2014–15 Villarreal CF season

Villarreal CF
2014–15 season
President	Fernando Roig
Head coach	Marcelino
Stadium	El Madrigal
La Liga	6th
Copa del Rey	Semi-finals
UEFA Europa League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Luciano Vietto (12); All: Luciano Vietto (20)
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The 2014–15 Villarreal CF season was the club's 91st season in club history and its 15th in the top-tier. During the season, Villarreal competed in La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Europa League.

Squad

As of June 2014..^[1]^[2]

Squad and statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Liga		Copa
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ESP	Sergio Asenjo	40	0	34	0	6	0
2	DF	ESP	Mario	40	3	34	3	6	0
3	DF	SVN	Bojan Jokić	7	0	7	0	0	0
4	MF	ESP	Tomás Pina	30	0	22	0	8	0
5	DF	ARG	Mateo Musacchio	17	3	14	3	3	0
6	MF	MEX	Jonathan dos Santos	14	1	14	1	0	0
7	FW	ARG	Luciano Vietto	36	12	32	12	4	0
8	FW	NGA	Ikechukwu Uche	26	6	23	6	3	0
9	FW	MEX	Giovani dos Santos	34	2	27	1	7	1
10	MF	ESP	Cani	9	0	9	0	0	0
11	MF	PAR	Hernán Pérez	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	ESP	Manu Trigueros	40	3	33	1	7	2
15	DF	ESP	Víctor Ruiz	33	0	25	0	8	0
16	DF	ESP	José Dorado	21	0	15	0	6	0
17	MF	RUS	Denis Cheryshev	32	5	26	4	6	1
18	DF	ESP	Jaume Costa	36	1	29	1	7	0
19	MF	ESP	Moi Gómez	38	4	31	4	7	0
20	DF	BRA	Gabriel	21	0	19	0	2	0
21	MF	ESP	Bruno	29	3	24	2	5	1
22	DF	SRB	Antonio Rukavina	28	0	21	0	7	0
24	MF	ESP	Javier Espinosa	8	1	6	1	2	0
25	GK	ESP	Juan Carlos	7	0	5	0	2	0
-	FW	ESP	Jonathan Pereira	0	0	-	-	-	-
-	DF	ESP	Pablo Íñiguez	0	0	-	-	-	-
-	DF	SRB	Aleksandar Pantić	0	0	-	-	-	-
-	MF	MEX	Javier Aquino	0	0	-	-	-	-

Transfers

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
La Liga	Matchday 1	6th	24 August 2014	23 May 2015
Copa del Rey	Round of 32	Semi-finals	4 December 2014	4 March 2015
UEFA Europa League	Play-off round	Round of 16	21 August 2014	19 March 2015

Updated to match played 23 May 2015
Source: Competitions

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Valencia	38	22	11	5	70	32	+38	77	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5	Sevilla	38	23	7	8	71	45	+26	76	Qualification for the Champions League group stage^[a]
6	Villarreal	38	16	12	10	48	37	+11	60	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[b]
7	Athletic Bilbao	38	15	10	13	42	41	+1	55	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[b]
8	Celta Vigo	38	13	12	13	47	44	+3	51

Source: La Liga
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair-play points; 7) playoff match^[3]
Notes:

^ Sevilla qualified for the Champions League group stage by winning the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League. As a result, the fifth-placed spot for the Europa League group stage they earned was vacated without replacement as per UEFA regulations.
^ ^a ^b Since the winners of the 2014–15 Copa del Rey, Barcelona, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the sixth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.

Matches

Kickoff times are in CET. Win Draw Loss

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	16	12	10	48	37	+11	60	12	1	6	29	17	+12	4	11	4	19	20	−1

Last updated: 23 May 2015.
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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	L	D	W	D	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	D	L	D	D	D	L	D	W	W	L
Position	4	8	5	5	7	7	7	6	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2015. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

24 August 2014 1	Levante	0–2	Villarreal	Valencia
23:00 CEST	López 84'	Report	Costa 47' Uche 52', 56' G. Dos Santos 74' Cheryshev 85'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 19,000 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

31 August 2014 2	Villarreal	0–1	Barcelona	Villarreal
19:00 CEST		Report	Pedro 37' Alves 42' Sandro 82'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 21,200 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

14 September 2014 3	Granada	0–0	Villarreal	Granada
21:00 CEST	Machís 60' Córdoba 87' Nyom 90+3'	Report	Vietto 71' Trigueros 78'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

21 September 2014 4	Villarreal	4–2	Rayo Vallecano	Villarreal
17:00 CEST	Espinosa 31', 33' Musacchio 62' Rukavina 73' Vietto 74', 87'	Report	Kakuta 22' Bueno 29', 69' Insúa 77'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 15,050 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

24 September 2014 5	Eibar	1–1	Villarreal	Eibar
20:00 CEST	Arruabarrena 8' Nieto 28' Minero 34' Lillo 70' Albentosa 90+1'	Report	Pina 8' Gabriel 28' Cheryshev 50' Gerard 71' Gómez 83'	Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 4,231 Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

27 September 2014 6	Villarreal	0–2	Real Madrid	Villarreal
16:00 CEST		Report	Modrić 32' Ramos 38' Ronaldo 40'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 22,146 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

5 October 2014 7	Celta Vigo	1–3	Villarreal	Vigo
17:00 CEST	Fontàs 26' 86' Larrivey 44' Krohn-Dehli 70' Orellana 83' Madinda 89'	Report	Gómez 32', 33', 57' Marín 35' Gabriel 50' Cani 90' Mario 90+1'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

19 October 2014 8	Villarreal	2–0	Almería	Villarreal
21:00 CEST	Uche 23', 59' Costa 26' Trigueros 39' Gabriel 56' Mario 74' Cheryshev 75'	Report	Azeez 30' Verza 80'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

26 October 2014 9	Sevilla	2–1	Villarreal	Seville
19:00 CEST	Carriço 9' Trémoulinas 64' Mbia 73' Suárez 88' Bacca 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Cheryshev 21' Gómez 27' Mario 67' Vietto 79' G. Dos Santos 85'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 34,500 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

2 November 2014 10	Villarreal	1–3	Valencia	Villarreal
17:00 CET	Mario 54' Dorado 72' Trigueros 88'	Report	Trigueros 6' (o.g.) Otamendi 47' Rodrigo 60' Mustafi 64', 73' Gayà 80'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Pedro Pérez Montero

9 November 2014 11	Espanyol	1–1	Villarreal	Cornellà de Llobregat
17:00 CET	Álvarez 16' García 83' Stuani 83' Colotto 90'	Report	Mario 26' Trigueros 36' Cheryshev 43' Costa 51'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

23 November 2014 12	Villarreal	2–1	Getafe	Villarreal
21:00 CET	Mario 38' Gerard 43'	Report	Lacen 61'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 19,500 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

30 November 2014 13	Córdoba	0–2	Villarreal	Córdoba
19:00 CET		Report	Vietto 24' Uche 71'	Stadium: Nuevo Arcángel Attendance: 15,998 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

7 December 2014 14	Villarreal	4–0	Real Sociedad	Villarreal
19:00 CET	Vietto 41' Costa 48' Bruno 63' Cheryshev 73' Gómez 80', 86'	Report	De la Bella 35' I. Martínez 67'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

14 December 2014 15	Atlético Madrid	0–1	Villarreal	Madrid
19:00 CET	Turan 28' Mandžukić 41' Juanfran 44' Koke 88'	Report	Uche 17' J. Dos Santos 41' Trigueros 55' Vietto 84'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Pedro Pérez Montero

21 December 2014 16	Villarreal	3–0	Deportivo La Coruña	Villarreal
12:00 CET	J. Dos Santos 10' Vietto 68', 73' Bruno 75' Pina 80'	Report	Sidnei 56' Toché 61' Lopo 70'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 16,000 Referee: José González González

3 January 2015 17	Elche	2–2	Villarreal	Elche
20:00 CET	Jonathas 26', 38' Pašalić 29' Rodríguez 35' Pelegrín 48' Cisma 74'	Report	Ruiz 7' Vietto 12' Uche 17' Costa 49'	Stadium: Manuel Martínez Valero Attendance: 18,283 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

10 January 2015 18	Málaga	1–1	Villarreal	Málaga
18:00 CET	Samu 50' Angeleri 55' Duda 59' Amrabat 60' Torres 71'	Report	Cheryshev 10' Ruiz 29' Trigueros 36' J. Dos Santos 45+1' Gabriel 84'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 23,500 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

17 January 2015 19	Villarreal	2–0	Athletic Bilbao	Villarreal
20:00 CET	Cheryshev 42', 77' Bruno 56', 83' (pen.)	Report	Etxeita 54' San José 76'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 19,300 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

24 January 2015 20	Villarreal	1–0	Levante	Villarreal
22:00 CET	Vietto 56'	Report	Vyntra 29' El Zhar 75' Camarasa 88'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 11,000 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

1 February 2015 21	Barcelona	3–2	Villarreal	Barcelona
21:00 CET	Neymar 45' Rafinha 53', 63' Messi 55'	Report	Bruno 23' Cheryshev 30' J. Dos Santos 41' Vietto 51'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 60,0005 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

7 February 2015 22	Villarreal	2–0	Granada	Villarreal
18:00 CET	Musacchio 30' Dorado 76' J. Dos Santos 87' Gerard 90+2'	Report	Pérez 82'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 12,419 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

15 February 2015 23	Rayo Vallecano	2–0	Villarreal	Madrid
19:00 CET	Fatau 44' Bueno 51' Kakuta 69' Amaya 72'	Report	Pina 36' Campbell 82'	Stadium: Campo de Vallecas Attendance: 10,914 Referee: Pedro Pérez Montero

22 February 2015 24	Villarreal	1–0	Eibar	Villarreal
19:00 CET	Vietto 71' Costa 89' Rukavina 90+2'	Report		Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Mario Melero López

1 March 2015 25	Real Madrid	1–1	Villarreal	Madrid
21:00 CET	Ronaldo 52' (pen.)	Report	Gerard 64'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 75,108 Referee: José González González

8 March 2015 26	Villarreal	4–1	Celta Vigo	Villarreal
19:00 CET	G. Dos Santos 41' Musacchio 45+1' Vietto 73' Gerard 84'	Report	Fernández 50' Nolito 75' Fontàs 77'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 14,366 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

15 March 2015 27	Almería	0–0	Villarreal	Almería
12:00 CET	Mauro 32' 40' Corona 34' Vélez 64' Verza 78'	Report	Rukavina 15' Dorado 23' Costa 37' 55' Gerard 54' Pina 85'	Stadium: Mediterráneo Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

22 March 2015 28	Villarreal	0–2	Sevilla	Villarreal
17:00 CET	Gómez 67' Musacchio 77'	Report	Coke 49' Vitolo 65' Navarro 74'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

5 April 2015 29	Valencia	0–0	Villarreal	Valencia
17:00 CEST	Parejo 38' Otamendi 89'	Report	Mario 21' Vietto 31' Bailly 87'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 49,545 Referee: Mario Melero López

9 April 2015 30	Villarreal	0–3	Espanyol	Villarreal
22:00 CEST	Pina 34'	Report	Caicedo 24', 68' Álvaro 34' Sánchez 79'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

12 April 2015 31	Getafe	1–1	Villarreal	Getafe
12:00 CEST	Rodríguez 61' Castro 64' Naldo 82'	Report	Trigueros 26' Bailly 39' Uche 52' (pen.) Rukavina 56' Musacchio 65' G. Dos Santos 70' Costa 78'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 6,000 Referee: José Teixeira Vitienes

19 April 2015 32	Villarreal	0–0	Córdoba	Villarreal
19:00 CEST	Bailly 90+2'	Report	Crespo 18' Abel 86' Héldon 87' Gunino 90+3'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Prieto

25 April 2015 33	Real Sociedad	0–0	Villarreal	San Sebastián
22:00 CEST	González 81'	Report	J. Dos Santos 45+1' Ruiz 46' Trigueros 58' Juan Carlos 72'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 17,073 Referee: Jesús Gil Fernández

29 April 2015 34	Villarreal	0–1	Atlético Madrid	Villarreal
22:00 CEST		Report	Gabi 41' Gámez 55' Torres 74' Oblak 77' Miranda 87' Juanfran 89'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 18,800 Referee: José González González

2 May 2015 35	Deportivo La Coruña	1–1	Villarreal	A Coruña
22:00 CEST	Borges 50' Riera 68'	Report	Mario 39' Bailly 45' Costa 48' Jokić 62' Ruiz 74' Gómez 80'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 20,817 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

10 May 2015 36	Villarreal	1–0	Elche	Villarreal
17:00 CEST	Campbell 26' Trigueros 66'	Report	Jonathas 25' Roco 90+4'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

17 May 2015 37	Villarreal	2–1	Málaga	Villarreal
19:00 CEST	G. Dos Santos 69' Vietto 73' Gerard 82', 87' Rukavina 86'	Report	Darder 76', 90'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

23 May 2015 38	Athletic Bilbao	4–0	Villarreal	Bilbao
18:30 CEST	Aduriz 25' (pen.), 60' Iraola 28' Beñat 36'	Report	Jokić 24'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 43,276 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

4 December 2014 First leg	Cádiz	1–2	Villarreal	Cádiz
20:00 CET	Josete 22' Arregi 47', 63' Airam 50' Sánchez 85'	Report	Gerard 17' Matías Nahuel 21' Puerto 54' Marín 58'	Stadium: Ramón de Carranza Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Prieto

17 December 2014 Second leg	Villarreal	3–0 (5–1 agg.)	Cádiz	Villarreal
22:00	Trigueros 55' (pen.) Gerard 78', 88'	Report		Stadium: El Madrigal Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

Round of 16

7 January 2015 first leg	Villarreal	1–0	Real Sociedad	Villarreal
20:00 CET	Costa 14' Cheryshev 72'	Report	Berchiche 76' Canales 85'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Jesús Gil Fernández

14 January 2015 Second leg	Real Sociedad	2–2 (2–3 agg.)	Villarreal	San Sebastián
20:00	Pardo 14' Vela 45', 56' I. Martínez 50' Berchiche 50' Granero 74'	Report	Musacchio 20' 82' Gerard 26', 70' Matías Nahuel 62' G. Dos Santos 70', 72' Cheryshev 89'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

Quarter-finals

21 January 2015 first leg	Villarreal	1–0	Getafe	Villarreal
20:00 CET	Bruno 85'	Report	Felip 42' J. Rodríguez 43'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

29 January 2015 Second leg	Getafe	0–1 (0–2 agg.)	Villarreal	Getafe
20:00	Pedro León 67'	Report	Rukavina 33' Asenjo 61' Gerard 78' Cheryshev 89'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

Semi-finals

11 February 2015 First leg	Barcelona	3–1	Villarreal	Barcelona
20:00 CET	Messi 41' Iniesta 49' Piqué 64' Suárez 86'	Report	Trigueros 48' Pina 66' Ruiz 70' Musacchio 70'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

4 March 2015 Second leg	Villarreal	1–3 (2–6 agg.)	Barcelona	Villarreal
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	J. Dos Santos 36', 39' Cheryshev 38' Pina 65' Campbell 82'	Report	Neymar 3', 88' Piqué 50' Suárez 73'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 23,600 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

UEFA Europa League

Playoff

21 August 2014 First leg	Astana	0–3	Villarreal	Astana
18:00	Postnikov 20' Aničić 26' 60'	Report	Cani 33' G. Dos Santos 48' Costa 55' Mario 84'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 27,500 Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

28 August 2014 Second leg	Villarreal	4–0 (7–0 agg.)	Astana	Villarreal
20:45	Vietto 21', 54' Pina 30' Bruno 61' (pen.) Matías Nahuel 67'	Report	Dzholchiev 18' Shomko 37' Twumasi 60'	Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 11,564 Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)

Group stage

Template:2014–15 UEFA Europa League Group A

18 September 2014 1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–1	Villarreal	Mönchengladbach
19:00	Herrmann 21'	Report	Pina 19' Uche 68'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

2 October 2014 Match 2	Villarreal	4–0	Apollon Limassol	Villarreal
21:05	Gerard 8', 82' Espinosa 44', 51'	Report		Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 12,630 Referee: Arnold Hunter (Northern Ireland)

23 October 2014 Match 3	Villarreal	4–1	Zürich	Villarreal
21:05	Cani 6' Vietto 57' Bruno 60', 63' G. Dos Santos 78'	Report	Schönbächler 43' Kukeli 51' Etoundi 76'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 14,092 Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)

6 November 2014 Match 4	Zürich	3–2	Villarreal	Zürich
19:00	Etoundi 21' Djimsiti 26' Chikhaoui 29' Rossini 90+2'	Report	J. Dos Santos 15' Pina 19' Gerard 24'	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

27 November 2014 Match 5	Villarreal	2–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Villarreal
21:05	Vietto 26' Bruno 39' Cheryshev 63' Trigueros 68'	Report	Brouwers 17' Raffael 55' Xhaka 67', 77'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

11 December 2014 Match 6	Apollon Limassol	0–2	Villarreal	Nicosia
19:00	Rezek 81'	Report	Rukavina 21' Gerard 35' Vietto 40' Uche 69' Costa 71'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Serge Gumienny (Germany)

Round of 32

19 February 2015 First leg	Villarreal	2–1	Red Bull Salzburg	Villarreal
21:05	Uche 32' Pina 38' Cheryshev 54' Campbell 84' Costa 90+2'	Report	Ilsanker 18' Soriano 48' (pen.) Schwegler 53' Ramalho 75'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

26 February 2015 Second leg	Red Bull Salzburg	1–3	Villarreal	Salzburg
19:00 CET	Djuricin 18' Hinteregger 49' Shwegler 66'	Report	Vietto 33', 76' Musacchio 33' Pina 34' Trigueros 56' G. Dos Santos 79' J. Dos Santos 85'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 26,020

Round of 16

12 March 2015 First leg	Villarreal	1–3	Sevilla	Villarreal
21:05	Costa 20' Gómez 35' Vietto 48' Campbell 66'	Report	Vitolo 1' Krychowiak 9' Mbia 26' Gameiro 50' Vidal 90+2'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 19,930 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

19 March 2015 Second leg	Sevilla	2–1 (5–2 agg.)	Villarreal	Seville
21:05 CET	Iborra 69' Suárez 83'	Report	Vietto 22' Bailly 29' 77' Pina 58' Musacchio 66' G. Dos Santos 73' Mario 84'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

References

^ "Villarreal". LFP. 2014.
^ Soccerway - Villarreal
^ "Reglamento General" (PDF). www.[[LNFS|publisher=Royal Spanish Football Federation|trans-title=General Regulations|access-date=26 March 2015|lnfs]].es (in Spanish).

[table_note_res_ELTH0.44785710584738-3] Sevilla qualified for the Champions League group stage by winning the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League. As a result, the fifth-placed spot for the Europa League group stage they earned was vacated without replacement as per UEFA regulations.

[table_note_res_ELGS0.44785710584738-4] Since the winners of the 2014–15 Copa del Rey, Barcelona, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the sixth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.

[vilarreal-1] "Villarreal". LFP. 2014.

[2] Soccerway - Villarreal

[5] "Reglamento General" (PDF). www.[[LNFS|publisher=Royal Spanish Football Federation|trans-title=General Regulations|access-date=26 March 2015|lnfs]].es (in Spanish).

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