2020–21 Albacete Balompié season

Albacete Balompié
2020–21 season
Owner	Skyline International
President	Georges Kabchi
Head coach	Lucas Alcaraz
Stadium	Estadio Carlos Belmonte
Segunda División	Preseason
Copa del Rey	Preseason
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 Albacete Balompié season is the club's 81st season in existence and the fourth consecutive season in the second division of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Albacete will participate in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey. The season covers the period from 21 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 February 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	BRA	Gabriel Brazão (on loan from Inter Milan)
2	DF	ESP	Álvaro Arroyo (Vice-Captain)
3	DF	ESP	Fran García
4	DF	ARG	Nico Gorosito
5	DF	ESP	Alberto Benito
6	MF	ESP	Diego Barri
7	MF	ESP	Néstor Susaeta (Captain)
8	FW	ESP	Manu Fuster
9	FW	ESP	David Querol (on loan from Cádiz)
10	FW	UKR	Roman Zozulya
11	MF	ESP	Álvaro Jiménez (on loan from Getafe)
12	MF	ESP	Jon Erice
13	GK	ESP	Tomeu Nadal


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	DF	ESP	Diego Caballo
15	FW	PAR	Javier Acuña
16	DF	ESP	José Antonio Caro
17	MF	FRA	Karim Azamoum
18	DF	ESP	Sergio Sánchez (on loan from Cádiz)
19	MF	ESP	Pedro Sánchez
20	MF	AZE	Eddi İsrafilov
21	FW	ESP	Dani Ojeda (on loan from Leganés)
22	MF	ESP	Chema (on loan from Almería)
23	DF	MNE	Ivan Kecojević
24	MF	ESP	Maikel Mesa (on loan from Las Palmas)
38	FW	ESP	Miguel Ángel

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	ESP	Víctor Segura
28	DF	ESP	Fer Navarro
29	MF	ESP	Fran Castillo
30	MF	GHA	Abdul Awudu


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
31	GK	ESP	Adrián Rodríguez
32	MF	ESP	Álvaro Hernáiz
37	DF	ESP	Luis Poblete

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	Ángel Moreno (on loan at Cultural Leonesa until 30 June 2020)
—	MF	CMR	Jean Jules Mvondo (on loan at Rayo Majadahonda until 30 June 2020)
—	MF	VEN	Yaimil Medina (on loan at Marbella until 30 June 2020)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ESP	Álvaro Peña (at Mirandés until 30 June 2020)
—	FW	ESP	Alfon (on loan at Getafe B until 30 June 2020)
—	FW	ESP	Alfredo Ortuño (on loan at Oviedo until 30 June 2020)

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Fee	Ref
15 August 2020	Bernabé Barragán	Gimnàstic de Tarragona	Transfer	Free	^[1]
29 September 2020	Diamanka	Girona FC	Loan		^[2]
13 August 2020	Javi Jiménez	Valencia CF	Loan		^[3]

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Fee	Ref
4 August 2020	José Antonio Caro	NK Osijek	Transfer	Free	^[4]
4 August 2020	Jon Erice	Hércules CF	Transfer	Free	^[5]
4 August 2020	Diego Barri	CD Badajoz	Transfer	Free	^[6]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

22 August 2020 Friendly	Albacete	Cancelled	Levante	Albacete, Spain
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Estadio Carlos Belmonte

28 August 2020 Friendly	Albacete	1–1	Castellón	Albacete, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva Andrés Iniesta Attendance: 0

5 September 2020 Friendly	Albacete	0–0	Leganés	Albacete, Spain
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva Andrés Iniesta Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overview

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 %
Segunda División	12 September 2020	23 May 2021	Matchday 1		16	2	5	9	9	20	−11	012.50
Copa del Rey	16 December 2020		First round	First round	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total					17	2	5	10	9	21	−12	011.76

Last updated: 16 December 2020
Source: Soccerway

Segunda División

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
18	Lugo	42	11	14	17	38	53	−15	47
19	Sabadell (R)	42	11	13	18	40	48	−8	46	Relegation to Primera División RFEF
20	UD Logroñés (R)	42	11	11	20	28	53	−25	44
21	Castellón (R)	42	11	8	23	35	54	−19	41
22	Albacete (R)	42	9	11	22	30	53	−23	38

Source: LaLiga
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored^[7]
(R) Relegated

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
22	5	6	11	15	27	−12	21	3	4	4	10	12	−2	2	2	7	5	15	−10

Last updated: 26 January 2021.
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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	W	W
Position	22	22	22	20	21	20	19	16	15	19	19	20	21	21	22	21	22	22	22	22	19	19

Updated to match(es) played on 26 January 2021. Source: La Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 31 August 2020.^[8]^[9]

12 September 2020 1	Espanyol	3–0	Albacete	Cornellà de Llobregat
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Melendo 14' Wu Lei 25' Embarba 90+1' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Saúl Ais Reig

20 September 2020 2	Albacete	0–2	Ponferradina	Albacete
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Kecojević 66' 89' Alberto Benito 68' Álvaro Peña 90+2'	Report	Sidibé 19' Manu Hernando 34' Yuri 42' Pablo Valcarce 71'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Belmonte Attendance: 0 Referee: Francisco Hernández Maeso

26 September 2020 3	Fuenlabrada	1–0	Albacete	Fuenlabrada
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Antonio Cristian 56' Ciss 65' Mikel Iribas 90+4'	Report	Boyomo 23' Ortuño 69' Zozulya 72'	Stadium: Estadio Fernando Torres Attendance: 0 Referee: Luis Milla Alvendiz

3 October 2020 4	Albacete	1–1	Real Oviedo	Albacete
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Gorosito 10' Manu Fuster 13' Kecojević 19' Diamanka 55' Álvaro Jiménez 74' Azamoum 88'	Report	Alejandro Arribas 11' 21' Juanjo Nieto 53' 64' Edgar González 54' Christian Fernández 85' Tejera 90+3'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Belmonte Attendance: 0 Referee: Rafael Sánchez López

11 October 2020 5	Real Zaragoza	1–0	Albacete	Zaragoza
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Íñigo Eguaras 65' Sergio Bermejo 68' Pichu Atienza 75' Narváez 88'	Report	Gorosito 44' Javi Navarro 73'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0 Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz

17 October 2020 6	Albacete	3–0	Sabadell	Albacete
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Álvaro Arroyo 34' Israfilov 51' Álvaro Peña 52' Zozulya 62' (pen.)	Report	Aleix Coch 61'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Belmonte Attendance: 0 Referee: Saúl Ais Reig

22 October 2020 7	Mallorca	0–0	Albacete	Palma de Mallorca
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sedlar 32' Cufré 45+1' Ndiaye 51'	Report	Álvaro Jiménez 32' Álvaro Arroyo 87'	Stadium: Visit Mallorca Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Juan Pulido Santana

25 October 2020 8	Albacete	2–1	Rayo Vallecano	Albacete
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Boyomo 43' Israfilov 47' Kecojević 60' Fran García 83'	Report	Catena 50' Isi Palazón 80'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Belmonte Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Trujillo Suárez

28 October 2020 9	Albacete	1–1	Las Palmas	Albacete
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fran García 37' Chema 90+2' Israfilov 90+7'	Report	Javi Castellano 45+3' Fabio González 53' Eric Curbelo 71' Maikel Mesa 83' 90' (pen.) Jonathan 90+3'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Belmonte Attendance: 0 Referee: David Gálvez Rascón

31 October 2020 10	FC Cartagena	3–1	Albacete	Cartagena
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rubén Castro 8' 41' David Andújar 32' de la Bella 64' Carrasquilla 86'	Report	Álvaro Jiménez 26' Israfilov 31' Álvaro Peña 57' Azamoum 59' Liberto Beltrán 66'	Stadium: Estadio Cartagonova Attendance: 0 Referee: Álvaro Moreno Aragón

6 November 2020 11	Albacete	0–0	Leganés	Albacete
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Israfilov 24' Zozulya 26' Alberto Benito 73' Álvaro Peña 77' Diamanka 84'	Report	Rubén Pérez 90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Belmonte Attendance: 0 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

14 November 2020 12	Lugo	1–0	Albacete	Lugo
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Edu Campabadal 40' Manu Barreiro 85' (pen.)	Report	Gorosito 8' Kecojević 90+4'	Stadium: Estadio Anxo Carro Attendance: 0 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

23 November 2020 13	Albacete	1–2	Almería	Albacete
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gorosito 15' Boyomo 53' Azamoum 70' Álvaro Jiménez 78' (pen.) 83' Tomeu Nadal 90+6'	Report	José Corpas 16' (pen.) Jorge Cuenca 26' 84' Manu Morlanes 34' Makaridze 77' Samuel Costa 82' Balliu 87' Sergio Akieme 90+1' Ramazani 90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Belmonte Attendance: 0 Referee: Juan Pulido Santana

26 November 2020 14	UD Logroñés	2–0	Albacete	Logroño
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Andy 10' (pen.) 66' Jaime Sierra 69' Acevedo 79' Enrique Clemente 90'	Report	Boyomo 43' Manu Fuster 47'	Stadium: Estadio Las Gaunas Attendance: 0 Referee: Oliver De La Fuente

29 November 2020 15	Albacete	0–2	Tenerife	Albacete
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Azamoum 32' Diego Caballo 56'	Report	Shashoua 67' Fran Sol 84'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Belmonte Attendance: 0 Referee: Miguel Ortíz Arias

3 December 2020 16	Sporting Gijón	0–0	Albacete	Gijón
21:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Kecojević 7' Boyomo 68' Sepp Mvondo 72' Gorosito 87'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 0 Referee: Rubén Ávalos Barrera฿

6 December 2020 17	Albacete	0–2	Girona	Albacete
18:15 CET (UTC+2)	Zozulya 34' Álvaro Arroyo 51' Carlos Isaac 87'	Report	Kecojević 66' (o.g.) Gumbau 69' Pablo Moreno 79'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Belmonte Attendance: 0 Referee: David Gálvez Rascón
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

12 December 2020 18	Castellón	3–0	Albacete	Castellón de la Plana
18:15 CET	Satrústegui 17' Marc Mateu 27' (pen.) Guillem Jaime 31' Carlos Delgado 52' Zlatanović 83' 90+1'	Report	Sepp Mvondo 9' Gorosito 29' Alberto Benito 29' Álvaro Jiménez 87' 87' Azamoum 88'	Stadium: Nou Estadi Castàlia Attendance: 0 Referee: Francisco José Hernández Maeso
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

21 December 2020 19	Mirandés	0–2	Albacete	Miranda de Ebro
19:00 CET	Víctor Gómez 69' Javi Muñoz 82'	Report	Diamanka 32' 70' Álvaro Peña 42' Boyomo 56' Ortuño 90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Anduva Attendance: 0 Referee: Rafael Sánchez López
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

3 January 2021 20	Albacete	1–1	Málaga	Albacete
18:15 CET	Kecojević 15' Ortuño 53' (pen.)	Report	Cristian Rodríguez 2' Jairo Samperio 50' Joaquín Muñoz 73'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Belmonte Attendance: 0 Referee: Jon Ander González Esteban
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

10 January 2021 21	Alcorcón	P–P	Albacete	Alcorcón
				Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Santo Domingo Attendance: 0
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

22 January 2021 22	Albacete	1–0	Real Zaragoza	Albacete
21:00 CET	Azamoum 13' Manu Fuster 26' (pen.) Álvaro Arroyo 82'	Report	Alejandro Francés 19' Carlos Vigaray 25' Narváez 40'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Belmonte Attendance: 0 Referee: Rubén Ávalos Barrera
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

26 January 2021 21	Alcorcón	1–2	Albacete	Alcorcón
19:00 CET	Hugo Fraile 42' José Carlos 45' Ernesto Gómez 52' José León 68'	Report	Israfilov 30' Sepp Mvondo 59' Álvaro Jiménez 69' (pen.) Boyomo 78'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Santo Domingo Attendance: 0 Referee: Juan Luis Pulido Santana
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

30 January 2021 23	Real Oviedo	–	Albacete	Oviedo
16:00 CET				Stadium: Estadio Carlos Tartiere Attendance: 0
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

Copa del Rey

16 December 2020 First round	Córdoba	1–0	Albacete	Córdoba
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gorosito 63' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Nuevo Arcángel Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

Statistics

Goalscorers

Notes

References

^ "Bernabé Barragán, nuevo jugador del Albacete Balompié". La Cerca. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
^ "Pape Maly Diamanka, nuevo jugador del Albacete Balompié". La Cerca. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
^ "Javi Jiménez, nuevo jugador del Albacete Balompié". La Cerca. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
^ "El exbético José Antonio Caro ficha por el Osijek croata". La Vanguardia. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
^ "Jon Erice y Javi Pérez afrontan con la máxima motivación su llegada al Hércules". Alicante Plaza. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
^ "El ex del Alba, Diego Barri, ficha por el Badajoz para las dos próximas temporadas". 5maseldescuento. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
^ "Reglamento General RFEF - Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos" (PDF). RFEF. 1 May 2015. p. 104. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
^ "Este será el calendario de Segunda División para la temporada 2020/21". rfef.es (in Spanish). 31 August 2020.
^ "Calendario de LaLiga Smartbank 2020/21". laliga.com (in Spanish). 31 August 2020.

External links

Official website

[1] "Bernabé Barragán, nuevo jugador del Albacete Balompié". La Cerca. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.

[2] "Pape Maly Diamanka, nuevo jugador del Albacete Balompié". La Cerca. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.

[3] "Javi Jiménez, nuevo jugador del Albacete Balompié". La Cerca. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.

[4] "El exbético José Antonio Caro ficha por el Osijek croata". La Vanguardia. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.

[5] "Jon Erice y Javi Pérez afrontan con la máxima motivación su llegada al Hércules". Alicante Plaza. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.

[6] "El ex del Alba, Diego Barri, ficha por el Badajoz para las dos próximas temporadas". 5maseldescuento. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.

[7] "Reglamento General RFEF - Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos" (PDF). RFEF. 1 May 2015. p. 104. Retrieved 30 June 2020.

[8] "Este será el calendario de Segunda División para la temporada 2020/21". rfef.es (in Spanish). 31 August 2020.

[9] "Calendario de LaLiga Smartbank 2020/21". laliga.com (in Spanish). 31 August 2020.

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