# 2002–03 Sporting de Gijón season

The 2002–03 Sporting de Gijón season was the fifth consecutive season of the club in Segunda División after its last relegation from La Liga.

## Overview

On 7 October 2002, Pepe Acebal was sacked as manager, after earning only two points in the first five games. Antonio Maceda replaced him and, despite not winning any game until the round 11, he managed the team until the end of the season.
On 7 March 2003, due to the incidents during the match against Numancia at El Molinón, the Spanish Committee of Sporting Discipline agreed the closure of the stadium for one game. This match, played against Almería, on 7 June 2003 at Antonio Amilivia stadium in León. was the first one of Real Sporting played as home team out of El Molinón.

## 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 |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Juanjo |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Chus Bravo |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Isma |
| 5 | MF | ESP | Raúl Lozano |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Samuel |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Miguel Cobas |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Juan |
| 9 | FW | ESP | David Villa |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Rubén Suárez |
| 11 | FW | ESP | José Luis Soto |
| 12 | DF | ESP | Diego Alegre |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Roberto |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | DF | ARG | Cristian Díaz |
| 15 | FW | ESP | Irurzun |
| 16 | FW | ESP | Manel |
| 17 | DF | YUG | Igor Taševski |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Pablo Álvarez |
| 19 | DF | ESP | Rubén Pulido |
| 20 | FW | ESP | Blin |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Abel Segovia |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Rafel Sastre |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Dani Borreguero |
| 24 | MF | ESP | David Bauzá |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Juanjo Valencia |

### From the youth 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 |
| 27 | DF | ESP | Jano |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Javi Fuego |
| 29 | MF | ESP | Gerardo |

## Competitions
### Segunda División
#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | L | D | D | L | D | D | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | D | D | D | W | L | L | D | D | W | D | W | L | L | L | D | D | D | D | D | W |
| Position | 19 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 10 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 8 | Tenerife | 42 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 57 | |
| 9 | Compostela (R) | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 54 | 56 | −2 | 55 | Relegation to Segunda División B |
| 10 | Sporting Gijón | 42 | 11 | 20 | 11 | 44 | 41 | +3 | 53 | |
| 11 | Getafe | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 52 | 55 | −3 | 53 | |
| 12 | Terrassa | 42 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 52 | |
* ↑ Compostela was relegated to Segunda División B because it was unable to cover a share capital expansion. Leganés was readmitted into Segunda División.
* 1 2 GET 0–1 SPG; SPG 0–0 GET
* ↑ TER: 8 pts; EJI: 4 pts; NUM: 3 pts

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

| 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 | Juanjo | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Chus Bravo | 25 | 0 | 20+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Isma | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | ESP | Raúl Lozano | 32 | 4 | 24+8 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Samuel | 6 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Miguel Cobas | 30 | 0 | 22+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Juan | 38 | 1 | 34+3 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | David Villa | 40 | 21 | 35+4 | 20 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Rubén Suárez | 27 | 2 | 8+18 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ESP | José Luis Soto | 22 | 1 | 4+17 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ESP | Diego Alegre | 27 | 0 | 22+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Roberto | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ARG | Cristian Díaz | 37 | 3 | 36+0 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ESP | Irurzun | 18 | 1 | 12+6 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | ESP | Manel | 34 | 3 | 18+15 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | YUG | Igor Taševski | 40 | 1 | 39+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Pablo Álvarez | 26 | 2 | 20+5 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ESP | Rubén Pulido | 22 | 4 | 21+1 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Blin | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Abel Segovia | 16 | 0 | 11+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Rafel Sastre | 38 | 0 | 37+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Dani Borreguero | 37 | 2 | 36+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ESP | David Bauzá | 16 | 0 | 13+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Juanjo Valencia | 38 | 0 | 37+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ESP | Jano | 6 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Javi Fuego | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ESP | Gerardo | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Sporting de Gijón no longer at the club: ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ESP | Pablo Amo | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |