# 2021–22 Real Valladolid season

The 2021–22 season was the 94th season in the existence of Real Valladolid and the club's first season back in the second division of Spanish football since 2018. In addition to the domestic league, Valladolid participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 2 February 2022.
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 | Jordi Masip (captain) |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Luis Pérez |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Raúl García |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Kiko Olivas |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Javi Sánchez |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Josema (on loan from Elche) |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Sergio León |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Monchu (on loan from Granada) |
| 9 | FW | ISR | Shon Weissman |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Óscar Plano |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Pablo Hervías |
| 12 | FW | ECU | Gonzalo Plata (on loan from Sporting CP) |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Roberto |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | MAR | Jawad El Yamiq |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Álvaro Aguado |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Roque Mesa |
| 18 | DF | GAM | Saidy Janko |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Toni Villa (3rd captain) |
| 20 | FW | ESP | Jon Morcillo (on loan from Athletic Bilbao) |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Iván Sánchez (on loan from Birmingham City) |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Nacho (2nd captain) |
| 23 | FW | ESP | Cristo González (on loan from Udinese) |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Joaquín |
| 25 | MF | MAR | Anuar Tuhami |
| 27 | FW | ESP | Hugo Vallejo |
| — | MF | ESP | Waldo Rubio |

### 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 |
| 26 | GK | ESP | Samu Casado |
| 31 | DF | ESP | Kike Ríos |
| 36 | MF | BRA | Dalisson de Almeida |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 38 | MF | ESP | Víctor Narro |
| 42 | FW | ESP | Slavy |
| 46 | DF | ESP | Iván Fresneda |

### 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 | José Antonio Caro (at Burgos until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ESP | Adri Gómez (at Avilés until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ESP | Diego Alende (at Lugo until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | URU | Lucas Olaza (at Elche until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ESP | Adri Carrión (at Racing Rioja until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ESP | Víctor García (at Deportivo La Coruña until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ESP | Fede San Emeterio (at Cádiz until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | Kike Pérez (at Elche until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ESP | Rubén Alcaraz (at Cádiz until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ESP | Sergi Guardiola (at Rayo Vallecano until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ESP | Sergio Benito (at Badajoz until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ECU | Stiven Plaza (at Independiente del Valle until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | SEN | Sekou Gassama (at Málaga until 30 June 2022) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 % |
| Segunda División | 15 August 2021 | 29 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 71 | 43 | +28 | 057.14 |
| Copa del Rey | 30 November 2021 | 5 January 2022 | First round | Round of 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 26 | 9 | 10 | 75 | 47 | +28 | 057.78 |
Last updated: 29 May 2022 Source: Soccerway

### Segunda División
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Almería (C, P) | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 68 | 35 | +33 | 81 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 2 | Valladolid (P) | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 71 | 43 | +28 | 81 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 3 | Eibar | 42 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 61 | 45 | +16 | 80 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Las Palmas | 42 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 57 | 47 | +10 | 70 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 5 | Tenerife | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 53 | 37 | +16 | 69 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
* 1 2 Almería finished ahead of Valladolid on head-to-head points: Almería 3–1 Valladolid, Valladolid 2–2 Almería.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 29 May 2022. Source: La Liga SmartBank

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | L | L | L | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 30 June 2021.