#2 Sporting de Gijon 1997-1998
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Sporting de Gijon brought in eleven players to help them with their relegation battle, including three strikers and even a former Barcelona B defender. However, it was not to be and the side was eventually sent Second Division. They had enjoyed a period of success in the 1970s and 80s, beating Milan and even thrashing Barcelona at home.
However, their luck soon died out and it all started with an internal financial crisis and the loss of important players which became the catalyst to relegation five years later. Sporting de Gijon started the season losing their six games before their first of seven draws of the season for the Spanish side. Nothing could stop the losses, and barring two wins in February (which ended a 24 game winless run, the longest ever in the division) and April, the team went on to lose 29 games out of a possible 38.
Sporting de Gijon became the only team in La Liga history to be relegated in March, ending the season with a record low points tally of just 13. It took them nearly ten odd years to recover from that, before they finally returned to the La Liga for the 2008-2009 season, even beating Real Madrid three years later.
