# 2021–22 Villarreal CF season

The 2021–22 season was the 99th season in the existence of Villarreal CF and the club's ninth consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Villarreal participated in this season's editions of the Copa del Rey, the UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Super Cup.

## Players

    As of 1 February 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 | ESP | Sergio Asenjo |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Mario Gaspar (captain) |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Raúl Albiol (3rd captain) |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Pau Torres |
| 5 | MF | ESP | Dani Parejo |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Étienne Capoue |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Gerard Moreno |
| 8 | DF | ARG | Juan Foyth |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Paco Alcácer |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Vicente Iborra (vice-captain) |
| 11 | FW | NGA | Samuel Chukwueze |
| 12 | DF | ECU | Pervis Estupiñán |
| 13 | GK | ARG | Gerónimo Rulli |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Manu Trigueros (4th captain) |
| 15 | FW | NED | Arnaut Danjuma |
| 16 | FW | SEN | Boulaye Dia |
| 17 | MF | ARG | Giovani Lo Celso (on loan from Tottenham) |
| 18 | DF | ESP | Alberto Moreno |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Francis Coquelin |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Rubén Peña |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Yeremy Pino |
| 22 | DF | ALG | Aïssa Mandi |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Moi Gómez |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Alfonso Pedraza |
| 25 | DF | CIV | Serge Aurier |

### 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 |
| 26 | FW | SEN | Nicolas Jackson |
| 27 | DF | ESP | Adrián de la Fuente |
| 28 | MF | RUS | Nikita Iosifov |
| 31 | GK | AND | Iker Álvarez |
| 32 | DF | ESP | Lanchi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 35 | GK | DEN | Filip Jörgensen |
| 37 | DF | ESP | Dani Tasende |
| 38 | MF | ESP | Carlo Adriano |
| 39 | MF | ESP | Antonio Pacheco |

### 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 Cuenca (at Getafe until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ESP | Xavi Quintillà (at Leganés until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ESP | Álex Baena (at Girona until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ESP | Iván Martín (at Girona until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | Manu Morlanes (at Espanyol until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ESP | Álex Millán (at Union SG until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ESP | Fer Niño (at Mallorca until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | FRA | Haissem Hassan (at Mirandés until 30 June 2022) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | From | Type | Fee |
| 30 June 2021 | Sofian Chakla | Getafe | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2021 | Jorge Cuenca | Almería | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2021 | Enric Franquesa | Girona | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2021 | Miguel Ángel Leal | Groningen | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2021 | Mario González | Tondela | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2021 | Iván Martín | Mirandés | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2021 | Manu Morlanes | Almería | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2021 | Javier Ontiveros | Huesca | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2021 | Xavi Quintillà | Norwich City | Loan return | Loan return |
| 1 July 2021 | Juan Foyth | Tottenham Hotspur | Buyout clause | €15M |
| 1 July 2021 | Aïssa Mandi | Real Betis | Transfer | Free |
| 7 July 2021 | Manu Morlanes | Almería | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 13 July 2021 | Boulaye Dia | Reims | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 19 July 2021 | Arnaut Danjuma | Bournemouth | Transfer | €25M |
| 4 October 2021 | Serge Aurier | Free agent | Transfer | Free |
| 31 January 2022 | Giovani Lo Celso | Tottenham Hotspur | Loan | Loan |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Type | Fee |
| 1 July 2021 | Miguelón | Espanyol | Buyout clause | €500K |
| 2 July 2021 | Enric Franquesa | Levante | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 7 July 2021 | Jaume Costa | Mallorca | Transfer | Free |
| 7 July 2021 | Manu Morlanes | Almería | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 10 July 2021 | Iván Martín | Alavés | Loan | Loan |
| 13 July 2021 | Carlos Bacca | Granada | Transfer | Free |
| 23 July 2021 | Ramiro Funes Mori | Al Nassr | Transfer | €2.5M |
| 4 August 2021 | Andrei Rațiu | Huesca | Transfer | |
| 13 August 2021 | Álex Millán | Cercle Brugge | Loan | Loan |
| 16 August 2021 | Manu Morlanes | Espanyol | Loan | Loan |
| 18 August 2021 | Fer Niño | Mallorca | Loan | Loan |
| 19 August 2021 | Álex Baena | Girona | Loan | Loan |
| 27 August 2021 | Javier Ontiveros | Osasuna | Loan | Loan |
| 27 August 2021 | Sofian Chakla | OH Leuven | Loan | Loan |
| 30 August 2021 | Jorge Cuenca | Getafe | Loan | Loan |
| 31 January 2022 | Dani Raba | Granada | Released | Released |

## 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 | 16 August 2021 | 22 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 63 | 37 | +26 | 042.11 |
| Copa del Rey | 30 November 2021 | 6 January 2022 | First round | Round of 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | +13 | 066.67 |
| UEFA Champions League | 14 September 2021 | 3 May 2022 | Group stage | Semi-finals | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 17 | +3 | 041.67 |
| UEFA Super Cup | 11 August 2021 | 11 August 2021 | Final | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 54 | 23 | 15 | 16 | 100 | 58 | +42 | 042.59 |
Source: Soccerway

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Real Betis | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 62 | 40 | +22 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 7 | Villarreal | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 63 | 37 | +26 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round |
| 8 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 55 | |
| 9 | Valencia | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 48 | |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2021–22 Copa del Rey, Real Betis, qualified for European competition based on league position, the Europa League berth awarded to the Copa del Rey winners was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League berth awarded to the sixth-placed team was passed to the seventh-placed team.

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | D | W | D | W | D | W | L | L | D | L | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | L | D | W | W | L | D | W | L | W |
| Position | 13 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 30 June 2021.

### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2021.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MUN | VIL | ATA | YB |
| 1 | Manchester United | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Villarreal | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–2 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Atalanta | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League | 2–2 | 2–3 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Young Boys | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 5 | | 2–1 | 1–4 | 3–3 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 13 December 2021.

##### Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 18 March 2022.

##### Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 18 March 2022, after the quarter-final draw.

### UEFA Super Cup
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    Last updated 22 May 2022.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Super Cup | UEFA Super Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ESP | Sergio Asenjo | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ARG | Gerónimo Rulli | 46 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | DEN | Filip Jörgensen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ESP | Mario Gaspar | 18 | 0 | 7+5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Raúl Albiol | 43 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Pau Torres | 47 | 6 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | ARG | Juan Foyth | 38 | 1 | 22+3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ECU | Pervis Estupiñán | 41 | 0 | 17+11 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ESP | Alberto Moreno | 35 | 6 | 13+11 | 3 | 2+1 | 2 | 3+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Rubén Peña | 11 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ALG | Aïssa Mandi | 22 | 2 | 14+3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Alfonso Pedraza | 41 | 4 | 19+9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | CIV | Serge Aurier | 24 | 0 | 10+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ESP | Adrián de la Fuente | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | ESP | Dani Tasende | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | ESP | Dani Parejo | 46 | 3 | 32+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Étienne Capoue | 44 | 3 | 26+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Vicente Iborra | 24 | 0 | 12+8 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | NGA | Samuel Chukwueze | 35 | 7 | 12+15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Manu Trigueros | 47 | 8 | 27+8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ARG | Giovani Lo Celso | 22 | 1 | 11+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Francis Coquelin | 28 | 3 | 8+12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Yeremy Pino | 40 | 7 | 21+10 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 | 6+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Moi Gómez | 38 | 3 | 13+16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | RUS | Nikita Iosifov | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | ESP | Carlo Adriano | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ESP | Gerard Moreno | 27 | 13 | 14+3 | 9 | 0+2 | 1 | 6+1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Paco Alcácer | 23 | 5 | 10+8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | NED | Arnaut Danjuma | 34 | 16 | 17+6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10+1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | SEN | Boulaye Dia | 35 | 7 | 13+12 | 5 | 0+1 | 1 | 3+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | SEN | Nicolas Jackson | 10 | 0 | 0+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 17 | FW | ESP | Dani Raba | 12 | 1 | 0+7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| - | MF | ESP | Manu Morlanes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| - | DF | ESP | Jorge Cuenca | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 17 March 2022
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Champions League | UEFA Super Cup | Total |
| 1 | 15 | FW | | Arnaut Danjuma | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | 7 | FW | | Gerard Moreno | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 | 14 | MF | | Manu Trigueros | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 21 | FW | | Yeremy Pino | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | 16 | FW | | Boulaye Dia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 18 | DF | | Alberto Moreno | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | 4 | DF | | Pau Torres | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | 11 | FW | | Samuel Chukwueze | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | 9 | FW | | Paco Alcácer | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | 5 | MF | | Dani Parejo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 6 | MF | | Étienne Capoue | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | 22 | DF | | Aïssa Mandi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | 3 | DF | | Raúl Albiol | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 12 | MF | | Dani Raba | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 15 | MF | | Nikita Iosifov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 19 | MF | | Francis Coquelin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 23 | MF | | Moi Gómez | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 48 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 81 |