# 2020–21 Levante UD season

The 2020–21 season was the 82nd season in the existence of Levante UD and the club's fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Levante participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey. The season covered the period from 20 July 2020 to 30 June 2021, with the late start to the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 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 |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Son |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Toño |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Róber Pier |
| 5 | MF | SRB | Nemanja Radoja |
| 6 | DF | CRC | Óscar Duarte |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Sergio León |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Roger Martí |
| 10 | MF | MKD | Enis Bardhi |
| 11 | FW | ESP | José Luis Morales (captain) |
| 12 | MF | MTQ | Mickaël Malsa |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Aitor Fernández |
| 14 | DF | POR | Rúben Vezo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Sergio Postigo (Vice-captain) |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Rubén Rochina |
| 17 | MF | MNE | Nikola Vukčević |
| 18 | FW | ESP | Jorge de Frutos |
| 19 | DF | ESP | Carlos Clerc |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Jorge Miramón |
| 21 | FW | ESP | Dani Gómez |
| 22 | MF | ESP | Gonzalo Melero |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Coke |
| 24 | MF | ESP | José Campaña |
| 25 | MF | CIV | Cheick Doukouré |
| 34 | GK | ESP | Daniel Cárdenas |

### 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 |
| 42 | MF | ESP | Álex Blesa |
| 43 | MF | GEO | Giorgi Kochorashvili |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 44 | FW | RUS | Edgar Sevikyan |

### 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 |
| — | GK | ESP | Koke Vegas (at RCD Mallorca until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | ESP | Arturo Molina (at Castellón until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | ESP | Pablo Martínez (at Mirandés until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | Pepelu (at Vitória Guimarães until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | POR | Hernâni (at Al Wehda until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | From | Type | Fee |
| 21 July 2020 | Cheick Doukouré | Huesca | Loan return | Loan return |
| 21 July 2020 | Ivi | Ponferradina | Loan return | Loan return |
| 21 July 2020 | Antonio Luna | Rayo Vallecano | Loan return | Loan return |
| 21 July 2020 | Fran Manzanara | Ponferradina | Loan return | Loan return |
| 21 July 2020 | Armando Sadiku | Málaga | Loan return | Loan return |
| 27 July 2020 | Pepelu | Tondela | Loan return | Loan return |
| 4 August 2020 | Jorge de Frutos | Real Madrid B | Transfer | €2.5M |
| 4 August 2020 | Dani Gómez | Real Madrid B | Transfer | €2.5M |
| 4 August 2020 | Mickaël Malsa | Mirandés | Transfer | Free |
| 4 August 2020 | Son | Ponferradina | Transfer | Free |
| 17 August 2020 | Raphael Dwamena | Zaragoza | Loan return | Loan return |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Type | Fee |
| 20 July 2020 | Borja Mayoral | Real Madrid | Loan return | Loan return |
| 4 August 2020 | Moses Simon | Nantes | Buyout clause | €5M |
| 11 August 2020 | Bruno González | Valladolid | Transfer | Free |
| 20 August 2020 | Raphael Dwamena | Vejle BK | Transfer | Free |
| 1 September 2020 | Ivi | Raków Częstochowa | Transfer | Free |
| 5 September 2020 | Armando Sadiku | BB Erzurumspor | Transfer | Free |
| 8 September 2020 | Pepelu | Vitória Guimarães | Loan | Loan |
| 2 October 2020 | Pablo Martínez | Mirandés | Loan | Loan |
| 4 October 2020 | Fran Manzanara | Numancia | Transfer | Free |
| 5 October 2020 | Arturo Molina | Castellón | Loan | Loan |
| 1 February 2021 | Koke Vegas | Mallorca | Loan | Loan |

## 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 % |
| La Liga | 13 September 2020 | 21 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 14th | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 46 | 57 | −11 | 023.68 |
| Copa del Rey | 16 December 2020 | 4 March 2021 | First round | Semi-finals | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 057.14 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 61 | 64 | −3 | 028.89 |
Source: Soccerway

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 12 | Cádiz | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 36 | 58 | −22 | 44 |
| 13 | Valencia | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 43 |
| 14 | Levante | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 46 | 57 | −11 | 41 |
| 15 | Getafe | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 28 | 43 | −15 | 38 |
| 16 | Alavés | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 38 |
* ↑ Osasuna finished ahead of Cádiz on head-to-head points: Cádiz 0–2 Osasuna, Osasuna 3–2 Cádiz.

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | W | L | L | L | D | D | D | D | D | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | D | D | W | D | L | W | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | D |
| Position | 18 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 31 August 2020.

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

    Last updated on the end of the season.
| 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 ||||||||||
| 13 | GK | ESP | Aitor Fernández | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | ESP | Daniel Cárdenas | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ESP | Son | 34 | 0 | 10+18 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Toño | 17 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Róber | 20 | 0 | 16+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | CRC | Óscar Duarte | 34 | 1 | 23+6 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | POR | Rúben Vezo | 36 | 1 | 25+7 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Sergio Postigo | 27 | 0 | 19+3 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ESP | Carlos Clerc | 39 | 0 | 30+5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Jorge Miramón | 29 | 0 | 19+7 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Coke | 23 | 2 | 11+6 | 0 | 5+1 | 2 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | SRB | Nemanja Radoja | 27 | 0 | 13+8 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | MKD | Enis Bardhi | 29 | 2 | 19+7 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | MTQ | Mickaël Malsa | 39 | 2 | 25+10 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Rubén Rochina | 30 | 0 | 17+8 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | MNE | Nikola Vukčević | 15 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ESP | Gonzalo Melero | 35 | 8 | 21+8 | 7 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | ESP | José Campaña | 9 | 1 | 8+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | CIV | Cheick Doukouré | 7 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Álex Blesa | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | GEO | Giorgi Kochorashvili | 5 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ESP | Sergio León | 33 | 7 | 6+22 | 2 | 4+1 | 5 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Roger Martí | 37 | 13 | 26+7 | 12 | 1+3 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | ESP | José Luis Morales | 44 | 14 | 30+8 | 13 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | ESP | Jorge de Frutos | 40 | 4 | 22+15 | 4 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ESP | Daniel Gómez | 39 | 2 | 17+17 | 2 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ESP | Alejandro Cantero | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | RUS | Edgar Sevikyan | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ESP | Koke Vegas | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ESP | Alfredo Pedraza | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 12 March 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Roger | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 2 | 11 | FW | | José Luis Morales | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | 7 | FW | | Sergio León | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | 22 | MF | | Gonzalo Melero | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 18 | FW | | Jorge de Frutos | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 10 | MF | | Enis Bardhi | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 21 | FW | | Dani Gómez | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 23 | DF | | Coke | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 6 | DF | | Óscar Duarte | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 12 | MF | | Mickaël Malsa | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 14 | DF | | Rúben Vezo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 24 | MF | | José Campaña | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 43 | MF | | Giorgi Kochorashvili | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 36 | 15 | 51 |