# 2019–20 Real Zaragoza season

The 2019–20 season was Real Zaragoza's sixth consecutive season in the Segunda División and their 88th year in existence. Along with Segunda División, the club competed in the Copa del Rey. The season was due to cover a period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. It was extended extraordinarily beyond 30 June due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 14 February 2020
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 | ARG | Cristian Álvarez |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Carlos Vigaray |
| 3 | MF | COL | Dani Torres |
| 5 | DF | MAR | Jawad El Yamiq (on loan from Genoa) |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Alberto Guitián |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Miguel Linares |
| 8 | FW | POR | André Pereira (on loan from Porto) |
| 9 | MF | ESP | Alberto Soro (on loan from Real Madrid) |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Javi Ros |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Javi Puado (on loan from Espanyol) |
| 12 | MF | NGA | James Igbekeme |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Álvaro Ratón |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Raúl Guti |
| 15 | FW | ESP | Álex Blanco (on loan from Valencia) |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Íñigo Eguaras |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Carlos Nieto |
| 18 | DF | ESP | Pichu Atienza |
| 20 | FW | ESP | Burgui (on loan from Alavés) |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Alberto Zapater (captain) |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Julián Delmás |
| 23 | MF | JPN | Shinji Kagawa |
| 26 | FW | COL | Luis Suárez (on loan from Watford) |
| 27 | DF | ESP | Enrique Clemente |

### 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 |
| — | GK | SRB | Uroš Matić (on loan to Teruel until 30 June 2020) |
| — | DF | ESP | Eduardo Mingotes (on loan to Cornellà until 30 June 2020) |
| — | MF | GEO | Giorgi Papunashvili (on loan to Racing until 30 June 2020) |
| — | DF | ESP | Daniel Lasure (on loan to Tenerife until 30 June 2020) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | EQG | Federico Bikoro (on loan to Badajoz until 30 June 2020) |
| — | MF | ESP | Jorge Pombo (on loan to Cádiz until 30 June 2020) |
| — | FW | BRA | Raí (on loan to Ibiza until 30 June 2020) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss
Real Zaragoza announced six pre-season friendlies against Peña Ferranca, Club Deportivo Ebro, Calahorra, Gimnàstic de Tarragona, Deportivo Alavés, and Tudelano.

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 % |
| Segunda División | 17 August 2019 | 20 July 2020 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 042.86 |
| Segunda División promotion play-offs | 13 August 2020 | 16 August 2020 | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Copa del Rey | 17 December 2019 | 29 January 2020 | First round | Round of 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 21 | 12 | 15 | 66 | 60 | +6 | 043.75 |
Last updated: 16 August 2020 Source: Soccerway

### Segunda División
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Huesca (C, P) | 42 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 55 | 42 | +13 | 70 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 2 | Cádiz (P) | 42 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 50 | 39 | +11 | 69 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 3 | Zaragoza | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 65 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Almería | 42 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 62 | 43 | +19 | 64 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 5 | Girona | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 48 | 43 | +5 | 63 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 20 July 2020. Source: La Liga SmartBank

#### 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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | D | D | L | W | L | L | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | W |
| Position | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 |

#### Matches

The fixtures were revealed on 4 July 2019.

#### Play-offs
### Copa del Rey
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on 17 March 2020.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Segunda División | Segunda División | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ARG | Cristian Álvarez | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Álvaro Ratón | 12 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ESP | Carlos Vigaray | 19 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | MAR | Jawad El Yamiq | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Alberto Guitián | 15 | 1 | 12+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Carlos Nieto | 29 | 1 | 28+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ESP | Pichu Atienza | 23 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Julián Delmás | 16 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ESP | Enrique Clemente | 16 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | ESP | Andrés Borge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | ESP | Alejandro Francés | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 3 | MF | COL | Daniel Torres | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | POR | André Pereira | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | ESP | Alberto Soro | 27 | 4 | 19+5 | 4 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Javi Ros | 23 | 5 | 9+11 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | NGA | James Igbekeme | 25 | 1 | 18+3 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Raúl Guti | 30 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ESP | Álex Blanco | 24 | 2 | 4+17 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Íñigo Eguaras | 29 | 2 | 27+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Burgui | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Alberto Zapater | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | JPN | Shinji Kagawa | 26 | 2 | 18+5 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | EQG | Jannick Buyla | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ESP | Marc Aguado | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ESP | Miguel Linares | 16 | 2 | 0+12 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Javi Puado | 16 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | FW | COL | Luis Suárez | 30 | 17 | 28+1 | 17 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | ESP | Marcos Baselga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | ESP | Ahmed Belhadji | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ESP | Daniel Lasure | 9 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | EQG | Federico Bikoro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Jorge Pombo | 11 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GEO | Giorgi Papunashvili | 13 | 2 | 2+9 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | DF | SUI | Simone Grippo | 17 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |