# 2019–20 Villarreal CF season

The 2019–20 season was Villarreal Club de Fútbol's 97th season in existence and the club's 7th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Villarreal 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 30 January 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 | Sergio Asenjo |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Mario Gaspar (vice-captain) |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Raúl Albiol |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Pau Torres |
| 6 | DF | ARG | Ramiro Funes Mori |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Gerard |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Santi Cazorla (3rd captain) |
| 9 | FW | COL | Carlos Bacca |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Vicente Iborra |
| 11 | MF | NGA | Samuel Chukwueze |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Andrés Fernández |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Manu Trigueros |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | ESP | Manu Morlanes |
| 16 | DF | ESP | Xavi Quintillà |
| 17 | FW | ESP | Paco Alcácer |
| 18 | DF | ESP | Alberto Moreno |
| 19 | MF | CMR | André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (on loan from Fulham) |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Rubén Peña |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Bruno (captain) |
| 22 | DF | MAR | Sofian Chakla |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Moi Gómez |
| 24 | MF | ESP | Javi Ontiveros |
| 25 | GK | ARG | Mariano Barbosa |

### Reserve team

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 | MF | URU | Ramiro Guerra |
| 27 | DF | ROU | Andrei Rațiu |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Sergio Lozano |
| 32 | MF | ESP | Álex Baena |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 33 | DF | ESP | Pepe Castaño |
| 34 | FW | ESP | Fernando Niño |
| 36 | DF | ESP | Migue Leal |
| 37 | MF | ESP | Iván Martín |

### 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 | Jaume Costa (at Valencia until 30 June 2020) |
| — | DF | ESP | Enric Franquesa (at Mirandés until 30 June 2020) |
| — | DF | ESP | Álvaro González (at Marseille until 30 June 2020) |
| — | DF | ESP | Miguelón (at Huesca until 30 June 2020) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | Alfonso Pedraza (at Real Betis until 30 June 2020) |
| — | FW | QAT | Akram Afif (at Al-Sadd until 30 June 2020) |
| — | FW | ESP | Dani Raba (at Huesca until 30 June 2020) |
| — | FW | TUR | Enes Ünal (at Valladolid until 30 June 2020) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | From | Type | Fee |
| 30 June 2019 | Akram Afif | Al Sadd | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2019 | Ramiro Guerra | Gimnàstic | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2019 | Alfred N'Diaye | Málaga | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2019 | Rúben Semedo | Rio Ave | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2019 | Leo Suárez | Mallorca | Loan return | Loan return |
| 4 July 2019 | Raúl Albiol | Napoli | Transfer | €5M |
| 4 July 2019 | Rubén Peña | Eibar | Transfer | €8M |
| 9 July 2019 | Alberto Moreno | Liverpool | Transfer | Free |
| 18 July 2019 | Moi Gómez | Sporting Gijón | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 26 July 2019 | André-Frank Zambo Anguissa | Fulham | Loan | Loan |
| 20 August 2019 | Javi Ontiveros | Málaga | Transfer | €7.5M |
| 30 January 2020 | Paco Alcácer | Borussia Dortmund | Transfer | €23M |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Type | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | Akram Afif | Al Sadd | Loan | Loan |
| 1 July 2019 | Denis Cheryshev | Valencia | Buyout clause | €6M |
| 1 July 2019 | Pablo Fornals | West Ham United | Transfer | €28M |
| 1 July 2019 | Javi Fuego | Sporting Gijón | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2019 | Nicola Sansone | Bologna | Buyout clause | €7.5M |
| 1 July 2019 | Rúben Semedo | Olympiacos | Transfer | €4.5M |
| 1 July 2019 | Roberto Soriano | Bologna | Buyout clause | €7.5M |
| 11 July 2019 | Miguelón | Huesca | Loan | Loan |
| 16 July 2019 | Alfonso Pedraza | Real Betis | Loan | Loan |
| 19 July 2019 | Álvaro | Marseille | Loan | Loan |
| 5 August 2019 | Dani Raba | Huesca | Loan | Loan |
| 7 August 2019 | Víctor Ruiz | Beşiktaş | Transfer | €2.5M |
| 13 August 2019 | Jaume Costa | Valencia | Loan | Loan |
| 30 August 2019 | Alfred N'Diaye | Al-Shabab | Transfer | €6M |
| 2 January 2020 | Cristian Espinoza | San Jose Earthquakes | Buyout clause | €2.3M |
| 12 January 2020 | Leo Suárez | América | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 20 January 2020 | Karl Toko Ekambi | Lyon | Loan | Loan |
| 29 January 2020 | Santiago Cáseres | América | Loan | Loan |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 | 17 August 2019 | 19 July 2020 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 38 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 63 | 49 | +14 | 047.37 |
| Copa del Rey | 18 December 2019 | 5 February 2020 | First round | Quarter-finals | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 080.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 22 | 6 | 15 | 77 | 54 | +23 | 051.16 |
Source: Soccerway

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Atlético Madrid | 38 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 51 | 27 | +24 | 70 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Sevilla | 38 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 54 | 34 | +20 | 70 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 5 | Villarreal | 38 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 63 | 49 | +14 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 7 | Granada | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 52 | 45 | +7 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
* ↑ The 2020 Copa del Rey Final was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain and could not be completed by the UEFA registration deadline of 3 August 2020, so the fifth- and sixth-placed teams in the 2019–20 La Liga, Villarreal and Real Sociedad, entered the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League at the group stage, and the seventh-placed team, Granada, entered at the second qualifying round.

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 10 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches

The La Liga schedule was announced on 4 July 2019.

### Copa del Rey
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    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 | ESP | Sergio Asenjo | 34 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Andrés Fernández | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ARG | Mariano Barbosa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ESP | Mario Gaspar | 28 | 0 | 22+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Raúl Albiol | 38 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Pau Torres | 36 | 2 | 33+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ARG | Ramiro Funes Mori | 12 | 1 | 5+2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | ESP | Xavi Quintillà | 23 | 0 | 17+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ESP | Alberto Moreno | 19 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Rubén Peña | 30 | 2 | 21+5 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | MAR | Sofian Chakla | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | ESP | Migue Leal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | ESP | Santi Cazorla | 40 | 15 | 29+6 | 11 | 3+2 | 4 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Vicente Iborra | 37 | 1 | 33+1 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | NGA | Samuel Chukwueze | 41 | 4 | 20+17 | 3 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Manu Trigueros | 31 | 2 | 17+12 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ESP | Manu Morlanes | 13 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | CMR | André-Frank Zambo Anguissa | 39 | 2 | 28+8 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Bruno | 7 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Moi Gómez | 41 | 5 | 26+11 | 5 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ESP | Javi Ontiveros | 35 | 3 | 7+23 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Sergio Lozano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ESP | Álex Baena | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ESP | Gerard Moreno | 37 | 20 | 33+2 | 18 | 1+1 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | COL | Carlos Bacca | 23 | 5 | 7+12 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 17 | FW | ESP | Paco Alcácer | 14 | 4 | 11+2 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | ESP | Fernando Niño | 7 | 2 | 1+4 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 |
| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | ARG | Santiago Cáseres | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ARG | Leo Suárez | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | CMR | Karl Toko Ekambi | 19 | 6 | 11+7 | 6 | 1 | 0 |