# 2013–14 Villarreal CF season

The 2013–14 season was Villarreal Club de Fútbol's 91st season in existence and the club's first season back in the top flight of Spanish football since 2012. In addition to the domestic league, Villarreal participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey. The season covered the period from 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014.

## Squad

As June, 2014..

### Squad and statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Liga | Liga | Copa | Copa |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Sergio Asenjo | 35 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Mario | 37 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SVN | Bojan Jokić | 19 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ESP | Tomás Pina | 39 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ARG | Mateo Musacchio | 35 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SRB | Aleksandar Pantić | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Jérémy Perbet | 30 | 11 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | NGA | Ikechukwu Uche | 32 | 14 | 30 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | MEX | Giovani dos Santos | 34 | 12 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Cani | 27 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | PAR | Hernán Pérez | 14 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ESP | Joan Àngel Román | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Manu Trigueros | 38 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ESP | José Dorado | 21 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | MEX | Javier Aquino | 36 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | ESP | Jaume Costa | 32 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Óliver | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | BRA | Gabriel | 21 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Bruno | 39 | 6 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ESP | Jonathan Pereira | 33 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Juan Carlos | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Moi Gómez | 23 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Edu Ramos | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ESP | Pablo Íñiguez | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | ARG | Matías Nahuel | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Transfers
## 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 % |
| La Liga | 19 August 2013 | 18 May 2014 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 60 | 44 | +16 | 044.74 |
| Copa del Rey | 6 December 2013 | 16 January 2014 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 025.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 63 | 47 | +16 | 042.86 |
Source: Competitions

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 66 | 39 | +27 | 70 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Sevilla | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 69 | 52 | +17 | 63 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Villarreal | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 60 | 44 | +16 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 7 | Real Sociedad | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 62 | 55 | +7 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 8 | Valencia | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 51 | 53 | −2 | 49 | |
* ↑ Sevilla automatically qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League group stage as the defending champions; the berth through their league position was vacated.
* 1 2 Villarreal finished ahead of Real Sociedad on head-to-head points: Villarreal 5–1 Real Sociedad, Real Sociedad 1–2 Villarreal.
* 1 2 Since both the 2013–14 Copa del Rey champions (Real Madrid) and runners-up (Barcelona) qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League, the 5th, 6th and 7th placed teams qualified for the group stage, play-off round and third qualifying round of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League respectively.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Competitive matches

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