# 2003–04 Sporting de Gijón season

The 2003–04 Sporting de Gijón season was the sixth consecutive season of the club in Segunda División after its last relegation from La Liga.

## Overview

In July 2003, due to the financial difficulties, Real Sporting sold David Villa to Zaragoza by €2.5m
On 15 February 2004, in the game at Algeciras, Roberto beat the record for the longest clean sheet in Real Sporting at 727 minutes.
On 23 May 2004, Real Sporting earned one point at SD Eibar in the additional time, in a game where the rojiblancos ended with eight players after the referee sent off Yago, Cristian Díaz and David Bauzá in ten minutes.
Real Sporting ended the season in the fifth position, finally failing to promote and with 13 red cards.

## 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 Valencia |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Chus Bravo |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Isma |
| 5 | MF | ESP | Samuel |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Yago |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Miguel Cobas |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Juan |
| 9 | FW | CRO | Mate Bilić |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Rubén Suárez |
| 11 | MF | ESP | David Bauzá |
| 12 | DF | ESP | Diego Alegre |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Roberto |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | DF | ARG | Cristian Díaz |
| 15 | FW | ESP | Irurzun |
| 16 | DF | NED | Jeffrey |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Álvaro Varela |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Pablo Álvarez |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Miguel |
| 20 | FW | ESP | David Lago |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Abel Segovia |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Rafel Sastre |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Dani Borreguero |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Javier Dorado |

### 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 | Gerardo |
| 27 | DF | ESP | Alejandro Vázquez |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Carlos Casquero |
| 29 | MF | ESP | Javi Fuego |

## 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | D | D | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | L | D | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | W | D | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 21 | 22 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 3 | Numancia (P) | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 60 | 30 | +30 | 76 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 4 | Alavés | 42 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 48 | 32 | +16 | 74 | |
| 5 | Sporting Gijón | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 58 | 40 | +18 | 70 | |
| 6 | Recreativo | 42 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 45 | 34 | +11 | 62 | |
| 7 | Cádiz | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 61 | |
* ↑ NUM 0-0 GET; GET 2-1 NUM

#### 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 Valencia | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Chus Bravo | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Isma | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Samuel | 39 | 0 | 36+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Yago | 38 | 1 | 37+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Miguel Cobas | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Juan | 37 | 1 | 34+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | CRO | Mate Bilić | 42 | 15 | 38+3 | 15 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Rubén Suárez | 29 | 6 | 6+23 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ESP | David Bauzá | 26 | 2 | 17+9 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ESP | Diego Alegre | 23 | 1 | 17+5 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Roberto | 40 | 0 | 39+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ARG | Cristian Díaz | 27 | 1 | 27+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ESP | Irurzun | 41 | 6 | 20+20 | 6 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | NED | Jeffrey | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Álvaro Varela | 2 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Pablo Álvarez | 36 | 7 | 32+3 | 7 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Miguel | 39 | 8 | 23+15 | 8 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ESP | David Lago | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Abel Segovia | 21 | 1 | 9+11 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Rafel Sastre | 37 | 1 | 31+5 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Dani Borreguero | 36 | 6 | 34+1 | 6 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Javier Dorado | 40 | 0 | 38+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ESP | Gerardo | 13 | 0 | 3+9 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ESP | Alejandro Vázquez | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Carlos Casquero | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ESP | Javi Fuego | 12 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |