# 2017–18 Real Oviedo season

The 2017–18 season is the 35th season in Segunda División played by Real Oviedo, a Spanish football club based in Oviedo, Asturias. It covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

## Players
### Squad information

| No. | Name | Place of Birth | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed From | Since | Transfer Fee | End |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Alfonso Herrero | Toledo | (1994-04-21) 21 April 1994 (age 30) | Real Oviedo Vetusta | 2016 | Free | 2019 |
| 13 | Juan Carlos | Calvià | (1987-07-27) 27 July 1987 (age 37) | Albacete | 2016 | Free | 2018 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 2 | Diego Johannesson | Villaviciosa | (1993-10-03) 3 October 1993 (age 31) | Real Oviedo Vetusta | 2011 | Free | 2019 |
| 3 | Francisco Varela | Atarfe | (1994-10-26) 26 October 1994 (age 30) | Betis | 2016 | Free | 2018 |
| 4 | Héctor Verdés | Villar del Arzobispo | (1984-06-24) 24 June 1984 (age 40) | Alcorcón | 2015 | Free | 2019 |
| 5 | Juan Forlín | Reconquista | (1988-01-10) 10 January 1988 (age 37) | Querétaro | 2017 | Free | 2019 |
| 6 | Carlos Hernández | Jaén | (1990-09-15) 15 September 1990 (age 34) | Lugo | 2017 | Free | 2019 |
| 18 | Christian Fernández | Santander | (1985-10-15) 15 October 1985 (age 39) | Las Palmas | 2016 | Free | 2018 |
| 19 | Nahuel Valentini | Rosario | (1988-11-16) 16 November 1988 (age 36) | Spezia | 2017 | Free | 2019 |
| 20 | Guillermo Cotugno | Montevideo | (1995-03-17) 17 March 1995 (age 30) | Rubin Kazan | 2017 | Free | 2019 |
| 23 | Mossa | Valencia | (1989-01-24) 24 January 1989 (age 36) | Gimnàstic | 2017 | Unknown | 2019 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 7 | Aarón Ñíguez | Elche | (1989-04-26) 26 April 1989 (age 35) | Tenerife | 2017 | Free | 2019 |
| 8 | Ramón Folch | Reus | (1989-10-04) 4 October 1989 (age 35) | Reus | 2017 | Free | 2019 |
| 11 | Matej Pučko | Murska Sobota | (1993-10-06) 6 October 1993 (age 31) | Koper | 2017 | Free | 2019 |
| 15 | McDonald Mariga | Nairobi | (1987-04-04) 4 April 1987 (age 37) | Latina | 2017 | Free | 2018 |
| 17 | Patrik Hidi | Győr | (1990-11-27) 27 November 1990 (age 34) | Honvéd | 2017 | Free | 2019 |
| 21 | Saúl Berjón | Oviedo | (1986-05-24) 24 May 1986 (age 38) | UNAM | 2017 | Free | 2019 |
| 22 | David Rocha | Cáceres | (1985-02-07) 7 February 1985 (age 40) | Houston Dynamo | 2016 | Free | 2018 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 9 | Toché | Santomera | (1983-01-01) 1 January 1983 (age 42) | Deportivo La Coruña | 2015 | Free | 2018 |
| 10 | Miguel Linares | Zaragoza | (1982-09-30) 30 September 1982 (age 42) | Recreativo | 2014 | Free | 2018 |
| 14 | Yaw Yeboah | Accra | (1997-03-28) 28 March 1997 (age 27) | Manchester City | 2017 | Loan | 2018 |
| 16 | Diego Fabbrini | San Giuliano Terme | (1990-07-31) 31 July 1990 (age 34) | Birmingham City | 2017 | Loan | 2018 |
| 24 | Olmes García | Barranquilla | (1992-10-21) 21 October 1992 (age 32) | América de Cali | 2018 | Loan | 2018 |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 6 | DF | Carlos Hernández | 26 | EU | Lugo | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Free | RealOviedo.es |
| 8 | MF | Ramón Folch | 27 | EU | Reus | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Free | RealOviedo.es |
| 1 | GK | Alfonso Herrero | 23 | EU | Real Oviedo Vetusta | Promoted | Summer | 2019 | Youth system | |
| 7 | FW | Aarón Ñíguez | 28 | EU | Tenerife | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Free | RealOviedo.es |
| 19 | DF | Nahuel Valentini | 28 | EU | Spezia | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Free | RealOviedo.es |
| 11 | FW | Matej Pučko | 23 | EU | Koper | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Free | RealOviedo.es |
| 16 | FW | Diego Fabbrini | 26 | EU | Birmingham City | Loan | Summer | 2018 | Free | RealOviedo.es |
| 23 | DF | Mossa | 28 | EU | Gimnàstic | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Undisclosed | RealOviedo.es |
| 15 | MF | McDonald Mariga | 30 | Non-EU | Latina | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | Free | RealOviedo.es |
| 20 | DF | Guillermo Cotugno | 22 | EU | Rubin Kazan | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Free | RealOviedo.es |
| 17 | MF | Patrik Hidi | 26 | EU | Honvéd | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Free | RealOviedo.es |
| 5 | DF | Juan Forlín | 29 | EU | Querétaro | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Free | RealOviedo.es |
| 14 | FW | Yaw Yeboah | 20 | Non-EU | Manchester City | Loan | Summer | 2018 | Free | RealOviedo.es |
| 24 | FW | Olmes García | 25 | Non-EU | América de Cali | Loan | Winter | 2018 | Free | RealOviedo.es |

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 15 | MF | Lucas Torró | 22 | EU | Real Madrid Castilla | Loan Return | Summer | | RealOviedo.es |
| 19 | DF | David Costas | 22 | EU | Celta | Loan return | Summer | | RealOviedo.es |
| 22 | MF | Nando García | 23 | EU | Valencia | Loan Return | Summer | | RealOviedo.es |
| 23 | MF | Carlos de Pena | 25 | EU | Middlesbrough | Loan return | Summer | | RealOviedo.es |
| 24 | DF | Óscar Gil | 22 | EU | Bilbao Athletic | Loan Return | Summer | | RealOviedo.es |
| 25 | MF | Borja Domínguez | 25 | EU | Córdoba | Loan return | Summer | | RealOviedo.es |
| 1 | GK | Esteban | 42 | EU | | Contract Ended | Summer | | RealOviedo.es |
| 8 | FW | Michu | 31 | EU | | Retirement | Summer | | RealOviedo.es |
| 17 | DF | José Manuel Fernández | 27 | EU | Córdoba | Transfer | Summer | Free | CórdobaCF Twitter |
| 11 | FW | Jonathan Pereira | 30 | EU | Alcorcón | Transfer | Summer | Free | ADAlcorcon.com |
| 5 | DF | David Fernández | 32 | EU | Alcorcón | Transfer | Summer | Free | ADAlcorcon.com |
| 4 | MF | Jonathan Vila | 31 | EU | Recreativo | Transfer | Summer | Free | RecreativoHuelva.com |
| 7 | MF | Néstor Susaeta | 32 | EU | Albacete | Transfer | Summer | Free | AlbaceteBalompie.es |
| 6 | MF | Jon Erice | 30 | EU | Albacete | Transfer | Summer | Free | AlbaceteBalompie.es |
| 12 | MF | Héctor Nespral | 24 | EU | Langreo | Transfer | Summer | Free | UPLangreo Twitter |
| 16 | MF | Jorge Ortiz | 23 | EU | | Contract Termination | Summer | | RealOviedo.es |

## staff
### Technical Staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Juan Antonio Anquela |
| Assistant coach | Juanjo Carretero |
| Physical trainer | Marcos Marcén |
| Analytical Assistant | Dani Mayo |
| Goalkeeping coach | Sergio Segura |
Last updated: 22 July 2016 Source: Real Oviedo Website

### Medical Staff

| Position | Staff |
| Doctor | Manuel Rodríguez |
| Physiotherapist | Gabriel Díaz Peláez |
| Readaptador | Ignacio Gonzalo |
Last updated: 22 July 2016 Source: Real Oviedo Website

### Delegate and Material Manager

| Position | Staff |
| Material manager | Silvino Aparicio |
| Team delegate | Dani Bautista |
Last updated: 22 July 2016 Source: Real Oviedo Website

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Segunda División

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Valladolid (O, P) | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 69 | 55 | +14 | 67 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 6 | Numancia | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 65 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 7 | Oviedo | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 65 | |
| 8 | Osasuna | 42 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 64 | |
| 9 | Cádiz | 42 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 64 | |
* 1 2 Numancia finished ahead of Oviedo on head-to-head goal difference: Oviedo 3–1 Numancia, Numancia 3–0 Oviedo
* 1 2 Osasuna finished ahead of Cádiz on head-to-head points: Cádiz 0–2 Osasuna, Osasuna 1–0 Cádiz

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 9 June 2018. Source: LaLiga.es

#### Result round 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | W | D | W | L | D | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | L | D | L | D | L | W | D | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 16 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### Copa del Rey
#### Second round

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Segunda División | Segunda División | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Alfonso Herrero | 28 | 0 | 27+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ISL | Diego Johannesson | 32 | 4 | 25+7 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Francisco Varela | 8 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Héctor Verdés | 16 | 2 | 14+2 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ARG | Juan Forlín | 34 | 2 | 32+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Carlos Hernández | 38 | 6 | 38+0 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Aarón Ñíguez | 35 | 5 | 31+4 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Ramón Folch | 42 | 1 | 41+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Toché | 33 | 6 | 20+13 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Miguel Linares | 37 | 10 | 23+13 | 10 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SVN | Matej Pučko | 6 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Juan Carlos | 15 | 0 | 15+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | GHA | Yaw Yeboah | 21 | 0 | 7+13 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | KEN | McDonald Mariga | 15 | 0 | 10+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | ITA | Diego Fabbrini | 17 | 1 | 9+8 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | HUN | Patrik Hidi | 14 | 0 | 5+9 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ESP | Christian Fernández | 37 | 3 | 37+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ARG | Nahuel Valentini | 8 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | URU | Guillermo Cotugno | 30 | 1 | 21+8 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Saúl Berjón | 40 | 6 | 40+0 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ESP | David Rocha | 34 | 3 | 29+4 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Mossa | 39 | 2 | 29+9 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | COL | Olmes García | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Viti Rozada | 7 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ESP | Álex Prendes | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ESP | Asier Gomes | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ESP | Lucas Ahijado | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | ESP | Steven Prieto | 3 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players who have left the club after the start of the season: ||||||||||
| 33 | FW | GHA | Owusu Kwabena | 8 | 0 | 0+8 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
* Last updated: 6 July 2018
* Source:

### Disciplinary record

| N | P | Name | Segunda División | Segunda División | Segunda División | Copa del Rey | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Alfonso Herrero | 2 | | | | 2 | | |
| 2 | DF | Diego Johannesson | 8 | | | | 8 | | |
| 3 | DF | Francisco Varela | 2 | | | | 2 | | |
| 4 | DF | Héctor Verdés | 8 | | | | 8 | | |
| 5 | DF | Juan Forlín | 13 | | | 1 | 14 | | |
| 6 | DF | Carlos Hernández | 10 | 1 | 1 | | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Aarón Ñíguez | 7 | | | | 7 | | |
| 8 | MF | Ramón Folch | 8 | | | | 8 | | |
| 9 | FW | Toché | 9 | | | | 9 | | |
| 10 | FW | Miguel Linares | 8 | | | | 8 | | |
| 11 | MF | Matej Pučko | | | | | | | |
| 13 | GK | Juan Carlos | 3 | | | | 3 | | |
| 14 | FW | Yaw Yeboah | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | | 1 |
| 15 | MF | McDonald Mariga | 6 | | | | 6 | | |
| 16 | FW | Diego Fabbrini | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
| 17 | MF | Patrik Hidi | 3 | | | | 3 | | |
| 18 | DF | Christian Fernández | 15 | | | | 15 | | |
| 19 | DF | Nahuel Valentini | 1 | | | 1 | 2 | | |
| 20 | DF | Guillermo Cotugno | 2 | | | | 2 | | |
| 21 | MF | Saúl Berjón | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | David Rocha | 7 | | 1 | | 7 | | 1 |
| 23 | MF | Mossa | 10 | | | | 10 | | |
| 24 | FW | Olmes García | | | | | | | |
| 27 | MF | Viti Rozada | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
| 28 | DF | Álex Prendes | | | | | | | |
| 29 | MF | Asier Gomes | | | | | | | |
| 31 | MF | Lucas Ahijado | | | | | | | |
| 32 | FW | Steven Prieto | | | | | | | |
| Players who have left the club after the start of the season: ||||||||||||||
| 33 | FW | Owusu Kwabena | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
Last updated: 6 July 2018 Source: La Liga Only competitive matches = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.