Sporting de Gijón is a football club from Gijón, Spain. They have finished runner-up in La Liga one occasion, and were beaten finalists in the Copa del Rey on two occasions. Real Sporting also won the Segunda División five times.

Honours National titles La Liga Runners-up: 1978–79Spain - Final Table 1978-79 Copa del Rey: Runners-up: 1981,Spain - Cup 1981 1982Spain - Cup 1982 Segunda División: (5) 1943–44, 1950–51, 1956–57, 1969–70, 1976–77 Runners-up: 1929–30, 2014–15

Regional titles Asturian Championship:Spain - List of champions of Asturias 1916–17, 1917–18, 1918–19, 1919–20, 1920–21, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1939–40

Friendly tournaments Ramón de Carranza Trophy:Trofeo Ramón de Carranza (Cádiz, Spain) 1955-2008 1984 Trofeo Villa de Gijón:Trofeo Villa de Gijón (Gijón, Spain) 1963-2008 1996, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2014, 2015, 2016 Trofeo Costa Verde:Trofeo Costa Verde (Gijón, Spain) 1962-1992 1967-2005 1962, 1963, 1965, 1970, 1972, 1975–1979, 1984–1986, 1988–1992 Trofeo Principado:Trofeo Principado de Asturias (Oviedo/Gijón, Spain) 1988-2007) 1967-2005 1988, 1991, 1993, 1994, 2006 Trofeo Ciudad de Pamplona:Trofeo Ciudad de Pamplona - Reino de Navarra (Pamplona, Spain) 1967-2008 1979 Torneo Ciudad de León:Torneo Ciudad de León (León, Spain) 1974-1998 1997 Trofeo Presidente - Ciudad de Oviedo:Trofeo Presidente - Ciudad de Oviedo (Oviedo, Spain) 1976-1996 1980, 1986 Trofeo Ciudad del Cid:Trofeo Ciudad del Cid (Burgos, Spain) 1977-1981 1981 Trofeo Ibérico:Trofeo Ibérico (Badajoz, Spain) 1967-2005 1972, 1979 Trofeo Conde de Fontao:Trofeo Conde de Fontao (Foz, Spain)) 1969-1991 1969-1971, 1974, 1977, 1989 Trofeo Emma Cuervo:Trofeo Emma Cuervo (Ribadeo, Spain) 1952-2008 1957, 1960, 1963, 1967, 1972, 2007, 2012 Trofeo Ramón Losada:Trofeo Ramón Losada (Luarca, Spain) 1997-2008 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010 Trofeo Concepción Arenal:Trofeo Concepción Arenal (Ferrol, Spain) 1953-2008 1970, 1971 Trofeo Luis Otero:Trofeo Luís Otero (Pontevedra, Spain) 1959-2008 2003, 2008

Youth football Copa de Campeones: 2004 Runners-up: 2005, 2018 División de Honor Juvenil de Fútbol (group): (4) 2003–04, 2004–05, 2011–12, 2017–18 Copa del Rey Juvenil de Fútbol: Runners-up: 2005 Under-16 Spanish Championship: 2000 Under-10 Spanish Championship: 2010, 2012, 2018, 2019

Individual honours Pichichi Trophy In Spanish football, the Pichichi Trophy is awarded by Spanish sports newspaper 'Marca' to the top goalscorer for each league season.

Primera División SeasonPlayerCountryGoals1973–74 Quini 201975–76 Quini 181979–80 Quini 24

Segunda División SeasonPlayerCountryGoals1956–57 Ricardo 461966–67 Solabarrieta 241969–70 Quini 241976–77 Quini 27

Zamora Trophy In Spanish football, the Zamora Trophy is awarded by Spanish sports newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper who has the lowest "goals-to-games" ratio for each league season.

Primera División Season Player Nationality 1984–85 Ablanedo II 33220.66 1985–86 Ablanedo II 34270.79 1989–90 Ablanedo II 31250.80

Segunda División Season Player Nationality 2005–06 Roberto 38310.82 2014–15 Cuéllar 36210.58

Segunda División Player of the Month

Month PlayerSep 2013 Stefan ŠćepovićPremios Liga BBVA y Liga Adelante a los mejores del mes; LFP.es, 22 October 2013 Mar 2018 JonySep 2020 Uroš Đurđević

Segunda División Manager of the Month

Month PlayerSep 2014 AbelardoPremios BBVA a los mejores de septiembre; LFP.es 6 October 2014

Players

Appearances Youngest first-team player (in national competition): Eloy Olaya at (0–4 win v Turón, Copa del Rey, 28 November 1979) Youngest La Liga players1: Emilio Blanco: (1–1 v Athletic Bilbao, La Liga, 31 October 1982) Juan Muñiz: (0–2 loss v Racing Santander, La Liga, 16 May 2010) Sergio Álvarez: (0–2 loss v Racing Santander, La Liga, 16 May 2010) Oldest La Liga player: Molinucu at (3–5 loss v Racing Santander, La Liga, 26 April 1954)

(1) Not considering players from youth ranks called up during the footballers' strikes of 1981 and 1984.

Most appearances in La Liga NameLa Liga seasonsYearsMinutesGoals Joaquín Alonso 1977–92 15 479 41,736 65 Manolo Jiménez 1979–91 12 420 37,479 8 Juan Carlos Ablanedo 1982–98 16 399 35,447 0 Quini 1970–76 / 1977–80 / 1984–87 12 348 28,024 165 Jesús Castro 1970–76 / 1977–8414 315 28,314 0 Manuel Mesa 1975–76 / 1977–87 11 311 24,943 34 Cundi 1974–76 / 1977–89 16 310 25,656 9 Ciriaco 1971–76 / 1977–83 11 264 20,937 24 José Antonio Redondo 1972–76 / 1977–85 12 242 20,214 3 Enzo Ferrero 1975–76 / 1977–85 9 239 20,005 53 SourceBDFútbol

Top goalscorers in La Liga As of August 2010

NameLa Liga SeasonsYearsGoals Quini 1970–76 / 1977–80 / 1984–87 12 28,024 165 169.8 Joaquín Alonso 1977–92 15 41,736 65 642.1 Enzo Ferrero 1975–76 / 1977–85 9 20,085 54 371.9 Pío Alonso 1944–48 4 6,840 44 155.5 José Luis Ortiz 1951–54 / 1957–59 5 10,620 40 265.5 Abel 1977–84 7 12,766 40 319.2 Eloy Olaya 1982–88 / 1995–97 8 17,819 39 456.9 José Ignacio Churruca 1970–76 6 16.676 37 450.8 Francisco Sánchez 1945–48 / 1951–54 / 1957–59 8 14,709 35 420.3 Manuel Mesa 1975–76 / 1977–87 11 24,866 34 731,4 Source

Player of the season

The following players have been awarded 'El Molinón de Plata' since its creation in 1967, given to the best player of the season by the Federation of Sporting Gijón Supporters Clubs:

 SeasonLevelPlayerAppsMinutesGoals1966–19672 Miguel Alonso24216011967–19682 Alberto25225021968–19692 Florín33297001969–19701 Antonio Puente38333021970–19711 Jesús Castro2522500 Carlos García Cuervo545001971–19721 José Ignacio Churruca33281581972–19731 Jesús Castro 32287301973–19741 Quini343013201974–19751 José Manuel32288001975–19761 Alfonso Fanjul31261601976–19772 Jesús Castro 38342001977–19781 Enzo Ferrero34295181978–19791 Quini 332879231979–19801 Francisco Javier Uría33291701980–19811 Cundi33280151981–19821 José Antonio Redondo33288901982–19831 Antonio Maceda30270051983–19841 Antonio Maceda 30268251984–19851 Ablanedo II33291401985–19861 Joaquín Alonso34305581986–19871 Manuel Jiménez43387011987–19881 Joaquín Alonso 383420151988–19891 Manuel Jiménez 37333011989–19901 Ablanedo II 31276201990–19911 Ablanedo II 32288001991–19921 Emilio Isierte38342001992–19931 Abelardo37327231993–19941 Abelardo 36320951994–19951 Ablanedo II 34300301995–19961 Ablanedo II 36313201996–19971 Ablanedo II 40355501997–19981 The supporters*1998–19992 José Manuel24187011999–20002 Yago32258402000–20012 Pablo Amo36309832001–20022 David Villa403129182002–20032 Dani Borreguero36322822003–20042 Samuel38307402004–20052 Irurzun382863132005–20062 Roberto38342002006–20072 Edwin Congo342690112007–20082 Kike Mateo342706122008–20091 Diego Castro32261862009–20101 Alberto Rivera34306012010–20111 Alberto Lora36317252011–20121 Juan Pablo37333002012–20132 Iván Cuéllar23193902013–20142 Sergio Álvarez29249422014–20152 Bernardo41369012015–20161 Jorge Meré25217202017–20182 Diego Mariño43387002018–20192 Diego Mariño 37330802019–20202 Diego Mariño 42378002020–20212 Uroš Đurđević39344222 Đurđević (*) Following the disastrous 1997–98 campaign, the prize was not given to any player.

Team statistics

In La Liga

Seasons: 42 Position in All-time La Liga table: 15th OverallHomeAway 1,458 47189 358 629 1,753 2,152 1,389 35863 177 194 1,138 792 11326 181 435 615 1,360

Records Highest final position: 2nd (1978–79) Lowest final position: 20th (1997–98) Most points in a season: 50 (1996–97) Fewest points in a season: 13 (1997–98) Most consecutive seasons in La Liga: 21 (from 1977–78 to 1997–98) Few consecutive seasons in La Liga: 2 (from 1957–58 to 1958–59 and from 2015–16 to 2016–17) Record home win: 7–1 vs Osasuna (1993–94, round 19, 16 January 1994) Record away win: 0–4 at Barcelona (1986–87, round 29, 28 February 1987) and at Mallorca (2010–11, round 21, 29 January 2011) Record home loss: 2–7 vs Atlético Madrid (1947–48, round 26, 11 April 1948) and 1–6 vs Barcelona (2008–09, round 3, 21 September 2008) Record away loss: 9–0 at Barcelona (1951–52, round 22, 10 February 1952) and at Athletic Bilbao (1958–59, round 15, 28 December 1958)

Games First game: 0–0 v Español (1944–45, round 1, 24 September 1944) 500th game: 0–0 at Las Palmas (1978–79, round 12, 2 February 1978) 1,000th game: 2–1 at Real Burgos (1992–93, round 6, 7 October 1992) Last game: 2–2 v Real Betis (2016–17, round 38, 20 May 2017)

Goals First goal: Gundemaro (3–3 v Deportivo, 1944–45, round 2, 1 October 1944) 100th goal: Dindurra (1–4 v Sevilla, 1946–47, round 11) 500th goal: Megido (2–2 at Real Madrid, 1973–74, round 17) 1,000th goal: Jaime (4–1 v Murcia, 1986–87, round 5) 1,500th goal: Rodrigão (2–1 v Racing Santander, 1997–98, round 24) Last goal: Carlos Carmona (2–2 v Real Betis, 2016–17, round 38) Youngest goalscorer: Eloy at (2–1 v Osasuna, 1983–84, 30 October 1983) Oldest goalscorer: Quini at (1–1 v Real Zaragoza, 1986–87, 1 February 1987)

Streaks Winning: 7 (1979–80, round 1 to 7) Winning at home: 12 (1977–78, round 29 to 1978–79, round 17) Winning away: 3 (three times) Unbeaten: 14 (1981–82, round 34 to 1982–83, round 13) Unbeaten at home: 27 (1977–78, round 8 to 1978–79, round 25) Unbeaten away: 9 (1984–85, round 11 to 29) Scoring: 18 (1946–47, round 8 to 25) Scoring at home: 26 (1946–47, round 2 to 1947–48, round 26) Scoring away: 13 (1991–92, round 32 to 1992–93, round 17) Without goals against: 7 (1991–92, round 6 to 12) Without goals against at home: 9 (1984–85, round 22 to 1985–86, round 6) Without goals against away: 4 (two times) Draws streak: 6 (1982–83, round 5 to 10) Draws streak at home: 4 (1991–92, round 37 to 1992–93, round 5) Draws streak away: 4 (1982–83, round 6 to 12) Games without winning: 24 (1996–97, round 42 to 1997–98, round 23) Games without winning at home: 11 (1997–98, round 2 to 22) Games without winning away: 34 (1974–75, round 4 to 1977–78, round 1) Losing: 10 (1953–54, round 13 to 22) Losing at home: 7 (1997–98, round 2 to 14) Losing away: 12 (1953–54, round 8 to 29) Without scoring: 5 (three times) Without scoring at home: 4 (1989–90, round 28 to 34) Without scoring away: 8 (1995–96, round 7 to 21) With goals against: 29 (1997–98, round 1 to 29) With goals against at home: 18 (1947–48, round 9 to 1951–52, round 16) With goals against away: 27 (1947–48, round 22 to 1952–53, round 20)

In Segunda División

Seasons: 46 Overall 1,424 657251 344 423 2,412 1,736 1,909

Records Highest final position: 1st (1941–42, 1942–43, 1943–44, 1950–51, 1956–57, 1969–70, 1976–77) Lowest final position: 13th (1960–61, 1961–62, 2006–07) Most consecutive seasons in Segunda División: 13 (from 1929 to 1943–44) Few consecutive seasons in Segunda División: 1 (1976–77) Record win: 11–0 vs Lleida (1956–57) Record away win: 2–7 at Ilicitano (1969–70) Record home loss: 0–6 vs Oviedo (1955–56) Record away loss: 6–0 at Alavés (1929), at Osasuna (1933–34) and at Racing Santander (1962–63)

In Copa del Rey Participations: 87 (first in 1917) Best performance: Runner-up (1980–81 and 1981–82) Times semifinalist: 9 Last one: 1994–95 v Deportivo Times quarterfinalist: 16 (5 as Segunda División team) Last one: 2008–09 v Athletic First game: 0–1 v Arenas Getxo (1917, first leg of the quarterfinals, 11 March 1917)

In UEFA Cup

Participations: 6 Best performance: Round of 32 (1978–79 and 1991–92) OverallHomeAway 16 4 4 8 13 18 4 2 2 11 6 0 2 6 2 12 Top goalscorers: Enzo Ferrero (3) Milan Luhový and Enrique Morán (2)

Records Record home win: 3–0 v Torino (1978–79, first leg of the Round of 64, 13 September 1978) Record home loss: 1–2 v Köln (1985–86, second leg of the Round of 64) and 0–1 v Crvena Zvezda (1978–79, first leg of the Round of 32) Record away loss: 3–0 at Milan (1987–88, second leg of the Round of 64, 30 September 1987)

Goals First goal: Ferrero (3–0 v Torino, UEFA Cup, first leg of the Round of 64, 13 September 1978)

Penalty shootouts By competition Competition Copa del Rey 10 5 5UEFA Cup 1 1 0Total 11 6 5

Complete list

Key = scored penalty = scored penalty which ended the shoot-out = missed penalty