# 2020–21 Granada CF season

The 2020–21 season was the 87th season in the existence of Granada CF and the club's second consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Granada participated in this season's editions of the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 20 July 2020 to 30 June 2021, with the late start to the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 February 2021
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | POR | Rui Silva |
| 2 | DF | GLP | Dimitri Foulquier |
| 3 | DF | ARG | Nehuén Pérez (on loan from Atlético Madrid) |
| 4 | MF | FRA | Maxime Gonalons |
| 5 | MF | ESP | Luis Milla |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Germán (vice-captain) |
| 7 | FW | COL | Luis Suárez |
| 8 | MF | CMR | Yan Eteki |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Roberto Soldado (3rd captain) |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Antonio Puertas |
| 11 | FW | VEN | Darwin Machís |
| 12 | MF | POR | Domingos Quina (on loan from Watford) |
| 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 | ESP | Adrián Marín |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Ángel Montoro (4th captain) |
| 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 | ESP | Jorge Molina |
| 24 | MF | BRA | Kenedy (on loan from Chelsea) |
| 26 | MF | ESP | Alberto Soro |

### Reserve team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Antonio Aranda |
| 28 | DF | ESP | Pepe Sánchez |
| 29 | MF | ESP | Isma Ruiz |
| 30 | DF | ESP | Raúl Torrente |
| 31 | GK | ESP | Arnau Fàbrega |
| 33 | FW | ESP | Echu |
| 35 | GK | POR | João Costa |
| 36 | MF | ARG | Juan Ignacio Brunet |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 37 | MF | ESP | Álvaro Bravo |
| 38 | FW | ESP | Dani Plomer |
| 39 | MF | KOS | Eris Abedini |
| 40 | DF | ESP | Carlos León |
| 41 | GK | ESP | Ángel Jiménez |
| 42 | DF | ESP | Sergio Barcia |
| 43 | GK | ESP | Rafael Romero |
| 44 | DF | GHA | Kingsley Fobi |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | NGA | Ramon Azeez (at Cartagena until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | ESP | Antoñín (at Rayo Vallecano until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | From | Type | Fee |
| 30 June 2020 | José Antonio González | Córdoba | Loan return | Loan return |
| 21 July 2020 | Bernardo Cruz | Numancia | Loan return | Loan return |
| 4 August 2020 | Dimitri Foulquier | Watford | Buyout clause | €2M |
| 4 August 2020 | Luis Milla | Tenerife | Transfer | €5M |
| 7 August 2020 | Maxime Gonalons | Roma | Buyout clause | €4M |
| 18 August 2020 | Jesús Vallejo | Real Madrid | Loan | Loan |
| 25 August 2020 | Jorge Molina | Getafe | Transfer | Free |
| 8 September 2020 | Kenedy | Chelsea | Loan | Loan |
| 1 February 2021 | Adrián Marín | Alavés | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2021 | Domingos Quina | Watford | Loan | Loan |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Type | Fee |
| 20 July 2020 | Gil Dias | Monaco | Loan return | Loan return |
| 20 July 2020 | Carlos Fernández | Sevilla | Loan return | Loan return |
| 20 July 2020 | Yangel Herrera | Manchester City | Loan return | Loan return |
| 20 July 2020 | José Antonio Martínez | Eibar | Loan return | Loan return |
| 20 July 2020 | Jesús Vallejo | Real Madrid | Loan return | Loan return |
| 4 August 2020 | José Antonio González | Recreativo | Transfer | Free |
| 4 August 2020 | Álvaro Vadillo | Celta Vigo | Transfer | Free |
| 1 February 2021 | Ramon Azeez | Cartagena | Loan | Loan |

## 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 | 12 September 2020 | 23 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 47 | 65 | −18 | 034.21 |
| Copa del Rey | 17 December 2020 | 3 February 2021 | First round | Quarter-finals | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 080.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 17 September 2020 | 15 April 2021 | Second qualifying round | Quarter-finals | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 053.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 58 | 25 | 9 | 24 | 83 | 84 | −1 | 043.10 |
Source: Soccerway

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Villarreal | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 60 | 44 | +16 | 58 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 8 | Celta Vigo | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 55 | 57 | −2 | 53 | |
| 9 | Granada | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 47 | 65 | −18 | 46 | |
| 10 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 46 | |
| 11 | Osasuna | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 44 | |
* ↑ Villarreal qualified for the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League by winning the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League. Based on their league position (7th), they would have received the spot above to enter the Europa Conference League play-off round. This spot was vacated without replacement as per UEFA regulations.
* 1 2 Granada finished ahead of Athletic Bilbao on head-to-head goal difference: Granada 2–0 Athletic Bilbao, Athletic Bilbao 2–1 Granada.
* ↑ Osasuna finished ahead of Cádiz on head-to-head points: Cádiz 0–2 Osasuna, Osasuna 3–2 Cádiz.

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | L | D | L | D | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | D |
| Position | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 31 August 2020.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying rounds and play-off round
#### Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PSV | GRA | PAOK | OMO |
| 1 | PSV Eindhoven | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Granada | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | PAOK | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 6 | | 4–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Omonia | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 4 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 14 December 2020.

##### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 26 February 2021.

##### Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 19 March 2021.

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    Last updated 23 May 2021
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | POR | Rui Silva | 46 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Aarón Escandell | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | ESP | Ángel Jiménez | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | GLP | Dimitri Foulquier | 46 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 | 6+4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ARG | Nehuén Pérez | 26 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Germán | 50 | 4 | 29+5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11+2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Carlos Neva | 37 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ESP | Víctor Díaz | 28 | 0 | 7+10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Quini | 21 | 1 | 12+7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ESP | Adrián Marín | 9 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Jesús Vallejo | 37 | 0 | 15+6 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | POR | Domingos Duarte | 42 | 1 | 27+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ESP | Pepe Sánchez | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | ESP | Sergio Barcia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | GHA | Kingsley Fobi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | COL | Neyder Lozano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | FRA | Maxime Gonalons | 40 | 0 | 18+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | ESP | Luis Milla | 24 | 1 | 14+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | CMR | Yan Eteki | 40 | 0 | 16+9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | POR | Domingos Quina | 8 | 2 | 5+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Fede Vico | 25 | 3 | 9+11 | 0 | 3+1 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Ángel Montoro | 36 | 2 | 17+5 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 9+2 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | VEN | Yangel Herrera | 46 | 8 | 25+7 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 | 11+1 | 5 |
| 24 | MF | BRA | Kenedy | 44 | 8 | 18+10 | 4 | 3+1 | 2 | 11+1 | 2 |
| 26 | MF | ESP | Alberto Soro | 28 | 3 | 3+12 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3+5 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Antonio Aranda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ESP | Isma Ruiz | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | ARG | Juan Ignacio Brunet | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | ESP | Álvaro Bravo | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | COL | Luis Suárez | 37 | 7 | 18+9 | 5 | 0+2 | 0 | 3+5 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Roberto Soldado | 43 | 14 | 16+13 | 9 | 2+1 | 2 | 8+3 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Antonio Puertas | 53 | 4 | 22+13 | 3 | 3+1 | 0 | 9+5 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | VEN | Darwin Machís | 46 | 9 | 21+11 | 5 | 0+2 | 1 | 8+4 | 3 |
| 23 | FW | ESP | Jorge Molina | 51 | 15 | 17+16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6+8 | 3 |
| 38 | FW | ESP | Dani Plomer | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||
| 12 | MF | NGA | Ramon Azeez | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 30 December 2020
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 21 | MF | | Yangel Herrera | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 1 | 23 | FW | | Jorge Molina | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 7 | FW | | Luis Suárez | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 11 | FW | | Darwin Machís | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 9 | FW | | Roberto Soldado | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 24 | MF | | Kenedy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 6 | DF | | Germán | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 22 | DF | | Domingos Duarte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 5 | MF | | Luis Milla | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 19 | MF | | Ángel Montoro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 10 | FW | | Antonio Puertas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 26 | MF | | Alberto Soro | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 19 | 2 | 15 | 36 |