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Villarreal

2021–22 season
President	Fernando Roig
Head coach	Unai Emery
Stadium	Estadio de la Cerámica
La Liga	7th
Copa del Rey	Round of 32
UEFA Champions League	Semi-finals
UEFA Super Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Arnaut Danjuma (10) All: Arnaut Danjuma (16)
Highest home attendance	16,719 vs Real Betis (3 October 2021)
Lowest home attendance	7,837 vs Granada (16 August 2021)
Biggest win	Victoria 0–8 Villarreal
Biggest defeat	Villarreal 1–3 Barcelona
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The 2021–22 season was the 99th season in the existence of Villarreal CF and the club's ninth 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, the UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Super Cup.

Players

As of 1 February 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ESP Sergio Asenjo 2 DF  ESP Mario Gaspar (captain) 3 DF  ESP Raúl Albiol (3rd captain) 4 DF  ESP Pau Torres 5 MF  ESP Dani Parejo 6 MF  FRA Étienne Capoue 7 FW  ESP Gerard Moreno 8 DF  ARG Juan Foyth 9 FW  ESP Paco Alcácer 10 MF  ESP Vicente Iborra (vice-captain) 11 FW  NGA Samuel Chukwueze 12 DF  ECU Pervis Estupiñán 13 GK  ARG Gerónimo Rulli

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  ESP Manu Trigueros (4th captain) 15 FW  NED Arnaut Danjuma 16 FW  SEN Boulaye Dia 17 MF  ARG Giovani Lo Celso (on loan from Tottenham) 18 DF  ESP Alberto Moreno 19 MF  FRA Francis Coquelin 20 DF  ESP Rubén Peña 21 MF  ESP Yeremy Pino 22 DF  ALG Aïssa Mandi 23 MF  ESP Moi Gómez 24 DF  ESP Alfonso Pedraza 25 DF  CIV Serge Aurier

Reserve team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 FW  SEN Nicolas Jackson 27 DF  ESP Adrián de la Fuente 28 MF  RUS Nikita Iosifov 31 GK  AND Iker Álvarez 32 DF  ESP Lanchi

No. Pos. Nation Player 35 GK  DEN Filip Jörgensen 37 DF  ESP Dani Tasende 38 MF  ESP Carlo Adriano 39 MF  ESP Antonio Pacheco

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ESP Jorge Cuenca (at Getafe until 30 June 2022) — DF  ESP Xavi Quintillà (at Leganés until 30 June 2022) — MF  ESP Álex Baena (at Girona until 30 June 2022) — MF  ESP Iván Martín (at Girona until 30 June 2022)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ESP Manu Morlanes (at Espanyol until 30 June 2022) — FW  ESP Álex Millán (at Union SG until 30 June 2022) — FW  ESP Fer Niño (at Mallorca until 30 June 2022) — FW  FRA Haissem Hassan (at Mirandés until 30 June 2022)

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2021	Sofian Chakla	Getafe	Loan return
30 June 2021	Jorge Cuenca	Almería	Loan return
30 June 2021	Enric Franquesa	Girona	Loan return
30 June 2021	Miguel Ángel Leal	Groningen	Loan return
30 June 2021	Mario González	Tondela	Loan return
30 June 2021	Iván Martín	Mirandés	Loan return
30 June 2021	Manu Morlanes	Almería	Loan return
30 June 2021	Javier Ontiveros	Huesca	Loan return
30 June 2021	Xavi Quintillà	Norwich City	Loan return
1 July 2021	Juan Foyth	Tottenham Hotspur	Buyout clause	€15M
1 July 2021	Aïssa Mandi	Real Betis	Transfer	Free
7 July 2021	Manu Morlanes	Almería	Transfer	Undisclosed
13 July 2021	Boulaye Dia	Reims	Transfer	Undisclosed
19 July 2021	Arnaut Danjuma	Bournemouth	Transfer	€25M
4 October 2021	Serge Aurier	Free agent	Transfer	Free
31 January 2022	Giovani Lo Celso	Tottenham Hotspur	Loan

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2021	Miguelón	Espanyol	Buyout clause	€500K
2 July 2021	Enric Franquesa	Levante	Transfer	Undisclosed
7 July 2021	Jaume Costa	Mallorca	Transfer	Free
7 July 2021	Manu Morlanes	Almería	Transfer	Undisclosed
10 July 2021	Iván Martín	Alavés	Loan
13 July 2021	Carlos Bacca	Granada	Transfer	Free
23 July 2021	Ramiro Funes Mori	Al Nassr	Transfer	€2.5M
4 August 2021	Andrei Rațiu	Huesca	Transfer
13 August 2021	Álex Millán	Cercle Brugge	Loan
16 August 2021	Manu Morlanes	Espanyol	Loan
18 August 2021	Fer Niño	Mallorca	Loan
19 August 2021	Álex Baena	Girona	Loan
27 August 2021	Javier Ontiveros	Osasuna	Loan
27 August 2021	Sofian Chakla	OH Leuven	Loan
30 August 2021	Jorge Cuenca	Getafe	Loan
31 January 2022	Dani Raba	Granada	Released

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

16 July 2021 Friendly	Valencia	3–2	Villarreal	Oliva, Spain
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Guillamón  24' Alderete  44' Vallejo 68', 86' (pen.) Cheryshev 90+4'	Report	Moreno 45' Cuenca  63', 67'	Stadium: Oliva Nova Beach & Golf Resort Attendance: 0 Referee: Juan Manuel Gordillo Escamilla

22 July 2021 Friendly	Villarreal	2–2	Lyon	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gómez 23' Dia 38' Pedraza  43' Morlanes  64'	Report	Jean Lucas 8' Aouar 44'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena Football Center Attendance: 0 Referee: Juan Antonio Campos Salinas

24 July 2021 Friendly	Honvéd	Cancelled	Villarreal	Budapest, Hungary
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Bozsik Aréna
Note: The match was cancelled due to the detection of COVID-19 cases among Villarreal.

26 July 2021 Friendly	Dynamo Kyiv	Cancelled	Villarreal	Austria
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Note: The match was cancelled due to the detection of COVID-19 cases among Villarreal.

28 July 2021 Friendly	Hertha BSC	Cancelled	Villarreal	Zell am See, Austria
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Alois Latini Stadion
Note: The match was cancelled due to the detection of COVID-19 cases among Villarreal.

29 July 2021 Friendly	Villarreal	0–0	Levante	Villarreal, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Baena  74'	Report	Soldado  43' Martínez  53'	Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva Referee: Iván Caparrós Hernández

31 July 2021 Friendly	Marseille	2–1	Villarreal	Marseille, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Niño 9' (o.g.) Balerdi  52' Payet 58' Gueye  68'	Report	Foyth  45'  49' Moreno 88'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

4 August 2021 Friendly	Leicester City	3–2	Villarreal	Leicester, England
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Söyüncü 40' Barnes 42' Pérez 51'	Report	Niño 76' Millán 83'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Referee: Matt Donohue

7 August 2021 Friendly	Leeds United	2–2	Villarreal	York
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Klich 9' Bamford 39'	Report	Moreno 1' Raba 80'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Tony Harrington

3 September 2021 Friendly	Villarreal	2–3	Braga	Villarreal, Spain
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gómez 51' Raba 55'	Report	Oliveira 8' Galeno 25' Fabiano  32' Medeiros 72'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica

Competitions

Overall record

Source: Soccerway

La Liga

League table

1. ^ Since the winners of the 2021–22 Copa del Rey, Real Betis, qualified for European competition based on league position, the Europa League berth awarded to the Copa del Rey winners was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League berth awarded to the sixth-placed team was passed to the seventh-placed team.

Results summary

Source: La Liga

Results by round

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 30 June 2021.

Copa del Rey

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2021.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MUN	VIL	ATA	YB
1	Manchester United	6	3	2	1	11	8	+3	11	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–1	3–2	1–1
2	Villarreal	6	3	1	2	12	9	+3	10			0–2	—	2–2	2–0
3	Atalanta	6	1	3	2	12	13	−1	6	Transfer to Europa League		2–2	2–3	—	1–0
4	Young Boys	6	1	2	3	7	12	−5	5			2–1	1–4	3–3	—

14 September 2021 1	Villarreal	2–2	Atalanta	Villarreal, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Trigueros 39' Capoue  55' Gerard  65' Pino  71' Danjuma 73' Coquelin  76'  84'	Report	Freuler 6' De Roon  24' Gosens 83'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 12,916 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

29 September 2021 2	Manchester United	2–1	Villarreal	Manchester, England
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Telles 60',  71' Greenwood  68' Ronaldo 90+5',  90+6'	Report	Alcácer 53' Moreno  59' Pino  67' Albiol  68' Peña  90+1'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 73,130 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

20 October 2021 3	Young Boys	1–4	Villarreal	Bern, Switzerland
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Aebischer  45' Elia 77'	Report	Pino 6' Gerard 16' Rulli  87' Moreno 89' Chukwueze 90+2'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 27,398 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

2 November 2021 4	Villarreal	2–0	Young Boys	Villarreal, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Capoue 36' Pedraza  38' Mario Gaspar  55' Parejo  78' Danjuma 89'	Report	Sierro  52' Ngamaleu  54' Aebischer  62' Elia  90+5'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 14,890 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

23 November 2021 5	Villarreal	0–2	Manchester United	Villarreal, Spain
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Pino  33'	Report	Van de Beek  41' Ronaldo 78' Sancho 90'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 20,875 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

9 December 2021 6	Atalanta	2–3	Villarreal	Bergamo, Italy
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Malinovskyi 71' Zapata 80' Muriel  89'	Report	Danjuma 3', 51' Capoue 42' Parejo  57' Moreno  57'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 11,690 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)
Note: The match was originally scheduled on 8 December 2021 at 21:00 CET, but was postponed to the following day at 19:00 CET due to adverse weather conditions.

Knockout phase

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 13 December 2021.

22 February 2022 First leg	Villarreal	1–1	Juventus	Villarreal, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Parejo 66' Rulli  73'	Report	Vlahović 1' Rabiot  73'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 17,686 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

16 March 2022 Second leg	Juventus	0–3 (1–4 agg.)	Villarreal	Turin, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	De Ligt  90'	Report	Gerard 78' (pen.) Torres 85' Danjuma 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 30,385 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 18 March 2022.

6 April 2022 First leg	Villarreal	1–0	Bayern Munich	Villarreal, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Danjuma 8' Estupiñán  74'	Report		Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 21,626 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

12 April 2022 Second leg	Bayern Munich	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	Villarreal	Munich, Germany
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lewandowski  33', 52'	Report	Foyth  59' Chukwueze 88' Lo Celso  90+1'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 18 March 2022, after the quarter-final draw.

27 April 2022 First leg	Liverpool	2–0	Villarreal	Liverpool, England
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Van Dijk  32' Estupiñán 53' (o.g.) Mané 55'	Report	Estupiñán  47' Lo Celso  62'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 51,586 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

3 May 2022 Second leg	Villarreal	2–3 (2–5 agg.)	Liverpool	Villarreal, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dia 3' Coquelin 41' Capoue  63'  86' Lo Celso  81' Torres  85'	Report	Fabinho 62' Díaz 67' Mané 74' Alexander-Arnold  77'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 23,665 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

UEFA Super Cup

11 August 2021 Final	Chelsea	1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	Villarreal	Belfast, Northern Ireland
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Ziyech 27' Rüdiger  44'	Report	Pino  61' Gerard 73' Raba  119'	Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 10,435 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)
	Penalties
	Havertz Azpilicueta Alonso Mount Jorginho Pulisic Rüdiger		Gerard Mandi Estupiñán Gómez Raba Foyth Albiol

Statistics

Squad statistics

Last updated 22 May 2022.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey		UEFA Champions League		UEFA Super Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ESP	Sergio Asenjo	8	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
13	GK	ARG	Gerónimo Rulli	46	0	32	0	2	0	12	0	0	0
35	GK	DEN	Filip Jörgensen	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ESP	Mario Gaspar	18	0	7+5	0	2+1	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
3	DF	ESP	Raúl Albiol	43	1	28	0	1+1	1	12	0	1	0
4	DF	ESP	Pau Torres	47	6	33	5	1	0	12	1	1	0
8	DF	ARG	Juan Foyth	38	1	22+3	1	1+1	0	10	0	1	0
12	DF	ECU	Pervis Estupiñán	41	0	17+11	0	1+1	0	7+3	0	0+1	0
18	DF	ESP	Alberto Moreno	35	6	13+11	3	2+1	2	3+4	1	1	0
20	DF	ESP	Rubén Peña	11	0	1+6	0	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
22	DF	ALG	Aïssa Mandi	22	2	14+3	1	2	1	0+2	0	0+1	0
24	DF	ESP	Alfonso Pedraza	41	4	19+9	4	2	0	4+6	0	1	0
25	DF	CIV	Serge Aurier	24	0	10+9	0	0	0	1+4	0	0	0
27	DF	ESP	Adrián de la Fuente	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
37	DF	ESP	Dani Tasende	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF	ESP	Dani Parejo	46	3	32+1	2	0+1	0	12	1	0	0
6	MF	FRA	Étienne Capoue	44	3	26+4	1	1	0	12	2	1	0
10	MF	ESP	Vicente Iborra	24	0	12+8	0	2+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
11	MF	NGA	Samuel Chukwueze	35	7	12+15	3	2	2	2+4	2	0	0
14	MF	ESP	Manu Trigueros	47	8	27+8	6	2	1	4+5	1	1	0
17	MF	ARG	Giovani Lo Celso	22	1	11+5	1	0	0	6	0	0	0
19	MF	FRA	Francis Coquelin	28	3	8+12	2	0	0	6+2	1	0	0
21	MF	ESP	Yeremy Pino	40	7	21+10	6	0+1	0	6+1	1	1	0
23	MF	ESP	Moi Gómez	38	3	13+16	2	2	1	2+4	0	0+1	0
28	MF	RUS	Nikita Iosifov	2	1	0+1	0	0+1	1	0	0	0	0
38	MF	ESP	Carlo Adriano	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	ESP	Gerard Moreno	27	13	14+3	9	0+2	1	6+1	2	1	1
9	FW	ESP	Paco Alcácer	23	5	10+8	1	2	3	1+2	1	0	0
15	FW	NED	Arnaut Danjuma	34	16	17+6	10	0	0	10+1	6	0	0
16	FW	SEN	Boulaye Dia	35	7	13+12	5	0+1	1	3+5	1	1	0
26	FW	SEN	Nicolas Jackson	10	0	0+9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
17	FW	ESP	Dani Raba	12	1	0+7	0	3	1	0+1	0	0+1	0
-	MF	ESP	Manu Morlanes	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
-	DF	ESP	Jorge Cuenca	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Goalscorers

As of 17 March 2022

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	La Liga	Copa del Rey	Champions League	UEFA Super Cup	Total
1	15	FW		Arnaut Danjuma	8	0	5	0	13
2	7	FW		Gerard Moreno	8	1	2	1	12
3	14	MF		Manu Trigueros	5	1	1	0	7
	21	FW		Yeremy Pino	6	0	1	0	7
5	16	FW		Boulaye Dia	5	1	0	0	6
	18	DF		Alberto Moreno	3	2	1	0	6
7	4	DF		Pau Torres	4	0	1	0	5
	11	FW		Samuel Chukwueze	2	2	1	0	5
9	9	FW		Paco Alcácer	0	3	1	0	4
10	5	MF		Dani Parejo	2	0	1	0	3
	6	MF		Étienne Capoue	1	0	2	0	3
12	22	DF		Aïssa Mandi	1	1	0	0	2
13	3	DF		Raúl Albiol	0	1	0	0	1
	12	MF		Dani Raba	0	1	0	0	1
	15	MF		Nikita Iosifov	0	1	0	0	1
	19	MF		Francis Coquelin	1	0	0	0	1
	23	MF		Moi Gómez	0	1	0	0	1
Own goals					1	1	0	0	2
Totals					48	16	16	1	81

Notes

1. The match was played at the Riazor in A Coruña, instead of Victoria's regular stadium, the San Pedro de Visma, as it did not meet the requirements established by the Royal Spanish Football Federation.

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