |
Barkero ![]() Goiria ![]() |
Summary | Barral ![]() |
Referee: Pérez Lasa |
5 April 2009 29 | Real Sporting | 0–2 | Racing Santander | El Molinón |
Summary | Žigić ![]() Colsa ![]() |
Referee: Ramírez Domínguez |
12 April 2009 30 | Real Sporting | 2–3 | Valencia | El Molinón |
Barral ![]() Bilić ![]() |
Summary | Silva ![]() Villa ![]() Mata ![]() |
Referee: Fernández Borbalán |
19 April 2009 31 | Betis | 2–0 | Real Sporting | El Molinón |
Emaná ![]() Arzu ![]() ![]() |
Summary | Cuéllar ![]() |
Referee: Ramírez Domínguez |
23 April 2009 32 | Real Sporting | 0–3 | Espanyol | El Molinón |
Barral ![]() |
Summary | Nenê ![]() Román ![]() Callejón ![]() |
Referee: Ayza Gámez |
26 April 2009 33 | Atlético Madrid | 3–1 | Real Sporting | Vicente Calderón |
Forlán ![]() Simão ![]() Agüero ![]() |
Summary | Bilić ![]() |
Referee: Turienzo Álvarez |
3 May 2009 34 | Real Sporting | 1–1 | Athletic Bilbao | El Molinón |
Bilić ![]() |
Summary | Iraola ![]() |
Referee: Teixeira Vitienes |
10 May 2009 35 | Almería | 3–1 | Real Sporting | Mediterráneo |
Nieto ![]() Uche ![]() Piatti ![]() |
Summary | Carmelo ![]() |
Referee: Pérez Burrull |
17 May 2009 36 | Real Sporting | 2–1 | Málaga | El Molinón |
Gerard ![]() Rosário ![]() |
Summary | Weligton ![]() |
Referee: Undiano Mallenco |
23 May 2009 37 | Valladolid | 1–2 | Real Sporting | José Zorrilla |
Sesma ![]() |
Summary | Camacho ![]() Bilić ![]() |
Referee: Fernández Borbalán |
31 May 2009 38 | Real Sporting | 2–1 | Recreativo | El Molinón |
Barral ![]() Morán ![]() |
Summary | Martin ![]() |
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 ![]() |
Stadium: Los Pajaritos Referee: Velasco Carballo |
12 November 2008 Round of 32 Second leg | Real Sporting | 2–0 | Numancia | Gijón |
Barral ![]() |
Report | Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Delgado Ferreiro |
7 January 2009 Round of 16 First leg | Real Sporting | 3–1 | Valladolid | Gijón |
Barral ![]() Carmelo ![]() |
Report | Canobbio ![]() |
Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Pérez Burrull |
14 January 2009 Round of 16 Second leg | Valladolid | 2–1 (3–4 agg.) | Real Sporting | Gijón |
Canobbio ![]() Pedro León ![]() |
Report | Jorge ![]() |
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 ![]() |
Report | Gabilondo ![]() López ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Sergio Sánchez | 14 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | ||||
3 | DF | ![]() |
Neru | 22 | 0 | 18+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | ||||
4 | DF | ![]() |
Andreu | 7 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||||
5 | DF | ![]() |
Jorge | 16 | 1 | 10+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | ||||
6 | MF | ![]() |
Carmelo | 32 | 8 | 25+3 | 6 | 2+2 | 2 | ||||
7 | MF | ![]() |
Pedro | 21 | 0 | 12+5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | ||||
8 | MF | ![]() |
Míchel | 36 | 0 | 24+6 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | ||||
9 | FW | ![]() |
Mate Bilić | 41 | 12 | 22+15 | 12 | 3+1 | 0 | ||||
10 | FW | ![]() |
Tati Maldonado | 21 | 2 | 9+10 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | ||||
11 | FW | ![]() |
Omar Sampedro | 10 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 | ||||
12 | DF | ![]() |
Jürgen Colin | 4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | ||||
13 | GK | ![]() |
Iván Cuéllar | 18 | 0 | 18+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||||
14 | DF | ![]() |
Iván Hernández | 27 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | ||||
15 | DF | ![]() |
Roberto Canella | 24 | 1 | 24+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | ||||
16 | DF | ![]() |
Gerard Autet | 27 | 1 | 25+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | ||||
17 | FW | ![]() |
Diego Castro | 34 | 6 | 31+1 | 6 | 2+0 | 0 | ||||
18 | FW | ![]() |
Luis Morán | 31 | 4 | 19+9 | 4 | 1+2 | 0 | ||||
19 | MF | ![]() |
Diego Camacho | 36 | 1 | 27+4 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 | ||||
20 | DF | ![]() |
Raúl Cámara | 21 | 0 | 13+4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | ||||
21 | MF | ![]() |
Kike Mateo | 26 | 2 | 10+14 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | ||||
22 | DF | ![]() |
Rafel Sastre | 33 | 0 | 30+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | ||||
23 | FW | ![]() |
David Barral | 41 | 14 | 19+16 | 10 | 3+3 | 4 | ||||
24 | MF | ![]() |
Sergio Matabuena | 30 | 0 | 22+5 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | ||||
25 | GK | ![]() |
Iñaki Lafuente | 13 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||||
27 | MF | ![]() |
Alberto Lora | 10 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | ||||
31 | DF | ![]() |
José Ángel | 17 | 1 | 10+3 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | ||||
Players who appeared for Sporting no longer at the club: | |||||||||||||
10 | MF | ![]() |
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.