2015–16 Sporting De Gijón Season
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The 2015–16
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 41st season that the club will play in
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, the first after the promotion from
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in the last season.


Season overview

In its return to La Liga three years later, Sporting continued sanctioned due to a delay in payments to players during the previous season. Sporting was only allowed to sign on loan three under-23 players. Sporting started the season earning a point against
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. The club did not win its first game until the fourth round, when it defeated
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by 2–3 at
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with two goals of Antonio Sanabria and one of Álex Menéndez. Sporting dropped to the relegation positions for the first time after the round 18. It was defeated 1–2 by
Getafe Getafe () is a municipality and a city in Spain belonging to the Community of Madrid. , it has a population of 180,747, the region's sixth most populated municipality. Getafe is located 13 km south of Madrid's city centre, within a flat ar ...
. The club avoided the relegation in the last after winning 2–0 against
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and taking advantage of the win of
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against Getafe, which dropped finally to the 18th position.


Players


Current squad


Reserve team players


In


Out


Technical staff


Competitions


Pre-season and friendlies


La Liga


League table


Results summary


Positions by round


Matches


Copa del Rey


Statistics


Appearances and goals

, - , colspan="12", ''Players who have left the club after the start of the season:''


Disciplinary record

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See also

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2015–16 Copa del Rey The 2015–16 Copa del Rey was the 114th staging of the Copa del Rey (including two seasons where two rival editions were played). Going into the tournament, the winners were assured a place for the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League Group stage. Howeve ...


References

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