2019–20 Villarreal CF season

Villarreal
2019–20 season
President	Fernando Roig
Head coach	Javier Calleja
Stadium	Estadio de la Cerámica
La Liga	5th
Copa del Rey	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Gerard (18); All: ; Gerard (20)
Highest home attendance	19,753; (vs Real Madrid, 1 September 2019)
Lowest home attendance	12,053; (vs Espanyol, 19 January 2020)
Average home league attendance	16,524
Biggest win	Comillas 0–5 Villarreal
Biggest defeat	Villarreal 1–4 Barcelona
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 season was Villarreal Club de Fútbol's 97th season in existence and the club's 7th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Villarreal participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey. The season was slated to cover a period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. It was extended extraordinarily beyond 30 June due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.

Players

Current squad

As of 30 January 2020^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ESP	Sergio Asenjo
2	DF	ESP	Mario Gaspar (vice-captain)
3	DF	ESP	Raúl Albiol
4	DF	ESP	Pau Torres
6	DF	ARG	Ramiro Funes Mori
7	FW	ESP	Gerard
8	MF	ESP	Santi Cazorla (3rd captain)
9	FW	COL	Carlos Bacca
10	MF	ESP	Vicente Iborra
11	MF	NGA	Samuel Chukwueze
13	GK	ESP	Andrés Fernández
14	MF	ESP	Manu Trigueros


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	ESP	Manu Morlanes
16	DF	ESP	Xavi Quintillà
17	FW	ESP	Paco Alcácer
18	DF	ESP	Alberto Moreno
19	MF	CMR	André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (on loan from Fulham)
20	DF	ESP	Rubén Peña
21	MF	ESP	Bruno (captain)
22	DF	MAR	Sofian Chakla
23	MF	ESP	Moi Gómez
24	MF	ESP	Javi Ontiveros
25	GK	ARG	Mariano Barbosa

Reserve team

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
26	MF	URU	Ramiro Guerra
27	DF	ROU	Andrei Rațiu
28	MF	ESP	Sergio Lozano
32	MF	ESP	Álex Baena


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
33	DF	ESP	Pepe Castaño
34	FW	ESP	Fernando Niño
36	DF	ESP	Migue Leal
37	MF	ESP	Iván Martín

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ESP	Jaume Costa (at Valencia until 30 June 2020)
—	DF	ESP	Enric Franquesa (at Mirandés until 30 June 2020)
—	DF	ESP	Álvaro González (at Marseille until 30 June 2020)
—	DF	ESP	Miguelón (at Huesca until 30 June 2020)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ESP	Alfonso Pedraza (at Real Betis until 30 June 2020)
—	FW	QAT	Akram Afif (at Al-Sadd until 30 June 2020)
—	FW	ESP	Dani Raba (at Huesca until 30 June 2020)
—	FW	TUR	Enes Ünal (at Valladolid until 30 June 2020)

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Fee	Ref
30 June 2019	Akram Afif	Al Sadd	Loan return
30 June 2019	Ramiro Guerra	Gimnàstic	Loan return		^[2]
30 June 2019	Alfred N'Diaye	Málaga	Loan return		^[3]
30 June 2019	Rúben Semedo	Rio Ave	Loan return		^[4]
30 June 2019	Leo Suárez	Mallorca	Loan return		^{[citation needed]}
4 July 2019	Raúl Albiol	Napoli	Transfer	€5M	^[5]
4 July 2019	Rubén Peña	Eibar	Transfer	€8M	^{[citation needed]}
9 July 2019	Alberto Moreno	Liverpool	Transfer	Free	^[6]
18 July 2019	Moi Gómez	Sporting Gijón	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[7]
26 July 2019	André-Frank Zambo Anguissa	Fulham	Loan		^[8]
20 August 2019	Javi Ontiveros	Málaga	Transfer	€7.5M	^[9]
30 January 2020	Paco Alcácer	Borussia Dortmund	Transfer	€23M	^[10]

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Fee	Ref
1 July 2019	Akram Afif	Al Sadd	Loan		^[11]
1 July 2019	Denis Cheryshev	Valencia	Buyout clause	€6M	^{[citation needed]}
1 July 2019	Pablo Fornals	West Ham United	Transfer	€28M	^[12]
1 July 2019	Javi Fuego	Sporting Gijón	Transfer	Free	^[13]
1 July 2019	Nicola Sansone	Bologna	Buyout clause	€7.5M	^[14]
1 July 2019	Rúben Semedo	Olympiacos	Transfer	€4.5M	^[15]
1 July 2019	Roberto Soriano	Bologna	Buyout clause	€7.5M	^[16]
11 July 2019	Miguelón	Huesca	Loan		^[17]
16 July 2019	Alfonso Pedraza	Real Betis	Loan		^{[citation needed]}
19 July 2019	Álvaro	Marseille	Loan		^[18]
5 August 2019	Dani Raba	Huesca	Loan		^[19]
7 August 2019	Víctor Ruiz	Beşiktaş	Transfer	€2.5M	^[20]
13 August 2019	Jaume Costa	Valencia	Loan		^[21]
30 August 2019	Alfred N'Diaye	Al-Shabab	Transfer	€6M	^[22]
2 January 2020	Cristian Espinoza	San Jose Earthquakes	Buyout clause	€2.3M	^[23]
12 January 2020	Leo Suárez	América	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[24]
20 January 2020	Karl Toko Ekambi	Lyon	Loan		^[25]
29 January 2020	Santiago Cáseres	América	Loan		^[26]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

13 July 2019 Friendly	Villarreal	3–0	West Bromwich Albion	La Nucía, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gerard 9' Trigueros 45+4' (pen.) Bacca 82'	Report		Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Camilo Cano

20 July 2019 Friendly	Levante	1–2	Villarreal	El Saler, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bardhi 88'	Report	Cazorla 26' Bacca 64'	Stadium: Parador de El Saler

26 July 2019 Friendly	FC Augsburg	2–6	Villarreal	Schwaz, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Max 33' Malone 88'	Report	Raba 11', 23' Iborra 15' Moreno 60' Bacca 63' Niño 78'	Stadium: Silberstadt Arena

28 July 2019 Friendly	1. FC Köln	1–3	Villarreal	Kufstein, Austria
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Terodde 2' (pen.)	Report	Iborra 33' Funes Mori 41' Gerard 48' Costa 59' Bacca 75'	Stadium: Kufstein Arena Referee: Andreas Heiß (Austria)

2 August 2019 Friendly	Schalke 04	3–1	Villarreal	Saalfelden, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Burgstaller 22' Boujellab 48' Oczipka 87'	Report	Iborra 35'	Stadium: Saalfelden Arena Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Stefan Eder (Austria)

7 August 2019 Friendly	La Nucía	0–4	Villarreal	La Nucía, Spain
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Morlanes 50' Albiol 88' Pedraza 90+2' (o.g.) Cazorla 90+3'	Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Camilo Cano

10 August 2019 Friendly	Bologna	3–4	Villarreal	Serravalle, San Marino
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Denswil 19' Palacio 24' Santander 75' Tomiyasu 82'	Report	Gómez 5' Cazorla 63' Chukwueze 66' Albiol 81' Gerard 85'	Stadium: San Marino Stadium Referee: Luca Barbeno (San Marino)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
La Liga	17 August 2019	19 July 2020	Matchday 1	5th	38	18	6	14	63	49	+14	047.37
Copa del Rey	18 December 2019	5 February 2020	First round	Quarter-finals	5	4	0	1	14	5	+9	080.00
Total					43	22	6	15	77	54	+23	051.16

Source: Soccerway

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Atlético Madrid	38	18	16	4	51	27	+24	70	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
4	Sevilla	38	19	13	6	54	34	+20	70	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
5	Villarreal	38	18	6	14	63	49	+14	60	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	Real Sociedad	38	16	8	14	56	48	+8	56	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
7	Granada	38	16	8	14	52	45	+7	56	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[a]

Source: La Liga, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)^[28]
Notes:

^ The 2020 Copa del Rey Final was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain and could not be completed by the UEFA registration deadline of 3 August 2020, so the fifth- and sixth-placed teams in the 2019–20 La Liga, Villarreal and Real Sociedad, entered the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League at the group stage, and the seventh-placed team, Granada, entered at the second qualifying round.^[27]

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
38	18	6	14	63	49	+14	60	9	5	5	37	25	+12	9	1	9	26	24	+2

Source: La Liga

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	W
Position	10	13	16	10	7	8	8	9	7	7	7	8	11	12	13	13	13	10	9	9	8	7	8	6	7	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5

Source: La Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The La Liga schedule was announced on 4 July 2019.^[29]

17 August 2019 1	Villarreal	4–4	Granada	Villarreal
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cazorla 35' (pen.), 36' Albiol 45+3' Gómez 53' Gerard 65' Zambo Anguissa 70' Chukwueze 73'	Report	Vico 51' (pen.) Germán 59' Machís 62' Soldado 75' Puertas 81'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 14,836 Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

23 August 2019 2	Levante	2–1	Villarreal	Valencia
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Roger 68' (pen.), 73' (pen.) Vukčević 80'	Report	Gerard 3' Fernández 67' Albiol 70'	Stadium: Estadi Ciutat de València Attendance: 18,914 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

1 September 2019 3	Villarreal	2–2	Real Madrid	Villarreal
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gerard 12' Quintillà 52' Gómez 74'	Report	Bale 45+1', 86', 90+2' 90+4' Mendy 77' Casemiro 90'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 19,753 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

14 September 2019 4	Leganés	0–3	Villarreal	Leganés
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pérez 81' Mesa 84'	Report	Gerard 26', 90+3' Silva 39' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Butarque Attendance: 7,670 Referee: David Medié Jiménez

21 September 2019 5	Villarreal	2–0	Valladolid	Villarreal
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Quintillà 40' Iborra 45+3' Cazorla 77' (pen.) Ontiveros 89'	Report	Barba 60'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 16,195 Referee: César Soto Grado

24 September 2019 6	Barcelona	2–1	Villarreal	Barcelona
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Griezmann 6', 47' Arthur 15' Roberto 27' Junior 82' Busquets 90'	Report	Cazorla 44' Zambo Anguissa 72' Albiol 82'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 70,316 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

27 September 2019 7	Villarreal	5–1	Real Betis	Villarreal
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gómez 22' Toko Ekambi 39', 76' Quintillà 63' Cazorla 68' (pen.) Gerard 90+2' Chukwueze 90+4'	Report	Emerson 48' Joaquín 53' Feddal 66'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 18,135 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

5 October 2019 8	Osasuna	2–1	Villarreal	Pamplona
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vidal 13' Roncaglia 46' Oier 70' Ávila 79'	Report	Torres 5' Albiol 67' Bacca 90+2'	Stadium: El Sadar Attendance: 15,415 Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez

20 October 2019 9	Espanyol	0–1	Villarreal	Cornellà de Llobregat
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Espinosa 90+3' Di. López 90+6'	Report	Toko Ekambi 17' Iborra 51'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 20,653 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

25 October 2019 10	Villarreal	4–1	Alavés	Villarreal
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Toko Ekambi 13', 66' Mario 53' Torres 77' Gerard 84' Ontiveros 90+1'	Report	Joselu 23' Pérez 50' Magallán 65'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 16,049 Referee: David Medié Jiménez

31 October 2019 11	Eibar	2–1	Villarreal	Eibar
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kike 62' Orellana 90+5'	Report	Zambo Anguissa 15' Iborra 74' Quintillà 79' Gerard 88'	Stadium: Ipurua Municipal Stadium Attendance: 5,632 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

3 November 2019 12	Villarreal	0–0	Athletic Bilbao	Villarreal
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Iborra 60' Ontiveros 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 17,460 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

10 November 2019 13	Mallorca	3–1	Villarreal	Palma
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Junior 13' (pen.) Rodríguez 23' (pen.), 55' Kubo 53' Febas 90+4'	Report	Asenjo 22' Cazorla 49' (pen.) Peña 60' Albiol 77'	Stadium: Estadi de Son Moix Attendance: 8,348 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

24 November 2019 14	Villarreal	1–3	Celta Vigo	Villarreal
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Iborra 11' Chukwueze 59' Funes Mori 67' Torres 79'	Report	Sisto 54' Sergio 74' Aspas 79', 90+4' Mina 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 17,352 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

30 November 2019 15	Valencia	2–1	Villarreal	Valencia
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rodrigo 49' Torres 70' Parejo 75'	Report	Albiol 17' Zambo Anguissa 54' Gerard 55'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 38,988 Referee: César Soto Grado

6 December 2019 16	Villarreal	0–0	Atlético Madrid	Villarreal
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Zambo Anguissa 38' Trigueros 74'	Report	Morata 15'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 17,964 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

15 December 2019 17	Sevilla	1–2	Villarreal	Seville
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Munir 61' Óliver 63' Diego Carlos 90+4'	Report	Albiol 13' Toko Ekambi 74'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 36,521 Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

21 December 2019 18	Villarreal	1–0	Getafe	Villarreal
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Trigueros 28' Gómez 52' Gerard 84'	Report	Mata 40' Olivera 59' 61' Ángel 85' Suárez 89'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 14,829 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

5 January 2020 19	Real Sociedad	1–2	Villarreal	San Sebastián
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Willian José 22' Zubeldia 30' Zaldúa 70' Guevara 72' Januzaj 85' Portu 90+6'	Report	Torres 55' Trigueros 58' (pen.) Mario 61' Moreno 65' Cazorla 72' Albiol 77'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 31,538 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

19 January 2020 20	Villarreal	1–2	Espanyol	Villarreal
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Trigueros 41' Cazorla 62' (pen.)	Report	Da. López 5' Vilà 24' J. López 32' 59' De Tomás 47', 76'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 12,053 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

25 January 2020 21	Alavés	1–2	Villarreal	Vitoria-Gasteiz
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ely 45+1' Joselu 80' Duarte 82'	Report	Bacca 10' Quintillà 70' Niño 89'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 18,153 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

2 February 2020 22	Villarreal	3–1	Osasuna	Villarreal
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Alcácer 45+1' Peña 54' Cazorla 59' (pen.), 67' Zambo Anguissa 90+1' Niño 90+2'	Report	Estupiñán 3' Aridane 48', 57'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 17,081 Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez

8 February 2020 23	Valladolid	1–1	Villarreal	Valladolid
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Alcaraz 15' Toni 58' Moyano 58' García 78'	Report	Albiol 41' Gerard 54' Iborra 60' Peña 71'	Stadium: José Zorrilla Attendance: 19,557 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

15 February 2020 24	Villarreal	2–1	Levante	Villarreal
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gerard 9' Iborra 22' Trigueros 53' Gómez 61' Peña 69'	Report	Mayoral 56' Postigo 90'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 17,269 Referee: Mario Melero López

23 February 2020 25	Atlético Madrid	3–1	Villarreal	Madrid
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Correa 40' Saúl 61' Koke 64' Félix 74', 90'	Report	Alcácer 16' Peña 25'	Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano Attendance: 54,462 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

1 March 2020 26	Athletic Bilbao	1–0	Villarreal	Bilbao
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Berchiche 21' Capa 43' R. García 56' (pen.), 90+2' Córdoba 63' Vesga 85' Núñez 90+3'	Report	Cazorla 21' Torres 54' Iborra 55' Zambo Anguissa 63' Gerard 65' Chukwueze 77'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 36,350 Referee: David Medié Jiménez

8 March 2020 27	Villarreal	1–2	Leganés	Villarreal
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gerard 5' Moreno 42' Peña 79' Alcácer 79' Iborra 90+2'	Report	Óscar 47', 70' (pen.) Rodrigues 80' Awaziem 90+3' Silva 90+6'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 16,143 Referee: César Soto Grado

13 June 2020 28	Celta Vigo	0–1	Villarreal	Vigo
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diop 40'	Report	Iborra 37' Trigueros 90+1'	Stadium: Abanca-Balaídos Attendance: 0 Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 15 March, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic,^[30] and rescheduled to 13 June.^[31] It was played behind closed doors.

16 June 2020 29	Villarreal	1–0	Mallorca	Villarreal
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bacca 16' Moreno 18' Albiol 45' Torres 45+2'	Report	Sedlar 5' Gámez 27' Febas 62' Raíllo 65'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 0 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 22 March, but was postponed due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic,^[30] and rescheduled to 16 June.^[31] It was played behind closed doors.

19 June 2020 30	Granada	0–1	Villarreal	Granada
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Gerard 11' Moreno 20' Chukwueze 86' Asenjo 90'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 0 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 5 April, but was postponed due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic,^[32] and rescheduled to 19 June.^[31] It was played behind closed doors.

22 June 2020 31	Villarreal	2–2	Sevilla	Villarreal
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Alcácer 18' Moreno 27' Torres 45+4' Trigueros 73' Soriano 90+3'	Report	Gómez 27' Escudero 39' Fernando 45+3' Munir 63' Ocampos 68'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 0 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 12 April, but was postponed due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic,^[32] and rescheduled to 22 June.^[31] It was played behind closed doors.

28 June 2020 32	Villarreal	2–0	Valencia	Villarreal
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Alcácer 14' Gerard 44'	Report	Guillamón 43' Costa 50'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 0 Referee: José Luis González González
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 22 April, but was postponed due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic,^[32] and rescheduled to 28 June.^[31] It was played behind closed doors.

1 July 2020 33	Real Betis	0–2	Villarreal	Seville
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bartra 5' Fekir 45+1' 45+3' Rodríguez 81'	Report	Gerard 7' (pen.), 30' Moreno 69'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 0 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 26 April, but was postponed due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic,^[32] and rescheduled to 1 July.^[31] It was played behind closed doors.

5 July 2020 34	Villarreal	1–4	Barcelona	Villarreal
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gerard 14' Torres 18'	Report	Torres 3' (o.g.) Suárez 20' Griezmann 45' Fati 86'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 0 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 3 May, but was postponed due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic,^[32] and rescheduled to 5 July.^[31] It was played behind closed doors.

8 July 2020 35	Getafe	1–3	Villarreal	Getafe
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Soria 63' Ángel 68' Duro 80' Arambarri 86' Portillo 87' Nyom 90+7' Exteita 90+7' Suarez 90+7'	Report	Cazorla 66' (pen.), 86' (pen.) Gerard 89' Peña 90+3' Iborra 90+7'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 0 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 10 May, but was postponed due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic,^[32] and rescheduled to 8 July.^[31] It was played behind closed doors.

13 July 2020 36	Villarreal	1–2	Real Sociedad	Villarreal
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ontiveros 35' Trigueros 36' Cazorla 85'	Report	Merino 2' Willian José 61' Le Normand 70' Llorente 75'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 0 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 13 May, but was postponed due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic,^[32] and rescheduled to 12 July.^[31] It was played behind closed doors.

16 July 2020 37	Real Madrid	2–1	Villarreal	Madrid
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Benzema 29', 77' (pen.) Carvajal 54' Modrić 62' Isco 86'	Report	Chakla 18' Quintillà 68' Iborra 83'	Stadium: Alfredo di Stéfano^[34] Attendance: 0 Referee: Alejandro José Hernández Hernández
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 17 May, but was postponed due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic,^[32] and rescheduled to 16 July.^[31] It was played behind closed doors.

19 July 2020 38	Villarreal	4–0	Eibar	Villarreal
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Zambo Anguissa 71' Gerard 86', 89' Gómez 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 0 Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 24 May, but was postponed due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic,^[32] and rescheduled to 19 July.^[31] It was played behind closed doors.

Copa del Rey

18 December 2019 First round	Comillas	0–5	Villarreal	Logroño
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Del Río 60'	Report	Suárez 31' Bacca 34', 75', 84' Cazorla 78'	Stadium: Las Gaunas Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

11 January 2020 Second round	Orihuela	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Villarreal	Orihuela
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pallarés 83' Marín 103'	Report	Gerard 73', 118' Iborra 98'	Stadium: Los Arcos Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Mario Melero López

22 January 2020 Round of 32	Girona	0–3	Villarreal	Girona
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bigas 54' Gumbau 89'	Report	Peña 53' Funes Mori 54' Quintillà 67' Cazorla 70' Chukwueze 72'	Stadium: Montilivi Attendance: 928 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

29 January 2020 Round of 16	Rayo Vallecano	0–2	Villarreal	Madrid
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Milić 28'	Report	Funes Mori 25' Cazorla 80', 85' Niño 84'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

5 February 2020 Quarter-finals	Mirandés	4–2	Villarreal	Miranda de Ebro
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Matheus 17' Merquelanz 45+3', 90+1' Onaindia 58' Sánchez 90+2'	Report	Ontiveros 32' Iborra 34' Chakla 38' Mario 52' Cazorla 56' (pen.), 78' Chukwueze 64'	Stadium: Anduva Attendance: 4,428 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

Statistics

Squad statistics

Last updated on the end of the season.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ESP	Sergio Asenjo	34	0	34	0	0	0
13	GK	ESP	Andrés Fernández	9	0	4	0	5	0
25	GK	ARG	Mariano Barbosa	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ESP	Mario Gaspar	28	0	22+3	0	2+1	0
3	DF	ESP	Raúl Albiol	38	1	36	1	2	0
4	DF	ESP	Pau Torres	36	2	33+1	2	2	0
6	DF	ARG	Ramiro Funes Mori	12	1	5+2	0	5	1
16	DF	ESP	Xavi Quintillà	23	0	17+2	0	3+1	0
18	DF	ESP	Alberto Moreno	19	0	17+1	0	1	0
20	DF	ESP	Rubén Peña	30	2	21+5	2	3+1	0
22	DF	MAR	Sofian Chakla	3	0	2	0	1	0
36	DF	ESP	Migue Leal	1	0	0	0	1	0
Midfielders
8	MF	ESP	Santi Cazorla	40	15	29+6	11	3+2	4
10	MF	ESP	Vicente Iborra	37	1	33+1	1	1+2	0
11	MF	NGA	Samuel Chukwueze	41	4	20+17	3	2+2	1
14	MF	ESP	Manu Trigueros	31	2	17+12	2	2	0
15	MF	ESP	Manu Morlanes	13	0	3+6	0	4	0
19	MF	CMR	André-Frank Zambo Anguissa	39	2	28+8	2	3	0
21	MF	ESP	Bruno	7	0	1+6	0	0	0
23	MF	ESP	Moi Gómez	41	5	26+11	5	2+2	0
24	MF	ESP	Javi Ontiveros	35	3	7+23	2	5	1
28	MF	ESP	Sergio Lozano	1	0	0	0	1	0
32	MF	ESP	Álex Baena	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
Forwards
7	FW	ESP	Gerard Moreno	37	20	33+2	18	1+1	2
9	FW	COL	Carlos Bacca	23	5	7+12	2	4	3
17	FW	ESP	Paco Alcácer	14	4	11+2	4	0+1	0
34	FW	ESP	Fernando Niño	7	2	1+4	1	0+2	1
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
5	MF	ARG	Santiago Cáseres	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	ARG	Leo Suárez	1	1	0	0	1	1
17	FW	CMR	Karl Toko Ekambi	19	6	11+7	6	1	0

References

^ "Primer equipo" [First team] (in Spanish). Villarreal CF. Archived from the original on 8 September 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
^ "Ramiro Guerra, nuevo jugador del Nàstic" [Ramiro Guerra, new player of Nàstic] (in Spanish). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 21 August 2018. Archived from the original on 22 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
^ "N'Diaye, potencia y fuerza para la medular" [N'Diaye, power and strength for the midfield] (in Spanish). Málaga CF. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
^ "Rúben Semedo no Rio Ave" [Rúben Semedo to Rio Ave]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 29 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
^ "Welcome, Raúl Albiol!". Villarreal CF. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
^ "Villarreal sign ex-Reds full-back Moreno". BBC. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
^ "Mercato - Villarreal : Moi Gomez fait son retour (Officiel)" (in French). Top Mercato. 18 July 2019.
^ "Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa: Villarreal sign Fulham midfielder on loan". www.bbc.co.uk. BBC. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
^ "Villarreal CF sign Javi Ontiveros". Villarreal CF. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
^ "#AlcacerIsAYellow". Villarreal CF. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
^ "El Villarreal amplía un año el contrato de Akram Afif". 24 July 2019.
^ "Pablo Fornals: West Ham sign Spain forward for £24m". BBC Sport. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
^ "El Sporting cierra el fichaje de Javi Fuego" [Sporting sign Javi Fuego] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 26 June 2019.
^ "UFFICIALE: Bologna, preso Sansone in prestito con obbligo di riscatto" (in Italian). Retrieved 4 January 2019.
^ "Olympiacos: Details of the deal with Semedo". Sport24.gr. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
^ "UFFICIALE: Torino, risolto il prestito di Soriano. Va al Bologna" (in Italian). Retrieved 4 January 2019.
^ "El Huesca ficha a Miguelón" (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2019.
^ "Marseille Add Alvaro Gonzalez From Villarreal" (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 July 2019.
^ "Raba, loaned to SD Huesca". Villarreal CF. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
^ "El Villarreal traspasa a Víctor Ruiz al Besiktas" [Villarreal transfer Víctor Ruiz to Besiktas]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 7 August 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
^ "Official Statement I Jaume Costa". Valencia CF. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
^ "El Málaga se 'libera' de N'Diaye" [Málaga set 'free' of N'Diaye] (in Spanish). Marca. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
^ "Earthquakes Acquire Cristian Espinoza on Permanent Transfer". MLS. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
^ "Club América signs striker Leonardo Suárez". Vavel. 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
^ "Toko Ekambi, Loaned To Olympique Lyonnais". Villarreal CF. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
^ "Santiago Cáseres es nuevo jugador del América". Marca (in Spanish). 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
^ Hayward, Ben (4 May 2020). "Copa del Rey final could take place in 2021 as RFEF agree to Athletic Club & Real Sociedad call for fans to attend". Evening Standard.
^ "Reglamento General – Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
^ "Barcelona at Bilbao on opening day as La Liga fixtures announced". www.iol.co.za. 4 July 2019.
^ ^a ^b "LaLiga acuerda el aplazamiento de la competición". laliga.com (in Spanish). 12 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Schedule confirmed for the remaining Matchdays of LaLiga Santander and LaLiga Smartbank". laliga.com. 31 May 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Acuerdo de la Comisión de Seguimiento del Convenio de Coordinación RFEF-LaLiga". laliga.com. 23 March 2020.
^ "LaLiga aprueba que el Madrid termine el campeonato en el Di Stéfano" (in Spanish). Marca. 20 April 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
^ Due to the on-going renovations of the Santiago Bernabéu, Real Madrid played their remaining home matches of the season at the Alfredo di Stéfano.^[33]

External links

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[table_note_res_EL2Q0.82671986139692-28] The 2020 Copa del Rey Final was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain and could not be completed by the UEFA registration deadline of 3 August 2020, so the fifth- and sixth-placed teams in the 2019–20 La Liga, Villarreal and Real Sociedad, entered the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League at the group stage, and the seventh-placed team, Granada, entered at the second qualifying round.^[27]

[1] "Primer equipo" [First team] (in Spanish). Villarreal CF. Archived from the original on 8 September 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2015.

[2] "Ramiro Guerra, nuevo jugador del Nàstic" [Ramiro Guerra, new player of Nàstic] (in Spanish). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 21 August 2018. Archived from the original on 22 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.

[3] "N'Diaye, potencia y fuerza para la medular" [N'Diaye, power and strength for the midfield] (in Spanish). Málaga CF. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.

[4] "Rúben Semedo no Rio Ave" [Rúben Semedo to Rio Ave]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 29 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.

[5] "Welcome, Raúl Albiol!". Villarreal CF. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.

[6] "Villarreal sign ex-Reds full-back Moreno". BBC. Retrieved 9 July 2019.

[7] "Mercato - Villarreal : Moi Gomez fait son retour (Officiel)" (in French). Top Mercato. 18 July 2019.

[8] "Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa: Villarreal sign Fulham midfielder on loan". www.bbc.co.uk. BBC. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.

[9] "Villarreal CF sign Javi Ontiveros". Villarreal CF. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.

[10] "#AlcacerIsAYellow". Villarreal CF. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.

[11] "El Villarreal amplía un año el contrato de Akram Afif". 24 July 2019.

[12] "Pablo Fornals: West Ham sign Spain forward for £24m". BBC Sport. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.

[13] "El Sporting cierra el fichaje de Javi Fuego" [Sporting sign Javi Fuego] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 26 June 2019.

[14] "UFFICIALE: Bologna, preso Sansone in prestito con obbligo di riscatto" (in Italian). Retrieved 4 January 2019.

[15] "Olympiacos: Details of the deal with Semedo". Sport24.gr. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.

[16] "UFFICIALE: Torino, risolto il prestito di Soriano. Va al Bologna" (in Italian). Retrieved 4 January 2019.

[17] "El Huesca ficha a Miguelón" (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2019.

[18] "Marseille Add Alvaro Gonzalez From Villarreal" (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 July 2019.

[19] "Raba, loaned to SD Huesca". Villarreal CF. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.

[20] "El Villarreal traspasa a Víctor Ruiz al Besiktas" [Villarreal transfer Víctor Ruiz to Besiktas]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 7 August 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.

[Jaume_Costa-21] "Official Statement I Jaume Costa". Valencia CF. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.

[22] "El Málaga se 'libera' de N'Diaye" [Málaga set 'free' of N'Diaye] (in Spanish). Marca. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.

[23] "Earthquakes Acquire Cristian Espinoza on Permanent Transfer". MLS. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.

[24] "Club América signs striker Leonardo Suárez". Vavel. 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.

[25] "Toko Ekambi, Loaned To Olympique Lyonnais". Villarreal CF. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.

[26] "Santiago Cáseres es nuevo jugador del América". Marca (in Spanish). 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.

[27] Hayward, Ben (4 May 2020). "Copa del Rey final could take place in 2021 as RFEF agree to Athletic Club & Real Sociedad call for fans to attend". Evening Standard.

[29] "Reglamento General – Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.

[30] "Barcelona at Bilbao on opening day as La Liga fixtures announced". www.iol.co.za. 4 July 2019.

[Postponed-31] "LaLiga acuerda el aplazamiento de la competición". laliga.com (in Spanish). 12 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.

[Rescheduled-32] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Schedule confirmed for the remaining Matchdays of LaLiga Santander and LaLiga Smartbank". laliga.com. 31 May 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2020.

[Suspended-33] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Acuerdo de la Comisión de Seguimiento del Convenio de Coordinación RFEF-LaLiga". laliga.com. 23 March 2020.

[34] "LaLiga aprueba que el Madrid termine el campeonato en el Di Stéfano" (in Spanish). Marca. 20 April 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.

[35] Due to the on-going renovations of the Santiago Bernabéu, Real Madrid played their remaining home matches of the season at the Alfredo di Stéfano.^[33]

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