# 2020–21 Albacete Balompié season

The 2020–21 Albacete Balompié season was the club's 81st season in existence and the fourth consecutive season in the second division of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Albacete participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey. The season covered the period from 21 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 9 February 2021
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 | Bernabé Barragán |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Álvaro Arroyo |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Fran García |
| 4 | DF | ARG | Nico Gorosito |
| 5 | MF | COL | Dani Torres |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Alberto Benito |
| 8 | FW | ESP | Manu Fuster |
| 10 | FW | UKR | Roman Zozulya |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Álvaro Jiménez |
| 12 | MF | ESP | Tana |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Tomeu Nadal (captain) |
| 14 | DF | ESP | Diego Caballo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | SEN | Pape Maly Diamanka (on loan from Girona) |
| 18 | DF | ESP | Javi Jiménez (on loan from Valencia) |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Alfredo Ortuño |
| 20 | MF | AZE | Eddy Silvestre |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Álvaro Peña |
| 23 | DF | MNE | Ivan Kecojević |
| 24 | MF | CMR | Jean Jules |
| 26 | DF | ESP | Carlos Isaac (on loan from Alavés) |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Cedric Teguia (on loan from Atlético Madrid) |
| 29 | FW | ESP | Diego Vargas |
| 35 | FW | URU | Emiliano Gómez (on loan from Sassuolo) |
| 37 | DF | FRA | Flavien Enzo Boyomo |

### Reserve team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Víctor Segura |
| 30 | MF | GHA | Abdul Awudu |
| 32 | FW | ESP | Samu Vázquez |
| 33 | GK | ESP | Ismael de Andrés |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 34 | FW | ESP | Javi Verdú |
| 38 | MF | ESP | Jesús Parada |
| 39 | MF | ECU | Emerson Espinoza (on loan from Boston River) |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ESP | Fer Navarro (on loan at Villarrobledo until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | ESP | David del Pozo (on loan at Las Rozas until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | ESP | Liberto Beltrán (on loan at UCAM Murcia until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | ESP | Pedro Sánchez (on loan at Hércules until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | Chema Núñez (on loan at Real Betis B until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | VEN | Yaimil Medina (on loan at Recreativo until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | ESP | Miguel Ángel (on loan at Getafe B until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | ESP | Alfon (on loan at Celta B until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | From | Type | Fee |
| 15 August 2020 | Bernabé Barragán | Gimnàstic de Tarragona | Transfer | Free |
| 29 September 2020 | Diamanka | Girona FC | Loan | Loan |
| 13 August 2020 | Javi Jiménez | Valencia CF | Loan | Loan |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Type | Fee |
| 4 August 2020 | José Antonio Caro | NK Osijek | Transfer | Free |
| 4 August 2020 | Jon Erice | Hércules CF | Transfer | Free |
| 4 August 2020 | Diego Barri | CD Badajoz | Transfer | Free |

## 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 % |
| Segunda División | 12 September 2020 | 30 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 22nd | 42 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 30 | 53 | −23 | 021.43 |
| Copa del Rey | 16 December 2020 | 16 December 2020 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 30 | 54 | −24 | 020.93 |
Source: Soccerway

### Segunda División
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 18 | Lugo | 42 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 38 | 53 | −15 | 47 | |
| 19 | Sabadell (R) | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 46 | Relegation to Primera División RFEF |
| 20 | UD Logroñés (R) | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 28 | 53 | −25 | 44 | Relegation to Primera División RFEF |
| 21 | Castellón (R) | 42 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 35 | 54 | −19 | 41 | Relegation to Primera División RFEF |
| 22 | Albacete (R) | 42 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 30 | 53 | −23 | 38 | Relegation to Primera División RFEF |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | 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 | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | W | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | L | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | D | D | L | L |
| Position | 22 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 31 August 2020.