2002–03 Sporting de Gijón season

On 7 October 2002, Pepe Acebal was sacked as manager, after earning only two points in the first five games.^[1] Antonio Maceda replaced him and, despite not winning any game until the round 11, he managed the team until the end of the season.

On 7 March 2003, due to the incidents during the match against Numancia at El Molinón, the Spanish Committee of Sporting Discipline agreed the closure of the stadium for one game.^[2] This match, played against Almería, on 7 June 2003 at Antonio Amilivia stadium in León.^[3] was the first one of Sporting Gijón played as home team out of El Molinón.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Juanjo
3	DF	Chus Bravo
4	DF	Isma
5	MF	Raúl Lozano
6	MF	Samuel
7	MF	Miguel Cobas
8	MF	Juan
9	FW	David Villa
10	FW	Rubén Suárez
11	FW	José Luis Soto
12	DF	Diego Alegre
13	GK	Roberto

No.	Position	Player
14	DF	Cristian Díaz
15	FW	Irurzun
16	FW	Manel
17	DF	Igor Taševski
18	MF	Pablo Álvarez
19	DF	Rubén Pulido
20	FW	Blin
21	MF	Abel Segovia
22	DF	Rafel Sastre
23	MF	Dani Borreguero
24	MF	David Bauzá
25	GK	Juanjo Valencia

From the youth squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
27	DF	Jano
28	MF	Javi Fuego
29	MF	Gerardo

Competitions

La Liga

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	39	40	41	42
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	L	D	D	L	D	D	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	D	D	W	L	L	D	D	W	D	W	L	L	L	D	D	D	D	D	W
Position	19	17	20	21	20	21	22	22	21	22	20	22	18	17	14	9	10	12	10	10	6	8	10	11	10	9	9	9	10	9	9	8	7	8	8	11	13	13	13	13	14	10

Source: BDFutbol
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Tenerife !Tenerife	42	13	18	11	53	39	+14	57
9	Compostela !Compostela (R)	42	14	13	15	54	56	−2	055¹	Relegation to Segunda División B
10	Sporting de Gijón	42	11	20	11	44	41	+3	53
11	Getafe !Getafe	42	13	14	15	52	55	−3	53
12	Terrassa !Terrassa	42	11	19	12	41	46	−5	52

Source: LFP - Liga Adelante
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
¹ Compostela was relegated to Segunda División B because it was unable to cover a share capital expansion.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Matches

1 September 2002 1	Numancia	1–0	Sporting Gijón	Soria
	Carlos Cuéllar 6' Luis García 31'	Summary		Stadium: Los Pajaritos Referee: Tristante Oliva

15 September 2002 2	Sporting Gijón	0–0	Elche	Gijón
		Summary		Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Clos Gómez

22 September 2002 3	Xerez	1–0	Sporting Gijón	Jerez de la Frontera
	Zárate , 44' Dani Pendín 79'	Summary		Stadium: Chapín Referee: Fernández Hinojosa

29 September 2002 4	Sporting Gijón	0–0	Las Palmas	Gijón
		Summary		Stadium: El Molinón Referee: García Delgado

28 September 2002 5	Sporting Gijón	1–1	Leganés	Gijón
	Manel 29'	Report	Villa 35'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Fernández Borbalán

13 October 2002 6	Albacete	4–0	Sporting Gijón	Albacete
	Munteanu 30' Perera 70' Parri 72' Duré 83'	Summary	Sastre , 63'	Stadium: Carlos Belmonte Referee: Herráez Prieto

20 October 2002 7	Sporting Gijón	1–1	Polideportivo Ejido	Gijón
	Soto 82'	Summary	Sierra 90'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Lizondo Cortés

27 October 2002 8	Salamanca	0–0	Sporting Gijón	Salamanca
		Summary		Stadium: Helmántico Referee: Pérez Izquierdo

3 November 2002 9	Sporting Gijón	0–0	Córdoba	Gijón
	Juan , 87'	Report		Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Fernández Hinojosa

10 November 2002 10	Levante	2–1	Sporting Gijón	Valencia
	Jofre 31' Limones 87'	Report	Cristian Díaz 51'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Referee: Paradas Romero

17 November 2002 11	Sporting Gijón	1–0	Murcia	Gijón
	Villa 86'	Summary	Clavero , 85'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Bello Rebolo

24 November 2002 12	Tenerife	2–2	Sporting Gijón	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
	Martí 27' Paunović 61'	Report	Villa 53', 86'	Stadium: Heliodoro Rodríguez López Referee: Amoedo Chas

30 November 2002 13	Sporting Gijón	3–1	Racing Ferrol	Gijón
	Villa 42', 59', 85'	Report	Cuéllar 51'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Delgado Ferreiro

8 December 2002 14	Compostela	2–3	Sporting Gijón	Santiago de Compostela
	Aguado 27' Adriano 90'	Report	Villa 1', 12' Rubén 86'	Stadium: San Lázaro Referee: Velasco Carballo

15 December 2002 15	Sporting Gijón	1–0	Oviedo	Gijón
	Lozano 14' Cobas 59'	Summary		Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Pérez Lima

22 December 2002 16	Getafe	0–1	Sporting Gijón	Getafe
		Summary	Juan 6'	Stadium: Coliseum Referee: Clos Gómez

4 January 2002 17	Sporting Gijón	1–1	Zaragoza	Gijón
	Villa 73'	Summary	Juanele 52' David Pirri , 72'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Arcas Piqueres

11 January 2003 18	Almería	1–0	Sporting Gijón	Almería
	Francisco 39'	Summary		Stadium: Juan Rojas Referee: Rodado Rodríguez

19 January 2003 19	Sporting Gijón	1–0	Eibar	Gijón
	Cristian Díaz 48'	Report	Xabi Sánchez , 87'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Martínez Franco

26 January 2003 20	Terrassa	0–0	Sporting Gijón	Terrassa
		Summary		Stadium: Olímpic Referee: Mensuro Miguel

26 January 2003 21	Sporting Gijón	4–0	Badajoz	Gijón
	Lozano 13' Cristian Díaz 28' Pulido 58' Pablo Álvarez 60'	Summary		Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Herráez Prieto

9 February 2003 22	Sporting Gijón	1–2	Numancia	Gijón
	Villa 35'	Summary	Fagiani 19' Aranda 45' Kome 77' Ojeda 86'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Velasco Carballo

16 February 2003 23	Elche	1–1	Sporting Gijón	Elche
	Armentano 90'	Summary	Manel 33'	Stadium: Manuel Martínez Valero Referee: Castillo Estévez

8 February 2003 24	Sporting Gijón	1–1	Xerez	Gijón
	Taševski 67'	Summary	Mena 59'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Valle Gil

2 March 2003 25	Las Palmas	2–2	Sporting Gijón	Las Palmas
	Reggi 25', 58'	Summary	Lozano 45' Pulido 81'	Stadium: Insular Referee: Bello Rebolo

9 March 2003 26	Leganés	0–2	Sporting Gijón	Leganés
	Fede Bahón , 65' Óscar , 79'	Summary	Manel 52' Villa 77'	Stadium: Butarque Referee: Lizondo Cortés

16 March 2003 27	Sporting Gijón	0–1	Albacete	Gijón
		Summary	Mikel 73' Paco Peña 83'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Tristante Oliva

22 March 2003 28	Polideportivo Ejido	1–0	Sporting Gijón	El Ejido
	David Prats 40'	Summary	Taševski , 86'	Stadium: Santo Domingo Referee: Velasco Carballo

30 March 2003 29	Sporting Gijón	1–1	Salamanca	Gijón
	Rubén 46' Juan , 85'	Summary	Quique Martín 40'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Paradas Romero

6 April 2003 30	Córdoba	1–1	Sporting Gijón	Córdoba
	Șerban 28' Soria 53'	Summary	Villa 54'	Stadium: Nuevo Arcángel Referee: Ayza Gámez

13 April 2003 31	Sporting Gijón	3–2	Levante	Gijón
	Lozano 11' Pablo Álvarez 61' Villa 86'	Summary	Congo 72', 84'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Amoedo Chas

20 April 2003 32	Murcia	0–0	Sporting Gijón	Murcia
		Summary		Stadium: La Condomina Referee: Rubio Iniesta

26 April 2003 33	Sporting Gijón	2–1	Tenerife	Gijón
	Villa 28', 49'	Summary	Paunović 51'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Mensuro Miguel

4 May 2003 34	Racing Ferrol	2–1	Sporting Gijón	Ferrol
	Juan 22' (o.g.) Ramis 68'	Summary	Villa 15'	Stadium: A Malata Referee: Clos Gómez

10 May 2003 35	Sporting Gijón	1–3	Compostela	Gijón
	Dani Borreguero 28'	Summary	Corredoira 37' Maikel 62' Sequeiros 86'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Martínez Franco

18 May 2003 36	Oviedo	2–1	Sporting Gijón	Oviedo
	Geni 29' Oli 56'	Summary	Villa 32' Pablo Álvarez 73'	Stadium: Carlos Tartiere Referee: Delgado Ferreiro

25 May 2003 37	Sporting Gijón	0–0	Getafe	Gijón
	Rubén , 89'	Summary		Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Román González

31 May 2003 38	Zaragoza	1–1	Sporting Gijón	Zaragoza
	Espadas 2'	Summary	Villa 69'	Stadium: La Romareda Referee: Teixeira Vitienes

7 June 2003 39	Sporting Gijón	2–2	Almería	León
	Villa 9', 51'	Summary	Olivares 25' Bilić 85'	Stadium: Antonio Amilivia Referee: Herráez Prieto

14 June 2003 41	Eibar	1–1	Sporting Gijón	Eibar
	Eneko Romo 90'	Summary	Dani Borreguero 55'	Stadium: Ipurua Referee: Pérez Lima

21 June 2003 41	Sporting Gijón	0–0	Terrassa	Gijón
		Summary		Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Castillo Estévez

28 June 2003 42	Badajoz	0–3	Sporting Gijón	Badajoz
		Summary	Pulido 42', 51' Irurzun 90'	Stadium: Nuevo Vivero Referee: Tristante Oliva

Copa del Rey

Matches

11 September 2002 Round of 64	Sporting Gijón	1–2	Valladolid	Gijón
	Villa 72'	Report	Aganzo 35' Peña 65' Sousa 81'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Esquinas Torres

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Segunda División		Copa del Rey
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Juanjo	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF		Chus Bravo	25	0	20+4	0	1+0	0
4	DF		Isma	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	MF		Raúl Lozano	32	4	24+8	4	0+0	0
6	DF		Samuel	6	0	1+5	0	0+0	0
7	MF		Miguel Cobas	30	0	22+7	0	0+1	0
8	MF		Juan	38	1	34+3	1	1+0	0
9	FW		David Villa	40	21	35+4	20	1+0	1
10	FW		Rubén Suárez	27	2	8+18	2	1+0	0
11	FW		José Luis Soto	22	1	4+17	1	0+1	0
12	DF		Diego Alegre	27	0	22+5	0	0+0	0
13	GK		Roberto	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
14	DF		Cristian Díaz	37	3	36+0	3	1+0	0
15	MF		Irurzun	18	1	12+6	1	0+0	0
16	FW		Manel	34	3	18+15	3	1+0	0
17	DF		Igor Taševski	40	1	39+0	1	1+0	0
18	MF		Pablo Álvarez	26	2	20+5	2	1+0	0
19	DF		Rubén Pulido	22	4	21+1	4	0+0	0
20	DF		Blin	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
21	MF		Abel Segovia	16	0	11+5	0	0+0	0
22	DF		Rafel Sastre	38	0	37+0	0	1+0	0
23	MF		Dani Borreguero	37	2	36+0	2	1+0	0
24	MF		David Bauzá	16	0	13+3	0	0+0	0
25	GK		Juanjo Valencia	38	0	37+0	0	1+0	0
27	DF		Jano	6	0	3+3	0	0+0	0
28	MF		Javi Fuego	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
29	MF		Gerardo	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
Players who appeared for Sporting de Gijón no longer at the club:
3	DF		Pablo Amo	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0

References

↑ "Pepe Acebal deja el banquillo del Sporting de Gijón" (in Spanish). Diario As. 7 October 2002. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
↑ Apelación ratificó el cierre de El Molinón; As, 7 March 2003
↑ Sporting-Almería, en León; Diario de León; 30 May 2003

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