The 2017–18 season was Real Sporting's 112th season in existence and the club's 45th season in the second flight of Spanish football, the first one since its last relegation. It covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.
| 2017–18 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | Javier Fernández | |||
| Manager | Rubén Baraja | |||
| Stadium | El Molinón | |||
| Segunda División | Qualified | |||
| Copa del Rey | Third round | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Michael Santos (17 goals) All: Michael Santos (17 goals) | |||
| Highest home attendance | 27,506 Real Sporting 1–1 Oviedo (9 September 2017) | |||
| Lowest home attendance | 15,436 Real Sporting 0–1 Zaragoza (3 December 2017) | |||
| Average home league attendance | 20,836 | |||
Season overview
Pre-season
On 28 May 2017, Real Sporting sacked Nicolás Rodríguez after three seasons as director of football,[1] and hired Miguel Torrecilla with the aim to replace him.[2]
On 9 June 2017, the club announced Asturian enterprise Teslacard as the new shirt sponsor of the club.[3] One day later, Rubi confirmed that the club would not extend his contract for one more season.[4]
On 15 June 2017, Paco Herrera was hired as new coach after agreeing with the club a two-year contract.[5] One week later, Nacho Cases announced he would leave the club, bringing to an end his 22-year association with the club.[6]
Álex Bergantiños and Stefan Šćepović were the first signs, both loaned from their clubs. Šćepović came back to Gijón three season after. On 20 July 2017, Jorge Meré was transferred to German Köln for €9,000,000, becoming the highest transfer in the club's history.[7] Four days later, he would be replaced by Italian center back Federico Barba, who signed for the next four seasons. Real Sporting paid €1,700,000 to Italian club Empoli F.C.[8]
On 1 August 2017, Real Sporting ended the renewal of season tickets with 21,274; the club's record in Segunda División.[9] Two days later, the club announced that Carlos Castro and Carlos Carmona renewed their contracts until 2022 and 2021 respectively.[10]
Pre-season ended with five more incorporations, two of them on loan: Xandão, Juan Sebastián Quintero (on loan from Deportivo Cali), Michael Santos (on loan from Málaga), Álex Pérez and Álex López.
August
Sporting played their first official match of the season on 19 August 2017, earning one point at Alcorcón. Due to the high temperatures during the game, cooling breaks were introduced. This arrangement was used for the first time in Spain during this season.[11] Eight days later, the club made its home debut against Lugo and achieved the first win of the season, after beating the Galicians by 2–0. Carlos Carmona and Michael Santos scored the goals for the win that positioned Real Sporting in the second place at the end of the second round.
In this match, Nacho Méndez made his professional debut as a starter, but he was replaced during the halftime. One day later, on 29 August, Real Sporting agreed with Eibar the loan of right back Jordi Calavera for one season.[12]
On 31 August 2017, Real Sporting ended the transfer window by rescinding the contracts of Lillo and Dani Ndi and loaning Jean-Sylvain Babin to Maccabi Tel Aviv.
September
On 3 September 2017, Real Sporting reached the first position of the table after beating Gimnàstic 4–0 away and taking advantage of the loss of Tenerife against Valladolid. This leadership arrived just one week before playing the Asturian derby against Oviedo, 14 years after both teams meet for the last time in official competition. The derby ended with a 1–1 draw, despite scoring first thanks to a header of Carlos Carmona, as Oviedo made the equalizer with only five minutes left. Before it, in the surroundings of the stadium, there were altercations between the National Police and the ultras of Real Sporting, ending with damages in the buses of both clubs and 12 arrested people.[13]
Real Sporting lost its first match, one week later, in Soria, after being defeated 0–3 by Numancia. Three days later, Real Sporting was eliminated by this team after drawing 1–1 and losing 1–3 in the penalty shootout. Previously, they beat Reus in the first round.
The club ended the month in the first position, after beating Lorca FC and taking advantage of other results. However, despite the leadership, the performance of the club was criticized by an important crowd of the supporters.[14]
October
Criticism to the team play continued after the 2–0 defeat on 1 October against Osasuna. However, the club continued unbeaten at home by achieving a new win at El Molinón, this time by 3–0 against Sevilla Atlético. In this match, Real Sporting missed two penalty kicks: firstly Stefan Šćepović, who scored twice, and later Carlos Castro in the additional time, after trying a Panenka.
The club continued the undefeated streak at Estadio Reino de León, where they beat Cultural Leonesa by 2–0, in a match where 2,000 supporters travelled to León for a match played on Tuesday and later, only earning a 1–1 draw against Huesca despite going ahead.
On 16 October, Real Sporting announced, despite the relegation, it beat the record of season tickets sold with 24,402.[15] The club ended the month with four more points after a 1–1 draw at Rayo Vallecano and a 2–0 win at home against Almería, for a streak of five consecutive matches without losses that allowed the club to end October in the third position, with the same points as second qualified Granada, and only one point less than Lugo, that reached the leadership of the league for the first time in their history.
November
November was disastrous for Sporting, who only earned two points in the four matches played in this month.
It started with a loss at the Estadi Municipal de Reus, against Reus, by 1–0, after a free kick scored by Luís Gustavo. One week later, Real Sporting tied in the homer match against Valladolid, in another game where Sporting could not save the three points after scoring first, in a match were Sergio Álvarez got injured in the warm up.
The crisis increased in the club after the first loss at home, on 21 November, against Cádiz by 0–3 with former player David Barral scoring the last goal, and dropped to the eighth position in the league table. This match was remarkable as it was the first one ever without any Asturian player in the starting team.[16] The month ended with an away 2–2 draw against Albacete, with Michael Santos scoring a brace for overcoming the first goal of Roman Zozulya.
December
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Sporting accumulated two losses against Zaragoza and Barcelona B, increasing the streak to six matches without wins. With these numbers, the club dropped to the tenth position in the league table.
On 11 December, the board of directors agreed to sack Paco Herrera[17] and to hire former Valencia player Rubén Baraja as the new head coach. Baraja was confirmed as manager on 12 December.[18] He started his tenure in Sporting with a huge win by 3–0 against Tenerife, but the team showed the same problems when it plays away, during the match at Granada, that ended with a 1–2 loss.
On 22 December, B-side player Nacho Méndez extended his contract until 2021.[19]
January
2018 started for Sporting with a 3–2 win against Córdoba, that were in relegation positions, with Michael Santos netting his second brace in the season. In this match, Sergio Álvarez came back to the starting XI after an absence of one month due to an injury.
On 11 January, former player Jony arrived to Gijón for signing until the end of the season, on loan from Málaga.[20] The club announced his return the next day. One day later after the press release, Real Sporting won again in their second match of the year, this time against Alcorcón by a wide 3–0.
On 18 January, goalkeeper Diego Mariño extended his contract with the club until 2022.[21] One day later, Rachid Aït-Atmane was loaned to Belgian side Waasland-Beveren.[22] and on 20 January, Real Sporting lost 3–1 to CD Lugo, in a match where after four missed penalty kicks, Carmona netted one. Also in this game, rival goalkeeper Juan Carlos scored a goal.[23]
On 26 January, midfielder Moi Gómez was loaned to Huesca until the end of the season.[24] Just minutes later, the club announced the sign up of Hernán Santana from La Liga club Las Palmas, until 2021.[25]
The last match of the month ended with a 2–0 win against Gimnàstic thanks to a new goal of Michael Santos and other one made by Rubén García. This was the debut with the first team of right back Adrián Montoro.
In the last day of the month, Getafe and Sporting agreed to terminate the loan of Stefan Šćepović,[26] who played 16 league games and scored four goals in his second stage in Gijón, and was transferred to Hungarian club Videoton.[27] And just hours before the end of the winter market, Real Sporting agreed the loans of Nano Mesa from Eibar and Alberto Guitián, who played in Sporting three years ago, from Valladolid.
February
On 4 February, Real Sporting lost 2–1 against Oviedo in the second Asturian derby of the season, despite scoring first thanks to a goal of Jony. However, the team redeemed itself by beating Numancia in the next week by 2–0, achieving coach Rubén Baraja his fifth consecutive win at El Molinón.
In the third match of the month, Real Sporting continued without winning away and only could earn one goalless draw against Lorca FC, that cut their streak of ten consecutive losses. Jony missed a penalty kick in the first half, becoming this one the fifth shot missed in the season out of seven tries.
The last match of the month ended with a new home win, the sixth consecutive, against Osasuna by 2–0, with goals of Rubén García and Michael Santos, and the team showing a completely different performance at home and away.
On 27 February, all-time Sporting's top scorer Quini passed away at the age of 68 after suffering a heart attack.[28]
March
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With a 0–1 win against last qualified Sevilla Atlético, Real Sporting came back to the play-offs positions fifteen rounds after the last time. Sporting continued their unbeaten streak by defeating 4–0 Cultural Leonesa, in a match where Quini was honored, and leaders Huesca away by 2–0.
On 24 March, Real Sporting beat the leader again, this time Rayo Vallecano thanks to an own goal. Goalkeeper Diego Mariño continued unbeaten by seventh consecutive match.
April
On 1 April, Real Sporting came back provisionally to the leadership after beating 1–3 Almería and taking advantage of the draw between Rayo Vallecano and Cádiz and the postponement of the match between Huesca and Albacete. Michael Santos, who scored his 16th goal in the first minutes, became injured and Diego Mariño ended his streak of 764 minutes unbeaten by receiving a penalty kick scored by Rubén Alcaraz. One week later, the team beat Reus 2–1 for earning their seventh consecutive win, equaling the best streak of the club, in the 1979–80 season.[29]
This record would be beaten at Valladolid, by achieving also the tenth consecutive match without losing. Rubén García scored the only goal in the game played at Estadio José Zorrilla, with more than 4,000 supporters who travelled from Gijón for watching the match.[30] The winning streak would end after a goalless draw at Estadio Ramón de Carranza, against Cádiz CF. However, Real Sporting would continue their streak of 11 games unbeaten, all the league matches played after losing the Asturian derby.
On 25 April 2018, Jony was named Player of the Month of March.[31] He received the award at El Molinón on 29 April, before the last match of the month, that ended with a 2–1 win against Albacete. He and Carmona scored the goals for continuing in the second position after 37 rounds played.
May
Real Sporting could not continue their unbeaten streak and was dropped to the third position after a 2–1 loss against Real Zaragoza at La Romareda. In the two next weeks, the club would practically end its options to directly promote to La Liga after another two consecutive losses: firstly a surprising one at El Molinón, by 2–3 against Barcelona and later, against Tenerife with a goal in the 81st minute. In the first of these two matches, manager Rubén Baraja was sent off and later sanctioned with four matches after impeding a throw-in.
On 27 May, with the win of Rayo Vallecano against Lugo and the win in the previous round of Huesca against the same team, Real Sporting terminated its options to directly promote to La Liga. However, a 2–1 win against Granada was enough to assure the qualification to the promotion playoffs.
June
Real Sporting finished the regular season with a calamitous 3–0 loss at Córdoba, ending the regular season in the fourth place and losing the status of top seeded team in the promotion playoffs
The first match of this stage was played on 7 June at Estadio José Zorrilla, Valladolid. The Castilians beat Real Sporting by 3–1 thanks to ten great minutes where they scored the three goals. Jony nailed in the second half the only goal for the Asturians.
There were not any options for Real Sporting at the second leg, as Valladolid quickly avoided any possibility of comeback with two goals in the first half of the match. Carmona, booed when he was replaced, made the last goal of the season by scoring a penalty kick in the 68th minute.
Players
Current squad
| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK |  | Óscar Whalley | 24 | 2016 | 0 | 0 | 2018 | Free | |
| 4 | MF | | Álex Bergantiños | 33 | 2017 | 0 | 0 | 2018 | Free | |
| 5 | DF |  | Federico Barba | 24 | 2017 | 0 | 0 | 2021 | €1.7m | |
| 6 | MF | | Sergio Álvarez | 26 | 2013 | 145 | 9 | 2021 | Youth system | |
| 7 | FW |  | Michael Santos | 25 | 2017 | 0 | 0 | 2018 | Free | |
| 8 | MF | | Hernán Santana | 27 | 2018 | 0 | 0 | 2021 | Free | |
| 9 | FW | | Carlos Castro | 23 | 2014 | 80 | 20 | 2022 | Youth system | |
| 10 | MF | | Carlos Carmona | 30 | 2012 | 150 | 24 | 2021 | Free | |
| 11 | DF | | Alberto Lora (captain) | 31 | 2007 | 247 | 4 | 2018 | Youth system | |
| 13 | GK | | Diego Mariño | 28 | 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2022 | Undisclosed | |
| 14 | MF | | Rubén García | 24 | 2017 | 0 | 0 | 2018 | Free | |
| 15 | DF | | Roberto Canella | 30 | 2008 | 253 | 8 | 2019 | Youth system | |
| 16 | MF | | Jony | 26 | 2018 | 82 | 14 | 2018 | Free | |
| 17 | DF | | Álex López | 30 | 2017 | 0 | 0 | 2018 | Free | |
| 18 | DF | | Isma López | 28 | 2013 | 103 | 8 | 2019 | Free | |
| 19 | FW | | Nano | 23 | 2018 | 0 | 0 | 2018 | Free | |
| 20 | DF |  | Juan Sebastián Quintero | 23 | 2017 | 0 | 0 | 2018 | Free | |
| 21 | FW | | Borja Viguera | 31 | 2016 | 16 | 1 | 2018 | Free | |
| 22 | MF | | Pablo Pérez | 24 | 2017 | 58 | 7 | 2020 | Youth system | |
| 23 | DF | | Alberto Guitián | 27 | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 2018 | Free | |
| 24 | DF | | Álex Pérez | 26 | 2017 | 0 | 0 | 2019 | Free | |
| 25 | DF | | Jordi Calavera | 22 | 2017 | 0 | 0 | 2018 | Free |
- Source: Ages to 30 June 2018. Stats updated as of the end of the 2016–17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | DF | ESP | Víctor Ruiz |
| 31 | DF | ESP | Carlos Cordero |
| 32 | GK | ESP | Dani Martín |
In
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | MF | | Pablo Pérez | 23 | Alcorcón | End of loan | Summer | 2019 | Free | |
| 8 | DF |  | Rachid Aït-Atmane | 24 | Tenerife | End of loan | Summer | 2018 | Free | [32] |
| DF | | Álvaro Bustos | 22 | Mirandés | End of loan | Summer | 2020 | Free | ||
| DF | | Julio Rodríguez | 27 |  Barnsley | End of loan | Summer | 2018 | Free | ||
| 4 | MF | | Álex Bergantiños | 32 | Deportivo La Coruña | Loan | Summer | 2018 | Free | [33] |
| 19 | FW |  | Stefan Šćepović | 27 | Getafe | Loan | Summer | 2018 | Free | [34] |
| 5 | DF | | Federico Barba | 23 | Empoli | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | €1m | [8] |
| 14 | MF | | Rubén García | 24 | Levante | Loan | Summer | 2018 | Free | [35] |
| 20 | DF | | Juan Sebastián Quintero | 22 | Deportivo Cali | Loan | Summer | 2018 | Free | [36] |
| 2 | DF |  | Xandão | 29 |  Anzhi | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | Free | [37] |
| 7 | FW | | Michael Santos | 24 | Málaga | Loan | Summer | 2018 | Free | [38] |
| 24 | DF | | Álex Pérez | 26 | Valladolid | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | Free | [39] |
| 17 | MF | | Álex López | 29 | Celta Vigo[a] | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | Free | |
| 25 | DF | | Jordi Calavera | 22 | Eibar[b] | Loan | Summer | 2018 | Free | [12] |
| 16 | MF | | Jony | 26 | Málaga | Loan | Winter | 2018 | Free | [20] |
| 8 | MF | | Hernán Santana | 27 | Las Palmas | Transfer | Winter | 2021 | Free | |
| 23 | DF | | Alberto Guitián | 27 | Valladolid | Loan | Winter | 2018 | Free | |
| 19 | FW | | Nano | 22 | Eibar[c] | Loan | Winter | 2018 | Free |
Out
Current technical staff
| Position | Staff |
|---|---|
| Manager | Rubén Baraja |
| Assistant Manager | José Ramón Rodríguez |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Diego Tuero |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paco Herrera | Sacked | 11 December 2017[17] | 10th | Rubén Baraja | 12 December 2017[17] |
Pre-season and friendlies
Due to the conservation works of the pitch of El Molinón, the Trofeo Villa de Gijón was not played this pre-season.
| 19 July 2017 Friendly | Guijuelo | 0–5 | Real Sporting | Salamanca |
| Report | Víctor Rodríguez  20'Pablo Fernández 29'Viguera 47'Moi Gómez 52'Pablo Pérez 55' | Stadium: Helmántico Referee: González Hernández |
| 22 July 2017[47] Trofeo Isidro Silveira (45-minute game) | Celta Vigo | 2–0 | Real Sporting | Ferrol |
| Brais Méndez 6' Iago Aspas 36' (pen.) | Report | Stadium: A Malata |
| 22 July 2017[47] Trofeo Isidro Silveira (45-minute game) | Racing Ferrol | 0–3 | Real Sporting | Ferrol |
| Report | Šćepović 36' Nacho Méndez 40'Pablo Fernández 44' | Stadium: A Malata |
| 25 July 2017 Friendly | Barakaldo | 1–0 | Real Sporting | Barakaldo |
| Buenacasa 19' | Report | Stadium: Lasesarre Referee: González Esteban |
| 29 July 2017 Friendly | Real Sporting | 1–0 | Ponferradina | Vegadeo |
| Claudio 78' | Report | Stadium: El Soutón Referee: Nieto Martín |
| 2 August 2017 Trofeo Ciudad de Pontevedra | Pontevedra | 1–3 | Real Sporting | Pontevedra |
| Jorge 35' | Report | Juan Rodríguez 25' Pablo Pérez 59'Rubén García 81' | Stadium: Pasarón Referee: Martínez Santos |
| 4 August 2017 Friendly | Real Sporting | 3–2 | Eibar | Villaviciosa |
| Šćepović 22' Viguera 33'Rubén García 59' | Report | Iván Alejo 36' Bebé 64' | Stadium: Les Caleyes Referee: González Fuertes |
| 9 August 2017 Friendly | Real Sporting | 1–1 | Racing Santander | Luanco, Gozón |
| Héber 56' (pen.) | Report | Viguera 75' (pen.) | Stadium: Miramar Attendance: 3,054 Referee: Areces Franco |
| 12 August 2017 Friendly | Real Sporting | 2–2 | Real Sociedad | Palencia |
| Juanmi 15' Xabi Prieto 56' | Report | Carmona 21' Castro 61' | Stadium: Nueva Balastera Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Rubén Becerril |
Competitions
Segunda División
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Huesca (P) | 42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 61 | 40 | +21 | 75 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 3 | Zaragoza | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 57 | 44 | +13 | 71[a] | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Sporting Gijón | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 60 | 40 | +20 | 71[a] | |
| 5 | Valladolid (O, P) | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 69 | 55 | +14 | 67 | |
| 6 | Numancia | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 65[b] |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored[48]
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
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 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 60 | 40 | +20 | 71 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 15 | +24 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 25 | −4 |
Positions by round
Matches
| 19 August 2017 1 | Alcorcón | 0–0 | Real Sporting | Alcorcón |
| 19:00 | Bellvís  90+5' | Report | Lora 68' Barba 90+6' | Stadium: Santo Domingo Attendance: 2,864 Referee: Sagués Oscoz |
| 27 August 2017 2 | Real Sporting | 2–0 | Lugo | Gijón |
| 19:00 | Carmona 62' 71' Santos 73' | Report | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 22,926 Referee: Valdés Aller |
| 2 September 2017 3 | Gimnàstic | 0–4 | Real Sporting | Tarragona |
| 18:00 | Uche 57' Perales 62' | Report | Xavi Molina 8' (o.g.) Šćepović 15'Lora 33'Rubén García 45'Mariño 48'Santos 63' (pen.)Carmona 84' | Stadium: Nou Estadi Attendance: 6,373 Referee: Cordero Vega |
| 9 September 2017 4 | Real Sporting | 1–1 | Oviedo | Gijón |
| 18:00 | Carmona 13' Rubén García 59'Lora 79' | Report | Cotugno 24' Yeboah 32'Verdés 40'Christian Fernández 62'Toché 85' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 27,506 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández |
| 16 September 2017 5 | Numancia | 0–3 | Real Sporting | Soria |
| 20:30 | Pablo Valcarce 13', 68' Escassi 32' 90+2' | Report | Santos 90+2' Castro 90+4' | Stadium: Los Pajaritos Attendance: 3,076 Referee: Arcediano Monescillo |
| 23 September 2017 6 | Real Sporting | 1–0 | Lorca FC | Gijón |
| 18:00 | Carmona  43'Rubén García 43'Calavera 90+1' | Report | Nando 81' Merentiel 90+1' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 20,974 Referee: Vicandi Garrido |
| 1 October 2017 7 | Osasuna | 2–0 | Real Sporting | Pamplona |
| 18:00 | Roberto Torres 9' Lucas Torró 11'Lillo 22'David Rodríguez 59'Fran Mérida 71'Sergio Herrera 77' | Report | Álex Pérez 83' Pablo Pérez 90' | Stadium: El Sadar Attendance: 15,505 Referee: De la Fuente Ramos |
| 7 October 2017 8 | Real Sporting | 3–0 | Sevilla Atlético | Gijón |
| 16:00 | Šćepović 17' 38', 77' Calavera 23'Sergio Álvarez 49'Castro 90+2' | Report | David Carmona 16' Caro 55'Carlos Fernández 90' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 20,142 Referee: Pérez Pallas |
| 11 October 2017 9 | Cultural Leonesa | 0–2 | Real Sporting | León |
| 21:00 | Report | Barba 49' Sergio Álvarez 65'Bergantiños 66' | Stadium: Reino de León Attendance: 11,567 Referee: Eiriz Mata |
| 13 October 2017 10 | Real Sporting | 1–1 | Huesca | Gijón |
| 21:00 | Carmona 51' Calavera 61'Sergio Álvarez 69' | Report | Melero 62' (pen.) | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 21,206 Referee: Figueroa Vázquez |
| 22 October 2017 11 | Rayo Vallecano | 1–1 | Real Sporting | Madrid |
| 18:00 | Raúl de Tomás 43' | Report | Santos 6' 47' Álex Pérez 50'Isma López 87' | Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 10,266 Referee: López Toca |
| 28 October 2017 12 | Real Sporting | 2–0 | Almería | Gijón |
| 20:00 | Santos 16' Joaquín 37' (o.g.)Sergio Álvarez 69'Isma López 85' | Report | Joaquín 80' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 20,919 Referee: Prieto Iglesias |
| 4 November 2017 13 | Reus | 1–0 | Real Sporting | Reus |
| 20:30 | Atienza 48' Luís Gustavo 68' | Report | Barba 80' | Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 1,548 Referee: Ocón Arraiz |
| 12 November 2017 14 | Real Sporting | 1–1 | Valladolid | Gijón |
| 20:30 | Šćepović 5' Bergantiños 24'Calavera 27'Santos 30'Rubén García 50' | Report | Nacho 45' Deivid 57'Borja 68'Toni Villa 70'Luismi 75' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 18,986 Referee: Cordero Vega |
| 19 November 2017 15 | Real Sporting | 0–3 | Cádiz | Gijón |
| 20:30 | Mariño 85' | Report | Garrido 23' Álvaro García 64'Cifuentes 81'Bijker 90+1'Barral 90+5' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 19,544 Referee: Díaz de Mera Escuderos |
| 26 November 2017 16 | Albacete | 2–2 | Real Sporting | Albacete |
| 20:00 | Zozulya 31' Dani Rodríguez 44'Saveljich 52'[[Mickaël Gaffoor|Gaffoor]] 81' | Report | Rachid 18' Barba 52'Santos 63', 70' | Stadium: Carlos Belmonte Attendance: 7,833 Referee: Varón Aceitón |
| 3 December 2017 17 | Real Sporting | 0–1 | Zaragoza | Gijón |
| 20:30 | Rachid 28' Santos 86'Calavera 90+3' | Report | Delmás 68' 79' Verdasca 85' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 15,436 Referee: López Toca |
| 8 December 2017 18 | Barcelona B | 2–1 | Real Sporting | Barcelona |
| 21:00 | Aleñá 14' Arnaiz 37'Cucurella 73' | Report | Álex Pérez 50' Nacho Méndez 67'Isma López 90+3' | Stadium: Mini Estadi Attendance: 1,699 Referee: Moreno Aragón |
| 17 December 2017 19 | Real Sporting | 3–0 | Tenerife | Gijón |
| 18:00 | Santos 5' Nacho Méndez 13'Carmona 32'Moi Gómez 89' | Report | Camille 37' Acosta 68'  76'Casadesús 90+3'Aitor Sanz 90+4' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 20,013 Referee: Milla Alvendiz |
| 20 December 2017 20 | Granada | 2–1 | Real Sporting | Granada |
| 21:00 | Pedro 23' Joselu 60' (pen.)Álex Pérez 86' (o.g.) | Report | Carmona 39' Juan Rodríguez 59'Santos 90+2'Bergantiños 90+4' | Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 9,770 Referee: Pizarro Gómez |
| 6 January 2018 21 | Real Sporting | 3–2 | Córdoba | Gijón |
| 16:00 | Castro 11' Santos 19', 59' 73' | Report | Aguza 50' Guardiola 63'Fernández 70'Alfaro 78' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 16,120 Referee: Varón Aceitón |
| 13 January 2018 22 | Real Sporting | 3–0 | Alcorcón | Gijón |
| 18:00 | Dorca 24' (o.g.) Carmona 49'Calavera 54'Santos 89' | Report | Sangalli 23' Burgos 90+4' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 19,340 Referee: Gorostegui Fernández-Ortega |
| 20 January 2018 23 | Lugo | 3–1 | Real Sporting | Lugo |
| 20:30 | Iriome 10' Jaime 64'Fede Vico 74'Juan Carlos 80' | Report | Carmona 57' (pen.) Álex Pérez 79' | Stadium: Ángel Carro Referee: Figueroa Vázquez |
| 28 January 2018 24 | Real Sporting | 2–0 | Gimnàstic | Gijón |
| 16:00 | Santos 45' Rubén García 65' | Report | Suzuki 18' Manu Barreiro 20'Juan Muñiz 25'Xavi Molina 54' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 21,122 Referee: Ais Reig |
| 4 February 2018 25 | Oviedo | 2–1 | Real Sporting | Oviedo |
| 18:00 | Mossa 31', 46' 33' Ñíguez 56'Diegui 85' | Report | Jony 21' Bergantiños 37'Carmona 57'Barba 82' | Stadium: Carlos Tartiere Attendance: 25,996 Referee: López Toca |
| 10 February 2018 26 | Real Sporting | 2–0 | Numancia | Gijón |
| 16:00 | Carmona 27' Calavera 50'Jony 72'Nano 77' | Report | Del Moral 34' Carlos Gutiérrez 46'Nacho 55'Dani Calvo 63'Mateu 86'Larrea 89' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 18,103 Referee: Pizarro Gómez |
| 17 February 2018 27 | Lorca FC | 0–0 | Real Sporting | Lorca |
| 20:00 | Pomares 44' | Report | Jony 27' Sergio Álvarez 69' | Stadium: Francisco Artés Carrasco Attendance: 4,066 Referee: Milla Alvendiz |
| 23 February 2018 28 | Real Sporting | 2–0 | Osasuna | Gijón |
| 21:00 | Rubén García 4' Barba 42'Bergantiños 50'Calavera 73'Santos 76' 82'Isma López 89' | Report | Oier 7' Lillo 29'Aridane 74' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 18,763 Referee: Arcediano Monescillo |
| 4 March 2018 29 | Sevilla Atlético | 0–1 | Real Sporting | Seville |
| 18:00 | Cristian González 29' Konyk 66'Eteki 78' | Report | Rubén García 31' Nano 39'Bergantiños 89' | Stadium: Viejo Nervión Attendance: 651 Referee: Prieto Iglesias |
| 11 March 2018 30 | Real Sporting | 4–0 | Cultural Leonesa | Gijón |
| 18:00 | Sergio Álvarez 15' Hernán 33'Carmona 36' 58'Jony 38'Pablo Pérez 84'Nano 87' | Report | Señé 69' Martínez 87' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 25,186 Referee: Sagués Oscoz |
| 19 March 2018 31 | Huesca | 0–2 | Real Sporting | Huesca |
| 21:00 | Aguilera 15' Pulido 79' | Report | Santos 14' 33', 58' Carmona 54'Nacho Méndez 82' | Stadium: El Alcoraz Attendance: 4,283 Referee: Pérez Pallas |
| 24 March 2018 32 | Real Sporting | 1–0 | Rayo Vallecano | Gijón |
| 20:45 | Elustondo 68' (o.g.) Bergantiños 86' | Report | Unai López 82' Raúl de Tomás 90+3' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 21,705 Referee: Eiriz Mata |
| 1 April 2018 33 | Almería | 1–3 | Real Sporting | Almería |
| 18:00 | Alcaraz 30' 90+3' (pen.) Estupiñán 31'Pozo 66'Morcillo 70'Lass 80' | Report | Santos 10' 36' Canella 23'Hernán 79'Sergio Álvarez 86'Jony 90'Álex Pérez 90+2' | Stadium: Mediterráneo Attendance: 7,566 Referee: Díaz de Mera Escuderos |
| 8 April 2018 34 | Real Sporting | 2–1 | Reus | Gijón |
| 18:00 | Nano 20' Carmona 31'Bergantiños 76'Nacho Méndez 90+3' | Report | Álex Menéndez 28' Olmo 50'Máyor 71' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 22,803 Referee: Ocón Arraiz |
| 15 April 2018 35 | Valladolid | 0–1 | Real Sporting | Valladolid |
| 16:00 | Rubén García 3' Calavera 39'Bergantiños 82' | Report | Borja 17' Nacho 49'Moyano 63'Gianniotas 83'Toni Martínez 90+2' | Stadium: José Zorrilla Attendance: 14,184 Referee: Cordero Vega |
| 22 April 2018 36 | Cádiz | 0–0 | Real Sporting | Cádiz |
| 18:00 | Report | Rubén García 51' Carmona 90+6' | Stadium: Ramón de Carranza Attendance: 15,622 Referee: Gorostegui Fernández-Ortega |
| 29 April 2018 37 | Real Sporting | 2–1 | Albacete | Gijón |
| 16:00 | Jony 31' 43' Nano 70'Sergio Álvarez 77'Carmona 87' | Report | Dani Rodríguez 44' (pen.) De la Hoz 56'Zozulya 80'Gaffoor 94' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 23,126 Referee: Figueroa Vázquez |
| 5 May 2018 38 | Zaragoza | 2–1 | Real Sporting | Zaragoza |
| 18:00 | Borja Iglesias 10', 28' Eguaras 45'Mikel González 46'Zapater 78' | Report | Sergio Álvarez 32' Rubén García 53' | Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 26,472 Referee: Ais Reig |
| 12 May 2018 39 | Real Sporting | 2–3 | Barcelona B | Gijón |
| 16:00 | Rubén García 29' Santos 61'Barba 66' | Report | Aleñá 12' 68' Cardona 36' 71'David Costas 50'Cucurella 62'Ruiz de Galarreta 66' 92'Nahuel 81' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 21,207 Referee: Prieto Iglesias |
| 18 May 2018 40 | Tenerife | 1–0 | Real Sporting | Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
| 21:00 | Malbašić 82' Suso 89' | Report | Jony 89' | Stadium: Heliodoro Rodríguez López Attendance: 8,123 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández |
| 27 May 2018 41 | Real Sporting | 2–1 | Granada | Gijón |
| 20:30 | Lora 19' Santos 56'Barba 61' | Report | Germán 53' Montoro 69'Baena 76' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 19,707 Referee: Díaz de Mera Escuderos |
| 2 June 2018 42 | Córdoba | 3–0 | Real Sporting | Córdoba |
| 20:30 | Guardiola 10' Alex Quintanilla 31'Aythami 44'Aguado 90' | Report | Álex Pérez 30' Pablo Pérez 33'Álex López 43' | Stadium: Nuevo Arcángel Attendance: 20,341 Referee: López Toca |
Play-offs
Matches
| 7 June 2018 Semifinals First leg | Valladolid | 3–1 | Real Sporting | Valladolid |
| 20:30 | Calero 29' Hervías 35'Calavera 37' (o.g.)Borja Fernández 62'Ontiveros 80'Mata 83' | Report | Sergio Álvarez 28' Carmona 34'Jony 70'Calavera 90+1' | Stadium: José Zorrilla Attendance: 22,520 Referee: Díaz de Mera Escuderos |
| 10 June 2018 Semifinals Second leg | Real Sporting | 1–2 (2–5 agg.) | Valladolid | Gijón |
| 20:30 | Carmona 68' (pen.) Bergantiños 70'Álex López 82' | Report | Mata 23' Óscar Plano 31' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 23,886 Referee: Sagués Oscoz |
Copa del Rey
| 6 September 2017 Second round | Reus | 0–1 | Real Sporting | Reus |
| 20:00 | Édgar Hernández 5' Juan Domínguez 33'Álex Menéndez 59' | Report | Nacho Méndez 51' | Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 2,753 Referee: Ocón Arraiz |
| 19 September 2017 Third round | Real Sporting | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p) | Numancia | Gijón |
| 20:00 | Šćepović 5' | Report | Higinio 36' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 13,076 Referee: Gorostegui Fernández-Ortega |
| Penalties | ||||
| Álex López Moi Gómez Santos Álex Pérez | Del Moral Medina Pere Milla Nacho | |||
Statistics
Appearances and goals
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1 | GK | ESP | Óscar Whalley | 2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ESP | Álex Bergantiños | 40 | 1 | 35+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Federico Barba | 41 | 1 | 37+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Sergio Álvarez | 35 | 2 | 33+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | URU | Michael Santos | 39 | 17 | 31+5 | 17 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Hernán Santana | 9 | 1 | 3+6 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Carlos Castro | 21 | 1 | 5+14 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Carlos Carmona | 43 | 10 | 40+1 | 9 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Alberto Lora | 10 | 1 | 7+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Diego Mariño | 43 | 0 | 41+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Rubén García | 42 | 8 | 33+7 | 8 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Roberto Canella | 35 | 0 | 33+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Jony | 23 | 6 | 17+4 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Álex López | 13 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ESP | Isma López | 30 | 0 | 16+11 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Nano Mesa | 17 | 2 | 7+9 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | COL | Juan Sebastián Quintero | 6 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ESP | Borja Viguera | 12 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ESP | Pablo Pérez | 26 | 1 | 2+21 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Alberto Guitián | 6 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Álex Pérez | 37 | 1 | 34+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ESP | Jordi Calavera | 35 | 1 | 29+3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ESP | Montoro | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Pedro Díaz | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Nacho Méndez | 13 | 1 | 4+7 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ESP | Juan Rodríguez | 9 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | ESP | Dani Martín | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who have left the club after the start of the season: | |||||||||||
| 2 | DF | BRA | Xandão | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ALG | Rachid Aït-Atmane | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SRB | Stefan Šćepović | 17 | 5 | 12+4 | 4 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Moi Gómez | 23 | 1 | 10+11 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
- Source: BDFútbol
Disciplinary record
| N | P | Nat. | Name | Segunda | Playoffs | Copa del Rey | Total | Notes | ||||||||
 |  |  | | | | | | | | | | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | FW | | Carlos Castro | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 4 | MF | | Álex Bergantiños | 8 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 10 | MF | | Carlos Carmona | 8 | 1 | 9 | 4 times captain | |||||||||
| 25 | DF | | Jordi Calavera | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||||||||
| 6 | MF | | Sergio Álvarez | 7 | 1 | 8 | 5 times captain | |||||||||
| 7 | FW | | Michael Santos | 8 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 5 | DF | | Federico Barba | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 24 | DF | | Álex Pérez | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 17 | MF | | Álex López | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| 28 | MF | | Nacho Méndez | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 11 | MF | | Alberto Lora | 3 | 3 | 2 times captain | ||||||||||
| 14 | MF | | Rubén García | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 18 | FW | | Isma López | 3 | 3 | 2 times captain | ||||||||||
| 19 | FW | | Nano Mesa | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 13 | GK | | Diego Mariño | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 16 | MF | | Jony | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 22 | MF | | Pablo Pérez | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 8 | MF | | Hernán Santana | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 15 | DF | | Roberto Canella | 1 | 1 | 34 times captain | ||||||||||
| 29 | DF | | Juan Rodríguez | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1 | GK | | Óscar Whalley | |||||||||||||
| 20 | DF | | Juan Sebastián Quintero | |||||||||||||
| 21 | FW | | Borja Viguera | |||||||||||||
| 23 | DF | | Alberto Guitián | |||||||||||||
| 27 | MF | | Pedro Díaz | |||||||||||||
| 32 | GK | | Dani Martín | |||||||||||||
| Players who have left the club after the start of the season: | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | | Xandão | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 8 | MF | | Rachid Aït-Atmane | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 19 | FW | | Stefan Šćepović | |||||||||||||
| 23 | MF | | Moi Gómez | |||||||||||||
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.