Villarreal 2020–21 football season
The 2020–21 season was the 98th season in the existence of Villarreal CF and the club's eighth consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football . In addition to the domestic league , Villarreal participated in this season's editions of the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Europa League . The season covered the period from 20 July 2020 to 30 June 2021, with the late start to the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain .
The season was the first since 2005–06 without former captain Bruno Soriano , who retired after the 2019–20 season . On 23 July 2020, the club announced the appointment of three-time Europa League winner and former Spartak Moscow , Sevilla , Valencia , Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal manager Unai Emery .[ 1]
On 26 May 2021, Villarreal defeated Manchester United in the UEFA Europa League Final 11–10 on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time , winning the competition for the first time in club history.[ 2]
Players
As of 30 January 2021 [ 3]
Transfers
In
Out
Pre-season and friendlies
Win Draw Loss
Competitions
Overall record
Competition
First match
Last match
Starting round
Final position
Record
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Win %
La Liga
13 September 2020
22 May 2021
Matchday 1
7th
38
15
13
10
60
44
+16
0 39.47
Copa del Rey
16 December 2020
3 February 2021
First round
Quarter-finals
5
4
0
1
12
2
+10
0 80.00
UEFA Europa League
22 October 2020
26 May 2021
Group stage
Winners
15
12
3
0
31
9
+22
0 80.00
Total
58
31
16
11
103
55
+48
0 53.45
La Liga
League table
Source:
La Liga 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)
[ 38] Notes:
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
15
13
10
60
44
+16
58
8
6
5
29
23
+6
7
7
5
31
21
+10
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 H A H A H A H A H A H A A H A H A H A H A H A H A A H A H A H A H H A H A Result D W L W D W D W W D D D D W D L W W D D D D L D L L W W W L L L W W L W W L Position 6 3 8 4 4 2 4 3 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 7
Source:
La Liga A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
Matches
The league fixtures were announced on 31 August 2020.[ 39] [ 40]
Copa del Rey
UEFA Europa League
Group stage
The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.[ 44]
Knockout phase
Round of 32
The draw for the round of 32 was held on 14 December 2020.[ 47]
Round of 16
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 26 February 2021.[ 48]
Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 19 March 2021.[ 49]
Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals was held on 19 March 2021, after the quarter-final draw.[ 49]
Final
Statistics
Squad statistics
Last updated 26 May 2021.
Goalscorers
As of 26 May 2021
Notes
References
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