# 2022–23 Rayo Vallecano season

The 2022–23 season was the 99th season in the history of Rayo Vallecano and their second consecutive season in the top flight. In addition to the league, the club participated in the Copa del Rey, losing in the round of 32 to second division side Sporting Gijón.

## Players
### First-team squad

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 | MKD | Stole Dimitrievski |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Mario Hernández |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Fran García |
| 4 | MF | ESP | Mario Suárez (3rd captain) |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Alejandro Catena |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Santi Comesaña (vice-captain) |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Isi Palazón |
| 8 | FW | ARG | Óscar Trejo (captain) |
| 9 | FW | COL | Radamel Falcao |
| 12 | FW | ESP | Andrés Martín |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Diego López |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Salvi Sánchez |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Pep Chavarría |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | GHA | Abdul Mumin |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Unai López |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Álvaro García |
| 19 | DF | FRA | Florian Lejeune (on loan from Alavés) |
| 20 | DF | ALB | Iván Balliu |
| 21 | MF | SEN | Pathé Ciss |
| 22 | MF | ESP | José Ángel Pozo |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Óscar Valentín |
| 24 | DF | MNE | Esteban Saveljich |
| 25 | FW | ESP | Raúl de Tomás |
| 30 | GK | ESP | Miguel Morro |
| 34 | FW | ESP | Sergio Camello (on loan from Atlético Madrid) |

### 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 | Jorge Moreno (on loan to Córdoba until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | ESP | Martín Pascual (on loan to Ibiza until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | FRA | Randy Nteka (on loan to Elche until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | Joni Montiel (on loan to Levante until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | CPV | Bebé (on loan to Zaragoza until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | ESP | Sergio Moreno (on loan to Osasuna B until 30 June 2023) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | From | Type | Fee |
| 1 July 2022 | Salvi | Cádiz | Transfer | Free |
| 2 July 2022 | Diego López | RCD Espanyol | Transfer | Free |
| 29 July 2022 | Florian Lejeune | Alavés | Loan | Loan |
| 3 August 2022 | Sergio Camello | Atlético Madrid | Loan | Loan |
| 31 August 2022 | Pep Chavarría | Zaragoza | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2022 | Abdul Mumin | Vitória de Guimarães | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 13 September 2022 | Raúl de Tomás | Espanyol | Transfer | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Type | Fee |
| 1 July 2022 | Luca Zidane | Eibar | Transfer | Free |
| 3 July 2022 | Martín Pascual | Ibiza | Loan | Loan |
| 7 July 2022 | Jorge Moreno | Córdoba | Loan | Loan |
| 14 July 2022 | Joni Montiel | Levante | Loan | Loan |
| 30 August 2022 | Sergio Moreno | Osasuna B | Loan | Loan |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 | 13 August 2022 | 4 June 2023 | Matchday 1 | 11th | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 034.21 |
| Copa del Rey | 13 November 2022 | 3 January 2023 | First round | Round of 32 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 48 | 56 | −8 | 034.15 |
Source: Soccerway

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 9 | Mallorca | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 50 | |
| 10 | Girona | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 58 | 55 | +3 | 49 | |
| 11 | Rayo Vallecano | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 49 | |
| 12 | Sevilla | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 47 | 54 | −7 | 49 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 13 | Celta Vigo | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 43 | 53 | −10 | 43 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head points: Girona 8, Rayo Vallecano 6, Sevilla 1.
* ↑ Sevilla qualified for the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League by winning the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League.

#### 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 | H | A | H | 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 | A |
| Result | D | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | L | D | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 13 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 23 June 2022.

### Copa del Rey
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| 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 | MKD | Stole Dimitrievski | 37 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Diego López | 5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ESP | Miguel Morro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ESP | Mario Hernández | 6 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Fran García | 40 | 2 | 38 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Alejandro Catena | 37 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Pep Chavarría | 19 | 0 | 2+14 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | GHA | Abdul Mumin | 17 | 0 | 9+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | FRA | Florian Lejeune | 32 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ALB | Iván Balliu | 37 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | MNE | Esteban Saveljich | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ESP | Mario Suárez | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Santi Comesaña | 38 | 3 | 29+6 | 3 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Salvi | 25 | 0 | 4+20 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Unai López | 36 | 1 | 12+22 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Álvaro García | 38 | 5 | 34+1 | 5 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SEN | Pathé Ciss | 33 | 1 | 12+20 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ESP | José Ángel Pozo | 9 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Óscar Valentín | 36 | 0 | 29+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Pablo Muñoz | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ESP | Diego Méndez | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ESP | Isi Palazón | 40 | 9 | 36+1 | 9 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | ARG | Óscar Trejo | 37 | 3 | 28+6 | 3 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | COL | Radamel Falcao | 29 | 2 | 3+24 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | ESP | Andrés Martín | 10 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ESP | Raúl de Tomás | 19 | 4 | 9+10 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | ESP | Sergio Camello | 41 | 7 | 27+11 | 6 | 2+1 | 1 |
| Players who transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 10 | FW | CPV | Bebé | 6 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Randy Nteka | 12 | 0 | 0+10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |