# 2020–21 Deportivo Alavés season

The 2020–21 season was the 100th season in the existence of Deportivo Alavés and the club's fifth 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. 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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Fernando Pacheco (3rd captain) |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Tachi |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Rubén Duarte |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Rodrigo Ely |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Víctor Laguardia (vice-captain) |
| 6 | MF | ARG | Rodrigo Battaglia (on loan from Sporting CP) |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Lucas Pérez |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Tomás Pina |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Joselu |
| 10 | FW | SWE | John Guidetti |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Luis Rioja |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Antonio Sivera |
| 14 | FW | BRA | Deyverson (on loan from Palmeiras) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Édgar Méndez |
| 17 | FW | ESP | Iñigo Córdoba (on loan from Athletic Bilbao) |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Burgui |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Manu García (captain) |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Pere Pons |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Martín Aguirregabiria |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Florian Lejeune (on loan from Newcastle United) |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Ximo Navarro |
| 24 | MF | ESP | Jota |
| 26 | DF | ESP | Javi López |
| 29 | MF | ESP | Borja Sainz |
| 31 | GK | ESP | Aritz Castro |
| 37 | MF | URU | Facundo Pellistri (on loan from Manchester United) |

### Under contract

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 |

### 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 |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Sergi García |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Pepe Blanco |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 30 | DF | MTN | Abdallahi Mahmoud |
| 39 | DF | CMR | Stephane Paul Keller |

### 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 | Carlos Isaac (at Albacete until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | ESP | Einar Galilea (at Istra 1961 until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | BEN | Olivier Verdon (at Ludogorets Razgrad until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | ESP | Rafa Navarro (at Istra 1961 until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | ESP | Rafa Páez (at Istra 1961 until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ESP | Saúl García (at Sporting Gijón until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | ESP | Antonio Perera (at Istra 1961 until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ESP | Javi Muñoz (at Mirandés until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | PAN | José Luis Rodríguez (at Lugo until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | ARG | Ramón Miérez (at Osijek until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | From | Type | Fee |
| 30 June 2020 | John Guidetti | Hannover 96 | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2020 | Olivier Verdon | Eupen | Loan return | Loan return |
| 21 July 2020 | Adrián Diéguez | Alcorcón | Loan return | Loan return |
| 21 July 2020 | Saúl García | Rayo Vallecano | Loan return | Loan return |
| 21 July 2020 | Ramón Miérez | Tenerife | Loan return | Loan return |
| 21 July 2020 | Javier Muñoz | Tenerife | Loan return | Loan return |
| 27 July 2020 | Patrick Twumasi | Gazişehir Gaziantep | Loan return | Loan return |
| 4 August 2020 | Ermedin Demirović | St. Gallen | Loan return | Loan return |
| 8 August 2020 | Anderson Emanuel | Fuenlabrada | Loan return | Loan return |
| 17 August 2020 | Burgui | Zaragoza | Loan return | Loan return |
| 17 August 2020 | Antonio Sivera | Almería | Loan return | Loan return |
| 23 August 2020 | Deyverson | Palmeiras | Loan | Loan |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Type | Fee |
| 20 July 2020 | Oliver Burke | West Bromwich Albion | Loan return | Loan return |
| 20 July 2020 | Víctor Camarasa | Real Betis | Loan return | Loan return |
| 20 July 2020 | Ljubomir Fejsa | Benfica | Loan return | Loan return |
| 20 July 2020 | Lisandro Magallán | Ajax | Loan return | Loan return |
| 20 July 2020 | Roberto | West Ham United | Loan return | Loan return |
| 20 July 2020 | Aleix Vidal | Sevilla | Loan return | Loan return |
| 4 August 2020 | Ermedin Demirović | Freiburg | Transfer | €3.7M |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### 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 | 13 September 2020 | 23 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 16th | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 023.68 |
| Copa del Rey | 16 December 2020 | 16 January 2021 | First round | Round of 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 39 | 62 | −23 | 026.83 |
Last updated: 23 May 2021 Source: Soccerway

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Levante | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 46 | 57 | −11 | 41 | |
| 15 | Getafe | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 28 | 43 | −15 | 38 | |
| 16 | Alavés | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 38 | |
| 17 | Elche | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 34 | 55 | −21 | 36 | |
| 18 | Huesca (R) | 38 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 34 | 53 | −19 | 34 | 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: 23 May 2021. 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | 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 |
| Result | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | D | D | W | D | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | L |
| Position | 17 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 31 August 2020.

### 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 | 38 | 0 | 37+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Antonio Sivera | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ESP | Tachi | 14 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Rubén Duarte | 31 | 1 | 29+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Rodrigo Ely | 8 | 1 | 6+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Víctor Laguardia | 34 | 0 | 30+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Martín Aguirregabiria | 29 | 0 | 16+10 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Florian Lejeune | 36 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Ximo Navarro | 32 | 1 | 28+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ESP | Javi López | 11 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ESP | Sergi García | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | MTN | Abdallahi Mahmoud | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | CMR | Stephane Paul Keller | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | ARG | Rodrigo Battaglia | 35 | 1 | 29+3 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Tomás Pina | 35 | 1 | 31+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Édgar Méndez | 36 | 5 | 26+7 | 5 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Burgui | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Manu García | 27 | 0 | 10+15 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Pere Pons | 23 | 2 | 12+10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ESP | Jota | 25 | 0 | 18+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ESP | Borja Sainz | 24 | 1 | 2+19 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | URU | Facundo Pellistri | 12 | 0 | 5+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ESP | Lucas Pérez | 28 | 4 | 19+9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Joselu | 38 | 11 | 34+3 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SWE | John Guidetti | 13 | 3 | 1+9 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Luis Rioja | 36 | 5 | 25+10 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | BRA | Deyverson | 25 | 1 | 11+12 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ESP | Iñigo Córdoba | 7 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have left the club during the season ||||||||||
| 15 | MF | ESP | Javier Muñoz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Adrián Marín | 8 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | POR | Tomás Tavares | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 31 December 2020
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Total |
| 1 | 7 | FW | | Lucas Pérez | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | | Joselu | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 10 | FW | | John Guidetti | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 16 | MF | | Édgar Méndez | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 4 | DF | | Rodrigo Ely | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 23 | DF | | Ximo Navarro | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 8 | MF | | Tomás Pina | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 29 | MF | | Borja Sainz | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 11 | FW | | Luis Rioja | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 14 | FW | | Deyverson | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 14 | 2 | 16 |