Sporting de Gijón B

Sporting de Gijón B

Full name	Real Sporting de Gijón B
Founded	1960
Ground	Mareo, Gijón, Asturias, Spain
Capacity	3,000
Chairman	Antonio Veiga
Coach	Ismael Piñera
League	2ªB – Group 1
2014–15	2ªB – Group 1, 11th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Real Sporting de Gijón B is a Spanish football club based in Gijón, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1960 it is the reserve team of Sporting de Gijón, and currently plays in Segunda División B – Group 1, holding home games at Escuela de Fútbol de Mareo.

Unlike the English League, reserve teams in the Spanish football league system play in the same football pyramid as their senior team rather than a separate league. However reserve teams cannot play in the same division as their senior team.

Reserve teams are also no longer permitted to enter the Copa del Rey. In addition only under-23 players, or under-25 players with a professional contract, can switch between senior and reserve teams.

History

La Camocha

Sociedad Deportiva La Camocha was founded in 1955, joining the Royal Spanish Football Federation two years later. On 30 July 1966, the team signed an agreement to be affiliated with Real Gijón as their reserve team.

The following year, La Camocha's rights in Tercera División were acquired by Gijón and the team was renamed Club Atlético Gijón, being relegated to Primera Regional after three seasons.^[1]

Sporting Gijón B

Sporting de Gijón B was originally founded as Club Deportivo Gijón in 1960. Because the club started in the lowest level in Asturias, Segunda Regional, Real Gijón used other clubs to promote its youth players such as La Camocha. In 1970, La Camocha was replaced by Deportivo Gijón as sole affiliate after both clubs were to start in Primera Regional.^[1] La Camocha eventually became an independent club and was renamed Atlético La Camocha Sociedad Deportiva.^[2][3] Deportivo Gijón finished as runner-up in 1971–72 and lost the promotion play-off to C.D. Acero 3–8 on aggregate,^[4] promoting to the fourth level two years later after winning the regional league.^[5]

In the following decades, Sporting B fluctuated between division four and Segunda División B, first reaching the latter in 1979–80, but being immediately relegated. In 1991, it first reached the promotion playoffs in the category, repeating the feat in 1996 and 1997, but consecutively falling short.

In early July 2011, despite finishing 19th in the third division table, with the subsequent relegation, Sporting B was reinstated in the category by buying the vacant place left by the administrative relegation of Universidad de Las Palmas CF.^[6]

Club background

• Club Deportivo Gijón (1960–79)^[1]
• Sporting de Gijón Atlético CF (1979–91)
• Sporting de Gijón B (1991–)

Season to season

Season Division Pos. Significant Events 1966–67 Segunda Regional 1 Promoted 1967–68 Primera Regional 3 1968–69 Primera Regional 2 1969–70 Primera Regional 2 1970–71 Primera Regional 11 1971–72 Primera Regional 2 Promotion playoff 1972–73 Primera Regional 8 1973–74 Regional Preferente 1 Promoted 1974–75 Tercera División 11 1975–76 Tercera División 8 1976–77 Tercera División 15 1977–78 Tercera División 2 1978–79 Tercera División 1 Promoted 1979–80 Segunda División B 17 Relegated 1980–81 Tercera División 1 Promoted (playoff) 1981–82 Segunda División B 12

Season Division Pos. Significant Events 1982–83 Segunda División B 16 1983–84 Segunda División B 13 1984–85 Segunda División B 10 1985–86 Segunda División B 16 Relegated 1986–87 Tercera División 4 1987–88 Tercera División 2 1988–89 Tercera División 1 Promoted 1989–90 Segunda División B 11 1990–91 Segunda División B 12 1991–92 Segunda División B 3 Promotion playoff 1992–93 Segunda División B 14 1993–94 Segunda División B 12 1994–95 Segunda División B 5 1995–96 Segunda División B 1 Promotion playoff 1996–97 Segunda División B 1 Promotion playoff 1997–98 Segunda División B 8

Season Division Pos. Significant Events 1998–99 Segunda División B 7 1999–00 Segunda División B 12 2000–01 Segunda División B 5 2001–02 Segunda División B 17 Relegated 2002–03 Tercera División 3 Promotion playoff 2003–04 Tercera División 3 Promotion playoff 2004–05 Tercera División 5 2005–06 Tercera División 7 2006–07 Tercera División 4 Promotion playoff 2007–08 Tercera División 2 Promoted (playoff) 2008–09 Segunda División B 16 Relegation playoff 2009–10 Segunda División B 12 2010–11 Segunda División B 19 2011–12 Segunda División B 10 2012–13 Segunda División B 13 2013–14 Segunda División B 9 2014–15 Segunda División B 11

As Club Deportivo Gijón As Sporting de Gijón Atlético

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• 23 seasons in Segunda División B
• 15 seasons in Tercera División
• 14 seasons in Regional Preferente de Asturias

Current squad

As of 2 February 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Dennis Díaz GK Pol Busquets GK Javi Benítez DF Sergio Menéndez DF Juan Cifré DF Alberto González DF Julio Rodríguez DF Carlos Garrido DF Víctor Ruiz DF Ramón Riego MF Tomás Mota

No. Position Player MF Mario Arqués MF Chus Fernández MF Guillermo Donoso MF Juan Mera MF Jaime Santos MF Álvaro Bustos MF Pedro Díaz MF Cyril Dreyer FW Pablo Fernández FW Mendi FW Fran Pérez

Technical staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Isma Piñera
Goalkeeping coach	Jorge Sariego
Trainer	Rubén Biempica
Delegate	Iván Hernández
Physio	Sergio Guerrero

Last updated: April 2016
Source: Official website

Honours

Official

• Segunda División B: 1995–96, 1996–97
• Tercera División: 1978–79,^[7] 1980–81,^[8] 1988–89^[9]
• Copa de la Liga: 1982–83 Segunda División B – Group I
• Copa RFEF (Asturias tournament): 1996, 2003, 2014^[10]

Friendly

• Trofeo Emma Cuervo:^[11] 2008

Stadium

Sporting de Gijón B play most of its home games at Escuela de Fútbol de Mareo (field 1, also named Pepe Ortiz), which also acts as both the training ground and football academy for the first team. It has a capacity of 3,000 spectators.

References

1. "Sporting B" (in Spanish). La Fútbolteca. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
2. "2ºRegional Gr1" (in Spanish). Real Federación de Fútbol del Principado de Asturias. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
3. "S.D. Atl. Camocha" (in Spanish). Real Federación de Fútbol del Principado de Asturias. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
4. "Fase de permanencia en Tercera División 1971–72" [Tercera División promotion/relegation 1971–72] (in Spanish). Arquero-Arba. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
5. "Regional Preferente" (in Spanish). Arquero-Arba. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
6. El Sporting recupera la plaza que perdió en Segunda B (Sporting regains lost Segunda B berth); La Nueva España, 5 July 2011 (Spanish)
7. Temporada 1978–1979 (1978–1979 season); at AREFE (Spanish)
8. Temporada 1980–1981 (1980–1981 season); at AREFE (Spanish)
9. Temporada 1988–1989 (1988–1989 season); at AREFE (Spanish)
10. Resumen de temporadas anteriores; at Astur Fútbol
11. Trofeo Emma Cuervo (Ribadeo, Lugo-Spain) 1952–2008; at RSSSF

External links

• Official club website (Spanish)
• Futbolme team profile (Spanish)