2018–19 Granada CF season

Granada CF
2018–19 season
President	Jiang Lizhang
Head coach	Diego Martínez
Stadium	Los Cármenes
Segunda División	2nd (Promoted)
Copa del Rey	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Antonio Puertas (10 goals); All: ; Antonio Puertas (10 goals)
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 season was the 33rd season in Segunda División played by Granada CF, a Spanish football club based in Granada, Andalusia. It covers a period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Squad

As of 1 September 2018 ^[1]

No.	Name	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Joined	Signed From	Transfer Fee	Ends
Goalkeepers
1	Rui Silva	Maia	(1994-02-07) 7 February 1994 (age 30)	2017	Nacional	€1M	2021
13	Javi Varas	Seville	(1982-09-10) 10 September 1982 (age 42)	2017	Las Palmas	Free	2019
25	Aarón Escandell	Carcaixent	(1995-09-27) 27 September 1995 (age 29)	2017	Recreativo Granada	Free	2020
Defenders
3	Álex Martínez	Seville	(1990-08-12) 12 August 1990 (age 34)	2017	Betis	Free	2019
5	José Antonio Martínez	La Palma del Condado	(1993-02-12) 12 February 1993 (age 31)	2018	Eibar	Loan	2019
6	Germán Sánchez	San Fernando	(1986-10-31) 31 October 1986 (age 38)	2017	Tenerife	€100k	2019
16	Víctor Díaz	Seville	(1988-06-12) 12 June 1988 (age 36)	2017	Leganés	Free	2019
17	Quini	Fernán Núñez	(1989-09-24) 24 September 1989 (age 35)	2017	Rayo Vallecano	Free	2020
21	Pablo Vázquez	Gandia	(1994-10-07) 7 October 1994 (age 30)	2017	Recreativo Granada	Free	2020
22	Adri Castellano	Córdoba	(1994-01-26) 26 January 1994 (age 30)	2017	Recreativo Granada	Free	2020
Midfielders
4	Fran Rico	Sanxenxo	(1987-08-03) 3 August 1987 (age 37)	2011	Real Madrid Castilla	€1M	2020
8	Fede San Emeterio	Mazcuerras	(1997-03-16) 16 March 1997 (age 27)	2018	Valladolid	Loan	2019
15	Nicolás Aguirre	Chabás	(1990-06-27) 27 June 1990 (age 34)	2018	Chongqing Dangdai	Free	2019
19	Ángel Montoro	Valencia	(1988-06-25) 25 June 1988 (age 36)	2017	Las Palmas	Free	2020
23	Alberto Martín	Don Benito	(1989-03-31) 31 March 1989 (age 35)	2017	Leganés	Free	2019
24	José Antonio González	Puente Genil	(1995-12-20) 20 December 1995 (age 29)	2017	Recreativo Granada	Free	2020
Forwards
7	Álvaro Vadillo	Puerto Real	(1994-09-12) 12 September 1994 (age 30)	2018	Huesca	Free	2020
9	Alejandro Pozo	Huévar del Aljarafe	(1999-02-22) 22 February 1999 (age 25)	2018	Sevilla Atlético	Loan	2019
10	Antonio Puertas	Benahadux	(1992-02-21) 21 February 1992 (age 32)	2017	Almería	Free	2020
11	Rodri	Soria	(1990-06-06) 6 June 1990 (age 34)	2018	Cultural Leonesa	€70k	2020
14	Fede Vico	Córdoba	(1994-07-04) 4 July 1994 (age 30)	2018	Leganés	Loan	2019
20	Adrián Ramos	Santander de Quilichao	(1989-04-04) 4 April 1989 (age 35)	2017	Chongqing Dangdai	Undisclosed	2019

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
4	MF	Fran Rico	30	EU	Eibar	Loan Return	Summer	2020
	MF	Martin Hongla	20	Non-EU	Barcelona B	Loan Return	Summer	2021
	MF	Rubén Pérez	29	EU	Leganés	Loan Return	Summer	2019
	MF	Rene Krhin	28	EU	Nantes	Loan Return	Summer	2019
	DF	Luís Martins	26	EU	Marítimo	Loan Return	Summer	2018
	MF	Mehdi Carcela	28	EU	Standard Liège	Loan Return	Summer	2020
7	MF	Álvaro Vadillo	23	EU	Huesca	Transfer	Summer	2020	Free	GranadaCF.es
11	FW	Rodri	28	EU	Cultural Leonesa	Transfer	Summer	2020	€70k	GranadaCF.es
25	GK	Aarón Escandell	22	EU	Recreativo Granada	Promoted	Summer	2020	Youth system
22	DF	Adri Castellano	24	EU	Recreativo Granada	Promoted	Summer	2020	Youth system	GranadaCF.es
24	MF	José Antonio González	22	EU	Recreativo Granada	Promoted	Summer	2020	Youth system	GranadaCF.es
21	DF	Pablo Vázquez	23	EU	Recreativo Granada	Promoted	Summer	2020	Youth system	GranadaCF.es
15	MF	Nicolás Aguirre	28	Non-EU	Chongqing Dangdai	Transfer	Summer	2019	Free	GranadaCF.es
14	MF	Fede Vico	24	EU	Leganés	Loan	Summer	2019	Free	GranadaCF.es
5	DF	José Antonio Martínez	25	EU	Eibar	Loan	Summer	2019	Free	GranadaCF.es
18	MF	Fede San Emeterio	21	EU	Valladolid	Loan	Summer	2019	Free	GranadaCF.es
9	FW	Alejandro Pozo	19	EU	Sevilla Atlético	Loan	Summer	2019	Free	GranadaCF.es

Out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
21	MF	Andrew Hjulsager	23	EU	Celta	Loan Return	Summer
9	FW	Rey Manaj	21	Non-EU	Internazionale	Loan return	Summer
14	DF	Urtzi Iriondo	23	EU	Athletic Bilbao	Loan Return	Summer
24	MF	Javier Espinosa	25	EU	Levante	Loan return	Summer
4	MF	Salvador Agra	26	EU	Benfica	Loan Return	Summer
12	MF	Pierre Kunde	22	Non-EU	Atlético Madrid	Loan Return	Summer
	MF	Mehdi Carcela	29	EU	Standard Liège	Transfer	Summer	€2.5M	Standard.be
	DF	Luís Martins	28	EU	Chaves	Transfer	Summer	Free	GDChaves.pt
	MF	Rene Krhin	28	EU	Nantes	Transfer	Summer	€300k	FCNantes.com
2	DF	Chico	31	EU	Rubin Kazan	Transfer	Summer	Free	Rubin-Kazan.ru
15	MF	Pedro	31	EU	Deportivo La Coruña	Transfer	Summer	Free	RCDeportivo.es
	MF	Rubén Pérez	29	EU	Leganés	Transfer	Summer	Free	CDLeganes.com
11	FW	Darwin Machís	25	EU	Udinese	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Udinese.it
5	DF	Hernán Menosse	31	Non-EU	Belgrano	Transfer	Summer	Free	BelgranoCordoba.com
22	MF	Sergio Peña	22	Non-EU	Tondela	Loan	Summer	Free	CDTondela.pt
20	DF	Matthieu Saunier	28	EU	Lorient	Transfer	Summer	€300k	FCLWeb.fr
18	FW	Joselu	27	EU	Oviedo	Transfer	Summer	€220k	RealOviedo.es
8	MF	Raúl Baena	29	EU	Melbourne Victory	Loan	Summer	Free	AS

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

20 July 2018 Friendly	Marbella	0–1	Granada	Marbella
20:00 CEST		Report	Juancho 31'	Stadium: Municipal

25 July 2018 Training	Granada	2–0	Jaén	Granada
19:30 CEST	Adrián Ramos Joselu	Report		Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva GCF

27 July 2018 Friendly	Extremadura	0–2	Granada	Marbella
19:30 CEST		Report	Puertas 35' Raúl Baena 69' (pen.)	Stadium: Marbella Football Center Attendance: 100

1 August 2018 Friendly	Granada	0–0	Getafe	Orihuela
19:30 CEST		Report		Stadium: Real Club de Golf Campoamor Resort Attendance: 100

5 August 2018 Friendly	Elche	0–0	Granada	Orihuela
19:30 CEST		Report		Stadium: Real Club de Golf Campoamor Resort Attendance: 50

6 August 2018 Friendly	Cartagena	3–2	Granada	Cartagena
21:00 CEST	Aketxe 5' Fito Miranda 47' Igor Paim 75'	Report	Rodri 55' Mauro 87' (o.g.)	Stadium: Cartagonova

11 August 2018 Trofeo Ciudad de Granada	Granada	0–0 (3–4 p)	Málaga	Granada
20:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 5,000
	Penalties
	Rodri José Antonio Germán Fede Vico Juancho		Adrián González Iván Jaime Juan Cruz Pau Torres Ricca

Competitions

Segunda División

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Osasuna (C, P)	42	26	9	7	59	35	+24	87	Promotion to La Liga
2	Granada (P)	42	22	13	7	52	28	+24	79	Promotion to La Liga
3	Málaga	42	21	11	10	51	31	+20	74	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Albacete	42	19	14	9	54	38	+16	71
5	Mallorca (O, P)	42	19	12	11	53	37	+16	69

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^[2]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

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
34	17	10	7	40	22	+18	61	10	5	2	21	9	+12	7	5	5	19	13	+6

Last updated: 27 January 2019.
Source: LaLiga.es

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	39	40	41	42
Ground	A	H	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	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	L
Position	15	13	7	6	3	4	2	2	2	3	2	1	1	3	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	5	5	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3

Updated to match(es) played on 27 January 2019. Source: LaLiga.es
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

18 August 2018 1	Elche	0–0	Granada	Elche
19:00 CEST	Gonzalo Villar 41' Gonzalo Verdú 76'	Report	Nicolás Aguirre 18' Quini 82' Álex Martínez 90+1'	Stadium: Martínez Valero Attendance: 11,026 Referee: Santiago Varón Aceitón

26 August 2018 2	Granada	1–1	Lugo	Granada
20:30 CEST	Antonio Puertas 27' Fede Vico 37' Quini 58' Vadillo 90+1'	Report	Bernardo 19' Fernando Seoane 62' Kravets 68' Lazo 74'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 8,321 Referee: Aitor Gorostegui Fernández-Ortega

2 September 2018 3	Granada	2–0	Osasuna	Granada
18:00 CEST	Adrián Ramos 7' Pozo 53' Vadillo 62' (pen.) Víctor Díaz 86'	Report	Oier 70'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 8,727 Referee: Daniel Jesús Trujillo Suárez

9 September 2018 4	Extremadura	1–3	Granada	Almendralejo
18:00 CEST	Pardo 6' Kike Márquez 29' Álex Barrera 38' Enric Gallego 59'	Report	Antonio Puertas 3', 67' 30' Quini 43' Fede San Emeterio 55' Montoro 87' Pozo 89'	Stadium: Francisco de la Hera Attendance: 9,343 Referee: José Antonio López Toca

16 September 2018 5	Granada	3–0	Rayo Majadahonda	Granada
20:00 CEST	Antonio Puertas 21', 64' Martínez 45' Fede Vico 74'	Report	Enzo 4' Rafa 27' Luso 33' Iza Carcelén 89'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 9,100 Referee: Rubén Ávalos Barrera

24 September 2018 6	Deportivo La Coruña	2–1	Granada	A Coruña
21:00 CEST	Quique 68' (pen.), 77' Pablo Marí 89'	Report	Montoro 90+1'	Stadium: Abanca-Riazor Attendance: 13,822 Referee: Álvaro Moreno Aragón

29 September 2018 7	Granada	4–2	Córdoba	Granada
18:00 CEST	Fede Vico 7' Vadillo 20' Montoro 54' Rodri 90' 90+3'	Report	Piovaccari 10' Jaime 39' Jovanović 41' Aythami 50' Quezada 51' Bambock 85'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 9,965 Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez

7 October 2018 8	Reus	1–2	Granada	Reus
12:00 CEST	Gus Ledes 45' Linares 49' Ángel Bastos 68'	Report	Víctor Díaz 28' Aarón 51' Antonio Puertas 75' Montoro 86' Rui Silva 90+2'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 2,475 Referee: David Pérez Pallas

14 October 2018 9	Granada	1–0	Mallorca	Granada
20:45 CEST	Pozo 31' Antonio Puertas 65' Víctor Díaz 71'	Report	Manolo Reina 36' Salva Sevilla 65' Gámez 76' Álex López 90+1'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 9,479 Referee: Juan Luis Pulido Santana

20 October 2018 10	Alcorcón	1–0	Granada	Alcorcón
18:00 CEST	Eddy Silvestre 36' Nono 42' Juan Muñoz 58' (pen.)	Report	Víctor Díaz 59' Adrián Ramos 57' Álex Martínez 57' Montoro 68' Fede Vico 90+5'	Stadium: Santo Domingo Attendance: 2,946 Referee: Isidro Díaz de Mera Escuderos

27 October 2018 11	Granada	1–0	Almería	Granada
18:00 CEST	Antonio Puertas 44' Rodri 44' Germán 45' Pozo 89' Montoro 90+2'	Report	Juan Carlos 45' Eteki 68'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 10,254 Referee: Dámaso Arcediano Monescillo

4 November 2018 12	Real Zaragoza	0–2	Granada	Zaragoza
20:30 CET	Alberto Benito 37' 43' Álvarez 45+1'	Summary	Fede Vico 16' Álvaro Vadillo 38' Fede 47' Montoro 62'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 19,368 Referee: Iñaki Bikandi Garrido

11 November 2018 13	Granada	0–0	Numancia	Granada
12:00 CET	Aguirre 69' Diego Martínez 90+5'	Summary	Pichu Atienza 42' Yeboah 61' 70' Diamanka 69' Alejandro Sanz 72' Jordi Sánchez 86' Aritz López Garai 90+5'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 13,364 Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

16 November 2018 14	Las Palmas	2–2	Granada	Las Palmas
21:00 WET, CET	Rubén Castro 43' Araujo 79' Cala 81'	Summary	Ramos 50' Rodri 86'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 12,056 Referee: Victor Areces Franco

23 November 2018 15	Granada	1–2	Sporting Gijón	Granada
21:00 CET	Ramos 43' 83' Germán Sánchez 55' José Martínez 80' Montoro 85' Alejandro Pozo 90+2' Aguirre 90+4'	Summary	Cofie 14' 28' Peybernes 43' Nacho Méndez 83' Pablo Pérez 86' Traver 90+3'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 10,076 Referee: Daniel Ocón Arriaz

1 December 2018 16	Málaga	0–1	Granada	Málaga
18:00 CET	Diego González 78' Hakšabanović 90+1'	Summary	Montoro 54' 69' Rui Silva 84'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 22,988 Referee: César Soto Grado

8 December 2018 17	Gimnàstic	0–1	Granada	Tarragona
16:00 CET	Manu Barreiro 61' Luis Suárez 77' Albentosa 90+2'	Summary	Fede 27' Alejandro Pozo 35' Montoro 51'	Stadium: Nou Estadi Attendance: 8,625 Referee: Gorka Sagues

15 December 2018 18	Granada	1–0	Oviedo	Granada
16:00 CET	Alejandro Pozo 25' Antonio Puertas 49' Ramos 83'	Summary	Champagne 68' Mossa 89'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 10,373 Referee: David Pérez

21 December 2018 19	Tenerife	1–1	Granada	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
19:00 CET	Jorge Sáenz 86' Joao Rodríguez 90+2' 90+3'	Summary	Antonio Puertas 10' 51' Quini 21' Ramos 45'	Stadium: Heliodoro Rodríguez López Attendance: 8,952 Referee: Valentín Pizarro

4 January 2019 20	Granada	1–1	Albacete	Granada
21:00 CET	Germán Sánchez 23' Montoro 41' Fede Vico 76' (pen.)	Summary	Bela 63' 76'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 11,991 Referee: Víctor Areces

11 January 2019 21	Cádiz	0–0	Granada	Cádiz
21:00 CET		Summary	José Martínez 44'	Stadium: Ramón de Carranza Attendance: 12,606 Referee: Juan Pulido

21 January 2019 22	Granada	2–1	Elche	Granada
21:00 CET	Montoro 17' 42' 44' Fede 25'	Summary	González 29' Gonzalo Verdú 36' Xavi Torres 71' (pen.) Kaba 90+2'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 8,328 Referee: César Soto

27 January 2019 23	Granada	0–0	Extremadura	Granada
16:00 CET	Ramos 31' Fede 38' Dani Ojeda 84' Álvaro Vadillo 85'	Summary	Kike 27'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 11,436 Referee: Isidro Díaz de Mera

3 February 2019 24	Osasuna	v	Granada	Pamplona
18:00 CET				Stadium: El Sadar

Copa del Rey

Second round

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

13 September 2018	Elche	2–1	Granada	Elche
22:00 CEST	Jony 41' (pen.) Tekio 56' Provencio 68'	Report	Adri Castellano 30' 38' Nico Aguirre 40' Juancho 57' Rodri 70' Víctor Díaz 80' Pablo Vázquez 81'	Stadium: Martínez Valero Referee: Gorka Sagués Oscoz

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 6 April 2019

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Segunda División		Copa del Rey
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	POR	Rui Silva	32	0	32	0	0	0
13	GK	ESP	Javi Varas	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	GK	ESP	Aarón Escandell	1	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF	ESP	Bernardo	1	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF	ESP	Álex Martínez	16	0	16	0	0	0
5	DF	ESP	José Antonio Martínez	30	1	28+1	1	1	0
6	DF	ESP	Germán Sánchez	30	1	30	1	0	0
16	DF	ESP	Víctor Díaz	31	1	30	1	0+1	0
17	DF	ESP	Quini	24	1	18+5	1	1	0
22	DF	ESP	Adri Castellano	7	0	5+1	0	1	0
Midfielders
4	MF	ESP	Fran Rico	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	ESP	Álvaro Vadillo	32	3	31+1	3	0	0
8	MF	ESP	Fede San Emeterio	28	0	27+1	0	0	0
9	MF	ESP	Alejandro Pozo	25	4	12+12	4	1	0
10	MF	ESP	Antonio Puertas	31	10	19+11	10	0+1	0
12	MF	NGA	Ramon Azeez	7	0	2+5	0	0	0
14	MF	ESP	Fede Vico	33	4	27+5	4	1	0
15	MF	ARG	Nicolás Aguirre	16	0	3+12	0	1	0
19	MF	ESP	Ángel Montoro	28	5	27+1	5	0	0
23	MF	ESP	Alberto Martín	11	0	4+6	0	1	0
24	MF	ESP	José Antonio González	5	0	1+3	0	1	0
Forwards
11	FW	ESP	Rodri	26	2	10+15	2	0+1	0
18	FW	ESP	Dani Ojeda	10	1	7+3	1	0	0
20	FW	COL	Adrián Ramos	30	4	22+8	4	0	0
26	FW	COL	Juancho	6	0	0+5	0	1	0
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
21	DF	ESP	Pablo Vázquez	1	1	0	0	1	1

References

^ Plantilla Granada Club de Fútbol Granada CF official website (in Spanish)
^ "Reglamento General RFEF - Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos. (page 104)" (PDF). RFEF. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.

External links

Official website

[1] Plantilla Granada Club de Fútbol Granada CF official website (in Spanish)

[2] "Reglamento General RFEF - Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos. (page 104)" (PDF). RFEF. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.

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History Players Managers Seasons Europe Statistics Honours
Teams	Granada CF Recreativo Granada (reserve team) Granada C (second reserve team) Granada CF Femenino
Affiliated teams	Huétor Vega (second reserve team – 2018 to 2020) Cubillas de Albolote (farm team – 2017 to 2023)
Home stadium	Los Cármenes Ciudad Deportiva (training)
Notable matches	1959 Copa del Generalísimo final
Rivalries	Derby of eastern Andalusia
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