# 2019–20 Deportivo Alavés season

The 2019–20 Deportivo Alavés season was the club's 108th season in existence and the club's 15th season in the top flight of Spanish football. It covered a period from 1 July 2019 to 19 July 2020. Alavés competed in La Liga and Copa del Rey.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 1 February 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 | ESP | Fernando Pacheco (3rd captain) |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Rubén Duarte |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Rodrigo Ely |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Víctor Laguardia (vice-captain) |
| 6 | DF | ARG | Lisandro Magallán (on loan from Ajax) |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Lucas Pérez |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Tomás Pina |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Joselu |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Víctor Camarasa (on loan from Betis) |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Luis Rioja |
| 12 | DF | ESP | Rafa Navarro |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Roberto (on loan from West Ham United) |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Burgui |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | SRB | Ljubomir Fejsa (on loan from Benfica) |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Édgar Méndez |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Adrián Marín |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Aleix Vidal (on loan from Sevilla) |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Manu García (captain) |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Pere Pons |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Martín Aguirregabiria |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Ximo Navarro |
| 24 | FW | SCO | Oliver Burke (on loan from West Brom) |
| 27 | DF | ESP | Tachi |
| 29 | MF | ESP | Borja Sainz |
| 31 | GK | ESP | Aritz Castro |
| 35 | MF | ESP | Ismael Gutiérrez (on loan from Betis) |

### Out of first 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 |
| — | DF | CMR | Jeando Fuchs |

### 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 | Antonio Sivera (at Almería until 30 June 2020) |
| — | DF | BEN | Olivier Verdon (at Eupen until 30 June 2020) |
| — | DF | ESP | Einar Galilea (at NK Istra until 30 June 2020) |
| — | DF | ESP | Adrián Diéguez (at Alcorcón until 30 June 2020) |
| — | DF | ESP | Saúl García (at Rayo Vallecano until 30 June 2020) |
| — | DF | ESP | Rafa Páez (at NK Istra until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | Javi Muñoz (at Tenerife until 30 June 2020) |
| — | FW | SWE | John Guidetti (at Hannover 96 until 30 June 2020) |
| — | FW | ANG | Anderson Emanuel (at Fuenlabrada until 30 June 2020) |
| — | FW | BIH | Ermedin Demirović (at St. Gallen until 30 June 2020) |
| — | FW | ARG | Ramón Miérez (at Tenerife until 30 June 2020) |
| — | FW | GHA | Patrick Twumasi (at Gazişehir until 30 June 2020) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | From | Type | Fee |
| 30 June 2019 | Anderson | Sochaux | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2019 | Antonio Cristian | Fuenlabrada | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2019 | Ermedin Demirović | Almería | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2019 | Adrián Diéguez | Huesca | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2019 | Javi Muñoz | Oviedo | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2019 | Nando | Extremadura | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2019 | Rafa Navarro | Sochaux | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2019 | Daniel Torres | Albacete | Loan return | Loan return |
| 1 July 2019 | Jeando Fuchs | Sochaux | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | Saúl García | Deportivo La Coruña | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2019 | Ramón Mierez | Tigre | Transfer | €2.2M |
| 1 July 2019 | Lucas Pérez | West Ham United | Transfer | €2.3M |
| 1 July 2019 | Luis Rioja | Almería | Transfer | €2M |
| 1 July 2019 | Olivier Verdon | Sochaux | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 4 July 2019 | Pere Pons | Girona | Transfer | €2M |
| 15 July 2019 | Joselu | Newcastle United | Transfer | €2.2M |
| 19 July 2019 | Tachi | Atlético Madrid B | Transfer | Free |
| 28 July 2019 | Aleix Vidal | Sevilla | Loan | Loan |
| 30 August 2019 | Oliver Burke | West Bromwich Albion | Loan | Loan |
| 2 September 2019 | Lisandro Magallán | Ajax | Loan | Loan |
| 14 January 2020 | Víctor Camarasa | Real Betis | Loan | Loan |
| 20 January 2020 | Roberto | West Ham United | Loan | Loan |
| 27 January 2020 | Jeando Fuchs | Maccabi Haifa | Loan return | Loan return |
| 29 January 2020 | Ljubomir Fejsa | Benfica | Loan | Loan |
| 31 January 2020 | Édgar Méndez | Cruz Azul | Transfer | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Type | Fee |
| 30 June 2019 | Borja Bastón | Swansea City | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2019 | Álex Blanco | Valencia | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2019 | Darko Brašanac | Real Betis | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2019 | Jonathan Calleri | Deportivo Maldonado | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2019 | Takashi Inui | Real Betis | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2019 | Jony | Málaga | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2019 | Diego Rolán | Deportivo La Coruña | Loan return | Loan return |
| 9 July 2019 | Antonio Cristian | Fuenlabrada | Contract termination | Contract termination |
| 11 July 2019 | Carlos Vigaray | Zaragoza | Transfer | Free |
| 27 July 2019 | Anderson | Fuenlabrada | Loan | Loan |
| 28 July 2019 | Adrián Diéguez | Alcorcón | Loan | Loan |
| 5 August 2019 | Ramón Mierez | Tenerife | Loan | Loan |
| 16 August 2019 | Patrick Twumasi | Gazişehir Gaziantep | Loan | Loan |
| 24 August 2019 | Guillermo Maripán | Monaco | Transfer | €18M |
| 2 September 2019 | Ermedin Demirović | St. Gallen | Loan | Loan |
| 2 September 2019 | Saúl García | Rayo Vallecano | Loan | Loan |
| 2 September 2019 | Nando | Arka Gdynia | Transfer | Free |
| 2 September 2019 | Olivier Verdon | Eupen | Loan | Loan |
| 14 January 2020 | Antonio Sivera | Alavés | Loan | Loan |
| 17 January 2020 | John Guidetti | Hannover 96 | Loan | Loan |
| 18 January 2020 | Mubarak Wakaso | Jiangsu Suning | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2020 | Javier Muñoz | Tenerife | Loan | Loan |
| 31 January 2020 | Dani Torres | Real Zaragoza | Transfer | Free |
Total Income: €18M
Net Income: €7.3M

## 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 | 18 August 2019 | 19 July 2020 | Matchday 1 | 16th | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 34 | 59 | −25 | 026.32 |
| Copa del Rey | 17 December 2019 | 17 December 2019 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 10 | 9 | 20 | 35 | 62 | −27 | 025.64 |
Last updated: 19 July 2020. Source: Competitions

### La Liga
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Eibar | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 42 | |
| 15 | Real Betis | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 48 | 60 | −12 | 41 | |
| 16 | Alavés | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 34 | 59 | −25 | 39 | |
| 17 | Celta Vigo | 38 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 37 | 49 | −12 | 37 | |
| 18 | Leganés (R) | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 51 | −21 | 36 | Relegation to Segunda División |

#### 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 (2020-7-19). 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | D | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | D | L | D | W | L | D | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | L |
| Position | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 |

#### Matches

The La Liga schedule was announced on 4 July 2019.

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

    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 | ESP | Fernando Pacheco | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Roberto Jiménez | 9 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ESP | Rubén Duarte | 31 | 0 | 30+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Rodrigo Ely | 25 | 2 | 24+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Víctor Laguardia | 32 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ARG | Lisandro Magallán | 18 | 1 | 13+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Adrián Marín | 13 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Martín Aguirregabiria | 32 | 1 | 23+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Ximo Navarro | 23 | 0 | 22+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ESP | Tachi | 6 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ESP | Javi López | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | MTN | Abdallahi Mahmoud | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | ESP | Tomás Pina | 20 | 1 | 17+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Víctor Camarasa | 17 | 0 | 15+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Luis Rioja | 29 | 0 | 19+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | SRB | Ljubomir Fejsa | 13 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Édgar Méndez | 16 | 1 | 10+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Aleix Vidal | 29 | 2 | 26+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Manu García | 30 | 0 | 22+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Pere Pons | 30 | 2 | 7+22 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | SCO | Oliver Burke | 32 | 1 | 14+17 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ESP | Borja Sainz | 20 | 1 | 5+14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | PAN | José Rodríguez | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ESP | Lucas Pérez | 34 | 11 | 29+5 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Joselu | 37 | 11 | 31+5 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | ESP | Paulino | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have left the club during the season ||||||||||
| 6 | DF | CHI | Guillermo Maripán | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SWE | John Guidetti | 6 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Antonio Sivera | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Burgui | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ESP | Javier Muñoz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | COL | Daniel Torres | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | GHA | Mubarak Wakaso | 17 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |