# 2020–21 Rayo Vallecano season

The 2020–21 Rayo Vallecano season was the club's 96th season in existence and the second consecutive season in the second division of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Rayo Vallecano participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey. The season covered the period from 21 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

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 | FRA | Luca Zidane |
| 2 | DF | URU | Emiliano Velázquez |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Iván Martos (on loan from Almería) |
| 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 | ARG | Leonardo Ulloa |
| 10 | MF | POR | Bebé |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Andrés Martín |
| 13 | GK | MKD | Stole Dimitrievski |
| 14 | FW | MAR | Yacine Qasmi |
| 15 | FW | ESP | Antoñín (on loan from Granada) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | PER | Luis Advíncula |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Álvaro García |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Miguel Guerrero |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Joni Montiel |
| 22 | MF | ESP | José Ángel Pozo |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Óscar Valentín |
| 24 | DF | MNE | Esteban Saveljich |
| 27 | DF | ESP | Martín Pascual |
| 28 | DF | ESP | Mario Hernández |
| 30 | GK | ESP | Miguel Morro |
| 32 | MF | ESP | Sergio Arratia |
| 33 | DF | ESP | Fran García (on loan from Real Madrid) |
| 36 | MF | ESP | Dani Moreno |
| — | GK | ESP | Alberto García |

### 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 |
| 31 | FW | ESP | Marc Echarri |
| 38 | DF | ESP | Iker Recio |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 39 | MF | ESP | Manu Navarro |
| 40 | GK | ESP | Roberto González |

### 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 |
| — | FW | ESP | Sergio Moreno (on loan to Mirandés until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | GUI | Lass Bangoura (on loan to Emelec until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | ESP | Jordi Amat (at Eupen until 30 June 2020) |
| — | DF | ESP | Mario Hernández (at SS Reyes until 30 June 2020) |
| — | DF | SEN | Abdoulaye Ba (at Deportivo de La Coruña until 30 June 2020) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ESP | Adrián Carrasco (at Ebro until 30 June 2020) |
| — | FW | ESP | Sergio Benito (at Cultural Leonesa until 30 June 2020) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 | 13 September 2020 | 30 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 52 | 40 | +12 | 045.24 |
| Segunda División promotion play-offs | 3 June 2021 | 20 June 2021 | Semi-finals | Winners | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 075.00 |
| Copa del Rey | 17 December 2020 | 27 January 2021 | First round | Round of 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 50 | 25 | 10 | 15 | 69 | 48 | +21 | 050.00 |
Source: Soccerway

### Segunda División
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Almería | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 61 | 40 | +21 | 73 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 5 | Girona | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 71 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 6 | Rayo Vallecano (O, P) | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 52 | 40 | +12 | 67 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 7 | Sporting Gijón | 42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 65 | |
| 8 | Ponferradina | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 57 | |
* ↑ Head-to-head points: Leganés: 4, Almería: 1

#### 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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | L | D | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | D | D | L | D | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 6 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 31 August 2020.

#### Promotion play-offs
### Copa del Rey
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on 8 March 2021.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Segunda División | Segunda División | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | Play-offs | Play-offs |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | FRA | Luca Zidane | 14 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | MKD | Stole Dimitrievski | 30 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ESP | Miguel Morro | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ESP | Alberto García | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | URU | Emiliano Velázquez | 27 | 0 | 18+6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Iván Martos | 16 | 1 | 7+6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Alejandro Catena | 45 | 3 | 42 | 2 | 1+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | PER | Luis Advíncula | 41 | 1 | 33+5 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | MNE | Esteban Saveljich | 31 | 1 | 25+3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ESP | Martín Pascual | 8 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ESP | Mario Hernández | 18 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ESP | Fran García | 42 | 2 | 40 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | ESP | Iker Recio | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ESP | Mario Suárez | 33 | 2 | 11+18 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Santi Comesaña | 42 | 3 | 27+11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | POR | Bebé | 29 | 7 | 9+17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Álvaro García | 44 | 3 | 41+1 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Joni Montiel | 26 | 1 | 2+21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ESP | José Ángel Pozo | 35 | 3 | 21+12 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Óscar Valentín | 39 | 1 | 34+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ESP | Sergio Arratia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | ESP | Dani Moreno | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | ESP | Manu Navarro | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ESP | Isi Palazón | 46 | 10 | 31+11 | 10 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | ARG | Óscar Trejo | 44 | 4 | 35+6 | 4 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Leonardo Ulloa | 13 | 0 | 1+11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Andrés Martín | 43 | 7 | 16+25 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | MAR | Yacine Qasmi | 42 | 5 | 19+20 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | ESP | Antoñín | 31 | 7 | 16+12 | 6 | 0+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Miguel Guerrero | 15 | 1 | 6+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | ESP | Marc Echarri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||