# 2010–11 Real Valladolid season

The 2010–11 Spanish football season is Real Valladolid's first season in the second level in Spanish football since the historical 2006–07 season, in which the team promoted to La Liga with 88 points. After the salvation attempt of the previous season, Javier Clemente was sacked on 23 June 2010, before the pre-season. Antonio Gómez, Rafael Benítez's former assistant and the former coach of Albacete B, was the new team coach for the 2010–11 season but he was sacked on 29 November 2010 after the defeat against Cartagena in Nuevo José Zorrilla. Javier Torres Gómez was the provisional manager between 29 November and 5 December, earning a point at Barcelona Atlètic's Mini Estadi. After that, Abel Resino was named new team coach in the afternoon of 5 December.

## Trophies balance

| Category | Trophy | Started round | First match | Result | Last match |
| Friendly Trophy | Copa Castilla y León 2009–10 | Semi-finals | 8 September 2009 | Runners-up | 16 November 2010 |
| Friendly Trophy | Copa Castilla y León 2010–11 | Group Stage | 25 July 2010 | Group Stage | 30 July 2010 |
| Friendly Trophy | 13th Ramón Losada Trophy | Final | 21 August 2010 | Winners | 21 August 2010 |
| Competitive | Liga Adelante | — | 27 August 2010 | 7th (Qualified for the Promotion play-off) | 4 June 2011 |
| Competitive | Promotion play-off | Semifinals | 9 June 2011 | Semifinals | 12 June 2011 |
| Competitive | Copa del Rey | Second Qualifying Round | 1 September 2010 | Round of 32 | 9 November 2010 |

### Competitive balance

Biggest win :
| | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Liga Adelante | 12 September 2010 | Matchday 3 | v. Recreativo Huelva | 4 – 0 | 27 March 2011 | Matchday 31 | v. Salamanca | 0 – 5 |
| Liga Adelante | 11 May 2011 | Matchday 38 | v. Córdoba | 5 – 1 | 27 March 2011 | Matchday 31 | v. Salamanca | 0 – 5 |
| Promotion Play-off | 9 June 2011 | Semifinals, 1st leg | v. Elche | 1 – 0 | None due to the elimination in semifinals | None due to the elimination in semifinals | None due to the elimination in semifinals | None due to the elimination in semifinals |
| Copa del Rey | 1 September 2010 | QR 2 | v. Las Palmas | 5 – 3 | None due to the elimination in round of 32 | None due to the elimination in round of 32 | None due to the elimination in round of 32 | None due to the elimination in round of 32 |
| Biggest loss |||||||||||
| | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Liga Adelante | 28 November 2010 | Matchday 14 | v. Cartagena | 0 – 1 | 21 November 2010 | Matchday 13 | v. Xerez | 4 – 0 |
| Liga Adelante | 11 December 2010 | Matchday 16 | v. Numancia | 4 – 5 | 21 November 2010 | Matchday 13 | v. Xerez | 4 – 0 |
| Liga Adelante | 5 February 2011 | Matchday 23 | v. Granada | 2 – 3 | 21 November 2010 | Matchday 13 | v. Xerez | 4 – 0 |
| Promotion Play-off | None due to the elimination in semifinals | None due to the elimination in semifinals | None due to the elimination in semifinals | None due to the elimination in semifinals | 12 June 2011 | Semifinals, 2nd leg | v. Elche | 3 – 1 |
| Copa del Rey | 27 October 2010 | Round of 32 | v. Espanyol | 0 – 2 | None due to the elimination in round of 32 | None due to the elimination in round of 32 | None due to the elimination in round of 32 | None due to the elimination in round of 32 |

## Summer transfers
### In

In (8 players) :
| Player | From | Fee |
| Carlos Peña | Recreativo de Huelva | Free |
| Marc Valiente | Sevilla Atlético | Free |
| Carlos Lázaro | Real Valladolid B | Free |
| Javi Guerra | Mallorca He was playing on loan at Levante UD | €0.3m |
| Jorge Alonso | Hércules | Free |
| Antonio Calle | Girona | Free |
| Jofre | Rayo Vallecano | Free |
| Óscar González | Olympiacos | Free |

### Out

Out (8 players) :
| Player | New Team | Fee |
| Borja | Getafe | Free |
| Haris Medunjanin | Maccabi Tel Aviv | €2M |
| Alberto Marcos | Huesca | Free |
| Luis Prieto | Ponferradina | Free |
| Nivaldo | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Free |
| Henrique Sereno | Porto | Free |
| Jonathan Sesma | Córdoba | Free |
| Fabián Canobbio | AE Larissa | Free |

### Loan in

Loan in (3 players) :
| Player | From |
| Guilherme | Almería |
| Jordi Figueras | Rubin Kazan |
| Alhassane Keita | Mallorca |

### Loan out

Loan out (5 players) :
| Player | Team |
| Manucho | Bucaspor |
| Fabricio | Recreativo Huelva |
| Marquitos | Villarreal B |
| Héctor Font | Xerez |
| Alberto Bueno | Derby County |

### Loan return

Loan return (2 players) :
| Italics for players returning to the club but left it during pre-season ||
| Player | From |
| Jesús Rueda | Córdoba |
| Álvaro Antón | Recreativo Huelva |

### Loan end

Loan end (4 players) :
| Player | Returns to |
| Keko | Atlético Madrid |
| Pelé | Porto |
| Asier del Horno | Valencia |
| Diego Costa | Atlético Madrid |

### Testing players

Testing players (1 player) :
| Liga Adelante teams can bring non-UE players to prove them without transfer and to decide later if they register them or not ||||
| Player | Current team | Test matches | Test result |
| Željko Đokić | Panthrakikos | v. Osasuna (August 18, 2010) v. Real Oviedo (August 21, 2010) | Failed |

## Winter transfers
### In

In (3 players) :
| Player | From | Fee |
| Sergio Matabuena | Sporting Gijón | Free |
| Juanito | Atlético Madrid | Free |
| Mehdi Nafti | Aris | Free |

### Out

Out (2 players) :
| Player | New Team | Fee |
| César Arzo | Gent | Free |
| Antonio Calle | Albacete | Free |

### Loan in

Loan in (1 player) :
| Player | From |
| Fábio Faria | Benfica |
| William Ferreira Denied by FIFA | Bolívar |

### Loan out

Loan out (1 player) :
| Player | Team |
| Manucho | Manisaspor |

### Loan return

Loan return (0 players) :
| Italics for players returning to the club but left it again to another team ||
| Player | From |
| Manucho | Bucaspor |

### Loan end

Loan end (1 player) :
| Player | Returns to |
| Alhassane Keita | Mallorca Then, sold to Al-Shabab Riyadh |

## Current squad
### Squad

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 | PAR | Justo Villar |
| 2 | DF | POR | Fábio Faria (On loan from Benfica) |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Jordi Figueras (On loan from Rubin Kazan) |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Marc Valiente |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Juanito |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Jesús Rueda |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Nauzet |
| 8 | DF | ESP | Javier Baraja |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Javi Guerra |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Álvaro Antón |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Jofre |
| 12 | MF | ESP | Sergio Matabuena |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Jorge Alonso |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | BRA | Guilherme (On loan from Almería) |
| 16 | DF | ESP | Pedro López |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Carlos Peña |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Álvaro Rubio |
| 19 | DF | ESP | Antonio Barragán |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Carlos Lázaro |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Sisi |
| 22 | MF | TUN | Mehdi Nafti |
| 24 | MF | ESP | Óscar González |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Jacobo Sanz |
| 27 | FW | ESP | Quique |
| 28 | FW | ESP | Bacari |
| 30 | GK | ESP | Javi Jiménez |

### Youth system

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | DF | ESP | Raúl Navas |
| 29 | FW | ESP | Rubén Sánchez |
| 31 | MF | ESP | Javi Navas |
| 32 | DF | ESP | Felipe Alfonso |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | Sergio Durán |
| — | MF | ESP | Toni |
| — | DF | ESP | Víctor Mongil |
| — | GK | ESP | José Antonio Salcedo |

### Nominated by their national football team

List of players nominated by their national team :
| 1 | Justo Villar | Paraguay | v. Costa Rica (11 August 2010) v. Japan (4 September 2010) v. China (7 September 2010) v. Australia (9 October 2010) v. New Zealand (12 October 2010) v. Hong Kong (17 November 2010) v. Mexico (26 March 2011) v. United States (29 March 2011) v. Bolivia (4 June 2011) v. Bolivia (7 June 2011) v. Romania (11 June 2011) v. Chile (23 June 2011) |
| 2 | Fábio Faria | Portugal U23 | v. Italy (24 March 2011) |

## Match stats

| No. | Pos. | Player | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| No. | Pos. | Player | League | Promotion P.O. | Cup | League | Promotion P.O. | Cup | League | Promotion P.O. | Cup | League | Promotion P.O. | Cup |
| 1 | GK | Justo Villar | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | DF | Fábio Faria | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | DF | Jordi Figueras | 2 | | | 4 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 4 | DF | Marc Valiente | 2 | | | 4 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | |
| 5 | DF | César Arzo (Out) | 1 | | | 10 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | DF | Juanito | | | | 5 | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 6 | MF | Jesús Rueda | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 7 | FW | Nauzet | 7 | | 1 | 12 | 1 | | 1 | | | | 1 | |
| 8 | DF | Javier Baraja | | | | 7 | | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
| 9 | FW | Javi Guerra | 28 | 1 | | 7 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 10 | MF | Álvaro Antón | 1 | | 1 | 2 | | 1 | | | | | | |
| 11 | MF | Jofre | 2 | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 12 | MF | Sergio Matabuena | | | | 5 | | | 1 | | | | | |
| 14 | MF | Jorge Alonso | 4 | | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | DF | Guilherme | | | | 5 | | | 2 | | | | | |
| 16 | DF | Pedro López | 1 | | | 6 | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 17 | DF | Carlos Peña | | | | 5 | | 2 | | | | | | |
| 18 | MF | Álvaro Rubio | | | | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 19 | DF | Antonio Barragán | | | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 21 | MF | Sisi | 2 | | | 9 | | 1 | | | | | | |
| 22 | FW | Antonio Calle (Out) | 4 | | 2 | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | |
| 22 | MF | Mehdi Nafti | 1 | | | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 23 | FW | Alhassane Keita (Out) | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | |
| 24 | MF | Óscar González | 7 | | | 4 | 1 | | | | | 1 | | |
| 25 | GK | Jacobo Sanz | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 26 | DF | Raúl Navas | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| 28 | FW | Bacari | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 30 | GK | Javi Jiménez | | | | 3 | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 31 | MF | Javi Navas | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | |

## Match results
### Pre-season and friendly tournaments
#### Copa Castilla y León 2009–10

The final of this tournament had to be played on April 23, 2010, the Castilla y León's day, but as both finalists had some problems in their leagues (Real Valladolid in Liga BBVA, finally relegated, and Salamanca in Liga Adelante), the final was postponed to the 2010–11 season.
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 16 September 2009– Aranda de Duero | 16 September 2009– Aranda de Duero |
| Arandina | 0 |
| Arandina | 0 | 16 November 2010– Salamanca | 16 November 2010– Salamanca |
| Salamanca | 5 | 16 November 2010– Salamanca | 16 November 2010– Salamanca |
| Salamanca | 5 | Salamanca | 2 |
| 8 September 2009– Palencia | 8 September 2009– Palencia | | Salamanca | 2 |
| 8 September 2009– Palencia | 8 September 2009– Palencia | Real Valladolid | 1 |
| Palencia | 0 | Real Valladolid | 1 |
| Real Valladolid | 5 | | |

#### Copa Castilla y León 2010–11

| GROUP A | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Palencia (Q) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 |
| Real Valladolid | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | –1 | 3 |
| Arandina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | –2 | 0 |

#### 13th Ramón Losada Trophy
### Liga Adelante

| Matchday | 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 |
| Against | VilB | GRA | RHU | BET | ELC | ALB | PON | LPA | GIR | SAL | RYV | CEL | XER | CAR | FCBA | NUM | CÓR | TEN | NÀS | SDH | ALC | VilB | GRA | RHU | BET | ELC | ALB | PON | LPA | GIR | SAL | RYV | CEL | XER | CAR | FCBA | NUM | CÓR | TEN | NÀS | SDH | ALC |
| Venue | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Position | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Goal Average (useful in case of tie) | Goal Average (useful in case of tie) | Goal Average (useful in case of tie) | Goal Average (useful in case of tie) | Goal Average (useful in case of tie) | Goal Average (useful in case of tie) | Goal Average (useful in case of tie) | Goal Average (useful in case of tie) | Goal Average (useful in case of tie) | Goal Average (useful in case of tie) | Goal Average (useful in case of tie) | Goal Average (useful in case of tie) | Goal Average (useful in case of tie) | Goal Average (useful in case of tie) | Goal Average (useful in case of tie) | Goal Average (useful in case of tie) | Goal Average (useful in case of tie) | Goal Average (useful in case of tie) | Goal Average (useful in case of tie) | Goal Average (useful in case of tie) | Goal Average (useful in case of tie) | Goal Average (useful in case of tie) | Won | Lost | Won | Won | Won | D | Won | Won | Lost | Won | Lost | Won | Lost | Lost | Won | Lost | Won | Lost | D | Won | Won |
Win Draw Lost
| | | All | All | All | All | All | All | All | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| | | Pts | W | D | L | F | A | Dif. | Pts | W | D | L | F | A | Dif. | Pts | W | D | L | F | A | Dif. |
| 7 | Real Valladolid (PO) | 66 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 65 | 51 | +14 | 48 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 45 | 20 | +25 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 31 | −11 |
Liga Adelante Winner (also promoted)  Direct promotion to Liga BBVA  Liga BBVA promotion play-offs  Relegation to Segunda División B
* With Antonio Gómez
* With Javier Torres Gómez
* With Abel Resino

#### Promotion Play-off

Final winners were promoted to Liga BBVA. Granada and Celta Vigo played the other Semifinal.

##### Semifinal

Elche won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for the Promotion play-off final. Real Valladolid stays in Liga Adelante.

### Copa del Rey
#### Round of 32

Espanyol won 3–1 on aggregate.

## Others
### TV Partners

Real Valladolid's image rights stop belonging (from this season) to the group Prisa, proof of this is the broadcast of the matchday 1 against Villarreal B by GolT (Mediapro) and the second qualifying round of Copa del Rey by MARCA TV (Mediapro), this being the first football match broadcast by the TV channel born in August 2010.

### Caso Ferreira

Caso Ferreira is the name given by Valladolid press to the lived scandal because of FIFA at Winter. During the Winter transfer window, Real Valladolid made official the transfer of the Uruguayan striker (who played in Bolivian Club Bolívar) William Ferreira during the night of January 31 to February 1, at the last hours of the transfer window. Once the player had moved to the city, after being introduced as a new signing and when he was about to be convened in early February, FIFA told Real Valladolid that the transfer had been completed after the deadline ended up, after 23:59 CEST on 31 January. Although Real Valladolid tried to prove it was a computer error, coming to claim the Higher Arbitration Court, his request was denied and the player was forced to return to Bolivia. Carlos Suárez, Real Valladolid president, said that he didn't rule out further bids for the striker in Summer, and was very unhappy with FIFA.