2020–21 Villarreal CF season

The 2020–21 Villarreal CF season is the club's 113th season in existence and the eighth consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Villarreal will participate in this season's editions of the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from 20 July 2020 to 30 June 2021. On 23 July 2020, the club announced the appointment of 3-time Europa League winner and former Sevilla, Valencia and Paris St. Germain manager Unai Emery.

Villarreal
2020–21 season
OwnerFernando Roig
PresidentFernando Roig
Head coachUnai Emery
StadiumEstadio de la Cerámica
La LigaPre-season
Copa del ReyPre-season
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup stage

Players

First-team squad
As of 12 August 2020[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 Sergio Asenjo
2 DF  ESP Mario Gaspar (captain)
3 DF  ESP Raúl Albiol
4 DF  ESP Pau Torres
6 DF  ARG Ramiro Funes Mori
7 FW  ESP Gerard Moreno
9 FW  COL Carlos Bacca
10 MF  ESP Vicente Iborra (vice-captain)
11 MF  NGA Samuel Chukwueze
13 GK  ESP Andrés Fernández
14 MF  ESP Manu Trigueros
15 MF  ESP Manu Morlanes
16 DF  ESP Xavi Quintillà
17 FW  ESP Paco Alcácer
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF  ESP Alberto Moreno
20 DF  ESP Rubén Peña
22 DF  MAR Sofian Chakla
23 MF  ESP Moi Gómez
24 MF  ESP Javi Ontiveros
26 MF  URU Ramiro Guerra
— DF  ESP Jaume Costa
— DF  ESP Alfonso Pedraza
— MF  ESP Dani Parejo
— MF  FRA Francis Coquelin
— DF  ESP Enric Franquesa
— DF  ESP Miguelón
— FW  ESP Dani Raba
— MF  JPN Takefusa Kubo (on loan from Real Madrid)

Reserve team
Main article: Villarreal CF B

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
28 MF  ESP Sergio Lozano
32 MF  ESP Álex Baena
33 DF  ESP Pepe Castaño
No. Pos. Nation Player
34 FW  ESP Fer Niño
36 DF  ESP Migue Leal
37 MF  ESP Iván Martín
40 MF  USA Mukwelle Akale

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  ROU Andrei Rațiu (at ADO Den Haag until 30 June 2021)
— MF  ARG Santiago Cáseres (at Club América until 31 December 2020)

Transfers

In
No. Pos Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
TBD MF Takefusa Kubo Real Madrid Loan+€2,500,000 10 August 2020 [2]
TBD MF Francis Coquelin Valencia €8,000,000 12 August 2020 [3]
TBD MF Dani Parejo Valencia Free [4]

Out
No. Pos Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
8 MF Santi Cazorla Al Sadd Free End of season [5]
21 MF Bruno Soriano Retired End of season [5]
FW Enes Ünal Getafe €9,000,000 12 August 2020 [6]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Competitions

Overview
Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
La Liga 12 September 2020 23 May 2021 Matchday 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Copa del Rey 2020 Round of 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Europa League 22 October 2020 Group stage 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—

Last updated: September 2020

Source: Competitions

La Liga
Main article: 2020–21 La Liga

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
16 Sevilla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Valencia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Valladolid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to the Segunda División
19 Villarreal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 TBA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 12 September 2020. 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)[7]

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: September 2020.
Source:

Results by round
Round1
Ground
Result
Position
Updated to match(es) played on September 2020. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Copa del Rey

UEFA Europa League
Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League

The group stage draw will be held on 2 October 2020.[8]

Statistics

Goalscorers

Notes

    References
    1. "Primer equipo" [First team] (in Spanish). Villarreal CF. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
    2. "Welcome Kubo!". villarrealcf.es. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
    3. "Pressure grows on Valencia's Peter Lim as Francis Coquelin is sold to Villarreal". 12 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
    4. "Web oficial del Villarreal CF - Welcome Parejo!". Web oficial del Villarreal CF. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
    5. "Villarreal favourites Cazorla, Bruno to leave club". supersport.com.
    6. "Enes Ünal, transferred to Getafe CF". Villarreal CF. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
    7. "Reglamento General – Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
    8. "2020/21 UEFA Europa League: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
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