2018–19 Villarreal CF season

Villarreal
2018–19 season
President	Fernando Roig
Head coach	Javier Calleja; (until 10 December); Luis García; (from 10 December to 29 January); Javier Calleja; (from 30 January)
Stadium	Estadio de la Cerámica
La Liga	14th
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
UEFA Europa League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Karl Toko Ekambi (10); All: ; Karl Toko Ekambi (18)
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 season was Villarreal Club de Fútbol's 96th season in existence and the club's 6th 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 and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Players

As of 4 September 2018^[1]

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	Álvaro
4	DF	ARG	Ramiro Funes Mori
5	MF	ARG	Santiago Cáseres
6	DF	ESP	Víctor Ruiz
7	FW	ESP	Gerard
8	MF	ESP	Pablo Fornals
9	FW	COL	Carlos Bacca
10	FW	ITA	Nicola Sansone
11	DF	ESP	Jaume Costa
13	GK	ESP	Andrés Fernández
14	MF	ESP	Manu Trigueros


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	ESP	Miguelón
16	MF	ESP	Alfonso Pedraza
17	FW	CMR	Karl Toko Ekambi
18	MF	ESP	Javi Fuego
19	MF	ESP	Santi Cazorla
20	MF	CHI	Manuel Iturra
21	MF	ESP	Bruno (captain)
22	MF	ESP	Dani Raba
23	DF	ITA	Daniele Bonera
24	DF	MEX	Miguel Layún
25	GK	ARG	Mariano Barbosa
28	MF	ESP	Manu Morlanes

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
30	MF	NGA	Samuel Chukwueze
40	MF	GHA	Emmanuel Lomotey (on loan from Extremadura)

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	Ander Cantero (at Rayo Majadahonda until 30 June 2019)
—	DF	ESP	Juan Ibiza (at Almería until 30 June 2019)
—	DF	ESP	Pau Torres (at Málaga until 30 June 2019)
—	DF	POR	Ivan Abramovic (at Huesca until 30 June 2019)
—	MF	SEN	Alfred N'Diaye (at Málaga until 30 June 2019)
—	MF	ESP	Chuca (at Elche until 30 June 2019)
—	MF	URU	Ramiro Guerra (at Gimnàstic until 30 June 2019)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	RUS	Denis Cheryshev (at Valencia until 30 June 2019)
—	MF	ARG	Leo Suárez (at Valladolid until 30 June 2019)
—	MF	ITA	Roberto Soriano (at Torino until 30 June 2019)
—	FW	QAT	Akram Afif (at Al Sadd until 30 June 2019)
—	FW	ARG	Cristian Espinoza (at Boca Juniors until 31 December 2018)
—	FW	TUR	Enes Ünal (at Valladolid until 30 June 2019)

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Fee	Ref
6 June 2018	Karl Toko Ekambi	Angers	Transfer	€18,000,000	^[2]
12 June 2018	Gerard	Espanyol	Transfer	€20,000,000	^[3]
21 June 2018	Ramiro Funes Mori	Everton	Transfer	€20,000,000	^[4]
30 June 2018	Akram Afif	Al Sadd	Loan return		^[5]
30 June 2018	Cristian Espinoza	Boca Juniors	Loan return		^[6]
30 June 2018	Alfred N'Diaye	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Loan return		^[7]
30 June 2018	Matías Nahuel	Barcelona B	Loan return		^[8]
30 June 2018	Alfonso Pedraza	Alavés	Loan return		^[9]
11 July 2018	Miguel Layún	Porto	Transfer	€4,000,000	^[10]
16 July 2018	Santiago Cáseres	Vélez Sarsfield	Transfer	€10,000,000	^[11]
9 August 2018	Santi Cazorla	Unattached	Transfer	Free	^[12]
17 August 2018	Carlos Bacca	Milan	Transfer	€7,000,000	^[13]

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Fee	Ref
24 May 2018	Rodri	Atlético Madrid	Transfer	€20,000,000	^[14]
13 June 2018	Roger Martínez	Jiangsu Suning	Loan return		^[15]
30 June 2018	Salem Al-Dawsari	Al-Hilal	Loan return		^[16]
30 June 2018	Carlos Bacca	Milan	Loan return		^[17]
4 July 2018	Antonio Rukavina	Astana	Transfer	Free	^[18]
19 July 2018	Rúben Semedo	Huesca	Loan		^[19]
6 August 2018	Pau Torres	Málaga	Loan		^[20]
9 August 2018	Adrián Marín	Alavés	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[21]
10 August 2018	Alfred N'Diaye	Málaga	Loan		^[22]
14 August 2018	Denis Cheryshev	Valencia	Loan		^[23]
17 August 2018	Samu Castillejo	Milan	Transfer	€25,000,000	^[24]
17 August 2018	Roberto Soriano	Torino	Loan	€1,000,000	^[25]
19 August 2018	Leo Suárez	Valladolid	Loan		^[26]
19 August 2018	Enes Ünal	Valladolid	Loan		^[27]
21 August 2018	Ramiro Guerra	Gimnàstic	Loan		^[28]
31 August 2018	Matías Nahuel	Olympiacos	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[29]

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
La Liga	18 August 2018	19 May 2019	Matchday 1	14th	38	10	14	14	49	52	−3	026.32
Copa del Rey	1 November 2018	17 January 2019	Round of 32	Round of 16	4	1	2	1	14	8	+6	025.00
UEFA Europa League	20 September 2018	18 April 2019	Group stage	Quarter-finals	12	5	5	2	20	13	+7	041.67
Total					54	16	21	17	83	73	+10	029.63

Source: Competitions

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Eibar	38	11	14	13	46	50	−4	47
13	Leganés	38	11	12	15	37	43	−6	45
14	Villarreal	38	10	14	14	49	52	−3	44^[a]
15	Levante	38	11	11	16	59	66	−7	44^[a]
16	Valladolid	38	10	11	17	32	51	−19	41^[b]

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 (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)^[30]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Villarreal finished ahead of Levante on head-to-head points: Villarreal 1–1 Levante, Levante 0–2 Villarreal.
^ Valladolid finished ahead of Celta Vigo on head-to-head points: Celta Vigo 3–3 Valladolid, Valladolid 2–1 Celta Vigo.

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	10	14	14	49	52	−3	44	5	8	6	28	26	+2	5	6	8	21	26	−5

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	L	D	D	D	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	D
Position	16	13	18	14	14	9	12	16	16	17	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	18	15	14	14	14	15	14	14

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

18 August 2018 1	Villarreal	1–2	Real Sociedad	Villarreal
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Gerard 16' Morlanes 36' Cáseres 67'	Report	Willian José 40' Hernandez 51' Juanmi 71', 75' Zaldúa 77'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 15,900 Referee: Mario Melero López

26 August 2018 2	Sevilla	0–0	Villarreal	Seville
22:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Mercado 44' Sarabia 81' Kjær 90+2'	Report	Mario Gaspar 5' Costa 88'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 35,831 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

31 August 2018 3	Villarreal	0–1	Girona	Villarreal
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Trigueros 75' Mario Gaspar 85' Sansone 89'	Report	Alcalá 23' Stuani 54' Benítez 56'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 15,452 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

16 September 2018 4	Leganés	0–1	Villarreal	Leganés
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Silva 27' Nyom 64' Pérez 82' Bustinza 90+4'	Report	Costa 45' Mario Gaspar 48' Bacca 65' Ruiz 90+4'	Stadium: Municipal de Butarque Attendance: 9,775 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

23 September 2018 5	Villarreal	0–0	Valencia	Villarreal
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Costa 38' Layún 63' Funes Mori 84' Mario Gaspar 90'	Report	Diakhaby 22' Parejo 58'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 18,373 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

26 September 2018 6	Athletic Bilbao	0–3	Villarreal	Bilbao
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	De Marcos 73'	Report	Fornals 65' Ruiz 76' Funes Mori 80' Toko Ekambi 89'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 39,672 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

30 September 2018 7	Villarreal	0–1	Valladolid	Villarreal
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Mario Gaspar 35' Bacca 45' Cazorla 60'	Report	Čop 36' Suárez 53' Kiko 82' Nacho 85'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 15,602 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

7 October 2018 8	Espanyol	3–1	Villarreal	Cornellà de Llobregat
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	David López 5' Pérez 7' Hermoso 45' Darder 79', 90' Piatti 90+2'	Report	Miguelón 33' Toko Ekambi 45' Funes Mori 47'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 20,032 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

20 October 2018 9	Villarreal	1–1	Atlético Madrid	Villarreal
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Iturra 31' Álvaro 44' Mario Gaspar 65' Pedraza 68'	Report	Juanfran 28' Filipe Luís 51'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 17,518 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

28 October 2018 10	Alavés	2–1	Villarreal	Vitoria-Gasteiz
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Calleri 51' Duarte 73' Borja 90+4'	Report	Gerard 10' Funes Mori 27'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 13,083 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

4 November 2018 11	Villarreal	1–1	Levante	Villarreal
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Costa 30' Cáseras 39' Pedraza 90+3' Álvaro 90+4'	Report	Jason 31' Rochina 37' Funes Mori 77' (o.g.) Bardhi 78'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 16,855 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

11 November 2018 12	Rayo Vallecano	2–2	Villarreal	Madrid
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Amat 44' De Tomás 45' García 66'	Report	Chukwueze 33' Álvaro 61' 90+2' Sansone 80' Trigueros 87'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 11,840 Referee: José Luis González González

25 November 2018 13	Villarreal	2–1	Real Betis	Villarreal
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Gerard 52' Chukwueze 54' Morlanes 72' Ruiz 89'	Report	Canales 89' Lo Celso 90'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 16,028 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

2 December 2018 14	Barcelona	2–0	Villarreal	Barcelona
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Lenglet 18' Piqué 36' Alba 69' Aleñá 87'	Report	Ruiz 11' Álvaro 26' Fornals 90' Pedraza 90+1'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 73,003 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

9 December 2018 15	Villarreal	2–3	Celta Vigo	Villarreal
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Cáseras 14' Álvaro 39' Mario Gaspar 48' Bacca 83', 87'	Report	Méndez 44' Yokuşlu 49', 76' Gómez 51', 85' Blanco 90+3'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 15,720 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

16 December 2018 16	Huesca	2–2	Villarreal	Huesca
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ávila 16' Hernández 44' (pen.) Insua 53' Pulido 73' Longo 90+4', 90+4'	Report	Trigueros 42' Mario Gaspar 43' 65' Bacca 63' (pen.), 66' Gerard 81' Cáseres 90+4'	Stadium: El Alcoraz Attendance: 6,455 Referee: David Medié Jiménez

3 January 2019 17	Villarreal	2–2	Real Madrid	Villarreal
21:30 CET (UTC+1)	Cazorla 4', 82' Álvaro 45' Costa 90+1'	Report	Benzema 7' Varane 20' Casemiro 41' Ramos 89'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 19,903 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes
Note: The match, originally scheduled for 22 December 2018, was moved because of Real Madrid's involvement in the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup.

6 January 2019 18	Eibar	0–0	Villarreal	Eibar
12:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Funes Mori 58' Fuego 69'	Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 4,141 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

12 January 2019 19	Villarreal	1–2	Getafe	Villarreal
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Álvaro 29' Gerard 36' Costa 39' Cabrera 75' (o.g.) Toko Ekambi 85' Funes Mori 89'	Report	Foulquier 13' Arambarri 30' Molina 52' Ángel 89', 90+3'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 13,671 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

20 January 2019 20	Villarreal	1–1	Athletic Bilbao	Villarreal
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Funes Mori 37' Iborra 54' Mario Gaspar 57' Álvaro 62' Toko Ekambi 71'	Report	Costa 18' (o.g.) Beñat 40'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 17,054 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

26 January 2019 21	Valencia	3–0	Villarreal	Valencia
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Diakhaby 4' Cheryshev 51' Gayà 72' Rodrigo 86'	Report	Ruiz 15' Iborra 26' Mario Gaspar 76'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 37,685 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

3 February 2019 22	Villarreal	2–2	Espanyol	Villarreal
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bonera 4' Iborra 37', 86' Fornals 40' Funes Mori 53' Cazorla 65' (pen.)	Report	Sánchez 39' Vilà 60' Hermoso 64' Bonera 75' (o.g.) Rosales 81', 82' Darder 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 15,476 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

8 February 2019 23	Valladolid	0–0	Villarreal	Valladolid
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Plano 8' Alcaraz 56' Hervías 65'	Report	Funes Mori 29' Cazorla 42'	Stadium: José Zorrilla Attendance: 16,842 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

17 February 2019 24	Villarreal	3–0	Sevilla	Villarreal
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Toko Ekambi 12', 45' Álvaro 20', 52' Mario Gaspar 68' Funes Mori 81' Pedraza 86'	Report	Mesa 60'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 17,402 Referee: José Luis González González

24 February 2019 25	Atlético Madrid	2–0	Villarreal	Madrid
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Morata 31' Saúl 88'	Report	Álvaro 66' Cáseres 70' Ruiz 79'	Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano Attendance: 59,114 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

2 March 2019 26	Villarreal	1–2	Alavés	Villarreal
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Cazorla 61' (pen.) Álvaro 71' Ruiz 89'	Report	Calleri 30' Jony 40' Maripán 54' Laguardia 65' Inui 77'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 15,488 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

10 March 2019 27	Levante	0–2	Villarreal	Valencia
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Cabaco 36' Campaña 76' Rochina 85'	Report	Mario Gaspar 23' Gerard 39' Toko Ekambi 60' Funes Mori 69' Iborra 82' Róber 90+3' (o.g.) Chukwueze 90+6'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 20,149 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

17 March 2019 28	Villarreal	3–1	Rayo Vallecano	Villarreal
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Funes Mori 44' Toko Ekambi 50', 52' Ruiz 79' Álvaro 82' Gerard 88'	Report	Suárez 20' Velázquez 51' Gálvez 66' Amat 82'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 17,117 Referee: José Luis González González

30 March 2019 29	Celta Vigo	3–2	Villarreal	Vigo
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Aspas 50', 86' (pen.) Mallo 61' Gómez 71'	Report	Toko Ekambi 11' Pedraza 15', 44' Mario Gaspar 50' Ruiz 60'	Stadium: Abanca-Balaídos Attendance: 22,315 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

2 April 2019 30	Villarreal	4–4	Barcelona	Villarreal
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Chukwueze 23' Álvaro 36' 86' Funes Mori 45' Toko Ekambi 50' Iborra 62' Bacca 80' Cáseres 90+1'	Report	Coutinho 12' Malcom 16' Busquets 39' Lenglet 42' Vidal 77' Aleñá 83' Messi 84', 90' Roberto 85' Suárez 90+1', 90+3'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 19,515 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

7 April 2019 31	Real Betis	2–1	Villarreal	Seville
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Lo Celso 11', 63' Jesé 45' Feddal 79' Carvalho 90+5' Tello 90+6'	Report	Funes Mori 13' Chukwueze 20' Ruiz 35' Cáseres 52' Mario Gaspar 90+3'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 28,475 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

14 April 2019 32	Girona	0–1	Villarreal	Girona
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Juanpe 74' Pons 79'	Report	Chukwueze 7', 76' Fornals 51' Mario Gaspar 87' Cáseres 90+5' Funes Mori 90+6'	Stadium: Montilivi Attendance: 11,535 Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

21 April 2019 33	Villarreal	2–1	Leganés	Villarreal
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bacca 64' Toko Ekambi 80' Fernández 90' Cáseres 90+1'	Report	El Zhar 87' (pen.) Omeruo 90'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 14,661 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

25 April 2019 34	Real Sociedad	0–1	Villarreal	San Sebastián
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Navas 24' Oyarzabal 79'	Report	Funes Mori 42' Toko Ekambi 68' Iborra 78' Gerard 85'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 20,060 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

28 April 2019 35	Villarreal	1–1	Huesca	Villarreal
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mario Gaspar 7' Fornals 30', 40' Toko Ekambi 56' Cáseres 75' Quintillà 90+1'	Report	Galán 53' Ávila 78' Herrera 86' Pulido 90+2'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 17,901 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

5 May 2019 36	Real Madrid	3–2	Villarreal	Madrid
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Mariano 2', 49' Vallejo 40'	Report	Gerard 11' Funes Mori 43' Álvaro 84' Iborra 89' Costa 90+4'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 46,294 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

12 May 2019 37	Villarreal	1–0	Eibar	Villarreal
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Toko Ekambi 59' Mario Gaspar 76' Gerard 90+4' Bacca 90+5'	Report	Cucurella 64' José Ángel 90+4'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 17,901 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

18 May 2019 38	Getafe	2–2	Villarreal	Getafe
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Portillo 13' Maksimović 57', 76' Suárez 90+2'	Report	Álvaro 22' Fernández 22' Iborra 44', 46' Gerard 87'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 13,579 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

1 November 2018 First leg	Almería	3–3	Villarreal	Almería
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Trujillo 43' Chema 52' (pen.) Gassama 86', 90+1' Eteki 90+4'	Report	Mario Gaspar 49' Cazorla 67' Callejón 78' (o.g.) Chukwueze 83'	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 8,004 Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

5 December 2018 Second leg	Villarreal	8–0 (11–3 agg.)	Almería	Villarreal
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Toko Ekambi 23', 30', 36', 47' Bacca 45', 83' (pen.) Gerard 67' Raba 89'	Report	Adri 40' Arzura 81'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 12,739 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

Round of 16

9 January 2019 First leg	Villarreal	2–2	Espanyol	Villarreal
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Costa 9' Cáseres 41' Raba 64' Toko Ekambi 85' Bacca 89'	Report	Darder 15' A. López 71' Roca 90+4'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 12,207 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

17 January 2019 Second leg	Espanyol	3–1 (5–3 agg.)	Villarreal	Barcelona
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Da. López 34' Piatti 34' (pen.) Iglesias 37' (pen.), 74' Vilà 58'	Report	Cáseres 29' Bacca 34' Layún 40' Chukwueze 42' Fuego 90+2'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 11,171 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	VIL	RW	RAN	SPM
1	Villarreal	6	2	4	0	12	5	+7	10^[a]	Advance to knockout phase	—	5–0	2–2	2–0
2	Rapid Wien	6	3	1	2	6	9	−3	10^[a]	Advance to knockout phase	0–0	—	1–0	2–0
3	Rangers	6	1	3	2	8	8	0	6		0–0	3–1	—	0–0
4	Spartak Moscow	6	1	2	3	8	12	−4	5		3–3	1–2	4–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Villarreal 4, Rapid Wien 1.

20 September 2018 1	Villarreal	2–2	Rangers	Villarreal, Spain
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)	Bacca 1' Gerard 69' Miguelón 72'	Report	Goldson 17' Arfield 67' Lafferty 76' Dorrans 90+3'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 15,982 Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

4 October 2018 2	Spartak Moscow	3–3	Villarreal	Moscow, Russia
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Zé Luís 34' (pen.), 82' Dzhikiya 81' Fernando 83' Melgarejo 85' Rasskazov 87'	Report	Toko Ekambi 13' Fornals 49' Sansone 52' Gerard 81' Cazorla 90+6' (pen.)	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 21,264 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

25 October 2018 3	Villarreal	5–0	Rapid Wien	Villarreal, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Trigueros 21' Fornals 26' Toko Ekambi 30' Cáseres 41' Barać 45' (o.g.) Raba 63' Costa 73' 79' Gerard 85'	Report	Murg 24'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 14,158 Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)

8 November 2018 4	Rapid Wien	0–0	Villarreal	Vienna, Austria
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Schwab 75' Berisha 86' Sonnleitner 87'	Report	Cáseres 43' Layún 45' Pedraza 62' Fornals 85'	Stadium: Allianz Stadion Attendance: 22,100 Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

29 November 2018 5	Rangers	0–0	Villarreal	Glasgow, Scotland
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Candeias 36' 45+1' Flanagan 90' Middleton 90+5'	Report	Mario Gaspar 35' Álvaro 90+1'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 50,171 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

13 December 2018 6	Villarreal	2–0	Spartak Moscow	Villarreal, Spain
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Chukwueze 11' Toko Ekambi 48' Álvaro 71' Costa 90' Fernández 90+2'	Report	Lomovitsky 22' Zé Luís 85' Dzhikiya 90' Kutepov 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 12,903 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

Knockout phase

Round of 32

14 February 2019 First leg	Sporting CP	0–1	Villarreal	Lisbon, Portugal
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Acuña 6' 76' Luís 15' Raphinha 45+2' Fernandes 90+3' Phellype 90+4'	Report	Pedraza 3' Fernández 72' Cáseres 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 27,134 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

21 February 2019 Second leg	Villarreal	1–1 (2–1 agg.)	Sporting CP	Villarreal, Spain
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Gerard 51' Fornals 80'	Report	Jefferson 35' 50' Fernandes 45+1' Ilori 51'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 14,098 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

Round of 16

7 March 2019 First leg	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–3	Villarreal	Saint Petersburg, Russia
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Azmoun 35' Barrios 37' Smolnikov 76'	Report	Costa 14' Iborra 33' Gerard 64' Miguelón 68' Morlanes 71'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 51,826 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

14 March 2019 Second leg	Villarreal	2–1 (5–2 agg.)	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Villarreal, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gerard 29' Bacca 47' Ruiz 52' Costa 82'	Report	Shatov 56' Ivanović 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 14,027 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Quarter-finals

11 April 2019 First leg	Villarreal	1–3	Valencia	Villarreal, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cazorla 28', 36' (pen.) Álvaro 62' Quintillà 84'	Report	Guedes 6', 90+3' Gayà 39' Wass 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 17,605 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

18 April 2019 Second leg	Valencia	2–0 (5–1 agg.)	Villarreal	Valencia, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lato 13' Parejo 54' Coquelin 88'	Report	Raba 24' Pedraza 34' Funes Mori 53' Ratiu 61'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 26,403 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 19 May 2019.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ESP	Sergio Asenjo	32	0	32	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK	ESP	Andrés Fernández	22	0	6	0	4	0	12	0
25	GK	ARG	Mariano Barbosa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ESP	Mario Gaspar	40	1	30+1	1	1	0	8	0
3	DF	ESP	Álvaro	41	1	33	1	1	0	7	0
4	DF	ARG	Ramiro Funes Mori	42	2	29+2	2	1	0	9+1	0
6	DF	ESP	Víctor Ruiz	33	0	22	0	1	0	10	0
11	DF	ESP	Jaume Costa	29	1	18+3	1	2	0	6	0
15	DF	ESP	Miguelón	16	0	5+3	0	2+1	0	4+1	0
23	DF	ITA	Daniele Bonera	11	0	4+1	0	3	0	3	0
33	DF	ESP	Pepe Castaño	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
38	DF	ROU	Andrei Rațiu	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
39	DF	ESP	Xavi Quintillà	9	0	7	0	1	0	1	0
Midfielders
5	MF	ARG	Santiago Cáseres	34	0	17+6	0	2	0	7+2	0
8	MF	ESP	Pablo Fornals	50	5	28+7	2	0+3	0	10+2	3
10	MF	ESP	Vicente Iborra	25	4	19	3	0+1	0	3+2	1
14	MF	ESP	Manu Trigueros	34	0	18+6	0	2+1	0	6+1	0
16	MF	ESP	Alfonso Pedraza	45	4	22+12	3	2+1	0	6+2	1
18	MF	ESP	Javi Fuego	11	0	3+2	0	2	0	3+1	0
19	MF	ESP	Santi Cazorla	46	7	30+5	4	1	1	3+7	2
21	MF	ESP	Bruno	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	ESP	Dani Raba	17	2	2+6	0	4	1	4+1	1
28	MF	ESP	Manu Morlanes	16	1	7+3	0	1	0	3+2	1
30	MF	NGA	Samuel Chukwueze	38	8	19+7	5	2+1	2	5+4	1
37	MF	ESP	Iván Martín	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	ESP	Gerard Moreno	49	13	25+10	8	0+3	1	7+4	4
9	FW	COL	Carlos Bacca	43	11	12+21	6	3	3	4+3	2
17	FW	CMR	Karl Toko Ekambi	43	18	24+10	10	2	5	5+2	3
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
10	FW	ITA	Nicola Sansone	7	1	0+3	1	1	0	3	0
20	MF	CHI	Manuel Iturra	4	0	1+2	0	1	0	0	0
24	DF	MEX	Miguel Layún	15	0	5+3	0	4	0	2+1	0
-	MF	URU	Ramiro Guerra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	FW	ARG	Leonardo Suárez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	FW	TUR	Enes Ünal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	FW	ESP	Matías Nahuel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

References

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[table_hth_VIL0.4044213045409-30] Villarreal finished ahead of Levante on head-to-head points: Villarreal 1–1 Levante, Levante 0–2 Villarreal.

[table_hth_VLD0.4044213045409-31] Valladolid finished ahead of Celta Vigo on head-to-head points: Celta Vigo 3–3 Valladolid, Valladolid 2–1 Celta Vigo.

[table_hth_VIL0.64556710778063-33] Head-to-head points: Villarreal 4, Rapid Wien 1.

[1] "Primer equipo" [First team] (in Spanish). Villarreal CF. Archived from the original on 8 September 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2015.

[2] "Mercato : Karl Toko Ekambi (Angers) attendu à Villarreal" (in French). France Football. 6 June 2018.

[3] "Everton defender Ramiro Funes Mori joins Villarreal on four-year deal". Sky Sports. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.

[Gerard_Moreno-4] "Gerard Moreno joins Villarreal". Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.

[5] "Al Sadd sign Afif on loan from Spanish side Villarreal". Gulf Times. 31 January 2018.

[6] "Cristian Espinoza jugará en Boca Juniors hasta junio de 2018" (in Spanish). Marca. 7 July 2017.

[7] "Alfred N'Diaye: Wolves sign Villarreal midfielder on loan". BBC Sport. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.

[8] "Agreement with Villarreal CF for the loan of Nahuel Leiva". FC Barcelona. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.

[Alfonso_Pedraza-9] "Alfonso jugará cedido en el Deportivo Alavés" [Alfonso will play on loan at Deportivo Alavés] (in Spanish). Villarreal CF. 5 July 2017. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.

[10] "Welcome, Layún!". Villarreal CF. Retrieved 12 July 2018.

[11] "Welcome, Cáseres!". Villarreal CF. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.

[12] "Cazorla: "El Villarreal siempre ha sido mi casa"" [Cazorla: "Villarreal has always been my home"]. Villarreal CF (in Spanish). 9 August 2018. Archived from the original on 10 August 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.

[13] "Web oficial del Villarreal CF - Acuerdo con el AC Milan por Bacca y Castillejo". Archived from the original on 17 August 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.

[Rodri-14] "Acuerdo con el Villarreal para el traspaso de Rodri" [Agreement with Villarreal for the transfer of Rodri] (in Spanish). Atlético Madrid. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.

[15] Mata, Javier (7 January 2018). "El Villarreal confirma la cesión del delantero Roger Martínez". AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 January 2018.

[16] Wilcox, Gregory (30 May 2018). "Salem al-Dawsari: the winger who represents a new breed of Saudi player". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 31 May 2018.

[17] "Welcome, Bacca!". villarrealcf.es. Villarreal. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.

[18] "Астана подписала контракт с Антонио Рукавина". FC Astana (in Russian). FC Astana. 4 July 2018. Archived from the original on 8 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.

[Rúben_Semedo-19] "Semedo jugará en la SD Huesca" [Semedo will play at SD Huesca] (in Spanish). SD Huesca. 19 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.

[Pau_Torres-20] "Pau Torres: "La oferta del Málaga CF era irrechazable"" (in Spanish). La Opinión de Málaga. 8 August 2018.

[Adrián_Marín-21] "El Villarreal traspasa a Adrián Marín al Alavés" (in Spanish). El Periódico Mediterráneo. 9 August 2018.

[Alfred_N'Diaye-22] "N'Diaye, potencia y fuerza para la medular" (in Spanish). Málaga CF. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.

[Denis_Cheryshev-23] "Club statement: Denis Cheryshev". Valencia CF. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.

[24] "Official announcement: Samuel Castillejo & Diego Laxalt". A.C. Milan. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.

[25] "UFFICIALE: Torino, arriva Soriano dal Villarreal" (in Italian). Retrieved 17 August 2018.

[Leonardo_Suárez-26] "Leo Suárez, talento para el centro del campo" [Leo Suárez, talent for the midfield] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2018.

[Enes_Ünal-27] "Valladolid Enes Ünal transferini açıkladı" (in Turkish). NTVSpor. 19 August 2018.

[Ramiro_Guerra_Pereyra-28] "Ramiro Guerra, nuevo jugador del Nàstic" [Ramiro Guerra, new player of Nàstic] (in Spanish). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 21 August 2018. Archived from the original on 22 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.

[29] "Μεταγραφικό... χτύπημα με Ναουέλ ο Ολυμπιακός!". www.gazzetta.gr. 31 August 2018.

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