# 2011–12 Real Valladolid season

The 2011–12 Spanish football season was Real Valladolid's second season in the second level in Spanish football after being defeated 3–2 on aggregate against Elche in La Liga promotion play-off in June 2011. This season will be the 31st of Real Valladolid in the second level in Spanish football. The general coordinator during last season, Chuti Molina, left his work on 14 June, becoming Real Murcia general director. On 17 June, Real Valladolid made official Abel Resino's detachment as he did not renew his contract as team manager. On 4 July, Carlos Suárez announced he had bought 59% of the club shareholding, becoming shareholder of Real Valladolid, and therefore the owner of the entity. At the same time he confirmed that he will not step down as chairman and, from the next day, news about the sporting aspect will be known. Earlier on 6 July, the club became official the incorporation of the Serbian manager Miroslav Đukić for the next 3 seasons. During that day, it also was confirmed that José Antonio García Calvo, general director, left his work. Real Valladolid qualified in 3rd position in Segunda División, behind both Deportivo and Celta de Vigo, with 82 points. It was the first time in the history that any team with 80+ points wasn't directly promoted to La Liga. Deportivo de La Coruña beat Real Valladolid's points record, getting 91 points in the whole season. The record was established by José Luis Mendilibar's team in 2007 when Real Valladolid scored 88 points and were champions. The team had to play the Promotion play-off again, and got the promotion to 2012–13 La Liga by winning 3–0 on aggregate to Córdoba in the Semifinal and by 2–1 to AD Alcorcón in the Final.

## Trophies balance

| Category | Trophy | Started round | First match | Result | Last match |
| Friendly Trophy | 1st Villa del Tratado Trophy | Final group stage | 25 July 2011 | Winners | 25 July 2011 |
| Friendly Trophy | 14th Ramón Losada Trophy | Final | 2 August 2011 | Runners-up | 2 August 2011 |
| Friendly Trophy | Copa Castilla y León 2011 | Quarterfinals | 24 August 2011 | Third place | 20 September 2011 |
| Friendly Trophy | 38th Ciudad de Valladolid Trophy | Final | 31 August 2011 | Runners-up | 31 August 2011 |
| Competitive | Liga Adelante | — | 28 August 2011 | 3rd (qualified for the Promotion play-off) | 3 June 2012 |
| Competitive | Promotion play-off | Semifinals | 6 June 2012 | Winners (promoted to La Liga) | 16 June 2012 |
| Competitive | Copa del Rey | Second qualifying round | 8 September 2011 | Third qualifying round | 12 October 2011 |

### Competitive balance

Biggest win :
| | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Liga Adelante | 5 February 2012 | Matchday 23 | v. Nàstic Tarragona | 4–0 | 7 April 2012 | Matchday 33 | v. Xerez CD | 0–4 |
| Promotion Play-off | 10 June 2012 | Semifinals, 2nd leg | v. Córdoba | 3–0 | 13 June 2012 | Final, 1st leg | v. AD Alcorcón | 0–1 |
| Copa del Rey | 8 September 2011 | Second qualifying round | v. Nàstic Tarragona | 6–0 | None due to elimination in the third qualifying round | None due to elimination in the third qualifying round | None due to elimination in the third qualifying round | None due to elimination in the third qualifying round |
| Biggest loss |||||||||||
| | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Liga Adelante | 17 September 2011 | Matchday 5 | v. Real Murcia | 1–3 | 11 February 2012 | Matchday 24 | v. Córdoba | 2–0 |
| Liga Adelante | 3 June 2012 | Matchday 42 | v. Guadalajara | 1–3 | 25 February 2012 | Matchday 26 | v. Real Murcia | 2–0 |
| Promotion Play-off | None registered | None registered | None registered | None registered | None registered | None registered | None registered | None registered |
| Copa del Rey | None due to elimination at the third qualifying round | None due to elimination at the third qualifying round | None due to elimination at the third qualifying round | None due to elimination at the third qualifying round | 12 October 2011 | Third qualifying round | v. Celta Vigo | 4–1 |

## Summer transfers
### In

In (8 players) :
| Player | From | Fee |
| Jaime Jiménez | Elche | Free |
| Dani Aquino | Real Murcia | Free |
| Saná Camará | Benfica Previously on loan in Servette | Free |
| Víctor Pérez | Huesca | Free |
| Mikel Balenziaga | Athletic Bilbao | Free |
| Dani Hernández | Real Murcia | Free |
| Ismail Abdul Razak | NSÍ Runavík | Free |
| Fernando Varela | Kasımpaşa | Free |
| Fran No | Real Betis | Free |

### Out

Out (11 players) :
| Player | New Team | Fee |
| Fabricio Agosto | Real Betis | Free |
| Justo Villar | Estudiantes La Plata | Free |
| Álvaro Antón | Cartagena | Free |
| Jacobo Sanz | Asteras Tripoli | Free |
| Héctor Font | Recreativo Huelva | Free |
| Bubacar Bacari | Espanyol B | Free |
| Javi Jiménez | Real Murcia | Free |
| Pedro López | Levante | €0.5M |
| Raúl Navas | Celta Vigo B | Free |
| Pablo Gómez | Salamanca | Free |
| Antonio Barragán | Valencia | €1.8M |

### Loan out

Loan out (1 player) :
| Player | Team |
| Quique González | Logroñés |

### Loan return

Loan return (3 players) :
| Italics for players returning to the club but left it during pre-season ||
| Player | From |
| Manucho | Manisaspor |
| Marquitos | Villarreal B |
| Alberto Bueno | Derby County |
| Fabricio | Recreativo Huelva |
| Héctor Font | Xerez |

### Loan end

Loan end (3 players) :
| Player | Returns to |
| Fábio Faria | Benfica |
| Jordi Figueras | Rubin Kazan Then, loaned again, this time to Rayo Vallecano |
| Guilherme | Almería Then, sold to Atlético Mineiro |

### 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 |
| Ismail Abdul Razak | NSÍ Runavík | v. Rayo Vallecano (30 July 2011) v. Sporting de Gijón (2 August 2011) v. Mondariz (5 August 2011) v. Boavista (9 August 2011) v. Numancia (14 August 2011) | Passed |

## Winter transfers
### Loan out

Loan out (1 player) :
| Player | Team |
| Carlos Lázaro | Huesca |

## Personnel
### Current technical staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Miroslav Đukić |
| Assistant Coach | Raymond Henric-Coll |
| Fitness Trainer | Dejan Ilić |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Juan Carlos López |
Last updated: 3 August 2011 Source: Real Valladolid

## 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 | ESP | Jaime Jiménez |
| 2 | MF | GHA | Ismail Abdul Razak |
| 3 | MF | ESP | Marquitos |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Marc Valiente |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Juanito |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Jesús Rueda |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Nauzet Alemán |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Javier Baraja |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Javi Guerra |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Óscar González |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Jofre Mateu |
| 12 | MF | POR | Saná Camará |
| 13 | GK | VEN | Dani Hernández |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Jorge Alonso |
| 15 | FW | ESP | Alberto Bueno |
| 16 | MF | TUN | Mehdi Nafti |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Carlos Peña |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Álvaro Rubio |
| 19 | DF | ESP | Fernando Varela |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Sisi |
| 22 | MF | ESP | Víctor Pérez |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Dani Aquino |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Mikel Balenziaga |
| 25 | FW | ANG | Manucho |
| – | MF | ESP | Sergio Matabuena |

### 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 | GK | ESP | Jon Villanueva |
| 28 | DF | ESP | Felipe Alfonso |
| 29 | DF | ESP | Tekio Blázquez |
| 30 | DF | ESP | Jordi López |
| 32 | DF | ESP | Víctor Mongil |
| 35 | MF | ESP | Francisco Ochoa |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 37 | MF | ESP | Javi Navas |
| — | MF | ESP | Javi Fernández |
| — | GK | ESP | José Antonio Salcedo |
| — | DF | ESP | Fran No |
| — | MF | ESP | Toni García |
| — | MF | ESP | Jorge Pesca |

### Called up by their national football team

List of players nominated by their national team :
| 12 | Saná Camará | Portugal U20 | v. Uruguay (30 July 2011) v. Cameroon (2 August 2011) v. New Zealand (5 August 2011) v. Guatemala (9 August 2011) v. Argentina (13 August 2011) v. France (17 August 2011) v. Brazil (20 August 2011) |
| 12 | Saná Camará | Portugal U21 | v. Poland (6 October 2011) v. Russia (11 October 2011) v. Moldova (10 November 2011) v. Albania (14 November 2011) |
| 13 | Dani Hernández | Venezuela | v. Argentina (11 October 2011) v. Spain (29 February 2012) |
| 25 | Manucho | Angola | v. Albania (10 August 2011) v. Uganda (4 September 2011) v. Guinea-Bissau (8 October 2011) v. Sporting CP (10 November 2011) v. Sierra Leone (14 January 2012) v. Burkina Faso (22 January 2012) v. Sudan (26 January 2012) v. Ivory Coast (30 January 2012) v. North Macedonia (29 May 2012) v. Uganda (3 June 2012) v. Liberia (10 June 2012) |

## 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 | Jaime Jiménez | | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 3 | MF | Marquitos | 1 | | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | DF | Marc Valiente | 1 | | | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | DF | Juanito | | | | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | DF | Jesús Rueda | 1 | | | 7 | 1 | | 1 | | | | | |
| 7 | MF | Nauzet Alemán | 9 | | 4 | 11 | | | 1 | | | | | |
| 8 | MF | Javier Baraja | | | | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 9 | FW | Javi Guerra | 17 | 3 | | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 10 | MF | Óscar González | 13 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 11 | MF | Jofre Mateu | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 14 | MF | Jorge Alonso | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | FW | Alberto Bueno | 7 | | | 3. | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | MF | Mehdi Nafti | | | | 11 | 1 | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
| 17 | DF | Carlos Peña | 1 | | | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 18 | MF | Álvaro Rubio | | | | 6 | | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| 21 | MF | Sisi | 5 | | | 10 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 22 | MF | Víctor Pérez | 6 | | 1 | 9 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 24 | DF | Mikel Balenziaga | | | | 6 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 25 | FW | Manucho | 4 | | | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| 26 | GK | Jon Villanueva | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| 29 | DF | Tekio Blázquez | | | | 3 | | | | | | 1 | | |

## Match results
### Pre-season and friendly tournaments
#### 1st Villa del Tratado Trophy

| | Pld | W | WP | LP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Real Valladolid | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 5 |
| Zamora | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 |
| Atlético Tordesillas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | –2 | 0 |

#### 38th Ciudad de Valladolid Trophy
### Liga Adelante

| Matchday | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 30 | 41 | 42 |
| Against | NÀS | CÓR | GIR | RMU | CEL | ELC | ALM | RHU | NUM | ACY | LPA | XER | SDH | VilB | FCC | DEP | HÉR | FCB | SAB | ALC | GUA | ACY | NÀS | CÓR | GIR | RMU | CEL | ELC | ALM | NUM | LPA | XER | SDH | VilB | FCC | DEP | HÉR | FCB | SAB | RHU | ALC | GUA |
| Venue | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
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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. |
| 3 | Real Valladolid | 82 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 69 | 37 | +32 | 46 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 17 | +17 | 36 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 35 | 20 | +15 |
Liga Adelante Winners (also promoted)  Direct promotion to Liga BBVA (Liga Adelante Runners-up)  Liga BBVA promotion play-offs  Relegation to Segunda División B

#### Promotion play-off

Final winners will be promoted to Liga BBVA. AD Alcorcón and Hércules will play the other Semifinal.

##### Semifinal

Real Valladolid won 3–0 on aggregate and qualified for the Promotion play-off final.

##### Final

Real Valladolid won 2–1 on aggregate and got promoted to La Liga 2 years later.

### Copa del Rey
#### Third qualifying round
## Others

* Ismail Abdul Razak, with no minutes played with Real Valladolid since he arrived to the club from NSÍ Runavík, represented Balthazar in Valladolid 2012 Biblical Magi Parade.
* Manucho Contreiras did not come back to Valladolid after Christmas holiday so as to prepare the 2012 African Cup of Nations with Angola. He did not communicate to the club, and he was penalized.
* After some controversial statements about his performance, conditioned on the debts and his non-payment condition, Saná Camará was removed from the squad considering his inappropriate behavior. Miroslav Đukić even said at a press conference that "the team will remove Saná". He denounced the club to FIFA and lived the last months of the season retired in Porto (Portugal).