# 2021–22 Sporting de Gijón season

The 2021–22 season was the 117th season in the existence of Sporting de Gijón and the club's fifth consecutive season in the second division of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Sporting Gijón participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 8 February 2022.
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 | Iván Cuéllar |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Guille Rosas |
| 3 | DF | UKR | Vasyl Kravets (on loan from Leganés) |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Marc Valiente |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Borja López |
| 6 | DF | MTQ | Jean-Sylvain Babin |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Aitor García |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Pedro Díaz |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Nacho Méndez |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Víctor Campuzano |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Diego Mariño (captain) |
| 14 | FW | ESP | Berto González |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Juan Berrocal (on loan from Sevilla) |
| 16 | MF | ESP | José Gragera |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Christian Rivera |
| 18 | MF | PAN | José Luis Rodríguez (on loan from Alavés) |
| 19 | DF | UKR | Bogdan Milovanov |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Fran Villalba (on loan from Birmingham) |
| 22 | FW | ESP | Pablo Pérez |
| 23 | FW | MNE | Uroš Đurđević |
| 26 | DF | ESP | Pablo García |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Gaspar Campos |
| 33 | GK | ESP | Joel Jiménez |

### Reserve team

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 |
| 35 | FW | ESP | César García |
| 38 | DF | ESP | David Argüelles |
| 39 | MF | ESP | Marcos Trabanco |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 41 | GK | ESP | Gonzalo Ardura |
| 43 | MF | ESP | Javier Mecerreyes |

### Out on loan

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 |
| — | GK | CUB | Christian Joel (to AEK Larnaca until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ESP | Pelayo Suárez (to Logroñés until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ESP | Manu García (to Alavés until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | Pelayo Morilla (to Algeciras until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ESP | Pelayo Suárez (to SD Logroñés until 30 June 2022) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Segunda División | 15 August 2021 | 29 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 17th | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 026.19 |
| Copa del Rey | 1 December 2021 | 15 January 2022 | First round | Round of 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 48 | 50 | −2 | 030.43 |
Source: Soccerway

### Segunda División
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 15 | Ibiza | 42 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 53 | 59 | −6 | 52 | |
| 16 | Lugo | 42 | 10 | 20 | 12 | 46 | 52 | −6 | 50 | |
| 17 | Sporting Gijón | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 46 | |
| 18 | Málaga | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 45 | |
| 19 | Amorebieta (R) | 42 | 9 | 16 | 17 | 44 | 63 | −19 | 43 | Relegation to Primera Federación |
* ↑ Mirandés finished ahead of Ibiza on head-to-head points: Mirandés 4–0 Ibiza, Ibiza 0–2 Mirandés.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: La Liga Smartbank

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | D | W | D | D | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | W | D | D | L | L | L | D | W | D | L |
| Position | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 30 June 2021.