2016–17 Sporting de Gijón season

The 2016–17 season was Sporting de Gijón's 111th season in existence and the club's 42nd season in the top flight of Spanish football. It covered a period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Real Sporting

2016–17 season
President	Javier Fernández
Manager	Rubi
Stadium	El Molinón
La Liga	18th
Copa del Rey	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: All: Duje Čop (9 goals)
Highest home attendance	25,899 Real Sporting 0–5 Barcelona (24 September 2016)
Lowest home attendance	15,365 Real Sporting 2–2 Real Betis (20 May 2017)
Average home league attendance	22,594
Home colours Away colours
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Season overview

Despite earning seven points in the first three games, a streak of five losses dropped Real Sporting to the relegation positions. The club was unable to leave them during the rest of the season and finally was relegated to Segunda División despite winning 1–0 at Ipurua.

Players

Current squad

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Iván Cuéllar (vice-captain)	33	2008	133	0	2019	Free
2	DF		Douglas	26	2016	0	0	2017	Loan
3	DF		Jean-Sylvain Babin	30	2016	0	0	2019	Free	Played internationally with Martinique
4	DF		Jorge Meré	20	2015	31	0	2020	Youth system
5	DF		Fernando Amorebieta	32	2016	0	0	2020	Undisclosed	Second nationality: Spain
6	MF		Sergio Álvarez	25	2013	82	5	2021	Youth system
7	MF		Víctor Rodríguez	27	2016	0	0	2020	Youth system
8	FW		Lacina Traoré	26	2017	0	0	2017	Loan
9	FW		Carlos Castro	22	2014	30	9	2018	Youth system
10	MF		Nacho Cases	29	2011	133	7	2018	Youth system
11	DF		Alberto Lora (captain)	30	2007	209	8	2018	Youth system
12	DF		Elderson Echiéjilé	29	2017	0	0	2017	Loan
13	GK		Diego Mariño	27	2016	0	0	2020	Undisclosed
14	MF		Burgui	23	2016	0	0	2017	Loan
15	FW		Roberto Canella	29	2008	225	6	2019	Youth system
16	DF		Lillo	28	2016	0	0	2018	Free
17	FW		Akram Afif	20	2016	0	0	2017	Loan
18	DF		Isma López	27	2013	44	6	2019	Free
19	MF		Carlos Carmona	29	2012	103	13	2019	Free
20	MF		Dani Ndi	21	2015	27	2	2018	Youth system
21	MF		Xavi Torres	30	2016	0	0	2017	Free	Played two games with number 25
22	MF		Mikel Vesga	24	2017	0	0	2017	Loan
23	MF		Moi Gómez	23	2016	0	0	2020	Free
24	FW		Duje Čop	27	2016	0	0	2017	Loan
25	FW		Borja Viguera	30	2016	0	0	2018	Free
30	GK		Óscar Whalley	23	2016	0	0	2018	Free

• Last updated: 31 January 2017
• Source: Ages as of 30 June 2017. Stats updated as of the end of the 2015–16 season. Only league and playoff games included.
• Ordered by squad number.

From the reserve team

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 26 FW  ESP Pablo Fernández 29 DF  ESP Juan Rodríguez 31 FW  ESP Rubén 33 MF  ESP Cristian

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
7	MF		Víctor Rodríguez	26	Getafe[N 1]	Free	Summer	2020	Free
13	GK		Diego Mariño	26	Levante	Free	Summer	2020	Undisclosed	[1]
16	DF		Lillo	27	Eibar	Free	Summer	2019	Free	[2]
23	MF		Moi Gómez	22	Getafe[N 2]	Free	Summer	2020	Free	[3]
14	MF		Burgui	22	Espanyol[N 3]	Loan	Summer	2017	Free
5	DF		Fernando Amorebieta	31	Fulham	Transfer	Summer	2019	Undisclosed	[4]
20	FW		Duje Čop	26	Cagliari	Loan	Summer	2017	Free	[5]
3	DF		Jean-Sylvain Babin	29	Granada	Transfer	Summer	2019	Free	[6]
17	MF		Akram Afif	19	Villarreal[N 4]	Loan	Summer	2017	Free	[6]
30	GK		Óscar Whalley	22	Zaragoza	Transfer	Summer	2018	Free
21	MF		Xavi Torres	29	Real Betis	Transfer	Summer	2017	Free	[7]
2	DF		Douglas	26	Barcelona	Loan	Summer	2017	Free	[8]
25	FW		Borja Viguera	29	Athletic Bilbao	Transfer	Summer	2018	Free	[9]
22	MF		Mikel Vesga	23	Athletic Bilbao	Loan	Winter	2017	Free
8	FW		Lacina Traoré	26	Monaco [N 5]	Loan	Winter	2017	Free	[10]
12	DF		Elderson Echiéjilé	29	Monaco [N 6]	Loan	Winter	2017	Free	[11]

Out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
2	DF		Luis Hernández	27	Leicester City	End of contract	Summer	Free	[12]
23	MF		Jony	24	Málaga	End of contract	Summer	Free	[13]
17	MF		Omar Mascarell	23	Eintracht Frankfurt	Loan return[N 7]	Summer	Free
20	FW		Antonio Sanabria	19	Betis	Loan return[N 8]	Summer	Free
25	MF		Alen Halilović	20	Hamburger SV	Loan return[N 9]	Summer	Free	[14]
4	DF		Igor Lichnovsky	21	Valladolid	Loan return[N 10]	Summer	Free
3	DF		Álex Menéndez	24	Girona	End of contract	Summer	Free	[15]
8	MF		Álex Barrera	25	Zaragoza	End of contract	Summer	Free	[16]
9	FW		Miguel Ángel Guerrero	25	Leganés	End of contract	Summer	Free	[17]
5	DF		Bernardo	26	Middlesbrough	End of contract	Summer	Free	[18]
13	GK		Alberto	31	Getafe	Contract terminated	Summer	Free
21	DF		Ognjen Vranješ	26	Tom Tomsk	Mutual consent	Summer	Free
22	MF		Pablo Pérez	23	Alcorcón	Loan	Summer	Free
8	DF		Rachid Aït-Atmane	23	Tenerife	Loan	Winter	Free	[19]

Technical staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Rubi (replaced Abelardo Fernández)
Assistant Manager	Jaume Torras (replaced Iñaki Tejada)
Goalkeeping Coach	Diego Tuero (replaced Isidro Fernández)
Physical Fitness Coach	Xabi Gil (replaced Gerardo Ruiz)
Director of Football	Nicolás Rodríguez
Delegate	Mario Cotelo
Academy Director	José María M. Acebal

Source: Sporting de Gijón Official Website

Managerial changes

Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Abelardo Fernández	Mutual consent	17 January 2017[20]	18th	Rubi	17 January 2017

Pre-season and friendlies

Fafe v Real Sporting

19 July 2016 Friendly	Fafe	1–1	Real Sporting	Arcos de Valdevez, Portugal
19:30	Materazzi 81'	Report	Víctor Rodríguez 7'	Stadium: Municipal da Coutada Referee: Bruno Nunes

Feirense v Real Sporting

22 July 2016 Recontro de Valdevez	Feirense	2–0	Real Sporting	Arcos de Valdevez, Portugal
19:00	Fabinho 62' (pen.) Platiny 82' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Municipal da Coutada Attendance: 237 Referee: Bruno Nunes

Rio Ave v Real Sporting

23 July 2016 Friendly	Rio Ave	1–0	Real Sporting	Vila do Conde, Portugal
18:30	Yazalde 34'	Report		Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Armando Mendes

Athletic Bilbao v Real Sporting

27 July 2016 Friendly	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	Real Sporting	Leioa
18:30	Williams 79'	Report	Burgui 9' (pen.)	Stadium: Sarriena Attendance: 2,400 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

Racing Santander v Real Sporting

30 July 2016 Memorial M. Preciado	Racing Santander	0–2 (1–3 p)	Real Sporting	Santander
19:00		Report	Carmona 15' Álvaro Bustos 38'	Stadium: El Sardinero Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Fuente Martín
	Penalties
	Granero Óscar Fernández		Carmona Isma López Moi Gómez
Note: 45-minute game.

Real Sporting v Alavés

30 July 2016 Memorial M. Preciado	Real Sporting	0–1	Alavés	Santander
21:10		Report	Manu García 44' (pen.)	Stadium: El Sardinero Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Fuente Martín
Note: 45-minute game.

Lugo v Real Sporting

3 August 2016 Friendly	Lugo	3–0	Real Sporting	Lugo
20:00	Yelko 21' Joselu 36', 79'	Report		Stadium: Anxo Carro Referee: Eiriz Mata

Nancy v Real Sporting

6 August 2016 Friendly	Nancy	0–0	Real Sporting	Tomblaine, France
18:00		Report		Stadium: Marcel Picot Attendance: 2,573 Referee: Benoît Bastien

Real Sporting v Deportivo La Coruña

13 August 2016 Villa de Gijón	Real Sporting	1–1 (4–2 p)	Deportivo La Coruña	Gijón
20:30	Čop 18'	Report	Bruno Gama 80'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 13,500 Referee: González González
	Penalties
	Isma López Moi Gómez Carmona Pablo Pérez		Andone Guilherme Emre Bruno Gama

Real Sporting v Eibar

1 September 2016 Friendly	Real Sporting	1–1	Eibar	Barreda
19:00	Viguera 77'	Report	Adrián 82'	Stadium: Solvay Attendance: 700 Referee: Cordero Vega

Real Sporting v Real Sociedad

6 October 2016 Friendly	Real Sporting	2–1	Real Sociedad	Torrelavega
18:00	Moi Gómez 26' Viguera 53'	Report	Willian José 90'	Stadium: El Malecón Attendance: 800 Referee: Pardeiro Puente

Real Sporting v Alavés

9 November 2016 Friendly	Real Sporting	0–2	Alavés	Avilés
19:00		Report	Deyverson 20' Espinoza 55'	Stadium: Román Suárez Puerta Referee: Areces Franco

Competitions

La Liga

Round 7 game against Deportivo de La Coruña.

Main article: 2016–17 La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Deportivo La Coruña	38	8	12	18	43	61	−18	36
17	Leganés	38	8	11	19	36	55	−19	35
18	Sporting Gijón (R)	38	7	10	21	42	72	−30	31	Relegation to Segunda División
19	Osasuna (R)	38	4	10	24	40	94	−54	22
20	Granada (R)	38	4	8	26	30	82	−52	20

Source: La Liga, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points; 7) Play-off.^[21]
(R) Relegated

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
38	7	10	21	42	72	−30	31	5	4	10	26	38	−12	2	6	11	16	34	−18

Results 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
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	L	D	D	L	W	W	D
Position	6	6	3	8	11	14	16	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

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

Matches

Real Sporting v Athletic Bilbao

21 August 2016 1	Real Sporting	2–1	Athletic Bilbao	Gijón
18:15	Isma López  15' 61' Amorebieta  45' Čop 50' Víctor Rodríguez 53' Cuéllar  89'	Report	Laporte  59' Eneko Bóveda  60' Muniain  75' Viguera 86'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 24,833 Referee: Clos Gómez

Alavés v Real Sporting

28 August 2016 2	Alavés	0–0	Real Sporting	Vitoria-Gasteiz
18:15	Deyverson  27'	Report	Moi Gómez  66'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 14,030 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

Real Sporting v Leganés

11 September 2016 3	Real Sporting	2–1	Leganés	Gijón
12:00	Cases 17' Čop 43' (pen.)	Report	Diego Rico 58'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 22,364 Referee: Vicandi Garrido

Atlético Madrid v Real Sporting

17 September 2016 4	Atlético Madrid	5–0	Real Sporting	Madrid
16:15	Griezmann 2', 31' Gameiro 5' Torres 72', 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Amorebieta  16' Lillo  90'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 45,700 Referee: Ocón Arraiz

Celta v Real Sporting

21 September 2016 5	Celta	2–1	Real Sporting	Vigo
20:00	Hugo Mallo 66' Radoja  77' Roncaglia  79' Iago Aspas 87' (pen.)	Report	Amorebieta  33' Viguera  67' Čop 80' (pen.) Cases  86'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 14,999 Referee: Melero López

Real Sporting v Barcelona

24 September 2016 6	Real Sporting	0–5	Barcelona	Gijón
16:15	Lora  9'  74' Amorebieta  86'	Report	Suárez 29' Rafinha 32' Neymar 81' (88) Arda Turan 85'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 25,899 Referee: Del Cerro Grande

Deportivo La Coruña v Real Sporting

1 October 2016 7	Deportivo La Coruña	2–1	Real Sporting	A Coruña
20:45	Borges 35' Babel 90+2'	Report	Sergio Álvarez  43' 65' Moi Gómez  54' Meré  59' Isma López  85'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 23,957 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

Real Sporting v Valencia

16 October 2016 8	Real Sporting	1–2	Valencia	Gijón
18:30	Aït-Atmane  23' Castro 41' Čop  45+1' Meré  64' Burgui  76' Amorebieta  90'	Report	Suárez 7', 65' Bakkali  80'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 23,915 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

Granada v Real Sporting

22 October 2016 9	Granada	0–0	Real Sporting	Granada
20:45	Angban  71' Uche  75' Kravets  90' Cuenca  90+2'	Report	Sergio Álvarez  80'	Stadium: Los Cármenes Attendance: 14,622 Referee: Vicandi Garrido

Real Sporting v Sevilla

29 October 2016 10	Real Sporting	1–1	Sevilla	Gijón
13:00	Isma López  6' Moi Gómez 20'  26' Cuéllar  23' Čop  24' Cases  71' Amorebieta  83'	Report	Vietto 4' Mercado  23' Carriço  90+1'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 22,803 Referee: Iglesias Villanueva

Málaga v Real Sporting

4 November 2016 11	Málaga	3–2	Real Sporting	Málaga
20:45	Chory Castro  42' Pablo Fornals 45+2'  90+4' Villanueva  48' Michael Santos  52' 78' Sandro 65' Camacho  74'	Report	Lillo  11'  71' Viguera 13' Amorebieta  28' Isma López  35' Sergio Álvarez  40' Čop 49'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 20,558 Referee: Gil Manzano

Real Sporting v Real Sociedad

20 November 2016 12	Real Sporting	1–3	Real Sociedad	Gijón
18:30	Čop 28' Xavi Torres  77'	Report	Xabi Prieto 19' Zurutuza 51' Iñigo Martínez 56' Willian José  86'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 23,059 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

Real Madrid v Real Sporting

26 November 2016 13	Real Madrid	2–1	Real Sporting	Madrid
16:15	Ronaldo 5' (pen.), 18' Nacho  77'	Report	Carmona 35'  66' Amorebieta  40' Rachid  61' Čop 78'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 67,118 Referee: Hernández Hernández

Real Sporting v Osasuna

4 December 2016 14	Real Sporting	3–1	Osasuna	Gijón
18:30	Amorebieta  37' Carmona 47', 78' Douglas 56',  68' Čop  67'	Report	Márquez  39' Flaño 86'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 25,800 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

Espanyol v Real Sporting

11 December 2016 15	Espanyol	2–1	Real Sporting	Barcelona
18:30	Caicedo 54' Diop  68' Baptistão 90'	Report	Rachid  84' Sergio Álvarez  86' Čop 90+2'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 19,353 Referee: Del Cerro Grande

Real Sporting v Villarreal

17 December 2016 16	Real Sporting	1–3	Villarreal	Gijón
13:00	Amorebieta  55' Cases  60' Carmona 89'	Report	Dos Santos 12' Sansone 19' Soriano  40' Pato 74'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 19,662 Referee: Vicandi Garrido

Las Palmas v Real Sporting

7 January 2017 17	Las Palmas	1–0	Real Sporting	Las Palmas
18:30	El Zhar 55' Momo  74' Tana  84'	Report	Xavi Torres  60' Meré  85' Lillo  88'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 21,663 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

Real Sporting v Eibar

15 January 2017 18	Real Sporting	2–3	Eibar	Gijón
18:30	Carmona 9'  45' Amorebieta  15' Cases 58' Sergio Álvarez  90+2' Babin  90+2'	Report	Adrián 4' (pen.) Pedro León 21' Luna 23' Inui  45'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 20,050 Referee: Fernández Borbalán

Real Betis v Real Sporting

22 January 2017 19	Real Betis	0–0	Real Sporting	Seville
18:30	Ceballos  59' Bruno  90+3'	Report	Babin  21' Lillo  84'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 32,822 Referee: Undiano Mallenco

Athletic Bilbao v Real Sporting

29 January 2017 20	Athletic Bilbao	2–1	Real Sporting	Bilbao
18:30	Muniain 50' Williams  66' Aritz Aduriz 71' (pen.)  83' Mikel Rico  84' Raúl García  90+2'	Report	Čop 27' (pen.) Amorebieta  29' Carmona  68' Xavi Torres  85'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 41,812 Referee: Clos Gómez

Real Sporting v Alavés

5 February 2017 21	Real Sporting	2–4	Alavés	Gijón
16:15	Vesga  39' Afif  44' Amorebieta  68' Cuéllar  69' Carmona  71' Traoré  75' 84' Cases  75' Castro 90'	Report	Sobrino 10' Katai  20' Krstičić  23' Christian Santos  45' 58' (pen.) Édgar Méndez 70' (pen.) Alexis 85'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 21,752 Referee: Gil Manzano

Leganés v Real Sporting

12 February 2017 22	Leganés	0–2	Real Sporting	Leganés
16:15	Diego Rico  21' Bustinza  70' Rubén Pérez  83'	Report	Canella  8' 66' Traoré  30' Carmona  54' Mariño  70' Čop  74' Lillo  76' Burgui 83'  84'	Stadium: Butarque Attendance: 8,232 Referee: Estrada Fernández
Note: Mariño and Čop were not in the pitch when their cards were shown.

Real Sporting v Atlético Madrid

18 February 2017 23	Real Sporting	1–4	Atlético Madrid	Gijón
13:00	Sergio Álvarez 49' Vesga  57'	Report	Carrasco 46' Thomas  72' Gameiro 80', 81', 85'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 24,013 Referee: González González

Real Sporting v Celta

26 February 2017 24	Real Sporting	1–1	Celta	Gijón
18:30	Moi Gómez 49' (pen.) Amorebieta  58' Meré  74' Cuéllar  90+3'	Report	Fontàs  55' Marcelo Díaz  57' Aspas 75' Roncaglia  90+1' Beauvue  90+3'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 23,797 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

Barcelona v Real Sporting

1 March 2017 25	Barcelona	6–1	Real Sporting	Barcelona
19:30	Messi 9' L. Suárez 11', 27' Neymar  45' 65' Alcácer 49' Rakitić 87'	Report	Castro 21'  45' Burgui  24' Juan Rodríguez  55'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 55,029 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

Real Sporting v Deportivo La Coruña

15 January 2017 26	Real Sporting	0–1	Deportivo La Coruña	Gijón
12:00	Douglas  45' Meré  71' Vesga  72' Canella  88'	Report	Çolak 32' Mosquera 45'  59' Fernando Navarro  45' Arribas  45' Carles Gil  88' Luisinho  88'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 23,586 Referee: Mateu Lahoz

Valencia v Real Sporting

11 March 2017 27	Valencia	1–1	Real Sporting	Valencia
13:00	Orellana  2' Zaza  19' Mangala  50' Parejo 55' Munir 85'	Report	Cases  29' Douglas  49' Čop 60'  76' Cuéllar  79' Xavi Torres  90+1'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 28,921 Referee: Álvarez Izquierdo

Real Sporting v Granada

19 March 2017 28	Real Sporting	3–1	Granada	Gijón
18:30	Traoré 60' 82' Babin 64' Douglas  65' Carmona 67' Meré  90+2'	Report	Angban  37' Ingason 51'  81' Mallé  86'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 24,129 Referee: Estrada Fernández

Sevilla v Real Sporting

2 April 2017 29	Sevilla	0–0	Real Sporting	Sevilla
12:00	Pareja  59' Nasri  75' Mariano  83'	Report	Vesga  34' Lillo  58' Amorebieta  61' Xavi Torres  78'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 31,382 Referee: Vicandi Garrido

Real Sporting v Málaga

5 April 2017 30	Real Sporting	0–1	Málaga	Gijón
20:30	Burgui  80' Meré 86'	Report	Fornals  21' Sandro 40'  45' Hernández  58' Keko  70' Juanpi  90+4'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 23,729 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

Real Sociedad v Real Sporting

10 April 2017 31	Real Sociedad	3–1	Real Sporting	San Sebastián
20:45	Willian José 3' Juanmi 27'  72' Yuri 77'	Report	Sergio Álvarez  17' Vesga  23' Xavi Torres  31' Amorebieta  80' Echiéjilé 87' Burgui  90+1'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 18,894 Referee: González González

Real Sporting v Real Madrid

15 April 2017 32	Real Sporting	2–3	Real Madrid	Gijón
16:15	Čop 14' Sergio Álvarez  34' Vesga 50' Lillo  61' Isma López  79' Cases  87' Afif  90+2'	Report	Isco 17', 90' Morata 59'  89'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 23,745 Referee: Fernández Borbalán

Osasuna v Real Sporting

22 April 2017 33	Osasuna	2–2	Real Sporting	Pamplona
18:30	Meré 19' (o.g.) Fausto  49' Kenan Kodro 72'  73' Fuentes  90+1'	Report	Moi Gómez  36' Sergio Álvarez  41' Meré  62' Burgui  71' Canella 79' Castro 81'	Stadium: El Sadar Attendance: 15,032 Referee: Gil Manzano

Real Sporting v Espanyol

25 April 2017 34	Real Sporting	1–1	Espanyol	Gijón
19:00	Víctor Rodríguez  18' 39'	Report	Javi Fuego  15' Gerard 55' Víctor Sánchez  83'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 20,608 Referee: Melero López

Villarreal v Real Sporting

28 April 2017 35	Villarreal	3–1	Real Sporting	Villarreal
20:45	Soldado 37' Bakambu 47', 59' J. Dos Santos  64' Bonera  84'	Report	Amorebieta  35' Douglas 73'	Stadium: Estadio de La Cerámica Attendance: 14,903 Referee: Estrada Fernández

Real Sporting v Las Palmas

6 May 2017 36	Real Sporting	1–0	Las Palmas	Gijón
13:00	Sergio Álvarez 32' Douglas  49' Carmona 67' Čop  71' Canella  80'	Report	Roque Mesa  41' Hernán  90+1' Hélder  90+3'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 20,942 Referee: Jaime Latre

Eibar v Real Sporting

14 May 2017 37	Eibar	0–1	Real Sporting	Eibar
20:00	Burgui 32' Vesga  80' Čop  89'	Report	Lejeune  59' Sergi Enrich  60'	Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 5,577 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

Real Sporting v Real Betis

21 May 2017 38	Real Sporting	2–2	Real Betis	Gijón
17:00	Douglas 7' Carmona 79'	Report	Rubén Castro 22', 59' Cejudo 37' Durmisi  86'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 15,365 Referee: Iglesias Villanueva

Copa del Rey

Main article: 2016–17 Copa del Rey

Real Sporting v Eibar

29 November 2016 Round of 32 First leg	Real Sporting	1–2	Eibar	Gijón
21:00	Viguera 33' 62'	Report	Bebé 2' Rivera  57' Escalante  66' Rubén Peña 89'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 11,806 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

Eibar v Real Sporting

21 December 2016 Round of 32 Second leg	Eibar	3–1 (5–2 agg.)	Real Sporting	Eibar
19:00	Kike 1', 46' Rivera  23' Gálvez  30' Adrián 44' Capa  63'	Report	Viguera  49' Xavi Torres  80' Rubén 89'	Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 4,085 Referee: Gil Manzano

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ESP	Iván Cuéllar	36	0	36+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	BRA	Douglas	23	3	20+1	3	1+1	0
3	DF	MTQ	Jean-Sylvain Babin	24	1	20+2	1	2+0	0
4	DF	ESP	Jorge Meré	32	0	31+0	0	1+0	0
5	DF	VEN	Fernando Amorebieta	27	0	26+1	0	0+0	0
6	MF	ESP	Sergio Álvarez	36	2	34+2	2	0+0	0
7	MF	ESP	Víctor Rodríguez	26	2	15+9	2	2+0	0
8	FW	CIV	Lacina Traoré	8	2	5+3	2	0+0	0
9	FW	ESP	Carlos Castro	26	4	10+15	4	0+1	0
10	MF	ESP	Nacho Cases	22	2	16+4	2	2+0	0
11	MF	ESP	Alberto Lora	7	0	4+3	0	0+0	0
12	DF	NGA	Elderson Echiéjilé	3	1	2+1	1	0+0	0
13	GK	ESP	Diego Mariño	4	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
14	MF	ESP	Burgui	34	2	21+11	2	2+0	0
15	DF	ESP	Roberto Canella	22	2	20+0	2	2+0	0
16	DF	ESP	Lillo	26	0	24+1	0	1+0	0
17	FW	QAT	Akram Afif	11	0	2+7	0	0+2	0
18	FW	ESP	Isma López	27	0	19+8	0	0+0	0
19	MF	ESP	Carlos Carmona	27	8	21+4	8	2+0	0
20	MF	CMR	Dani Ndi	6	0	1+5	0	0+0	0
21	MF	ESP	Xavi Torres	19	0	8+9	0	2+0	0
22	MF	ESP	Mikel Vesga	17	1	16+1	1	0+0	0
23	MF	ESP	Moi Gómez	26	2	24+2	2	0+0	0
24	FW	CRO	Duje Čop	31	9	27+4	9	0+0	0
25	FW	ESP	Borja Viguera	17	2	6+9	1	2+0	1
26	DF	ESP	Pablo Fernández	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
29	DF	ESP	Juan Rodríguez	5	0	2+2	0	1+0	0
30	GK	ESP	Óscar Whalley	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
31	FW	ESP	Rubén	3	1	0+2	0	0+1	1
33	MF	ESP	Cristian	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
Players who have left the club after the start of the season:
8	MF	ALG	Rachid Aït-Atmane	8	0	6+2	0	0+0	0

• Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name	La Liga			Copa del Rey			Total			Notes
4	DF		Jorge Meré	7		1				7		1
13	GK		Diego Mariño			1						1
17	DF		Lillo	7	1					7	1
11	MF		Alberto Lora		1						1		3 times captain
5	DF		Fernando Amorebieta	17						17
6	MF		Sergio Álvarez	8						8			9 times captain
21	MF		Xavi Torres	6			1			7
2	DF		Douglas	6						6
10	MF		Nacho Cases	6						6			5 times captain
14	MF		Burgui	6						6
22	MF		Mikel Vesga	6						6
24	FW		Duje Čop	6						6
1	GK		Iván Cuéllar	5						5
18	FW		Isma López	5						5
19	MF		Carlos Carmona	5						5			One time captain
23	MF		Moi Gómez	4						4
15	DF		Roberto Canella	3						3			21 times captain
3	DF		Jean-Sylvain Babin	2						2			snake
8	FW		Lacina Traoré	2						2
9	FW		Carlos Castro	2						2
16	FW		Akram Afif	2						2
25	FW		Borja Viguera	1			1			2
7	MF		Víctor Rodríguez	1						1
29	DF		Juan Rodríguez	1						1
12	DF		Elderson Echiéjilé
20	MF		Dani Ndi
30	GK		Óscar Whalley
Players who have left the club after the start of the season:
8	MF		Rachid Aït-Atmane	3						3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Notes

1. On loan from Elche.
2. On loan from Villarreal.
3. On loan from Real Madrid.
4. Last season played in Eupen
5. Previouslay loaned to CSKA Moscow
6. Previouslay loaned to Standard Liège
7. Loan return to Real Madrid, later transferred
8. Loan return to Roma, later transferred
9. Loan return to Barcelona, later transferred
10. Loan return to Porto, later loaned again

References

1. "La portería rojiblanca se refuerza con Diego Mariño" (in Spanish). Sporting de Gijón. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
2. "El defensa Lillo, nuevo jugador rojiblanco" (in Spanish). Real Sporting. 5 July 2016. Archived from the original on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
3. "Moi Gómez se suma a la nómina sportinguista" (in Spanish). Sporting de Gijón. 5 July 2016. Archived from the original on 5 July 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
4. "Amorebieta Departs". Fulham FC. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
5. "Duje Čop, nuevo jugador del Sporting" (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
6. "El Sporting firma al central Babin por tres años y logra la cesión del delantero del Villarreal Akran Afif" (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
7. "Xavi Torres llega a Gijón procedente del Betis" (in Spanish). Real Sporting. 15 August 2016. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
8. "Agreement with Sporting Gijón for loan of Douglas". FC Barcelona. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
9. "Borja Viguera se incorpora al Sporting" (in Spanish). Real Sporting. 30 August 2016. Archived from the original on 2 September 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
10. "Lacina Traoré nuevo jugador del Sporting" (in Spanish). Sporting de Gijón. 31 January 2017.
11. "Elderson cedido por el Mónaco hasta final de temporada" [Elderson loaned by Monaco until the end of the season] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 31 January 2017.
12. "Carta de despedida de Luis a la afición del Sporting" (in Spanish). Sporting1905.es. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
13. "Carta de despedida de Jony para la afición" (in Spanish). Sporting1905.es. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
14. "Halilovic anuncia que no seguirá cedido en el Sporting" (in Spanish). AS. 22 May 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
15. "Alex Menéndez abandonará el Sporting" (in Spanish). La Voz de Asturias. 19 May 2016. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
16. "Barrera deja el Sporting" (in Spanish). Sporting1905. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
17. "Carta de despedida de Guerrero al sportinguismo" (in Spanish). Sporting1905. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
18. "Bernardo abandona el Sporting" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
19. "Rachid cedido al CD Tenerife" (in Spanish). Real Sporting. 31 January 2017.
20. "Pitu Abelardo deja de ser entrenador del Sporting" (in Spanish). Sporting de Gijón. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
21. "Primera División 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 14 September 2016.

External links

• Official website