2020–21 Real Zaragoza season

The 2020–21 Real Zaragoza season was the club's 89th season in existence and the eighth consecutive season in the second division of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Real Zaragoza participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey. The season covered the period from 17 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Real Zaragoza

2020–21 season
President	Christian Lapetra
Head coach	Rubén Baraja (until 9 November) Iván Martínez (from 11 November until 13 December) Juan Ignacio Martínez (from 14 December)
Stadium	La Romareda
Segunda División	15th
Copa del Rey	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Juanjo Narváez (9) All: Juanjo Narváez (9)
Biggest win	Alcorcón 0–3 Zaragoza Zaragoza 3–0 Castellón
Biggest defeat	Girona 3–0 Zaragoza
Home colours Away colours
← 2019–20 2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of 30 May 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 28 January 2021

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  ARG Cristian Álvarez 2 DF  ESP Carlos Vigaray 3 DF  ESP Jair Amador 4 DF  FRA Mathieu Peybernes (on loan from Almería) 5 DF  ESP Álvaro Tejero (on loan from Eibar) 6 DF  ESP Alejandro Francés 7 FW  COL Juanjo Narváez 8 MF  ESP Adrián 9 MF  SVN Haris Vučkić 10 MF  ESP Javi Ros (vice-captain) 11 FW  ITA Luca Zanimacchia (on loan from Juventus) 12 MF  NGA James Igbekeme

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 GK  ESP Álvaro Ratón 14 FW  URU Gabriel Fernández (on loan from Celta Vigo) 15 DF  ESP Pep Chavarría 16 MF  ESP Íñigo Eguaras 17 DF  ESP Carlos Nieto 18 DF  ESP Pichu Atienza 19 FW  ESP Álex Alegría (on loan from Mallorca) 21 MF  ESP Alberto Zapater (captain) 22 MF  ESP Sergio Bermejo 23 FW  ESP Gaizka Larrazabal 27 MF  ESP Francho Serrano 28 MF  URU Juan Manuel Sanabria (on loan from Atlético Madrid)

Reserve team

Main article: Deportivo Aragón

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 28 DF  ESP Andrés Borge 30 FW  ESP Jaime Sancho 31 FW  ESP Iván Azón 32 FW  ESP Luis Carbonell

No. Pos. Nation Player 33 DF  ESP Antonio Sola 34 MF  ESP Iván Castillo 39 DF  ESP Javi Hernández 41 GK  ESP Carlos Azón

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 Dani Lasure (at Leganés until 30 June 2021) — DF  ESP Eduardo Mingotes (at Valencia Mestalla until 30 June 2021) — DF  ESP Enrique Clemente (at Logroñés until 30 June 2021) — MF  EQG Jannick Buyla (at UCAM Murcia until 30 June 2021)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  EQG Federico Bikoro (at Badalona until 30 June 2021) — MF  ESP Marc Aguado (at Andorra until 30 June 2021) — FW  ESP Marcos Baselga (at Atlético Baleares until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Zaragoza v Getafe

12 September 2020 Friendly	Zaragoza	0–2	Getafe	Zaragoza, Spain
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)			Keita 5' Mata 26' (pen.)	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Segunda División	12 September 2020	30 May 2021	Matchday 1	15th	42	13	11	18	37	43	−6	030.95
Copa del Rey	16 December 2020	5 January 2021	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	050.00
Total					44	14	11	19	40	45	−5	031.82

Source: Soccerway

Segunda División

Main article: 2020–21 Segunda División

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Oviedo	42	11	19	12	45	46	−1	52[a]
14	Tenerife	42	13	13	16	36	36	0	52[a]
15	Zaragoza	42	13	11	18	37	43	−6	50
16	Cartagena	42	12	13	17	44	52	−8	49
17	Alcorcón	42	13	9	20	32	42	−10	48

Source: LaLiga
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored^[1]
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Oviedo: 4, Tenerife: 1

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
42	13	11	18	37	43	−6	50	9	7	5	20	17	+3	4	4	13	17	26	−9

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	39	40	41	42
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	D	W	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	L	L
Position	9	15	15	10	7	11	13	14	15	16	18	19	19	19	20	21	21	21	21	21	17	21	18	17	17	17	18	17	17	16	16	16	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	10	13	15

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

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 31 August 2020.^[2][3]

Zaragoza v Las Palmas

26 September 2020 3	Zaragoza	2–2	Las Palmas	Zaragoza
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nieto  10'  85' Ros  16', 49' Mendes 19' (o.g.) Atienza  37' Jannick  63' Adrián  90+4'	Report	Lemos 23',  57'  70' Espiau 82' Maikel  89'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

Alcorcón v Zaragoza

3 October 2020 4	Alcorcón	0–3	Zaragoza	Alcorcón
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fraile  15'	Report	Ros  63' Jannick  63'	Stadium: Santo Domingo Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Daniel Jesús Trujillo Suárez

Zaragoza v Albacete

11 October 2020 5	Zaragoza	1–0	Albacete	Zaragoza
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Eguaras  65' Bermejo  68' Atienza  75' Narváez 88'	Report	Gorosito  44' Navarro  73'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz

Zaragoza v Málaga

18 October 2020 6	Zaragoza	1–2	Málaga	Zaragoza
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias

Leganés v Zaragoza

22 October 2020 7	Leganés	1–0	Zaragoza	Leganés
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Arnaiz 57'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Butarque Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Luis Mario Milla Alvendiz

Zaragoza v Sabadell

25 October 2020 8	Zaragoza	0–0	Sabadell	Zaragoza
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: La Romareda Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

Mirandés v Zaragoza

29 October 2020 9	Mirandés	1–0	Zaragoza	Miranda de Ebro
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Moha 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Anduva Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Aitor Gorostegui Fernández-Ortega

Zaragoza v Mallorca

1 November 2020 10	Zaragoza	0–0	Mallorca	Zaragoza
16:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1]

Zaragoza v Girona

4 November 2020 1	Zaragoza	2–2	Girona	Zaragoza
19:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Francisco José Hernández Maeso

Tenerife v Zaragoza

8 November 2020 11	Tenerife	1–0	Zaragoza	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Álvarez 15' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Heliodoro Rodríguez López Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz

Zaragoza v Oviedo

13 November 2020 12	Zaragoza	1–2	Oviedo	Zaragoza
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fernández 26' (o.g.)	Report	Sánchez 45' Leschuk 49'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Rubén Ávalos Barrera

Ponferradina v Zaragoza

22 November 2020 13	Ponferradina	2–1	Zaragoza	Ponferrada
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hernando  41' Valcarce  45+3' Sola 61' (o.g.) Curro  69' Romera 78'	Report	Narváez 46' Sola  73' Eguaras  81'	Stadium: Estadio El Toralín Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

Zaragoza v Rayo Vallecano

25 November 2020 14	Zaragoza	1–2	Rayo Vallecano	Zaragoza
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Igbekeme 19' Vučkić  55' Nieto  78'	Report	Antoñín 72' Pozo 83' Advíncula  85' Velázquez  88' Valentín  90+2'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Iosu Galech Apezteguía

Espanyol v Zaragoza

29 November 2020 15	Espanyol	2–0	Zaragoza	Cornellà de Llobregat
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	L. López  45+1' D. López  46' Gil 69' Embarba  78' Darder 83'	Report	Serrano  51'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Juan Luis Pulido Santana

Castellón v Zaragoza

2 December 2020 16	Castellón	1–0	Zaragoza	Castellón
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Díaz 84' Molina  90+2'	Report	Chavarría  26' Vigaray  89'	Stadium: Nou Estadi Castàlia Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Daniel Ocón Arráiz

Zaragoza v Fuenlabrada

6 December 2020 17	Zaragoza	1–0	Fuenlabrada	Zaragoza
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Guitián  15' Narváez  52', 60'	Report	Juanma  33' Nteka  57'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Daniel Jesús Trujillo Suárez

Almería v Zaragoza

9 December 2020 2	Almería	1–0	Zaragoza	Almería
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sadiq 59'  70' Centelles  64' Buñuel  90+1'	Report	Azón  36' Chavarría  42' Francés  77'	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Aitor Gorostegui Fernández Ortega

Sporting Gijón v Zaragoza

13 December 2020 18	Sporting Gijón	1–0	Zaragoza	Gijón
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Đurđević 77'	Report	Atienza  67' Eguaras  81' Zapater  90+2'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

Zaragoza v Lugo

19 December 2020 19	Zaragoza	1–0	Lugo	Zaragoza
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Amador  64' Chavarría 69'  88'	Report	Torres  12' Valentín  40'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: David Gálvez Rascón

Cartagena v Zaragoza

2 January 2021 20	Cartagena	1–1	Zaragoza	Cartagena
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	José Ángel  34' Andújar 60' Aguza  66' Carlos David  84'	Report	Vigaray  24' Azón 81' Zapater  90' Igbekeme  90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Cartagonova Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Saúl Ais Reig

Zaragoza v UD Logroñés

8 January 2021 21	Zaragoza	2–0	UD Logroñés	Zaragoza
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Narváez 17' (pen.) Bermejo 54' Chavarría  70'	Report	Sierra  42' López  44' Paulino  62'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Luis Mario Milla Alvendiz

Albacete v Zaragoza

22 January 2021 22	Albacete	1–0	Zaragoza	Albacete
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Azamoum  13' Fuster 26' (pen.) Arroyo  82'	Report	Francés  19' Vigaray  25' Narváez  40'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Belmonte Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Rubén Ávalos Barrera

Zaragoza v Ponferradina

29 January 2021 23	Zaragoza	1–0	Ponferradina	Zaragoza
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Narváez 41' (pen.) Eguaras  45+1' Alegría  80'	Report	Valcarce  15'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Dámaso Arcediano Monescillo

Málaga v Zaragoza

7 February 2021 24	Málaga	1–2	Zaragoza	Málaga
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	González  24' Muñoz 82' Casas  90+1' Sá  90+2'	Report	Igbekeme 11' Vigaray 45'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Daniel Jesús Trujillo Suárez

Sabadell v Zaragoza

12 February 2021 25	Sabadell	1–1	Zaragoza	Sabadell
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Grego  57' Stoichkov 71' (pen.)	Report	Bermejo  27' Jair 32' Narváez 74'	Stadium: Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: David Gálvez Rascón

Zaragoza v Alcorcón

22 February 2021 26	Zaragoza	0–1	Alcorcón	Zaragoza
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Chavarría  88'	Report	Álvarez 65' (o.g.)	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

Oviedo v Zaragoza

28 February 2021 27	Oviedo	1–0	Zaragoza	Oviedo
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Grippo  17' Rodri 53'	Report	Igbekeme  75' Francés  82' Fernández  90+1' Eguaras  90+6'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Tartiere Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Óliver de la Fuente Ramos

Zaragoza v Tenerife

6 March 2021 28	Zaragoza	1–0	Tenerife	Zaragoza
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Alegría 21'	Report	Vada  50' Nono  74' Alonso  76' Pomares  78' Ruiz  87'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Álvaro Moreno Aragón

Rayo Vallecano v Zaragoza

12 March 2021 29	Rayo Vallecano	3–2	Zaragoza	Madrid
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Catena  37', 49' Bebé 41' Trejo  56' F. García  61' Á. García 70' Hernández  87'	Report	Narváez 11',  82' Á. García 29' (o.g.) Nieto  64' Francés  90'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Luis Mario Milla Alvendiz

Zaragoza v Mirandés

22 March 2021 30	Zaragoza	1–0	Mirandés	Zaragoza
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Peybernes 6' Alegría 78' Jair  83'	Report	Jiménez  71' Gómez  78' Lizoain  84'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Daniel Jesús Trujillo Suárez

UD Logroñés v Zaragoza

27 March 2021 31	UD Logroñés	1–1	Zaragoza	Logroño
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Andy 15' (pen.),  75' Petcoff  85'	Report	Jair  14' Narváez 62'	Stadium: Las Gaunas Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Jon Ander González Esteban

Zaragoza v Cartagena

1 April 2021 32	Zaragoza	0–0	Cartagena	Zaragoza
21:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Narváez  53' Peybernes  74'	Report	Andújar  46' Cayarga  75'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Juan Luis Pulido Santana

Fuenlabrada v Zaragoza

5 April 2021 33	Fuenlabrada	0–1	Zaragoza	Fuenlabrada
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Salvador 20' Juanma  45+1' Jano  49'	Report	Jair  19' Tejero 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Fernando Torres Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Saúl Ais Reig

Zaragoza v Almería

11 April 2021 34	Zaragoza	2–1	Almería	Zaragoza
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Adrián 10' Nieto  18' Azón 80' Chavarría  84'	Report	Costa  17' Robertone  32', 34' Balliu  57' Petrović  59' Corpas  84'  90+4'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias

Girona v Zaragoza

16 April 2021 35	Girona	3–0	Zaragoza	Girona
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Stuani 6' (pen.) Aday  53' Bueno  57' Bustos 65' Gumbau  67' Luna  78' Sylla 84'	Report	Fernández  18' Tejero  60'	Stadium: Montilivi Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: José Antonio López Toca

Zaragoza v Sporting Gijón

23 April 2021 36	Zaragoza	0–0	Sporting Gijón	Zaragoza
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nieto  42' Eguaras  90'	Report	Rosas  30' García  64'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

Lugo v Zaragoza

30 April 2021 37	Lugo	2–2	Zaragoza	Lugo
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Barreiro 44' Varo  62' Venâncio 81' Juanpe  90+6'	Report	Adrián 64' (pen.) Peybernes  68' Azón  78' Álvarez 90+7'	Stadium: Anxo Carro Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Dámaso Arcediano Monescillo

Zaragoza v Espanyol

8 May 2021 38	Zaragoza	0–0	Espanyol	Zaragoza
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Bermejo  41' Zapater  57'	Report	Dimata  45+3'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Juan Luis Pulido Santana

Las Palmas v Zaragoza

15 May 2021 39	Las Palmas	0–2	Zaragoza	Las Palmas
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lemos  63'	Report	Zanimacchia 8' (pen.) Eguaras  22', 25' Vigaray  45' Sanabria 81' Jair  90+3'	Stadium: Estadio Gran Canaria Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: David Gálvez Rascón

Zaragoza v Castellón

20 May 2021 40	Zaragoza	3–0	Castellón	Zaragoza
21:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Serrano 13' Azón 47' Tejero 66' (pen.)	Report	Molina  53' Cubillas  70'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Daniel Ocón Arráiz

Mallorca v Zaragoza

23 May 2021 41	Mallorca	2–1	Zaragoza	Palma
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Rodríguez  22', 68' Sevilla  58' Junior 89'	Report	Zanimacchia 23' (pen.) Sanabria  32' Serrano  34'	Stadium: Visit Mallorca Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: David Gálvez Rascón

Zaragoza v Leganés

30 May 2021 42	Zaragoza	0–5	Leganés	Zaragoza
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Zapater  18' Narváez  19' Chavarría  32' Serrano  34'	Report	Bua 15' Muñoz 29', 43' Pardo 48' Miguel 55'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Gorka Sagués Oscoz

Copa del Rey

Main article: 2020–21 Copa del Rey

Gimnástica Torrelavega v Zaragoza

16 December 2020 First round	Gimnástica Torrelavega	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Zaragoza	Torrelavega
19:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Azón 100' Serrano 106'	Stadium: El Malecón Referee: Gorka Sagués Oscoz

Alcorcón v Zaragoza

5 January 2021 Second round	Alcorcón	2–1	Zaragoza	Alcorcón
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bellvís  15' Ernesto 42' León 89'	Report	Raí 4' Tarroc  88'	Stadium: Santo Domingo Referee: Rubén Ávalos Barrera

Statistics

Goalscorers

Notes

1. The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.^[4]

References

1. "Reglamento General RFEF - Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos" (PDF). RFEF. 1 May 2015. p. 104. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
2. "Este será el calendario de Segunda División para la temporada 2020/21". rfef.es (in Spanish). 31 August 2020.
3. "Calendario de LaLiga Smartbank 2020/21". laliga.com (in Spanish). 31 August 2020.
4. "Bundesliga is welcoming back fans; when will Premier League, La Liga and Serie A follow suit?". ESPN. 15 September 2020.

External links

• Official website