2018–19 Sporting de Gijón season

The 2018–19 season was 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 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Real Sporting

2018–19 season
President	Javier Fernández
Head coach	José Alberto
Stadium	El Molinón
Segunda División	9th
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Uroš Đurđević (11 goals) All: Uroš Đurđević (12 goals)
Highest home attendance	26,748 Real Sporting 1–0 Oviedo (24 March 2019)
Lowest home attendance	8,600 Real Sporting 1–0 Cádiz (8 June 2019)
Average home league attendance	18,384
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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, announced 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 He came loaned from Belenenses, with a buy-option for Real Sporting.[3] Five days later, Isma López rescinded with the club for signing with Cypriot AC Omonia.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 on 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 he was recently recovered from an injury.

After the disappointment 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 extended 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 minutes.

The month of September ended with a 1–0 win against Las Palmas, and showed the differences of the team depending on playing at home and away.

October

October was not a good month for Real Sporting. They started it with a loss at Wanda Metropolitano against Rayo Majadahonda in a match where the first shouts of "Baraja out" were heard. The bad streak continued at home, where the team only earned one point against Reus Deportiu thanks to a penalty kick scored by Carlos Carmona in the 93rd minute (previously, Uroš Đurđević missed another one) and the shouts against Rubén Baraja continued.

In a decisive week for the coach, Real Sporting won in the third round of the 2018–19 Copa del Rey after a penalty shootout against Rayo Majadahonda. Ten players that previously played for the B-side participated in the match. The bad streak continued at home with a goalless draw against Córdoba. Again, people protested against the board of directors and the manager.[21]

November

The streak without winning continued at Estadio Mediterráneo, where Real Sporting lost 1–2 to Almería in a match with a controversial penalty kick for the homers to tie the game and a not allowed legal goal of Cristian Salvador with 1–1 in the scoreboard, and just before the second goal for Almería.

Before the Asturian derby, Real Sporting saved one point in the 94th minute in their home match against Málaga, that ended with a 2–2 draw. Again, the crowd shouted against Baraja and shouted the name of José Alberto, manager of the B-side. Finally, Baraja was sacked after losing the derby against Oviedo[22] and José Alberto took the helm of the team. In that match, Isma Cerro suffered an injury that forced him to miss the rest of the season.[23]

In his first match, José Alberto managed the team to the club's first win ever at Granada, beating the homers by 2–1 with a free kick shot of Álvaro Traver in the 92nd minute.

December

The month started with a 2–1 win at El Molinón against Tenerife, in the debut of José Alberto at home. Finally and after 14 league matches, Uroš Đurđević scored his first league goal with the club.[24]

Five days later, Real Sporting qualified for the first time in ten years to the Copa del Rey's round of 16 after eliminating Eibar thanks to the 2–2 draw at Ipurua. The rojiblancos were the only non-first-tier team to qualify to this round.

José Alberto ended the year unbeaten after achieving one more win against Mallorca and a goalless draw at Lugo.

January

On 6 January, Real Sporting lost its first match at home, after the come back of Zaragoza at El Molinón. Three days later, the team would achieve another win at the Copa del Rey, by defeating top-tier Valencia by 2–1. Javi Noblejas scored his first goal with Real Sporting and Nick Blackman made a header-goal for the win. However, the team would be eliminated after being defeated 0–3 at Mestalla.

The month of January ended with three new signs and one player leaving the club on loan made during the winter transfer window. Ivi, Álex Alegría and Aitor García signed for the club while Neftali Manzambi was loaned to Córdoba after transferring the player from Basel.

February

With the three new signs making their debut with Real Sporting, the team started the month by widely beating Extremadura at Almendralejo, with Đurđević scoring a brace. However, despite this good match, the month would be disastrous after losing the next three matches with Osasuna, Las Palmas, Rayo Majadahonda, being the team, specially the defense, strongly criticized.

March

March would see the club's reaction to the bad streak starting with an away win against Numancia, followed by three more, specially important the one against Oviedo at the Asturian derby thanks to an own goal of Christian Fernández. Sporting would progress slowly positions in the table as they only earn one point in their visit to Málaga.

April

Real Sporting recovered the winning streak in the next week at Tenerife and at home against Granada with two goals of Uroš Đurđević. In the match against Granada, the Serbian striker would score the fastest goal in the club's history after earning the only goal of the match with only ten seconds played.

These would be the end of the winning streak for starting a last outrageous break, with two draws against last qualified Gimnàstic and Elche, despite a starting goal of Jean-Sylvain Babin.

May and June

A loss in the last play of the match against Mallorca, where Diego Mariño got injured for the rest of the season, would practically mean the end of the possibilities of Real Sporting to qualify for the playoffs, and these would definitively disappear with a goalless home draw against Lugo and two consecutive losses at Zaragoza and against Albacete.

The season finished with a 1–0 win against Cádiz, with a goal of Nacho Méndez. This was the last match of captain Roberto Canella, who would leave Real Sporting after spending twelve seasons in the club. Just after the match, Jean-Sylvain Babin announced he would extend his contract for three more years, being this confirmed by the club the next day.

Players

Current squad

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Dani Martín	20	2018	0	0	2021	Youth system
2	DF		Francisco Molinero	33	2018	0	0	2020	Free
3	DF		Javi Noblejas	26	2018	0	0	2019	Free
4	DF		Juan Rodríguez	24	2018	12	0	2020	Youth system
5	MF		Isaac Cofie	27	2018	0	0	2020	Free
6	DF		Jean-Sylvain Babin	32	2016	22	1	2019	Free	Played internationally with Martinique.
7	MF		Aitor García	25	2018	0	0	2019	Free
8	MF		Hernán Santana	28	2018	9	1	2021	Free
9	FW		Nick Blackman	29	2018	0	0	2019	Free
10	MF		Carlos Carmona	31	2012	192	34	2021	Free
11	FW		Ivi	25	2018	0	0	2019	Free
12	MF		Álvaro	24	2018	0	0	2019	Free
13	GK		Diego Mariño	29	2016	44	0	2022	Undisclosed
14	MF		Nacho Méndez	21	2018	11	0	2021	Youth system
15	FW		Roberto Canella	31	2008	287	8	2019	Youth system
16	MF		André Sousa	28	2018	0	0	2019	Free
17	MF		Robin Lod	26	2018	0	0	2020	Free
18	DF		André Geraldes	28	2018	0	0	2019	Free
19	DF		Mathieu Peybernes	28	2018	0	0	2019	Free
20	MF		Cristian Salvador	24	2018	0	0	2021	Youth system
21	MF		Álvaro Traver	26	2018	0	0	2021	Youth system
22	MF		Pablo Pérez	25	2017	82	8	2020	Youth system
23	FW		Uroš Đurđević	25	2018	0	0	2022	€2m
24	DF		Álex Pérez	27	2017	37	1	2019	Free
25	FW		Álex Alegría	26	2018	0	0	2019	Free
	FW		Isma Cerro	23	2018	0	0	2021	Youth system	Without number since February 2019 due to his injure.

• Source:Stats updated as of the end of the 2017–18 season. Ages as of the end of the 2018–19 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  ESP Carlos Cordero 27 MF  ESP Pedro Díaz 28 MF  ESP Pablo Fernández 30 GK  CUB Christian Joel 31 MF  ESP Pelayo Morilla

No. Pos. Nation Player 32 DF  ESP Alberto Espeso 33 MF  ESP Garci 34 GK  ESP Javi Benítez 35 MF  ESP José Gragera

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
	DF		Jean-Sylvain Babin	31	Maccabi Tel Aviv	End of loan	Summer	2019	Free
	DF		Rachid	25	Waasland-Beveren	End of loan	Summer	2019	Free
	MF		Nacho Méndez	20	Real Sporting B	Promoted	Summer	2021	Free	[2]
	GK		Dani Martín	19	Real Sporting B	Promoted	Summer	2021	Free	[2]
	DF		Juan Rodríguez	23	Real Sporting B	Promoted	Summer	2020	Free	[2]
	MF		Álvaro Traver	25	Real Sporting B	Promoted	Summer	2021	Free	[2]
	MF		Cristian Salvador	23	Real Sporting B	Promoted	Summer	2021	Free	[2]
	FW		Isma Cerro	22	Real Sporting B	Promoted	Summer	2021	Free	[2]
	MF		André Sousa	27	Belenenses	Loan	Summer	2019	Free	[3]
	DF		Francisco Molinero	32	Getafe	Transfer	Summer	2020	Free	[6]
	DF		André Geraldes	27	Sporting CP[lower-alpha 1]	Loan	Summer	2019	Free	[7]
	MF		Robin Lod	25	Panathinaikos	Transfer	Summer	2020	Free	[8]
	DF		Mathieu Peybernes	27	Lorient[lower-alpha 2]	Loan	Summer	2019	Free
	MF		Isaac Cofie	26	Genoa	Transfer	Summer	2020	Free	[13]
	FW		Nick Blackman	28	Derby County[lower-alpha 3]	Loan	Summer	2019	Free	[15]
	DF		Javi Noblejas	25	Rayo Vallecano[lower-alpha 4]	Transfer	Summer	2019	Free	[17]
	FW		Uroš Đurđević	24	Olympiacos	Transfer	Summer	2022	€2m	[18]
	MF		Álvaro	25	Getafe	Loan	Summer	2019	Free	[19]
	MF		Aitor García	24	Cádiz[lower-alpha 5]	Loan	Winter	2019	Free
	FW		Álex Alegría	26	Real Betis[lower-alpha 6]	Loan	Winter	2019	Free
	FW		Ivi	24	Levante[lower-alpha 7]	Loan	Winter	2019	Free

1. Previously loaned to Belenenses.
2. Previously loaned to Eupen.
3. Previously loaned to Maccabi Tel Aviv.
4. Previously loaned to Córdoba.
5. Previously loaned to Rayo Majadahonda.
6. Previously loaned to Rayo Vallecano.
7. Previously loaned to Valladolid.

Out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
1	GK		Óscar Whalley	24	AGF	End of contract	Summer	Free
4	MF		Álex Bergantiños	33	Deportivo La Coruña	End of loan	Summer	Free
7	FW		Michael Santos	25	Málaga[lower-alpha 1]	End of loan	Summer	Free
11	DF		Alberto Lora	31	Omonia	End of contract	Summer	Free	[1]
14	MF		Rubén García	24	Levante	End of loan	Summer	Free
16	MF		Jony	26	Málaga[lower-alpha 2]	End of loan	Summer	Free
17	DF		Álex López	30	Brisbane Roar	End of contract	Summer	Free
19	FW		Nano	23	Eibar[lower-alpha 3]	End of loan	Summer	Free
20	DF		Juan Sebastián Quintero	23	Deportivo Cali	End of loan	Summer	Free
21	FW		Borja Viguera	31	Numancia	End of contract	Summer	Free
23	DF		Alberto Guitián	27	Valladolid	End of loan	Summer	Free
25	DF		Jordi Calavera	22	Eibar	End of loan	Summer	Free
	MF		Moi Gómez	24	Huesca	Loan	Summer	Free
18	DF		Isma López	28	Omonia	Transfer	Summer	Free	[4]
9	FW		Carlos Castro	23	Mallorca	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	[5]
6	MF		Sergio Álvarez	26	Eibar	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	[9]
5	DF		Federico Barba	24	Chievo Verona	Transfer	Summer	€3m	[14]
7	MF		Rachid	25	Dinamo București	Termination	Summer	Free
29	FW		Neftali Manzambi	21	Córdoba[lower-alpha 4]	Loan	Winter	Free

1. Later loaned to Leganés.
2. Later loaned to Alavés.
3. Later loaned to Tenerife.
4. Previously transferred from Basel.

Technical staff

Position	Staff
Manager	José Alberto
Assistant manager	Iván Hernández
Goalkeeping Coach	Jorge Sariego
Physical trainer	Rubén Biempica
Delegate	Mario Cotelo
Director of Football	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
Rubén Baraja	Sacked	18 November 2018	14th	José Alberto	18 November 2018

Pre-season and friendlies

18 July 2018 Friendly	Lealtad	1–2	Real Sporting	Villaviciosa
19:15	Francesco  11'	Report	Pablo Fernández  19' Gorka  52'	Stadium: Les Caleyes Referee: Gao Aladró

21 July 2018 Friendly	Real Sporting	1–1	Pontevedra	Avilés
12:00	Pablo Pérez  87'	Report	Campillo  78'	Stadium: Román Suárez Puerta Referee: Areces Franco

25 July 2018 Friendly	Sestao River	0–5	Real Sporting	Sestao
19:00		Report	Pablo Pérez  6', 48' Pedro Díaz  85' Pablo Fernández  85' Traver  89'	Stadium: Las Llanas Referee: García Arriola

27 July 2018 Friendly	Real Sporting	2–0	Langreo	Gijón
19:00	André Sousa  37' (pen.) Lod  63'	Report		Stadium: Pepe Ortiz Referee: Alonso Prendes

1 August 2018 Friendly	Cultural Leonesa	0–1	Real Sporting	León
20:00		Report	Nacho Méndez  55'	Stadium: Reino de León Referee: Mallo Fernández

4 August 2018 Friendly	Chaves	0–0	Real Sporting	Chaves
		Report		Stadium: Branco Teixeira Referee: André Santos

8 August 2018 Friendly	Getafe	0–0	Real Sporting	Zamora
19:30		Report		Stadium: Ruta de la Plata Referee: Juan Bustos

10 August 2018 Friendly	Real Sporting B	0–1	Real Sporting	Gijón
11:00	Cristian Salvador  11'	Report		Stadium: Pepe Ortiz Referee: Alonso Prendes

4 October 2018 Friendly	Real Sporting	2–0	Langreo	Gijón
11:00	Traver  7' Morilla  67'	Report		Stadium: Pepe Ortiz Referee: Pelayo Huergo

Competitions

Segunda División

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Cádiz	42	16	16	10	53	36	+17	64
8	Oviedo	42	17	12	13	48	48	0	63
9	Sporting Gijón	42	16	13	13	43	38	+5	61
10	Almería	42	15	15	12	51	39	+12	60
11	Elche	42	13	16	13	49	52	−3	55

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[25]

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	16	13	13	43	38	+5	61	10	6	5	23	17	+6	6	7	8	20	21	−1

Positions by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	D	D	L	D	L	W	W	D	W	D	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	L	D	L	L	W	W
Position	8	4	2	8	7	10	7	9	10	10	10	13	14	14	13	11	12	9	9	11	12	11	11	10	12	12	13	12	12	11	10	10	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	9	9

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

Matches

18 August 2018 1	Alcorcón	1–1	Real Sporting	Alcorcón
20:30	Álvaro Peña  14'  67'	Report	André Sousa  90+3'	Stadium: Santo Domingo Attendance: 2,397 Referee: Figueroa Vázquez

26 August 2018 2	Real Sporting	2–0	Gimnàstic	Gijón
19:00	Đurđević  14' Hernán  24'  71' Álvaro  52' Lod  81'	Report	Abraham  25'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 21,484 Referee: Pérez Pallas

2 September 2018 3	Real Sporting	2–0	Extremadura	Gijón
16:00	Carmona  73' (pen.) Nacho Méndez  87'	Report	Djaló  34'  62' Barrera  34' Chuli  38'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 20,335 Referee: Soto Grado

9 September 2018 4	Deportivo La Coruña	1–0	Real Sporting	A Coruña
20:45	Didier Moreno 30'  83' Carlos Fernández  40' Pablo Marí  90+4'	Report	Cofie  29'  75' Álex Pérez  34' André Sousa  60' Nacho Méndez  64'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 15,961 Referee: Sagués Oscoz

16 September 2018 5	Real Sporting	1–1	Numancia	Gijón
20:30	Babin  13'  42' Cristian  32' Canella  55' Álex Pérez  66' Álvaro  90+2' Molinero  90+3' Nacho Méndez  90+7'	Report	Atienza  38' Fran Villalba  42'  45'  90+2' Diamanka  44' Marc Mateu  84'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 19,011 Referee: Trujillo Suárez

22 September 2018 6	Osasuna	1–0	Real Sporting	Pamplona
16:00	Oier  23' Kike Barja  62' Rubén García  73'	Report	Đurđević  21' Molinero  45' Cristian  69' Nacho Méndez  72'	Stadium: El Sadar Attendance: 13,432 Referee: Díaz de Mera Escuderos

29 September 2018 7	Real Sporting	1–0	Las Palmas	Gijón
18:00	Álvaro  30' Carmona  39' 60'	Report	Timor  5' Blum  31' Ruiz de Galarreta  42' Lemos  59' Cala  87'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 20,490 Referee: Arcediano Monescillo

8 October 2018 8	Rayo Majadahonda	2–1	Real Sporting	Madrid
20:00	Verza  13' Aitor Ruibal  22' Iza  22'  76' Schiappacasse  35' Aitor García  45'  47' Luso  72'Francisco Varela  86'	Report	Sousa  32' Carmona  49'  83' Canella  64'	Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano Attendance: 4,508 Referee: López Toca

13 October 2018 9	Real Sporting	1–1	Reus	Gijón
18:00	Juan Rodríguez  37' Đurđević 45' Nacho Méndez  72' Carmona  90+4' (pen.)	Report	Gus Ledes  29' Guerrero  42' Linares  68' Badía  90+4'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 18,969 Referee: Varón Aceitón

21 October 2018 10	Cádiz	0–0	Real Sporting	Cádiz
20:30	José Mari  90'	Report	Cofie  29' Pablo Pérez  80' Neftali  90'	Stadium: Ramón de Carranza Attendance: 11,735 Referee: Soto Grado

26 October 2018 11	Real Sporting	0–0	Córdoba	Gijón
21:00	Neftali  6' Molinero  53'	Report	Luis Muñoz  90+2'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 16,118 Referee: Iglesias Villanueva

4 November 2018 12	Almería	2–1	Real Sporting	Almería
18:00	Álvaro  36' (pen.) Owona  41' Andoni López  73'  74'	Report	Pablo Pérez  10' Molinero  35' Cristian  90+2'	Stadium: Mediterráneo Attendance: 7,528 Referee: Ais Reig

11 November 2018 13	Real Sporting	2–2	Málaga	Gijón
18:00	Pablo Pérez  17' Cristian  54' Álex Pérez  64' Noblejas  67' Carmona  76' (pen.), 90+4'	Report	Lombán  26' Diego González  56' Blanco Leschuk 65' Juanpi  65' Koné  80' Boulahroud  90'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 18,559 Referee: Sagués Oscoz

17 November 2018 14	Oviedo	2–1	Real Sporting	Oviedo
20:45	Ibra  6' Alanís  14' Berjón  40' Tejera  58' Javi Hernández  88'	Report	Cristian  29' Molinero  51' Hernán  54' Carmona  63' (pen.) Neftali  88'	Stadium: Carlos Tartiere Attendance: 23,175 Referee: Trujillo Suárez

23 November 2018 15	Granada	1–2	Real Sporting	Granada
21:00	Ramos  43'  84' Germán  55' J.A. Martínez  80' Montoro  85' Pozo  90+2' Aguirre  90+4'	Report	Cofie  14'  28' Peybernes  43' Nacho Méndez  83' Pablo Pérez  86' Traver  90+3'	Stadium: Los Cármenes Attendance: 10,076 Referee: Ocón Arraiz

1 December 2018 16	Real Sporting	2–1	Tenerife	Gijón
20:30	Đurđević  35'  67' Cordero  43' Carmona  46' Babin  67'  70'	Report	Jorge Sáenz  24' Acosta  48' Milla  64' Naranjo  72'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 19,035 Referee: Ávalos Barrera

9 December 2018 17	Elche	0–0	Real Sporting	Elche
18:00	Verdú  8' Sory Kaba  33' Borja  40' Neyder  69' Benja 78'Provencio  86'	Report	André Sousa  36' Cristian  67' Blackman 74' Cordero  77'	Stadium: Manuel Martínez Valero Attendance: 10,156 Referee: Pizarro Gómez

15 December 2018 18	Real Sporting	1–0	Mallorca	Gijón
20:00	Carmona  50' Blackman  58' Nacho Méndez  65'	Report	Fran Gámez  33' Sastre  62' Pedraza  82' Raíllo  85'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 18,170 Referee: Moreno Aragón

22 December 2018 19	Lugo	0–0	Real Sporting	Lugo
13:00	Muñiz  26' Herrera  54' Vieira  58' Josete  87'	Report	Nacho Méndez  30' Babin  33'	Stadium: Anxo Carro Attendance: 5,558 Referee: Gallastegui Fernández-Ortega

5 January 2019 20	Real Sporting	1–2	Zaragoza	Gijón
16:00	Đurđević  13' Traver  22' Geraldes  34' Pablo Pérez  90+1'	Report	Álex Muñoz  27' Guti  39' Marc Gual  43' Eguaras  48'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 22,106 Referee: Soto Grado

12 January 2019 21	Albacete	1–1	Real Sporting	Albacete
16:00	Malsa  71' Acuña  83' Zozulya  86'	Report	Đurđević  24' Hernán  64' Canella  90+2'	Stadium: Carlos Belmonte Attendance: 10,686 Referee: Milla Alvendiz

20 January 2019 22	Real Sporting	2–0	Alcorcón	Gijón
16:00	Đurđević  1' Peybernes  25' Lod  46' Cristian  63'	Report	Burgos  31' Casadesús  35' Dorca  41' Felipe	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 17,104 Referee: Trujillo Suárez

27 January 2019 23	Real Sporting	1–2	Deportivo La Coruña	Gijón
18:00	Đurđević  12' Cristian  26' Geraldes  89'	Report	Bergantiños  7' Santos  15' Dani Giménez  19' Duarte  54' Vicente Gómez  80' Carlos Fernández  90'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 20,627 Referee: Pulido Santana

3 February 2019 24	Extremadura	0–3	Real Sporting	Almendralejo
20:00	Nando  36' Perea  58' Pomares  79'	Report	Babin  27' Aitor García  66' Đurđević  83'  88' (90+2) Carmona  80'	Stadium: Francisco de la Hera Attendance: 10,440 Referee: Varón Aceitón

8 February 2019 25	Real Sporting	0–2	Osasuna	Gijón
21:00	Đurđević  74'	Report	Oier  37' David García  58' Roberto Torres  69'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 17,806 Referee: Ais Reig

17 February 2019 26	Las Palmas	1–0	Real Sporting	Las Palmas
20:00	Ruiz de Galarreta  10' Araujo  73' Lemos  86' Mantovani  90+3'	Report	Cristian  10' Hernán  31' Cordero  36' Geraldes  38'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 12,265 Referee: Pérez Pallas

24 February 2019 27	Real Sporting	2–3	Rayo Majadahonda	Gijón
12:00	André Sousa  48'  81' Cordero  58'	Report	Iza  18' Aitor  32', 56' Verdés  38'  52' Luso  67' Basilio  78'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 17,296 Referee: Domínguez Cervantes

3 March 2019 28	Numancia	1–2	Real Sporting	Soria
16:00	Diamanka  32' Escassi  56' Gus Ledes  65' David Rodríguez  86'	Report	Cristian  1'  36' Cofie  22' Álex Alegría  34' Molinero  62' Pablo Pérez  69'	Stadium: Los Pajaritos Attendance: 4,078 Referee: Trujillo Suárez

9 March 2019 29	Real Sporting	1–0	Almería	Gijón
18:00	Cofie  21' Đurđević  25' Álex Alegría  64' Nacho Méndez  90+2'	Report	Juan  25'  90+3'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 17,348 Referee: Arcediano Monescillo

17 March 2019 30	Córdoba	1–2	Real Sporting	Córdoba
16:00	Luis Muñoz  21' Carrillo  30'  84' Miguel Flaño  80' Quintanilla  89'	Report	Álex Pérez  24' Peybernes  38' Nacho Méndez  65' Carmona  81'	Stadium: Nuevo Arcángel Attendance: 10,258 Referee: Ávalos Barrera

24 March 2019 31	Real Sporting	1–0	Oviedo	Gijón
20:45	Cofie  3' Đurđević  29' 72 Bolaño  32' (o.g.) Traver  57' Peybernes  77' Molinero  88'	Report	Saúl Berjón  17' Javi Muñoz  18' Carlos Hernández  63' Mossa  68' Bolaño  71' Tejera  88' Toché  90' Ibra  90+1'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 26,748 Referee: Díaz de Mera Escuderos

29 March 2019 32	Málaga	1–1	Real Sporting	Málaga
21:00	Erik Morán  18' Adrián  19' Alejo  27' Diego González  55'  71' Blanco Leschuk  82' N'Diaye  88'	Report	Đurđević  20' (pen.) Molinero  23' Babin  57' Geraldes  63' Pablo Pérez  66' Lod  80' Traver  84' Álex Alegría  89'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 17,055 Referee: Pizarro Gómez

5 April 2019 33	Tenerife	0–1	Real Sporting	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
21:00	Dos Santos  55' Suso  66' Račić  76' Milla  90+2'	Report	Molinero  33' Đurđević  37'  66' Peybernes  50' Ivi  68'	Stadium: Heliodoro Rodríguez López Attendance: 10,180 Referee: Moreno Aragón

12 April 2019 34	Real Sporting	1–0	Granada	Gijón
21:00	Đurđević  1'  41' Molinero  55' Traver  79' Cofie  87'	Report	Montoro  16' Fede Vico  49' Víctor Díaz  56' Ramos  84'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 20,052 Referee: Sagués Oscoz

20 April 2019 35	Gimnàstic	0–0	Real Sporting	Tarragona
18:00	Mikel  26' Fali  42' Javi Márquez  90+3'	Report	Ivi  51'	Stadium: Nou Estadi Attendance: 2,497 Referee: De la Fuente Ramos

28 April 2019 36	Real Sporting	1–1	Elche	Gijón
16:00	Babin  21'  28'	Report	Dani Calvo  11' Neyder  72' Nino  75' Manuel  77' Javi Flores  90+3'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 19,850 Referee: Figueroa Vázquez

5 May 2019 37	Mallorca	2–1	Real Sporting	Palma de Mallorca
16:00	Budimir  19' Salva Sevilla  48' Raíllo  57' Dani Rodríguez  84' Álex López  90+5'	Report	Đurđević  32'  90+3' Carmona  47'	Stadium: Son Moix Attendance: 11,302 Referee: Díaz de Mera Escuderos

11 May 2019 38	Real Sporting	0–0	Lugo	Gijón
16:00	Cofie  31' Nacho Méndez  42' Molinero  45' Pablo Pérez  49'	Report	Vieira  36' Herrera  56' Aburjania  58' Luis Ruiz  78' Gerard  88'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 16,206 Referee: Milla Alvéndiz

17 May 2019 39	Zaragoza	4–2	Real Sporting	Zaragoza
21:00	Pombo  36' Álvaro  39', 70' Papunashvili  66' Gual  90+1'	Report	Lod  8', 47' Babin  34'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 17,059 Referee: Ais Reig

25 May 2019 40	Real Sporting	0–2	Albacete	Gijón
18:00	Nacho Méndez  8' Pedro Díaz  27' Molinero  34' Peybernes  40'  41' Cristian  55'	Report	Eugeni  43' (pen.) Acuña  58' Arroyo  72' Febas  77' Malsa  90+2'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 10,906 Referee: Milla Alvéndiz

41	Reus	0–1	Real Sporting	Reus
		Report		Stadium: Municipal
Note: Match awarded after the disqualification of Reus.

8 June 2019 42	Real Sporting	1–0	Cádiz	Gijón
20:30	Nacho Méndez  13' Đurđević  71' Pablo Pérez  74' Cristian  76'	Report		Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 8,600 Referee: Ocón Arraiz

Copa del Rey

Matches

13 September 2018 Second round	Numancia	1–2	Real Sporting	Soria
20:00	Marcos Isla  52'	Report	Higinio  28' (o.g.) Morilla  31'	Stadium: Los Pajaritos Attendance: 2,853 Referee: Ocón Arraiz

18 October 2018 Third round	Rayo Majadahonda	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Real Sporting	Madrid
20:00	Galán  17' Morillas  38' Benito  53' Aitor Ruibal  90'	Report	Neftali  23' Hernán  34' Geraldes  99' Peybernes  109'	Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano Attendance: 2,156 Referee: Pérez Pallas
	Penalties
	Galán Enzo Fede Varela Jeisson Iza Schiappacasse		Pedro Díaz Javi Noblejas Isma Cerro Morilla Neftali Nacho Méndez

1 November 2018 Round of 32 First leg	Real Sporting	2–0	Eibar	Gijón
12:00	Đurđević  54' Traver  58' Neftali  86' Álvaro  90+1'	Report	Arbilla  89' Pere Milla  90+1'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 12,902 Referee: Jaime Latre

6 December 2018 Round of 32 Second leg	Eibar	2–2 (2–4 agg.)	Real Sporting	Eibar
18:30 CET	Jordán  16' Cucurella  53'  85' Charles  87'	Report	Álvaro  13' Espeso  35' Pablo Pérez  39'	Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 4,970 Referee: José Luis González González

8 January 2019 Round of 16 First leg	Real Sporting	2–1	Valencia	Gijón
21:30	Álvaro  32' Noblejas  34' Blackman  79'	Report	Ruben Vezo  36' Parejo  45'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 9,870 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

15 January 2019 Round of 16 Second leg	Valencia	3–0	Real Sporting	Valencia
21:30	Wass  21' Diakhaby  41' Coquelin  42' Santi Mina  65', 76' Ferran  90'	Report	Blackman  18' Noblejas  51' Đurđević  79'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 33,149 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Dani Martín	9	0	3+1	0	5+0	0
2	DF		Francisco Molinero	31	0	27+0	0	4+0	0
3	DF		Javi Noblejas	5	1	1+0	0	4+0	1
4	DF		Juan Rodríguez	8	0	2+0	0	6+0	0
5	MF		Isaac Cofie	29	1	23+2	1	4+0	0
6	DF		Jean-Sylvain Babin	36	3	34+0	3	2+0	0
7	MF		Aitor García	11	1	11+0	1	0+0	0
8	MF		Hernán Santana	19	1	11+4	1	4+0	0
9	FW		Nick Blackman	15	2	3+9	1	2+1	1
10	MF		Carlos Carmona	35	7	30+5	7	0+0	0
11	FW		Ivi	7	0	2+5	0	0+0	0
11	FW		Isma Cerro	4	0	2+0	0	1+1	0
12	MF		Álvaro	24	2	12+8	1	3+1	1
13	GK		Diego Mariño	38	0	37+0	0	1+0	0
14	MF		Nacho Méndez	36	2	24+7	2	2+3	0
15	DF		Roberto Canella	20	0	16+2	0	2+0	0
16	MF		André Sousa	24	2	16+6	2	1+1	0
17	MF		Robin Lod	25	4	14+9	4	2+0	0
18	DF		André Geraldes	35	0	30+3	0	2+0	0
19	DF		Mathieu Peybernes	29	1	26+0	1	3+0	0
20	MF		Cristian Salvador	33	1	21+9	1	3+0	0
21	MF		Álvaro Traver	29	1	16+9	1	2+2	0
22	MF		Pablo Pérez	30	2	6+18	1	5+1	1
23	FW		Uroš Đurđević	40	12	36+2	11	1+1	1
24	DF		Álex Pérez	22	0	20+1	0	1+0	0
25	FW		Álex Alegría	16	3	13+3	3	0+0	0
26	DF		Carlos Cordero	13	0	8+4	0	1+0	0
27	MF		Pedro Díaz	8	0	2+1	0	1+4	0
28	MF		Pablo Fernández	2	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
30	GK		Christian Joel	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
31	MF		Pelayo Morilla	5	1	1+2	0	1+1	1
32	DF		Alberto Espeso	1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
35	MF		José Gragera	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
Players who have left the club after the start of the season:
29	FW		Neftali Manzambi	15	2	2+10	0	2+1	2

• Source: BDFútbol

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name	Segunda			Copa del Rey			Total			Notes
22	MF		Pablo Pérez	7		1				7		1	6 times captain
5	MF		Isaac Cofie	8	1					8	1
19	DF		Mathieu Peybernes	5	1		1			6	1
2	DF		Francisco Molinero	12						12
20	MF		Cristian Salvador	12						12
23	FW		Uroš Đurđević	11			1			12
14	MF		Nacho Méndez	11						11
6	DF		Jean-Sylvain Babin	8						8			2 times captain
10	MF		Carlos Carmona	6						6			17 times captain
8	MF		Hernán Santana	4			1			5
18	DF		André Geraldes	4			1			5
21	MF		Álvaro Traver	4			1			5
12	MF		Álvaro	2			2			4
16	MF		André Sousa	4						4
24	DF		Álex Pérez	4						4
26	DF		Carlos Cordero	4						4
15	DF		Roberto Canella	3						3			18 times captain
3	DF		Javi Noblejas	1			1			2
11	FW		Ivi	2						2
27	MF		Pedro Díaz	1			1			2
4	DF		Juan Rodríguez	1						1
9	FW		Nick Blackman				1			1
17	MF		Robin Lod	1						1
25	FW		Álex Alegría	1						1
32	MF		Alberto Espeso				1			1
1	GK		Dani Martín
7	MF		Aitor García
11	FW		Isma Cerro
13	GK		Diego Mariño										3 times captain
31	MF		Pelayo Morilla
Players who have left the club after the start of the season:
29	FW		Neftali Manzambi	3						3

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.

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External links

• Official website