# 2011–12 Sporting de Gijón season

The 2011–12 Sporting de Gijón season was the 4th successive season that the club played in La Liga, the highest tier of football in Spain.

## 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 | MF | POR | André Castro (on loan from Porto) |
| 5 | MF | ESP | Alberto Rivera |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Carmelo |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Ayoze |
| 8 | MF | URU | Sebastián Eguren |
| 9 | FW | CRO | Mate Bilić |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Alberto Lora |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Grégory Arnolin |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Raúl Domínguez |
| 14 | DF | ESP | Iván Hernández |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Roberto Canella (vice-captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Sergio Álvarez |
| 17 | DF | URU | Damián Suárez |
| 18 | FW | ESP | Adrián Colunga (On loan from at Getafe) |
| 19 | FW | ARG | Gastón Sangoy |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Miguel de las Cuevas |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Nacho Cases |
| 22 | MF | ESP | Ricardo |
| 23 | FW | ESP | David Barral (captain) |
| 24 | FW | ARG | Óscar Trejo |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Iván Cuéllar |
| 26 | DF | ESP | Pedro Orfila |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Juan Muñiz |
| 31 | DF | ESP | Álex Menéndez |
| 33 | DF | ESP | Álex Gálvez |

### On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | ESP | Luis Morán (at AEK Larnaca) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## Transfers

In
| N | P | Name | Age | From | Type | Transfer Window | Ends |
| 16 | MF | Sergio Álvarez | 19 | Reserve team | Promoted | Summer | |
| 17 | DF | Damián Suárez | 23 | Defensor Sporting | Transfer | Summer | 2014 |
| 21 | MF | Nacho Cases | 23 | Reserve team | Promoted | Mid-season | 2014 |
| 22 | MF | Ricardo | 28 | Tenerife | Free agent | Summer | 2014 |
| 24 | FW | Óscar Trejo | 23 | Mallorca | Transfer | Summer | 2015 |
| 25 | GK | Raúl Domínguez | 24 | Reserve team | Promoted | Summer | |
| 3 | MF | André Castro | 22 | Porto | Loan | Summer | 2012 |
| 18 | FW | Adrián Colunga | 27 | Getafe | Loan | Winter | 2012 |
Out
| P | Name | Age | To | Type | Transfer Window |
| DF | Rafel Sastre | 35 | Huesca | End of contract | Summer |
| DF | José Ángel | 21 | Roma | Transfer | Summer |
| DF | Javi Poves | 24 | | Mutual agreement | Summer |
| MF | Cristian Portilla | 22 | Aris | Mutual agreement | Winter 2010–11 |
| MF | Sergio Matabuena | 31 | Real Valladolid | Mutual agreement | Winter 2010–11 |
| MF | Diego Castro | 28 | Getafe | End of contract | Summer |
| FW | Nacho Novo | 10 | Legia Warsaw | Mutual agreement | Winter 2010–11 |

## Competitions
### La Liga
#### Results by round

| Round | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 20 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | D | D | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | D | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 16 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |

#### Matches
##### Notes

* César Sánchez was sent off while being an unused sub.

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Zaragoza | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 36 | 61 | −25 | 43 | |
| 17 | Granada | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 35 | 56 | −21 | 42 | |
| 18 | Villarreal (R) | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 39 | 53 | −14 | 41 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
| 19 | Sporting Gijón (R) | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 42 | 69 | −27 | 37 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
| 20 | Racing Santander (R) | 38 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 28 | 63 | −35 | 27 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
* ↑ RVA 0–0 ZAR; ZAR 1–2 RVA

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

    As of 14 May 2012
| 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 | 37 | 0 | 37+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Alberto Botía | 33 | 1 | 31+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | POR | André Castro | 29 | 2 | 26+3 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | ESP | Alberto Rivera | 29 | 0 | 21+8 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Carmelo | 14 | 1 | 7+6 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Ayoze | 16 | 0 | 7+8 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | URU | Sebastián Eguren | 20 | 2 | 13+6 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | CRO | Mate Bilić | 21 | 4 | 1+19 | 4 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Alberto Lora | 27 | 3 | 25+2 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Grégory Arnolin | 23 | 0 | 20+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ESP | Iván Hernández | 21 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Roberto Canella | 31 | 0 | 30+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Sergio Álvarez | 6 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | URU | Damián Suárez | 20 | 0 | 16+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ESP | Adrián Colunga | 17 | 3 | 13+4 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ARG | Gastón Sangoy | 16 | 4 | 7+9 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Miguel de las Cuevas | 36 | 3 | 34+1 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Nacho Cases | 22 | 0 | 15+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ESP | Ricardo | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ESP | David Barral | 32 | 10 | 26+4 | 10 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ARG | Óscar Trejo | 33 | 4 | 26+7 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Iván Cuéllar | 2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ESP | Pedro Orfila | 11 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Juan Muñiz | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 31 | DF | ESP | Álex Menéndez | 4 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | GNB | Formose Mendy | 10 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ESP | Álex Gálvez | 12 | 2 | 10+1 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | ESP | Moisés García | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Sporting de Gijón no longer at the club: ||||||||||
| 10 | FW | ESP | Nacho Novo | 11 | 2 | 8+3 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ESP | Luis Morán | 7 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | La Liga | Copa Del Rey | Total |
| 1 | FW | 23 | David Barral | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | MF | 9 | Mate Bilić | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | FW | 24 | Óscar Trejo | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | FW | 19 | Gastón Sangoy | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | 20 | Miguel de las Cuevas | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | 18 | Adrián Colunga | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 11 | Alberto Lora | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | FW | 10 | Nacho Novo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 3 | André Castro | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 8 | Sebastián Eguren | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 33 | Álex Gálvez | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | 6 | Carmelo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | 2 | Alberto Botía | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | 28 | Juan Muñiz | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 42 | 1 | 43 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Juan Pablo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Alberto Botía | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | André Castro | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Alberto Rivera | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Carmelo | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Ayoze | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Sebastián Eguren | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Mate Bilić | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Nacho Novo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Alberto Lora | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | Grégory Arnolin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Iván Hernández | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Roberto Canella | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | Sergio Álvarez | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Damián Suárez | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Luis Morán | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Gastón Sangoy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Miguel de las Cuevas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Nacho Cases | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | David Barral | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Óscar Trejo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | Iván Cuéllar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Pedro Orfila | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Álex Menéndez | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Formose Mendy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Álex Gálvez | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 120 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 126 | 5 |