# 2020–21 Valencia CF season

The 2020–21 season was the 101st season in the existence of Valencia CF and its 86th consecutive season in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Valencia participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey. The season covered the period from 20 July 2020 to 30 June 2021, with the late start to the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.
The season was the first since 2010–11 without former captain Dani Parejo, who departed to Villarreal, and the first since 2013–14 without Rodrigo, who departed to Leeds United.

## Players
### Squad information

| No. | Pos. | Name | Date of birth (Age) | Signed in | Contract ends | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||
| 1 | GK | Jaume Doménech | (1990-11-05) 5 November 1990 (age 34) | 2015 | 2022 | Valencia Mestalla |
| 13 | GK | Jasper Cillessen | (1989-04-22) 22 April 1989 (age 35) | 2019 | 2023 | Barcelona |
| 25 | GK | Cristian Rivero | (1998-03-21) 21 March 1998 (age 26) | 2019 | 2022 | Valencia Mestalla |
| Defenders ||||||||
| 2 | DF | Thierry Correia | (1999-03-09) 9 March 1999 (age 25) | 2019 | 2024 | Sporting CP |
| 3 | DF | Toni Lato | (1997-10-21) 21 October 1997 (age 27) | 2017 | 2023 | Valencia Mestalla |
| 4 | DF | Eliaquim Mangala | (1991-02-13) 13 February 1991 (age 33) | 2019 | 2021 | Manchester City |
| 5 | DF | Gabriel Paulista | (1990-11-26) 26 November 1990 (age 34) | 2017 | 2022 | Arsenal |
| 6 | DF | Ferro | (1997-03-26) 26 March 1997 (age 27) | 2021 (Loan) | 2021 | Benfica |
| 12 | DF | Mouctar Diakhaby | (1996-12-19) 19 December 1996 (age 28) | 2018 | 2023 | Lyon |
| 14 | DF | José Luis Gayà (Captain) | (1995-05-25) 25 May 1995 (age 29) | 2012 | 2023 | Valencia Mestalla |
| 15 | DF | Hugo Guillamón | (2000-01-31) 31 January 2000 (age 24) | 2018 | 2023 | Valencia Mestalla |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| 8 | MF | Carlos Soler | (1997-01-02) 2 January 1997 (age 28) | 2016 | 2023 | Valencia Mestalla |
| 10 | MF | Christian Oliva | (1996-06-01) 1 June 1996 (age 28) | 2021 (Loan) | 2021 | Cagliari |
| 18 | MF | Daniel Wass | (1989-05-31) 31 May 1989 (age 35) | 2018 | 2022 | Celta Vigo |
| 19 | MF | Uroš Račić | (1998-03-17) 17 March 1998 (age 26) | 2018 | 2024 | Red Star Belgrade |
| 20 | MF | Lee Kang-in | (2001-02-19) 19 February 2001 (age 23) | 2018 | 2022 | Valencia Mestalla |
| 23 | MF | Jason | (1994-06-07) 7 June 1994 (age 30) | 2019 | 2022 | Levante UD |
| 26 | MF | Vicente Esquerdo | (1999-01-02) 2 January 1999 (age 26) | 2018 | 2022 | Valencia Mestalla |
| 30 | MF | Yunus Musah | (2002-11-29) 29 November 2002 (age 22) | 2019 | 2022 | Valencia Mestalla |
| Forwards ||||||||
| 7 | FW | Gonçalo Guedes | (1996-11-29) 29 November 1996 (age 28) | 2017 | 2023 | Paris Saint-Germain |
| 9 | FW | Kevin Gameiro | (1987-05-09) 9 May 1987 (age 37) | 2018 | 2021 | Atlético Madrid |
| 11 | FW | Patrick Cutrone | (1998-01-03) 3 January 1998 (age 27) | 2021 (Loan) | 2021 | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 17 | FW | Denis Cheryshev | (1990-11-26) 26 November 1990 (age 34) | 2018 | 2022 | Villarreal |
| 21 | FW | Manu Vallejo | (1997-02-14) 14 February 1997 (age 27) | 2019 | 2024 | Cádiz |
| 22 | FW | Maxi Gómez | (1996-08-14) 14 August 1996 (age 28) | 2019 | 2024 | Celta Vigo |
| 37 | FW | Álex Blanco | (1998-12-16) 16 December 1998 (age 26) | 2018 | 2021 | Valencia Mestalla |
| Players who left during season ||||||||
| 6 | MF | Geoffrey Kondogbia | (1993-02-15) 15 February 1993 (age 31) | 2017 | 2022 | Atlético Madrid |

### 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 | DF | ESP | Guillem Molina |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 38 | FW | ESP | Pablo Gozalbez |

### 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 |
| — | DF | ESP | Jorge Sáenz (at Celta Vigo until 30 June 2021) |
| 32 | DF | ESP | Javi Jiménez (at Albacete until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ESP | Adrià Guerrero (at Lugano until 30 June 2021) |
| 21 | FW | ESP | Rubén Sobrino (at Cádiz until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 3 | DF | Toni Lato | Osasuna | Loan return | 31 July 2020 |
| 23 | MF | Jason | Getafe | Loan return | 31 July 2020 |
| 32 | DF | Álex Centelles | Famalicão | Loan return | 31 July 2020 |
| 19 | MF | Uroš Račić | Famalicão | Loan return | 31 July 2020 |
| | MF | Álex Carbonell | Fortuna Sittard | Loan return | 31 July 2020 |
| 37 | FW | Álex Blanco | Zaragoza | Loan return | 31 July 2020 |
| 24 | MF | Cristiano Piccini | Atalanta | Loan return | 23 January 2021 |
| 11 | FW | Patrick Cutrone | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Season loan | 31 January 2021 |
| 6 | DF | Ferro | Benfica | Season loan | 31 January 2021 |
| 10 | MF | Christian Oliva | Cagliari | Season loan | 1 February 2021 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 3 | DF | Jaume Costa | Villarreal | Loan return | 31 July 2020 |
| 25 | DF | Alessandro Florenzi | Roma | Loan return | 31 July 2020 |
| | DF | Jorge Sáenz | Celta Vigo | Season loan | 31 July 2020 |
| 20 | FW | Ferran Torres | Manchester City | €27,000,000 | 4 August 2020 |
| 17 | MF | Francis Coquelin | Villarreal | €11,000,000 | 12 August 2020 |
| 10 | MF | Dani Parejo | Villarreal | Free | 12 August 2020 |
| 32 | DF | Javier Jiménez | Albacete | Season loan | 13 August 2020 |
| | DF | Adrià Guerrero | Lugano | Season loan | 20 August 2020 |
| 19 | FW | Rodrigo | Leeds United | €35,000,000 | 25 August 2020 |
| 21 | DF | Cristiano Piccini | Atalanta | Season loan + option to buy at €3,000,000 | 9 September 2020 |
| | MF | Álex Carbonell | FC Luzern | Free | 25 September 2020 |
| | MF | Álex Centelles | UD Almería | Free | 2 October 2020 |
| | FW | Jordi Escobar | UD Almería | €2.50m | 5 October 2020 |
| 6 | MF | Geoffrey Kondogbia | Atlético Madrid | £18,000,000 | 3 November 2020 |
| 11 | FW | Rubén Sobrino | Cádiz | Season loan | 31 January 2021 |

## 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 September 2020 | 22 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 13th | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 026.32 |
| Copa del Rey | 16 December 2020 | 27 January 2021 | First round | Round of 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 60 | 59 | +1 | 030.95 |
Source: Soccerway

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | Osasuna | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 44 |
| 12 | Cádiz | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 36 | 58 | −22 | 44 |
| 13 | Valencia | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 43 |
| 14 | Levante | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 46 | 57 | −11 | 41 |
| 15 | Getafe | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 28 | 43 | −15 | 38 |
* 1 2 Osasuna finished ahead of Cádiz on head-to-head points: Cádiz 0–2 Osasuna, Osasuna 3–2 Cádiz.

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | D | W | L | L | L | D | W | D | L | D | D | D | L | L | D | W | D | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | D |
| Position | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 31 August 2020.

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

    Last updated 22 May 2021
| 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 | Jaume Doménech | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | NED | Jasper Cillessen | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Cristian Rivero | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | POR | Thierry Correia | 32 | 2 | 25+4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Toni Lato | 18 | 1 | 8+7 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Eliaquim Mangala | 9 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Gabriel | 32 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | POR | Ferro | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Mouctar Diakhaby | 27 | 1 | 24+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ESP | José Luis Gayà | 34 | 1 | 32+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Hugo Guillamón | 26 | 1 | 21+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Cristiano Piccini | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ARG | Kevin Sibille | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ESP | Guillem Molina | 5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ESP | Jesús Vázquez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | ESP | Carlos Soler | 34 | 12 | 31+1 | 11 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | URU | Christian Oliva | 9 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Denis Cheryshev | 22 | 0 | 13+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | DEN | Daniel Wass | 36 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | SRB | Uroš Račić | 35 | 2 | 25+6 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | KOR | Lee Kang-in | 27 | 1 | 15+9 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Jason | 21 | 0 | 4+13 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ESP | Vicente Esquerdo | 7 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Koba Koindredi | 6 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 30 | MF | USA | Yunus Musah | 34 | 2 | 17+14 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | POR | Gonçalo Guedes | 34 | 7 | 27+4 | 5 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Kevin Gameiro | 26 | 4 | 10+16 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Patrick Cutrone | 7 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | ESP | Álex Blanco | 16 | 1 | 6+7 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ESP | Manu Vallejo | 32 | 6 | 9+20 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 22 | FW | URU | Maxi Gómez | 31 | 7 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have been loaned out or transferred ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | CTA | Geoffrey Kondogbia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Rubén Sobrino | 9 | 1 | 0+5 | 0 | 4 | 1 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 17 May 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Total |
| 1 | 8 | MF | | Carlos Soler | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | 22 | FW | | Maxi Gómez | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 7 | FW | | Gonçalo Guedes | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | 15 | FW | | Manu Vallejo | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 9 | FW | | Kevin Gameiro | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 18 | MF | | Daniel Wass | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 5 | DF | | Gabriel Paulista | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 19 | MF | | Uroš Račić | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 30 | MF | | Yunus Musah | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 2 | DF | | Thierry Correia | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 3 | DF | | Toni Lato | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 11 | FW | | Rubén Sobrino | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 12 | DF | | Mouctar Diakhaby | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 14 | DF | | José Gayà | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 15 | DF | | Hugo Guillamón | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 16 | MF | | Álex Blanco | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 20 | MF | | Lee Kang-in | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 27 | MF | | Koba Koindredi | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 50 | 10 | 60 |