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Levante UD

2022–23 season
President	Quico Catalán
Head coach	Mehdi Nafti (until 10 October) Felipe Miñambres (caretaker, 10–16 October) Javier Calleja (from 16 October)
Stadium	Estadi Ciutat de València
Segunda División	3rd
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Mohamed Bouldini (8) All: Mohamed Bouldini (8)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2022–23 season was the 114th season in the history of Levante UD and their first season back in the second division since 2017. The club participated in Segunda División and the Copa del Rey.

Players

As of 29 October 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 Dani Cárdenas 2 DF  ESP Son 3 DF  ESP Enric Franquesa 4 DF  ESP Róber Pier 5 DF  GER Shkodran Mustafi 6 MF  ESP Pablo Martínez 7 FW  BRA Wesley Moraes (on loan from Aston Villa) 8 MF  ESP Pepelu 9 FW  ESP Roberto Soldado 10 MF  ESP Vicente Iborra (vice-captain; on loan from Villarreal) 11 FW  ESP Álex Cantero 13 GK  ESP Joan Femenías

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 DF  POR Rúben Vezo 15 DF  ESP Sergio Postigo (captain) 16 DF  ESP Álex Muñoz 17 FW  ESP Roger Brugué 18 MF  ESP Jorge de Frutos 19 MF  ESP Rober Ibáñez 20 MF  ESP Joni Montiel (on loan from Rayo Vallecano) 21 FW  BEL Charly Musonda Jr. 22 FW  MAR Mohamed Bouldini 23 DF  URU Marcelo Saracchi 24 MF  ESP José Campaña 29 DF  ESP Marc Pubill

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 GK  ESP Pablo Cuñat 31 DF  ESP Carlos Giménez 33 FW  ESP José Cambra

No. Pos. Nation Player 35 MF  ESP Hugo Redón 39 DF  ESP Mario Climent

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 Toni Herrero (at Amorebieta until 30 June 2023) — DF  ESP Antonio Leal (at Unionistas until 30 June 2023) — MF  ESP Álex Blesa (at Cultural Leonesa until 30 June 2023) — MF  GEO Giorgi Kochorashvili (at Castellón until 30 June 2023)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  SWE Omar Faraj (at Degerfors until 31 December 2022) — FW  ESP Dani Gómez (at Espanyol until 30 June 2023) — FW  BRA Fabrício (at Castellón until 30 June 2023) — FW  ESP Joan Pulpón (at Alzira until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Fee	Ref
1 July 2022	Joan Femenías	Oviedo	Transfer	Free
8 July 2022	Álex Muñoz	Tenerife	Transfer	Undisclosed
14 July 2022	Joni Montiel	Rayo Vallecano	Loan
22 July 2022	Wesley	Aston Villa	Loan
29 July 2022	Vicente Iborra	Villarreal	Loan
10 August 2022	Robert Ibáñez	Osasuna	Transfer	Free
16 August 2022	Charly Musonda	Chelsea	Transfer	Free
23 August 2022	Mohamed Bouldini	Santa Clara	Transfer	Undisclosed

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Fee	Ref
1 July 2022	José Luis Morales	Villarreal	Transfer	Free
2 July 2022	Aitor Fernández	Osasuna	Transfer	Free
6 July 2022	Edgar Sevikyan	Pari Nizhny Novgorod	Transfer	Undisclosed
19 July 2022	Jorge Miramón	Leganés	Transfer	Free
21 July 2022	Carlos Clerc	Elche	Transfer	Free
21 July 2022	Omar Faraj	Degerfors	Loan
4 August 2022	Roger Martí	Elche	Transfer	Undisclosed
12 August 2022	Enis Bardhi	Trabzonspor	Transfer	Undisclosed
12 August 2022	Mickaël Malsa	Real Valladolid	Transfer	Undisclosed
19 August 2022	Álex Blesa	Cultural Leonesa	Loan
22 August 2022	Dani Gómez	Espanyol	Loan
25 August 2022	Antonio Leal	Unionistas de Salamanca	Loan
30 August 2022	Giorgi Kochorashvili	Castellón	Loan
1 September 2022	Coke	Ibiza	Transfer	Free
1 September 2022	Gonzalo Melero	Almería	Transfer	Undisclosed
19 January 2023	Enric Franquesa	Leganés	Loan

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

21 July 2022 Friendly	Levante	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Benidorm
10:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Roger 32',  44' Bardhi  35' Leal  53' Kochorashvili 59'		Mosquera  35' Podence  44' Toti 82'	Stadium: Melia Villaitana Football Center Attendance: 0 Referee: Jorge Tarraga Lajara

24 July 2022 Friendly	Getafe	0–0	Levante	San Pedro del Pinatar
10:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Pinatar Arena

30 July 2022 Friendly	Levante	4–0	Castellón
CEST (UTC+2)

3 August 2022 Friendly	Villarreal	3–1	Levante	Villarreal
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pier 17' (o.g.) Niño 25' Morales 71' (pen.)		Iborra 90+1'	Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva Villarreal CF Referee: Sergio Claudio Muresan

Competitions

Overall record

Source: Soccerway

Segunda División

League table

1. ^ Overall goal difference: Las Palmas +20, Levante +16.
2. ^ Alavés finished ahead of Eibar on head-to-head points: Eibar 0–0 Alavés, Alavés 2–0 Eibar.

Notes

1. Reserve teams are not eligible for promotion to the same league as the first team.

Results summary

Source: LaLiga SmartBank

Results by round

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 23 June 2022.

12 August 2022 1	Levante	0-0	Huesca	Valencia
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Saracchi  29' Rober Pier  34' Campana  45+3' Pepelu  65' Brugue*  90+3'	Report	Timor  57'	Stadium: Estadi Ciutat de València Attendance: 12,677 Referee: Gonzalez Esteban J. A.
Note: *not on pitch

20 August 2022 2	Zaragoza	0-0	Levante	Zaragoza
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Postigo  74'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 17,418 Referee: Frances R.

27 August 2022 3	Levante	2-0	Tenerife	Valencia
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cantero 34' Vezo  49' Campana  52' Mustafi 83' Postigo  85'	Report	Dauda  40' Nacho  50' Shashoua  50' Rubio  52' Sanz  62' Leon  68' Sanz  90+2'	Stadium: Estadi Ciutat de València Attendance: 12,249 Referee: Garcia V.

5 September 2022 4	Real Oviedo	1-1	Levante	Oviedo
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Enrich 16' Baston  25' Calvo  62' Montoro  90+6'	Report	Pepelu  25' Iborra 51' Wesley  69' Pepelu  71'  Son  90+2' Cardenas  90+3' Soldado  90+5' Postigo  90+9' Iborra  90+9'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Tartiere Attendance: 13,519 Referee: Moreno A.

10 September 2022 5	Levante	4-1	Villarreal B	Valencia
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Soldado 1' de Frutos  28' Nafti*  29' Nafti*  29'  Wesley  37' Cardenas  45+1' Vezo  48' Brugue 71' Montiel 86' Brugue  90' Cantero 90+3'	Report	Lozano  6' Miguel  33' del Moral  50' Lozano 53'	Stadium: Estadi Ciutat de València Attendance: 12,907 Referee: Toca Lopez J.

Copa del Rey

References

1. "Plantilla" [Squad] (in Spanish). Levante UD. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
2. "Joan Femenías, nueva incorporación del Levante UD" (in Spanish). Levante UD. 1 July 2022.
3. "El Levante UD acuerda con Álex Muñoz su incorporación a la entidad levantinista" (in Spanish). Levante UD. 8 July 2022.
4. "Joni Montiel jugará cedido en el Levante UD" (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. 14 July 2022.
5. "Wesley joins Levante on loan". BBC Sport. 22 July 2022.
6. "VICENTE IBORRA, CEDIDO AL LEVANTE UD" (in Spanish). Villarreal CF. 29 July 2022.
7. "Osasuna finaliza su relación contractual con Rober Ibáñez" (in Spanish). CA Osasuna. 10 August 2022.
8. "Rober Ibáñez, nueva incorporación del Levante UD" (in Spanish). Levante UD. 10 August 2022.
9. "Charly Musonda se convierte en nuevo jugador del Levante UD" (in Spanish). Levante UD. 16 August 2022.
10. "Mohamed Bouldini se convierte en nuevo jugador del Levante UD" (in Spanish). Levante UD. 23 August 2022.
11. "Эдгар Севикян: из «Леванте» – в Нижний" (in Russian). FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod. 6 July 2022.
12. "Jorge Miramón regresa a Butarque para reforzar la banda derecha" (in Spanish). CD Leganés. 19 July 2022.
13. "OFICIAL | Carlos Clerc, nuevo jugador del Elche C.F." (in Spanish). Elche CF. 21 July 2022.
14. "El delantero Omar Faraj se marcha cedido al equipo sueco Degerfors IF tras el acuerdo con el Levante UD" (in Spanish). Levante UD. 21 July 2022.
15. "OFICIAL | Roger Martí, segundo fichaje del Elche C.F." (in Spanish). Elche CF. 4 August 2022.
16. "El Levante UD y el Trabzonspor llegan a un acuerdo para el traspaso de Bardhi" (in Spanish). Levante UD. 12 August 2022.
17. "¡BIENVENIDO, MALSA!" (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 12 August 2022.
18. "Álex Blesa jugará cedido en la Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa tras el acuerdo alcanzado hasta final de temporada" (in Spanish). Levante UD. 19 August 2022.
19. "DANI GÓMEZ, NOVA INCORPORACIÓ" (in Catalan). RCD Espanyol. 22 August 2022.
20. "El Levante UD y el Unionistas de Salamanca pactan la cesión de Antonio Leal" (in Spanish). Levante UD. 25 August 2022.
21. "El Levante UD y el CD Castellón acuerdan la cesión de Giorgi Kochorashvili hasta final de temporada" (in Spanish). Levante UD. 30 August 2022.
22. "Gonzalo Melero, otro fichaje de garantías para reforzar la medular" (in Spanish). UD Almería. 1 September 2022.
23. "El Levante UD y el CD Leganés acuerdan la cesión de Enric Franquesa" (in Spanish). Levante UD. 19 January 2023.
24. "Reglamento General RFEF - Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos" (PDF). RFEF. 1 May 2015. p. 104. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
25. "Calendario de LaLiga Smartbank 2022/23: Todas las jornadas y fechas de los partidos de la Segunda División". sport. June 23, 2022.

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