# 1996–97 Sporting de Gijón season

The 1996–97 Sporting de Gijón season was the 35th season of the club in La Liga, the 21st consecutive after its last promotion.

## Overview

Threatened by the relegation, Benito Floro was sacked after four consecutive losses. Miguel Montes replaced him since the round 35 and finally avoided the last positions and saved the place in La Liga with a 3–0 win over Rayo Vallecano in the 41st round of 42.

## Squad

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 |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Juan Carlos Ablanedo |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Jesús Enrique Velasco |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Yuri Nikiforov |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Pablo |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Fernando Giner |
| 6 | MF | BRA | Valtemir de Souza |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Eloy |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Ricardo Bango |
| 9 | FW | NGA | Rashidi Yekini |
| 10 | MF | RUS | Igor Lediakhov |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Tomás |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Francisco Liaño |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | FW | ESP | Marcos Vales |
| 15 | FW | ESP | Julio Salinas |
| 16 | MF | ARG | Hugo Pérez |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Francisco Villarroya |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Avelino |
| 19 | FW | CRC | Ronald Gómez |
| 20 | FW | ESP | Dani Bouzas |
| 21 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Cheryshev |
| 22 | MF | ESP | Álex |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Javier Oliete |
| 24 | FW | ESP | Luna |

### From the youth squad

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 | DF | ESP | Rubén Darío Acebal |
| 27 | GK | ESP | Juanjo |
| 28 | MF | ESP | David Cano |
| 29 | DF | ESP | Urbano |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 30 | DF | ESP | Sergio |
| 31 | MF | ESP | Aitor |
| 33 | FW | ESP | Rubén Blaya |

## 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | D | W | L | D | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | D | L | W | D | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | D |
| Position | 6 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 15 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 13 | Racing Santander | 42 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 50 |
| 14 | Zaragoza | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 58 | 66 | −8 | 50 |
| 15 | Sporting Gijón | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 45 | 63 | −18 | 50 |
| 16 | Celta Vigo | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 51 | 54 | −3 | 49 |
| 17 | Oviedo | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 49 | 65 | −16 | 48 |
* 1 2 3 RAC: 9 pts; ZAR: 6 pts; SPG: 3 pts

#### Matches
### Copa del Rey
#### Matches
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Juan Carlos Ablanedo | 40 | 0 | 40+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Jesús Enrique Velasco | 20 | 1 | 9+10 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Yuri Nikiforov | 41 | 3 | 37+1 | 2 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Pablo | 34 | 0 | 29+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Fernando Giner | 24 | 0 | 17+5 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | BRA | Valtemir de Souza | 21 | 0 | 17+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Eloy Olaya | 5 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Ricardo Bango | 33 | 5 | 28+3 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NGA | Rashidi Yekini | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | RUS | Igor Lediakhov | 39 | 4 | 33+3 | 3 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Tomás | 42 | 4 | 35+3 | 4 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Francisco Liaño | 6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ESP | Marcos Vales | 41 | 1 | 34+3 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | ESP | Julio Salinas | 18 | 6 | 16+0 | 6 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ARG | Hugo Pérez | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Francisco Villarroya | 39 | 2 | 38+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Avelino | 20 | 0 | 14+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | CRC | Ronald Gómez | 23 | 3 | 2+19 | 2 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | ESP | Dani Bouzas | 9 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Cheryshev | 30 | 8 | 14+14 | 8 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ESP | Álex | 4 | 1 | 1+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Javier Oliete | 24 | 1 | 10+10 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ESP | Luna | 25 | 4 | 17+6 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ESP | Rubén Darío Acebal | 13 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | ESP | Juanjo | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ESP | David Cano | 39 | 4 | 25+10 | 4 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ESP | Urbano | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ESP | Sergio | 31 | 1 | 29+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ESP | Aitor | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | ESP | Rubén Blaya | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |