# 2023–24 Rayo Vallecano season

The 2023–24 season was Rayo Vallecano's 100th season in existence and third consecutive season in La Liga. They also competed in the Copa del Rey.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 September 2023
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 | MKD | Stole Dimitrievski |
| 2 | DF | ROU | Andrei Rațiu |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Pep Chavarría |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Martín Pascual |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Aridane Hernández |
| 6 | MF | ESP | José Ángel Pozo |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Isi Palazón |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Óscar Trejo |
| 9 | FW | COL | Radamel Falcao |
| 10 | FW | CPV | Bebé |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Randy Nteka |
| 12 | DF | URU | Alfonso Espino |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Dani Cárdenas |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Kike Pérez (on loan from Valladolid) |
| 15 | MF | POR | Miguel Crespo (on loan from Fenerbahçe) |
| 16 | DF | GHA | Abdul Mumin |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Unai López |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Álvaro García |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Jorge de Frutos |
| 20 | DF | ALB | Iván Balliu |
| 21 | MF | SEN | Pathé Ciss |
| 22 | FW | ESP | Raúl de Tomás |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Óscar Valentín (captain) |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Florian Lejeune |
| 29 | MF | ESP | Diego Méndez |
| 34 | FW | ESP | Sergio Camello |

### 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 | Miguel Ángel Morro (at Villarreal B until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | ESP | Joni Montiel (at Burgos until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ESP | Andrés Martín (at Racing Santander until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| DF | Aridane | Unattached | Free | 5 July 2023 |
| DF | Alfonso Espino | Unattached | Free | 17 July 2023 |
| DF | Florian Lejeune | Alavés | €2,500,000 | 28 July 2023 |
| MF | Jorge de Frutos | Levante | €8,000,000 | 17 August 2023 |
| GK | Daniel Cárdenas | Levante | Undisclosed | 18 August 2023 |
| DF | Andrei Rațiu | Huesca | €500,000 | 26 August 2023 |
| MF | Joni Montiel | Real Valladolid | Loan return | 25 January 2024 |
| MF | Miguel Crespo | Fenerbahçe | Loan | 31 January 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| DF | Mario Hernández | Released | Released | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Esteban Saveljich | Released | Released | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Mario Suárez | Released | Released | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Santi Comesaña | Villarreal | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Alejandro Catena | Osasuna | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Fran García | Real Madrid | €5,000,000 | 1 July 2023 |

## 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 | 11 August 2023 | 25 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 17th | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 29 | 48 | −19 | 021.05 |
| Copa del Rey | 1 November 2023 | 17 January 2024 | First round | Round of 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 40 | 51 | −11 | 026.19 |
Source: Soccerway

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 15 | Mallorca | 38 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 40 | |
| 16 | Las Palmas | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 47 | −14 | 40 | |
| 17 | Rayo Vallecano | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 29 | 48 | −19 | 38 | |
| 18 | Cádiz (R) | 38 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 26 | 55 | −29 | 33 | Relegation to Segunda División |
| 19 | Almería (R) | 38 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 43 | 75 | −32 | 21 | Relegation to Segunda División |
* 1 2 Mallorca finished ahead of Las Palmas on head-to-head points: Las Palmas 1–1 Mallorca, Mallorca 1–0 Las Palmas.
* ↑ Tied on head-to-head points. Almería finished ahead of Granada on overall goal difference.

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | L | W | D | D | D | D | W | D | D | L | D | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | D | L | W | D | D | W | L | L | D | W | L | L |
| Position | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 17 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 22 June 2023.

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

    Last updated on 7 October 2023.
| 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 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Daniel Cárdenas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ROU | Andrei Rațiu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Pep Chavarría | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Martín Pascual | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Aridane Hernández | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | URU | Alfonso Espino | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | GHA | Abdul Mumin | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ALB | Iván Balliu | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Florian Lejeune | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | ESP | José Ángel Pozo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Randy Nteka | 4 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Kike Pérez | 6 | 1 | 3+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Unai López | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Álvaro García | 9 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Jorge de Frutos | 8 | 1 | 1+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SEN | Pathé Ciss | 9 | 1 | 4+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Óscar Valentín | 9 | 1 | 8+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ESP | Diego Méndez | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ESP | Isi Palazón | 9 | 2 | 8+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | ARG | Óscar Trejo | 8 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | COL | Radamel Falcao | 3 | 1 | 0+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | CPV | Bebé | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ESP | Raúl de Tomás | 8 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | ESP | Sergio Camello | 7 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||