# 2016–17 Villarreal CF season

The 2016–17 season was Villarreal Club de Fútbol's 94th season in existence and the club's 4th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Villarreal participated in this season's editions of the Copa del Rey, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 13 August 2016
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 | Sergio Asenjo |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Mario Gaspar (vice-captain) |
| 3 | DF | ESP | José Ángel (on loan from Porto) |
| 5 | DF | ARG | Mateo Musacchio (3rd captain) |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Víctor Ruiz |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Denis Cheryshev |
| 8 | MF | MEX | Jonathan dos Santos |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Roberto Soldado |
| 11 | DF | ESP | Jaume Costa |
| 12 | DF | ESP | Álvaro |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Andrés Fernández (on loan from Porto) |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Manu Trigueros |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | FW | ESP | Adrián (on loan from Porto) |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Rodrigo Hernández |
| 17 | FW | COD | Cédric Bakambu |
| 18 | FW | ITA | Nicola Sansone |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Samu Castillejo |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Roberto Soriano |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Bruno (captain) |
| 22 | DF | SRB | Antonio Rukavina |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Daniele Bonera |
| 24 | FW | COL | Rafael Santos Borré (on loan from Atlético Madrid) |
| 25 | GK | ARG | Mariano Barbosa |

### 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 | Pablo Íñiguez (at Rayo Vallecano until 30 June 2017) |
| — | DF | ESP | Adrián Marín (at Leganés until 30 June 2017) |
| — | MF | SEN | Alfred N'Diaye (at Hull City until 30 June 2017) |
| — | MF | ESP | Alfonso Pedraza (at Leeds United until 30 June 2017) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | Matías Nahuel (at Real Betis until 30 June 2018) |
| — | FW | QAT | Akram Afif (at Sporting de Gijón until 30 June 2017) |
| — | FW | ARG | Cristian Espinoza (at Real Valladolid until 30 June 2017) |

## 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 | 20 August 2016 | 21 May 2017 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 56 | 33 | +23 | 050.00 |
| Copa del Rey | 30 November 2016 | 11 January 2017 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 025.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 17 August 2016 | 23 August 2016 | Play-off round | Play-off round | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 15 September 2016 | 23 February 2017 | Group stage | Round of 32 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 037.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 52 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 73 | 53 | +20 | 044.23 |
Source: Competitions

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Atlético Madrid | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 70 | 27 | +43 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Sevilla | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 69 | 49 | +20 | 72 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Villarreal | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 56 | 33 | +23 | 67 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 64 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 7 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 63 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2016–17 Copa del Rey, Barcelona, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team and the spot awarded to the sixth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | 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 |
| Result | D | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | L | D | W | W | D | D | L | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 11 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Osmanlıspor | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Villarreal | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Zürich | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 6 | |
| 4 | Steaua București | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 6 | |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 32
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on 21 May 2017
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ESP | Sergio Asenjo | 31 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Andrés Fernández | 20 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ARG | Mariano Barbosa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ESP | Mario Gaspar | 43 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | José Ángel | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ARG | Mateo Musacchio | 30 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Víctor Ruiz | 36 | 1 | 27+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | ESP | Jaume Costa | 35 | 1 | 30+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ESP | Álvaro | 32 | 1 | 20+3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | SRB | Antonio Rukavina | 12 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Daniele Bonera | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 47 | DF | ESP | Pau Torres | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | RUS | Denis Cheryshev | 18 | 0 | 2+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | MEX | Jonathan dos Santos | 29 | 3 | 12+5 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+1 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Manu Trigueros | 22 | 7 | 2+12 | 5 | 2+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Rodri | 31 | 1 | 8+15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Samu Castillejo | 44 | 3 | 24+9 | 2 | 1+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Roberto Soriano | 43 | 10 | 31+2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Bruno | 45 | 6 | 33+1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | ARG | Leonardo Suárez | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ESP | Roberto Soldado | 11 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | ESP | Adrián | 17 | 2 | 7+8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | COD | Cédric Bakambu | 34 | 12 | 17+9 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ITA | Nicola Sansone | 42 | 9 | 25+7 | 8 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+4 | 1 |
| 24 | FW | COL | Rafael Santos Borré | 30 | 4 | 2+15 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5+2 | 2 |
| 27 | FW | ESP | Aitor Cantalapiedra | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | ESP | Mario González Gutiérrez | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club ||||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | SEN | Alfred N'Diaye | 13 | 1 | 1+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Alexandre Pato | 24 | 6 | 11+3 | 2 | 2+1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4+1 | 2 |

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