# 1985–86 Sporting de Gijón season

The 1985–86 Sporting de Gijón season was the 25th season of the club in La Liga, the 11th consecutive after its last promotion.

## 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 | Ablanedo II |
| — | GK | ESP | Isidro Fernández |
| — | GK | ESP | Pedro Rodríguez |
| — | DF | ESP | Tomás Orbegozo |
| — | DF | ESP | Esteban |
| — | DF | ESP | Manolo Jiménez |
| — | DF | ESP | Mino |
| — | DF | ESP | Cundi |
| — | DF | ESP | José Manuel Espinosa |
| — | DF | ESP | Andrés Bernal |
| — | DF | ESP | Ablanedo I |
| — | DF | ESP | Nicolás Pereda |
| — | DF | ESP | Tati |
| — | DF | ESP | Roberto |
| — | MF | ESP | Manuel Mesa |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | Emilio |
| — | MF | ESP | Joaquín |
| — | MF | ESP | Jaime |
| — | DF | ESP | Tino |
| — | DF | ESP | Alberto Bernardo |
| — | MF | ESP | Iñaki Eraña |
| — | MF | ESP | Marcelino |
| — | FW | ARG | Jorge Rinaldi |
| — | FW | ESP | Zurdi |
| — | FW | ESP | Arnaldo Llabrés |
| — | FW | ESP | Quini |
| — | FW | ESP | Joaquín Villa |
| — | FW | ESP | Luismi |
| — | FW | ESP | Eloy |

## 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | D | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | L | D | W | L | D | W | L | D | D | D | W | D | D | L | L | W | W | D | D | W | L | W |
| Position | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Zaragoza | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 51 | 34 | +17 | 42 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 5 | Atlético Madrid | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 42 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Sporting Gijón | 34 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 41 | |
| 7 | Real Sociedad | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 64 | 51 | +13 | 39 | |
| 8 | Real Betis | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 35 | |
* ↑ Zaragoza qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as champions of the Copa del Rey.

#### Matches
### UEFA Cup
#### Matches
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa de la Liga | Copa de la Liga | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ESP | Ablanedo II | 36 | 0 | 34+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | GK | ESP | Isidro Fernández | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | ESP | Pedro Rodríguez | 4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Tomás Orbegozo | 11 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Esteban | 38 | 6 | 34+0 | 6 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Manolo Jiménez | 40 | 0 | 34+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Mino | 36 | 2 | 32+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| | DF | ESP | Cundi | 39 | 1 | 33+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | José Manuel Espinosa | 33 | 1 | 27+1 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Andrés Bernal | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Ablanedo I | 13 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Nicolás Pereda | 6 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Tati | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Roberto | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Manuel Mesa | 30 | 1 | 20+4 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Emilio | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Joaquín | 40 | 10 | 34+0 | 8 | 4+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Jaime | 23 | 1 | 21+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Tino | 9 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Alberto Bernardo | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Iñaki Eraña | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Marcelino | 15 | 0 | 3+8 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | ARG | Jorge Rinaldi | 9 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Zurdi | 31 | 0 | 17+11 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Arnaldo Llabrés | 26 | 2 | 14+9 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Quini | 30 | 8 | 11+13 | 7 | 4+0 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Joaquín Villa | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Luismi | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Eloy | 36 | 9 | 34+0 | 9 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |