# 2018–19 Rayo Vallecano season

During the 2018–19 season, Rayo Vallecano are participating in La Liga and Copa del Rey.

## Players

    As of 31 August 2018
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 | Alberto García (vice-captain) |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Tito |
| 4 | MF | ESP | Álvaro Medrán (on loan from Valencia) |
| 5 | DF | ESP | José Antonio Dorado |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Gorka Elustondo |
| 7 | DF | ESP | Álex Moreno |
| 8 | FW | ARG | Óscar Trejo |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Raúl de Tomás (on loan from Real Madrid) |
| 10 | MF | COD | Gaël Kakuta |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Adri Embarba (captain) |
| 12 | MF | FRA | Giannelli Imbula (on loan from Stoke City) |
| 13 | GK | MKD | Stole Dimitrievski (on loan from Gimnàstic) |
| 14 | FW | POR | Bebé |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | FW | ESP | Álex Alegría (on loan from Betis) |
| 16 | DF | ESP | Jordi Amat |
| 17 | DF | PER | Luis Advíncula (on loan from Tigres) |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Álvaro García |
| 19 | MF | GUI | Lass Bangoura |
| 20 | DF | URU | Emiliano Velázquez |
| 21 | DF | SEN | Abdoulaye Ba |
| 22 | MF | ESP | José Ángel Pozo |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Álex Gálvez |
| 24 | FW | ESP | Javi Guerra |
| 26 | DF | ESP | José León |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Santi Comesaña |
| 28 | DF | EQG | Sergio Akieme |

### Reserve team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 29 | FW | ESP | Sergio Moreno |
| 30 | GK | ESP | Miguel Morro |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 31 | DF | ESP | Martín Pascual |
| 32 | MF | ESP | Javi Rubio |

### 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 | ESP | Mario Fernández (at Recreativo until 30 June 2019) |
| — | MF | ESP | Joni Montiel (at Deportivo Fabril until 30 June 2019) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ESP | Joselillo (at Antequera until 30 June 2019) |
| — | FW | ESP | Sergio Benito (at Barakaldo until 30 June 2019) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | From | Type | Fee |
| 29 May 2018 | Alberto García | Getafe | Transfer | Free |
| 29 June 2018 | Johan Mojica | Girona | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2018 | Lass Bangoura | Almería | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2018 | Nacho Monsalve | Recreativo | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2018 | Javi Noblejas | Córdoba | Loan return | Loan return |
| 13 July 2018 | Gaël Kakuta | Hebei China Fortune | Transfer | €3,000,000 |
| 23 July 2018 | Emiliano Velázquez | Atlético Madrid | Transfer | €1,000,000 |
| 27 July 2018 | José Ángel Pozo | Almería | Transfer | €1,500,000 |
| 29 July 2018 | Luis Advíncula | Tigres UANL | Loan | Loan |
| 29 July 2018 | Tito | Leganés | Transfer | Free |
| 9 August 2018 | Jordi Amat | Swansea City | Transfer | £900,000 |
| 11 August 2018 | Álvaro Medrán | Valencia | Loan | Loan |
| 23 August 2018 | Álvaro García | Cádiz | Transfer | €5,000,000 |
| 24 August 2018 | Raúl de Tomás | Real Madrid | Loan | Loan |
| 25 August 2018 | José León | Real Madrid Castilla | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 24 August 2018 | Giannelli Imbula | Stoke City | Loan | Loan |
| 31 August 2018 | Álex Alegría | Betis | Loan | Loan |
| 31 August 2018 | Bebé | Eibar | Transfer | €750,000 |
| 31 August 2018 | Stole Dimitrievski | Gimnàstic | Loan | Loan |
| 31 August 2018 | Álex Gálvez | Eibar | Transfer | Free |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Type | Fee |
| 29 May 2018 | Alberto García | Getafe | Loan return | Loan return |
| 12 June 2018 | Diego Aguirre | Zaragoza | Transfer | Free |
| 28 June 2018 | Baiano | Alanyaspor | Transfer | Free |
| 29 June 2018 | Johan Mojica | Girona | Transfer | €5,000,000 |
| 30 June 2018 | Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhem | Al-Shabab | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2018 | Bebé | Eibar | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2018 | Francisco Cerro | TBD | TBD | Free |
| 30 June 2018 | Alejandro Domínguez | TBD | TBD | Free |
| 30 June 2018 | Manucho | TBD | TBD | Free |
| 30 June 2018 | Emiliano Armenteros | TBD | TBD | Free |
| 30 June 2018 | Raúl de Tomás | Real Madrid | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2018 | Unai López | Athletic Bilbao | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2018 | Emiliano Velázquez | Atlético Madrid | Loan return | Loan return |
| 13 July 2018 | Ernesto Galán | Rayo Majadahonda | Transfer | Free |
| 31 July 2018 | Antonio Amaya | UCAM Murcia | Transfer | Free |
| 1 August 2018 | Fran Beltrán | Celta Vigo | Transfer | €8,000,000 |
| 3 August 2018 | Mario Fernández | Cartagena | Transfer | Free |
| 3 August 2018 | Nacho Monsalve | Twente | Transfer | Free |
| 20 August 2018 | Javi Noblejas | Sporting Gijón | Transfer | Free |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| La Liga | 19 August 2018 | 19 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | 20th | 38 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 41 | 70 | −29 | 021.05 |
| Copa del Rey | 30 October 2018 | 4 December 2018 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 43 | 73 | −30 | 020.00 |
Last updated: 18 May 2019 Source: Competitions

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Valladolid | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 32 | 51 | −19 | 41 | |
| 17 | Celta Vigo | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 53 | 62 | −9 | 41 | |
| 18 | Girona (R) | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 37 | 53 | −16 | 37 | Relegation to Segunda División |
| 19 | Huesca (R) | 38 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 43 | 65 | −22 | 33 | Relegation to Segunda División |
| 20 | Rayo Vallecano (R) | 38 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 41 | 70 | −29 | 32 | Relegation to Segunda División |
* 1 2 Valladolid finished ahead of Celta Vigo on head-to-head points: Celta Vigo 3–3 Valladolid, Valladolid 2–1 Celta Vigo.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 18 May 2019. Source: Competitive matches

#### 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 | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | D | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | D |
| Position | 18 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### Copa del Rey
#### Round of 32
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on 8 March 2019.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ESP | Alberto García | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | MKD | Stole Dimitrievski | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ESP | Miguel Morro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ESP | Tito | 7 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Catena | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | ESP | Alexandre Moreno | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ESP | Jordi Amat | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | PER | Luis Advíncula | 24 | 1 | 22+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | URU | Emiliano Velázquez | 15 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | SEN | Abdoulaye Ba | 19 | 1 | 17+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Álex Gálvez | 11 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ESP | Sergio Akieme | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ESP | Álvaro Medrán | 13 | 1 | 6+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Gorka Elustondo | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | COD | Gaël Kakuta | 10 | 1 | 9+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Adri Embarba | 26 | 3 | 21+5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | FRA | Giannelli Imbula | 22 | 1 | 19+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ESP | Mario Suárez | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Álvaro García | 25 | 4 | 10+13 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | ESP | José Ángel Pozo | 19 | 2 | 6+11 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Santi Comesaña | 22 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ESP | Javi Rubio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 8 | FW | ARG | Óscar Trejo | 24 | 1 | 22+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Raúl de Tomás | 24 | 10 | 22+1 | 10 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | POR | Bebé | 18 | 1 | 3+13 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ESP | Javi Guerra | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ARG | Franco Di Santo | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ESP | Sergio Moreno | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 5 | DF | ESP | José Antonio Dorado | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | ESP | Álex Alegría | 11 | 1 | 0+9 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | GUI | Lass Bangoura | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ESP | José León | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |