2015–16 Villarreal CF season

The 2015–16 season is the 92nd season in Villarreal’s history and their 16th in the La Liga.[1][2]

Villarreal CF

2015–16 season
President	Fernando Roig
Head coach	Marcelino
Stadium	El Madrigal
Primera División	4th
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
UEFA Europa League	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Cédric Bakambu (12) All: Cédric Bakambu (22)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Players

Current squad

As of 31 August 2015[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ESP Sergio Asenjo 2 DF  ESP Mario (vice-captain) 3 DF  SVN Bojan Jokić 4 MF  ESP Tomás Pina 5 DF  ARG Mateo Musacchio 6 DF  ESP Víctor Ruiz 7 MF  ESP Samu 8 MF  MEX Jonathan dos Santos 9 FW  ESP Roberto Soldado 10 FW  BRA Léo Baptistão (on loan from Atlético Madrid) 11 DF  ESP Jaume Costa 13 GK  FRA Alphonse Areola (on loan from Paris Saint-Germain) 14 MF  ESP Manu Trigueros

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  COD Cédric Bakambu 18 MF  ESP Denis Suárez 19 MF  ESP Samu Castillejo 20 FW  ESP Adrián (on loan from Porto) 21 MF  ESP Bruno (captain) 22 DF  SRB Antonio Rukavina 23 DF  ITA Daniele Bonera 24 DF  CIV Eric Bailly 25 GK  ARG Mariano Barbosa 26 MF  ESP Matías Nahuel 27 DF  ESP Adrián Marín 28 MF  ESP Alfonso Pedraza 44 DF  ESP Pablo Íñiguez

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  SRB Aleksandar Pantić (on loan at Eibar) — MF  ESP Javier Espinosa (on loan at Elche) — MF  ESP Moi Gómez (on loan at Getafe) — MF  ESP Sergio Marcos (on loan at Lugo)

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
La Liga	–	4th	23 August 2015	15 May 2016
UEFA Europa League	Group stage	Semi-finals	17 September 2015	5 May 2016
Copa del Rey	Round of 32	Round of 16	3 December 2015	13 January 2016

Updated to match played 18 July 2015
Source: Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
La Liga	38	18	10	10	44	35	+9	047.37
Europa League	14	9	3	2	23	13	+10	064.29
Copa del Rey	4	1	0	3	6	7	−1	025.00
Total	56	28	13	15	73	55	+18	050.00

Last updated: 30 April 2016

Source: Competitions

La Liga

Main article: 2015–16 La Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Real Madrid	38	28	6	4	110	34	+76	90	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3	Atlético Madrid	38	28	4	6	63	18	+45	88
4	Villarreal	38	18	10	10	44	35	+9	64	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5	Athletic Bilbao	38	18	8	12	58	45	+13	62	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
6	Celta Vigo	38	17	9	12	51	59	−8	60

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; 7) Play-off.
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the 2015–16 Copa del Rey, Barcelona, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team and the spot awarded to the sixth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.

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	10	10	44	35	+9	64	12	4	3	26	12	+14	6	6	7	18	23	−5

Last updated: 30 April 2016.
Source:

Result round 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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	L	L	D	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	L
Position	7	6	4	3	3	1	1	5	5	5	5	4	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2016. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Real Betis v Villarreal

23 August 2015 (2015-08-23) 1	Real Betis	1–1	Villarreal	Seville
22:30 (UTC+2)	Bruno G.  26' Cejudo  35' Pezzella  50' Castro  87'	Report	Soldado  31' Castillejo  49' Bruno S.  90+2'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 37,996 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

Villarreal v Espanyol

28 August 2015 (2015-08-28) 2	Villarreal	3–1	Espanyol	Villarreal
20:30 (UTC+2)	Soldado  67' Bailly  85' Bakambu  87', 90+3'	Report	Caicedo  5',  35' Pau  19' López  27' Montañés  30' Raillo  48' Arbilla  55'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 16,722 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

Granada v Villarreal

13 September 2015 (2015-09-13) 3	Granada	1–3	Villarreal	Granada
12:00 (UTC+2)	Babin  11' Lopes  65' Rico  74'	Report	Pina  14' Trigueros  49' Bakambu  51' Soldado  67' Baily  81' Areola  90' Samu  90+1'	Stadium: Los Cármenes Attendance: 13,954 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

Villarreal v Athletic Bilbao

20 September 2015 (2015-09-20) 4	Villarreal	3–1	Athletic Bilbao	Villarreal
18:15 (UTC+2)	Bruno  23',  42' (pen.) Baptistão  44',  79' Matías Nahuel  49' Bailly  59' Mario  66'	Report	Laporte  11' Gurpegi  48' Aduriz  64',  90+2' De Marcos  87'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 19,832 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

Málaga v Villarreal

23 September 2015 (2015-09-23) 5	Málaga	0–1	Villarreal	Málaga
18:15 (UTC+2)	Recio  39' Boka  61'	Report	Dos Santos  17' Bailly  67' Tissone  71' Suárez  79'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 18,647 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

Villarreal v Atlético Madrid

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 6	Villarreal	1–0	Atlético Madrid	Villarreal
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Baptistão  14' Soldado  51' Costa  84'	Report	Griezmann  41' Tiago  71'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 20,087 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

Levante v Villarreal

4 October 2015 (2015-10-04) 7	Levante	1–0	Villarreal	Valencia
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Juanfran  19' Morales  50' Deyverson  83' José Mari  84' Rubén  90+2'	Report	Jokić  4'  36' Costa  60' Soldado  84' Ruiz  87'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 16,059 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

Villarreal v Celta Vigo

18 October 2015 (2015-10-18) 8	Villarreal	1–2	Celta Vigo	Villarreal
12:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bailly  36'  47' Suárez  67' Soldado  71'	report	Fernández  36' Gómez  37' Orellana  41' Wass  43' Nolito  90'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 17,436 Referee: José González González

Las Palmas v Villarreal

25 October 2015 (2015-10-25) 9	Las Palmas	0–0	Villarreal	Las Palmas
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bigas  63'	Report	Samu  86' Rukavina  90+2'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 18,517 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

Villarreal v Sevilla

31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 10	Villarreal	2–1	Sevilla	Villarreal
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bailly  10' Mario  25' Bakambu  32',  61' Soldado  50' Costa  82' Ruiz  90+4'	Report	Iborra  29' Rami  63' Llorente  76' Konoplyanka  87'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 16,730 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

Barcelona v Villarreal

8 November 2015 (2015-11-08) 11	Barcelona	3–0	Villarreal	Barcelona
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mathieu  27' Iniesta  37' Neymar  47',  60', 85' Suárez  47',  70' (pen.) Piqué  64'	Report	Mario  39' Costa  69' Bonera  72'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 72,109 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

Villarreal v Eibar

22 November 2015 (2015-11-22) 12	Villarreal	1–1	Eibar	Villarreal
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Costa  41',  85' Soldado  44' Mario  75'	Report	Enrich  27' Keko  74'  76' Escalante  79' García  90+3'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 15,788 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

Getafe v Villarreal

29 November 2015 (2015-11-29) 13	Getafe	2–0	Villarreal	Getafe
12:00 CEST	Lafita  17',  21' Cala  34' Vázquez  51' J. Rodríguez  65' Lacen  78'	Report	Ruiz  5' Bailly  85'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 5,903 Referee: José González González

Villarreal v Rayo Vallecano

6 December 2015 (2015-12-06) 14	Villarreal	2–1	Rayo Vallecano	Villarreal
16:00 CEST	Dos Santos  35' Bakambu  69', 86'	Report	Baena  33' Jozabed  41' Castro  60' Miku  80' Quini  88'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 16,101 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

Villarreal v Real Madrid

13 December 2015 15	Villarreal	1–0	Real Madrid	Villarreal
20:30	Soldado  8' Bailly  72' Suárez  90+2'	Report	Marcelo  31' Ramos  66'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 20,468 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

Real Sociedad v Villarreal

20 December 2015 16	Real Sociedad	0–2	Villarreal	San Sebastián
18:15	Canales  39' I. Martínez  55'	Report	Suárez  27', 88' Trigueros  73'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 21,949 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

Villarreal v Valencia

31 December 2015 17	Villarreal	1–0	Valencia	Villarreal
16:00	Bruno  64' Soldado  68'	Report	Gomes  16' Barragán  45' Villalba  90+2'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 18,526 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

Deportivo La Coruña v Villarreal

3 January 2016 (2016-01-03) 18	Deportivo La Coruña	1–2	Villarreal	A Coruña
18:15	Luis Alberto  9',  48' Arribas  25'	Report	Bruno  36', 90+5' (pen.),  39' Dos Santos  43' Navarro  90+5'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 23,815 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

Villarreal v Sporting Gijón

10 January 2016 (2016-01-10) 19	Villarreal	2–0	Sporting Gijón	Vilarreal
12:00	Bakambu  26', 51' Bruno  53' Ruiz  61' Samu  79' Soldado  87'	Report	Carmona  33' Cases  87'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 16,705 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

Villarreal v Real Betis

16 January 2016 (2016-01-16) 20	Villarreal	0–0	Real Betis	Vilarreal
20:30	Ruiz  24' Castillejo  90+4'	Report	Petros  79'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 15,402 Referee: José González González

Espanyol v Villarreal

23 January 2016 (2016-01-23) 21	Espanyol	2–2	Villarreal	Cornellà de Llobregat
18:15	Caicedo  4' Jordán  35' Gerard  40',  56'  89' Salva  79' Álvarez  89'	Report	Trigueros  24' Costa  56' Musacchio  88'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 16,251 Referee: Pedro Pérez Montero

Villarreal v Granada

30 January 2016 (2016-01-30) 22	Villarreal	1–0	Granada	Vilarreal
20:30	Costa  8' Bruno  55' (pen.) Mario  85' Castillejo  89'	Report	Rico  11' Lombán  16' Babin  54'	Stadium: El Madrigal Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

Athletic Bilbao v Villarreal

6 February 2016 (2016-02-06) 23	Athletic Bilbao	0–0	Villarreal	Bilbao
20:30	Williams  29'  90' San José  41' Lekue  60' Merino  67' Muniain  90'	Report	Costa  27' Bakambu  40' Soldado  75' Ruiz  76' Bonera  77'  90+4'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 41,101 Referee: Mario Melero López

Villarreal v Málaga

13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) 24	Villarreal	1–0	Málaga	Vilarreal
18:15	Soldado  18' Trigueros  77' Bakambu  90'	Report	Albentosa  34'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 17,142 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

Atlético Madrid v Villarreal

21 February 2016 25	Atlético Madrid	0–0	Villarreal	Madrid
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gabi  69' Filipe Luís  73'	Report	Castillejo  62' Bailly  77'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 45,323 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

Villarreal v Levante

28 February 2016 (2016-02-28) 26	Villarreal	3–0	Levante	Vilarreal
12:00 (UTC+1)	Baptistão  12' Castillejo  30' Adrián  48'	Report	Navarro  27'  56' Lerma  39' Verza  44'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 15,783 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

Celta Vigo v Villarreal

2 March 2016 (2016-03-02) 27	Celta Vigo	0–0	Villarreal	Vigo
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Díaz  51' Cabral  73'	Report	Matías Nahuel  54' Suárez  72' Bailly  73' Mario  77' Rukavina  86'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 15,376 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

Villarreal v Las Palmas

5 March 2016 (2016-03-05) 28	Villarreal	0–1	Las Palmas	Vilarreal
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Soldado  31'	Report	García  30' Lemos  53' Montoro  60'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 15,790 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

Sevilla v Villarreal

13 March 2016 (2016-03-13) 29	Sevilla	4–2	Villarreal	Seville
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Banega  6'  79' Iborra  23' Ruiz  51' (o.g.) Konoplyanka  65' Krohn-Dehli  74' Reyes  90+1'	Report	Bonera  25' Bakambu  29', 37'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 35,069 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

Villarreal v Barcelona

20 March 2016 30	Villarreal	2–2	Barcelona	Villarreal
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Soldado  20' Bruno  24' Asenjo  40' Ruiz  41' Rukavina  43' Bakambu  57' Mathieu  63' (o.g.) Pina  78' Mario  84' Trigueros  85'	Report	Turan  13' Piqué  16' Rakitić  20' Neymar  41' (pen.) Alba  53' Mascherano  90+4'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 24,398 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

Eibar v Villarreal

3 April 2016 31	Eibar	1–2	Villarreal	Eibar
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Juncà  11' Capa  22',  50' Mauro  90'	Report	Rukavina  12' Adrián  35' Soldado  50' Bakambu  71' Pina  78'	Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 5,183 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

Villarreal v Getafe

10 April 2016 (2016-04-10) 32	Villarreal	2–0	Getafe	Vilarreal
18:15 (UTC+1)	Suárez  15' Rukavina  26' Bakambu  84' Bruno  90'	Report	Cala  35' Medrán  68'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 17,570 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

Rayo Vallecano v Villarreal

17 April 2016 (2016-04-17) 33	Rayo Vallecano	2–1	Villarreal	Madrid
18:15 (UTC+1)	Guerra  7',  57' Amaya  68' Miku  81'	Report	Adrián  20' Ruiz  57' Marín  59' Mario  72' Matías Nahuel  80'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 12,628 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

Real Madrid v Villarreal

20 April 2016 34	Real Madrid	3–0	Villarreal	Madrid
22:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Benzema  41' Danilo  46' Vázquez  69' Modrić  76' Casemiro  85'	Report	Trigueros  44'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 62,678 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

Villarreal v Real Sociedad

24 April 2016 (2016-04-24) 35	Villarreal	0–0	Real Sociedad	Villarreal
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pina  32' Mario  69' Dos Santos  72' Adrián  90'	Report	Vela  51'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 17,215 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

Valencia v Villarreal

1 May 2016 36	Valencia	0–2	Villarreal	Valencia
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Fuego  42'	Report	Samu  16' Musacchio  23' Adrián  33' Rodri  43'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 38,283 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

Villarreal v Deportivo La Coruña

8 May 2016 (2016-05-08) 37	Villarreal	0–2	Deportivo La Coruña	Villarreal
17:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Bonera  10' Trigueros  49' Ruiz  51'	Report	Fajr  32' Lucas  57' Arribas  88'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 12,843 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

Sporting Gijón v Villarreal

15 May 2016 38	Sporting Gijón	2–0	Villarreal	Gijón
19:30	Jony  8' Aït-Atmane  63' Álvarez  79'	Report	Ruiz  49' Mario  90'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 27,295 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

Copa del Rey

Main article: 2015–16 Copa del Rey

Round of 32

  Win   Draw   Loss

Huesca v Villarreal

3 December 2015 First leg	Huesca	3–2	Villarreal	Huesca
21:00	L. Fernández  3' Mérida  53' (pen.) Machís  75' Carlos David  90+2' Cristian  90+2' López  90+3'	Summary	Jokić  33' Bailly  36' Matías Nahuel  51',  90+3' Bakambu  58'	Stadium: El Alcoraz Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

Villarreal v Huesca

17 December 2015 Second leg	Villarreal	2–0 (4–3 agg.)	Huesca	Vilarreal
21:00	Trigueros  28' Soldado  78'	Summary	Morillas  63' Carlos David  84' Aythami  90+2'	Stadium: El Madrigal Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

Round of 16

Athletic Bilbao v Villarreal

6 January 2016 First leg	Athletic Bilbao	3–2	Villarreal	Bilbao
12:00	Williams  54' Aduriz  68' Laporte  81'	Report	Baptistão  16' Samu  38'	Stadium: San Mamés Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

Villarreal v Athletic Bilbao

13 January 2016 Second leg	Villarreal	0–1 (2–4 agg.)	Athletic Bilbao	Vilarreal
20:30		Report	Williams  21'	Stadium: El Madrigal Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rapid Wien	6	5	0	1	10	6	+4	15	Advance to knockout phase
2	Villarreal	6	4	1	1	12	6	+6	13
3	Viktoria Plzeň	6	1	1	4	8	10	−2	4
4	Dinamo Minsk	6	1	0	5	3	11	−8	3

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

  Win   Draw   Loss

Rapid Wien v Villarreal

17 September 2015 (2015-09-17) 1	Rapid Wien	2–1	Villarreal	Vienna
19:00 (UTC+2)	Schwab  50' S. Hofmann  53' (pen.)	Report	Baptistão  45'	Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Attendance: 36,200[4] Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

Villarreal v Viktoria Plzeň

1 October 2015 (2015-10-01) 2	Villarreal	1–0	Viktoria Plzeň	Villarreal
21:05 (UTC+2)	Baptistão  54'	Report		Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 17,481[5] Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

Villarreal v Dinamo Minsk

22 October 2015 (2015-10-22) 3	Villarreal	4–0	Dinamo Minsk	Villarreal
21:05 (UTC+2)	Bakambu  17', 32' Soldado  61' Bailly  71'	Report		Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 14,025[6] Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

Dinamo Minsk v Villarreal

5 November 2015 (2015-11-05) 4	Dinamo Minsk	1–2	Villarreal	Barysaw^[C]
19:00 (UTC+1)	Vitus  69'	Report	Soldado  72' (pen.) Palitsevich  86' (o.g.)	Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 4,959[7] Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)

Villarreal v Rapid Wien

26 November 2015 (2015-11-26) 5	Villarreal	1–0	Rapid Wien	Villarreal
21:05 (UTC+1)	Soriano  78'	Report		Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 14,760[8] Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

Viktoria Plzeň v Villarreal

10 December 2015 (2015-12-10) 6	Viktoria Plzeň	3–3	Villarreal	Plzeň
19:00 (UTC+1)	Kolář  8' (pen.) Kovařík  65' Hořava  90'	Report	Bakambu  40' Dos Santos  62' Soriano  90+4'	Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 10,071[9] Referee: Tony Chapron (France)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

Round of 32

  Win   Draw   Loss

Villarreal v Napoli

18 February 2016 (2016-02-18) First leg	Villarreal	1–0	Napoli	Villarreal, Spain
19:00	Suárez  82' Musacchio  86' Soldado  90'	Report	Valdifiori  38' Callejón  67' Insigne  83'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 17,686 Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

Napoli v Villarreal

25 February 2016 (2016-02-25) Second leg	Napoli	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	Villarreal	Naples, Italy
21:05	Hamšík  17',  25' López  33' Jorginho  83'	Report	Rukavina  25' Bruno  36' Pina  59'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 23,928 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

Round of 16

Villarreal v Bayer Leverkusen

10 March 2016 (2016-03-10) First leg	Villarreal	2–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Villarreal, Spain
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bakambu  4', 56' Trigueros  71'	Report	Tah  14' Hernández  48' Jedvaj  76'  90+5'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 16,211 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

Bayer Leverkusen v Villarreal

17 March 2016 (2016-03-17) Second leg	Bayer Leverkusen	0–0 (0–2 agg.)	Villarreal	Leverkusen, Germany
19:00	Mehmedi  42' Papadopoulos  73' Bellarabi  79'	Report	Rukavina  60' Bakambu  80'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 23,409 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

Quarter-finals

Villarreal v Sparta Prague

7 April 2016 (2016-04-07) First leg	Villarreal	2–1	Sparta Prague	Villarreal, Spain
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bakambu  3', 63' Costa  40'	Report	Brabec  31',  45+4' Matějovský  41' Nhamoinesu  43'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 15,803 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Sparta Prague v Villarreal

14 April 2016 (2016-04-14) Second leg	Sparta Prague	2–4 (3–6 agg.)	Villarreal	Prague, Czech Republic
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Krejčí  27',  71' Frýdek  41' Juliš  60' Kováč  63' Dočkal  65' Konaté  77' Lafata  90+1'	Report	Bakambu  5', 49' Soldado  35' Castillejo  43',  78' Lafata  45+1' (o.g.)	Stadium: Generali Arena Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Semi-finals

Villarreal v Liverpool

28 April 2016 (2016-04-28) First leg	Villarreal	1–0	Liverpool	Villarreal, Spain
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Costa  60' Adrián  90+2'	Report		Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 21,606 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Liverpool v Villarreal

5 May 2016 (2016-05-05) Second leg	Liverpool	3–0 (3–1 agg.)	Villarreal	Liverpool, England
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bruno  7' (o.g.) Clyne  35' Sturridge  63' Lallana  81'	UEFA Report	Ruiz  30'  71' Soldado  40' Suárez  90+4'	Stadium: Anfield Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 15 May 2016

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Sergio Asenjo	7	0	4	0	0	0	3	0
13	GK		Alphonse Areola	37	0	32	0	0	0	5	0
25	GK		Mariano Barbosa	12	0	2	0	4	0	6	0
Defenders
2	DF		Mario Gaspar	44	2	32+1	2	0+1	0	10	0
5	DF		Mateo Musacchio	21	1	12+1	1	3	0	4+1	0
6	DF		Víctor Ruiz	51	0	32+3	0	1+1	0	14	0
11	DF		Jaume Costa	27	1	17+1	1	0+1	0	7+1	0
22	DF		Antonio Rukavina	31	0	14+4	0	3	0	10	0
23	DF		Daniele Bonera	16	0	10+4	0	0	0	1+1	0
24	DF		Eric Bailly	35	1	25	0	3	0	7	1
27	DF		Adrián Marín	16	0	10+1	0	3	0	0+2	0
44	DF		Pablo Íñiguez	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
48	DF		Miguelón	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF		Tomás Pina	36	1	19+8	0	2	0	6+1	1
7	MF		Samu	26	3	7+9	2	4	1	4+2	0
8	MF		Jonathan dos Santos	38	1	20+6	0	1+1	0	7+3	1
14	MF		Manu Trigueros	45	3	24+7	2	2	1	6+6	0
18	MF		Denis Suárez	48	5	25+8	4	0+2	0	11+2	1
19	MF		Samu Castillejo	45	2	19+9	1	4	0	8+5	1
21	MF		Bruno	45	7	28+3	5	0+2	0	12	2
26	MF		Matías Nahuel	30	1	11+9	0	4	1	2+4	0
28	MF		Alfonso Pedraza	3	0	2	0	0	0	0+1	0
29	MF		Rodri	6	0	1+2	0	3	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW		Roberto Soldado	44	8	27+1	5	0+3	1	12+1	2
10	FW		Léo Baptistão	34	6	12+14	3	2	1	3+3	2
17	FW		Cédric Bakambu	50	22	21+13	12	2+1	1	11+2	9
20	FW		Adrián	23	5	10+6	4	0	0	1+6	1
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
3	DF		Bojan Jokić	7	0	2	0	1	0	4	0

See also

2015–16 La Liga

References

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2. Soccerway - Villarreal
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