# 2023–24 Girona FC season

The 2023–24 season was Girona Futbol Club's 94th season in existence and second consecutive season in La Liga. They also competed in the Copa del Rey, finishing the campaign in the quarter-finals.
Following a 4–2 victory over Barcelona on the 34th matchday, Girona made history by qualifying for the UEFA Champions League for the first time ever.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 20 January 2024
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 | Juan Carlos |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Miguel Gutiérrez |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Arnau Martínez |
| 5 | DF | ESP | David López |
| 7 | FW | URU | Cristhian Stuani (captain) |
| 8 | FW | UKR | Viktor Tsyhankov |
| 9 | FW | UKR | Artem Dovbyk |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Borja García |
| 11 | DF | ESP | Valery Fernández |
| 13 | GK | ARG | Paulo Gazzaniga |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Aleix García |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Juanpe |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | BRA | Sávio (on loan from Troyes) |
| 17 | DF | NED | Daley Blind |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Pablo Torre (on loan from Barcelona) |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Toni Villa |
| 20 | DF | BRA | Yan Couto (on loan from Manchester City) |
| 21 | MF | VEN | Yangel Herrera |
| 22 | MF | COL | Jhon Solís |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Iván Martín |
| 24 | FW | ESP | Portu |
| 25 | DF | ESP | Eric García (on loan from Barcelona) |
| 26 | GK | ESP | Toni Fuidias |

### 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 |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Silvi Clua |
| 29 | FW | ESP | Alex Almansa |
| 30 | FW | ESP | Iker Almena |
| 31 | FW | POR | Jastin García |
| 32 | MF | ESP | Enric García |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 34 | FW | VEN | Juan Arango |
| 35 | DF | HUN | Antal Yaakobishvili |
| 36 | MF | ESP | Ricard Artero |
| 40 | FW | ESP | Carles Garrido (on loan from Cornellà) |

### 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 | PER | Alexander Callens (at AEK Athens until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | ESP | Álex Sala (at Córdoba until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | MLI | Ibrahima Kébé (at Mirandés until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | ESP | Pau Víctor (at Barcelona Atlètic until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | MAR | Ilyas Chaira (at Mirandés until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ESP | Gabri Martínez (at Mirandés until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | ESP | Arnau Ortiz (at Cartagena until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | DOM | Óscar Ureña (at Leganés until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | ESP | Manu Vallejo (at Zaragoza until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| GK | Paulo Gazzaniga | Fulham | €3,000,000 | 6 June 2023 |
| DF | Daley Blind | Bayern Munich | Free | 7 July 2023 |
| FW | Sávio | Troyes | Loan | 13 July 2023 |
| MF | Yangel Herrera | Manchester City | Undisclosed | 14 July 2023 |
| DF | Yan Couto | Manchester City | Loan | 14 July 2023 |
| MF | Pablo Torre | Barcelona | Loan | 18 July 2023 |
| MF | Iván Martín | Villarreal | €2,000,000 | 22 July 2023 |
| FW | Artem Dovbyk | Dnipro-1 | €7,000,000 | 6 August 2023 |
| DF | Eric García | Barcelona | Loan | 1 September 2023 |
| MF | Jhon Solís | Atlético Nacional | €6,000,000 | 1 September 2023 |
| MF | Portu | Getafe | €3,500,000 | 1 September 2023 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Reinier | Real Madrid | Loan return | 9 June 2023 |
| FW | Taty Castellanos | New York City FC | Loan return | 9 June 2023 |
| MF | Rodrigo Riquelme | Atlético Madrid | Loan return | 9 June 2023 |
| DF | Javi Hernández | Leganés | Loan return | 9 June 2023 |
| MF | Ramon Terrats | Villarreal | €2,500,000 | 30 June 2023 |
| MF | Álex Sala | Córdoba | Loan | 11 July 2023 |
| MF | Oriol Romeu | Barcelona | €5,000,000 | 19 July 2023 |
| FW | Manu Vallejo | Zaragoza | Loan | 23 August 2023 |
| DF | Santiago Bueno | Wolverhampton Wanderers | €12,000,000 | 31 August 2023 |
| DF | Alexander Callens | AEK Athens | Loan | 8 September 2023 |
| DF | Bernardo Espinosa | Atlético Nacional | Free | 1 January 2024 |
| DF | Ibrahima Kébé | Mirandés | Loan | 20 January 2024 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 | 12 August 2023 | 24 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 38 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 85 | 46 | +39 | 065.79 |
| Copa del Rey | 1 November 2023 | 24 January 2024 | First round | Quarter-finals | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 080.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 29 | 6 | 8 | 99 | 53 | +46 | 067.44 |
Source: Soccerway

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Real Madrid (C) | 38 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 87 | 26 | +61 | 95 | Qualification for the Champions League league phase |
| 2 | Barcelona | 38 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 79 | 44 | +35 | 85 | Qualification for the Champions League league phase |
| 3 | Girona | 38 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 85 | 46 | +39 | 81 | Qualification for the Champions League league phase |
| 4 | Atlético Madrid | 38 | 24 | 4 | 10 | 70 | 43 | +27 | 76 | Qualification for the Champions League league phase |
| 5 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 61 | 37 | +24 | 68 | Qualification for the Europa League league phase |
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2023–24 Copa del Rey, Athletic Bilbao, qualified for European competition based on league position, the Europa League berth awarded to the Copa del Rey winners was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Conference League berth awarded to the sixth-placed team was passed to the seventh-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: La Liga

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | W |
| Position | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Points | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 34 | 35 | 38 | 41 | 44 | 45 | 48 | 49 | 52 | 55 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 59 | 59 | 62 | 62 | 65 | 65 | 68 | 71 | 74 | 75 | 75 | 78 | 81 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 22 June 2023.

### Copa del Rey
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    As of match played 24 May 2024.
| 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 | Juan Carlos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ARG | Paulo Gazzaniga | 38 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | ESP | Toni Fuidias | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ESP | Miguel Gutiérrez | 40 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Arnau Martínez | 26 | 0 | 14+7 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | David López | 25 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | ESP | Valery Fernández | 32 | 4 | 2+25 | 2 | 3+2 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Juanpe | 21 | 0 | 6+11 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | NED | Daley Blind | 37 | 3 | 33+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 20 | DF | BRA | Yan Couto | 39 | 2 | 24+10 | 1 | 1+4 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | ESP | Eric García | 31 | 5 | 30 | 5 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | HUN | Antal Yaakobishvili | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | UKR | Viktor Tsyhankov | 34 | 8 | 26+4 | 8 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Borja García | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Aleix García | 40 | 3 | 36+1 | 3 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Pablo Torre | 29 | 1 | 4+22 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Toni Villa | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | VEN | Yangel Herrera | 31 | 5 | 27+2 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | COL | Jhon Solís | 22 | 0 | 2+16 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Iván Martín | 40 | 5 | 33+3 | 5 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Selvi | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ESP | Enric García | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | URU | Cristhian Stuani | 36 | 14 | 5+26 | 9 | 5 | 5 |
| 9 | FW | UKR | Artem Dovbyk | 39 | 24 | 32+4 | 24 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | BRA | Sávio | 41 | 11 | 35+2 | 9 | 2+2 | 2 |
| 24 | FW | ESP | Portu | 38 | 8 | 11+22 | 7 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 30 | FW | ESP | Iker Almena | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | POR | Jastin García | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | COL | Bernardo Espinosa | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | MLI | Ibrahima Kébé | 5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |