1998–99 Sporting de Gijón season
# 1998–99 Sporting de Gijón season

The 1998–99 Sporting de Gijón season was the first season of the club in Segunda División after its last relegation from La Liga, beating the record of less points in a season and the record of most games without earning a win.

## Overview

Four coaches managed the team in a very tough season, where the club did not win any league match until the round 9.

Antonio López Habas started managing the team until he was sacked after the round 6. José Antonio Redondo was the caretaker during two weeks until Dutch Aad de Mos arrived to take the helm of the team. He was sacked after the round 19, being substituted by Pedro Braojos, who finally ended the season.

After the end of the season, Juan Carlos Ablanedo retired from football. The goalkeeper played 401 league games with Sporting de Gijón.

## 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 Carlos Ablanedo |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Iván Otero |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Mingo |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Rubén Darío Acebal |
| 5 | DF | ESP | José Jesús Mesas |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Vicente |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Mario |
| 8 | MF | ESP | David Cano |
| 9 | FW | MAR | Abdeljalil Hadda |
| 10 | MF | GRE | Takis Gonias |
| 11 | MF | ESP | José Manuel |
| 12 | MF | YUG | Marko Perović |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Sergio Sánchez |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Fredi |
| 15 | MF | RUS | Igor Lediakhov |
| 16 | DF | BOL | Luis Cristaldo |
| 17 | FW | ESP | Monchu |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Óscar Arias |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Kaiku |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Isma |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Sergio |
| 22 | MF | ESP | Manolo |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Antonio Poyatos |
| 24 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Cheryshev |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Juanjo |

### From the youth 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 26 | DF | ESP | Urbano |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Miguel Cobas |
| 28 | DF | ESP | Yago |
| 29 | FW | ESP | Rubén Suárez |
| 30 | MF | ESP | Salvador Capín |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 31 | DF | ESP | Borja Sánchez |
| 32 | FW | ESP | Nacho García |
| 36 | MF | ESP | Sergio Lara |
| 37 | FW | ESP | Miguel |
| 38 | MF | ESP | Alberto |

## Competitions

### La Liga

**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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | D | W | L | W | D | L | D | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | L | D | W | L | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 10 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 9 |

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Toledo | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 54 | 49 | +5 | 65 |
| 8 | Compostela | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 60 | 53 | +7 | 61 |
| 9 | Sporting de Gijón | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 59 |
| 10 | Mérida | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 48 | 41 | +7 | 59 |
| 11 | Lleida | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 52 | 50 | +2 | 59 |

## Squad statistics

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Segunda División | Segunda División | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Juan Carlos Ablanedo | 3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Iván Otero | 16 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Mingo | 40 | 0 | 36+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Rubén Darío Acebal | 4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | José Jesús Mesas | 36 | 0 | 28+4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Vicente | 27 | 0 | 17+7 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Mario | 36 | 3 | 23+7 | 3 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | David Cano | 20 | 1 | 10+4 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | MAR | Abdeljalil Hadda | 27 | 5 | 13+10 | 4 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | GRE | Takis Gonias | 15 | 2 | 6+5 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | ESP | José Manuel | 28 | 1 | 23+1 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | YUG | Marko Perović | 17 | 4 | 6+11 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Sergio Sánchez | 32 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Fredi | 8 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | RUS | Igor Lediakhov | 20 | 5 | 20+0 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | BOL | Luis Cristaldo | 13 | 1 | 7+1 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ESP | Monchu | 40 | 5 | 28+6 | 5 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Óscar Arias | 38 | 3 | 29+2 | 3 | 7+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Kaiku | 14 | 1 | 1+8 | 1 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Isma | 19 | 1 | 13+3 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Sergio | 31 | 1 | 28+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ESP | Manolo | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Antonio Poyatos | 17 | 0 | 4+10 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Cheryshev | 43 | 17 | 30+6 | 13 | 7+0 | 4 |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Juanjo | 16 | 0 | 15+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ESP | Urbano | 25 | 0 | 15+5 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Miguel Cobas | 10 | 1 | 8+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ESP | Yago | 9 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ESP | Rubén Suárez | 30 | 2 | 15+11 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 30 | FW | ESP | Salvador Capín | 20 | 0 | 16+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ESP | Borja Sánchez | 2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ESP | Nacho García | 7 | 1 | 3+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | ESP | Sergio Lara | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | ESP | Miguel | 5 | 1 | 2+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | ESP | Alberto | 11 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
