# 2019–20 Granada CF season

The 2019–20 season was Granada CF's 86th season in existence and the club's first season back in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Granada participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey. The season was slated to cover a period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. It was extended extraordinarily beyond 30 June due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 24 January 2020
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 | POR | Rui Silva |
| 2 | DF | GLP | Dimitri Foulquier (on loan from Watford) |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Álex Martínez |
| 4 | MF | FRA | Maxime Gonalons (on loan from Roma) |
| 5 | DF | ESP | José Martínez (on loan from Eibar) |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Germán (vice-captain) |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Álvaro Vadillo |
| 8 | MF | CMR | Yan Eteki |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Roberto Soldado |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Antonio Puertas |
| 11 | DF | TUR | İsmail Köybaşı |
| 12 | MF | NGA | Ramon Azeez |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Aarón |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Fede Vico |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Carlos Neva |
| 16 | DF | ESP | Víctor Díaz (captain) |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Quini |
| 18 | DF | COL | Neyder Lozano |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Ángel Montoro |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Jesús Vallejo (on loan from Real Madrid) |
| 21 | MF | VEN | Yangel Herrera (on loan from Manchester City) |
| 22 | DF | POR | Domingos Duarte |
| 23 | FW | VEN | Darwin Machís |
| 24 | FW | ESP | Carlos Fernández (on loan from Sevilla) |

### 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 | MF | ESP | Antonio Aranda |
| 29 | MF | ESP | Isma |
| 31 | FW | ESP | Mario Rodríguez |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 32 | DF | ESP | Antonio Montoro |
| 35 | GK | ESP | Unai Etxebarría |
| 39 | DF | ESP | Pepe |

### 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 | Bernardo Cruz (at Numancia until 30 June 2020) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | José Antonio González (at Córdoba until 30 June 2020) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | From | Type | Fee |
| 30 June 2019 | Raúl Baena | Melbourne Victory | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2019 | Sergio Peña | Tondela | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2019 | Pablo Vázquez | Cultural Leonesa | Loan return | Loan return |
| 1 July 2019 | Neyder Lozano | Elche | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2019 | Fede Vico | Leganés | Buyout clause | €250K |
| 14 July 2019 | Domingos Duarte | Sporting CP | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 15 July 2019 | Roberto Soldado | Fenerbahçe | Transfer | Free |
| 18 July 2019 | Yan Eteki | Sevilla | Transfer | €1M |
| 26 July 2019 | Yangel Herrera | Manchester City | Loan | Loan |
| 28 July 2019 | Darwin Machís | Udinese | Transfer | €3M |
| 10 August 2019 | José Antonio Martínez | Eibar | Loan | Loan |
| 14 August 2019 | Carlos Fernández | Sevilla | Loan | Loan |
| 30 August 2019 | İsmail Köybaşı | Fenerbahçe | Transfer | Free |
| 2 September 2019 | Maxime Gonalons | Roma | Loan | Loan |
| 2 January 2020 | Dimitri Foulquier | Watford | Loan | Loan |
| 24 January 2020 | Jesús Vallejo | Real Madrid | Loan | Loan |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Type | Fee |
| 30 June 2019 | José Antonio Martínez | Eibar | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2019 | Dani Ojeda | Leganés | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2019 | Alejandro Pozo | Sevilla Atlético | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2019 | Fede San Emeterio | Valladolid | Loan return | Loan return |
| 5 July 2019 | Adri Castellano | Numancia | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 5 July 2019 | José Antonio González | Córdoba | Loan | Loan |
| 23 July 2019 | Pablo Vázquez | Badajoz | Transfer | Free |
| 3 August 2019 | Sergio Peña | Emmen | Transfer | Free |
| 30 August 2019 | Rodri | Bristol City | Released | Released |
| 2 September 2019 | Bernardo Cruz | Alcorcón | Loan | Loan |
| 5 September 2019 | Raúl Baena | Atromitos | Transfer | Free |
| 2 January 2020 | Adrián Ramos | América de Cali | Transfer | Free |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### 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 % |
| La Liga | 17 August 2019 | 19 July 2020 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 52 | 45 | +7 | 042.11 |
| Copa del Rey | 17 December 2019 | 5 March 2020 | First round | Semi-finals | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 085.71 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 22 | 8 | 15 | 66 | 53 | +13 | 048.89 |
Last updated: 19 July 2020 Source: Soccerway

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Villarreal | 38 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 63 | 49 | +14 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 7 | Granada | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 52 | 45 | +7 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 8 | Getafe | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 54 | |
| 9 | Valencia | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 46 | 53 | −7 | 53 | |
* ↑ The 2020 Copa del Rey Final was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain and could not be completed by the UEFA registration deadline of 3 August 2020, so the fifth- and sixth-placed teams in the 2019–20 La Liga, Villarreal and Real Sociedad, entered the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League at the group stage, and the seventh-placed team, Granada, entered at the second qualifying round.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 19 July 2020. 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | D | L | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 9 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 |

#### Matches

The La Liga schedule was announced on 4 July 2019.

### Copa del Rey
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    Last updated on the end of the season
| 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 | POR | Rui Silva | 37 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Aarón Escandell | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | GLP | Dimitri Foulquier | 22 | 1 | 12+5 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Álex Martínez | 5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | José Antonio Martínez | 23 | 0 | 13+7 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Germán Sánchez | 33 | 3 | 26+2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Carlos Neva | 29 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ESP | Víctor Díaz | 40 | 1 | 33+3 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Jesús Vallejo | 14 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | POR | Domingos Duarte | 39 | 3 | 34+2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | ESP | Pepe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Quini | 10 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | FRA | Maxime Gonalons | 25 | 1 | 17+2 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | CMR | Yan Eteki | 35 | 0 | 18+10 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | NGA | Ramon Azeez | 29 | 2 | 14+11 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | POR | Gil Dias | 13 | 0 | 3+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Ángel Montoro | 15 | 2 | 11+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | VEN | Yangel Herrera | 36 | 2 | 28+2 | 2 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ESP | Antonio Aranda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ESP | Isma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ESP | Mario Rodríguez | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ESP | Roberto Soldado | 39 | 11 | 30+3 | 7 | 4+2 | 4 |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Antonio Puertas | 43 | 8 | 27+9 | 7 | 5+2 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | ESP | Fede Vico | 19 | 2 | 11+7 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ESP | Antoñín | 9 | 1 | 2+6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | VEN | Darwin Machís | 42 | 7 | 20+16 | 7 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ESP | Carlos Fernández | 40 | 13 | 21+13 | 10 | 5+1 | 3 |
| Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ESP | Bernardo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Álvaro Vadillo | 26 | 3 | 15+7 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | TUR | İsmail Köybaşı | 7 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | COL | Adrián Ramos | 8 | 2 | 2+5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |

### Goalscorers

    As of matches played until 13 July 2020
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Total |
| 1 | 24 | FW | Carlos Fernández | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | Roberto Soldado | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | 23 | FW | Darwin Machís | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | 10 | FW | Antonio Puertas | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | 7 | MF | Álvaro Vadillo | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 6 | DF | Germán Sánchez | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 22 | DF | Domingos Duarte | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 12 | MF | Ramon Azeez | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 14 | MF | Fede Vico | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 21 | MF | Yangel Herrera | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 20 | FW | Adrián Ramos | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | 2 | DF | Dimitri Foulquier | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | 4 | MF | Maxime Gonalons | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 11 | DF | İsmail Köybaşı | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 3 | DF | Álex Martínez | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 18 | FW | Antoñín | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 19 | MF | Ángel Montoro | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 46 | 14 | 60 |