# 2020–21 Cádiz CF season

The 2020–21 season was the 111th season in the existence of Cádiz CF and the club's first season back in the top flight of Spanish football since 2006. In addition to the domestic league, Cádiz CF participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey. The season covered the period from 21 July 2020 to 30 June 2021, with the late start to the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 February 2021
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 | ARG | Jeremías Ledesma (on loan from Rosario Central) |
| 2 | MF | DEN | Jens Jønsson |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Fali |
| 4 | DF | ARG | Marcos Mauro |
| 5 | MF | ESP | Jon Ander Garrido (captain) |
| 6 | MF | ESP | José Mari (vice-captain) |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Salvi (3rd captain) |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Álex Fernández (4th captain) |
| 9 | FW | HON | Anthony Lozano |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Alberto Perea |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Jorge Pombo |
| 12 | FW | SRB | Ivan Šaponjić (on loan from Atlético Madrid) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | GK | ESP | David Gil |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Iván Alejo |
| 15 | DF | EQG | Carlos Akapo |
| 16 | DF | ESP | Juan Cala |
| 17 | MF | ARG | Augusto Fernández |
| 18 | FW | ESP | Álvaro Negredo |
| 19 | DF | ESP | Pedro Alcalá |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Isaac Carcelén |
| 21 | FW | ESP | Rubén Sobrino (on loan from Valencia) |
| 22 | DF | URU | Pacha Espino |
| 24 | MF | SRB | Filip Malbašić |
| 25 | MF | ESP | Jairo Izquierdo (on loan from Girona) |

### Players under contract

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 | DOM | Luismi Quezada |

### 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 | Dani Sotres (at Rayo Majadahonda until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | ESP | José Matos (at Málaga until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | PER | Jean-Pierre Rhyner (at FC Emmen until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | ESP | Sergio González (at Tenerife until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | ESP | David Mayoral (at Hermannstadt until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | ESP | Gaspar Panadero (at Ponferradina until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | Joel Jorquera (at Hospitalet until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | ESP | Álvaro Giménez (at Mallorca until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | ESP | Nano (at Logroñés until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | ESP | Caye Quintana (at Málaga until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | ESP | Seth Airam (at Recreativo until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | From | Type | Fee |
| 30 June 2020 | Cristian Martínez | Recreativo | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2020 | Matos | Twente | Loan return | Loan return |
| 19 July 2020 | Đorđe Jovanović | Cartagena | Loan return | Loan return |
| 20 July 2020 | David Carmona | Racing Santander | Loan return | Loan return |
| 20 July 2020 | Brian Oliván | Girona | Loan return | Loan return |
| 20 July 2020 | Javi Navarro | Ponferradina | Loan return | Loan return |
| 20 July 2020 | David Querol | Albacete | Loan return | Loan return |
| 20 July 2020 | Caye Quintana | Fuenlabrada | Loan return | Loan return |
| 20 July 2020 | Dani Romera | Alcorcón | Loan return | Loan return |
| 20 July 2020 | Sergio Sánchez | Albacete | Loan return | Loan return |
| 4 August 2020 | Iván Alejo | Getafe | Buyout clause | €3M |
| 4 August 2020 | Álvaro Giménez | Birmingham City | Buyout clause | €2.7M |
| 4 August 2020 | Anthony Lozano | Girona | Buyout clause | €2.5M |
| 4 August 2020 | Filip Malbašić | Tenerife | Buyout clause | €1M |
| 4 August 2020 | Nano | Eibar | Buyout clause | €1.4M |
| 4 August 2020 | Álvaro Negredo | Al-Nasr | Transfer | Free |
| 4 August 2020 | Jorge Pombo | Zaragoza | Buyout clause | €1.2M |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Type | Fee |
| 7 September 2020 | David Mayoral | Hermannstadt | Loan | Loan |
| 7 September 2020 | Caye Quintana | Málaga | Loan | Loan |
| 9 September 2020 | Brian Oliván | Mallorca | Transfer | Free |
| 16 September 2020 | Matos | Málaga | Loan | Loan |
| 16 September 2020 | Javi Navarro | Albacete | Loan | Loan |
| 22 September 2020 | Dani Romera | Ponferradina | Transfer | Free |
| 24 September 2020 | Daniel Sotres | Rayo Majadahonda | Loan | Loan |
| 2 October 2020 | José Manuel Jurado | Termination of contract | Termination of contract | Termination of contract |

## 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 % |
| La Liga | 12 September 2020 | 21 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 12th | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 36 | 58 | −22 | 028.95 |
| Copa del Rey | 17 December 2020 | 16 January 2021 | First round | Round of 32 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 38 | 60 | −22 | 029.27 |
Source: Soccerway

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 46 |
| 11 | Osasuna | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 44 |
| 12 | Cádiz | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 36 | 58 | −22 | 44 |
| 13 | Valencia | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 43 |
| 14 | Levante | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 46 | 57 | −11 | 41 |
* ↑ Granada finished ahead of Athletic Bilbao on head-to-head goal difference: Granada 2–0 Athletic Bilbao, Athletic Bilbao 2–1 Granada.
* 1 2 Osasuna finished ahead of Cádiz on head-to-head points: Cádiz 0–2 Osasuna, Osasuna 3–2 Cádiz.

#### 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

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | D | D | W | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | L | W | W | L | D | D | W | W | L | L | D |
| Position | 20 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 31 August 2020.

### Copa del Rey
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on the end of the season.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ARG | Jeremías Ledesma | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | David Gil | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | ARG | Juan Flere | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ESP | Fali | 35 | 0 | 29+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ARG | Marcos Mauro | 24 | 2 | 22+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | EQG | Carlos Akapo | 16 | 1 | 10+3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ESP | Cala | 29 | 3 | 26+2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ESP | Pedro Alcalá | 14 | 0 | 8+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Isaac Carcelén | 33 | 0 | 31+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | URU | Espino | 32 | 0 | 31+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ESP | Marc Baró | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | NGA | Saturday Erimuya | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | SEN | Momo Mbaye | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | ESP | Álex Martín | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 2 | MF | DEN | Jens Jønsson | 37 | 0 | 33+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | ESP | Jon Ander Garrido | 26 | 1 | 7+16 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | ESP | José Mari | 23 | 1 | 18+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Salvi | 29 | 2 | 25+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Álex Fernández | 26 | 4 | 21+4 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Alberto Perea | 29 | 2 | 16+11 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Jorge Pombo | 15 | 1 | 5+7 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Iván Alejo | 24 | 1 | 6+16 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ARG | Augusto Fernández | 12 | 0 | 4+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ESP | Jairo Izquierdo | 33 | 1 | 11+19 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | ESP | Álvaro Bastida | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | HON | Anthony Lozano | 31 | 3 | 18+11 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | SRB | Ivan Šaponjić | 9 | 1 | 3+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ESP | Álvaro Negredo | 35 | 8 | 29+6 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ESP | Rubén Sobrino | 16 | 1 | 11+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | SRB | Filip Malbašić | 31 | 1 | 8+20 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 33 | FW | ESP | Manuel Nieto | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ESP | Alberto Cifuentes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | FRA | Yann Bodiger | 12 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Edu Ramos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | PER | Jean-Pierre Rhyner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ESP | Álvaro Giménez | 14 | 2 | 3+8 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Sergio González | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ESP | Nano | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 14 December 2020
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Total |
| 1 | 18 | FW | | Álvaro Negredo | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 7 | MF | | Salvi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 21 | FW | | Álvaro Giménez | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 11 | MF | | Jorge Pombo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 14 | MF | | Iván Alejo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 9 | FW | | Anthony Lozano | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 11 | 0 | 11 |