2013–14 Villarreal CF season

Villarreal
2013–14 season
President	Fernando Roig
Head coach	Marcelino
Stadium	El Madrigal
La Liga	6th
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ikechukwu Uche (14); All: ; Ikechukwu Uche (14)
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2013–14 season was Villarreal Club de Fútbol's 91st season in existence and the club's first season back in the top flight of Spanish football since 2012. In addition to the domestic league, Villarreal participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey. The season covered the period from 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014.

Squad

As June, 2014..^[1] ^[2]

Squad and statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Liga		Copa
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ESP	Sergio Asenjo	35	0	35	0	0	0
2	DF	ESP	Mario	37	1	36	1	1	0
3	DF	SVN	Bojan Jokić	19	0	15	0	4	0
4	MF	ESP	Tomás Pina	39	2	35	2	4	0
5	DF	ARG	Mateo Musacchio	35	1	32	1	3	0
6	DF	SRB	Aleksandar Pantić	13	0	9	0	4	0
7	FW	FRA	Jérémy Perbet	30	11	26	10	4	1
8	FW	NGA	Ikechukwu Uche	32	14	30	14	2	0
9	FW	MEX	Giovani dos Santos	34	12	31	11	3	1
10	MF	ESP	Cani	27	3	26	3	1	0
11	FW	PAR	Hernán Pérez	14	1	13	1	1	0
12	MF	ESP	Joan Àngel Román	2	0	2	0	0	0
14	MF	ESP	Manu Trigueros	38	2	35	2	3	0
16	DF	ESP	José Dorado	21	0	19	0	2	0
17	MF	MEX	Javier Aquino	36	2	32	1	4	1
18	DF	ESP	Jaume Costa	32	1	30	1	2	0
19	MF	ESP	Óliver	9	0	9	0	0	0
20	DF	BRA	Gabriel	21	0	18	0	3	0
21	MF	ESP	Bruno	39	6	36	6	3	0
24	FW	ESP	Jonathan Pereira	33	4	30	4	3	0
25	GK	ESP	Juan Carlos	7	0	3	0	4	0
27	MF	ESP	Moi Gómez	23	2	19	2	4	0
28	MF	ESP	Edu Ramos	3	0	3	0	0	0
29	DF	ESP	Pablo Íñiguez	4	0	3	0	1	0
44	MF	ARG	Matías Nahuel	5	0	5	0	0	0

Transfers

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	19 August 2013	18 May 2014	Matchday 1	6th	38	17	8	13	60	44	+16	044.74
Copa del Rey	6 December 2013	16 January 2014	Round of 32	Round of 16	4	1	2	1	3	3	+0	025.00
Total					42	18	10	14	63	47	+16	042.86

Source: Competitions

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Athletic Bilbao	38	20	10	8	66	39	+27	70	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5	Sevilla	38	18	9	11	69	52	+17	63	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
6	Villarreal	38	17	8	13	60	44	+16	59^[b]	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round^[c]
7	Real Sociedad	38	16	11	11	62	55	+7	59^[b]	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[c]
8	Valencia	38	13	10	15	51	53	−2	49

Source: La Liga, ESPN
Rules for classification: ^[4] 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points;
Notes:

^ Sevilla automatically qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League group stage as the defending champions; the berth through their league position was vacated.
^ ^a ^b Villarreal finished ahead of Real Sociedad on head-to-head points: Villarreal 5–1 Real Sociedad, Real Sociedad 1–2 Villarreal.
^ ^a ^b Since both the 2013–14 Copa del Rey champions (Real Madrid) and runners-up (Barcelona) qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League, the 5th, 6th and 7th placed teams qualified for the group stage, play-off round and third qualifying round of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League respectively.^[3]

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	17	8	13	60	44	+16	59	9	6	4	36	21	+15	8	2	9	24	23	+1

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	D	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	W
Position	5	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	6

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

Matches

19 August 2013 1	Almería	2–3	Villarreal	Almería
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rafita 35' Rodri 39', 74' Pellerano 89'	Report	Dubarbier 65' (o.g.) Dos Santos 83' Pereira 86'	Stadium: Mediterráneo Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

24 August 2013 2	Villarreal	2–1	Valladolid	Villarreal
23:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dos Santos 38' (pen.) Costa 55' Mario 59' Perbet 61' Dorado 69' Cani 83'	Report	Guerra 4' Valiente 45' Bergdich 86'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

31 August 2013 3	Osasuna	0–3	Villarreal	Pamplona
23:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lotiès 44' Armenteros 69' Torres 72'	Report	Perbet 22' Aquino 30' Cani 72' Uche 75' Pina 85'	Stadium: El Sadar Attendance: 12,474 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

14 September 2013 4	Villarreal	2–2	Real Madrid	Villarreal
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cani 21' Aquino 34' Dos Santos 70' Pina 78'	Report	Nacho 37' Bale 38' Ramos 57' Ronaldo 64' Morata 77'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

22 September 2013 5	Celta Vigo	0–0	Villarreal	Vigo
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	López 38' Aurtenetxe 54' Costas 75' Rafinha 84' Mallo 90+1'	Report	Bruno 48'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 21,130 Referee: Pedro Pérez Montero

26 September 2013 6	Villarreal	2–1	Espanyol	Villarreal
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Perbet 1' Pereira 67' Bruno 70'	Report	Sidnei 47' Sánchez 50' García 80' Mattioni 90'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

29 September 2013 7	Real Betis	1–0	Villarreal	Seville
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Matilla 15' Vadillo 23' Igiebor 36' Amaya 53' Chica 62' Reyes 79' Vilà 89'	Report	Mario 10' Jokić 72' Cani 79'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Carlos Delgado Ferreiro

4 October 2013 8	Villarreal	3–0	Granada	Villarreal
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bruno 30' Dos Santos 49' Pina 82'	Summary	Bounanotte 81'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

21 October 2013 9	Athletic Bilbao	2–0	Villarreal	Bilbao
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Iturraspe 16' Iroala 32' Rico 33', 36' Aduriz 35' Susaeta 62' San José 79'	Report	Bruno 37' Pereira 41' Trigueros 75'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 35,000 Referee: José Teixeira Vitienes

27 October 2013 10	Villarreal	4–1	Valencia	Villarreal
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Uche 17' Pérez 22' Costa 43' Dos Santos 49', 84' Dorado 51' Pina 87'	Report	Banega 48' Fuego 54' Canales 58' Costa 63'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

31 October 2013 11	Villarreal	0–2	Getafe	Villarreal
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Íñiguez 39' Costa 86'	Report	Marica 5' Lago 47' Alexis 50' Rafa 70' Borja 81' Sarabia 90+2'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Javier Estrada Fernández

4 November 2013 12	Elche	0–1	Villarreal	Elche
22:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sánchez 32' Pérez 63' Cisma 87'	Report	Costa 28' Trigueros 59' Pereira 69' Uche 89'	Stadium: Manuel Martínez Valero Attendance: 20,020 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

10 November 2013 13	Villarreal	1–1	Atlético Madrid	Villarreal
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bruno 18' Costa 73' Perbet 81'	Report	Mario 2' (o.g.) Tiago 20' Gabi 52' García 58' Koke 75'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 17,100 Referee: Pedro Pérez Montero

24 November 2013 14	Levante	0–3	Villarreal	Valencia
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Navas 10' Juanfran 64'	Report	Bruno 13' (pen.) Musacchio 65' Uche 74', 89'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

29 November 2013 15	Villarreal	1–1	Málaga	Villarreal
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bruno 32', 73'	Report	Camacho 19' Juanmi 43' Eliseu 52' Anderson 87' Weligton 90+4'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 16,000 Referee: José González González

14 December 2013 16	Barcelona	2–1	Villarreal	Barcelona
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Neymar 30' (pen.), 68', 85'	Report	Trigueros 38' Musacchio 48'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 66,130 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

21 December 2013 17	Villarreal	1–2	Sevilla	Villarreal
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Costa 55' Gabriel 58' Perbet 88' (pen.) Pereira 90+2'	Report	Cala 24', 86' Carriço 51' Coke 69' Bacca 71' Iborra 76' Beto 90'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

6 January 2014 18	Rayo Vallecano	2–5	Villarreal	Madrid
22:00 CET (UTC+1)	Trashorras 35' Rodri 45' Mojica 49' Castillo 66', 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Uche 10', 57', 64', 90+1' Perbet 12', 41', 75' Pina 78'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

13 January 2014 19	Villarreal	5–1	Real Sociedad	Villarreal
22:00 CET (UTC+1)	Costa 7' Dos Santos 16', 33' Bruno 20' Uche 27', 55' Gómez 58'	Report	José Ángel 2' Agirretxe 60' Ros 72' Vela 72' I. Martínez 76'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 13,600 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

19 January 2014 20	Villarreal	2–0	Almería	Villarreal
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Uche 3', 47' Costa 82' Bruno 87' (pen.)	Report	Dubarbier 70'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 18,000 Referee: César Muñiz Fernández

25 January 2014 21	Valladolid	1–0	Villarreal	Valladolid
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rueda 40' Peña 55' Rubio 66' Guerra 72' Rukavina 89'	Report		Stadium: José Zorrilla Attendance: 13,817 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

3 February 2014 22	Villarreal	3–1	Osasuna	Villarreal
22:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pina 23' Dos Santos 45' Perbet 46', 75' Trigueros 55'	Report	Loé 69' Riera 87'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

8 February 2014 23	Real Madrid	4–2	Villarreal	Madrid
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bale 7' Benzema 25', 76' Jesé 64'	Report	Mario 43', 59' Costa 54' Dos Santos 69'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 75,624 Referee: José González González

15 February 2014 24	Villarreal	0–2	Celta Vigo	Villarreal
22:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jokić 9' Musacchio 66'	Report	Cabral 30' Aurtenetxe 40' Fernández 57' Orellana 83' Nolito 90', 90+1'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 14,195 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

24 February 2014 25	Espanyol	1–2	Villarreal	Cornellà de Llobregat
22:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sánchez 46' Stuani 60' Córdoba 77' Moreno 80' Colotto 82'	Report	Gómez 36' Dos Santos 43' Perbet 50' Uche 85' Asenjo 90' Gabriel 90'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 12,650 Referee: José Teixeira Vitienes

2 March 2014 26	Villarreal	1–1	Betis	Villarreal
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bruno 71' (pen.) Jokić 80' Uche 80'	Report	Vilà 45+1' Sevilla 53' Amaya 68' Chica 69' Castro 85'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 18,693 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

8 March 2014 27	Granada	2–0	Villarreal	Granada
22:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rico 23' Riki 25' El-Arabi 33' Brahimi 65' Iturra 83' Recio 90+2'	Report	Gabriel 46'	Stadium: Los Cármenes Attendance: 13,612 Referee: César Muñiz Fernández

17 March 2014 28	Villarreal	1–1	Athletic Bilbao	Villarreal
22:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jokić 31' Gabriel 39' 65' Pina 47'	Report	Aduriz 32', 83' Gurpegui 36'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 25,500 Referee: José González González

23 March 2014 29	Valencia	2–1	Villarreal	Valencia
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fuego 35', 44' Pereira 45+1' Cartabia 77'	Report	Pina 35' Cani 45' Óliver 62' Dos Santos 83'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 37,214 Referee: Pedro Pérez Montero

27 March 2014 30	Getafe	0–1	Villarreal	Getafe
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Míchel 79' Valera 81' Mosquera 82'	Report	Perbet 5' Jokić 12' Óliver 24'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

30 March 2014 31	Villarreal	1–1	Elche	Villarreal
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pereira 43' Costa 85'	Report	Suárez 3', 31'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 15,172 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

5 April 2014 32	Atlético Madrid	1–0	Villarreal	Madrid
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	García 14', 69' Koke 67' Suárez 80'	Report	Gabriel 42'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

12 April 2014 33	Villarreal	1–0	Levante	Villarreal
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Trigueros 74' Pantić 90+1' Perbet 90+5'	Report	Diop 80' Karabelas 90+5'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 20,600 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

21 April 2014 34	Málaga	2–0	Villarreal	Málaga
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Santa Cruz 6' Samu 43' Darder 53' Ferreira 64' Camacho 71' Amrabat 73'	Report	Aquino 15' Musacchio 47' Pina 71'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 15,789 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

27 April 2014 35	Villarreal	2–3	Barcelona	Villarreal
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cani 45+1', 90' Trigueros 55', 89' Mario 56'	Report	Sánchez 50' Gabriel 65' (o.g.) Musacchio 78' (o.g.) Messi 83' Busquets 85'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 22,839 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

4 May 2014 36	Sevilla	0–0	Villarreal	Seville
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 31,372 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

10 May 2014 37	Villarreal	4–0	Rayo Vallecano	Villarreal
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Uche 22' Bruno 42' Pereira 55' Costa 64' Trigueros 71'	Report	Arbilla 63' Gálvez 82'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 13,492 Referee: José González González

18 May 2014 38	Real Sociedad	1–2	Villarreal	San Sebastián
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bergara 67' Granero 86' Vela 90+3'	Report	Dos Santos 26' Jokić 44' Musacchio 61' Uche 69' Costa 89'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 21,140 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

6 December 2013 First leg	Villarreal	2–2	Elche	Villarreal
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dos Santos 22' Dorado 27' Perbet 70' Aquino 90+4'	Report	Botía 36' Pelegrín 61' Boakye 62', 66'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

17 December 2013 Second leg	Elche	0–1 (2–3 agg.)	Villarreal	Elche
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Flores 52' Márquez 67' Săpunaru 69'	Report	Pantić 36' Perbet 55' Bruno 65' Costa 69'	Stadium: Manuel Martínez Valero Attendance: 17,307 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

Round of 16

9 January 2014 First leg	Real Sociedad	0–0	Villarreal	San Sebastián
19:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Jokić 41'	Stadium: Anoeta Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

16 January 2014 Second leg	Villarreal	0–1 (0–1 agg.)	Real Sociedad	Villarreal
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jokić 23' Pérez 76'	Report	Ros 32'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

References

^ BDFutbol - Villarreal
^ Soccerway - Villarreal
^ "Regulations of the UEFA Europa League 2013/14, article 2.04" (PDF). Nyon: UEFA. March 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
^ "Reglamento General RFEF – Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos. (page 104)" (PDF). RFEF. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.

[table_note_res_ELGS0.83698040798166-3] Sevilla automatically qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League group stage as the defending champions; the berth through their league position was vacated.

[table_hth_VIL0.83698040798166-4] Villarreal finished ahead of Real Sociedad on head-to-head points: Villarreal 5–1 Real Sociedad, Real Sociedad 1–2 Villarreal.

[table_note_res_ELPO0.83698040798166-6] Since both the 2013–14 Copa del Rey champions (Real Madrid) and runners-up (Barcelona) qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League, the 5th, 6th and 7th placed teams qualified for the group stage, play-off round and third qualifying round of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League respectively.^[3]

[1] BDFutbol - Villarreal

[2] Soccerway - Villarreal

[EL-regulations-5] "Regulations of the UEFA Europa League 2013/14, article 2.04" (PDF). Nyon: UEFA. March 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2013.

[7] "Reglamento General RFEF – Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos. (page 104)" (PDF). RFEF. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	17	8	13	60	44	+16	59	9	6	4	36	21	+15	8	2	9	24	23	+1

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	17	8	13	60	44	+16	59	9	6	4	36	21	+15	8	2	9	24	23	+1

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	17	8	13	60	44	+16	59	9	6	4	36	21	+15	8	2	9	24	23	+1