# 1978–79 Sporting de Gijón season

The 1978–79 Sporting de Gijón season was the 19th season of the club in La Liga, the second in a row since the last promotion. This was the best season in the club's history, after finishing the league as runner-up and making its debut in European competitions.

## Technical staff

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Vicente Miera |

## Competitions
### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Real Madrid (C) | 34 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 61 | 36 | +25 | 47 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
| 2 | Sporting Gijón | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 50 | 35 | +15 | 43 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Atlético Madrid | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 55 | 37 | +18 | 41 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Real Sociedad | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 53 | 36 | +17 | 41 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Barcelona | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 69 | 37 | +32 | 38 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
* ↑ Valencia qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the Copa del Rey and Barcelona as title holders of the competition.

#### Positions 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 | 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 | A |
| Result | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | D | W | D | D | L |
| Position | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches
### Copa del Rey
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ESP | Jesús Castro | 32 | 0 | 27+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | GK | ESP | Claudio | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | ESP | Rivero | 9 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Cundi | 36 | 2 | 30+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 2 |
| | DF | ARG | Víctor Hugo Doria | 26 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Manuel Vicente González | 4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Javi | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Antonio Maceda | 14 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | José Antonio Redondo | 36 | 0 | 31+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Ricardo Rezza | 37 | 2 | 33+0 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Francisco Javier Uría | 27 | 0 | 14+8 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Abel | 26 | 3 | 5+18 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Andrés Fernández | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Ciriaco | 35 | 1 | 27+4 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | David | 21 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Joaquín | 38 | 2 | 32+1 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Manolo Mesa | 36 | 2 | 27+5 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | José Luis Urbano | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Tati Valdés | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | ARG | Enzo Ferrero | 36 | 7 | 30+0 | 6 | 4+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | FW | ARG | Óscar Ferrero | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Enrique Morán | 37 | 11 | 30+2 | 9 | 3+1 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Quini | 38 | 23 | 33+0 | 23 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Toni | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
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