| 2018–19 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | Javier Fernández | |||
| Head coach | José Alberto | |||
| Stadium | El Molinón | |||
| Segunda División | 9th | |||
| Copa del Rey | Round of 16 | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Uroš Đurđević (11 goals) All: Uroš Đurđević (12 goals) | |||
| Highest home attendance | 26,748 Real Sporting 1–0 Oviedo (24 March 2019) | |||
| Lowest home attendance | 8,600 Real Sporting 1–0 Cádiz (8 June 2019) | |||
| Average home league attendance | 18,384 | |||
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The 2018–19 season was Real Sporting's 113th season in existence and the club's 47th season in the second flight of Spanish football, the second one since its last relegation. It covers a period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.
Season overview
Pre-season
On 12 June 2018, Alberto Lora announced he would leave Real Sporting after spending 12 seasons in the club. The board of directors, players and supporters went to his farewell.[1]
Two days later, Miguel Torrecilla, director of football, announced that after the great success of the reserve team in the previous season, six players would promote to the first team: Nacho Méndez, Juan Rodríguez, Dani Martín, Isma Cerro, Cristian Salvador and Álvaro Traver.[2]
On 4 July 2018, Portuguese midfielder André Sousa became the first new player of the season. He came loaned from Belenenses, with a buy-option for Real Sporting.[3] Five days later, Isma López rescinded with the club for signing with Cypriot AC Omonia. The Navarrese player left the team after five seasons with 130 league games played and eight goals scored.[4]
Also in that week, Carlos Castro was transferred to Mallorca for an undisclosed fee.[5]
On 11 July, right back Francisco Molinero arrived to Gijón from Getafe for signing with the club the next day.[6] Only one day later, another new right back arrived to Mareo: Portuguese André Geraldes came loaned from Sporting CP after spending the last season with André Sousa at Belenenses.[7]
On 18 July, Real Sporting played their first match of the preseason at Villaviciosa. Despite receiving a first goal, they beat homers Lealtad by 2–1. Gorka Santamaría, signed for the reserves, and Pablo Fernández scored the two goals.
On 23 July, the club signed Finnish international winger Robin Lod for two seasons.[8] Two days later, after requesting to leave the club for playing in La Liga, Sergio Álvarez was transferred to Eibar.[9] The Asturian midfielder spent 13 seasons in the club.[10]
Before these two transfers, Diego Mariño received the Molinón de Plata award for the best player of the previous season.[11]
On 27 July, Real Sporting beat Langreo by 2–0 in a match where striker Neftali Manzambi, that is in the club as a test player, made a notable performance.[12]
On 2 August, the day after a win against Cultural Leonesa, Real Sporting announced French defender Mathieu Peybernes, who came on loan from Lorient. Five days later, Manzambi agreed to remain in the B-side with a one-year loan from Basel and on the next day, Ghanain Isaac Cofie signed a two-year contract with the club.[13]
On 14 August, Federico Barba left Real Sporting for coming back to Italy after Chievo Verona paid the termination clause of the player.[14] One day later, English striker Nick Blackman joined the club on a season-long loan from Derby County.[15]
August
On 18 August, as in the previous season, Real Sporting started the season with a draw at Alcorcón. This time, Real Sporting rescued one point thanks to a great shot of André Sousa in the 93rd minute. 17-year-old player Pelayo Morilla made his debut with the first side.[16]
After this match, left back Javi Noblejas signed for the club,[17] as Serbian striker Uroš Đurđević, who, for a fee of about €2 million became the most expensive transfer in the club's history,[18] and winger Álvaro,[19] loaned from Getafe after he could not sign with Málaga, that had problems their salary cap.
The second match of the season was played on 26 August, and Real Sporting defeated Gimnàstic by 2–0 with goals of Hernán Santana and Robin Lod, both players scoring for the first time with the Asturian team.
September
Real Sporting continued unbeaten after the third round, by beating debutants Extremadura 2–0. This win allowed the team to reach the direct promotion positions for the first time in the season.
The first loss arrived on 9 September, at Riazor, with a goal of Pablo Marí for Deportivo La Coruña in the 94th minute, in a very criticized match by the local media due to not shooting on target in the whole game. Robin Lod, called up for playing the UEFA Nations League with Finland, missed the game. Rubén Baraja and the rest of the technical staff were worried about his presence with the national team as he was recently recovered from an injury.
After the disappointment at Coruña, Real Sporting faced the Copa del Rey and beat Numancia by 1–2. Pelayo Morilla, with only 17 years old, netted the second goal for the team.[20] However, in the league match played four days later at El Molinón, the rojiblancos only could earn one point after a 1–1 due to a controversial goal for Numancia, where an offside was claimed.
On 22 September, Sporting extended their streak without wins with a 1–0 loss at El Sadar against Osasuna. The performance was again heavily criticized, as after the match at Riazor, due to not shooting again on target during the 90 minutes.
The month of September ended with a 1–0 win against Las Palmas, and showed the differences of the team depending on playing at home and away.
October
October was not a good month for Real Sporting. They started it with a loss at Wanda Metropolitano against Rayo Majadahonda in a match where the first shouts of "Baraja out" were heard. The bad streak continued at home, where the team only earned one point against Reus Deportiu thanks to a penalty kick scored by Carlos Carmona in the 93rd minute (previously, Uroš Đurđević missed another one) and the shouts against Rubén Baraja continued.
In a decisive week for the coach, Real Sporting won in the third round of the 2018–19 Copa del Rey after a penalty shootout against Rayo Majadahonda. Ten players that previously played for the B-side participated in the match. The bad streak continued at home with a goalless draw against Córdoba. Again, people protested against the board of directors and the manager.[21]
November
The streak without winning continued at Estadio Mediterráneo, where Real Sporting lost 1–2 to Almería in a match with a controversial penalty kick for the homers to tie the game and a not allowed legal goal of Cristian Salvador with 1–1 in the scoreboard, and just before the second goal for Almería.
Before the Asturian derby, Real Sporting saved one point in the 94th minute in their home match against Málaga, that ended with a 2–2 draw. Again, the crowd shouted against Baraja and shouted the name of José Alberto, manager of the B-side. Finally, Baraja was sacked after losing the derby against Oviedo[22] and José Alberto took the helm of the team. In that match, Isma Cerro suffered an injury that forced him to miss the rest of the season.[23]
In his first match, José Alberto managed the team to the club's first win ever at Granada, beating the homers by 2–1 with a free kick shot of Álvaro Traver in the 92nd minute.
December
The month started with a 2–1 win at El Molinón against Tenerife, in the debut of José Alberto at home. Finally and after 14 league matches, Uroš Đurđević scored his first league goal with the club.[24]
Five days later, Real Sporting qualified for the first time in ten years to the Copa del Rey's round of 16 after eliminating Eibar thanks to the 2–2 draw at Ipurua. The rojiblancos were the only non-first-tier team to qualify to this round.
José Alberto ended the year unbeaten after achieving one more win against Mallorca and a goalless draw at Lugo.
January
On 6 January, Real Sporting lost its first match at home, after the come back of Zaragoza at El Molinón. Three days later, the team would achieve another win at the Copa del Rey, by defeating top-tier Valencia by 2–1. Javi Noblejas scored his first goal with Real Sporting and Nick Blackman made a header-goal for the win. However, the team would be eliminated after being defeated 0–3 at Mestalla.
The month of January ended with three new signs and one player leaving the club on loan made during the winter transfer window. Ivi, Álex Alegría and Aitor García signed for the club while Neftali Manzambi was loaned to Córdoba after transferring the player from Basel.
February
With the three new signs making their debut with Real Sporting, the team started the month by widely beating Extremadura at Almendralejo, with Đurđević scoring a brace. However, despite this good match, the month would be disastrous after losing the next three matches with Osasuna, Las Palmas, Rayo Majadahonda, being the team, specially the defense, strongly criticized.
March
March would see the club's reaction to the bad streak starting with an away win against Numancia, followed by three more, specially important the one against Oviedo at the Asturian derby thanks to an own goal of Christian Fernández. Sporting would progress slowly positions in the table as they only earn one point in their visit to Málaga.
April
Real Sporting recovered the winning streak in the next week at Tenerife and at home against Granada with two goals of Uroš Đurđević. In the match against Granada, the Serbian striker would score the fastest goal in the club's history after earning the only goal of the match with only ten seconds played.
These would be the end of the winning streak for starting a last outrageous break, with two draws against last qualified Gimnàstic and Elche, despite a starting goal of Jean-Sylvain Babin.
May and June
A loss in the last play of the match against Mallorca, where Diego Mariño got injured for the rest of the season, would practically mean the end of the possibilities of Real Sporting to qualify for the playoffs, and these would definitively disappear with a goalless home draw against Lugo and two consecutive losses at Zaragoza and against Albacete.
The season finished with a 1–0 win against Cádiz, with a goal of Nacho Méndez. This was the last match of captain Roberto Canella, who would leave Real Sporting after spending twelve seasons in the club. Just after the match, Jean-Sylvain Babin announced he would extend his contract for three more years, being this confirmed by the club the next day.
Players
Current squad
| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK |  | Dani Martín | 20 | 2018 | 0 | 0 | 2021 | Youth system | |
| 2 | DF |  | Francisco Molinero | 33 | 2018 | 0 | 0 | 2020 | Free | |
| 3 | DF |  | Javi Noblejas | 26 | 2018 | 0 | 0 | 2019 | Free | |
| 4 | DF |  | Juan Rodríguez | 24 | 2018 | 12 | 0 | 2020 | Youth system | |
| 5 | MF |  | Isaac Cofie | 27 | 2018 | 0 | 0 | 2020 | Free | |
| 6 | DF |  | Jean-Sylvain Babin | 32 | 2016 | 22 | 1 | 2019 | Free | Played internationally with Martinique. | 
| 7 | MF |  | Aitor García | 25 | 2018 | 0 | 0 | 2019 | Free | |
| 8 | MF |  | Hernán Santana | 28 | 2018 | 9 | 1 | 2021 | Free | |
| 9 | FW |  | Nick Blackman | 29 | 2018 | 0 | 0 | 2019 | Free | |
| 10 | MF |  | Carlos Carmona | 31 | 2012 | 192 | 34 | 2021 | Free | |
| 11 | FW |  | Ivi | 25 | 2018 | 0 | 0 | 2019 | Free | |
| 12 | MF |  | Álvaro | 24 | 2018 | 0 | 0 | 2019 | Free | |
| 13 | GK |  | Diego Mariño | 29 | 2016 | 44 | 0 | 2022 | Undisclosed | |
| 14 | MF |  | Nacho Méndez | 21 | 2018 | 11 | 0 | 2021 | Youth system | |
| 15 | DF |  | Roberto Canella | 31 | 2008 | 287 | 8 | 2019 | Youth system | |
| 16 | MF |  | André Sousa | 28 | 2018 | 0 | 0 | 2019 | Free | |
| 17 | MF |  | Robin Lod | 26 | 2018 | 0 | 0 | 2020 | Free | |
| 18 | DF |  | André Geraldes | 28 | 2018 | 0 | 0 | 2019 | Free | |
| 19 | DF |  | Mathieu Peybernes | 28 | 2018 | 0 | 0 | 2019 | Free | |
| 20 | MF |  | Cristian Salvador | 24 | 2018 | 0 | 0 | 2021 | Youth system | |
| 21 | MF |  | Álvaro Traver | 26 | 2018 | 0 | 0 | 2021 | Youth system | |
| 22 | MF |  | Pablo Pérez | 25 | 2017 | 82 | 8 | 2020 | Youth system | |
| 23 | FW |  | Uroš Đurđević | 25 | 2018 | 0 | 0 | 2022 | €2m | |
| 24 | DF |  | Álex Pérez | 27 | 2017 | 37 | 1 | 2019 | Free | |
| 25 | FW |  | Álex Alegría | 26 | 2018 | 0 | 0 | 2019 | Free | |
| FW |  | Isma Cerro | 23 | 2018 | 0 | 0 | 2021 | Youth system | Without number since February 2019 due to his injure. | 
- Source: Stats updated as of the end of the 2017–18 season. Ages as of the end of the 2018–19 season. Only league games included.
- Ordered by squad number.
From the reserve team
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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- ↑ Previously loaned to Córdoba.
- ↑ Previously loaned to Rayo Majadahonda.
- ↑ Previously loaned to Rayo Vallecano.
- ↑ Previously loaned to Valladolid.
Out
| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK |  | Óscar Whalley | 24 |  AGF | End of contract | Summer | Free | |
| 4 | MF |  | Álex Bergantiños | 33 | Deportivo La Coruña | End of loan | Summer | Free | |
| 7 | FW |  | Michael Santos | 25 | Málaga[lower-alpha 1] | End of loan | Summer | Free | |
| 11 | DF |  | Alberto Lora | 31 |  Omonia | End of contract | Summer | Free | [1] | 
| 14 | MF |  | Rubén García | 24 | Levante | End of loan | Summer | Free | |
| 16 | MF |  | Jony | 26 | Málaga[lower-alpha 2] | End of loan | Summer | Free | |
| 17 | DF |  | Álex López | 30 | .svg.png.webp) Brisbane Roar | End of contract | Summer | Free | |
| 19 | FW |  | Nano | 23 | Eibar[lower-alpha 3] | End of loan | Summer | Free | |
| 20 | DF |  | Juan Sebastián Quintero | 23 |  Deportivo Cali | End of loan | Summer | Free | |
| 21 | FW |  | Borja Viguera | 31 | Numancia | End of contract | Summer | Free | |
| 23 | DF |  | Alberto Guitián | 27 | Valladolid | End of loan | Summer | Free | |
| 25 | DF |  | Jordi Calavera | 22 | Eibar | End of loan | Summer | Free | |
| MF |  | Moi Gómez | 24 | Huesca | Loan | Summer | Free | ||
| 18 | DF |  | Isma López | 28 |  Omonia | Transfer | Summer | Free | [4] | 
| 9 | FW |  | Carlos Castro | 23 | Mallorca | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | [5] | 
| 6 | MF |  | Sergio Álvarez | 26 | Eibar | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | [9] | 
| 5 | DF |  | Federico Barba | 24 |  Chievo Verona | Transfer | Summer | €3m | [14] | 
| 7 | MF |  | Rachid | 25 |  Dinamo București | Termination | Summer | Free | |
| 29 | FW | .svg.png.webp) | Neftali Manzambi | 21 | Córdoba[lower-alpha 4] | Loan | Winter | Free | 
Technical staff
| Position | Staff | 
|---|---|
| Manager |  José Alberto | 
| Assistant manager |  Iván Hernández | 
| Goalkeeping Coach |  Jorge Sariego | 
| Physical trainer |  Rubén Biempica | 
| Delegate |  Mario Cotelo | 
| Director of Football |  Miguel Torrecilla | 
| Academy Director |  Manolo Sánchez Murias | 
Source: Real Sporting
Managerial changes
| Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Rubén Baraja | Sacked | 18 November 2018 | 14th |  José Alberto | 18 November 2018 | 
Pre-season and friendlies
| 18 July 2018 Friendly | Lealtad | 1–2 | Real Sporting | Villaviciosa | 
| 19:15 | Francesco  11' | Report | Pablo Fernández  19' Gorka  52' | Stadium: Les Caleyes Referee: Gao Aladró | 
| 21 July 2018 Friendly | Real Sporting | 1–1 | Pontevedra | Avilés | 
| 12:00 | Pablo Pérez  87' | Report | Campillo  78' | Stadium: Román Suárez Puerta Referee: Areces Franco | 
| 25 July 2018 Friendly | Sestao River | 0–5 | Real Sporting | Sestao | 
| 19:00 | Report | Pablo Pérez  6', 48' Pedro Díaz  85' Pablo Fernández  85' Traver  89' | Stadium: Las Llanas Referee: García Arriola | 
| 27 July 2018 Friendly | Real Sporting | 2–0 | Langreo | Gijón | 
| 19:00 | André Sousa  37' (pen.) Lod  63' | Report | Stadium: Pepe Ortiz Referee: Alonso Prendes | 
| 1 August 2018 Friendly | Cultural Leonesa | 0–1 | Real Sporting | León | 
| 20:00 | Report | Nacho Méndez  55' | Stadium: Reino de León Referee: Mallo Fernández | 
| 4 August 2018 Friendly | Chaves   | 0–0 | Real Sporting | Chaves | 
| Report | Stadium: Branco Teixeira Referee: André Santos | 
| 8 August 2018 Friendly | Getafe | 0–0 | Real Sporting | Zamora | 
| 19:30 | Report | Stadium: Ruta de la Plata Referee: Juan Bustos | 
| 10 August 2018 Friendly | Real Sporting B | 0–1 | Real Sporting | Gijón | 
| 11:00 | Cristian Salvador  11' | Report | Stadium: Pepe Ortiz Referee: Alonso Prendes | 
Competitions
Segunda División
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Cádiz | 42 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 53 | 36 | +17 | 64 | 
| 8 | Oviedo | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 63 | 
| 9 | Sporting Gijón | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 43 | 38 | +5 | 61 | 
| 10 | Almería | 42 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 60 | 
| 11 | Elche | 42 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 55 | 
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | 
| 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 43 | 38 | +5 | 61 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 17 | +6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 
Positions by round
Matches
| 18 August 2018 1 | Alcorcón | 1–1 | Real Sporting | Alcorcón | 
| 20:30 | Álvaro Peña  14'  67' | Report | André Sousa  90+3' | Stadium: Santo Domingo Attendance: 2,397 Referee: Figueroa Vázquez | 
| 26 August 2018 2 | Real Sporting | 2–0 | Gimnàstic | Gijón | 
| 19:00 | Đurđević  14' Hernán  24'  71' Álvaro  52' Lod  81' | Report | Abraham  25' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 21,484 Referee: Pérez Pallas | 
| 2 September 2018 3 | Real Sporting | 2–0 | Extremadura | Gijón | 
| 16:00 | Carmona  73' (pen.) Nacho Méndez  87' | Report | Djaló  34'  62' Barrera  34' Chuli  38' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 20,335 Referee: Soto Grado | 
| 9 September 2018 4 | Deportivo La Coruña | 1–0 | Real Sporting | A Coruña | 
| 20:45 | Didier Moreno  30'  83' Carlos Fernández  40' Pablo Marí  90+4' | Report | Cofie  29'  75' Álex Pérez  34' André Sousa  60' Nacho Méndez  64' | Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 15,961 Referee: Sagués Oscoz | 
| 16 September 2018 5 | Real Sporting | 1–1 | Numancia | Gijón | 
| 20:30 | Babin  13'  42' Cristian  32' Canella  55' Álex Pérez  66' Álvaro  90+2' Molinero  90+3' Nacho Méndez  90+7' | Report | Atienza  38' Fran Villalba  42'  45'  90+2' Diamanka  44' Marc Mateu  84' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 19,011 Referee: Trujillo Suárez | 
| 22 September 2018 6 | Osasuna | 1–0 | Real Sporting | Pamplona | 
| 16:00 | Oier  23' Kike Barja  62' Rubén García  73' | Report | Đurđević  21' Molinero  45' Cristian  69' Nacho Méndez  72' | Stadium: El Sadar Attendance: 13,432 Referee: Díaz de Mera Escuderos | 
| 29 September 2018 7 | Real Sporting | 1–0 | Las Palmas | Gijón | 
| 18:00 | Álvaro  30' Carmona  39'  60' | Report | Timor  5' Blum  31' Ruiz de Galarreta  42' Lemos  59' Cala  87' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 20,490 Referee: Arcediano Monescillo | 
| 8 October 2018 8 | Rayo Majadahonda | 2–1 | Real Sporting | Madrid | 
| 20:00 | Verza  13' Aitor Ruibal  22' Iza  22'  76' Schiappacasse  35' Aitor García  45'  47' Luso  72'Francisco Varela  86' | Report | Sousa  32' Carmona  49'  83' Canella  64' | Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano Attendance: 4,508 Referee: López Toca | 
| 13 October 2018 9 | Real Sporting | 1–1 | Reus | Gijón | 
| 18:00 | Juan Rodríguez  37' Đurđević  45' Nacho Méndez  72' Carmona  90+4' (pen.) | Report | Gus Ledes  29' Guerrero  42' Linares  68' Badía  90+4' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 18,969 Referee: Varón Aceitón | 
| 21 October 2018 10 | Cádiz | 0–0 | Real Sporting | Cádiz | 
| 20:30 | José Mari  90' | Report | Cofie  29' Pablo Pérez  80' Neftali  90' | Stadium: Ramón de Carranza Attendance: 11,735 Referee: Soto Grado | 
| 26 October 2018 11 | Real Sporting | 0–0 | Córdoba | Gijón | 
| 21:00 | Neftali  6' Molinero  53' | Report | Luis Muñoz  90+2' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 16,118 Referee: Iglesias Villanueva | 
| 4 November 2018 12 | Almería | 2–1 | Real Sporting | Almería | 
| 18:00 | Álvaro  36' (pen.) Owona  41' Andoni López  73'  74' | Report | Pablo Pérez  10' Molinero  35' Cristian  90+2' | Stadium: Mediterráneo Attendance: 7,528 Referee: Ais Reig | 
| 11 November 2018 13 | Real Sporting | 2–2 | Málaga | Gijón | 
| 18:00 | Pablo Pérez  17' Cristian  54' Álex Pérez  64' Noblejas  67' Carmona  76' (pen.), 90+4' | Report | Lombán  26' Diego González  56' Blanco Leschuk  65' Juanpi  65' Koné  80' Boulahroud  90' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 18,559 Referee: Sagués Oscoz | 
| 17 November 2018 14 | Oviedo | 2–1 | Real Sporting | Oviedo | 
| 20:45 | Ibra  6' Alanís  14' Berjón  40' Tejera  58' Javi Hernández  88' | Report | Cristian  29' Molinero  51' Hernán  54' Carmona  63' (pen.) Neftali  88' | Stadium: Carlos Tartiere Attendance: 23,175 Referee: Trujillo Suárez | 
| 23 November 2018 15 | Granada | 1–2 | Real Sporting | Granada | 
| 21:00 | Ramos  43'  84' Germán  55' J.A. Martínez  80' Montoro  85' Pozo  90+2' Aguirre  90+4' | Report | Cofie  14'  28' Peybernes  43' Nacho Méndez  83' Pablo Pérez  86' Traver  90+3' | Stadium: Los Cármenes Attendance: 10,076 Referee: Ocón Arraiz | 
| 1 December 2018 16 | Real Sporting | 2–1 | Tenerife | Gijón | 
| 20:30 | Đurđević  35'  67' Cordero  43' Carmona  46' Babin  67'  70' | Report | Jorge Sáenz  24' Acosta  48' Milla  64' Naranjo  72' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 19,035 Referee: Ávalos Barrera | 
| 9 December 2018 17 | Elche | 0–0 | Real Sporting | Elche | 
| 18:00 | Verdú  8' Sory Kaba  33' Borja  40' Neyder  69' Benja  78'Provencio  86' | Report | André Sousa  36' Cristian  67' Blackman  74' Cordero  77' | Stadium: Manuel Martínez Valero Attendance: 10,156 Referee: Pizarro Gómez | 
| 15 December 2018 18 | Real Sporting | 1–0 | Mallorca | Gijón | 
| 20:00 | Carmona  50' Blackman  58' Nacho Méndez  65' | Report | Fran Gámez  33' Sastre  62' Pedraza  82' Raíllo  85' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 18,170 Referee: Moreno Aragón | 
| 22 December 2018 19 | Lugo | 0–0 | Real Sporting | Lugo | 
| 13:00 | Muñiz  26' Herrera  54' Vieira  58' Josete  87' | Report | Nacho Méndez  30' Babin  33' | Stadium: Anxo Carro Attendance: 5,558 Referee: Gallastegui Fernández-Ortega | 
| 5 January 2019 20 | Real Sporting | 1–2 | Zaragoza | Gijón | 
| 16:00 | Đurđević  13' Traver  22' Geraldes  34' Pablo Pérez  90+1' | Report | Álex Muñoz  27' Guti  39' Marc Gual  43' Eguaras  48' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 22,106 Referee: Soto Grado | 
| 12 January 2019 21 | Albacete | 1–1 | Real Sporting | Albacete | 
| 16:00 | Malsa  71' Acuña  83' Zozulya  86' | Report | Đurđević  24' Hernán  64' Canella  90+2' | Stadium: Carlos Belmonte Attendance: 10,686 Referee: Milla Alvendiz | 
| 20 January 2019 22 | Real Sporting | 2–0 | Alcorcón | Gijón | 
| 16:00 | Đurđević  1' Peybernes  25' Lod  46' Cristian  63' | Report | Burgos  31' Casadesús  35' Dorca  41' Felipe | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 17,104 Referee: Trujillo Suárez | 
| 27 January 2019 23 | Real Sporting | 1–2 | Deportivo La Coruña | Gijón | 
| 18:00 | Đurđević  12' Cristian  26' Geraldes  89' | Report | Bergantiños  7' Santos  15' Dani Giménez  19' Duarte  54' Vicente Gómez  80' Carlos Fernández  90' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 20,627 Referee: Pulido Santana | 
| 3 February 2019 24 | Extremadura | 0–3 | Real Sporting | Almendralejo | 
| 20:00 | Nando  36' Perea  58' Pomares  79' | Report | Babin  27' Aitor García  66' Đurđević  83'  88' (90+2) Carmona  80' | Stadium: Francisco de la Hera Attendance: 10,440 Referee: Varón Aceitón | 
| 8 February 2019 25 | Real Sporting | 0–2 | Osasuna | Gijón | 
| 21:00 | Đurđević  74' | Report | Oier  37' David García  58' Roberto Torres  69' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 17,806 Referee: Ais Reig | 
| 17 February 2019 26 | Las Palmas | 1–0 | Real Sporting | Las Palmas | 
| 20:00 | Ruiz de Galarreta  10' Araujo  73' Lemos  86' Mantovani  90+3' | Report | Cristian  10' Hernán  31' Cordero  36' Geraldes  38' | Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 12,265 Referee: Pérez Pallas | 
| 24 February 2019 27 | Real Sporting | 2–3 | Rayo Majadahonda | Gijón | 
| 12:00 | André Sousa  48'  81' Cordero  58' | Report | Iza  18' Aitor  32', 56' Verdés  38'  52' Luso  67' Basilio  78' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 17,296 Referee: Domínguez Cervantes | 
| 3 March 2019 28 | Numancia | 1–2 | Real Sporting | Soria | 
| 16:00 | Diamanka  32' Escassi  56' Gus Ledes  65' David Rodríguez  86' | Report | Cristian  1'  36' Cofie  22' Álex Alegría  34' Molinero  62' Pablo Pérez  69' | Stadium: Los Pajaritos Attendance: 4,078 Referee: Trujillo Suárez | 
| 9 March 2019 29 | Real Sporting | 1–0 | Almería | Gijón | 
| 18:00 | Cofie  21' Đurđević  25' Álex Alegría  64' Nacho Méndez  90+2' | Report | Juan  25'  90+3' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 17,348 Referee: Arcediano Monescillo | 
| 17 March 2019 30 | Córdoba | 1–2 | Real Sporting | Córdoba | 
| 16:00 | Luis Muñoz  21' Carrillo  30'  84' Miguel Flaño  80' Quintanilla  89' | Report | Álex Pérez  24' Peybernes  38' Nacho Méndez  65' Carmona  81' | Stadium: Nuevo Arcángel Attendance: 10,258 Referee: Ávalos Barrera | 
| 24 March 2019 31 | Real Sporting | 1–0 | Oviedo | Gijón | 
| 20:45 | Cofie  3' Đurđević  29'  72 Bolaño  32' (o.g.) Traver  57' Peybernes  77' Molinero  88' | Report | Saúl Berjón  17' Javi Muñoz  18' Carlos Hernández  63' Mossa  68' Bolaño  71' Tejera  88' Toché  90' Ibra  90+1' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 26,748 Referee: Díaz de Mera Escuderos | 
| 29 March 2019 32 | Málaga | 1–1 | Real Sporting | Málaga | 
| 21:00 | Erik Morán  18' Adrián  19' Alejo  27' Diego González  55'  71' Blanco Leschuk  82' N'Diaye  88' | Report | Đurđević  20' (pen.) Molinero  23' Babin  57' Geraldes  63' Pablo Pérez  66' Lod  80' Traver  84' Álex Alegría  89' | Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 17,055 Referee: Pizarro Gómez | 
| 5 April 2019 33 | Tenerife | 0–1 | Real Sporting | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | 
| 21:00 | Dos Santos  55' Suso  66' Račić  76' Milla  90+2' | Report | Molinero  33' Đurđević  37'  66' Peybernes  50' Ivi  68' | Stadium: Heliodoro Rodríguez López Attendance: 10,180 Referee: Moreno Aragón | 
| 12 April 2019 34 | Real Sporting | 1–0 | Granada | Gijón | 
| 21:00 | Đurđević  1'  41' Molinero  55' Traver  79' Cofie  87' | Report | Montoro  16' Fede Vico  49' Víctor Díaz  56' Ramos  84' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 20,052 Referee: Sagués Oscoz | 
| 20 April 2019 35 | Gimnàstic | 0–0 | Real Sporting | Tarragona | 
| 18:00 | Mikel  26' Fali  42' Javi Márquez  90+3' | Report | Ivi  51' | Stadium: Nou Estadi Attendance: 2,497 Referee: De la Fuente Ramos | 
| 28 April 2019 36 | Real Sporting | 1–1 | Elche | Gijón | 
| 16:00 | Babin  21'  28' | Report | Dani Calvo  11' Neyder  72' Nino  75' Manuel  77' Javi Flores  90+3' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 19,850 Referee: Figueroa Vázquez | 
| 5 May 2019 37 | Mallorca | 2–1 | Real Sporting | Palma de Mallorca | 
| 16:00 | Budimir  19' Salva Sevilla  48' Raíllo  57' Dani Rodríguez  84' Álex López  90+5' | Report | Đurđević  32'  90+3' Carmona  47' | Stadium: Son Moix Attendance: 11,302 Referee: Díaz de Mera Escuderos | 
| 11 May 2019 38 | Real Sporting | 0–0 | Lugo | Gijón | 
| 16:00 | Cofie  31' Nacho Méndez  42' Molinero  45' Pablo Pérez  49' | Report | Vieira  36' Herrera  56' Aburjania  58' Luis Ruiz  78' Gerard  88' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 16,206 Referee: Milla Alvéndiz | 
| 17 May 2019 39 | Zaragoza | 4–2 | Real Sporting | Zaragoza | 
| 21:00 | Pombo  36' Álvaro  39', 70' Papunashvili  66' Gual  90+1' | Report | Lod  8', 47' Babin  34' | Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 17,059 Referee: Ais Reig | 
| 25 May 2019 40 | Real Sporting | 0–2 | Albacete | Gijón | 
| 18:00 | Nacho Méndez  8' Pedro Díaz  27' Molinero  34' Peybernes  40'  41' Cristian  55' | Report | Eugeni  43' (pen.) Acuña  58' Arroyo  72' Febas  77' Malsa  90+2' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 10,906 Referee: Milla Alvéndiz | 
| 41 | Reus | 0–1 | Real Sporting | Reus | 
| Report | Stadium: Municipal | |||
| Note: Match awarded after the disqualification of Reus. | ||||
| 8 June 2019 42 | Real Sporting | 1–0 | Cádiz | Gijón | 
| 20:30 | Nacho Méndez  13' Đurđević  71' Pablo Pérez  74' Cristian  76' | Report | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 8,600 Referee: Ocón Arraiz | 
Copa del Rey
Matches
| 13 September 2018 Second round | Numancia | 1–2 | Real Sporting | Soria | 
| 20:00 | Marcos Isla  52' | Report | Higinio  28' (o.g.) Morilla  31' | Stadium: Los Pajaritos Attendance: 2,853 Referee: Ocón Arraiz | 
| 18 October 2018 Third round | Rayo Majadahonda | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p) | Real Sporting | Madrid | 
| 20:00 | Galán  17' Morillas  38' Benito  53' Aitor Ruibal  90' | Report | Neftali  23' Hernán  34' Geraldes  99' Peybernes  109' | Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano Attendance: 2,156 Referee: Pérez Pallas | 
| Penalties | ||||
| Galán  Enzo  Fede Varela  Jeisson  Iza  Schiappacasse  |  Pedro Díaz  Javi Noblejas  Isma Cerro  Morilla  Neftali  Nacho Méndez | |||
| 1 November 2018 Round of 32 First leg | Real Sporting | 2–0 | Eibar | Gijón | 
| 12:00 | Đurđević  54' Traver  58' Neftali  86' Álvaro  90+1' | Report | Arbilla  89' Pere Milla  90+1' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 12,902 Referee: Jaime Latre | 
| 6 December 2018 Round of 32 Second leg | Eibar | 2–2 (2–4 agg.) | Real Sporting | Eibar | 
| 18:30 CET | Jordán  16' Cucurella  53'  85' Charles  87' | Report | Álvaro  13' Espeso  35' Pablo Pérez  39' | Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 4,970 Referee: José Luis González González | 
| 8 January 2019 Round of 16 First leg | Real Sporting | 2–1 | Valencia | Gijón | 
| 21:30 | Álvaro  32' Noblejas  34' Blackman  79' | Report | Ruben Vezo  36' Parejo  45' | Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 9,870 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco | 
Statistics
Appearances and goals
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | La Liga | Copa del Rey | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
| 1 | GK |  ESP | Dani Martín | 9 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | DF |  ESP | Francisco Molinero | 31 | 0 | 27+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | DF |  ESP | Javi Noblejas | 5 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 | ||
| 4 | DF |  ESP | Juan Rodríguez | 8 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | MF |  GHA | Isaac Cofie | 29 | 1 | 23+2 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | DF |  MTQ | Jean-Sylvain Babin | 36 | 3 | 34+0 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | MF |  ESP | Aitor García | 11 | 1 | 11+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | MF |  ESP | Hernán Santana | 19 | 1 | 11+4 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | FW |  ENG | Nick Blackman | 15 | 2 | 3+9 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | ||
| 10 | MF |  ESP | Carlos Carmona | 35 | 7 | 30+5 | 7 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | FW |  ESP | Ivi | 7 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | FW |  ESP | Isma Cerro | 4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | ||
| 12 | MF |  ESP | Álvaro | 24 | 2 | 12+8 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | ||
| 13 | GK |  ESP | Diego Mariño | 38 | 0 | 37+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||
| 14 | MF |  ESP | Nacho Méndez | 36 | 2 | 24+7 | 2 | 2+3 | 0 | ||
| 15 | DF |  ESP | Roberto Canella | 20 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | ||
| 16 | MF |  POR | André Sousa | 24 | 2 | 16+6 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | ||
| 17 | MF |  FIN | Robin Lod | 25 | 4 | 14+9 | 4 | 2+0 | 0 | ||
| 18 | DF |  POR | André Geraldes | 35 | 0 | 30+3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | ||
| 19 | DF |  FRA | Mathieu Peybernes | 29 | 1 | 26+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | ||
| 20 | MF |  ESP | Cristian Salvador | 33 | 1 | 21+9 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | ||
| 21 | MF |  ESP | Álvaro Traver | 29 | 1 | 16+9 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | ||
| 22 | MF |  ESP | Pablo Pérez | 30 | 2 | 6+18 | 1 | 5+1 | 1 | ||
| 23 | FW |  SRB | Uroš Đurđević | 40 | 12 | 36+2 | 11 | 1+1 | 1 | ||
| 24 | DF |  ESP | Álex Pérez | 22 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||
| 25 | FW |  ESP | Álex Alegría | 16 | 3 | 13+3 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
| 26 | DF |  ESP | Carlos Cordero | 13 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||
| 27 | MF |  ESP | Pedro Díaz | 8 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | ||
| 28 | MF |  ESP | Pablo Fernández | 2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
| 30 | GK |  ESP | Christian Joel | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
| 31 | MF |  ESP | Pelayo Morilla | 5 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | ||
| 32 | DF |  ESP | Alberto Espeso | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||
| 35 | MF |  ESP | José Gragera | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
| Players who have left the club after the start of the season: | |||||||||||
| 29 | FW | .svg.png.webp) SUI | Neftali Manzambi | 15 | 2 | 2+10 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 | ||
- Source: BDFútbol
Disciplinary record
| N | P | Nat. | Name | Segunda | Copa del Rey | Total | Notes | |||||||||
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | MF |  | Pablo Pérez | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 6 times captain | ||||||||
| 5 | MF |  | Isaac Cofie | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||
| 19 | DF |  | Mathieu Peybernes | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2 | DF |  | Francisco Molinero | 12 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 20 | MF |  | Cristian Salvador | 12 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 23 | FW |  | Uroš Đurđević | 11 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 14 | MF |  | Nacho Méndez | 11 | 11 | |||||||||||
| 6 | DF |  | Jean-Sylvain Babin | 8 | 8 | 2 times captain | ||||||||||
| 10 | MF |  | Carlos Carmona | 6 | 6 | 17 times captain | ||||||||||
| 8 | MF |  | Hernán Santana | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 18 | DF |  | André Geraldes | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 21 | MF |  | Álvaro Traver | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 12 | MF |  | Álvaro | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 16 | MF |  | André Sousa | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 24 | DF |  | Álex Pérez | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 26 | DF |  | Carlos Cordero | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 15 | DF |  | Roberto Canella | 3 | 3 | 18 times captain | ||||||||||
| 3 | DF |  | Javi Noblejas | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 11 | FW |  | Ivi | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 27 | MF |  | Pedro Díaz | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 4 | DF |  | Juan Rodríguez | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 9 | FW |  | Nick Blackman | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 17 | MF |  | Robin Lod | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 25 | FW |  | Álex Alegría | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 32 | MF |  | Alberto Espeso | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1 | GK |  | Dani Martín | |||||||||||||
| 7 | MF |  | Aitor García | |||||||||||||
| 11 | FW |  | Isma Cerro | |||||||||||||
| 13 | GK |  | Diego Mariño | 3 times captain | ||||||||||||
| 31 | MF |  | Pelayo Morilla | |||||||||||||
| Players who have left the club after the start of the season: | ||||||||||||||||
| 29 | FW | .svg.png.webp) | Neftali Manzambi | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
Source: BDFútbol
Only competitive matches = Number of bookings;
 = Number of bookings;  = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;
 = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.
 = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.
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