The 2002–03
Sporting de Gijón
Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. (), commonly known as Real Sporting, Sporting Gijón, or simply Sporting is a Spanish professional association football, football club from Gijón, Principality of Asturias. Founded on 1 July 1905, it plays in the ...
season was the fifth consecutive season of the club in
Segunda División
The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...
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 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 Sporting de Gijón, Real Sporting de Gijón. With a capacity ...
, 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 municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain, located in Andalusia. It is the capital of the province of Almería, province of the same name. It lies in southeastern Iberian Peninsula, Iberia on the Mediterranean S ...
, 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
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, colspan="14", ''Players who appeared for Sporting de Gijón no longer at the club:''
References
External links
Profile at BDFutbolOfficial website
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Sporting de Gijón seasons
Sporting de Gijon
2002 in Asturias
2003 in Asturias