1993–94 Sporting de Gijón season

Real Sporting
1993–94 season
Chairman	Eloy Calvo
Manager	Mariano García Remón
Stadium	El Molinón
La Liga	14th
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	Xavier Esciach (11); Juanele (11)
Average home league attendance	17,171
	← 1992–93 1994–95 →

The 1993–94 Sporting de Gijón season was the 32nd season of the club in La Liga, the 18th consecutive after its last promotion.

Overview

On 16 January 1994, in a rainy evening, Real Sporting defeated Osasuna by 7–1, becoming its largest win in La Liga ever. Xavier Escaich scored four goals.^[1]

Squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ESP	Emilio Isierte
—	GK	ESP	Ramón
—	GK	ESP	Ablanedo II
—	GK	ESP	Rodri
—	DF	ESP	Arturo
—	DF	ESP	Tino
—	DF	ESP	Raúl
—	DF	ESP	Pablo
—	DF	ESP	Ablanedo I
—	DF	ESP	Luis Sierra
—	DF	ESP	Marcelino
—	DF	ESP	Juan Ramón López Muñiz
—	DF	ESP	Abelardo
—	MF	CRO	Daniel Šarić


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ROU	Marcel Sabou
—	MF	ESP	Óscar
—	MF	ESP	José Manuel
—	MF	ESP	Mario
—	MF	ESP	Francisco Javier Castaño
—	MF	ESP	Tomás
—	MF	ESP	Avelino
—	MF	ESP	Emilio
—	MF	ESP	Miner
—	FW	ESP	Dani Díaz
—	FW	ESP	Juanele
—	FW	CRO	Mario Stanić
—	FW	ESP	José María Cela
—	FW	ESP	Xavier Escaich

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	D	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	L
Position	8	13	10	9	12	15	16	11	10	7	7	7	7	4	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	5	5	7	7	10	10	12	9	11	11	12	12	9	10	11	14

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

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Atlético Madrid	38	13	9	16	54	54	0	35^[a]
13	Albacete	38	10	15	13	49	58	−9	35^[a]
14	Sporting Gijón	38	15	5	18	42	57	−15	35^[a]
15	Celta Vigo	38	11	11	16	41	51	−10	33^[b]
16	Logroñés	38	9	15	14	47	58	−11	33^[b]

Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ATM: 5 pts; ALB: 4 pts; SPG: 3 pts
^ ^a ^b CEL 2–0 LOG; LOG 1–1 CEL

Matches

5 September 1993 1	Valladolid	0–1	Real Sporting	Valladolid
		Summary	Juanele 68'	Stadium: José Zorrilla Referee: Urío Velázquez

11 September 1993 2	Real Sporting	0–2	Deportivo La Coruña	Gijón
		Summary	Nando 79' Manjarín 82'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: García Aranda

19 September 1993 3	Oviedo	0–1	Real Sporting	Oviedo
		Summary	Juanele 78'	Stadium: Carlos Tartiere Referee: Martín Navarrete

25 September 1993 4	Real Sporting	1–1	Atlético Madrid	Gijón
	Abelardo 27'	Summary	Manolo 45' Luis García 65'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Pérez Sánchez

3 October 1993 5	Racing Santander	2–0	Real Sporting	Santander
	Mutiu 34' Merino 81'	Summary		Stadium: El Sardinero Referee: García Aranda

6 October 1993 6	Real Sporting	1–2	Tenerife	Gijón
	Juanele 1'	Report	Pier 18' Chano 50'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Santamaría Uzqueda

17 October 1993 7	Lleida	1–1	Real Sporting	Lleida
	Virgilio 59'	Summary	Tomás 55'	Stadium: Camp d'Esports Referee: Esquinas Torres

24 October 1993 8	Real Sporting	2–0	Rayo Vallecano	Gijón
	Muñiz 32' (pen.) Stanić 88'	Summary		Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Gómez López

31 October 1993 9	Logroñés	1–2	Real Sporting	Logroño
	Salenko 22' Poyatos 79'	Report	Escaich 41', 54'	Stadium: Las Gaunas Referee: Ansuategui Roca

7 November 1993 10	Real Sporting	2–0	Valencia	Gijón
	Escaich 38' Juanele 89'	Report	Eloy 89'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Brito Arceo

10 November 1993 11	Celta	0–2	Real Sporting	Vigo
		Report	Muñiz 44' (pen.) Stanić 89'	Stadium: Balaídos Referee: Pajares Paz

21 November 1993 12	Real Sporting	0–1	Athletic Bilbao	Gijón
		Summary	Ziganda 29'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Gracia Redondo

28 November 1993 13	Real Sporting	2–1	Real Madrid	Gijón
	Óscar 62' Juanele 83' (pen.)	Report	Prosinečki 56'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Andújar Oliver

5 December 1993 14	Sevilla	1–2	Real Sporting	Seville
	Ferreira 44' Abelardo 74' (o.g.)	Report	Óscar 14' Miner 57'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Referee: García Aranda

12 December 1993 15	Real Sporting	3–2	Real Sociedad	Gijón
	Stanić 44' Juanele 62' Óscar 64'	Summary	Kodro 26', 81' (pen.)	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: García de Loza

19 December 1993 16	Albacete	3–1	Real Sporting	Albacete
	Zalazar 20' (pen.) Nílson 66' Menéndez 88'	Summary	Juanele 5'	Stadium: Carlos Belmonte Referee: Gómez López

2 January 1994 17	Real Sporting	2–0	Barcelona	Gijón
	Abelardo 34' Miner 75'	Report		Stadium: El Molinón Referee: López Nieto

9 January 1994 18	Zaragoza	3–0	Real Sporting	Zaragoza
	Aragón 34' (pen.) Belsué 61' Gay 66'	Summary	Juanele 33' Luis Sierra 33'	Stadium: La Romareda Referee: Esquinas Torres

16 January 1994 19	Real Sporting	7–1	Osasuna	Gijón
	Escaich 6', 44', 58', 75' Abelardo 11' Stanić 37', 39'	Report	Ziober 47' Martín González 67'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Núñez Manrique

23 January 1994 20	Real Sporting	2–0	Valladolid	Gijón
	Stanić 34' Šarić 89'	Summary	Iván Rocha 74'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Ansuategui Roca

30 January 1994 21	Deportivo La Coruña	2–1	Real Sporting	A Coruña
	Donato 42' (pen.) Bebeto 87'	Summary	Juanele 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Riazor Referee: Rubio Valdivieso

6 February 1994 22	Sporting de Gijón	0–0	Oviedo	Gijón
		Summary		Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Fernández Marín

5 March 1994 23	Atlético Madrid	2–0	Real Sporting	Madrid
	Kiko 5' Luis García 60' (pen.)	Summary		Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Urío Velázquez

20 February 1994 24	Real Sporting	0–2	Racing Santander	Gijón
	Óscar 82'	Summary	Radchenko 22' Popov 89'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Rivas Fernández

23 February 1994 25	Tenerife	3–0	Real Sporting	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
	Pablo 6' (o.g.) Latorre 20' Dertycia 89' (pen.)	Summary		Stadium: Heliodoro Rodríguez López Referee: Esquinas Torres

27 February 1994 26	Real Sporting	1–1	Lleida	Gijón
	Abelardo 60'	Summary	Parés 25'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Santamaría Uzqueda

6 March 1994 27	Rayo Vallecano	2–1	Real Sporting	Madrid
	Calderón 55' Hugo Sánchez 88'	Summary	Sabou 34'	Stadium: Vallecas Referee: Gracia Redondo

13 March 1994 28	Real Sporting	1–2	Logroñés	Gijón
	Escaich 49'	Summary	Abelardo 54' (o.g.) Salenko 81'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Brito Arceo

20 March 1994 29	Valencia	1–0	Real Sporting	Valencia
	Mijatović 87'	Summary		Stadium: Luis Casanova Referee: García de Loza

27 March 1994 30	Real Sporting	2–1	Celta	Gijón
	Luis Sierra 55' Castaño 73'	Summary	Gudelj 48'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Núñez Manrique

3 April 1994 31	Athletic Bilbao	7–0	Real Sporting	Bilbao
	Guerrero 1', 47', 80', 89' (pen.) Larrazábal 4' Ziganda 36', 41'	Summary	Luis Sierra 3' Castaño 89'	Stadium: San Mamés Referee: Merino González

14 May 1994 32	Real Madrid	2–2	Real Sporting	Madrid
	Prosinečki 7' Míchel 63' (pen.) Hierro 81'	Summary	Šarić 25' Abelardo 76'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Pajares Paz

9 April 1994 33	Real Sporting	0–1	Sevilla	Gijón
		Summary	Prieto 39'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Gracia Redondo

17 April 1994 34	Real Sociedad	0–1	Real Sporting	San Sebastián
		Summary	Muñiz 41'	Stadium: Anoeta Referee: Núñez Manrique

24 April 1994 35	Real Sporting	1–0	Albacete	Gijón
	Stanić 41'	Summary		Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Gómez López

1 May 1994 36	Barcelona	4–0	Real Sporting	Barcelona
	Amor 42' Romário 79', 89' Stoichkov 87'	Summary		Stadium: Camp Nou Referee: Ansuategui Roca

8 May 1994 37	Real Sporting	0–3	Zaragoza	Gijón
	Luis Sierra 53'	Summary	Aragón 53' (pen.) Belsué 65' Franco 88'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Santamaría Uzqueda

15 May 1994 38	Osasuna	3–0	Real Sporting	Pamplona
	Ziober 47' Sànchez Jara 49' Larrainzar 54'	Summary		Stadium: El Sadar Referee: Gómez López

Copa del Rey

Matches

8 September 1993 Third round First leg	Cultural Leonesa	3–2	Real Sporting	León
	Narciso 16' Juan Manuel 36', 57'	Report	Ablanedo I 32' Stanić 63'	Stadium: Antonio Amilivia Referee: García de Loza

14 September 1993 Third round Second leg	Real Sporting	5–1 (7–4 agg.)	Cultural Leonesa	Gijón
	Juanele 12', 78' Abelardo 33' Muñiz 49' (pen.) Stanić 64'	Report	Villafañe 2'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Bello Blanco

8 December 1993 Fifth round First leg	Real Sporting	3–1	Valladolid	Gijón
	Juanele 65' (pen.) Stanić 73' Abelardo 89'	Report	Amavisca 1' Cuaresma 64'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Martín Navarrete

22 December 1993 Fifth round Second leg	Valladolid	1–0 (2–3 agg.)	Real Sporting	Valladolid
	Alberto 54'	Report		Stadium: José Zorrilla Referee: Pérez Sánchez

4 January 1994 Round of 16 First leg	Real Sporting	0–3	Barcelona	Gijón
		Report	Amor 2' Sergi 8' Julio Salinas 28'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Brito Arceo

12 January 1995 Round of 16 Second leg	Barcelona	1–1 (4–1 agg.)	Real Sporting	Barcelona
	Julio Salinas 24'	Report	Ablanedo I 11'	Stadium: Camp Nou Referee: Merino González

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ESP	Emilio Isierte	25	0	19+1	0	5+0	0
	GK	ESP	Ablanedo II	2	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	GK	ESP	Ramón	18	0	18+0	0	0+0	0
	GK	ESP	Rodri	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ESP	Arturo	24	0	12+7	0	2+3	0
	DF	ESP	Tino	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ESP	Raúl	4	0	2+1	0	1+0	0
	DF	ESP	Pablo	44	0	38+0	0	6+0	0
	DF	ESP	Ablanedo I	17	2	7+6	0	2+2	2
	DF	ESP	Marcelino Elena	4	0	1+1	0	1+1	0
	DF	ESP	Juan Ramón López Muñiz	40	4	35+0	3	5+0	1
	DF	ESP	Luis Sierra	37	1	32+0	1	4+1	0
	DF	ESP	Abelardo	41	7	36+0	5	5+0	2
	MF	CRO	Daniel Šarić	23	2	15+7	2	1+0	0
	MF	ROU	Marcel Sabou	35	1	29+2	1	3+1	0
	MF	ESP	Óscar	30	3	26+0	3	4+0	0
	MF	ESP	José Manuel	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
	MF	ESP	Mario	3	0	0+1	0	1+1	0
	MF	ESP	Francisco Javier Castaño	35	1	17+12	1	6+0	0
	MF	ESP	Tomás	22	1	16+4	1	1+1	0
	MF	ESP	Avelino	3	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	ESP	Emilio	9	0	6+1	0	2+0	0
	MF	ESP	Miner	41	2	33+5	2	3+0	0
	MF	ESP	Dani Díaz	4	0	2+1	0	1+0	0
	FW	ESP	Juanele	38	11	30+5	8	2+1	3
	FW	CRO	Mario Stanić	38	10	24+10	7	4+0	3
	FW	ESP	José María Cela	6	0	2+2	0	2+0	0
	FW	ESP	Xavier Escaich	26	8	15+8	8	3+0	0

References

^ "La tormenta perfecta" [The perfect storm] (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2017.

External links

[table_hth_ATM0.22246634923968-2] ATM: 5 pts; ALB: 4 pts; SPG: 3 pts

[table_hth_CEL0.22246634923968-3] CEL 2–0 LOG; LOG 1–1 CEL

[1] "La tormenta perfecta" [The perfect storm] (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2017.

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