# 2019–20 Rayo Vallecano season

The 2019–20 season was Rayo Vallecano's 95th season in existence and the club's first season back in the second division of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Rayo Vallecano participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey. The season was slated to cover a period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. It was extended extraordinarily beyond 30 June due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 20 February 2020
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 | Alberto García (captain) |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Tito |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Saúl García (on loan from Alavés) |
| 4 | MF | ESP | Mario Suárez |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Alejandro Catena |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Santi Comesaña |
| 7 | FW | ARG | Leonardo Ulloa |
| 8 | FW | ARG | Óscar Trejo (vice-captain) |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Andrés Martín |
| 10 | FW | POR | Bebé |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Isi Palazón |
| 12 | FW | ESP | Jorge de Frutos (on loan from Real Madrid) |
| 13 | GK | MKD | Stole Dimitrievski |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | FW | MAR | Yacine Qasmi |
| 15 | FW | ESP | Juan Villar (on loan from Osasuna) |
| 16 | DF | CRO | Antonio Milić (on loan from Anderlecht) |
| 17 | DF | PER | Luis Advíncula |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Álvaro García |
| 19 | DF | ESP | Antonio Luna (on loan from Levante) |
| 20 | DF | URU | Emiliano Velázquez |
| 22 | MF | ESP | José Ángel Pozo |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Óscar Valentín |
| 24 | DF | MNE | Esteban Saveljich |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Roberto Santamaría |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Joni Montiel |

### 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 | Jordi Amat (at Eupen until 30 June 2020) |
| — | DF | ESP | Mario Hernández (at SS Reyes until 30 June 2020) |
| - | DF | SEN | Abdoulaye Ba (at Deportivo de La Coruña until 30 June 2020) |
| — | MF | GUI | Lass Bangoura (at Lugo until 30 June 2020) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ESP | Adrián Carrasco (at Ebro until 30 June 2020) |
| — | FW | ESP | Sergio Benito (at Cultural Leonesa until 30 June 2020) |
| — | FW | ESP | Sergio Moreno (at Valencia Mestalla until 30 June 2020) |

## 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 | 17 August 2019 | 20 July 2020 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 42 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 60 | 50 | +10 | 030.95 |
| Copa del Rey | 17 December 2019 | 29 January 2020 | First round | Round of 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 46 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 65 | 54 | +11 | 032.61 |
Source: Competitions

### Segunda División
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Girona | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 48 | 43 | +5 | 63 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 6 | Elche (O, P) | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 52 | 44 | +8 | 61 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 7 | Rayo Vallecano | 42 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 60 | 50 | +10 | 60 | |
| 8 | Fuenlabrada | 42 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 60 | |
| 9 | Las Palmas | 42 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 57 | |
* 1 2 Rayo Vallecano finished ahead of Fuenlabrada on head-to-head points: Fuenlabrada 2–2 Rayo Vallecano, Rayo Vallecano 1–0 Fuenlabrada.

#### 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 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 | H | 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 | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | W | L | W | D | D | D | D | D | W | W | L | L | D | D | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | D | D | D | D | W | D | L | D | W | D | D | L | D | W | W | L | D | W |
| Position | 10 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 |

#### Matches

The fixtures were revealed on 4 July 2019.