# 1987–88 Sporting de Gijón season

The 1987–88 Sporting de Gijón season was the 27th season of the club in La Liga, the 13th consecutive after its last promotion.

## Overview

Despite a bad start of the season, Sporting ended the league in the ninth position.
In their fifth participation in the UEFA Cup, the club was eliminated in the first round by Milan, despite winning the first leg at El Molinón by 1–0.

## 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 | Arturo |
| — | DF | ESP | Cundi |
| — | DF | ESP | Ablanedo I |
| — | DF | ESP | Manolo Jiménez |
| — | DF | ESP | Esteban |
| — | DF | ESP | José Manuel Espinosa |
| — | DF | ESP | Marino |
| — | DF | ESP | Luis Sierra |
| — | DF | ESP | Tati |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | Iñaki Eraña |
| — | MF | ESP | Marcelino |
| — | MF | ESP | Juanma |
| — | MF | ESP | Emilio |
| — | MF | ESP | Joaquín |
| — | MF | ESP | Jaime |
| — | FW | ESP | Zurdi |
| — | FW | URU | Wilmar Cabrera |
| — | FW | ESP | Eloy |
| — | FW | ESP | Felipe |
| — | FW | ESP | Luismi |
| — | FW | ESP | Joaquín Villa |

## 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | D | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | W | D | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | D |
| Position | 10 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Celta Vigo | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 43 | 40 | +3 | 39 |
| 8 | Valladolid | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 31 | 34 | −3 | 38 |
| 9 | Sporting Gijón | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 38 |
| 10 | Sevilla | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 37 |
| 11 | Zaragoza | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 54 | 56 | −2 | 36 |

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

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ESP | Ablanedo II | 28 | 0 | 28+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | ESP | Isidro Fernández | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | ESP | Pedro Rodríguez | 12 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Arturo | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Cundi | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Ablanedo I | 39 | 0 | 37+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Manolo Jiménez | 39 | 0 | 37+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Esteban | 30 | 0 | 29+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | José Manuel Espinosa | 29 | 0 | 27+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Marino | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Luis Sierra | 16 | 1 | 15+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Tati | 13 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Iñaki Eraña | 23 | 1 | 16+7 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Marcelino | 29 | 0 | 19+8 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Juanma | 38 | 7 | 23+13 | 7 | 0+2 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Emilio | 38 | 1 | 36+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Joaquín | 39 | 15 | 38+0 | 15 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Jaime | 9 | 1 | 7+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| | MF | ESP | Zurdi | 29 | 0 | 12+15 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | URU | Wilmar Cabrera | 24 | 2 | 10+12 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Felipe | 6 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Eloy | 39 | 3 | 37+0 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Luismi | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Joaquín Villa | 26 | 12 | 23+3 | 12 | 0+0 | 0 |