2016–17 Levante UD season

The 2016–17 season is the 97th season in Levante UD ’s history and the 43rd in the second-tier.

Levante UD

2016–17 season
President	Quico Catalán
Head coach	Juan Muñiz
Stadium	Ciutat de València
Segunda División	1st (promoted)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Squad

As of 1 February 2017[1]

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 Raúl Fernández 2 DF  ESP Iván López 3 DF  ESP Toño García 4 DF  ESP Róber (on loan from Deportivo La Coruña) 6 MF  ESP Javier Espinosa 7 MF  ESP Verza (2nd captain) 8 MF  COL Jefferson Lerma 9 FW  ESP Roger Martí 10 MF  ESP Rubén García (3rd captain) 11 MF  ESP José Luis Morales (4th captain) 12 DF  MNE Esteban Saveljich

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 GK  ESP Oier Olazábal (on loan from Granada) 14 FW  ESP Juan Muñoz (on loan from Sevilla) 15 DF  ESP Sergio Postigo 16 DF  ESP Chema Rodríguez 18 FW  ESP Víctor Casadesús 19 DF  ESP Pedro López (Captain) 20 MF  ESP Paco Montañés (on loan from Espanyol) 21 MF  ESP Natxo Insa 22 DF  ESP Abraham (on loan from Zaragoza) 23 MF  ESP Jason 24 MF  ESP José Campaña

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Final position
Segunda División	1st
Copa del Rey	2nd round

Liga

Main article: 2016–17 Segunda División

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Levante (C, P)	42	25	9	8	57	32	+25	84	Promotion to La Liga
2	Girona (P)	42	20	10	12	65	45	+20	70
3	Getafe (O, P)	42	18	14	10	55	43	+12	68	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Tenerife	42	16	18	8	50	37	+13	66
5	Cádiz	42	16	16	10	55	40	+15	64

Source: La Liga
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored[2]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.

Matches

[3] Kickoff times are in CET.   Win   Draw   Loss

Match	Opponent	Venue	Result
1	Numancia	A	0–1
2	Alcorcón	H	2–0
3	G. Tarragona	A	1–1
4	Zaragoza	H	4–2
5	Córdoba	A	1–0
6	Sevilla At.	H	1–0
7	Elche	A	0–1
8	Valladolid	H	3–2
9	Almería	A	2–2
10	Mallorca	H	2–1
11	Mirandés	A	0–3
12	Getafe	H	1–1
13	Reus	A	0–1
14	Cádiz	H	0–0
15	Oviedo	A	2–0
17	Girona	A	2–1
18	Tenerife	H	1–0
16	Rayo	H	1–0
20	Lugo	H	1–0
19	UCAM	A	0–2
21	Huesca	A	0–2

Match	Opponent	Venue	Result
22	Numancia	H	1–0
23	Alcorcón	A	2–0
24	G. Tarragona	H	2–1
25	Zaragoza	A	0–1
26	Córdoba	H	3–1
27	Sevilla At.	A	1–1
28	Elche	H	2–1
29	Valladolid	A	0–4
30	Almería	H	1–0
31	Mallorca	A	1–1
32	Mirandés	H	2–1
33	Getafe	A	2–0
34	Reus	H	0–0
35	Cádiz	A	1–1
36	Oviedo	H	1–0
37	Rayo	A	2–1
38	Girona	H	2–1
39	Tenerife	A	0–0
40	UCAM	H	3–1
41	Lugo	A	1–0
42	Huesca	H	1–2

Copa del Rey

Main article: 2016–17 Copa del Rey

References

1. "Primer equipo" [First team] (in Spanish). Levante UD. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
2. "Reglamento General RFEF - Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos. (page 104)" (PDF). RFEF. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
3. Bdfutbol - Matches