# 2017–18 Deportivo Alavés season

The 2017–18 Deportivo Alavés season sees the club participating in La Liga and the Copa del Rey.

## Current squad

    As of 6 February 2018
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 |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Carlos Vigaray |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Rubén Duarte |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Alexis |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Víctor Laguardia (2nd captain) |
| 6 | DF | CHI | Guillermo Maripán |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Rubén Sobrino |
| 9 | FW | VEN | Christian Santos |
| 10 | FW | SWE | John Guidetti (on loan from Celta Vigo) |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Ibai |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Rodrigo Ely |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Antonio Sivera |
| 14 | FW | ESP | Burgui |
| 15 | FW | ESP | Bojan (on loan from Stoke City) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | COL | Daniel Torres |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Alfonso Pedraza (on loan from Villarreal) |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Tomás Pina (on loan from Club Brugge) |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Manu García (Captain) |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Héctor (on loan from Real Sociedad) |
| 21 | MF | PAR | Hernán Pérez (on loan from Espanyol) |
| 22 | MF | GHA | Mubarak Wakaso |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Álvaro Medrán (on loan from Valencia) |
| 24 | FW | ESP | Munir (on loan from Barcelona) |
| 26 | DF | ESP | Adrián Diéguez |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Víctor López |
| 29 | FW | BIH | Ermedin Demirović |
| 32 | DF | ESP | Martín Aguirregabiria |

### 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 | Antonio Cristian (on loan to Rudeš until 30 June 2018) |
| — | DF | ESP | Einar Galilea (on loan to Rudeš until 30 June 2018) |
| — | MF | ESP | Juanan Entrena (on loan to Rudeš until 30 June 2018) |
| — | MF | ESP | Sergio Llamas (on loan to Real Unión until 30 June 2018) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | Nando (on loan to Lorca until 30 June 2018) |
| — | MF | SRB | Aleksandar Katai (on loan to Chicago Fire until 30 June 2018) |
| — | FW | ANG | Anderson Emanuel (on loan to Rudeš until 30 June 2018) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Alavés | 0–0 | Toulouse |
| Logroñés | 0–1 | Alavés |
| Alavés | 3–0 | Mirandés |
| Numancia | 1–1 | Alavés |
| Trabzonspor | 2–0 | Alavés |
| Levante | 1–1 | Alavés |
| Leganés | 1–1 | Alavés |
| Alavés | 2–2 | Athletic Bilbao |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Final position |
| La Liga | 14th |
| Copa del Rey | Quarter-finals |

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 12 | Real Sociedad | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 66 | 59 | +7 | 49 |
| 13 | Celta Vigo | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 59 | 60 | −1 | 49 |
| 14 | Alavés | 38 | 15 | 2 | 21 | 40 | 50 | −10 | 47 |
| 15 | Levante | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 44 | 58 | −14 | 46 |
| 16 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 41 | 49 | −8 | 43 |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Espanyol 8, Real Sociedad 4, Celta Vigo 4 (Espanyol 2–1 Real Sociedad, Real Sociedad 1–1 Espanyol, Espanyol 2–1 Celta Vigo, Celta Vigo 2–2 Espanyol, Real Sociedad 1–2 Celta Vigo, Celta Vigo 2–3 Real Sociedad).
* ↑ Athletic Bilbao finished ahead of Leganés on head-to-head goal difference: Athletic Bilbao 2–0 Leganés, Leganés 1–0 Athletic Bilbao.

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### Copa del Rey
#### Quarter-finals
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on 19 May 2018
| 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 | 38 | 0 | 37+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Antonio Sivera | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ESP | Carlos Vigaray | 13 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Rubén Duarte | 26 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Alexis | 30 | 1 | 25+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Víctor Laguardia | 19 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | CHI | Guillermo Maripán | 22 | 0 | 17+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Rodrigo Ely | 36 | 1 | 30+1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Héctor | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ESP | Adrián Diéguez | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ESP | Martín Aguirregabiria | 25 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 11 | MF | ESP | Ibai | 38 | 7 | 26+8 | 7 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | COL | Daniel Torres | 23 | 0 | 14+4 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Alfonso Pedraza | 37 | 4 | 27+6 | 3 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Tomás Pina | 33 | 1 | 28+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Manu García | 32 | 3 | 27+3 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | GHA | Mubarak Wakaso | 24 | 0 | 12+9 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Álvaro Medrán | 21 | 2 | 9+8 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Víctor López | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ESP | Rubén Sobrino | 33 | 5 | 15+13 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | VEN | Christian Santos | 12 | 3 | 5+5 | 2 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | ESP | Burgui | 25 | 1 | 12+11 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SWE | John Guidetti | 19 | 3 | 15+2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | ESP | Bojan | 15 | 1 | 4+9 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | FW | PAR | Hernán Pérez | 12 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ESP | Munir | 37 | 14 | 28+5 | 10 | 1+3 | 4 |
| 29 | FW | BIH | Ermedin Demirović | 6 | 4 | 2+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 3 |
| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 27 | DF | ESP | Einar Galilea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SRB | Aleksandar Katai | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | PAR | Óscar Romero | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ESP | Sergio Llamas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | SRB | Nenad Krstičić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Enzo Fernández | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |

### Cards

    Accounts for all competitions. Last updated on 26 December 2017.
| No. | Pos. | Name | | |
| 1 | GK | Fernando Pacheco | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Carlos Vigaray | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Rubén Duarte | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Alexis | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Guillermo Maripán | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Rubén Sobrino | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Aleksandar Katai | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Christian Santos | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Ibai | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Rodrigo Ely | 6 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Antonio Sivera | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Burgui | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Bojan | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Daniel Torres | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Alfonso Pedraza | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Tomás Pina | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Manu García | 6 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Mubarak Wakaso | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Álvaro Medrán | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Munir | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Adrián Diéguez | 4 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Martin Aguirregabiria | 1 | 0 |

### Clean sheets

    Last updated on 26 December 2017.
| Number | Nation | Name | Matches Played | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Total |
| 1 | | Fernando Pacheco | 16 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | | Antonio Sivera | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 3 | 2 | 5 |