2020–21 Villarreal CF season

Villarreal
2020–21 season
President	Fernando Roig
Head coach	Unai Emery
Stadium	Estadio de la Cerámica
La Liga	7th
Copa del Rey	Quarter-finals
UEFA Europa League	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Gerard (23); All: ; Gerard (30)
Biggest win	Leioa 0–6 Villarreal
Biggest defeat	Barcelona 4–0 Villarreal

The 2020–21 season was the 98th season in the existence of Villarreal CF and the club's eighth 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 and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 20 July 2020 to 30 June 2021, with the late start to the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.

On 23 July 2020, the club announced the appointment of three-time Europa League winner and former Spartak Moscow, Sevilla, Valencia, Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal manager Unai Emery.[1]

On 26 May 2021, Villarreal defeated Manchester United in the UEFA Europa League Final 11–10 on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time, winning the competition for the first time in club history.[2]

The season was the first since 2005–06 without former captain Bruno Soriano, who retired after the 2019–20 season.

Players

As of 30 January 2021[3]

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed in	Contract ends	Signed from	Transfer fees	Apps.	Goals	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Sergio Asenjo	GK	(1989-06-28) 28 June 1989	2013	2022	Atlético Madrid	Free transfer	222	0
13	Gerónimo Rulli	GK	(1992-05-20) 20 May 1992	2020	2024	Real Sociedad	€5m	2	0
35	Filip Jörgensen	GK	(2002-04-16) 16 April 2002	2020	2025	Villarreal CF B	Youth system	0	0
Defenders
2	Mario Gaspar	DF	(1990-11-24) 24 November 1990	2009	2023	Villarreal CF B	Youth system	326	10	captain
3	Raúl Albiol	DF	(1985-09-04) 4 September 1985	2019	2022	Napoli	Free transfer	71	1	3rd captain
4	Pau Torres	DF	(1997-01-16) 16 January 1997	2017	2024	Villarreal CF B	Youth system	69	4
6	Ramiro Funes Mori	DF	(1991-03-05) 5 March 1991	2018	2022	Everton	£8.1m	48	2
8	Juan Foyth	DF	(1998-01-12) 12 January 1998	2020	2021	Tottenham Hotspur	On Loan	16	0
15	Pervis Estupiñán	DF	(1998-01-21) 21 January 1998	2020	2027	Watford F.C.	£15m	25	0
18	Alberto Moreno	DF	(1992-07-05) 5 July 1992	2019	2024	Liverpool	Free transfer	23	0
21	Jaume Costa	DF	(1988-03-18) 18 March 1988	2012	2021	Valencia CF Mestalla		211	5
27	Lanchi	DF	(2001-06-23) 23 June 2001	2020		Villarreal CF B	Youth system	0	0
44	Andrei Rațiu	DF	(1998-06-20) 20 June 1998	2019		Villarreal CF B	Youth system	0	0
Midfielders
5	Dani Parejo	MF	(1989-04-16) 16 April 1989	2020	2024	Valencia	Free transfer	36	3
10	Vicente Iborra	MF	(1988-01-16) 16 January 1988	2019	2023	Leicester City	£9m	66	4	vice-captain
11	Samuel Chukwueze	MF	(1999-05-22) 22 May 1999	2018	2023	Villarreal CF B	Youth system	91	12
14	Manu Trigueros	MF	(1991-10-17) 17 October 1991	2012		Villarreal CF B	Youth system	294	19
19	Francis Coquelin	MF	(1991-05-13) 13 May 1991	2020	2024	Valencia	€6.5m	22	0
25	Étienne Capoue	MF	(1988-07-11) 11 July 1988	2021	2023	Watford F.C.		16	1
28	Carlo Adriano	MF	(2001-02-12) 12 February 2001	2020		Villarreal CF B	Youth system	0	0
32	Álex Baena	MF	(2001-07-20) 20 July 2001	2019	2025	Villarreal CF B	Youth system	7	0
-	Ramiro Guerra	MF	(1997-03-21) 21 March 1997	2017		Villarreal CF B	Youth system	4	0
Forwards
7	Gerard Moreno	FW	(1992-04-07) 7 April 1992	2018	2023	Espanyol	€20m	103	49
9	Carlos Bacca	FW	(1986-09-08) 8 September 1986	2017	2022	A.C. Milan	€7m	110	28
12	Dani Raba	FW	(1995-10-29) 29 October 1995	2017		Villarreal CF B	Youth system	34	2
17	Paco Alcácer	FW	(1993-08-30) 30 August 1993	2020	2025	Borussia Dortmund	€23m	40	10
20	Rubén Peña	FW	(1991-07-18) 18 July 1991	2019	2024	Eibar	€8m	45	3
23	Moi Gómez	FW	(1994-06-23) 23 June 1994	2019	2023	Sporting Gijón	€1.3m	72	9
24	Alfonso Pedraza	FW	(1996-04-09) 9 April 1996	2015		Villarreal CF B	Youth system	67	4
30	Yeremi Pino	FW	(2002-10-20) 20 October 2002	2020	2024	Villarreal CF B	Youth system	23	3
34	Fer Niño	FW	(2000-10-24) 24 October 2000	2020	2024	Villarreal CF B	Youth system	22	3
40	Álex Millán	FW	(1999-11-07) 7 November 1999	2020		Villarreal CF B	Youth system	1	0
Players transferred during the season
16	Takefusa Kubo	MF	(2001-06-04) 4 June 2001	2020	2021	Real Madrid Castilla	On Loan	13	0
22	Sofian Chakla	DF	(1993-09-02) 2 September 1993	2020		Villarreal CF B	Youth system	3	0	Out on loan

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Fee	Ref
20 July 2020	Jaume Costa	Valencia	Loan return		[4]
20 July 2020	Alfonso Pedraza	Real Betis	Loan return		[5]
20 July 2020	Enes Ünal	Valladolid	Loan return		[6]
21 July 2020	Enric Franquesa	Mirandés	Loan return		[7]
21 July 2020	Miguelón	Huesca	Loan return		[8]
21 July 2020	Dani Raba	Huesca	Loan return		[9]
10 August 2020	Takefusa Kubo	Real Madrid	Loan	€2.5M	[10]
12 August 2020	Francis Coquelin	Valencia	Transfer	€6.5M	[11]
12 August 2020	Dani Parejo	Valencia	Transfer	Free	[11]
4 September 2020	Gerónimo Rulli	Real Sociedad	Transfer	€5M	[12]
15 September 2020	Mario González	Clermont	Transfer	Free	[13]
16 September 2020	Pervis Estupiñán	Watford	Transfer	€16.5M	[14]
4 October 2020	Juan Foyth	Tottenham Hotspur	Loan		[15]
30 December 2020	Étienne Capoue	Watford	Transfer	Undisclosed	[16]

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Fee	Ref
20 July 2020	Mariano Barbosa	Unattached	End of contract		[17]
20 July 2020	Bruno Soriano	Retired			[18]
20 July 2020	André-Frank Zambo Anguissa	Fulham	Loan return		[19]
4 August 2020	Akram Afif	Al Sadd	Buyout clause	€1M	[20]
4 August 2020	Álvaro	Marseille	Buyout clause	€5M	[21]
4 August 2020	Santi Cazorla	Al Sadd	Transfer	Free	[22]
4 August 2020	Karl Toko Ekambi	Lyon	Buyout clause	€11.5M	[23]
4 August 2020	Andrei Rațiu	ADO Den Haag	Loan		[24]
12 August 2020	Enes Ünal	Getafe	Transfer	€9M	[25]
13 August 2020	Sergio Lozano	Cartagena	Loan		[26]
14 August 2020	Iván Martín	Mirandés	Loan		[27]
18 August 2020	Xavi Quintillà	Norwich City	Loan		[28]
25 August 2020	Miguelón	Espanyol	Loan		[29]
27 August 2020	Enric Franquesa	Girona	Loan		[30]
28 August 2020	Andrés Fernández	Huesca	Transfer	Undisclosed	[31]
7 September 2020	Manu Morlanes	Almería	Loan		[32]
15 September 2020	Mario González	Tondela	Loan		[33]
22 September 2020	Jorge Cuenca	Almería	Loan		[34]
24 September 2020	Javier Ontiveros	Huesca	Loan	€650K	[35]
8 January 2021	Takefusa Kubo	Real Madrid	Loan return		[36]
30 January 2021	Sofian Chakla	Getafe	Loan		[37]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

23 August 2020 Friendly	Villarreal	3–1	Cartagena	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Niño 1' Gerard 24' González 71'	Report	Moreno 18'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Abril Portillo

25 August 2020 Friendly	Villarreal	2–3	Tenerife	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kubo 43' Alcácer 54'	Report	Apeh 46' Padilla 51' Torres 64' (o.g.)	Stadium: Pinatar Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Francisco Hernández Maeso

28 August 2020 Friendly	Valencia	2–1	Villarreal	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gayà 56' Mangala 60' Gómez 65', 74', 77'	Report	Chukwueze 8' Coquelin 34' Parejo 83' Costa 85'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Francisco Hernández Maeso

2 September 2020 Friendly	Villarreal	2–0	Real Sociedad	Villarreal, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Coquelin 2' Alcácer 29' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva Attendance: 0 Referee: Iván Caparrós Hernández

5 September 2020 Friendly	Villarreal	1–2	Levante	Villarreal, Spain
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Alcácer 29'	Report	Sergio León 34' Morales 62'	Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva Attendance: 0 Referee: Miguel Bosch Doménech

9 October 2020 Friendly	Villarreal	2–0	Orihuela	Villarreal, Spain
11:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Niño 64' Bacca 73'			Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overall record

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 %
La Liga	13 September 2020	22 May 2021	Matchday 1	7th	38	15	13	10	60	44	+16	039.47
Copa del Rey	16 December 2020	3 February 2021	First round	Quarter-finals	5	4	0	1	12	2	+10	080.00
UEFA Europa League	22 October 2020	26 May 2021	Group stage	Winners	15	12	3	0	31	9	+22	080.00
Total					58	31	16	11	103	55	+48	053.45

Source: Soccerway

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Real Sociedad	38	17	11	10	59	38	+21	62	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
6	Real Betis	38	17	10	11	50	50	0	61
7	Villarreal	38	15	13	10	60	44	+16	58	Qualification for the Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 2]
8	Celta Vigo	38	14	11	13	55	57	−2	53
9	Granada	38	13	7	18	47	65	−18	46[lower-alpha 3]

Source: La Liga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[38]
Notes:

Since the winners of the 2020–21 Copa del Rey, Barcelona, qualified for the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League 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 (2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round) was passed to the seventh-placed team, Villareal.
Villarreal qualified for the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League by winning the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League. Based on their league position (7th), they would have received the spot above to enter the Europa Conference League play-off round. This spot was vacated without replacement as per UEFA regulations.
Granada finished ahead of Athletic Bilbao on head-to-head goal difference: Granada 2–0 Athletic Bilbao, Athletic Bilbao 2–1 Granada.

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	15	13	10	60	44	+16	58	8	6	5	29	23	+6	7	7	5	31	21	+10

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	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	D	D	D	W	D	L	W	W	D	D	D	D	L	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	L
Position	6	3	8	4	4	2	4	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7

Source: La Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 31 August 2020.[39][40]

13 September 2020 1	Villarreal	1–1	Huesca	Villarreal
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Pedraza 36' Gerard 68' (pen.)	Report	Maffeo 42' Mosquera 88'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

19 September 2020 2	Villarreal	2–1	Eibar	Villarreal
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Coquelin 39' Gerard 63' Alcácer 71'	Report	Recio 24' Kike 50'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Jorge Figueroa Vázquez

27 September 2020 3	Barcelona	4–0	Villarreal	Barcelona
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fati 15', 19' Messi 35' (pen.) Torres 45' (o.g.)	Report	Gerard 83'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

30 September 2020 4	Villarreal	3–1	Alavés	Villarreal
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Alcácer 13', 67' Gerard 45' (pen.)	Report	Méndez 36' Laguardia 74' Navarro 82'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: David Medié Jiménez

3 October 2020 5	Atlético Madrid	0–0	Villarreal	Madrid
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lodi 56'	Report	Albiol 50' Iborra 79'	Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

18 October 2020 6	Villarreal	2–1	Valencia	Villarreal
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Alcácer 6' (pen.) Iborra 12' Pedraza 52' Parejo 69' Kubo 72' 90+2'	Report	Guedes 37' Gabriel 84'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

25 October 2020 7	Cádiz	0–0	Villarreal	Cádiz
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Salvi 33' Jairo 90+2'	Report	Mario 6' Pedraza 90+1'	Stadium: Ramón de Carranza Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

2 November 2020 8	Villarreal	2–0	Valladolid	Villarreal
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Chukwueze 21' Torres 37' Mario 90+1'	Report	Joaquín 34' Alcaraz 52' García 71'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

8 November 2020 9	Getafe	1–3	Villarreal	Getafe
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Arambarri 16' Timor 42' Ángel 52' Maksimović 90+1'	Report	Alcácer 11' Trigueros 17', 65' Gómez 21' Iborra 27' Gerard 62' Pedraza 90+3'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

21 November 2020 10	Villarreal	1–1	Real Madrid	Villarreal
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Gerard 76' (pen.) Pino 90+1'	Report	Mariano 2' Nacho 68' Kroos 90+3'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

29 November 2020 11	Real Sociedad	1–1	Villarreal	San Sebastián
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Elustondo 5' Oyarzabal 33' (pen.) Le Normand 37' Barrenetxea 53' Muñoz 75' Zubimendi 86'	Report	Gerard 6' (pen.) Torres 31' Albiol 32' Iborra 73'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

6 December 2020 12	Villarreal	0–0	Elche	Villarreal
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Parejo 64' Albiol 75' Coquelin 81'	Report	Milla 23' Fidel 67'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

13 December 2020 13	Real Betis	1–1	Villarreal	Seville
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Iglesias 12' Ruibal 51' Rodríguez 64'	Report	Torres 5' Niño 15' Trigueros 17' Pedraza 49'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez

19 December 2020 14	Osasuna	1–3	Villarreal	Pamplona
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Aridane 19' Oier 40' Torres 70' (pen.) U. García 79'	Report	Gerard 7', 86', 83' Niño 29' Pino 69'	Stadium: El Sadar Stadium Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Jorge Figueroa Vázquez

22 December 2020 15	Villarreal	1–1	Athletic Bilbao	Villarreal
22:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gerard 36' Pino 75'	Report	Williams 19' Berenguer 71'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: David Medié Jiménez

29 December 2020 16	Sevilla	2–0	Villarreal	Seville
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ocampos 8' (pen.) Fernando 39' En-Nesyri 53'	Report	Foyth 7' Trigueros 76' Parejo 88' Bacca 90+1'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: César Soto Grado

2 January 2021 17	Villarreal	2–1	Levante	Villarreal
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Niño 19' Pino 45' Gerard 54'	Report	León 73' Malsa 84'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

8 January 2021 18	Celta Vigo	0–4	Villarreal	Vigo
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Méndez 58'	Report	Gerard 5' Gómez 14' Parejo 19' Niño 31'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

20 January 2021 19	Villarreal	2–2	Granada	Villarreal
21:30 CET (UTC+1)	Peña 29' Gómez 65' (pen.) Foyth 80' Alcácer 90+2' Coquelin 90+5'	Report	Milla 15' Soldado 21' Herrera 35' Kenedy 75' Machís 90' Eteki 90+1' Duarte 90+5'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez

23 January 2021 20	Huesca	0–0	Villarreal	Huesca
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ontiveros 34' Escriche 55' Luisinho 89'	Report	Capoue 73'	Stadium: El Alcoraz Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

30 January 2021 21	Villarreal	1–1	Real Sociedad	Villarreal
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Parejo 3' Capoue 70'	Report	Illarramendi 32' Le Normand 49' Guevara 59' Isak 90+3'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Isidro Díaz De Mera Escuderos

6 February 2021 22	Elche	2–2	Villarreal	Elche
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Boyé 22', 64' Carrillo 49'	Report	Gerard 16', 35' Pedraza 62' Trigueros 70'	Stadium: Martínez Valero Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Mario Melero López

14 February 2021 23	Villarreal	1–2	Real Betis	Villarreal
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Parejo 43' Foyth 55' Gerard 65' (pen.) Peña 85'	Report	Fekir 45' Emerson 52', 55' Miranda 90+5'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

21 February 2021 24	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	Villarreal	Bilbao
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Berenguer 44' D. García 53' López 86'	Report	Gerard 16' Capoue 40' Foyth 55'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

28 February 2021 25	Villarreal	0–2	Atlético Madrid	Villarreal
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Costa 32' Albiol 51'	Report	Pedraza 25' (o.g.) Felipe 35' Lemar 45+5' Saúl 47' Félix 69'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

5 March 2021 26	Valencia	2–1	Villarreal	Valencia
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Račić 14' Soler 23', 86' (pen.) Gayà 39' Gómez 67' Guedes 90+1'	Report	Foyth 36' Gerard 40' (pen.) Capoue 42' Albiol 85'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

14 March 2021 27	Eibar	1–3	Villarreal	Eibar
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Burgos 42' Arbilla 51' Enrich 55' Gil 56'	Report	Gómez 1' Bacca 34' Pedraza 70', 87' Capoue 80' Asenjo 86'	Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: David Medié Jiménez

21 March 2021 28	Villarreal	2–1	Cádiz	Villarreal
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Gerard 5' (pen.) Foyth 35' Trigueros 60' Bacca 67' Albiol 90+4'	Report	Jønsson 4' Cala 15' Álex 69' Fali 90+4'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: César Soto Grado

3 April 2021 29	Granada	0–3	Villarreal	Granada
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Soldado 36' Quini 45+1' Molina 80'	Report	Gerard 9' (pen.), 18', 60' (pen.) Parejo 22' Gaspar 43'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

11 April 2021 30	Villarreal	1–2	Osasuna	Villarreal
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	D. García 70' (o.g.)	Report	Moncayola 64' Budimir 74'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

18 April 2021 33	Levante	1–5	Villarreal	Valencia
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Malsa 21' Roger 68' Clerc 85'	Report	Postigo 9' (o.g.) Gerard 13' Chukwueze 63', 75' Coquelin 64' Vezo 72' (o.g.)	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 28 April 2021, but was brought forward by La Liga.[42]

21 April 2021 31	Alavés	2–1	Villarreal	Vitoria-Gasteiz
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Joselu 17' García 69' Méndez 74', 80'	Report	Alcácer 50' Pedraza 63'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

25 April 2021 32	Villarreal	1–2	Barcelona	Villarreal
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Chukwueze 26' Trigueros 65' Albiol 66' Torres 74'	Report	Griezmann 28', 35', 50' Busquets 82' Mingueza 90+3'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

2 May 2021 34	Villarreal	1–0	Getafe	Villarreal
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Funes Mori 67' Pino 79'	Report	Cucurella 63' Maksimović 81'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

9 May 2021 35	Villarreal	2–4	Celta Vigo	Villarreal
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Estupiñán 5' Gómez 25' Asenjo 33' Rulli 45+4' Gaspar 45+7' Gerard 87' (pen.) Pino 89'	Report	Mina 19', 34' (pen.) Araujo 44' Méndez 45+3' (pen.) Solari 57' Ferreyra 79' 88'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: David Medié Jiménez

13 May 2021 36	Valladolid	0–2	Villarreal	Valladolid
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	El Yamiq 30' Kiko 76' Guardiola 88'	Report	Gerard 68' Capoue 88', 90+1'	Stadium: José Zorrilla Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

16 May 2021 37	Villarreal	4–0	Sevilla	Villarreal
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bacca 34', 47', 79' Gerard 66'	Report	Diego Carlos 29' 52' Acuña 51'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

22 May 2021 38	Real Madrid	2–1	Villarreal	Madrid
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Benzema 87' Modrić 90+2'	Report	Pino 68'	Stadium: Alfredo Di Stéfano[43] Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

Copa del Rey

16 December 2020 First round	Leioa	0–6	Villarreal	Leioa
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pradera 26'	Report	Pino 6', 38' Niño 20' (pen.) Baena 54' Costa 60' Chakla 66' Millán 81' Pedraza 90+2'	Stadium: Sarriena Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

5 January 2021 Second round	Zamora	1–4	Villarreal	Zamora
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ramos 45+2'	Report	Bacca 31' Pino 43' Niño 73' Raba 88'	Stadium: Ruta de la Plata Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez

17 January 2021 Round of 32	Tenerife	0–1	Villarreal	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vada 31' Zarfino 86'	Report	Niño 90'	Stadium: Heliodoro Rodríguez López Referee: César Soto Grado

26 January 2021 Round of 16	Girona	0–1	Villarreal	Girona
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bustos 39' Franquesa 90+2'	Report	Trigueros 17' Pino 19' Coquelin 51' Baena 73' Raba 90+1'	Stadium: Montilivi Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

3 February 2021 Quarter-finals	Levante	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Villarreal	Valencia
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bardhi 25' Rochina 42' Postigo 88' Melero 111' Roger 120+1'	Report	Albiol 37' Trigueros 57' Parejo 103' Baena 113'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Referee: César Soto Grado

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.[44]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	VIL	MTA	SIV	QRB
1	Villarreal	6	5	1	0	17	5	+12	16	Advance to knockout phase	—	4–0	5–3	3–0[lower-alpha 2]
2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	3	2	1	6	7	−1	11	Advance to knockout phase	1–1	—	1–0	1–0
3	Sivasspor	6	2	0	4	9	11	−2	6		0–1	1–2	—	2–0
4	Qarabağ	6	0	1	5	4	13	−9	1		1–3	1–1	2–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.[41]
The Villarreal v Qarabağ match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Villarreal after being cancelled as several players of the Qarabağ squad tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2.

22 October 2020 1	Villarreal	5–3	Sivasspor	Villarreal, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kubo 13' Bacca 20' Foyth 57', 63' Coquelin 61' Alcácer 74', 78' Pedraza 87'	Report	Kayode 33' Yalçın 34' Yatabaré 43' Gradel 64', 75' Cofie 69'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

29 October 2020 2	Qarabağ	1–3	Villarreal	Istanbul, Turkey
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Romero 2' Ozobić 13' Andrade 39' Owusu 78' A. Huseynov 90+4'	Report	Iborra 25' Pino 80' Alcácer 84', 90+5' (pen.)	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium[lower-alpha 2] Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)

5 November 2020 3	Villarreal	4–0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Villarreal, Spain
22:10 CET (UTC+1)[lower-alpha 3]	Bacca 4', 52' Baena 71' Funes Mori 77' Niño 81'	Report	Glazer 56' Saborit 59'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

26 November 2020 4	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–1	Villarreal	Tel Aviv, Israel
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Kandil 43' Pešić 47' Daniel 79' Saborit 89'	Report	Coquelin 26' Baena 45' Funes Mori 73' Peña 89'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)

3 December 2020 5	Sivasspor	0–1	Villarreal	Sivas, Turkey
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Fajr 60' Appindangoyé 79'	Report	Peña 61' Chukwueze 75'	Stadium: New Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)

10 December 2020 6	Villarreal	3–0 Awarded[lower-alpha 4]	Qarabağ	Villarreal, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)

Knockout phase

Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 14 December 2020.[47]

18 February 2021 First leg	Red Bull Salzburg	0–2	Villarreal	Wals-Siezenheim, Austria
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kristensen 29' Solet 40' Okafor 89' Ulmer 90+5'	Report	Alcácer 29', 41' Niño 71' Albiol 90'	Stadium: Stadion Wals-Siezenheim Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

25 February 2021 Second leg	Villarreal	2–1 (4–1 agg.)	Red Bull Salzburg	Villarreal, Spain
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Gerard 40', 89' (pen.) Costa 69'	Report	Berisha 17' Vallci 20' Mwepu 53' Daka 55' Adeyemi 80'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 26 February 2021.[48]

11 March 2021 First leg	Dynamo Kyiv	0–2	Villarreal	Kyiv, Ukraine
19:55 EET (UTC+2)	Sydorchuk 9'	Report	Pedraza 24' Torres 30' Albiol 52' Capoue 65'	Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium Attendance: 12,751 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

18 March 2021 Second leg	Villarreal	2–0 (4–0 agg.)	Dynamo Kyiv	Villarreal, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gerard 13', 36' Trigueros 17' Parejo 43'	Report		Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 19 March 2021.[49]

8 April 2021 First leg	Dinamo Zagreb	0–1	Villarreal	Zagreb, Croatia
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Gerard 44' (pen.), 76'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

15 April 2021 Second leg	Villarreal	2–1 (3–1 agg.)	Dinamo Zagreb	Villarreal, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Alcácer 36' Gerard 43' Trigueros 60'	Report	Jakić 40' Oršić 74'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 19 March 2021, after the quarter-final draw.[49]

29 April 2021 First leg	Villarreal	2–1	Arsenal	Villarreal, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Trigueros 5' Albiol 29' Torres 37' Capoue 68' 80'	Report	Ceballos 44' 57' Partey 58' Pépé 73' (pen.) Aubameyang 90'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

6 May 2021 Second leg	Arsenal	0–0 (1–2 agg.)	Villarreal	London, England
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Nketiah 90+2'	Report	Pino 86'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

Final

26 May 2021 Final	Villarreal	1–1 (a.e.t.) (11–10 p)	Manchester United	Gdańsk, Poland
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gerard 29' Capoue 54' Foyth 85'	Report	Cavani 55', 113' Bailly 82'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 9,412 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
	Penalties
	Gerard Raba Alcácer Moreno Parejo Gómez Albiol Coquelin Mario Gaspar Torres Rulli		Mata Telles Fernandes Rashford Cavani Fred James Shaw Tuanzebe Lindelöf De Gea

Statistics

Squad statistics

Last updated 26 May 2021.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey		UEFA Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ESP	Sergio Asenjo	37	0	36	0	0	0	1	0
13	GK	ARG	Gerónimo Rulli	20	1	2	0	5	0	13	1
Defenders
2	DF	ESP	Mario Gaspar	29	0	21+3	0	1	0	1+3	0
3	DF	ESP	Raúl Albiol	47	2	35	0	1	0	11	2
4	DF	ESP	Pau Torres	44	3	33	2	2	0	9	1
6	DF	ARG	Ramiro Funes Mori	20	0	8+2	0	4	0	4+2	0
8	DF	ARG	Juan Foyth	32	1	13+3	0	4	0	10+2	1
15	DF	ECU	Pervis Estupiñán	33	0	12+13	0	3+1	0	2+2	0
18	DF	ESP	Alberto Moreno	9	0	2+3	0	0	0	0+4	0
20	DF	ESP	Rubén Peña	29	1	12+6	1	2+1	0	6+2	0
21	DF	ESP	Jaume Costa	25	1	3+11	0	3	1	5+3	0
24	DF	ESP	Alfonso Pedraza	44	2	24+5	1	2+1	1	10+2	0
Midfielders
5	MF	ESP	Dani Parejo	53	3	36	3	1+4	0	10+2	0
10	MF	ESP	Vicente Iborra	18	0	10+3	0	0	0	3+2	0
11	MF	NGA	Samuel Chukwueze	40	5	13+15	4	1	0	10+1	1
14	MF	ESP	Manu Trigueros	54	2	30+5	1	3+2	0	12+2	1
19	MF	FRA	Francis Coquelin	32	0	7+15	0	3	0	4+3	0
23	MF	ESP	Moi Gómez	49	4	29+6	4	1+2	0	1+10	0
25	MF	FRA	Étienne Capoue	27	1	15+1	1	2+1	0	8	0
28	MF	ESP	Carlo Adriano	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
30	MF	ESP	Yeremi Pino	37	7	6+18	3	4	3	2+7	1
32	MF	ESP	Álex Baena	20	2	2+4	0	4+1	0	4+5	2
Forwards
7	FW	ESP	Gerard Moreno	46	30	30+3	23	0+1	0	9+3	7
9	FW	COL	Carlos Bacca	35	9	9+14	5	2+1	1	7+2	3
12	FW	ESP	Dani Raba	11	1	1+4	0	2+2	1	0+2	0
17	FW	ESP	Paco Alcácer	39	12	19+8	6	1+1	0	6+4	6
34	FW	ESP	Fernando Niño	27	8	8+9	3	2+3	3	1+4	2
40	FW	ESP	Álex Millán	2	1	0+1	0	0+1	1	0	0
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
22	DF	MAR	Sofian Chakla	3	1	0+1	0	2	1	0	0
16	MF	JPN	Takefusa Kubo	19	1	2+11	0	0+1	0	5	1

Goalscorers

As of 26 May 2021

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	La Liga	Copa del Rey	Europa League	Total
1	7	FW	Gerard	23	0	7	30
2	17	FW	Paco Alcácer	6	0	6	12
3	9	FW	Carlos Bacca	5	1	3	9
4	34	FW	Fer Niño	3	3	2	8
5	30	MF	Yeremi Pino	3	3	1	7
6	11	MF	Samuel Chukwueze	4	0	1	5
7	23	MF	Moi Gómez	4	0	0	4
8	4	DF	Pau Torres	2	0	1	3
8	5	MF	Dani Parejo	3	0	0	3
10	3	DF	Raúl Albiol	0	0	2	2
	14	MF	Manu Trigueros	1	0	1	2
	24	DF	Alfonso Pedraza	1	1	0	2
	32	MF	Álex Baena	0	0	2	2
14	8	DF	Juan Foyth	0	0	1	1
	12	FW	Dani Raba	0	1	0	1
	16	MF	Takefusa Kubo	0	0	1	1
	20	DF	Rubén Peña	1	0	0	1
	21	DF	Jaume Costa	0	1	0	1
	22	DF	Sofian Chakla	0	1	0	1
	25	MF	Étienne Capoue	1	0	0	1
	40	FW	Álex Millán	0	1	0	1
Own goals				3	0	0	3
Totals				60	12	28	100

Notes

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.
Qarabağ played their home matches at the neutral venue Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium, Istanbul (Turkey), instead of their regular home stadium Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, as UEFA announced on 20 October 2020 to temporarily suspend all UEFA matches taking place in Armenia and Azerbaijan until further notice due to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.[45]
The Villarreal v Maccabi Tel Aviv match was originally scheduled at 21:00, but was delayed due to heavy rain.
The Villarreal v Qarabağ match was cancelled and awarded as a 3–0 win to Villarreal after several players of the Qarabağ squad were tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2.[46]

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[table_note_res_ELGS0.53310580762713-38] Since the winners of the 2020–21 Copa del Rey, Barcelona, qualified for the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League 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 (2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round) was passed to the seventh-placed team, Villareal.

[table_note_res_UELW0.53310580762713-39] Villarreal qualified for the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League by winning the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League. Based on their league position (7th), they would have received the spot above to enter the Europa Conference League play-off round. This spot was vacated without replacement as per UEFA regulations.

[table_hth_GRA0.53310580762713-40] Granada finished ahead of Athletic Bilbao on head-to-head goal difference: Granada 2–0 Athletic Bilbao, Athletic Bilbao 2–1 Granada.

[Covid-45] The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.[41]

[table_note_VIL_QRB0.15890974977934-49] The Villarreal v Qarabağ match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Villarreal after being cancelled as several players of the Qarabağ squad tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2.

[Behind_closed_doors-50] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.

[52] Qarabağ played their home matches at the neutral venue Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium, Istanbul (Turkey), instead of their regular home stadium Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, as UEFA announced on 20 October 2020 to temporarily suspend all UEFA matches taking place in Armenia and Azerbaijan until further notice due to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.[45]

[53] The Villarreal v Maccabi Tel Aviv match was originally scheduled at 21:00, but was delayed due to heavy rain.

[55] The Villarreal v Qarabağ match was cancelled and awarded as a 3–0 win to Villarreal after several players of the Qarabağ squad were tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2.[46]

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[2] Stone, Simon (26 May 2021). "Villarreal 1–1 Manchester United (11–10 on pens): David de Gea spot kick saved in epic Europa League final shootout". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 May 2021.

[3] "Primer equipo" [First team] (in Spanish). Villarreal CF. Retrieved 27 August 2015.

[4] "Official statement | Jaume Costa". Valencia CF. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.

[5] Morán, Miguel Ángel (16 July 2019). "Official: Real Betis sign Alfonso Pedraza on loan". Marca. Retrieved 17 July 2019.

[6] "Enes Ünal Valladolid'de Kaldı!" (in Turkish). NTV Spor. 5 July 2019. Archived from the original on 5 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.

[7] "Enric Franquesa jugará cedido esta temporada en el C.D. Mirandés" [Enric Franquesa will play this season at C.D. Mirandés] (in Spanish). CD Mirandés. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.

[Miguelón-8] "Miguel Llambrich, cedido a la SD Huesca" [Miguel Llambrich, loaned to SD Huesca] (in Spanish). Villarreal CF. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.

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[15] "Welcome Juan Foyth!". Villarreal CF. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.

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