Sporting de Gijón (youth)

The Sporting de Gijón youth teams are integrated in the club's youth academy, developing players from childhood through to the integration of the best prospects into the adult teams.

Sporting de Gijón
Full nameReal Sporting de Gijón, SAD
GroundEscuela de Fútbol de Mareo, Gijón,
Asturias, Spain
Capacity1,500
ChairmanJavier Fernández
LeagueDivisión de Honor
2018–19Group 1, 2nd
WebsiteClub website

The final category within the youth structure is the Juvenil A under-18/19 team which represents the club in the top national competition. The successful graduates then usually move to the club's reserve team, Sporting de Gijón B which is also considered part of the cantera due to being a stage in progression towards the senior team, albeit competing in the adult league system.

The academy is based at the club training complex, Escuela de Fútbol de Mareo, which is often the name used informally to refer to the system itself.

Background

The top football clubs in the Spanish leagues generally place great importance in developing their cantera to promote the players from within or sell to other clubs as a source of revenue, and Sporting de Gijón is no exception. Their youth recruitment network is focused around their home region of Asturias, and there are collaboration agreements in place with small clubs in the region.

Sporting de Gijón had many farm teams, like RD Oriamendi, until his official reserve team, Sporting de Gijón B, was established in 1960.

Sporting's academy, the Escuela de Fútbol de Mareo, built in 1974, is considered one of the most important football academies in Spain. International players such as Luis Enrique, Abelardo, Javier Manjarín and David Villa learned their skills at Mareo.[1]

In 2010, Sporting youth graduate Míchel was sold to Birmingham City for £3 million,[2] becoming the highest transfers in the history of the Asturian club,[3] until the transfers of José Ángel to Roma, in 2011, by €4.5 million,[4] and Jorge Meré to Köln, in 2017, for a fee between €8.5 million and €9 million.[5]

Structure

Head coaches

The coaches are often former Sporting Gijón players who themselves graduated from Mareo.

SquadAgeCoachTierLeague
Juvenil A16-18Ismael Piñera1División de Honor (Gr. I)
Juvenil B16-17Sergio Sánchez2Liga Nacional (Gr. II)
Cadete A15-16Alejandro Morán1Primera Cadete
Cadete B14-15Diego Galeano2Segunda Cadete

Current squads

Juvenil A
As of March 2017 [6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Spain ESP Damián García
— GK Spain ESP Enol Muñiz
— GK Spain ESP Jonathan Sánchez
— DF Spain ESP Pelayo Suárez
— DF Spain ESP Ismael Azpiri
— DF Spain ESP Néstor Bustelo
— DF Spain ESP Rubén Expósito
— DF Spain ESP Alberto
— DF Spain ESP Miguel Prado
— DF Spain ESP Varo
— DF Spain ESP Alberto Espeso
— MF Spain ESP Pablo García
— MF Spain ESP Gaspar Campos
— MF Spain ESP Pablo Ferreiro
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Spain ESP Diego Díaz
— MF Spain ESP Nacho
— MF Spain ESP Iván Elena
— MF Spain ESP Mateo Arellano
— MF Spain ESP Rehber
— MF Spain ESP Jaime Izquierdo
— MF Spain ESP Yoel Palacio
— FW Spain ESP Daniel Sandoval
— FW Paraguay PAR Joel Sanabria
— FW Spain ESP David Ruiz
— FW Spain ESP Mario Buelga
— FW Spain ESP Bertín

Season to season (Juvenil A)
SeasonLvlGrpPosCopa de CampeonesCopa del Rey
1992–93DH1 1stFirst round
1993–94DH1 1stFirst round
1994–95Liga de Honor 5thFirst round
1995–96DH1 3rdRound of 16
1996–97DH1 2ndSemifinals
1997–98DH1 7th
1998–99DH1 6th
1999–00DH1 2ndRound of 16
2000–01DH1 6th
2001–02DH1 6th
2002–03DH1 8th
2003–04DH1 1stChampionRound of 16
2004–05DH1 1stRunner-upRunner-up
2005–06DH1 5th
2006–07DH1 4th
2007–08DH1 8th
2008–09DH1 3rd
2009–10DH1 3rd
2010–11DH1 4th
2011–12DH1 1stSemifinalsRound of 16
2012–13DH1 2ndRound of 16
2013–14DH1 5th
2014–15DH1 6th
2015–16DH1 3rdQuarterfinals
2016–17DH1 2ndRound of 16
2017–18DH1 1stRunner-upRound of 16
2018–19DH1 2ndRound of 16
2019–20[lower-alpha 1]DH12nd—
2020–21DH13rd
2021–22DH16th
2022–23DH13rdQuarterfinals
  1. In March 2020, all fixtures were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain. On 6 May 2020, the Royal Spanish Football Federation announced the premature end of the leagues, revoking all relegations, declaring each divisional leader as champion and cancelling the Copa del Rey Juvenil and the Copa de Campeones for the season.[7]

Honours

National competitions

References
  1. "Las grandes leyendas del Sporting: de Quini a Villa" (in Spanish). As.com. 24 November 2016.
  2. "Birmingham City sign Michel from Sporting Gijon". The Guardian. 11 January 2010. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  3. "La historia del mercado rojiblanco" (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 16 June 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  4. "Acquisizione a titolo definitivo dei diritti alle pretazioni sportive del calciatore Josè Angel Valdès Diaz" [Permanent acquisition of rights to sporting services of footballer Josè Angel Valdès Diaz] (PDF) (in Italian). A.S. Roma. 19 July 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  5. "Meré, al Colonia por 9 millones" [Meré, to Cologne for 9 million]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 20 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  6. "Plantilla Juvenil A DH" (in Spanish). Sporting de Gijón.
  7. "Comunicado de la RFEF en relación con las competiciones no profesionales del fútbol español" [RFEF announcement in relation to the non-professional competitions in Spanish football] (in Spanish). RFEF. 6 May 2020.
  8. "Historia DH Juvenil. Sporting y Espanyol campeones en 2004" [History of Youth Honour Division; Sporting and Espanyol champions in 2004] (in Spanish). Vendovos Mareo. 11 March 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  9. "Historia DH Juvenil: 2005. El doblete del Barça ante el Sporting" [History of Youth Honour Division; 2005, the double for Barça over Sporting] (in Spanish). Vendovos Mareo. 8 March 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
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