# 2024–25 Villarreal CF season

The 2024–25 season is the 102nd season in the history of Villarreal Club de Fútbol, and the club's 12th consecutive season in La Liga. In addition to the domestic league, the club participated in the Copa del Rey.
Villarreal is not participating in any European competition for the first time since the 2019–20 season due to their eighth-place league finish in the previous campaign.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 3 February 2025
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 | BRA | Luiz Júnior |
| 2 | DF | CPV | Logan Costa |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Raúl Albiol (captain) |
| 4 | DF | CIV | Eric Bailly |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Willy Kambwala |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Denis Suárez |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Gerard Moreno (3rd captain) |
| 8 | DF | ARG | Juan Foyth |
| 9 | FW | CAN | Tajon Buchanan (on loan from Inter Milan) |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Dani Parejo |
| 11 | FW | MAR | Ilias Akhomach |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Diego Conde |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Santi Comesaña |
| 15 | FW | FRA | Thierno Barry |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Álex Baena (vice-captain) |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Kiko Femenía |
| 18 | MF | SEN | Pape Gueye |
| 19 | FW | CIV | Nicolas Pépé |
| 21 | FW | ESP | Yeremy Pino |
| 22 | FW | ESP | Ayoze Pérez |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Sergi Cardona |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Alfonso Pedraza |
| 26 | DF | ESP | Pau Navarro |

### 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 | Adrià Altimira (at Leganés until 30 June 2025) |
| — | DF | ESP | Carlos Romero (at Espanyol until 30 June 2025) |
| — | MF | ESP | Carlo García (at Mirandés until 30 June 2025) |
| — | MF | ESP | Gerard Hernández (at Elche until 30 June 2025) |
| — | MF | ESP | Ramón Terrats (at Getafe until 30 June 2025) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | NED | Arnaut Danjuma (at Girona until 30 June 2025) |
| — | FW | URU | Andrés Ferrari (at Sint-Truiden until 30 June 2025) |
| — | FW | ESP | Álex Forés (at Levante until 30 June 2025) |
| — | FW | ESP | Jorge Pascual (at Eibar until 30 June 2025) |
| — | FW | ESP | Pau Cabanes (at Alavés until 30 June 2025) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| DF | Johan Mojica | Osasuna | Loan return | 30 June 2024 |
| FW | Arnaut Danjuma | Everton | Loan return | 30 June 2024 |
| FW | Haissem Hassan | Sporting Gijón | Loan return | 30 June 2024 |
| GK | Diego Conde | Leganés | €4,000,000 | 2 July 2024 |
| MF | Pape Gueye | Marseille | Free | 5 July 2024 |
| DF | Willy Kambwala | Manchester United | €11,500,000 | 15 July 2024 |
| DF | Sergi Cardona | Las Palmas | Free | 18 July 2024 |
| FW | Nicolas Pépé | Unattached | Free | 4 August 2024 |
| FW | Ayoze Pérez | Real Betis | €4,000,000 | 13 August 2024 |
| GK | Luiz Júnior | Famalicão | €12,000,000 | 20 August 2024 |
| FW | Thierno Barry | Basel | €14,000,000 | 21 August 2024 |
| DF | Logan Costa | Toulouse | €17,500,000 | 22 August 2024 |
| DF | Juan Bernat | Paris Saint-Germain | Loan | 30 August 2024 |
| MF | Tajon Buchanan | Inter Milan | Loan | 1 February 2025 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| DF | Yerson Mosquera | Wolverhampton Wanderers | End of loan | 30 June 2024 |
| MF | Gonçalo Guedes | Wolverhampton Wanderers | End of loan | 30 June 2024 |
| DF | Alberto Moreno | Como | End of contract | 1 July 2024 |
| GK | Pepe Reina | Como | End of contract | 1 July 2024 |
| MF | Francis Coquelin | Free agent | End of contract | 1 July 2024 |
| MF | Étienne Capoue | Free agent | End of contract | 1 July 2024 |
| FW | José Luis Morales | Levante | End of contract | 1 July 2024 |
| MF | Bertrand Traoré | Ajax | End of contract | 1 July 2024 |
| FW | Jorge Pascual | Eibar | Loan | 6 July 2024 |
| DF | Carlos Romero | Espanyol | Loan | 9 July 2024 |
| DF | Johan Mojica | Mallorca | €1,000,000 | 23 July 2024 |
| FW | Ben Brereton Díaz | Southampton | €8,300,000 | 30 July 2024 |
| GK | Filip Jörgensen | Chelsea | €24,500,000 | 30 July 2024 |
| DF | Aïssa Mandi | Lille | Contract terminated | 1 August 2024 |
| FW | Alexander Sørloth | Atlético Madrid | €32,000,000 | 3 August 2024 |
| MF | Manu Trigueros | Granada | Free | 8 August 2024 |
| FW | Haissem Hassan | Oviedo | €1,500,000 | 11 August 2024 |
| DF | Adrià Altimira | Leganés | Loan | 21 August 2024 |
| FW | Arnaut Danjuma | Girona | Loan | 30 August 2024 |
| MF | Carlo Adriano | Mirandés | Loan | 22 January 2025 |
| FW | Pau Cabanes | Alavés | Loan | 31 January 2025 |
| DF | Juan Bernat | Getafe | Contract terminated | 3 February 2025 |
| MF | Ramon Terrats | Getafe | Loan | 3 February 2025 |

## Friendlies
### Pre-season

The team held a camp in Switzerland from 20 July.

## 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 | 19 August 2024 | 23–25 May 2025 | Matchday 1 | | 27 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 49 | 38 | +11 | 044.44 |
| Copa del Rey | 29 October 2024 | 4 December 2024 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 29 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 55 | 40 | +15 | 044.83 |
Last updated: 15 March 2025 Source: Soccerway

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Atlético Madrid | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 46 | 22 | +24 | 56 | Qualification for the Champions League league stage |
| 4 | Athletic Bilbao | 28 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 46 | 24 | +22 | 52 | Qualification for the Champions League league stage |
| 5 | Villarreal | 27 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 49 | 38 | +11 | 44 | Qualification for the Europa League league stage |
| 6 | Real Betis | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 44 | Qualification for the Conference League play-off round |
| 7 | Mallorca | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 40 | |
* ↑ The 2024–25 Copa del Rey winners also qualify for the Europa League league stage (or the sixth-placed team if the Copa del Rey winners finish in the top five). If the Copa del Rey winners finish in the top six, the Conference League spot will be passed to the seventh-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 15 March 2025. Source: La Liga

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 12$^1$ | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 28 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | D | W | W | D | D | L | L | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | L |
| Position | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
$^1$ Matchday 12 (vs Rayo Vallecano) was postponed due to the 2024 Spanish floods.

#### Matches

The league schedule was released on 18 June 2024.

### Copa del Rey
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| 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 | BRA | Luiz Júnior | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Diego Conde | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | AND | Iker Álvarez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | CPV | Logan Costa | 10 | 1 | 8+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Raúl Albiol | 10 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | CIV | Eric Bailly | 8 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Willy Kambwala | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | ARG | Juan Foyth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ESP | Juan Bernat | 7 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Kiko Femenía | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Sergi Cardona | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Alfonso Pedraza | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ESP | Pau Navarro | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | CIV | Jean Ives Valou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | ESP | Denis Suárez | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Dani Parejo | 13 | 2 | 10+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Santi Comesaña | 13 | 2 | 10+2 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Álex Baena | 12 | 1 | 10+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SEN | Pape Gueye | 12 | 1 | 7+4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Ramon Terrats | 10 | 1 | 0+9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ESP | Gerard Moreno | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | MAR | Ilias Akhomach | 12 | 1 | 7+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | FRA | Thierno Barry | 12 | 3 | 7+4 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | CIV | Nicolas Pépé | 11 | 1 | 6+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ESP | Yeremy Pino | 11 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ESP | Ayoze Pérez | 10 | 10 | 5+4 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
| 33 | FW | ESP | Pau Cabanes | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | NED | Arnaut Danjuma | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 29 October 2024 Source: Competitions