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2014–15 Sporting de Gijón season

Sporting de Gijón
2014–15 season
President Antonio Veiga
Manager Abelardo
Stadium El Molinón
Segunda División 2nd
Copa del Rey Second round
Top goalscorer Miguel Ángel Guerrero
(11 goals)
Highest home attendance 26,783
Sporting 2–0 Sabadell
(31 March 2015)
Lowest home attendance League: 12,240
Sporting 3–1 Zaragoza
(9 November 2014)
Cup: 9,200
Sporting 1–3 Valladolid
(10 September 2014)
Average home league attendance 19,318

The 2014–15 Sporting de Gijón season was the third season that the club will play in Segunda División after the relegation from the highest tier of football in Spain, La Liga. Sporting finished as runner-up and promoted to the top tier.

Despite not promoting to La Liga, head coach Abelardo Fernández extended his contract for two seasons. Sporting started the preseason on July 17 and played nine friendly games, two of them in a 45-minute game format.

On July 22, Carlos Carmona extended his contract until 2019. One day later, Sporting finished its first friendly defeating Marino de Luanco by 1–0 in a game without new signings and several players of the reserve team.

Preseason ended with a no-goals draw with Getafe in the Trofeo Villa de Gijón. Finally, Sporting won its tournament six years later.

As in the previous season, the club started the league earning the three points. At Soria, Sporting went back from a goal against thank to the goals of Miguel Ángel Guerrero and Juan Muñiz. The club continued its good start debuting in El Molinón with a new win by 2–1 over Ponferradina.

On September 1, striker Stefan Šćepović signed a four-year deal with Celtic for £2.3 million, having turned down a move the day before. In the same press release confirming the transfer, Sporting announced Julio and Carlos Castro would be promoted to the first team. The club was the only professional team in Spain which did not sign any new player in the Summer window transfer.

In the first game of the month, at Albacete, a header in the 93rd minute of Pablo Pérez served to save one point and to remain unbeaten in the league prior to the game at El Molinón versus Girona, which won its three first games. The Catalan team equalized the game in the last minute with a goal of David Juncà.


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