# 2010–11 Sporting de Gijón season

The 2010–11 Sporting de Gijón season was the third successive season that the club played in La Liga, the highest tier of football in Spain.

## Overview

On 2 April 2011, thanks to a goal scored by Miguel de las Cuevas, Sporting beat Real Madrid 1–0 at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium to end Real manager José Mourinho's nine-year home league unbeaten run.
The club finally avoided relegation after beating 2–1 Racing de Santander at El Molinón in the 37th matchday.

## 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 | Juan Pablo |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Alberto Botía |
| 3 | DF | ESP | José Ángel |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Jorge |
| 5 | MF | ESP | Alberto Rivera |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Carmelo |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Ayoze |
| 8 | FW | ARG | Gastón Sangoy |
| 9 | FW | CRO | Mate Bilić |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Nacho Novo |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Alberto Lora |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Grégory Arnolin |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Iván Cuéllar |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | DF | ESP | Iván Hernández |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Roberto Canella (vice-captain) |
| 16 | MF | POR | André Castro (on loan from Porto) |
| 17 | FW | ESP | Diego Castro |
| 18 | FW | ESP | Luis Morán |
| 19 | MF | URU | Sebastián Eguren |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Miguel de las Cuevas |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Marcos Landeira |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Rafel Sastre (captain) |
| 23 | FW | ESP | David Barral |
| 24 | MF | ESP | Sergio Matabuena |
| 25 | DF | ESP | Javi Poves |

### 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 |
| 26 | MF | ESP | Sergio Álvarez |
| 27 | GK | ESP | Raúl |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Juan Muñiz |
| 29 | DF | ESP | Pedro Orfila |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 30 | MF | ESP | Guillermo |
| 31 | DF | ESP | Alain |
| 32 | MF | ESP | Nacho Cases |

## 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 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | D | L | L | D | W | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | D | W | W | W | L | D | D | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | D |
| Position | 20 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 10 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | Espanyol | 38 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 46 | 55 | −9 | 49 |
| 9 | Osasuna | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 47 |
| 10 | Sporting Gijón | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 47 |
| 11 | Málaga | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 54 | 68 | −14 | 46 |
| 12 | Racing Santander | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 41 | 56 | −15 | 46 |
* 1 2 OSA 1–1 SPG; SPG 1–1 OSA
* 1 2 MLG 4–1 RAC; RAC 1–2 MLG

#### 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 Pablo | 25 | 0 | 24+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Alberto Botía | 29 | 1 | 27+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | José Ángel | 27 | 0 | 23+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Jorge | 7 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | ESP | Alberto Rivera | 31 | 0 | 30+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Carmelo | 19 | 0 | 9+9 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Ayoze | 14 | 1 | 6+7 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | ARG | Gastón Sangoy | 20 | 2 | 14+5 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | CRO | Mate Bilić | 20 | 1 | 3+15 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Nacho Novo | 30 | 4 | 15+15 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Alberto Lora | 37 | 0 | 35+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Grégory Arnolin | 24 | 1 | 23+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Iván Cuéllar | 15 | 0 | 13+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ESP | Iván Hernández | 25 | 0 | 24+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Roberto Canella | 17 | 0 | 15+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | POR | André Castro | 16 | 2 | 11+5 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ESP | Diego Castro | 29 | 9 | 26+2 | 9 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ESP | Luis Morán | 17 | 0 | 6+9 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | URU | Sebastián Eguren | 32 | 1 | 27+3 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Miguel de las Cuevas | 38 | 6 | 30+7 | 6 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Marcos Landeira | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Sastre | 10 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ESP | David Barral | 35 | 6 | 24+10 | 5 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | ESP | Sergio Matabuena | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ESP | Javi Poves | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ESP | Sergio Álvarez | 9 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | ESP | Raúl | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Juan Muñiz | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 29 | DF | ESP | Pedro Orfila | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ESP | Guillermo | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ESP | Nacho Cases | 18 | 1 | 17+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ESP | Alain | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Sporting de Gijón no longer at the club: ||||||||||
| 16 | MF | ESP | Cristian Portilla | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |