# 2018–19 Deportivo Alavés season

The 2018–19 season was Deportivo Alavés's 107th season in existence and the club's 14th season in the top flight of Spanish football.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 30 August 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 | BRA | Rodrigo Ely |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Víctor Laguardia (vice-captain) |
| 6 | DF | CHI | Guillermo Maripán |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Rubén Sobrino |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Tomás Pina |
| 10 | FW | SWE | John Guidetti |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Ibai |
| 12 | FW | ARG | Jonathan Calleri (on loan from Deportivo Maldonado) |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Antonio Sivera |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Burgui |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Ximo Navarro |
| 16 | MF | COL | Daniel Torres |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Adrián Marín |
| 18 | FW | ESP | Borja Bastón (on loan from Swansea City) |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Manu García (captain) |
| 20 | MF | SRB | Darko Brašanac (on loan from Betis) |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Martín Aguirregabiria |
| 22 | MF | GHA | Mubarak Wakaso |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Jony (on loan from Málaga) |
| 24 | MF | GHA | Patrick Twumasi |
| 26 | DF | ESP | Adrián Diéguez |

### 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 | Ioritz Landeta (at Istra until 30 June 2019) |
| — | GK | ESP | Aritz Castro (at San Ignacio until 30 June 2019) |
| — | DF | ESP | Antonio Cristian (at Fuenlabrada until 30 June 2019) |
| — | DF | ESP | Einar Galilea (at Sochaux until 30 June 2020) |
| — | DF | ESP | Lluis Llacer (at San Ignacio until 30 June 2019) |
| — | DF | ESP | Víctor López (at Logroñés until 30 June 2019) |
| — | DF | ESP | Rafa Páez (at Sochaux until 30 June 2019) |
| — | DF | ESP | Rafa Navarro (at Sochaux until 30 June 2019) |
| — | MF | ESP | Ato (at San Ignacio until 30 June 2019) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | Nando (at Sochaux until 30 June 2019) |
| — | MF | ESP | Javi Muñoz (at Oviedo until 30 June 2019) |
| — | MF | ESP | Arturo Segado (at Istra until 30 June 2019) |
| — | FW | ANG | Anderson Emanuel (at Sochaux until 30 June 2019) |
| — | FW | BIH | Ermedin Demirović (at Sochaux until 30 June 2019) |
| — | FW | ALB | Eraldo Çinari (at Istra until 30 June 2019) |
| — | FW | ESP | Adrián Fuentes (at Istra until 30 June 2019) |
| — | FW | ESP | Dani Iglesias (at Istra until 30 June 2019) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 8 | MF | Tomás Pina | 30 | EU | Club Brugge | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | Undisclosed | Deportivo Alavés |
| 10 | FW | John Guidetti | 26 | EU | Celta de Vigo | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | €4,000,000 | Deportivo Alavés |
| 15 | DF | Ximo Navarro | 28 | EU | Las Palmas | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | Undisclosed | Deportivo Alavés |
| 17 | DF | Adrián Marín | 21 | EU | Villarreal | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | Undisclosed | Deportivo Alavés |
| 18 | FW | Borja Bastón | 25 | EU | Swansea City | Loan | Summer | 2019 | Free | Deportivo Alavés |
| 20 | MF | Darko Brašanac | 26 | EU | Betis | Loan | Summer | 2019 | Free | Deportivo Alavés |
| 23 | FW | Jony | 26 | EU | Málaga | Loan | Summer | 2019 | Free | Deportivo Alavés |
| 24 | MF | Patrick Twumasi | 24 | Non-EU | Astana | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | €3,000,000 | Deportivo Alavés |
| | DF | Antonio Cristian | 22 | EU | NK Rudeš | End of Loan | Summer | 2020 | Free | |
| | DF | Einar Galilea | 24 | EU | NK Rudeš | End of Loan | Summer | 2019 | Free | |
| | DF | Rafa Páez | 23 | EU | Rudeš | End of Loan | Summer | 2020 | Free | |
| | DF | Rafa Navarro | 24 | EU | Betis | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | Free | Deportivo Alavés |
| | MF | Arturo Segado | 21 | EU | Rudeš | End of Loan | Summer | 2020 | Free | |
| | MF | Javi Muñoz | 23 | EU | Castilla | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | Free | Deportivo Alavés |
| | MF | Nando | 24 | EU | Lorca | End of Loan | Summer | 2020 | Free | |
| | MF | Sergio Llamas | 25 | EU | Real Unión | End of Loan | Summer | 2019 | Free | |
| | FW | Anderson Emanuel | 22 | EU | Rudeš | End of Loan | Summer | 2022 | Free | |
| | FW | Juanan Entrena | 22 | EU | Rudeš | End of Loan | Summer | 2020 | Free | |
Total spending: €7,000,000

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 4 | DF | Alexis | 32 | EU | Al-Ahli | End of Contract | Summer | Free | Deportivo Alavés |
| 15 | FW | Bojan | 27 | EU | Stoke City | End of Loan | Summer | Free | |
| 17 | FW | Alfonso Pedraza | 22 | EU | Villarreal | End of Loan | Summer | Free | |
| 18 | MF | Tomás Pina | 30 | EU | Club Brugge | End of Loan | Summer | Free | |
| 20 | DF | Héctor | 27 | EU | Real Sociedad | End of Loan | Summer | Free | |
| 21 | FW | Hernán Pérez | 29 | EU | Espanyol | End of Loan | Summer | Free | |
| 23 | MF | Álvaro Medrán | 24 | EU | Valencia | End of Loan | Summer | Free | |
| 24 | FW | Munir | 22 | EU | Barcelona | End of Loan | Summer | Free | |
| 29 | FW | Ermedin Demirović | 20 | EU | Sochaux | Loan | Summer | Free | FC Sochaux-Montbéliard |
| | DF | Einar Galilea | 24 | EU | Sochaux | Loan | Summer | Free | Deportivo Alavés |
| | DF | Rafa Páez | 23 | EU | Sochaux | Loan | Summer | Free | FC Sochaux-Montbéliard |
| | DF | Rafa Navarro | 24 | EU | Sochaux | Loan | Summer | Free | Deportivo Alavés |
| | MF | Aleksandar Katai | 27 | EU | Chicago Fire | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | Chicago Fire |
| | MF | Javi Muñoz | 23 | EU | Oviedo | Loan | Summer | Free | Deportivo Alavés |
| | MF | Juanan Entrena | 22 | EU | Omonia | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | AC Omonia |
| | MF | Nando | 24 | EU | Sochaux | Loan | Summer | Free | FC Sochaux-Montbéliard |
| | MF | Sergio Llamas | 25 | EU | | Rescinded | Summer | Free | Deportivo Alavés |
| | FW | Anderson Emanuel | 22 | EU | Sochaux | Loan | Summer | Free | FC Sochaux-Montbéliard |
| | FW | Christian Santos | 30 | EU | Deportivo | Transfer | Summer | Free | Deportivo de La Coruña |
Total income: €0
Net income: €7,000,000

## 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 2018 | 19 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | 11th | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 034.21 |
| Copa del Rey | 31 October 2018 | 5 December 2018 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 032.50 |
Last updated: 18 May 2019 Source: Competitions

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Real Sociedad | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 50 |
| 10 | Real Betis | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 44 | 52 | −8 | 50 |
| 11 | Alavés | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 50 |
| 12 | Eibar | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 46 | 50 | −4 | 47 |
| 13 | Leganés | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 45 |
* 1 2 3 Real Sociedad finished ahead of Real Betis and Alavés on head-to-head points: Real Sociedad 6, Real Betis 5, Alavés 5. Real Betis finished ahead of Alavés on goal difference: Real Betis –8, Alavés –11.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 18 May 2019 (2019-5-18). Source: LaLiga

#### 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 | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | W | W | D | L | L | L | W | D | D | W | D | W | L | L | D | L | D | L | D | L | L | W |
| Position | 19 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### Copa del Rey
#### Round of 32
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on 18 May 2019.
| 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 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Antonio Sivera | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ESP | Carlos Vigaray | 10 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Rubén Duarte | 33 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Rodrigo Ely | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Víctor Laguardia | 36 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | CHI | Guillermo Maripán | 25 | 2 | 22+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Ximo Navarro | 31 | 2 | 28+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Adrián Marín | 7 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Martín Aguirregabiria | 28 | 1 | 23+4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | ESP | Tomás Pina | 28 | 2 | 27+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | JPN | Takashi Inui | 12 | 2 | 10+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Burgui | 18 | 1 | 5+11 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Manu García | 35 | 1 | 25+9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SRB | Darko Brašanac | 26 | 0 | 17+7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | GHA | Mubarak Wakaso | 29 | 1 | 18+11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Jony | 37 | 5 | 34+2 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | GHA | Patrick Twumasi | 13 | 0 | 0+11 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ESP | Álex Blanco | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | URU | Diego Rolán | 9 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SWE | John Guidetti | 24 | 2 | 6+16 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | ARG | Jonathan Calleri | 36 | 9 | 33+1 | 9 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ESP | Borja Bastón | 29 | 5 | 18+9 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who have left the club during the season ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ESP | Rubén Sobrino | 22 | 4 | 10+10 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Ibai | 19 | 3 | 17+1 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | COL | Daniel Torres | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ESP | Adrián Diéguez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

### Cards

    Accounts for all competitions. Last updated on 12 January 2019.
| No. | Pos. | Name | | |
| 1 | GK | Fernando Pacheco | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Rubén Duarte | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Víctor Laguardia | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Guillermo Maripán | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Rubén Sobrino | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Tomás Pina | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | John Guidetti | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | Jonathan Calleri | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Ximo Navarro | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Daniel Torres | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Adrián Marín | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Borja Bastón | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Manu García | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Darko Brašanac | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Martín Aguirregabiria | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Mubarak Wakaso | 5 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Jony | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Adrián Diéguez | 2 | 0 |

### Clean sheets

    Last updated on 12 January 2019.
| Number | Nation | Name | Matches Played | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Total |
| 1 | | Fernando Pacheco | 17 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | | Antonio Sivera | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 6 | 0 | 6 |