2015–16 Levante UD season

Levante UD
2015–16 season
President	Quico Catalán
Head coach	Lucas Alcaraz
Stadium	Ciutat de València
La Liga	20th (relegated)
Copa del Rey	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Deyverson (9); All: Deyverson (9)
Highest home attendance	22,424
Lowest home attendance	9,225
Average home league attendance	13,645
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season was the 108th season in Levante UD’s history and the 11th in the top-tier.^[2]

Current squad

As of 22 January 2016^[3]

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	Jesús
2	DF	ESP	Iván López
3	DF	ESP	Toño
4	DF	ESP	David Navarro (vice-captain)
5	MF	MOZ	Simão Mate
6	MF	ESP	Víctor Camarasa
7	MF	ESP	Verza
8	MF	COL	Jefferson Lerma (on loan from Atlético Huila)
10	MF	ESP	Rubén García
11	MF	ESP	José Luis Morales
12	DF	ESP	Juanfran (captain)
13	GK	ESP	Rubén


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	FW	ESP	Roger Martí
15	DF	GRE	Nikolaos Karabelas
16	DF	ESP	Ángel Trujillo
17	MF	ESP	Jordi Xumetra
18	FW	ESP	Víctor
19	DF	ESP	Pedro López
20	FW	BRA	Deyverson
21	FW	ITA	Giuseppe Rossi (on loan from Fiorentina)
22	MF	ESP	José Mari
23	FW	ALG	Nabil Ghilas (on loan from Porto)
24	DF	MAR	Zouhair Feddal
25	GK	ESP	Diego Mariño

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
—	MF	ESP	Jason (on loan at Albacete)
—	FW	BRA	Rafael Martins (on loan at Moreirense)

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
La Liga	Matchday 1		23 August 2015	15 May 2016
Copa del Rey	Round of 32	Round of 32	3 December 2015	15 December 2015

Updated to match played 8 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
La Liga	38	8	8	22	37	70	−33	021.05
Copa del Rey	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Total	40	8	9	23	39	73	−34	020.00

Last updated: 15 May 2016
Source: Competitions

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Granada	38	10	9	19	46	69	−23	39^[a]
17	Sporting Gijón	38	10	9	19	40	62	−22	39^[a]
18	Rayo Vallecano (R)	38	9	11	18	52	73	−21	38	Relegation to Segunda División
19	Getafe (R)	38	9	9	20	37	67	−30	36
20	Levante (R)	38	8	8	22	37	70	−33	32

Source: La Liga, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points; 7) Play-off.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Granada finished ahead of Sporting Gijón on head-to-head record; Granada 2–0 Sporting Gijón, Sporting Gijón 3–3 Granada.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	8	8	22	37	70	−33	32	7	5	7	23	26	−3	1	3	15	14	44	−30

Last updated: 15 May 2016.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Result round 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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	L
Position	16	13	14	19	16	19	18	18	20	20	20	19	20	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2016. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

23 August 2015 (2015-08-23) 1	Levante	1–2	Celta Vigo	Valencia
22:00 (UTC+2)	Simão Mate 5' Verza 55' Morales 90+5'	Report	Orellana 41' Johnny 42' Aspas 77' Guidetti 81'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 10,346 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

28 August 2015 (2015-08-28) 2	Las Palmas	0–0	Levante	Las Palmas
22:30 (UTC+2)	Culio 65' Mesa 86'	Report	Deyverson 50' Rubén 61' Juanfran 68' I. López 82'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 18,832 Referee: Pedro Pérez Montero

11 September 2015 (2015-09-11) 3	Levante	1–1	Sevilla	Valencia
20:30 (UTC+2)	Kakuta 5' Nzonzi 12' Konoplyanka 38' Trémoulinas 64'	Report	Camarasa 58' Juanfran 81' Ghilas 82'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 16,191 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

20 September 2015 (2015-09-20) 4	Barcelona	4–1	Levante	Barcelona
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bartra 50' Neymar 56' Messi 61' (pen.), 90'	Report	Verza 45' Víctor 66'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 76,013 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

23 September 2015 5	Levante	2–2	Eibar	Valencia
20:00 (UTC+2)	Morales 52' José Mari 83' Deyverson 90+1', 90+3'	Report	Borja 10', 48', 37' Juncà 36' Escalante 54' Capa 60' Ekiza 82'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 10,929 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

27 September 2015 6	Getafe	3–0	Levante	Getafe
18:15 (UTC+2)	Medrán 3' Noblejas 7' Vázquez 81', 90+2' Emi 90+1'	Report	Camarasa 21' Feddal 46' Toño 73'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 5,934 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

4 October 2015 (2015-10-04) 7	Levante	1–0	Villarreal	Valencia
18:15 (UTC+2)	Juanfran 19' Morales 50' Deyverson 83' José Mari 84' Rubén 90+2'	Report	Jokić 4' 36' Costa 60' Soldado 84' Ruiz 87'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 16,059 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 8	Real Madrid	3–0	Levante	Madrid
16:00 (UTC+2)	Marcelo 27' Ronaldo 30' Kovačić 45' Jesé 81'	Report	Feddal 13' Morales 38' Deyverson 48' José Mari 58'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 63,476 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

25 October 2015 (2015-10-25) 9	Levante	0–4	Real Sociedad	Valencia
12:00 (UTC+2)	Deyverson 21' 90' Feddal 48' Lerma 55' Roger 90+2'	Report	Vela 8', 84' González 13' Bergara 14' Agirretxe 35' Illarramendi 82' Berchiche 90+2'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 14,228 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 10	Valencia	3–0	Levante	Valencia
18:15 (UTC+2)	Pérez 28' Alcácer 64' (pen.) Gomes 66' Feghouli 72' Bakkali 80'	Report	García 36' Rubén 62'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 39,147 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) 11	Levante	1–1	Deportivo La Coruña	Valencia
18:15 (UTC+1)	Camarasa 53' Toño 62' Simão Mate 82' Víctor 84' García 90+2'	Report	Lucas 22' Borges 52' Navarro 76'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 13,695 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

22 November 2015 (2015-11-22) 12	Sporting Gijón	0–3	Levante	Gijón
12:00 (UTC+1)	Halilović 45' Canella 64' López 73' Cases 90+1'	Report	Deyverson 18', 44' Feddal 27' García 51' Rubén 60' Toño 61' P. López 83' Simão Mate 90+2'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 19,536 Referee: Mario Melero López

27 November 2015 (2015-11-27) 13	Levante	0–1	Real Betis	Valencia
20:30 (UTC+1)	Deyverson 14' Verza 44' Feddal 66' Roger 71' P. López 78' Juanfran 81'	Report	Castro 4' Cejudo 14' N'Diaye 37' Westermann 48' 79' Varela 80' Adán 90+3'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 13,957 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

7 December 2015 (2015-12-07) 14	Espanyol	1–1	Levante	Cornellà de Llobregat
20:30 (UTC+1)	Diop 42' Roco 49' Gerard 56', 87' Caicedo 60'	Report	Lerma 6', 15' P. López 75' Víctor 82' Toño 86' Xumetra 88'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 14,875 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 15	Levante	1–2	Granada	Valencia
18:15 (UTC+1)	Simão Mate 59', 66' Verza 72'	Report	Peñaranda 50', 88' Rico 65' Fernández 78'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 12,284 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

20 December 2015 (2015-12-20) 16	Athletic Bilbao	2–0	Levante	Bilbao
18:15 (UTC+1)	San José 55' Williams 82'	Report	Toño 37' Simão Mate 39' Feddal 63' P. López 74' Lerma 90+1'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 39,380 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

30 December 2015 (2015-12-30) 17	Levante	0–1	Málaga	Valencia
16:00 (UTC+1)	Simão Mate 21' Roger 35' Lerma 72' Navarro 77' P. López 87' Deyverson 88' Karabelas 90+2'	Report	Juan Carlos 1' Camacho 44' Duda 78', 84' Amrabat 88' Juanpi 89'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 12,094 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

2 January 2016 (2016-01-02) 18	Atlético Madrid	1–0	Levante	Madrid
20:30 (UTC+1)	Thomas 81'	Report	García 61' Xumetra 61' Feddal 90+3' Verza 90+4'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 43,417 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

9 January 2016 (2016-01-09) 19	Levante	2–1	Rayo Vallecano	Valencia
22:05 (UTC+1)	Feddal 34' Simão Mate 37' Deyverson 72', 72' Morales 81' Verza 85' Xumetra 90+3'	Report	Hernández 83' Guerra 89'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 10,589 Referee: Mario Melero López

16 January 2016 (2016-01-16) 20	Celta Vigo	4–3	Levante	Vigo
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bongonda 32' Guidetti 35', 40' Aspas 57' Orellana 84'	Report	Toño 31' Simão Mate 40' Deyverson 63' P. López 65' Camarasa 67' Lerma 68' Morales 89'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 17,080 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

25 January 2016 (2016-01-25) 21	Levante	3–2	Las Palmas	Valencia
20:30 (UTC+1)	Morales 25', 63' Toño 43' Deyverson 47', 57' 90+3' Xumetra 74'	Report	Mesa 24' Willian José 49', 66' Varas 57' Aythami 62' Wakaso 89'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 13,155 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

31 January 2016 (2016-01-31) 22	Sevilla	3–1	Levante	Seville
12:00 (UTC+1)	Gameiro 1' Iborra 47' Cristóforo 73' Konoplyanka 76'	Report	Toño 22' Rossi 55'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 33,487 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

7 February 2016 (2016-02-07) 23	Levante	0–2	Barcelona	Valencia
12:00 (UTC+1)	Feddal 23' Navarro 57' Lerma 66' I. López 83'	Report	Navarro 21' (o.g.) Piqué 28' Alves 63' Busquets 89' Suárez 90+2'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 22,638 Referee: Pedro Pérez Montero

14 February 2016 (2016-02-14) 24	Eibar	2–0	Levante	Eibar
18:15 (UTC+1)	García 35' Borja 37' Lillo 42' Adrián 58' Jota 90+1'	Report	Orbán 40' Xumetra 41'	Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 4,766 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

21 February 2016 (2016-02-21) 25	Levante	3–0	Getafe	Valencia
20:30 (UTC+1)	Morales 10' Rossi 43' (pen.) Deyverson 45+1' Verza 68' Verdú 81'	Report	Vergini 42' Guaita 45+1'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 13,665 Referee: José González González

28 February 2016 (2016-02-28) 26	Villarreal	3–0	Levante	Vilarreal
12:00 (UTC+1)	Baptistão 12' Castillejo 30' Adrián 48'	Report	Navarro 27' 56' Lerma 39' Verza 44'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 15,783 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

2 March 2016 27	Levante	1–3	Real Madrid	Valencia
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Deyverson 39'	Report	Ronaldo 34' (pen.) Mariño 38' (o.g.) Isco 90+2'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 19,725 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

6 March 2016 (2016-03-06) 28	Real Sociedad	1–1	Levante	San Sebastián
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Reyes 14' Prieto 45' Elustondo 52' Granero 83'	Report	Feddal 19' Deyverson 24' I. López 35' Verza 67'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 18,603 Referee: Pedro Pérez Montero

13 March 2016 29	Levante	1–0	Valencia	Valencia
12:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Simão Mate 61' Rossi 65' P. López 90+2'	Report	Parejo 14' Abdennour 49' Fuego 77' Mustafi 84'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 18,191 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

19 March 2016 (2016-03-19) 30	Deportivo	2–1	Levante	A Coruña
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Luis Alberto 43', 90' Mariño 85' (o.g.) Riera 88'	Report	Lerma 33' Rossi 50' Simão Mate 69' Verza 90'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 24,920 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

3 April 2016 (2016-04-03) 31	Levante	0–0	Sporting Gijón	Valencia
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Feddal 30' 90+4' Medjani 42' Verza 61' Camarasa 73' Lerma 84'	Report	Hernández 34' Lora 47' Cuéllar 78' Ndi 80'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 9,225 Referee: Mario Melero López

10 April 2016 (2016-04-10) 32	Real Betis	1–0	Levante	Seville
22:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	N'Diaye 35' Musonda 70' Bruno 80' Castro 81' Cejudo 90+2'	Report	P. López 82' Juanfran 89' José Mari 90+4'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 37,091 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

17 April 2016 (2016-04-17) 33	Levante	2–1	Espanyol	Valencia
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Deyverson 13' Rossi 23' Lerma 39' Medjani 66' Juanfran 72' Verza 78' Cuero 83'	Report	Pérez 7'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 16,192 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

20 April 2016 (2016-04-20) 34	Granada	5–1	Levante	Granada
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Success 25' El-Arabi 35' (pen.), 85' (pen.), 90', 86' Rochina 44', 57' Doucouré 58' Biraghi 63' Pérez 64' Costa 89'	Report	Rossi 15' Verza 34' Deyverson 42' Camarasa 84' Mariño 85' Simão Mate 85' 90'	Stadium: Los Cármenes Attendance: 19,843 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

24 April 2016 35	Levante	2–2	Athletic Bilbao	Valencia
12:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Víctor 13' Lerma 36' Etxeita 68' (o.g.) Juanfran 74'	Report	Balenziaga 71' Susaeta 88' San José 90+1'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 14,409 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

1 May 2016 (2016-05-01) 36	Málaga	3–1	Levante	Málaga
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Čop 30', 89' Albentosa 66' Camacho 77' Castro 90+3'	Report	Morales 42' Víctor 62' P. López 76' José Mari 77' Juanfran 82'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 17,654 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

8 May 2016 (2016-05-08) 37	Levante	2–1	Atlético Madrid	Valencia
18:00 CEST	Víctor 30' Juanfran 42' Rossi 90'	Report	Torres 2' Giménez 65'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 12,054 Referee: José González González

15 May 2016 (2016-05-15) 38	Rayo Vallecano	3–1	Levante	Madrid
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hernández 12' Trashorras 20' Amaya 59' Miku 73'	Report	Verza 60' (pen.), 90' Navarro 63' Deyverson 82'	Stadium: Campo de Vallecas Attendance: 12,547 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

References

^ ^a ^b "2015-2016 Levante Stats (La Liga)". FBref. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
^ "2015/16 la Liga Teams by la Liga Santander".
^ "Primer equipo" [First team] (in Spanish). Levante UD. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014.

External links

Official website (in Spanish)

[table_hth_SPO0.48578799911113-4] Granada finished ahead of Sporting Gijón on head-to-head record; Granada 2–0 Sporting Gijón, Sporting Gijón 3–3 Granada.

[Goals-1] "2015-2016 Levante Stats (La Liga)". FBref. Retrieved 23 January 2021.

[2] "2015/16 la Liga Teams by la Liga Santander".

[3] "Primer equipo" [First team] (in Spanish). Levante UD. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014.

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