# 1986–87 Sporting de Gijón season

The 1985–86 Sporting de Gijón season was the 26th season of the club in La Liga, the 12th consecutive after its last promotion.

## Overview

On 28 February 1987, Real Sporting beat Barcelona by 0–4, thus becoming the largest win away of the club in La Liga.
After the regular season, Real Sporting qualified for the top group and finished the season in the fourth position, finally achieving qualification for the UEFA Cup.

## 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 | Pedro Rodríguez |
| — | GK | ESP | Isidro Fernández |
| — | DF | ESP | Fernando Tocornal |
| — | DF | ESP | Nicolás Pereda |
| — | DF | ESP | Ablanedo I |
| — | DF | ESP | Tomás Orbegozo |
| — | DF | ESP | Manolo Jiménez |
| — | DF | ESP | Cundi |
| — | DF | ESP | Esteban |
| — | DF | ESP | Tati |
| — | DF | ESP | José Manuel Espinosa |
| — | DF | ESP | Roberto |
| — | MF | ESP | Manuel Mesa |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | Joaquín |
| — | MF | ESP | Jaime |
| — | MF | ESP | Iñaki Eraña |
| — | MF | ESP | Marcelino |
| — | MF | ESP | Emilio |
| — | MF | ESP | Juanma |
| — | MF | MEX | Manuel Negrete |
| — | DF | ESP | Tino |
| — | FW | MEX | Luis Flores |
| — | FW | ESP | Eloy |
| — | FW | ESP | Quini |
| — | FW | ESP | Luismi |
| — | FW | ESP | Zurdi |
| — | FW | ESP | Joaquín Villa |

## Competitions
### La Liga

For the 1986–87 season, La Liga changed its format and after the classical round-robin tournament, teams were divided into three groups according to their league table where the six first teams would play for the title, teams between 7th and 12th for classification and the last six for avoiding the relegation.
These groups of the second stage consisted in a new round-robin tournament adding ten more rounds to the calendar.

#### 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 | 43 | 44 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | H | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | D | D | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | D | W | D | L | W | L | D | W | D | L | L | L | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | L | L | L | D | W | L | D | W | D |
| Position | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |

#### League table

Championship group :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 44 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 84 | 37 | +47 | 66 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
| 2 | Barcelona | 44 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 63 | 29 | +34 | 63 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Español | 44 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 66 | 46 | +20 | 51 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Sporting Gijón | 44 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 45 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Zaragoza | 44 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 46 | 47 | −1 | 44 | |
| 6 | Mallorca | 44 | 15 | 12 | 17 | 48 | 65 | −17 | 42 | |

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

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ESP | Ablanedo II | 42 | 0 | 42+0 | 0 |
| | GK | ESP | Pedro Rodríguez | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| | GK | ESP | Isidro Fernández | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Fernando Tocornal | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Nicolás Pereda | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Ablanedo I | 43 | 4 | 43+0 | 4 |
| | DF | ESP | Tomás Orbegozo | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Manolo Jiménez | 43 | 1 | 43+0 | 1 |
| | DF | ESP | Cundi | 41 | 0 | 40+1 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Esteban | 40 | 2 | 40+0 | 2 |
| | DF | ESP | Tati | 35 | 0 | 29+6 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | José Manuel Espinosa | 19 | 0 | 17+2 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Roberto | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Manuel Mesa | 43 | 7 | 43+0 | 7 |
| | MF | ESP | Joaquín | 40 | 8 | 39+1 | 8 |
| | MF | ESP | Jaime | 34 | 1 | 30+4 | 1 |
| | MF | ESP | Iñaki Eraña | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Marcelino | 33 | 2 | 16+17 | 2 |
| | MF | ESP | Emilio | 9 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Juanma | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
| | MF | MEX | Manuel Negrete | 4 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 |
| | MF | ESP | Tino | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | MEX | Luis Flores | 31 | 12 | 30+1 | 12 |
| | FW | ESP | Eloy | 43 | 11 | 41+2 | 11 |
| | FW | ESP | Quini | 16 | 1 | 1+15 | 1 |
| | FW | ESP | Luismi | 8 | 1 | 4+4 | 1 |
| | MF | ESP | Zurdi | 7 | 2 | 3+4 | 2 |
| | FW | ESP | Joaquín Villa | 29 | 4 | 14+15 | 4 |