2016–17 CD Leganés season

The 2016–17 CD Leganés season is the club's 89th season in its history and its first in La Liga, the top-flight of Spanish football.

CD Leganés

2016–17 season
President	María Victoria Pavón
Head coach	Asier Garitano
Stadium	Butarque
La Liga	17th
Copa del Rey	Round of 32
Home colours
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Current squad

As of 11 September 2016^[1]

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  ITA Alberto Brignoli (on loan from Juventus) 3 DF  ESP Unai Bustinza 4 DF  ESP Adrián Marín (on loan from Villarreal) 5 DF  ARG Martín Mantovani 6 MF  ESP Alberto 7 FW  VEN Darwin Machís (on loan from Granada) 8 MF  BRA Gabriel 9 FW  ESP Miguel Ángel Guerrero 10 MF  ESP Toni Dovale 11 MF  ARG Alexander Szymanowski 12 DF  ALG Carl Medjani 13 GK  ESP Jon Ander Serantes

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW  CIV Mamadou Koné 15 DF  ESP Diego Rico 16 MF  ESP Robert (on loan from Valencia) 17 DF  ESP Víctor Díaz 18 DF  ESP Pablo Insua (on loan from Deportivo La Coruña) 19 MF  ESP Unai López (on loan from Athletic Bilbao) 20 FW  BRA Luciano (on loan from Corinthians) 21 MF  ESP Rubén Pérez (on loan from Granada) 22 MF  ESP Lluís Sastre 23 MF  ESP Omar Ramos 24 MF  ESP David Timor

Transfers

In:

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 GK  ITA Alberto Brignoli (on loan from Juventus, previously on loan at Sampdoria)[2] 9 FW  ESP Miguel Ángel Guerrero (from Sporting Gijón)[3] 19 MF  ESP Unai López (on loan from Athletic Bilbao)[4] 7 FW  VEN Darwin Machís (on loan from Granada, previously on loan at Huesca)[5] 4 DF  ESP Adrián Marín (on loan from Villarreal)[6] 12 DF  ALG Carl Medjani (from Levante)[7] 21 MF  ESP Rubén Pérez (on loan from Granada)[8] 15 DF  ESP Diego Rico (from Real Zaragoza)[9] 8 MF  BRA Gabriel (from Juventus, previously on loan) 20 FW  BRA Luciano (on loan from Corinthians) 14 FW  CIV Mamadou Koné (from Racing Santander, previously on loan at Real Oviedo)

No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF  ESP Unai Albizua (to UCAM Murcia)[10] 19 FW  ESP Asdrúbal (loan return to Las Palmas)[11] 9 FW  ESP Guillermo Fernández (loan return to Athletic Bilbao, later signed by Elche)[11] 14 FW  ESP Borja Lázaro (to Huesca)[12] 8 MF  ESP Jorge Miramón (to Reus)[13] 20 MF  ESP Rubén Peña (to Eibar)[14] 1 GK  ESP Queco Piña (to Huesca)[15] 21 MF  ESP Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta (loan return to Athletic Bilbao, later signed by Numancia)[11] 3 DF  ESP Luis Ruiz (to Cádiz)[16] 16 DF  ESP César Soriano (to Huesca)[17]

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Current position/round	Final position/round
La Liga	16th	–
Copa del Rey	Round of 32	Round of 32

Liga

Main article: 2016–17 La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
15	Real Betis	38	10	9	19	41	64	−23	39[a]
16	Deportivo La Coruña	38	8	12	18	43	61	−18	36
17	Leganés	38	8	11	19	36	55	−19	35
18	Sporting Gijón (R)	38	7	10	21	42	72	−30	31	Relegation to Segunda División
19	Osasuna (R)	38	4	10	24	40	94	−54	22

Source: La Liga, Soccerway
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; 7) Play-off.^[18]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Las Palmas ahead of Real Betis on head-to-head goal difference: Las Palmas–Real Betis 4–1, Real Betis–Las Palmas 2–0

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Celta Vigo v Leganés

22 August 2016 (2016-08-22) 1	Celta Vigo	0–1	Leganés	Vigo
20:00 CEST	Roncaglia  15' Mallo  67' Hernández  88' Aspas  89'	Report	Marín  60' Díaz 75' Timor  90'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 16,578 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

Leganés v Atlético Madrid

27 August 2016 (2016-08-27) 2	Leganés	0–0	Atlético Madrid	Leganés
22:15 CEST	Alberto  61' Pérez  70' Mantovani  72'	Report	Saúl  37'	Stadium: Butarque Attendance: 10,958 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

Sporting Gijón v Leganés

11 September 2016 (2016-09-11) 3	Sporting Gijón	2–1	Leganés	Gijón
12:00 CEST	Cases 17' Čop 43' (pen.)	Report	Rico 58' Serantes  60' Timor  72'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 22,364 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

Leganés v Barcelona

17 September 2016 (2016-09-17) 4	Leganés	1–5	Barcelona	Leganés
13:00 CEST	Medjani  27' Díaz  39' Bustinza  54' Gabriel 80' Ramos  87'	Report	Messi 15', 55' (pen.) Rakitić  24' L. Suárez 31' Neymar 44',  80' Rafinha 64'	Stadium: Butarque Attendance: 10,422 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

Deportivo La Coruña v Leganés

22 September 2016 (2016-09-22) 5	Deportivo La Coruña	1–2	Leganés	A Coruña
20:00 CEST	Borges 31'	Report	Luciano  17', 55' Pérez  59' Gabriel 61' Díaz  85'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 18,466 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

Leganés v Valencia

25 September 2016 (2016-09-25) 6	Leganés	1–2	Valencia	Leganés
12:00 CEST	Szymanowski 21' Guerrero  40' Luciano  66' Serantes  81' Alberto  90+1'	Report	Pérez  11' Montoya  17' Nani 34',  81' Suárez 52' Alves  66'	Stadium: Butarque Attendance: 9,809 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

Granada v Leganés

1 October 2016 (2016-10-01) 7	Granada	0–1	Leganés	Granada
13:00 CEST	Ponce  53'	Report	Szymanowski 76'	Stadium: Los Cármenes Attendance: 15,196 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

Leganés v Sevilla

15 October 2016 (2016-10-15) 8	Leganés	2–3	Sevilla	Leganés
13:00 CEST	Gabriel  45' Timor 67',  86' Szymanowski 69'	Report	Vázquez 25',  34' Vietto  38' Vitolo  45' Nasri 58',  81' Iborra  81' Sarabia 85'	Stadium: Butarque Attendance: 9,886 Referee: Daniel Ocón Arráiz

Málaga v Leganés

23 October 2016 (2016-10-23) 9	Málaga	4–0	Leganés	Málaga
18:30 CEST	Jony 40' Castro 42' Sandro 57' Camacho 90+2' Duda  90+2'	Report	Mantovani  15' Rico  69' López  90+2'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 19,065 Referee: Daniel Jesús Trujillo Suárez

Leganés v Real Sociedad

28 October 2016 (2016-10-28) 10	Leganés	0–2	Real Sociedad	Leganés
20:45 CEST	Guerrero  15' Pérez  18' Timor  31' Rico  55' Medjani  84'	Report	Willian José 29' Prieto 59' I. Martínez  62' Zurutuza  75'	Stadium: Butarque Attendance: 10,922 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

Real Madrid v Leganés

6 November 2016 (2016-11-06) 11	Real Madrid	3–0	Leganés	Madrid
12:00 CET	Ronaldo  17' Bale 38', 45+1' Kroos  40' Nacho  41' Morata 76'	Report	Machís  8' Insua  42' Mantovani  61' Ramos  82' Díaz  90+1'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 70,007 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

Leganés v Osasuna

21 November 2016 (2016-11-21) 12	Leganés	2–0	Osasuna	Leganés
20:45 CET	Robert 6', 57' Rico  32' Bustinza  62'	Report	D. García  43' Rivère  55' Olavide  88'	Stadium: Butarque Attendance: 8,827 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

Espanyol v Leganés

26 November 2016 (2016-11-26) 13	Espanyol	3–0	Leganés	Cornellà de Llobregat
18:30 CET	Gerard 47' Piatti 51', 88' Jurado  68'	Report	Díaz  16' Mantovani  47'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 16,824 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

Leganés v Villarreal

3 December 2016 (2016-12-03) 14	Leganés	0–0	Villarreal	Leganés
18:30 CET	Gabriel  17' Ramos  30' Alberto  41' Timor  52' Insua  52' Bustinza  57'	Report	Costa  20' Mario  36' Soriano  65'	Stadium: Butarque Attendance: 8,526 Referee: Mario Melero López

Las Palmas v Leganés

10 December 2016 (2016-12-10) 15	Las Palmas	1–1	Leganés	Las Palmas
18:30 CET	Livaja 21',  82' Michel  68' D. García  75'	Report	Bustinza  8' Mantovani  22' Díaz  36' Guerrero 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 19,131 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

Leganés v Eibar

18 December 2016 (2016-12-18) 16	Leganés	1–1	Eibar	Leganés
16:15 CET	Guerrero 23' Herrerín  26' Timor  59' Marín  89'	Report	Inui  34' Adrián  62' Bebé 76'	Stadium: Butarque Attendance: 8,392 Referee: José Luis González González

Real Betis v Leganés

8 January 2016 17	Real Betis	2–0	Leganés	Seville
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Petros  30' Castro 51' Bruno  58' Piccini 85'	Report	Mantovani  14' Alberto  37' López  60' Ramos  74' Bustinza  78' Pérez  82'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 36,328 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

Leganés v Athletic Bilbao

14 January 2017 (2017-01-14) 18	Leganés	0–0	Athletic Bilbao	Leganés
13:00 CET	Díaz  51' Pérez  67' Insua  89'	Report	Aduriz  65' García  69' Beñat  80'	Stadium: Butarque Attendance: 10,922 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

Alavés v Leganés

21 January 2017 (2017-01-21) 19	Alavés	2–2	Leganés	Vitoria-Gasteiz
18:30 CET	Hernandez  43' Laguardia 11' Ibai  18' Édgar 51' Alexis  90+1'	Report	Guerrero 45' Gabriel  83' Insua 84' Pérez  90+3'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 19,126 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

Leganés v Celta Vigo

28 January 2017 (2017-01-28) 20	Leganés	0–2	Celta Vigo	Leganés
20:45 CET	Gabriel  87'	Report	Lemos 32' Fontàs  45+1' Guidetti 66' (pen.)	Stadium: Butarque Attendance: 8,901 Referee: Daniel Trujillo Suárez

Atlético Madrid v Leganés

4 February 2017 (2017-02-04) 21	Atlético Madrid	2–0	Leganés	Madrid
18:30 CET	Torres 15', 51' Savić  32'	Report	Morán  30'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 37,421 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

Leganés v Sporting Gijón

12 February 2017 (2017-02-12) 22	Leganés	0–2	Sporting Gijón	Leganés
16:15 CET	Rico  21' Bustinza  74' Pérez  74'	Report	Canella  8', 66' Traoré  30' Carmona  54' Mariño  70' Čop  74' Lillo  76' Burgui 83',  84'	Stadium: Butarque Attendance: 9,124 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

Barcelona v Leganés

19 February 2017 (2017-02-19) 23	Barcelona	2–1	Leganés	Barcelona
20:45 CET	Messi 4', 90' (pen.) L. Suárez  46'	Report	Mantovani  55' López 71' Siovas  87' Alberto  90+5'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 63,378 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

Leganés v Deportivo La Coruña

25 February 2017 (2017-02-25) 24	Leganés	4–0	Deportivo La Coruña	Leganés
18:30 CET	Szymanowski 19' Mantovani 30' Morán  66' Guerrero  69' López 81' Bueno 90+1'	Report	Albentosa  62' Lux  63' Andone  69' Guilherme  75' Navarro  78' Joselu  90'	Stadium: Butarque Attendance: 9,524 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

Valencia v Leganés

28 February 2017 (2017-02-28) 25	Valencia	1–0	Leganés	Valencia
21:30 CET	Mangala 29',  66' Parejo  60' Zaza  90+3'	Report	Marín  10' Pérez  64' Alberto  67'  80'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 26,809 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

Leganés v Granada

4 March 2017 26	Leganés	1–0	Granada	Leganés
13:00 CET	Morán  82' Machís 83' Rico  90' Siovas  90'	Report	Carcela  44' Wakaso  64'	Stadium: Butarque Attendance: 9,472 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

Sevilla v Leganés

11 March 2017 27	Sevilla	1–1	Leganés	Seville
16:15 CET	Jovetić 43' Sarabia  57' Kranevitter  75'	Report	Gabriel 3',  60' Mantovani  67' Pérez  89'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 31,738 Referee: José González González

Leganés v Málaga

19 March 2017 28	Leganés	0–0	Málaga	Leganés
12:00 CET	Bustinza  29' Tito  32' Morán  50' Pérez  60'	Report	Rosales  34' Charles  59'	Stadium: Butarque Attendance: 10,127 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

Real Sociedad v Leganés

1 April 2017 (2017-04-01) 29	Real Sociedad	1–1	Leganés	San Sebastián
18:30 CEST	Juanmi  17', 53' Gaztañaga  80'	Report	Mantovani  25' Szymanowski 29' Gabriel  60' Morán  90+2'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 18,869 Referee: Mario Melero López

Leganés v Real Madrid

5 April 2017 (2017-04-05) 30	Leganés	2–4	Real Madrid	Leganés
21:30 CEST	Gabriel 32',  57' Luciano 34' Bustinza  85'	Report	Rodríguez 15' Morata 18', 23', 48' Nacho  90'	Stadium: Butarque Attendance: 10,922 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

Osasuna v Leganés

9 April 2017 (2017-04-09) 31	Osasuna	2–1	Leganés	Pamplona
18:30 CEST	Fausto  24' León 36' (pen.), 71' Olavide  60' Čaušić  64'	Report	Rico  13' Siovas 16' Gabriel  34' Tito  36' Morán  89'	Stadium: El Sadar Attendance: 14,421 Referee: Daniel Ocón Arráiz

Leganés v Espanyol

16 April 2017 32	Leganés	0–1	Espanyol	Leganés
12:00 CEST	Pérez  63'	Report	Fuego  53' Baptistão 90+2'	Stadium: Butarque Attendance: 9,127 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

Villarreal v Leganés

22 April 2017 (2017-04-22) 33	Villarreal	2–1	Leganés	Villarreal
16:15 CEST	Musacchio  65' Bakambu 68', 90+2'	Report	Bustinza  73' Morán  84' Guerrero 90' Siovas  90+3'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 14,758 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

Leganés v Las Palmas

26 April 2017 (2017-04-26) 34	Leganés	3–0	Las Palmas	Leganés
	Timor  41' Luciano 55', 61' (pen.) Guerrero 59'	Report		Stadium: Butarque Attendance: 9,193 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

Eibar v Leganés

30 April 2017 (2017-04-30) 35	Eibar	2–0	Leganés	Eibar
18:30 CEST	Pedro León  54' Kike 62' Enrich 66'	Report	Mantovani  34'	Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 5,256 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

Leganés v Real Betis

8 May 2017 (2017-05-08) 36	Leganés	4–0	Real Betis	Leganés
20:45 CEST	Szymanowski 7' (pen.), 80' El Zhar 15' Tito  43' Gabriel 65' Siovas  76' Luciano  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Butarque Attendance: 9,443 Referee: Daniel Trujillo Suárez

Athletic Bilbao v Leganés

14 May 2017 (2017-05-14) 37	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	Leganés	Bilbao
20:00 CEST	Aduriz 14',  90+5' Beñat  29' San José  83'	Summary	Szymanowski  35', 61' Bueno  39' Pérez  44' Bustinza  65' El Zhar  73' Timor  83' Champagne  90+2'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 42,049 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

Leganés v Alavés

20 May 2017 (2017-05-20) 38	Leganés	1–1	Alavés	Leganés
19:00 CEST	Timor 89'	Summary	R. García  45+1' Krstičić 64'	Stadium: Butarque Attendance: 9,491 Referee: José González González

Copa del Rey

Main article: 2016–17 Copa del Rey

Round of 32

Leganés v Valencia

29 November 2016 (2016-11-29) First leg	Leganés	1–3	Valencia	Leganés
20:00 CET	Gabriel  24' Sastre  50' Machís 59' Alberto  69'	Report	Munir 3' Medrán 25' Mangala  31' Bakkali 90+1'	Stadium: Butarque Attendance: 6,781 Referee: José Luis González González

Valencia v Leganés

21 December 2016 (2016-12-21) Second leg	Valencia	2–1 (5–2 agg.)	Leganés	Valencia
21:00 CET	Rodrigo 36', 89' Medrán  54'	Report	Pérez  48' Machís 49' Marín  57' Guerrero  90+4'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 22,041 Referee: Mario Melero López