2017–18 Villarreal CF season

Villarreal

2017–18 season

President

Fernando Roig

Head coach

Fran Escribá
(until 25 September)
Javier Calleja
(from 25 September)

Stadium

Top goalscorer

League:
Carlos Bacca (15)
All:
Carlos Bacca (18)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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The 2017–18 season was Villarreal Club de Fútbol's 95th season in existence and the club's 5th 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 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Squad

As of 28 February 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	POR	Rúben Semedo
5	DF	ESP	Adrián Marín
6	DF	ESP	Víctor Ruiz
7	MF	RUS	Denis Cheryshev
8	MF	ESP	Pablo Fornals
9	FW	COL	Carlos Bacca (on loan from Milan)
10	MF	ESP	Samu Castillejo
11	DF	ESP	Jaume Costa
13	GK	ESP	Andrés Fernández


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	ESP	Manu Trigueros
15	FW	TUR	Enes Ünal
16	MF	ESP	Rodri
18	FW	ITA	Nicola Sansone
20	MF	ITA	Roberto Soriano
21	MF	ESP	Bruno (captain)
22	DF	SRB	Antonio Rukavina
23	DF	ITA	Daniele Bonera
24	MF	SEN	Alfred N'Diaye
25	GK	ARG	Mariano Barbosa
35	MF	ARG	Leo Suárez

Transfers

List of Spanish football transfers summer 2017 § Villarreal

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Fee	Ref
31 May 2017	Enes Ünal	Manchester City	Transfer	€8,500,000	^[2]
7 June 2017	Rúben Semedo	Sporting CP	Transfer	€14,000,000	^[3]
21 June 2017	Andrés Fernández	Porto	Transfer	€1,700,000	^[4]
30 June 2017	Akram Afif	Sporting Gijón	Loan return	Free	^[5]
30 June 2017	Alfonso Pedraza	Leeds United	Loan return	Free	^[6]
30 June 2017	Pablo Íñiguez	Rayo Vallecano	Loan return	Free	^[7]
30 June 2017	Cristian Espinoza	Real Valladolid	Loan return	Free	^[8]
30 June 2017	Adrián Marín	Leganés	Loan return	Free	^[9]
30 June 2017	Alfred N'Diaye	Hull City	Loan return	Free
24 July 2017	Pablo Fornals	Málaga	Transfer	€12,000,000	^[10]
16 August 2017	Carlos Bacca	Milan	Loan	€2,500,000	^[11]

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Fee	Ref
30 May 2017	Mateo Musacchio	Milan	Transfer	€18,000,000	^[12]
30 June 2017	Adrián	Porto	Loan return	Free
30 June 2017	José Ángel	Porto	Loan return	Free	^[13]
30 June 2017	Rafael Santos Borré	Atlético Madrid	Loan return	Free	^[14]
5 July 2017	Alfonso Pedraza	Alavés	Loan	Free	^[15]
12 July 2017	Pablo Íñiguez	Reus	Transfer	Free	^[16]
14 July 2017	Akram Afif	Eupen	Loan	Free	^[17]
18 July 2017	Cristian Espinoza	Boca Juniors	Loan	Free	^[18]
28 July 2017	Jonathan dos Santos	LA Galaxy	Transfer	€4,300,000	^[19]
9 August 2017	Roberto Soldado	Fenerbahçe	Transfer	€5,000,000	^[20]
28 February 2018	Cédric Bakambu	Beijing Guoan	Transfer	€37,000,000	^[21]

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	21 August 2017	20 May 2018	Matchday 1	5th	38	18	7	13	57	50	+7	047.37
Copa del Rey	25 October 2017	10 January 2018	Round of 32	Round of 16	4	1	2	1	6	5	+1	025.00
UEFA Europa League	14 September 2017	22 February 2018	Group stage	Round of 32	8	3	2	3	11	10	+1	037.50
Total					50	22	11	17	74	65	+9	044.00

Source: Competitions

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Real Madrid	38	22	10	6	94	44	+50	76	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
4	Valencia	38	22	7	9	65	38	+27	73	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
5	Villarreal	38	18	7	13	57	50	+7	61	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
6	Real Betis	38	18	6	14	60	61	−1	60	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
7	Sevilla	38	17	7	14	49	58	−9	58	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[a]

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)^[22]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Since the winners of the 2017–18 Copa del Rey, Barcelona, qualified for European competition 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 (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.

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	18	7	13	57	50	+7	61	11	3	5	35	22	+13	7	4	8	22	28	−6

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H
Result	L	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	D
Position	18	19	13	7	9	14	9	8	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5

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

Matches

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

21 August 2017 1	Levante	1–0	Villarreal	Valencia
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Lerma 34' Morales 88' (pen.)	Report	Trigueros 37' Ruiz 63' Rukavina 87'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 12,942 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

25 August 2017 2	Real Sociedad	3–0	Villarreal	San Sebastián
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Elustondo 16' Willian José 25', 39' Prieto 34' Juanmi 45'	Report	Costa 3' Trigueros 68'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 19,931 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

10 September 2017 3	Villarreal	3–1	Real Betis	Villarreal
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Costa 10' Bacca 32' Álvaro 45' Castillejo 61' Ünal 77' Rukavina 90+2'	Report	León 11'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 18,638 Referee: David Medié Jiménez

17 September 2017 4	Alavés	0–3	Villarreal	Vitoria-Gasteiz
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sobrino 80' Pedraza 90+3'	Report	Bakambu 32', 62' Rodri 45' Bacca 52' Ruiz 67'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 18,124 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

21 September 2017 5	Villarreal	0–0	Espanyol	Villarreal
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bacca 31' Bakambu 41' Trigueros 71' Álvaro 74' Fornals 85'	Report	Sánchez 77' Fuego 86'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 17,071 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

24 September 2017 6	Getafe	4–0	Villarreal	Getafe
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Arambarri 19' Ángel 54', 90+2' Molina 64' Bergara 67'	Report	Bakambu 42' Trigueros 65' Rodri 74' Soriano 90+1'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 10,874 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

1 October 2017 7	Villarreal	3–0	Eibar	Villarreal
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bakambu 25', 52', 76' (pen.) Rodri 31' Álvaro 47'	Report	García 50'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 17,090 Referee: Mario Melero López

15 October 2017 8	Girona	1–2	Villarreal	Girona
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Stuani 40', 90' Kayode 86'	Report	Bakambu 9', 20', 79' Álvaro 59' Rodri 90' Bacca 90+2'	Stadium: Montilivi Attendance: 9,935 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

22 October 2017 9	Villarreal	4–0	Las Palmas	Villarreal
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ruiz 30' Bakambu 48' Mario Gaspar 65' Navarro 67' (o.g.) Sansone 90+3'	Report	Lemos 24' Gómez 40' Navarro 73' Viera 75' Michel 86'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 16,709 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

28 October 2017 10	Atlético Madrid	1–1	Villarreal	Madrid
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Correa 61'	Report	Trigueros 25' Bakambu 55' Bacca 79', 81' Álvaro 85'	Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano Attendance: 61,421 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

5 November 2017 11	Villarreal	2–0	Málaga	Villarreal
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Chuca 45' Sansone 68', 76' Costa 81'	Report	Castro 32' Peñaranda 38' Adrián 60' Juan Carlos 75' Recio 83'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 17,522 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

19 November 2017 12	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	Villarreal	Bilbao
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Iturraspe 19' Aduriz 77'	Report	Bonera 5' Trigueros 28' Costa 34' Ruiz 63'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 36,666 Referee: David Medié Jiménez

26 November 2017 13	Villarreal	2–3	Sevilla	Villarreal
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bakambu 19' Ruiz 23' 77' Bacca 53' Guerra 55' Costa 90+2'	Report	Lenglet 56' Vázquez 57' Pizarro 66' Banega 72', 78' (pen.) Correa 86'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 18,698 Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

3 December 2017 14	Leganés	3–1	Villarreal	Leganés
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rico 45', 72' El Zhar 81', 90+1' Gabriel 90+3'	Report	Raba 17', 60' Trigueros 42' Bonera 42' Marín 50'	Stadium: Butarque Attendance: 9,233 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

10 December 2017 15	Villarreal	0–2	Barcelona	Villarreal
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Raba 60' Bakambu 61' Álvaro 86'	Report	Busquets 45' L. Suárez 72' Messi 83'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 21,087 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

17 December 2017 16	Celta Vigo	0–1	Villarreal	Vigo
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Jonny 81'	Report	Fornals 13', 34' Costa 64' Trigueros 80'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 18,215 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

23 December 2017 17	Valencia	0–1	Villarreal	Valencia
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Kondogbia 15' Parejo 45' Zaza 58' 60' Gabriel 81' Neto 82' Montoya 90+2'	Report	Bacca 24' Fornals 27' Álvaro 39' Trigueros 54' 83' Rukavina 62'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 39,181 Referee: Daniel Trujillo Suárez

7 January 2018 18	Villarreal	1–1	Deportivo La Coruña	Villarreal
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ruiz 28' Ünal 30' Álvaro 54' Mario Gaspar 77' Bacca 77'	Report	Guilherme 60' Luisinho 72' Sidnei 77' Andone 84'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 15,442 Referee: David Medié Jiménez

13 January 2018 19	Real Madrid	0–1	Villarreal	Madrid
16:45 CET (UTC+1)	Carvajal 58' Vázquez 89'	Report	Bacca 44' Fornals 87'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 63,477 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

21 January 2018 20	Villarreal	2–1	Levante	Villarreal
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Trigueros 26' (pen.) Costa 39' Cheryshev 50' Álvaro 87'	Report	Lukić 31' Postigo 64' Roger 90+4'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 16,810 Referee: José González González

27 January 2018 21	Villarreal	4–2	Real Sociedad	Villarreal
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Ruiz 5' Fornals 17' Bacca 20' Castillejo 34' Costa 82'	Report	Llorente 24' Willian José 58' Navas 75'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 14,918 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

3 February 2018 22	Real Betis	2–1	Villarreal	Seville
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Loren 45', 65' Barragán 79'	Report	Bonera 31' Rodri 40' Mario Gaspar 40' Bacca 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 49,066 Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

11 February 2018 23	Villarreal	1–2	Alavés	Villarreal
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bacca 18', 77' Castillejo 63' Costa 70' Raba 90+3'	Report	Laguardia 29' Ely 39' Duarte 54' Guidetti 64' Ibai 71' Pacheco 84'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 14,984 Referee: Daniel Trujillo Suárez

18 February 2018 24	Espanyol	1–1	Villarreal	Cornellà de Llobregat
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	García 35' Granero 85'	Report	Ruiz 7' Rodri 25', 76' Mario Gaspar 44' Álvaro 63' Fuego 65' Bacca 85' Rukavina 86'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 19,688 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

25 February 2018 25	Villarreal	1–0	Getafe	Villarreal
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ünal 3', 50' Ruiz 13' Soriano 52' Castillejo 53' Costa 82'	Report	Molinero 43' Antunes 75' Fajr 78'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 16,125 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

28 February 2018 26	Eibar	1–0	Villarreal	Eibar
21:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kike 16' Arbilla 51' Juncà 73' Dmitrović 81' Orellana 90+1'	Report	Álvaro 27' Mario Gaspar 72'	Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 4,056 Referee: Mario Melero López

3 March 2018 27	Villarreal	0–2	Girona	Villarreal
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Raba 2' Costa 34' Bonera 39' Mario Gaspar 61'	Report	Stuani 16' Granell 42' Lozano 80'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 14,540 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

11 March 2018 28	Las Palmas	0–2	Villarreal	Las Palmas
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Navarro 61' Gálvez 90+1'	Report	Costa 17' Bacca 67' Sansone 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 18,855 Referee: David Medié Jiménez

18 March 2018 29	Villarreal	2–1	Atlético Madrid	Villarreal
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Fornals 12' Álvaro 45' Rodri 66' Bacca 67' Ünal 82', 90+1' Sansone 90+4'	Report	Griezmann 15', 20' (pen.) Giménez 61' D. Costa 90+3' Vitolo 90+3'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 19,385 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

1 April 2018 30	Málaga	1–0	Villarreal	Málaga
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Castro 37' (pen.) Lacen 66' Torres 77'	Report	Costa 20' Ansenjo 36' Soriano 47'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 19,345 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

9 April 2018 31	Villarreal	1–3	Athletic Bilbao	Villarreal
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bonera 38' Bacca 45', 67' Álvaro 64' 89' Asenjo 87'	Report	Córdoba 4' I. Martínez 41' Núñez 45' Williams 51' Iturraspe 67' Arrizabalaga 74' De Marcos 81' Muniain 87'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 14,869 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

15 April 2018 32	Sevilla	2–2	Villarreal	Seville
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Banega 37' Sarabia 51' Ben Yedder 62' 62' Nolito 78' Nzonzi 82' Escudero 87'	Report	Cheryshev 22' Raba 36' Costa 55' 76' Bacca 68'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 32,192 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

17 April 2018 33	Villarreal	2–1	Leganés	Villarreal
21:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Trigueros 39' Ruiz 42' Bacca 55'	Report	Gabriel 32' Brašanac 82'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 12,556 Referee: Daniel Trujillo Suárez

28 April 2018 34	Villarreal	4–1	Celta Vigo	Villarreal
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Bacca 13', 35', 38' Trigueros 56' Castillejo 64', 90+3'	Report	Sisto 34'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 14,135 Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

5 May 2018 35	Villarreal	1–0	Valencia	Villarreal
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Rukavina 11' Cheryshev 29' Rodri 34' Ruiz 84' Mario Gaspar 86' Asenjo 90+2'	Report	Guedes 21' Gayà 43' Parejo 60'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 19,079 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

9 May 2018 36	Barcelona	5–1	Villarreal	Barcelona
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Coutinho 11' Paulinho 16' Messi 45' Dembélé 87', 93'	Report	Ruiz 43' Sansone 54' Fuego 71' Mario Gaspar 81'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 54,743 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

12 May 2018 37	Deportivo La Coruña	2–4	Villarreal	A Coruña
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Guilherme 22' Valle 58', 88', 61' Albentosa 74'	Report	Castillejo 2', 45' Trigueros 31' Cheyshev 90+2'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 12,885 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

20 May 2018 38	Villarreal	2–2	Real Madrid	Villarreal
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Roger 70', 88' Castillejo 79', 85' Álvaro 79' Salem 90+4'	Report	Bale 11' Ronaldo 32' Modrić 48' Casemiro 84' Kroos 89'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 18,891 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

25 October 2017 First leg	Ponferradina	1–0	Villarreal	Ponferrada
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Cidoncha 37' García 45+1' Yuri 57' Moreno 90+2'	Report	Soriano 90+4'	Stadium: El Toralín Attendance: 8,800 Referee: Mario Melero López

30 November 2017 Second leg	Villarreal	3–0 (3–1 agg.)	Ponferradina	Villarreal
19:30 CET (UTC+1)	Soriano 31' Bakambu 47', 62' Bacca 64'	Report		Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 10,591 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

Round of 16

4 January 2018 First leg	Leganés	1–0	Villarreal	Leganés
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pérez 32' Amrabat 49' Siovas 90'	Report	Álvaro 67'	Stadium: Butarque Attendance: 9,173 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

10 January 2018 Second leg	Villarreal	2–1 (2–2 (a) agg.)	Leganés	Villarreal
19:30 CET (UTC+1)	Rukavina 36' Raba 48' Fornals 64' Cheryshev 89'	Report	El Zhar 31' Siovas 44' Gumbau 53' Champagne 64' Pérez 90+4'	Stadium: La Ceramica Attendance: 12,122 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Villarreal	6	3	2	1	10	6	+4	11	Advance to knockout phase
2	Astana	6	3	1	2	10	7	+3	10	Advance to knockout phase
3	Slavia Prague	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	8
4	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	1	1	4	1	8	−7	4

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

14 September 2017 1	Villarreal	3–1	Astana	Villarreal, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sansone 16' Bakambu 75' Cheryshev 77' Mario Gaspar 88'	Report	Logvinenko 57', 68' Aničić 71'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 14,670^[23] Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

28 September 2017 2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–0	Villarreal	Netanya, Israel
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Blackman 15' Yitzhaki 90+2'	Report	Costa 58'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium ^[note 1] Attendance: 11,865^[24] Referee: Craig Pawson (England)

19 October 2017 3	Villarreal	2–2	Slavia Prague	Villarreal, Spain
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Soriano 31' Trigueros 41' Bacca 44' Guerra 83' Costa 90+1'	Report	Necid 18' Danny 30' Bořil 90+2'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 15,634^[25] Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

2 November 2017 4	Slavia Prague	0–2	Villarreal	Prague, Czech Republic
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bořil 88'	Report	Bacca 15' Bakambu 57' Deli 89' (o.g.)	Stadium: Eden Arena Attendance: 18,403^[26] Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

23 November 2017 5	Astana	2–3	Villarreal	Astana, Kazakhstan
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Kabananga 22', 90+5' Shomko 43' Mayewski 70' Twumasi 88' Grahovac 90+3'	Report	Raba 39' Marín 63' Bakambu 65', 83' Sansone 76'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 29,800^[27] Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

7 December 2017 6	Villarreal	0–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Villarreal, Spain
19:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Tibi 13' Peretz 33' Blackman 60'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 12,613^[28] Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (Denmark)

Knockout phase

Round of 32

15 February 2018 First leg	Lyon	3–1	Villarreal	Décines-Charpieu, France
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Ndombele 46' Fekir 49' Marçal 73' Depay 82'	Report	Álvaro 42' Cheryshev 43' Fornals 63' Rodri 90+1'	Stadium: Groupama Stadium Attendance: 46,846 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

22 February 2018 Second leg	Villarreal	0–1 (1–4 agg.)	Lyon	Villarreal, Spain
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Álvaro 30' Fuego 59' Costa 78' 78' Castillejo 89' Mario Gaspar 90'	Report	Marcelo 36' Fekir 38' Traoré 85' Depay 89'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 17,028 Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 20 May 2018.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ESP	Sergio Asenjo	26	0	23	0	1	0	2	0
13	GK	ESP	Andrés Fernández	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
25	GK	ARG	Mariano Barbosa	21	0	12+1	0	2	0	6	0
31	GK	ESP	Ander Cantero	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ESP	Mario Gaspar	37	2	31+1	2	0	0	5	0
3	DF	ESP	Álvaro	38	0	32+1	0	2	0	3	0
4	DF	POR	Rúben Semedo	5	0	3+1	0	0	0	1	0
5	DF	ESP	Adrián Marín	10	0	4+1	0	2	0	3	0
6	DF	ESP	Víctor Ruiz	34	2	27	2	2	0	5	0
11	DF	ESP	Jaume Costa	36	0	29+1	0	1	0	5	0
22	DF	SRB	Antonio Rukavina	24	0	14+3	0	4	0	3	0
23	DF	ITA	Daniele Bonera	21	0	14+1	0	1	0	5	0
30	DF	ESP	Pau Torres	6	0	0+2	0	3	0	1	0
38	DF	ESP	Genís Montolio	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Midfielders
7	MF	RUS	Denis Cheryshev	32	4	9+15	2	2+1	1	1+4	1
8	MF	ESP	Pablo Fornals	46	4	30+5	3	1+3	0	7	1
10	MF	ESP	Samu Castillejo	38	6	25+5	6	2+1	0	2+3	0
12	MF	KSA	Salem Al-Dawsari	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	ESP	Manu Trigueros	44	4	32+2	3	2+1	0	7	1
16	MF	ESP	Rodri	47	1	36+1	1	2+2	0	5+1	0
19	MF	ESP	Javi Fuego	12	0	6+5	0	0	0	1	0
20	MF	ITA	Roberto Soriano	30	0	11+11	0	2	0	4+2	0
21	MF	ESP	Bruno	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	URU	Ramiro Guerra	10	0	0+4	0	2	0	3+1	0
28	MF	ESP	Raba	29	4	14+7	2	3+1	1	1+3	1
33	MF	ESP	Chuca	7	0	1+3	0	1	0	1+1	0
35	MF	ARG	Leo Suárez	3	0	0+1	0	1	0	0+1	0
37	MF	ESP	Pedrito	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
40	MF	ESP	Manu Morlanes	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
51	MF	ESP	Sergio Lozano	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Forwards
9	FW	COL	Carlos Bacca	44	18	30+5	15	1+2	1	6	2
15	FW	TUR	Enes Ünal	31	5	11+12	5	3	0	3+2	0
18	FW	ITA	Nicola Sansone	22	6	5+13	5	1	0	2+1	1
24	FW	COL	Roger Martínez	9	1	2+6	1	0+1	0	0	0
27	FW	ESP	Mario González	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
34	FW	ESP	Darío Poveda	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
17	FW	COD	Cédric Bakambu	21	14	15	9	1	2	2+3	3
24	MF	SEN	Alfred N'Diaye	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0

Cards

Accounts for all competitions. Last updated on 19 December 2017.

No.	Pos.	Name
2	DF	Mario Gaspar	1	0
3	DF	Álvaro	6	0
5	DF	Adrián Marín	2	0
6	DF	Víctor Ruiz	5	0
8	MF	Pablo Fornals	2	0
9	FW	Carlos Bacca	3	0
11	DF	Jaume Costa	8	0
14	MF	Manu Trigueros	8	0
16	MF	Rodri	4	0
17	FW	Cédric Bakambu	6	0
18	FW	Nicola Sansone	1	0
20	MF	Roberto Soriano	4	0
22	DF	Antonio Rukavina	2	0
23	DF	Daniele Bonera	2	0
26	MF	Ramiro Guerra	1	0
28	MF	Raba	1	1
33	MF	Víctor Moya	1	0

Clean sheets

Last updated on 19 December 2017.

Number	Name	Matches Played	La Liga	Copa del Rey	Europa League	Total
1	Sergio Asenjo	3	1	1	0	2
13	Andrés Fernández	2	0	0	0	0
25	Mariano Barbosa	19	5	0	2	7
31	Ander Cantero	1	0	0	0	0
TOTALS			6	1	2	9

Notes

^ Maccabi Tel Aviv play their home matches at Netanya Stadium, Netanya, instead of their regular stadium Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, due to renovation.

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