# 2021–22 Deportivo Alavés season

The 2021–22 season was the 101st season in the existence of Deportivo Alavés and the club's sixth consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Alavés participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey.

## Players
### First-team squad

    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 | Fernando Pacheco (vice-captain) |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Nahuel Tenaglia (on loan from Talleres de Córdoba) |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Rubén Duarte |
| 4 | DF | USA | Matt Miazga (on loan from Chelsea) |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Víctor Laguardia (captain) |
| 6 | MF | SEN | Mamadou Loum (on loan from FC Porto) |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Manu Vallejo (on loan from Valencia) |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Tomás Pina |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Joselu |
| 10 | FW | SWE | John Guidetti |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Luis Rioja |
| 12 | DF | ESP | Saúl García |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Antonio Sivera |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Manu García (on loan from Sporting Gijón) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | ESP | Toni Moya |
| 16 | MF | ARG | Gonzalo Escalante (on loan from Lazio) |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Édgar Méndez |
| 18 | FW | URU | Facundo Pellistri (on loan from Manchester United) |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Pere Pons |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Martín Aguirregabiria |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Florian Lejeune |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Ximo Navarro |
| 24 | FW | ESP | Miguel de la Fuente |
| 25 | MF | ESP | Jason |
| 26 | DF | MAR | Abdel Abqar |
| 27 | DF | ESP | Javi López |
| 31 | GK | EQG | Jesús Owono |

### 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 |
| 28 | MF | EQG | Álex Balboa |
| 30 | MF | ESP | Tomás Mendes |
| 36 | DF | ROU | Alexandru Țîrlea |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 40 | FW | ESP | Marc Tenas |
| 41 | FW | ESP | Unai Ropero |

### 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 | Aritz Castro (at Arenas Getxo until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ESP | Tachi (at Fuenlabrada until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ESP | Carlos Isaac (at Oviedo until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | MTN | Abdallahi Mahmoud (at Istra 1961 until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ESP | Antonio Perera (at Istra 1961 until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | PAN | José Luis Rodríguez (at Sporting Gijón until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ESP | Borja Sainz (at Zaragoza until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | SEN | Mamadou Sylla (at Rayo Vallecano until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | JPN | Taichi Hara (at Sint-Truiden until 30 June 2022) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | From | Type | Fee |
| 1 July 2021 | Toni Moya | Atlético Madrid B | Transfer | Free |
| 20 August 2021 | Mamadou Sylla | Girona | Transfer | €1,150,000 |
| 12 January 2022 | Nahuel Tenaglia | Talleres | Loan | €450,000 |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Type | Fee |
| 30 June 2021 | Rodrigo Battaglia | Sporting CP | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2021 | Iñigo Córdoba | Athletic Bilbao | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2021 | Deyverson | Palmeiras | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2021 | Manu García | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 30 June 2021 | Florian Lejeune | Newcastle United | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2021 | Facundo Pellistri | Manchester United | Loan return | Loan return |
| 1 July 2021 | Ramón Miérez | Osijek | Buyout clause | €2.5M |
| 1 July 2021 | Olivier Verdon | Ludogorets Razgrad | Buyout clause | €1M |

## 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 | 14 August 2021 | 22 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 20th | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 31 | 65 | −34 | 021.05 |
| Copa del Rey | 30 November 2021 | 14 December 2021 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 35 | 67 | −32 | 022.50 |
Source: Soccerway

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Mallorca | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 36 | 63 | −27 | 39 | |
| 17 | Cádiz | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 35 | 51 | −16 | 39 | |
| 18 | Granada (R) | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 44 | 61 | −17 | 38 | Relegation to Segunda División |
| 19 | Levante (R) | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 51 | 76 | −25 | 35 | Relegation to Segunda División |
| 20 | Alavés (R) | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 31 | 65 | −34 | 31 | Relegation to Segunda División |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Getafe 8, Mallorca 5, Cádiz 2.

#### 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | D | L | L | D | L | D | D | L | L | L | W | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | L |
| Position | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 30 June 2021.

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

    Last updated on 23 May 2021.
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Antonio Sivera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ESP | Tachi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Rubén Duarte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | USA | Matt Miazga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Víctor Laguardia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Martín Aguirregabiria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Florian Lejeune | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Ximo Navarro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ESP | Javi López | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | SEN | Mamadou Loum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Tomás Pina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Manu García | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Édgar Méndez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Pere Pons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | URU | Facundo Pellistri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | SEN | Mamadou Sylla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Joselu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SWE | John Guidetti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Luis Rioja | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have left the club during the season ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ESP | Lucas Pérez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | MTN | Abdallahi Mahmoud | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 27 November 2021
| Rank | Player | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Total |
| 1 | Joselu | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Víctor Laguardia | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Mamadou Loum | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Luis Rioja | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 11 | 0 | 11 |