2017–18 Sporting de Gijón season

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El Molinón
Segunda DivisiónQualified
Copa del ReyThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Michael Santos
(17 goals)
All: Michael Santos
(17 goals)
Highest home attendance27,506
Real Sporting 1–1 Oviedo
(9 September 2017)
Lowest home attendance15,436
Real Sporting 0–1 Zaragoza
(3 December 2017)
Average home league attendance20,836

The 2017–18 season was

45th season
in the second flight of Spanish football, the first one since its last relegation. It covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Season overview

Pre-season

Stefan Šćepović would start his second stage in Gijón.

On 28 May 2017, Real Sporting sacked Nicolás Rodríguez after three seasons as director of football,[1] and hired Miguel Torrecilla with the aim to replace him.[2]

On 9 June 2017, the club announced Asturian enterprise Teslacard as the new shirt sponsor of the club.[3] One day later, Rubi confirmed that the club would not extend his contract for one more season.[4]

On 15 June 2017, Paco Herrera was hired as new coach after agreeing with the club a two-year contract.[5] One week later, Nacho Cases announced he would leave the club, bringing to an end his 22-year association with the club.[6]

Empoli F.C.[8]

On 1 August 2017, Real Sporting ended the renewal of season tickets with 21,274; the club's record in Segunda División.

Carlos Carmona renewed their contracts until 2022 and 2021 respectively.[10]

Pre-season ended with five more incorporations, two of them on loan:

Álex Pérez and Álex López
.

August

Sporting played their first official match of the season on 19 August 2017, earning one point at

Carlos Carmona and Michael Santos
scored the goals for the win that positioned Real Sporting in the second place at the end of the second round.

In this match, Nacho Méndez made his professional debut as a starter, but he was replaced during the halftime. One day later, on 29 August, Real Sporting agreed with Eibar the loan of right back Jordi Calavera for one season.[12]

On 31 August 2017, Real Sporting ended the transfer window by rescinding the contracts of Lillo and Dani Ndi and loaning Jean-Sylvain Babin to Maccabi Tel Aviv.

September

Kick off of the Asturian derby, played officially for the first time since 2003.

On 3 September 2017, Real Sporting reached the first position of the table after beating

National Police and the ultras of Real Sporting, ending with damages in the buses of both clubs and 12 arrested people.[13]

Real Sporting lost its first match, one week later, in Soria, after being defeated 0–3 by Numancia. Three days later, Real Sporting was eliminated by this team after drawing 1–1 and losing 1–3 in the penalty shootout. Previously, they beat Reus in the first round.

The club ended the month in the first position, after beating Lorca FC and taking advantage of other results. However, despite the leadership, the performance of the club was criticized by an important crowd of the supporters.[14]

October

Criticism to the team play continued after the 2–0 defeat on 1 October against

Carlos Castro in the additional time, after trying a Panenka
.

The club continued the undefeated streak at Estadio Reino de León, where they beat Cultural Leonesa by 2–0, in a match where 2,000 supporters travelled to León for a match played on Tuesday and later, only earning a 1–1 draw against Huesca despite going ahead.

On 16 October, Real Sporting announced, despite the relegation, it beat the record of season tickets sold with 24,402.[15] The club ended the month with four more points after a 1–1 draw at Rayo Vallecano and a 2–0 win at home against Almería, for a streak of five consecutive matches without losses that allowed the club to end October in the third position, with the same points as second qualified Granada, and only one point less than Lugo, that reached the leadership of the league for the first time in their history.

November

Santos, warming up before a match.

November was disastrous for Sporting, who only earned two points in the four matches played in this month.

It started with a loss at the

Sergio Álvarez
got injured in the warm up.

The crisis increased in the club after the first loss at home, on 21 November, against Cádiz by 0–3 with former player David Barral scoring the last goal, and dropped to the eighth position in the league table. This match was remarkable as it was the first one ever without any Asturian player in the starting team.[16] The month ended with an away 2–2 draw against Albacete, with Michael Santos scoring a brace for overcoming the first goal of Roman Zozulya.

December

Nacho Méndez, renewed until 2021.

Sporting accumulated two losses against

Barcelona B
, increasing the streak to six matches without wins. With these numbers, the club dropped to the tenth position in the league table.

On 11 December, the board of directors agreed to sack Paco Herrera[17] and to hire former Valencia player Rubén Baraja as the new head coach. Baraja was confirmed as manager on 12 December.[18] He started his tenure in Sporting with a huge win by 3–0 against Tenerife, but the team showed the same problems when it plays away, during the match at Granada, that ended with a 1–2 loss.

On 22 December, B-side player Nacho Méndez extended his contract until 2021.[19]

January

Jony came back in January 2018, for the second half of the season.

2018 started for Sporting with a 3–2 win against Córdoba, that were in relegation positions, with Michael Santos netting his second brace in the season. In this match, Sergio Álvarez came back to the starting XI after an absence of one month due to an injury.

On 11 January, former player Jony arrived to Gijón for signing until the end of the season, on loan from Málaga.[20] The club announced his return the next day. One day later after the press release, Real Sporting won again in their second match of the year, this time against Alcorcón by a wide 3–0.

On 18 January, goalkeeper

Juan Carlos scored a goal.[23]

On 26 January, midfielder Moi Gómez was loaned to Huesca until the end of the season.[24] Just minutes later, the club announced the sign up of Hernán Santana from La Liga club Las Palmas, until 2021.[25]

The last match of the month ended with a 2–0 win against

Adrián Montoro
.

In the last day of the month,

Videoton.[27] And just hours before the end of the winter market, Real Sporting agreed the loans of Nano Mesa from Eibar and Alberto Guitián, who played in Sporting three years ago, from Valladolid
.

February

On 4 February, Real Sporting lost 2–1 against Oviedo in the second Asturian derby of the season, despite scoring first thanks to a goal of Jony. However, the team redeemed itself by beating Numancia in the next week by 2–0, achieving coach Rubén Baraja his fifth consecutive win at El Molinón.

In the third match of the month, Real Sporting continued without winning away and only could earn one goalless draw against Lorca FC, that cut their streak of ten consecutive losses. Jony missed a penalty kick in the first half, becoming this one the fifth shot missed in the season out of seven tries.

The last match of the month ended with a new home win, the sixth consecutive, against Osasuna by 2–0, with goals of Rubén García and Michael Santos, and the team showing a completely different performance at home and away.

On 27 February, all-time Sporting's top scorer Quini passed away at the age of 68 after suffering a heart attack.[28]

March

Diego Mariño was unbeaten during seven consecutive matches.

With a 0–1 win against last qualified Sevilla Atlético, Real Sporting came back to the play-offs positions fifteen rounds after the last time. Sporting continued their unbeaten streak by defeating 4–0 Cultural Leonesa, in a match where Quini was honored, and leaders Huesca away by 2–0.

On 24 March, Real Sporting beat the leader again, this time Rayo Vallecano thanks to an own goal. Goalkeeper Diego Mariño continued unbeaten by seventh consecutive match.

April

On 1 April, Real Sporting came back provisionally to the leadership after beating 1–3 Almería and taking advantage of the draw between Rayo Vallecano and Cádiz and the postponement of the match between Huesca and Albacete. Michael Santos, who scored his 16th goal in the first minutes, became injured and Diego Mariño ended his streak of 764 minutes unbeaten by receiving a penalty kick scored by Rubén Alcaraz. One week later, the team beat Reus 2–1 for earning their seventh consecutive win, equaling the best streak of the club, in the 1979–80 season.[29]

This record would be beaten at

Estadio Ramón de Carranza, against Cádiz CF
. However, Real Sporting would continue their streak of 11 games unbeaten, all the league matches played after losing the Asturian derby.

On 25 April 2018, Jony was named Player of the Month of March.[31] He received the award at El Molinón on 29 April, before the last match of the month, that ended with a 2–1 win against Albacete. He and Carmona scored the goals for continuing in the second position after 37 rounds played.

May

Rubén Baraja was sanctioned with four matches.

Real Sporting could not continue their unbeaten streak and was dropped to the third position after a 2–1 loss against

Barcelona and later, against Tenerife with a goal in the 81st minute. In the first of these two matches, manager Rubén Baraja was sent off and later sanctioned with four matches after impeding a throw-in
.

On 27 May, with the win of Rayo Vallecano against Lugo and the win in the previous round of Huesca against the same team, Real Sporting terminated its options to directly promote to La Liga. However, a 2–1 win against Granada was enough to assure the qualification to the promotion playoffs.

June

Real Sporting finished the regular season with a calamitous 3–0 loss at Córdoba, ending the regular season in the fourth place and losing the status of top seeded team in the promotion playoffs

The first match of this stage was played on 7 June at Estadio José Zorrilla, Valladolid. The Castilians beat Real Sporting by 3–1 thanks to ten great minutes where they scored the three goals. Jony nailed in the second half the only goal for the Asturians.

There were not any options for Real Sporting at the second leg, as Valladolid quickly avoided any possibility of comeback with two goals in the first half of the match.

Carmona
, booed when he was replaced, made the last goal of the season by scoring a penalty kick in the 68th minute.

Players

Current squad

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Since
 App
 Goals
 Ends
 Transfer fee
 Notes
1 GK Spain Óscar Whalley 24 2016 0 0 2018 Free
4 MF Spain Álex Bergantiños 33 2017 0 0 2018 Free
5 DF Italy Federico Barba 24 2017 0 0 2021 €1.7m
6 MF Spain
Sergio Álvarez
 26 2013 145 9 2021 Youth system
7 FW Uruguay Michael Santos 25 2017 0 0 2018 Free
8 MF Spain Hernán Santana 27 2018 0 0 2021 Free
9 FW Spain
Carlos Castro
 23 2014 80 20 2022 Youth system
10 MF Spain
Carlos Carmona
 30 2012 150 24 2021 Free
11 DF Spain Alberto Lora (captain) 31 2007 247 4 2018 Youth system
13 GK Spain Diego Mariño 28 2016 2 0 2022 Undisclosed
14 MF Spain
Rubén García
 24 2017 0 0 2018 Free
15 DF Spain Roberto Canella 30 2008 253 8 2019 Youth system
16 MF Spain Jony 26 2018 82 14 2018 Free
17 DF Spain Álex López 30 2017 0 0 2018 Free
18 DF Spain Isma López 28 2013 103 8 2019 Free
19 FW Spain
Nano
23 2018 0 0 2018 Free
20 DF Colombia Juan Sebastián Quintero 23 2017 0 0 2018 Free
21 FW Spain Borja Viguera 31 2016 16 1 2018 Free
22 MF Spain
Pablo Pérez
 24 2017 58 7 2020 Youth system
23 DF Spain Alberto Guitián 27 2018 1 0 2018 Free
24 DF Spain
Álex Pérez
 26 2017 0 0 2019 Free
25 DF Spain Jordi Calavera 22 2017 0 0 2018 Free
  • Source: Ages to 30 June 2018. Stats updated as of the end of the 2016–17 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. Pos. Nation Player
26 DF Spain ESP
Montoro
27 MF Spain ESP
Pedro Díaz
28 MF Spain ESP Nacho Méndez
29 DF Spain ESP
Juan Rodríguez
No. Pos. Nation Player
30 DF Spain ESP Víctor Ruiz
31 DF Spain ESP
Carlos Cordero
32 GK Spain ESP
Dani Martín

In

No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Ends
 Transfer
fee 		Source
22 MF Spain
Pablo Pérez
 		23 Alcorcón End of loan Summer 2019 Free
8 DF Algeria Rachid Aït-Atmane 24 Tenerife End of loan Summer 2018 Free [32]
DF Spain Álvaro Bustos 22 Mirandés End of loan Summer 2020 Free
DF Spain
Julio Rodríguez
 		27 England Barnsley End of loan Summer 2018 Free
4 MF Spain Álex Bergantiños 32 Deportivo La Coruña Loan Summer 2018 Free [33]
19 FW Serbia Stefan Šćepović 27 Getafe Loan Summer 2018 Free [34]
5 DF Italy Federico Barba 23
Empoli
 Transfer Summer 2021 €1m [8]
14 MF Spain
Rubén García
 		24 Levante Loan Summer 2018 Free [35]
20 DF Colombia Juan Sebastián Quintero 22 Colombia Deportivo Cali Loan Summer 2018 Free [36]
2 DF Brazil Xandão 29 Russia Anzhi Transfer Summer 2018 Free [37]
7 FW Uruguay Michael Santos 24 Málaga Loan Summer 2018 Free [38]
24 DF Spain
Álex Pérez
 		26 Valladolid Transfer Summer 2018 Free [39]
17 MF Spain Álex López 29
Celta Vigo[a]
 Transfer Summer 2018 Free
25 DF Spain Jordi Calavera 22 Eibar[b] Loan Summer 2018 Free [12]
16 MF Spain Jony 26 Málaga Loan Winter 2018 Free [20]
8 MF Spain Hernán Santana 27 Las Palmas Transfer Winter 2021 Free
23 DF Spain Alberto Guitián 27 Valladolid Loan Winter 2018 Free
19 FW Spain
Nano
22 Eibar[c] Loan Winter 2018 Free

  1. ^ Last season played loaned in Valladolid.
  2. ^ Last season played loaned in Lugo.
  3. ^ Previously loaned at Levante.

Out

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Transfer
fee 		Source
2 DF Brazil Douglas 26 Barcelona End of loan Summer Free
8 FW Ivory Coast Lacina Traoré 26
Monaco
 End of loan Summer Free [40]
10 MF Spain Nacho Cases 29 Cyprus AEK Larnaca Resigned Summer Free [6]
12 FW Nigeria Elderson Echiéjilé 29
Monaco
 End of loan Summer Free [41]
14 MF Spain Burgui 23
Real Madrid
 End of loan Summer Free
17 FW Qatar Akram Afif 20 Villarreal End of loan Summer Free [42]
22 MF Spain Mikel Vesga 24 Athletic Bilbao End of loan Summer Free
20 FW Croatia Duje Čop 27 Italy Cagliari End of loan Summer Free [43]
21 MF Spain Xavi Torres 30 Australia Perth Glory End of contract Summer Free
1 GK Spain Iván Cuéllar 33 Leganés Resigned Summer Free
5 DF Venezuela Fernando Amorebieta 32 Argentina Independiente Transfer Summer Free [44]
4 DF Spain Jorge Meré 20 Germany Köln Transfer Summer €9.0 [7]
7 MF Spain Víctor Rodríguez 28 United States Seattle Sounders Transfer Summer Free [45]
MF Spain
Julio Rodríguez
 		27 Recreativo Mutual consent Summer Free
MF Spain Álvaro Bustos 22 Gimnàstic Mutual consent Summer Free [46]
3 DF Martinique Jean-Sylvain Babin 30 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv Loan Summer Free
12 MF Cameroon Dani Ndi 22 Mallorca Terminated Summer Free
16 DF Spain Lillo 28 Osasuna Transfer Summer Free
8 MF Algeria Rachid Aït-Atmane 24
Waasland-Beveren
 Loan Winter Free [22]
23 MF Spain Moi Gómez 23 Huesca Loan Winter Free
19 FW Serbia Stefan Šćepović 28 Getafe End of loan Winter Free
2 DF Brazil Xandão 29 Belgium Cercle Brugge Mutual consent Winter Free

Current technical staff

Rubén Baraja replaced Paco Herrera as head coach.
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
Manolo Sánchez Murias

Source: Real Sporting

Managerial changes

Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Spain Paco Herrera Sacked 11 December 2017[17] 10th Spain Rubén Baraja 12 December 2017[17]

Pre-season and friendlies

Due to the conservation works of the pitch of El Molinón, the Trofeo Villa de Gijón was not played this pre-season.

19 July 2017 Friendly
Salamanca
Report
Pablo Pérez
55'		 Stadium:
Helmántico

Referee: González Hernández
22 July 2017
Ferrol
Brais Méndez 6'
Iago Aspas 36' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: A Malata
22 July 2017
Ferrol
Report
Pablo Fernández
44'		 Stadium: A Malata
25 July 2017 Friendly Barakaldo 1–0 Real Sporting Barakaldo
Buenacasa 19' Report Stadium:
Lasesarre

Referee: González Esteban
29 July 2017 Friendly Real Sporting 1–0 Ponferradina Vegadeo
Claudio 78' Report Stadium: El Soutón
Referee: Nieto Martín
2 August 2017 Trofeo Ciudad de Pontevedra Pontevedra 1–3 Real Sporting Pontevedra
Jorge 35' Report
Rubén García
81'		 Stadium: Pasarón
Referee: Martínez Santos
4 August 2017 Friendly Real Sporting 3–2 Eibar Villaviciosa
Rubén García
59'		 Report Iván Alejo 36'
Bebé 64'		 Stadium: Les Caleyes
Referee: González Fuertes
9 August 2017 Friendly Real Sporting 1–1 Racing Santander Luanco, Gozón
Héber 56' (pen.) Report Viguera 75' (pen.) Stadium: Miramar
Attendance: 3,054
Referee: Areces Franco
12 August 2017 Friendly Real Sporting 2–2 Real Sociedad Palencia
Juanmi 15'
Xabi Prieto 56'		 Report
Castro
61'		 Stadium: Nueva Balastera
Attendance: 2,100
Referee: Rubén Becerril

Competitions

Segunda División

Main article: 2017–18 Segunda División

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
2 Huesca (P) 42 21 12 9 61 40 +21 75 Promotion to La Liga
3 Zaragoza 42 20 11 11 57 44 +13 71[a] Qualification for promotion play-offs
4 Sporting Gijón 42 21 8 13 60 40 +20 71[a]
5 Valladolid (O, P) 42 19 10 13 69 55 +14 67
6 Numancia 42 18 11 13 52 41 +11 65[b]
Source: La Liga
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored[48]
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Zaragoza finished ahead of Sporting Gijón on head-to-head points: Sporting Gijón 0–1 Zaragoza, Zaragoza 2–1 Sporting Gijón
  2. ^ Numancia finished ahead of Oviedo on head-to-head goal difference: Oviedo 3–1 Numancia, Numancia 3–0 Oviedo

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
42 21 8 13 60 40  +20 71 15 3 3 39 15  +24 6 5 10 21 25  −4

Positions by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA
ResultDWWDLWLWWDDWLDLDLLWLWWLWLWDWWWWWWWWDWLLLWL
Position152128163233345889108109910910910754431112233334
Source: BDFútbol
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

19 August 2017 1 Alcorcón 0–0 Real Sporting Alcorcón
19:00 Bellvís Yellow card 90+5' Report Lora Yellow card 68'
Barba Yellow card 90+6'		 Stadium: Santo Domingo
Attendance: 2,864
Referee: Sagués Oscoz
27 August 2017 2 Real Sporting 2–0 Lugo Gijón
19:00
Carmona 62' Yellow card 71'
Santos
73'		 Report Stadium: El Molinón
Attendance: 22,926
Referee: Valdés Aller
2 September 2017 3 Gimnàstic 0–4 Real Sporting Tarragona
18:00
Perales
Yellow card 62'		 Report
Carmona
Yellow card 84'		 Stadium:
Nou Estadi

Attendance: 6,373
Referee: Cordero Vega
9 September 2017 4 Real Sporting 1–1 Oviedo Gijón
18:00
Rubén García Yellow card 59'
Lora
Yellow card 79'		 Report Cotugno Yellow card 24'
Yeboah Yellow card 32'
Verdés Yellow card 40'
Christian Fernández Yellow card 62'
Toché 85'		 Stadium: El Molinón
Attendance: 27,506
Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández
16 September 2017 5 Numancia 0–3 Real Sporting Soria
20:30 Pablo Valcarce 13', 68'
Escassi 32' Yellow card 90+2'		 Report
Castro
Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: Los Pajaritos
Attendance: 3,076
Referee: Arcediano Monescillo
23 September 2017 6 Real Sporting 1–0 Lorca FC Gijón
18:00
Rubén García 43'
Calavera
90+1'		 Report
Nando Yellow card 81'
Merentiel
Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: El Molinón
Attendance: 20,974
Referee: Vicandi Garrido
1 October 2017 7 Osasuna 2–0 Real Sporting Pamplona
18:00
Sergio Herrera
Yellow card 77'		 Report
Pablo Pérez
Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: El Sadar
Attendance: 15,505
Referee: De la Fuente Ramos
7 October 2017 8 Real Sporting 3–0 Sevilla Atlético Gijón
16:00
Castro
soccer ball with red X 90+2'		 Report
Carlos Fernández
Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: El Molinón
Attendance: 20,142
Referee: Pérez Pallas
11 October 2017 9 Cultural Leonesa 0–2 Real Sporting León
21:00 Report
Sergio Álvarez 65'
Bergantiños
66'		 Stadium: Reino de León
Attendance: 11,567
Referee: Eiriz Mata
13 October 2017 10 Real Sporting 1–1 Huesca Gijón
21:00
Sergio Álvarez
Yellow card 69'		 Report Melero 62' (pen.) Stadium: El Molinón
Attendance: 21,206
Referee: Figueroa Vázquez
22 October 2017 11 Rayo Vallecano 1–1 Real Sporting Madrid
18:00 Raúl de Tomás 43' Report
Álex Pérez Yellow card 50'
Isma López
Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Vallecas
Attendance: 10,266
Referee: López Toca
28 October 2017 12 Real Sporting 2–0 Almería Gijón
20:00
Sergio Álvarez Yellow card 69'
Isma López
Yellow card 85'		 Report
Joaquín
Yellow card 80'		 Stadium: El Molinón
Attendance: 20,919
Referee: Prieto Iglesias
4 November 2017 13 Reus 1–0 Real Sporting Reus
20:30 Atienza Yellow card 48'
Luís Gustavo 68'		 Report Barba Yellow card 80' Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 1,548
Referee: Ocón Arraiz
12 November 2017 14 Real Sporting 1–1 Valladolid Gijón
20:30
Rubén García
Yellow card 50'		 Report
Toni Villa Yellow card 70'
Luismi
75'		 Stadium: El Molinón
Attendance: 18,986
Referee: Cordero Vega
19 November 2017 15 Real Sporting 0–3 Cádiz Gijón
20:30 Mariño Yellow card 85' Report
Cifuentes Yellow card 81'
Bijker Yellow card 90+1'
Barral
90+5'		 Stadium: El Molinón
Attendance: 19,544
Referee: Díaz de Mera Escuderos
26 November 2017 16 Albacete 2–2 Real Sporting Albacete
20:00 Zozulya 31'
Dani Rodríguez Yellow card 44'
Saveljich Yellow card 52'
[[ Mickaël Gaffoor|Gaffoor]] 81'		 Report Rachid Yellow card 18'
Barba Yellow card 52'
Santos 63', 70'		 Stadium: Carlos Belmonte
Attendance: 7,833
Referee: Varón Aceitón
3 December 2017 17 Real Sporting 0–1 Zaragoza Gijón
20:30 Rachid Yellow card 28'
Santos soccer ball with red X 86'
Calavera Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Delmás 68' Yellow card 79'
Verdasca Yellow card 85'		 Stadium: El Molinón
Attendance: 15,436
Referee: López Toca
8 December 2017 18
Barcelona B
2–1 Real Sporting Barcelona
21:00 Aleñá 14'
Arnaiz 37'
Cucurella Yellow card 73'		 Report
Álex Pérez 50'
Nacho Méndez Yellow card 67'
Isma López
Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Mini Estadi
Attendance: 1,699
Referee: Moreno Aragón
17 December 2017 19 Real Sporting 3–0 Tenerife Gijón
18:00
Carmona 32'
Moi Gómez
89'		 Report Camille Yellow card 37'
Acosta Yellow card 68' Yellow-red card 76'
Casadesús Yellow card 90+3'
Aitor Sanz Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: El Molinón
Attendance: 20,013
Referee: Milla Alvendiz
20 December 2017 20 Granada 2–1 Real Sporting Granada
21:00
Álex Pérez 86' (o.g.
)		 Report
Juan Rodríguez Yellow card 59'
Santos 90+2'
Bergantiños
Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium:
Nuevo Los Cármenes

Attendance: 9,770
Referee: Pizarro Gómez
6 January 2018 21 Real Sporting 3–2 Córdoba Gijón
16:00
Castro 11'
Santos
19', 59' Yellow card 73'		 Report
Fernández Yellow card 70'
Alfaro
Yellow card 78'		 Stadium: El Molinón
Attendance: 16,120
Referee: Varón Aceitón
13 January 2018 22 Real Sporting 3–0 Alcorcón Gijón
18:00
Carmona 49'
Calavera Yellow card 54'
Santos
89'		 Report Sangalli Yellow card 23'
Burgos Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: El Molinón
Attendance: 19,340
Referee: Gorostegui Fernández-Ortega
20 January 2018 23 Lugo 3–1 Real Sporting Lugo
20:30
Juan Carlos
80'		 Report
Álex Pérez
Yellow card 79'		 Stadium: Ángel Carro
Referee: Figueroa Vázquez
28 January 2018 24 Real Sporting 2–0 Gimnàstic Gijón
16:00
Rubén García
65'		 Report Suzuki Yellow card 18'
Manu Barreiro Yellow card 20'
Juan Muñiz Yellow card 25'
Xavi Molina Yellow card 54'		 Stadium: El Molinón
Attendance: 21,122
Referee: Ais Reig
4 February 2018 25 Oviedo 2–1 Real Sporting Oviedo
18:00 Mossa 31', 46' Yellow card 33'
Ñíguez Yellow card 56'
Diegui Yellow card 85'		 Report
Carmona Yellow card 57'
Barba
Yellow card 82'		 Stadium: Carlos Tartiere
Attendance: 25,996
Referee: López Toca
10 February 2018 26 Real Sporting 2–0 Numancia Gijón
16:00
Nano
Yellow card 77'		 Report
Carlos Gutiérrez Yellow card 46'
Nacho Yellow card 55'
Dani Calvo Yellow card 63'
Mateu Yellow card 86'
Larrea
Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: El Molinón
Attendance: 18,103
Referee: Pizarro Gómez
17 February 2018 27 Lorca FC 0–0 Real Sporting Lorca
20:00 Pomares Yellow card 44' Report
Sergio Álvarez
Yellow card 69'		 Stadium: Francisco Artés Carrasco
Attendance: 4,066
Referee: Milla Alvendiz
23 February 2018 28 Real Sporting 2–0 Osasuna Gijón
21:00
Rubén García 4'
Barba Yellow card 42'
Bergantiños Yellow card 50'
Calavera Yellow card 73'
Santos 76' Yellow card 82'
Isma López
Yellow card 89'		 Report Oier Yellow card 7'
Lillo Yellow card 29'
Aridane Yellow card 74'		 Stadium: El Molinón
Attendance: 18,763
Referee: Arcediano Monescillo
4 March 2018 29 Sevilla Atlético 0–1 Real Sporting Seville
18:00 Cristian González Yellow card 29'
Konyk Yellow card 66'
Eteki Yellow card 78'		 Report
Nano Yellow card 39'
Bergantiños
Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Viejo Nervión
Attendance: 651
Referee: Prieto Iglesias
11 March 2018 30 Real Sporting 4–0 Cultural Leonesa Gijón
18:00
Nano
87'		 Report
Martínez
Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: El Molinón
Attendance: 25,186
Referee: Sagués Oscoz
19 March 2018 31 Huesca 0–2 Real Sporting Huesca
21:00
Aguilera Yellow card 15'
Pulido
Yellow card 79'		 Report
Carmona Yellow card 54'
Nacho Méndez
Yellow card 82'		 Stadium: El Alcoraz
Attendance: 4,283
Referee: Pérez Pallas
24 March 2018 32 Real Sporting 1–0 Rayo Vallecano Gijón
20:45 Elustondo 68' (o.g.)
Bergantiños Yellow card 86'		 Report Unai López Yellow card 82'
Raúl de Tomás Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: El Molinón
Attendance: 21,705
Referee: Eiriz Mata
1 April 2018 33 Almería 1–3 Real Sporting Almería
18:00 Alcaraz Yellow card 30' 90+3' (pen.)
Estupiñán Yellow card 31'
Pozo Yellow card 66'
Morcillo Yellow card 70'
Lass Yellow card 80'		 Report
Álex Pérez
Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium:
Mediterráneo

Attendance: 7,566
Referee: Díaz de Mera Escuderos
8 April 2018 34 Real Sporting 2–1 Reus Gijón
18:00
Carmona 31'
Bergantiños Yellow card 76'
Nacho Méndez
Yellow card 90+3'		 Report
Máyor
Yellow card 71'		 Stadium: El Molinón
Attendance: 22,803
Referee: Ocón Arraiz
15 April 2018 35 Valladolid 0–1 Real Sporting Valladolid
16:00
Rubén García 3'
Calavera Yellow card 39'
Bergantiños
Yellow card 82'		 Report Borja Yellow card 17'
Nacho Yellow card 49'
Moyano Yellow card 63'
Gianniotas Yellow card 83'
Toni Martínez Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: José Zorrilla
Attendance: 14,184
Referee: Cordero Vega
22 April 2018 36 Cádiz 0–0 Real Sporting Cádiz
18:00 Report
Carmona
Yellow card 90+6'		 Stadium:
Ramón de Carranza

Attendance: 15,622
Referee: Gorostegui Fernández-Ortega
29 April 2018 37 Real Sporting 2–1 Albacete Gijón
16:00
Carmona
87'		 Report Dani Rodríguez 44' (pen.)
De la Hoz Yellow card 56'
Zozulya Yellow card 80'
Gaffoor Yellow card 94'		 Stadium: El Molinón
Attendance: 23,126
Referee: Figueroa Vázquez
5 May 2018 38 Zaragoza 2–1 Real Sporting Zaragoza
18:00
Mikel González Yellow card 46'
Zapater
Yellow card 78'		 Report
Rubén García
53'		 Stadium: La Romareda
Attendance: 26,472
Referee: Ais Reig
12 May 2018 39 Real Sporting 2–3
Barcelona B
Gijón
16:00
Rubén García 29'
Santos 61'
Barba
Yellow card 66'		 Report Aleñá 12' Yellow card 68'
Cardona 36' Yellow card 71'
David Costas Yellow card 50'
Cucurella Yellow card 62'
Ruiz de Galarreta Yellow card 66' Yellow-red card 92'
Nahuel 81'		 Stadium: El Molinón
Attendance: 21,207
Referee: Prieto Iglesias
18 May 2018 40 Tenerife 1–0 Real Sporting Santa Cruz de Tenerife
21:00 Malbašić 82'
Suso Yellow card 89'		 Report Jony Yellow card 89' Stadium: Heliodoro Rodríguez López
Attendance: 8,123
Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández
27 May 2018 41 Real Sporting 2–1 Granada Gijón
20:30 Lora 19'
Santos Yellow card 56'
Barba 61'		 Report
Montoro Yellow card 69'
Baena
Yellow card 76'		 Stadium: El Molinón
Attendance: 19,707
Referee: Díaz de Mera Escuderos
2 June 2018 42 Córdoba 3–0 Real Sporting Córdoba
20:30
Aguado
90'		 Report
Pablo Pérez Yellow card 33'
Álex López
Yellow card 43'		 Stadium: Nuevo Arcángel
Attendance: 20,341
Referee: López Toca

Play-offs

See also: 2018 Segunda División play-offs

Matches

7 June 2018 Semifinals
First leg		 Valladolid 3–1 Real Sporting Valladolid
20:30
Calero 29'
Hervías 35'
Calavera 37' (o.g.)
Borja Fernández Yellow card 62'
Ontiveros Yellow card 80'
Mata
Yellow card 83'		 Report
Carmona Yellow card 34'
Jony 70'
Calavera
Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: José Zorrilla
Attendance: 22,520
Referee: Díaz de Mera Escuderos
10 June 2018 Semifinals
Second leg		Real Sporting1–2
(2–5 agg.)		 Valladolid Gijón
20:30
Carmona 68' (pen.)
Bergantiños Yellow card 70'
Álex López
Yellow card 82'		 Report Mata 23'
Óscar Plano 31'		 Stadium: El Molinón
Attendance: 23,886
Referee: Sagués Oscoz

Copa del Rey

Main article: 2017–18 Copa del Rey
6 September 2017 Second roundReus0–1 Real Sporting Reus
20:00
Juan Domínguez Yellow card 33'
Álex Menéndez
soccer ball with red X 59'		 Report Nacho Méndez 51' Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 2,753
Referee: Ocón Arraiz
19 September 2017 Third roundReal Sporting1–1 (a.e.t.)
(1–3 p)		 Numancia Gijón
20:00 Šćepović 5' Report Higinio 36' Stadium: El Molinón
Attendance: 13,076
Referee: Gorostegui Fernández-Ortega
Penalties
Álex Pérez
soccer ball with red X		 Del Moral
Medina soccer ball with red X
Pere Milla
Nacho

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total La Liga Copa del Rey Playoffs
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Spain ESP Óscar Whalley 2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
4 MF Spain ESP Álex Bergantiños 40 1 35+1 1 2+0 0 2+0 0
5 DF Italy ITA Federico Barba 41 1 37+1 1 0+1 0 2+0 0
6 MF Spain ESP
Sergio Álvarez
 35 2 33+0 2 0+0 0 2+0 0
7 FW Uruguay URU Michael Santos 39 17 31+5 17 0+1 0 2+0 0
8 MF Spain ESP Hernán Santana 9 1 3+6 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW Spain ESP
Carlos Castro
 21 1 5+14 1 1+1 0 0+0 0
10 MF Spain ESP
Carlos Carmona
 43 10 40+1 9 0+0 0 2+0 1
11 MF Spain ESP Alberto Lora 10 1 7+1 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
13 GK Spain ESP Diego Mariño 43 0 41+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
14 MF Spain ESP
Rubén García
 42 8 33+7 8 0+0 0 2+0 0
15 DF Spain ESP Roberto Canella 35 0 33+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
16 MF Spain ESP Jony 23 6 17+4 5 0+0 0 2+0 1
17 MF Spain ESP Álex López 13 0 3+6 0 2+0 0 0+2 0
18 FW Spain ESP Isma López 30 0 16+11 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
19 FW Spain ESP Nano Mesa 17 2 7+9 2 0+0 0 0+1 0
20 DF Colombia COL Juan Sebastián Quintero 6 0 5+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
21 FW Spain ESP Borja Viguera 12 0 5+6 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
22 MF Spain ESP
Pablo Pérez
 26 1 2+21 1 2+0 0 0+1 0
23 DF Spain ESP Alberto Guitián 6 0 6+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 DF Spain ESP
Álex Pérez
 37 1 34+1 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
25 DF Spain ESP Jordi Calavera 35 1 29+3 1 1+1 0 1+0 0
26 DF Spain ESP
Montoro
 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 MF Spain ESP
Pedro Díaz
 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
28 MF Spain ESP Nacho Méndez 13 1 4+7 0 1+1 1 0+0 0
29 DF Spain ESP
Juan Rodríguez
 9 0 7+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
32 GK Spain ESP
Dani Martín
 2 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
Players who have left the club after the start of the season:
2 DF Brazil BRA Xandão 4 0 1+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF Algeria ALG Rachid Aït-Atmane 4 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 FW Serbia SRB Stefan Šćepović 17 5 12+4 4 1+0 1 0+0 0
23 MF Spain ESP Moi Gómez 23 1 10+11 1 1+1 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record

N P Nat. Name Segunda Playoffs Copa del Rey Total Notes
Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
9 FW Spain
Carlos Castro
 1 1
4 MF Spain Álex Bergantiños 8 1 9
10 MF Spain
Carlos Carmona
 8 1 9 4 times captain
25 DF Spain Jordi Calavera 7 1 1 9
6 MF Spain
Sergio Álvarez
 7 1 8 5 times captain
7 FW Uruguay Michael Santos 8 8
5 DF Italy Federico Barba 7 7
24 DF Spain
Álex Pérez
 5 5
17 MF Spain Álex López 2 1 1 4
28 MF Spain Nacho Méndez 4 4
11 MF Spain Alberto Lora 3 3 2 times captain
14 MF Spain
Rubén García
 3 3
18 FW Spain Isma López 3 3 2 times captain
19 FW Spain Nano Mesa 3 3
13 GK Spain Diego Mariño 2 2
16 MF Spain Jony 2 2
22 MF Spain
Pablo Pérez
 2 2
8 MF Spain Hernán Santana 1 1
15 DF Spain Roberto Canella 1 1 34 times captain
29 DF Spain
Juan Rodríguez
 1 1
1 GK Spain Óscar Whalley
20 DF Colombia Juan Sebastián Quintero
21 FW Spain Borja Viguera
23 DF Spain Alberto Guitián
27 MF Spain
Pedro Díaz
32 GK Spain
Dani Martín
Players who have left the club after the start of the season:
2 DF Brazil Xandão 1 1
8 MF Algeria Rachid Aït-Atmane 2 2
19 FW Serbia Stefan Šćepović
23 MF Spain Moi Gómez

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

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