# 2021–22 Real Zaragoza season

The 2021–22 season was the 90th season in the existence of Real Zaragoza and the club's ninth consecutive season in the second division of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Real Zaragoza participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 31 January 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ARG | Cristian Álvarez (3rd captain) |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Carlos Vigaray |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Jair Amador |
| 4 | MF | SRB | Radosav Petrović |
| 5 | MF | ESP | Jaume Grau |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Alejandro Francés |
| 7 | FW | COL | Juanjo Narváez |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Eugeni Valderrama |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Sabin Merino |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Valentín Vada |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Álvaro Ratón |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Pep Chavarría |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | ESP | Dani Lasure |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Carlos Nieto |
| 18 | DF | ESP | Fran Gámez |
| 20 | FW | ESP | Álvaro Giménez (on loan from Cádiz) |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Alberto Zapater (captain) |
| 22 | MF | ESP | Sergio Bermejo |
| 23 | FW | ESP | Nano Mesa (on loan from Cádiz) |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Lluís López |
| 26 | MF | ESP | Borja Sainz (on loan from Alavés) |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Francho Serrano |
| 31 | FW | ESP | Iván Azón |

### Reserve team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 28 | DF | ESP | Javi Hernández |
| 29 | MF | ESP | Isaiah |
| 33 | FW | ESP | Miguel Puche |
| 34 | DF | ESP | Ángel López |
| 35 | GK | ESP | Miguel Ángel Sanz |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 37 | DF | ESP | Luismi Luengo |
| 38 | MF | ESP | Alberto Vaquero |
| 39 | FW | ESP | Raúl Rubio |
| 40 | GK | ESP | Carlos Calavia |
| 41 | GK | ESP | Guillermo Acín |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ESP | Carlos Azón (at Tarazona until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ESP | Alejandro Escuín (at Ejea until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ESP | Enrique Clemente (at Real Sociedad B until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | EQG | Federico Bikoro (at Hércules until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | EQG | Jannick Buyla (at Gimnàstic until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ESP | Javi Ros (at Amorebieta until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ESP | Marc Aguado (at Andorra until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ESP | Alejandro Jay (at Tarazona until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | NGA | James Igbekeme (at Columbus Crew until 31 December 2022) |
| — | FW | SVN | Haris Vučkić (at Rijeka until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ESP | Gaizka Larrazabal (at Amorebieta until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ESP | Jaime Sancho (at Calvo Sotelo Puertollano until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ESP | Marcos Cuenca (at Brea until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ESP | Marcos Baselga (at Zamora until 30 June 2022) |

## 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 % |
| Segunda División | 13 August 2021 | 27 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 10th | 42 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 028.57 |
| Copa del Rey | 1 December 2021 | 6 January 2022 | First round | Round of 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 42 | 48 | −6 | 031.11 |
Source: Soccerway

### Segunda División
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | Ponferradina | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 57 | 55 | +2 | 63 |
| 9 | Cartagena | 42 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 63 | 57 | +6 | 60 |
| 10 | Zaragoza | 42 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 56 |
| 11 | Burgos | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 55 |
| 12 | Leganés | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 50 | 51 | −1 | 54 |
* ↑ Leganés finished ahead of Huesca on head-to-head points: Leganés 2–1 Huesca, Huesca 0–2 Leganés.

#### 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 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | L | W | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | L | L | D | D | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | L | D | D | W | D | D | L | L | D | W | W |
| Position | 13 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 10 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 30 June 2021.