2016–17 Sporting de Gijón season

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

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.

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.	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. 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.	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	FW	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	FW	Elderson Echiéjilé	29	Monaco [N 6]	Loan	Winter	2017	Free	[11]

Out

N	Pos.	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

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

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

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

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: De Burgos Bengoetxea

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

League table

Pos	Team	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 the 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

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

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: Munuera Montero

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

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

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

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

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: De Burgos Bengoetxea

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: Munuera Montero

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

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

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

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: Martínez Munuera

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

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: De Burgos Bengoetxea

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

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

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: Munuera Montero

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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: De Burgos Bengoetxea

1 March 2017 25	Barcelona	6–1	Real Sporting	Barcelona
19:30	Messi 9' Juan Rodríguez 11' (o.g.) L. Suárez 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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: Martínez Munuera

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

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

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

Source:

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name								Notes
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
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:
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

On loan from Elche.
On loan from Villarreal.
On loan from Real Madrid.
Last season played in Eupen
Previouslay loaned to CSKA Moscow
Previouslay loaned to Standard Liège
Loan return to Real Madrid, later transferred
Loan return to Roma, later transferred
Loan return to Barcelona, later transferred
Loan return to Porto, later loaned again

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References

"La portería rojiblanca se refuerza con Diego Mariño" (in Spanish). Sporting de Gijón. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
"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.
"Moi Gómez se suma a la nómina sportinguista" (in Spanish). Sporting de Gijón. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
"Amorebieta Departs". Fulham FC. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
"Duje Čop, nuevo jugador del Sporting" (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
"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.
"Xavi Torres llega a Gijón procedente del Betis" (in Spanish). Real Sporting. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
"Agreement with Sporting Gijón for loan of Douglas". FC Barcelona. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
"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.
"Lacina Traoré nuevo jugador del Sporting" (in Spanish). Sporting de Gijón. 31 January 2017.
"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.
"Carta de despedida de Luis a la afición del Sporting" (in Spanish). Sporting1905.es. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
"Carta de despedida de Jony para la afición" (in Spanish). Sporting1905.es. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
"Halilovic anuncia que no seguirá cedido en el Sporting" (in Spanish). AS. 22 May 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
"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.
"Barrera deja el Sporting" (in Spanish). Sporting1905. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
"Carta de despedida de Guerrero al sportinguismo" (in Spanish). Sporting1905. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
"Bernardo abandona el Sporting" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
"Rachid cedido al CD Tenerife" (in Spanish). Real Sporting. 31 January 2017.
"Pitu Abelardo deja de ser entrenador del Sporting" (in Spanish). Sporting de Gijón. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
"Primera División 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 14 September 2016.

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[1] On loan from Elche.

[4] On loan from Villarreal.

[6] On loan from Real Madrid.

[10] Last season played in Eupen

[14] Previouslay loaned to CSKA Moscow

[16] Previouslay loaned to Standard Liège

[20] Loan return to Real Madrid, later transferred

[21] Loan return to Roma, later transferred

[22] Loan return to Barcelona, later transferred

[24] Loan return to Porto, later loaned again

[2] "La portería rojiblanca se refuerza con Diego Mariño" (in Spanish). Sporting de Gijón. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.

[3] "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.

[5] "Moi Gómez se suma a la nómina sportinguista" (in Spanish). Sporting de Gijón. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.

[7] "Amorebieta Departs". Fulham FC. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.

[8] "Duje Čop, nuevo jugador del Sporting" (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.

[Babin_and_Afif-9] "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.

[11] "Xavi Torres llega a Gijón procedente del Betis" (in Spanish). Real Sporting. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.

[12] "Agreement with Sporting Gijón for loan of Douglas". FC Barcelona. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.

[13] "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.

[15] "Lacina Traoré nuevo jugador del Sporting" (in Spanish). Sporting de Gijón. 31 January 2017.

[17] "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.

[18] "Carta de despedida de Luis a la afición del Sporting" (in Spanish). Sporting1905.es. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.

[19] "Carta de despedida de Jony para la afición" (in Spanish). Sporting1905.es. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.

[23] "Halilovic anuncia que no seguirá cedido en el Sporting" (in Spanish). AS. 22 May 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

[25] "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.

[26] "Barrera deja el Sporting" (in Spanish). Sporting1905. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.

[27] "Carta de despedida de Guerrero al sportinguismo" (in Spanish). Sporting1905. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.

[28] "Bernardo abandona el Sporting" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.

[29] "Rachid cedido al CD Tenerife" (in Spanish). Real Sporting. 31 January 2017.

[30] "Pitu Abelardo deja de ser entrenador del Sporting" (in Spanish). Sporting de Gijón. Retrieved 17 January 2017.

[31] "Primera División 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 14 September 2016.