# 2014–15 Villarreal CF season

The 2014–15 season was Villarreal Club de Fútbol's 92nd season in existence and the club's 2nd consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Villarreal participated in this season's editions of the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015.

## Squad

As of June 2014..

### Squad and statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Liga | Liga | Copa | Copa |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Sergio Asenjo | 40 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Mario | 40 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SVN | Bojan Jokić | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ESP | Tomás Pina | 30 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ARG | Mateo Musacchio | 17 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | MEX | Jonathan dos Santos | 14 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ARG | Luciano Vietto | 36 | 12 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | NGA | Ikechukwu Uche | 26 | 6 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | MEX | Giovani dos Santos | 34 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Cani | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | PAR | Hernán Pérez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Manu Trigueros | 40 | 3 | 33 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Víctor Ruiz | 33 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ESP | José Dorado | 21 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Denis Cheryshev | 32 | 5 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | ESP | Jaume Costa | 36 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Moi Gómez | 38 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | BRA | Gabriel | 21 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Bruno | 29 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | SRB | Antonio Rukavina | 28 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ESP | Javier Espinosa | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Juan Carlos | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| - | FW | ESP | Jonathan Pereira | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| - | DF | ESP | Pablo Íñiguez | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| - | DF | SRB | Aleksandar Pantić | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| - | MF | MEX | Javier Aquino | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - |

### Transfers
## 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 | 24 August 2014 | 23 May 2015 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 48 | 37 | +11 | 042.11 |
| Copa del Rey | 4 December 2014 | 4 March 2015 | Round of 32 | Semi-finals | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 062.50 |
| UEFA Europa League | 21 August 2014 | 19 March 2015 | Play-off round | Round of 16 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 14 | +15 | 058.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 58 | 28 | 15 | 15 | 89 | 60 | +29 | 048.28 |
Source: Competitions

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Valencia | 38 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 70 | 32 | +38 | 77 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Sevilla | 38 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 71 | 45 | +26 | 76 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 6 | Villarreal | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 48 | 37 | +11 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 7 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 8 | Celta Vigo | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 51 | |
* ↑ Sevilla qualified for the Champions League group stage by winning the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League. As a result, the fifth-placed spot for the Europa League group stage they earned was vacated without replacement as per UEFA regulations.
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2014–15 Copa del Rey, Barcelona, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the sixth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was 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 |
Source: Competitive matches

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | L | D | W | D | L | W | W | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | D | L | D | L | D | D | D | L | D | W | W | L |
| Position | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### UEFA Europa League
#### Play-off round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Villarreal | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Zürich | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 7 | |
| 4 | Apollon Limassol | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 18 | −14 | 3 | |