2018–19 Villarreal CF season

The 2018–19 season was Villarreal Club de Fútbol's 96th season in existence and the club's 6th 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 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Villarreal

2018–19 season
President	Fernando Roig
Head coach	Javier Calleja (until 10 December) Luis García (from 10 December to 29 January) Javier Calleja (from 30 January)
Stadium	Estadio de la Cerámica
La Liga	14th
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
UEFA Europa League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Karl Toko Ekambi (10) All: Karl Toko Ekambi (18)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

Players

As of 4 September 2018^[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ESP Sergio Asenjo 2 DF  ESP Mario Gaspar (vice-captain) 3 DF  ESP Álvaro 4 DF  ARG Ramiro Funes Mori 5 MF  ARG Santiago Cáseres 6 DF  ESP Víctor Ruiz 7 FW  ESP Gerard 8 MF  ESP Pablo Fornals 9 FW  COL Carlos Bacca 10 FW  ITA Nicola Sansone 11 DF  ESP Jaume Costa 13 GK  ESP Andrés Fernández 14 MF  ESP Manu Trigueros

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  ESP Miguelón 16 MF  ESP Alfonso Pedraza 17 FW  CMR Karl Toko Ekambi 18 MF  ESP Javi Fuego 19 MF  ESP Santi Cazorla 20 MF  CHI Manuel Iturra 21 MF  ESP Bruno (captain) 22 MF  ESP Dani Raba 23 DF  ITA Daniele Bonera 24 DF  MEX Miguel Layún 25 GK  ARG Mariano Barbosa 28 MF  ESP Manu Morlanes

Reserve team

Main article: Villarreal CF B

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 30 MF  NGA Samuel Chukwueze 40 MF  GHA Emmanuel Lomotey (on loan from Extremadura)

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ESP Ander Cantero (at Rayo Majadahonda until 30 June 2019) — DF  ESP Juan Ibiza (at Almería until 30 June 2019) — DF  ESP Pau Torres (at Málaga until 30 June 2019) — DF  POR Ivan Abramovic (at Huesca until 30 June 2019) — MF  SEN Alfred N'Diaye (at Málaga until 30 June 2019) — MF  ESP Chuca (at Elche until 30 June 2019) — MF  URU Ramiro Guerra (at Gimnàstic until 30 June 2019)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  RUS Denis Cheryshev (at Valencia until 30 June 2019) — MF  ARG Leo Suárez (at Valladolid until 30 June 2019) — MF  ITA Roberto Soriano (at Torino until 30 June 2019) — FW  QAT Akram Afif (at Al Sadd until 30 June 2019) — FW  ARG Cristian Espinoza (at Boca Juniors until 31 December 2018) — FW  TUR Enes Ünal (at Valladolid until 30 June 2019)

Transfers

Main article: List of Spanish football transfers summer 2018 § Villarreal

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Fee	Ref
6 June 2018	Karl Toko Ekambi	Angers	Transfer	€18,000,000	[2]
12 June 2018	Gerard	Espanyol	Transfer	€20,000,000	[3]
21 June 2018	Ramiro Funes Mori	Everton	Transfer	€20,000,000	[4]
30 June 2018	Akram Afif	Al Sadd	Loan return		[5]
30 June 2018	Cristian Espinoza	Boca Juniors	Loan return		[6]
30 June 2018	Alfred N'Diaye	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Loan return		[7]
30 June 2018	Matías Nahuel	Barcelona B	Loan return		[8]
30 June 2018	Alfonso Pedraza	Alavés	Loan return		[9]
11 July 2018	Miguel Layún	Porto	Transfer	€4,000,000	[10]
16 July 2018	Santiago Cáseres	Vélez Sarsfield	Transfer	€10,000,000	[11]
9 August 2018	Santi Cazorla	Unattached	Transfer	Free	[12]
17 August 2018	Carlos Bacca	Milan	Transfer	€7,000,000	[13]

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Fee	Ref
24 May 2018	Rodri	Atlético Madrid	Transfer	€20,000,000	[14]
13 June 2018	Roger Martínez	Jiangsu Suning	Loan return		[15]
30 June 2018	Salem Al-Dawsari	Al-Hilal	Loan return		[16]
30 June 2018	Carlos Bacca	Milan	Loan return		[17]
4 July 2018	Antonio Rukavina	Astana	Transfer	Free	[18]
19 July 2018	Rúben Semedo	Huesca	Loan		[19]
6 August 2018	Pau Torres	Málaga	Loan		[20]
9 August 2018	Adrián Marín	Alavés	Transfer	Undisclosed	[21]
10 August 2018	Alfred N'Diaye	Málaga	Loan		[22]
14 August 2018	Denis Cheryshev	Valencia	Loan		[23]
17 August 2018	Samu Castillejo	Milan	Transfer	€25,000,000	[24]
17 August 2018	Roberto Soriano	Torino	Loan	€1,000,000	[25]
19 August 2018	Leo Suárez	Valladolid	Loan		[26]
19 August 2018	Enes Ünal	Valladolid	Loan		[27]
21 August 2018	Ramiro Guerra	Gimnàstic	Loan		[28]
31 August 2018	Matías Nahuel	Olympiacos	Transfer	Undisclosed	[29]

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
La Liga	18 August 2018	19 May 2019	Matchday 1	14th	38	10	14	14	49	52	−3	026.32
Copa del Rey	1 November 2018	17 January 2019	Round of 32	Round of 16	4	1	2	1	14	8	+6	025.00
UEFA Europa League	20 September 2018	18 April 2019	Group stage	Quarter-finals	12	5	5	2	20	13	+7	041.67
Total					54	16	21	17	83	73	+10	029.63

Source: Competitions

La Liga

Main article: 2018–19 La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Eibar	38	11	14	13	46	50	−4	47
13	Leganés	38	11	12	15	37	43	−6	45
14	Villarreal	38	10	14	14	49	52	−3	44[a]
15	Levante	38	11	11	16	59	66	−7	44[a]
16	Valladolid	38	10	11	17	32	51	−19	41[b]

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 (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)^[30]
Notes:

1. Villarreal finished ahead of Levante on head-to-head points: Villarreal 1–1 Levante, Levante 0–2 Villarreal.
2. Valladolid finished ahead of Celta Vigo on head-to-head points: Celta Vigo 3–3 Valladolid, Valladolid 2–1 Celta Vigo.

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	10	14	14	49	52	−3	44	5	8	6	28	26	+2	5	6	8	21	26	−5

Source: Competitive matches

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	L	D	D	D	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	D
Position	16	13	18	14	14	9	12	16	16	17	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	18	15	14	14	14	15	14	14

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Villarreal v Real Sociedad

18 August 2018 1	Villarreal	1–2	Real Sociedad	Villarreal
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Gerard 16' Morlanes  36' Cáseres  67'	Report	Willian José 40' Hernandez  51' Juanmi 71',  75' Zaldúa  77'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 15,900 Referee: Mario Melero López

Sevilla v Villarreal

26 August 2018 2	Sevilla	0–0	Villarreal	Seville
22:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Mercado  44' Sarabia  81' Kjær  90+2'	Report	Mario Gaspar  5' Costa  88'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 35,831 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

Villarreal v Girona

31 August 2018 3	Villarreal	0–1	Girona	Villarreal
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Trigueros  75' Mario Gaspar  85' Sansone  89'	Report	Alcalá  23' Stuani 54' Benítez  56'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 15,452 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

Leganés v Villarreal

16 September 2018 4	Leganés	0–1	Villarreal	Leganés
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Silva  27' Nyom  64' Pérez  82' Bustinza  90+4'	Report	Costa  45' Mario Gaspar  48' Bacca 65' Ruiz  90+4'	Stadium: Municipal de Butarque Attendance: 9,775 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

Villarreal v Valencia

23 September 2018 5	Villarreal	0–0	Valencia	Villarreal
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Costa  38' Layún  63' Funes Mori  84' Mario Gaspar  90'	Report	Diakhaby  22' Parejo  58'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 18,373 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

Athletic Bilbao v Villarreal

26 September 2018 6	Athletic Bilbao	0–3	Villarreal	Bilbao
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	De Marcos  73'	Report	Fornals 65' Ruiz  76' Funes Mori 80' Toko Ekambi 89'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 39,672 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

Villarreal v Valladolid

30 September 2018 7	Villarreal	0–1	Valladolid	Villarreal
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Mario Gaspar  35' Bacca  45' Cazorla  60'	Report	Čop  36' Suárez 53' Kiko  82' Nacho  85'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 15,602 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

Espanyol v Villarreal

7 October 2018 8	Espanyol	3–1	Villarreal	Cornellà de Llobregat
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	David López  5' Pérez 7' Hermoso  45' Darder 79',  90' Piatti 90+2'	Report	Miguelón  33' Toko Ekambi 45' Funes Mori  47'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 20,032 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

Villarreal v Atlético Madrid

20 October 2018 9	Villarreal	1–1	Atlético Madrid	Villarreal
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Iturra  31' Álvaro  44' Mario Gaspar 65' Pedraza  68'	Report	Juanfran  28' Filipe Luís 51'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 17,518 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

Alavés v Villarreal

28 October 2018 10	Alavés	2–1	Villarreal	Vitoria-Gasteiz
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Calleri 51' Duarte  73' Borja 90+4'	Report	Gerard 10' Funes Mori  27'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 13,083 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

Villarreal v Levante

4 November 2018 11	Villarreal	1–1	Levante	Villarreal
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Costa  30' Cáseras  39' Pedraza 90+3' Álvaro  90+4'	Report	Jason  31' Rochina  37' Funes Mori 77' (o.g.) Bardhi  78'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 16,855 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

Rayo Vallecano v Villarreal

11 November 2018 12	Rayo Vallecano	2–2	Villarreal	Madrid
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Amat  44' De Tomás 45' García 66'	Report	Chukwueze 33' Álvaro  61'  90+2' Sansone 80' Trigueros  87'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 11,840 Referee: José Luis González González

Villarreal v Real Betis

25 November 2018 13	Villarreal	2–1	Real Betis	Villarreal
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Gerard 52' Chukwueze 54' Morlanes  72' Ruiz  89'	Report	Canales  89' Lo Celso 90'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 16,028 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

Barcelona v Villarreal

2 December 2018 14	Barcelona	2–0	Villarreal	Barcelona
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Lenglet  18' Piqué 36' Alba  69' Aleñá 87'	Report	Ruiz  11' Álvaro  26' Fornals  90' Pedraza  90+1'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 73,003 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

Villarreal v Celta Vigo

9 December 2018 15	Villarreal	2–3	Celta Vigo	Villarreal
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Cáseras  14' Álvaro  39' Mario Gaspar  48' Bacca 83', 87'	Report	Méndez 44' Yokuşlu 49',  76' Gómez 51',  85' Blanco  90+3'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 15,720 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

Huesca v Villarreal

16 December 2018 16	Huesca	2–2	Villarreal	Huesca
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ávila  16' Hernández 44' (pen.) Insua  53' Pulido  73' Longo 90+4',  90+4'	Report	Trigueros  42' Mario Gaspar  43'  65' Bacca 63' (pen.),  66' Gerard 81' Cáseres  90+4'	Stadium: El Alcoraz Attendance: 6,455 Referee: David Medié Jiménez

Villarreal v Real Madrid

3 January 2019 17	Villarreal	2–2	Real Madrid	Villarreal
21:30 CET (UTC+1)	Cazorla 4', 82' Álvaro  45' Costa  90+1'	Report	Benzema 7' Varane 20' Casemiro  41' Ramos  89'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 19,903 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes
Note: The match, originally scheduled for 22 December 2018, was moved because of Real Madrid's involvement in the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup.

Eibar v Villarreal

6 January 2019 18	Eibar	0–0	Villarreal	Eibar
12:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Funes Mori  58' Fuego  69'	Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 4,141 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

Villarreal v Getafe

12 January 2019 19	Villarreal	1–2	Getafe	Villarreal
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Álvaro  29' Gerard  36' Costa  39' Cabrera 75' (o.g.) Toko Ekambi  85' Funes Mori  89'	Report	Foulquier  13' Arambarri  30' Molina 52' Ángel 89',  90+3'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 13,671 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

Villarreal v Athletic Bilbao

20 January 2019 20	Villarreal	1–1	Athletic Bilbao	Villarreal
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Funes Mori  37' Iborra  54' Mario Gaspar  57' Álvaro  62' Toko Ekambi 71'	Report	Costa 18' (o.g.) Beñat  40'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 17,054 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

Valencia v Villarreal

26 January 2019 21	Valencia	3–0	Villarreal	Valencia
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Diakhaby 4' Cheryshev 51' Gayà  72' Rodrigo 86'	Report	Ruiz  15' Iborra  26' Mario Gaspar  76'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 37,685 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

Villarreal v Espanyol

3 February 2019 22	Villarreal	2–2	Espanyol	Villarreal
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bonera  4' Iborra 37',  86' Fornals  40' Funes Mori  53' Cazorla 65' (pen.)	Report	Sánchez  39' Vilà  60' Hermoso  64' Bonera 75' (o.g.) Rosales 81',  82' Darder  90+1'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 15,476 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

Valladolid v Villarreal

8 February 2019 23	Valladolid	0–0	Villarreal	Valladolid
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Plano  8' Alcaraz  56' Hervías  65'	Report	Funes Mori  29' Cazorla  42'	Stadium: José Zorrilla Attendance: 16,842 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

Villarreal v Sevilla

17 February 2019 24	Villarreal	3–0	Sevilla	Villarreal
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Toko Ekambi  12', 45' Álvaro 20',  52' Mario Gaspar  68' Funes Mori  81' Pedraza 86'	Report	Mesa  60'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 17,402 Referee: José Luis González González

Atlético Madrid v Villarreal

24 February 2019 25	Atlético Madrid	2–0	Villarreal	Madrid
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Morata 31' Saúl 88'	Report	Álvaro  66' Cáseres  70' Ruiz  79'	Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano Attendance: 59,114 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

Villarreal v Alavés

2 March 2019 26	Villarreal	1–2	Alavés	Villarreal
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Cazorla 61' (pen.) Álvaro  71' Ruiz  89'	Report	Calleri  30' Jony  40' Maripán 54' Laguardia  65' Inui 77'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 15,488 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

Levante v Villarreal

10 March 2019 27	Levante	0–2	Villarreal	Valencia
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Cabaco  36' Campaña  76' Rochina  85'	Report	Mario Gaspar  23' Gerard  39' Toko Ekambi  60' Funes Mori  69' Iborra  82' Róber 90+3' (o.g.) Chukwueze 90+6'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 20,149 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

Villarreal v Rayo Vallecano

17 March 2019 28	Villarreal	3–1	Rayo Vallecano	Villarreal
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Funes Mori  44' Toko Ekambi 50', 52' Ruiz  79' Álvaro  82' Gerard 88'	Report	Suárez 20' Velázquez  51' Gálvez  66' Amat  82'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 17,117 Referee: José Luis González González

Celta Vigo v Villarreal

30 March 2019 29	Celta Vigo	3–2	Villarreal	Vigo
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Aspas 50', 86' (pen.) Mallo  61' Gómez 71'	Report	Toko Ekambi 11' Pedraza 15',  44' Mario Gaspar  50' Ruiz  60'	Stadium: Abanca-Balaídos Attendance: 22,315 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

Villarreal v Barcelona

2 April 2019 30	Villarreal	4–4	Barcelona	Villarreal
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Chukwueze 23' Álvaro  36'  86' Funes Mori  45' Toko Ekambi 50' Iborra 62' Bacca 80' Cáseres  90+1'	Report	Coutinho 12' Malcom 16' Busquets  39' Lenglet  42' Vidal  77' Aleñá  83' Messi  84', 90' Roberto  85' Suárez  90+1', 90+3'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 19,515 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

Real Betis v Villarreal

7 April 2019 31	Real Betis	2–1	Villarreal	Seville
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Lo Celso 11', 63' Jesé  45' Feddal  79' Carvalho  90+5' Tello  90+6'	Report	Funes Mori 13' Chukwueze  20' Ruiz  35' Cáseres  52' Mario Gaspar  90+3'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 28,475 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

Girona v Villarreal

14 April 2019 32	Girona	0–1	Villarreal	Girona
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Juanpe  74' Pons  79'	Report	Chukwueze 7',  76' Fornals  51' Mario Gaspar  87' Cáseres  90+5' Funes Mori  90+6'	Stadium: Montilivi Attendance: 11,535 Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

Villarreal v Leganés

21 April 2019 33	Villarreal	2–1	Leganés	Villarreal
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bacca 64' Toko Ekambi 80' Fernández  90' Cáseres  90+1'	Report	El Zhar 87' (pen.) Omeruo  90'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 14,661 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

Real Sociedad v Villarreal

25 April 2019 34	Real Sociedad	0–1	Villarreal	San Sebastián
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Navas  24' Oyarzabal  79'	Report	Funes Mori  42' Toko Ekambi  68' Iborra  78' Gerard 85'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 20,060 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

Villarreal v Huesca

28 April 2019 35	Villarreal	1–1	Huesca	Villarreal
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mario Gaspar  7' Fornals 30',  40' Toko Ekambi  56' Cáseres  75' Quintillà  90+1'	Report	Galán  53' Ávila 78' Herrera  86' Pulido  90+2'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 17,901 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

Real Madrid v Villarreal

5 May 2019 36	Real Madrid	3–2	Villarreal	Madrid
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Mariano 2', 49' Vallejo 40'	Report	Gerard 11' Funes Mori  43' Álvaro  84' Iborra  89' Costa 90+4'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 46,294 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

Villarreal v Eibar

12 May 2019 37	Villarreal	1–0	Eibar	Villarreal
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Toko Ekambi 59' Mario Gaspar  76' Gerard  90+4' Bacca  90+5'	Report	Cucurella  64' José Ángel  90+4'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 17,901 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

Getafe v Villarreal

18 May 2019 38	Getafe	2–2	Villarreal	Getafe
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Portillo 13' Maksimović  57', 76' Suárez  90+2'	Report	Álvaro  22' Fernández  22' Iborra 44',  46' Gerard 87'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 13,579 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

Copa del Rey

Main article: 2018–19 Copa del Rey

Round of 32

Almería v Villarreal

1 November 2018 First leg	Almería	3–3	Villarreal	Almería
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Trujillo  43' Chema 52' (pen.) Gassama 86', 90+1' Eteki  90+4'	Report	Mario Gaspar  49' Cazorla 67' Callejón 78' (o.g.) Chukwueze 83'	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 8,004 Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

Villarreal v Almería

5 December 2018 Second leg	Villarreal	8–0 (11–3 agg.)	Almería	Villarreal
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Toko Ekambi 23', 30', 36', 47' Bacca 45', 83' (pen.) Gerard 67' Raba 89'	Report	Adri  40' Arzura  81'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 12,739 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

Round of 16

Villarreal v Espanyol

9 January 2019 First leg	Villarreal	2–2	Espanyol	Villarreal
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Costa  9' Cáseres  41' Raba  64' Toko Ekambi 85' Bacca 89'	Report	Darder 15' A. López 71' Roca  90+4'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 12,207 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

Espanyol v Villarreal

17 January 2019 Second leg	Espanyol	3–1 (5–3 agg.)	Villarreal	Barcelona
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Da. López  34' Piatti 34' (pen.) Iglesias 37' (pen.), 74' Vilà  58'	Report	Cáseres  29' Bacca  34' Layún  40' Chukwueze 42' Fuego  90+2'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 11,171 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VIL	RW	RAN	SPM
1	Villarreal	6	2	4	0	12	5	+7	10[a]	Advance to knockout phase		—	5–0	2–2	2–0
2	Rapid Wien	6	3	1	2	6	9	−3	10[a]			0–0	—	1–0	2–0
3	Rangers	6	1	3	2	8	8	0	6			0–0	3–1	—	0–0
4	Spartak Moscow	6	1	2	3	8	12	−4	5			3–3	1–2	4–3	—

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

1. Head-to-head points: Villarreal 4, Rapid Wien 1.

Villarreal v Rangers

20 September 2018 1	Villarreal	2–2	Rangers	Villarreal, Spain
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)	Bacca 1' Gerard 69' Miguelón  72'	Report	Goldson  17' Arfield 67' Lafferty 76' Dorrans  90+3'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 15,982 Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

Spartak Moscow v Villarreal

4 October 2018 2	Spartak Moscow	3–3	Villarreal	Moscow, Russia
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Zé Luís 34' (pen.), 82' Dzhikiya  81' Fernando  83' Melgarejo 85' Rasskazov  87'	Report	Toko Ekambi 13' Fornals 49' Sansone  52' Gerard  81' Cazorla 90+6' (pen.)	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 21,264 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

Villarreal v Rapid Wien

25 October 2018 3	Villarreal	5–0	Rapid Wien	Villarreal, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Trigueros  21' Fornals 26' Toko Ekambi 30' Cáseres  41' Barać 45' (o.g.) Raba 63' Costa  73'  79' Gerard 85'	Report	Murg  24'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 14,158 Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)

Rapid Wien v Villarreal

8 November 2018 4	Rapid Wien	0–0	Villarreal	Vienna, Austria
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Schwab  75' Berisha  86' Sonnleitner  87'	Report	Cáseres  43' Layún  45' Pedraza  62' Fornals  85'	Stadium: Allianz Stadion Attendance: 22,100 Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

Rangers v Villarreal

29 November 2018 5	Rangers	0–0	Villarreal	Glasgow, Scotland
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Candeias  36'  45+1' Flanagan  90' Middleton  90+5'	Report	Mario Gaspar  35' Álvaro  90+1'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 50,171 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Villarreal v Spartak Moscow

13 December 2018 6	Villarreal	2–0	Spartak Moscow	Villarreal, Spain
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Chukwueze 11' Toko Ekambi 48' Álvaro  71' Costa  90' Fernández  90+2'	Report	Lomovitsky  22' Zé Luís  85' Dzhikiya  90' Kutepov  90+1'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 12,903 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

Round of 32

Sporting CP v Villarreal

14 February 2019 First leg	Sporting CP	0–1	Villarreal	Lisbon, Portugal
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Acuña  6'  76' Luís  15' Raphinha  45+2' Fernandes  90+3' Phellype  90+4'	Report	Pedraza 3' Fernández  72' Cáseres  90+2'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 27,134 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Villarreal v Sporting CP

21 February 2019 Second leg	Villarreal	1–1 (2–1 agg.)	Sporting CP	Villarreal, Spain
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Gerard  51' Fornals 80'	Report	Jefferson  35'  50' Fernandes 45+1' Ilori  51'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 14,098 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

Round of 16

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Villarreal

7 March 2019 First leg	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–3	Villarreal	Saint Petersburg, Russia
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Azmoun 35' Barrios  37' Smolnikov  76'	Report	Costa  14' Iborra 33' Gerard 64' Miguelón  68' Morlanes 71'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 51,826 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

Villarreal v Zenit Saint Petersburg

14 March 2019 Second leg	Villarreal	2–1 (5–2 agg.)	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Villarreal, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gerard 29' Bacca 47' Ruiz  52' Costa  82'	Report	Shatov  56' Ivanović 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 14,027 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Quarter-finals

Villarreal v Valencia

11 April 2019 First leg	Villarreal	1–3	Valencia	Villarreal, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cazorla  28', 36' (pen.) Álvaro  62' Quintillà  84'	Report	Guedes 6', 90+3' Gayà  39' Wass 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 17,605 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

Valencia v Villarreal

18 April 2019 Second leg	Valencia	2–0 (5–1 agg.)	Villarreal	Valencia, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lato 13' Parejo 54' Coquelin  88'	Report	Raba  24' Pedraza  34' Funes Mori  53' Ratiu  61'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 26,403 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 19 May 2019.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ESP	Sergio Asenjo	32	0	32	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK	ESP	Andrés Fernández	22	0	6	0	4	0	12	0
25	GK	ARG	Mariano Barbosa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ESP	Mario Gaspar	40	1	30+1	1	1	0	8	0
3	DF	ESP	Álvaro	41	1	33	1	1	0	7	0
4	DF	ARG	Ramiro Funes Mori	42	2	29+2	2	1	0	9+1	0
6	DF	ESP	Víctor Ruiz	33	0	22	0	1	0	10	0
11	DF	ESP	Jaume Costa	29	1	18+3	1	2	0	6	0
15	DF	ESP	Miguelón	16	0	5+3	0	2+1	0	4+1	0
23	DF	ITA	Daniele Bonera	11	0	4+1	0	3	0	3	0
33	DF	ESP	Pepe Castaño	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
38	DF	ROU	Andrei Rațiu	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
39	DF	ESP	Xavi Quintillà	9	0	7	0	1	0	1	0
Midfielders
5	MF	ARG	Santiago Cáseres	34	0	17+6	0	2	0	7+2	0
8	MF	ESP	Pablo Fornals	50	5	28+7	2	0+3	0	10+2	3
10	MF	ESP	Vicente Iborra	25	4	19	3	0+1	0	3+2	1
14	MF	ESP	Manu Trigueros	34	0	18+6	0	2+1	0	6+1	0
16	MF	ESP	Alfonso Pedraza	45	4	22+12	3	2+1	0	6+2	1
18	MF	ESP	Javi Fuego	11	0	3+2	0	2	0	3+1	0
19	MF	ESP	Santi Cazorla	46	7	30+5	4	1	1	3+7	2
21	MF	ESP	Bruno	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	ESP	Dani Raba	17	2	2+6	0	4	1	4+1	1
28	MF	ESP	Manu Morlanes	16	1	7+3	0	1	0	3+2	1
30	MF	NGA	Samuel Chukwueze	38	8	19+7	5	2+1	2	5+4	1
37	MF	ESP	Iván Martín	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	ESP	Gerard Moreno	49	13	25+10	8	0+3	1	7+4	4
9	FW	COL	Carlos Bacca	43	11	12+21	6	3	3	4+3	2
17	FW	CMR	Karl Toko Ekambi	43	18	24+10	10	2	5	5+2	3
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
10	FW	ITA	Nicola Sansone	7	1	0+3	1	1	0	3	0
20	MF	CHI	Manuel Iturra	4	0	1+2	0	1	0	0	0
24	DF	MEX	Miguel Layún	15	0	5+3	0	4	0	2+1	0
-	MF	URU	Ramiro Guerra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	FW	ARG	Leonardo Suárez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	FW	TUR	Enes Ünal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	FW	ESP	Matías Nahuel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

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