The 2002–03

Sporting de Gijón Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. (), commonly known as Real Sporting, Sporting Gijón, or simply Sporting (although in an international context this can lead to confusion with Sporting Clube de Portugal) is a Spanish football club from Gijón, P ...

season was the fifth consecutive season of the club in

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commercially known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administrated by the Lig ...

after its last relegation from La Liga.

Overview

On 7 October 2002, Pepe Acebal was sacked as manager, after earning only two points in the first five games.

Antonio Maceda Antonio Maceda Francés (born 16 May 1957) is a Spanish retired footballer. Though a central defender, he was known for his goal-scoring ability.

replaced him and, despite not winning any game until the round 11, he managed the team until the end of the season. On 7 March 2003, due to the incidents during the match against Numancia at

El Molinón Estadio El Molinón (), officially Estadio Municipal El Molinón-Enrique Castro "Quini", is an association football stadium in Gijón, Asturias, Spain. The stadium is the home ground of Real Sporting de Gijón. With a capacity of 29,029 seats, El ...

, the Spanish Committee of Sporting Discipline agreed the closure of the stadium for one game. This match, played against

Almería Almería (, , ) is a city and municipality of Spain, located in Andalusia. It is the capital of the province of the same name. It lies on southeastern Iberia on the Mediterranean Sea. Caliph Abd al-Rahman III founded the city in 955. The city gr ...

, on 7 June 2003 at Antonio Amilivia stadium in León.Sporting-Almería, en León
Diario de León; 30 May 2003 was the first one of Real Sporting played as home team out of El Molinón.

Squad

From the youth squad

Competitions

Segunda División

Results by round

League table

Matches

Copa del Rey

Matches

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

, - , colspan="14", ''Players who appeared for Sporting de Gijón no longer at the club:''

References

External links

Official website
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