# 2017–18 Rayo Vallecano season

The 2017–18 season is the 93rd season in Rayo Vallecano ’s history.

## Squad

    As of 2 September 2017
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 | ESP | Alberto García (on loan from Getafe) |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Ernesto Galán |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Antonio Amaya |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Chechu Dorado |
| 6 | MF | ARG | Francisco Cerro |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Álex Moreno |
| 8 | FW | ARG | Óscar Trejo |
| 9 | MF | ARG | Chori Domínguez |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Roberto Trashorras (Captain) |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Adri Embarba |
| 12 | DF | ESP | Sergio Akieme |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Toño |
| 15 | DF | SEN | Abdoulaye Ba |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Fran Beltrán |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Unai López (on loan from Athletic Bilbao) |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Diego Aguirre |
| 19 | MF | GUI | Lass Bangoura |
| 20 | DF | URU | Emiliano Velázquez (on loan from Atlético Madrid) |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Santi Comesaña |
| 22 | FW | ESP | Raúl de Tomás (on loan from Real Madrid) |
| 24 | FW | ESP | Javi Guerra |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Mario Fernández |
| 26 | MF | ESP | Joni Montiel |
| 30 | GK | COL | Lucho García |
| — | DF | ROU | Răzvan Raț |
| — | DF | BRA | Baiano |

### Transfers

* List of Spanish football transfers summer 2017#Rayo Vallecano

#### In

| Date | Player | From | Type | Fee |
| 21 June 2017 | Óscar Trejo | Toulouse | Transfer | Free |
| 30 June 2017 | Johan Mojica | Girona | Loan return | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | Sergio Akieme | Rayo Vallecano B | Promoted | Promoted |
| 13 July 2017 | Alberto García | Getafe | Loan | Free |
| 18 July 2017 | Francisco Cerro | Racing Club | Transfer | Free |
| 1 August 2017 | Unai López | Athletic Bilbao | Loan | Free |
| 7 August 2017 | Chori Domínguez | Olympiacos | Transfer | Free |

#### Out

| Date | Player | To | Type | Fee |
| 29 June 2017 | Quini | Granada | Transfer | Free |
| 30 June 2017 | Paulo Gazzaniga | Southampton | Loan return | Free |
| 30 June 2017 | Pablo Íñiguez | Villarreal | Loan return | Free |
| 30 June 2017 | Tomás Mejías | Middlesbrough | Loan return | Free |
| 30 June 2017 | Franco Cristaldo | Boca Juniors | Loan return | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | Patrick Ebert | TBD | TBD | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | Manucho | TBD | TBD | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | Miku | TBD | TBD | Free |
| 3 July 2017 | Raúl Baena | Granada | Transfer | Free |
| 6 July 2017 | Nacho | Valladolid | Transfer | Free |
| 6 July 2017 | Jordi Gómez | Levski Sofia | Transfer | Free |
| 17 July 2017 | Toni Dovale | Bengaluru | Transfer | Free |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Final position |
| Segunda División | 1st |
| Copa del Rey | 2nd Round |

### Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Rayo Vallecano (C, P) | 42 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 67 | 48 | +19 | 76 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 2 | Huesca (P) | 42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 61 | 40 | +21 | 75 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 3 | Zaragoza | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 57 | 44 | +13 | 71 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Sporting Gijón | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 60 | 40 | +20 | 71 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 5 | Valladolid (O, P) | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 69 | 55 | +14 | 67 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
* 1 2 Zaragoza finished ahead of Sporting Gijón on head-to-head points: Sporting Gijón 0–1 Zaragoza, Zaragoza 2–1 Sporting Gijón

#### Matches

Kickoff times are in CET.  Win  Draw  Loss
| Match | Opponent | Venue | Result |
| 1 | Oviedo | A | 2–3 |
| 2 | Numancia | H | 2–2 |
| 3 | Lorca | A | 0–0 |
| 4 | Osasuna | H | 0–3 |
| 5 | Sevilla At. | A | 0–0 |
| 6 | Cultural | H | 3–1 |
| 7 | Huesca | A | 2–1 |
| 8 | Valladolid | H | 4–1 |
| 9 | Almería | H | 1–0 |
| 10 | Reus | A | 0–2 |
| 11 | Sporting | H | 1–1 |
| 12 | Cádiz | A | 0–0 |
| 13 | Albacete | H | 1–1 |
| 14 | Zaragoza | A | 3–2 |
| 15 | Barcelona B | H | 1–0 |
| 16 | Tenerife | A | 2–2 |
| 17 | Granada | H | 1–0 |
| 18 | Córdoba | A | 2–2 |
| 19 | Alcorcón | H | 2–1 |
| 20 | Lugo | A | 1–2 |
| 21 | Nàstic | H | 2–3 |
| Match | Opponent | Venue | Result |
| 22 | Oviedo | H | 2–2 |
| 23 | Numancia | A | 0–0 |
| 24 | Lorca | H | 5–1 |
| 25 | Osasuna | A | 1–1 |
| 26 | Sevilla At. | H | 2–0 |
| 27 | Cultural | A | 2–3 |
| 28 | Huesca | H | 3–0 |
| 29 | Valladolid | A | 1–1 |
| 30 | Almería | A | 0–1 |
| 31 | Reus | H | 3–2 |
| 32 | Sporting | A | 1–0 |
| 33 | Cádiz | H | 1–1 |
| 34 | Albacete | A | 0–1 |
| 35 | Zaragoza | H | 2–1 |
| 36 | Barcelona B | A | 2–3 |
| 37 | Tenerife | H | 3–1 |
| 38 | Granada | A | 0–2 |
| 39 | Córdoba | H | 1–2 |
| 40 | Alcorcón | A | 4–0 |
| 41 | Lugo | H | 1–0 |
| 42 | Nàstic | A | 2–0 |

### Copa del Rey
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Segunda División | Segunda División | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ESP | Alberto García | 41 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Mario Fernández | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | COL | Lucho García | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ESP | Ernesto Galán | 8 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Antonio Amaya | 18 | 1 | 11+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Chechu Dorado | 38 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | BRA | Baiano | 36 | 0 | 35+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | SEN | Abdoulaye Ba | 18 | 0 | 15+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | URU | Emiliano Velázquez | 26 | 2 | 21+4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ESP | Sergio Akieme | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | ESP | Gorka Elustondo | 14 | 0 | 3+11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Alex Moreno | 40 | 3 | 39+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | ARG | Chori Domínguez | 20 | 2 | 9+10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Roberto Trashorras | 7 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Unai López | 40 | 3 | 37+2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Diego Aguirre | 20 | 3 | 10+9 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ARG | Francisco Cerro | 13 | 0 | 2+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Santi Comesaña | 33 | 2 | 30+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ESP | Fran Beltrán | 41 | 0 | 37+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 3 | FW | POR | Bebé | 17 | 3 | 9+8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | ARG | Óscar Trejo | 36 | 12 | 36 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Adri Embarba | 42 | 8 | 41+1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ESP | Raúl de Tomás | 32 | 24 | 30+2 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ESP | Javi Guerra | 19 | 3 | 2+16 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 13 | GK | ESP | Toño | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Emiliano Armenteros | 11 | 0 | 0+11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ESP | Joni Montiel | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | GUI | Lass Bangoura | 10 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| - | DF | ROU | Răzvan Raț | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |