2025–26 Rayo Vallecano season
Spanish football club season
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The 2025–26 season was the 102nd season in the history of Rayo Vallecano, and the club's fifth consecutive season in La Liga. In addition to the domestic league, the club participated in the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Conference League, reaching the final of the latter competition. The season covers the period from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026.
| 2025–26 season | ||||
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| President | Raúl Martín Presa | |||
| Head coach | Iñigo Pérez | |||
| Stadium | Vallecas | |||
| La Liga | 8th | |||
| Copa del Rey | Round of 16 | |||
| UEFA Conference League | Runners-up | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Jorge de Frutos (10) All: Jorge de Frutos Álvaro García (12 each) | |||
| Highest home attendance | 14,468 vs Real Madrid | |||
| Lowest home attendance | 8,842 vs Shkëndija | |||
| Average home league attendance | 12,372 | |||
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Summary
Rayo Vallecano reached the final of the 2025–26 UEFA Conference League.[1]
Players
First team
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Signed from | Transfer fee | Apps. | Goals | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||
| 1 | GK | Dani Cárdenas | 28 March 1997 | Levante | €1.3M | 15 | 0 | 2023 | |
| 13 | GK | Augusto Batalla | 30 April 1996 | €1.6M | 37 | 0 | 2025 | ||
| Defenders | |||||||||
| 2 | DF | Andrei Rațiu | 20 June 1998 | Huesca | €5.5M | 56 | 3 | 2023 | |
| 3 | DF | Pep Chavarría | 10 April 1998 | Real Zaragoza | €1.8M | 70 | 0 | 2022 | |
| 5 | DF | Luiz Felipe | 22 March 1997 | Free | 3 | 0 | 2025 | ||
| 16 | DF | Abdul Mumin | 6 June 1998 | €1.5M | 64 | 3 | 2022 | ||
| 20 | DF | Iván Balliu | 1 January 1992 | Almería | Free | 141 | 1 | 2021 | |
| 22 | DF | Pacha Espino | 5 January 1992 | Cádiz | Free | 167 | 5 | 2023 | |
| 24 | DF | Florian Lejeune | 20 May 1991 | Alavés | €2.5M | 113 | 9 | 2023 | |
| Midfielders | |||||||||
| 4 | MF | Pedro Díaz | 5 June 1998 | Free | 33 | 4 | 2024 | ||
| 6 | MF | Pathé Ciss | 16 March 1994 | Fuenlabrada | €1M | 139 | 9 | 2021 | |
| 7 | MF | Isi Palazón (3rd captain) | 27 December 1994 | Ponferradina | €600K | 224 | 32 | 2020 | |
| 8 | MF | Óscar Trejo (captain) | 26 April 1988 | Free | 321 | 44 | 2017 | ||
| 15 | MF | Gerard Gumbau | 18 December 1994 | Granada | Loan | 30 | 0 | 2025 | |
| 17 | MF | Unai López | 30 October 1995 | Athletic Bilbao | Free | 183 | 8 | 2021 | |
| 18 | MF | Álvaro García | 27 October 1992 | Cádiz | €4.5M | 272 | 40 | 2018 | |
| 23 | MF | Óscar Valentín (vice-captain) | 20 August 1994 | Rayo Majadahonda | Free | 227 | 4 | 2019 | |
| Forwards | |||||||||
| 9 | FW | Alemão | 1 January 1998 | €4.5M | 0 | 0 | 2025 | ||
| 10 | FW | Sergio Camello | 10 February 2001 | Atlético Madrid | €5M | 102 | 15 | 2023 | |
| 11 | FW | Randy Nteka | 6 December 1997 | Fuenlabrada | €1.3M | 103 | 8 | 2021 | |
| 19 | FW | Jorge de Frutos | 20 February 1997 | Levante | €8M | 102 | 14 | 2023 | |
| 21 | FW | Fran Pérez | 9 September 2002 | Valencia | €1M | 4 | 1 | 2025 | |
Reserve team
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
In
| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
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| Summer | |||||
| GK | Transfer | 1 July 2025 | [4] | ||
| GK | Loan return | 1 July 2025 | [5] | ||
| DF | Free transfer | 7 July 2025 | [6] | ||
| MF | Granada | Loan | 16 July 2025 | [7] | |
| DF | Villarreal | Transfer[a] | 7 August 2024 | [8] | |
| DF | Castellón | Transfer | 12 August 2025 | [9] | |
| MF | Valencia | Transfer | 15 August 2025 | [10] | |
| DF | Real Betis | Loan | 20 August 2025 | [11] | |
| FW | Transfer | 1 September 2025 | [12] | ||
| Winter | |||||
Out
| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer | |||||
| GK | Loan return | 30 June 2025 | [4] | ||
| MF | Free transfer | 30 June 2025 | [13] | ||
| FW | Córdoba | Free transfer | 30 June 2025 | [14] | |
| DF | Almería | End of contract | 30 June 2025 | [15] | |
| GK | Loan | 14 July 2025 | [16] | ||
| FW | Loan | 20 July 2025 | [17] | ||
| FW | Mirandés | Loan | 1 September 2025 | [18] | |
| DF | Cádiz | Loan | 1 September 2025 | [19] | |
| Winter | |||||
- Rayo Vallecano purchased 50% remaining player rights.
Pre-season and friendlies
| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A |
Scorers | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 July 2025 | Genk | A | 1–1 | García 80' | |
| 26 July 2025 | Zwolle | A | 5–0 | Trejo 11', Nteka 23', De Frutos 31', Díaz 46', Eto'o 73' | 3,850 |
| 2 August 2025 | West Bromwich Albion | A | 2–3 | De Frutos 20', Gumbau 84' | |
| 6 August 2025 | Atlético Madrid | N | 1–1 | De Frutos 8' | |
| 10 August 2025 | Sunderland | A | 3–0 | De Frutos 18', Pacha Espino 47', Isi 59' |
Competitions
Overall record
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| La Liga | 15 August 2025 | 23 May 2026 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 31.58 |
| Copa del Rey | 29 October 2025 | 14 January 2026 | First round | Round of 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 75.00 |
| UEFA Conference League | 21 August 2025 | 27 May 2026 | Play-off round | Runners-up | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 13 | +14 | 66.67 |
| Total | 57 | 25 | 15 | 17 | 79 | 62 | +17 | 43.86 | ||||
Source: Rayo Vallecano
La Liga
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Celta Vigo | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 53 | 48 | +5 | 54 | Qualification for the Europa League league phase |
| 7 | Getafe | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 51 | Qualification for the Conference League play-off round |
| 8 | Rayo Vallecano | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 50 | |
| 9 | Valencia | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 46 | 55 | −9 | 49 | |
| 10 | Real Sociedad | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 59 | 61 | −2 | 46[a] | Qualification for the Europa League league phase[b] |
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)[20]
Notes:
- Tied on head-to-head points and goal difference. Real Sociedad placed ahead of Espanyol on overall goal difference.
- Real Sociedad qualified for the Europa League league phase as the 2025–26 Copa del Rey winners.
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 50 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 24 | 15 | +9 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 29 | −12 |
Source: La Liga
Results by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
Kickoff times are in CET.
Win Draw Loss
| Round | Date | Time | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A |
Scorers | Attendance | Referee |
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| 1 | 15 August 2025 | 19:00 | Girona | A | 3–1 | De Frutos 18', García 20', Isi 45' (pen.) | 12,403 | Javier Alberola Rojas |
| 2 | 25 August 2025 | 19:30 | Athletic Bilbao | A | 0–1 | 48,073 | Juan Martínez Munuera | |
| 3 | 31 August 2025 | 21:30 | Barcelona | H | 1–1 | Pérez 67' | 14,438 | Mateo Busquets Ferrer |
| 4 | 14 September 2025 | 18:30 | Osasuna | A | 0–2 | 20,511 | César Soto Grado | |
| 5 | 21 September 2025 | 14:00 | Celta Vigo | H | 1–1 | De Frutos 65' | 13,028 | Víctor García Verdura |
| 6 | 24 September 2025 | 21:30 | Atlético Madrid | A | 2–3 | Pep Chavarría 46', García 77' | 54,098 | Alejandro Hernández Hernández |
| 7 | 28 September 2025 | 14:00 | Sevilla | H | 0–1 | 13,080 | Jesús Gil Manzano | |
| 8 | 5 October 2025 | 18:30 | Real Sociedad | A | 1–0 | Pacha Espino 84' | 31,189 | José Luis Guzmán Mansilla |
| 9 | 19 October 2025 | 18:30 | Levante | A | 3–0 | De Frutos (2) 12', 25', García 65' | 20,312 | Miguel Sesma Espinosa |
| 10 | 26 October 2025 | 21:00 | Alavés | H | 1–0 | Alemão 90+1' | 11,734 | Víctor García Verdura |
| 11 | 1 November 2025 | 14:00 | Villarreal | A | 0–4 | 17,022 | Iosu Galech Apezteguía | |
| 12 | 9 November 2025 | 16:15 | Real Madrid | H | 0–0 | 14,468 | Juan Martínez Munuera | |
| 13 | 23 November 2025 | 14:00 | Real Oviedo | A | 0–0 | 23,684 | Alejandro Quintero González | |
| 14 | 1 December 2025 | 21:00 | Valencia | H | 1–1 | Mendy 37' | 11,267 | Javier Alberola Rojas |
| 15 | 7 December 2025 | 18:30 | Espanyol | A | 0–1 | 28,110 | José María Sánchez Martínez | |
| 16 | 15 December 2025 | 21:00 | Real Betis | H | 0–0 | |||
| 17 | 21 December 2025 | 18:30 | Elche | A | 0–4 | |||
| 18 | 4 January 2026 | Getafe | H | |||||
| 19 | 11 January 2026 | Mallorca | H | |||||
| 20 | 18 January 2026 | Celta Vigo | A | |||||
| 21 | 25 January 2026 | Osasuna | H | |||||
| 22 | 1 February 2026 | Real Madrid | A | |||||
| 23 | 8 February 2026 | Real Oviedo | H | |||||
| 24 | 15 February 2026 | Atlético Madrid | H | |||||
| 25 | 22 February 2026 | Real Betis | A | |||||
| 26 | 1 March 2026 | Athletic Bilbao | H | |||||
| 27 | 8 March 2026 | Sevilla | A | |||||
| 28 | 15 March 2026 | Levante | H | |||||
| 29 | 22 March 2026 | Barcelona | A | 1-0 | 56,812 | |||
| 30 | 5 April 2026 | Elche | H | |||||
| 31 | 12 April 2026 | Mallorca | A | |||||
| 32 | 19 April 2026 | Real Sociedad | H | |||||
| 33 | 22 April 2026 | Espanyol | H | |||||
| 34 | 3 May 2026 | Getafe | A | |||||
| 35 | 10 May 2026 | Girona | H | |||||
| 36 | 13 May 2026 | Valencia | A | |||||
| 37 | 17 May 2026 | Villarreal | H | |||||
| 38 | 24 May 2026 | Alavés | A |
Copa del Rey
Kickoff times are in CET.
Win Draw Loss
| Round | Date | Time | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A |
Scorers | Attendance | Referee |
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| First round | 29 October 2025 | 21:00 | Yuncos | A | 6–1 | Pérez (3) 36', 38', 40', Gumbau 56', Óscar Trejo 79', Camello 82' | José Luis Munuera Montero | |
| Second round | 4 December 2025 | 19:00 | Ávila | A | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Isi 90+4', García 120' | Adrián Cordero Vega | |
| Round of 32 | 6 January 2026 | 19:00 | Granada | A | 3–1 | García 49', Díaz 74', Flores 90+2 (o.g.) | 4,468 | César Soto Grado |
| Round of 16 | 13 January 2026 | 21:00 | Alavés | A | 0–2 | 10,634 | Francisco José Hernández Maeso |
UEFA Conference League
Kickoff times are in CET.
Win Draw Loss
Play-off round
| Round | Date | Time | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A |
Scorers | Attendance | Referee |
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| First leg | 21 August 2025 | 20:00 | Neman Grodno | N | 1–0 | García 77' | 0[a] | Arda Kardeşler (Turkey) |
| Second leg | 28 August 2025 | 20:00 | Neman Grodno | H | 4–0 (5–0 agg.) | García (2) 64', 89', Camello 66', De Frutos 80' | 12,404 | Jérémie Pignard (France) |
- Belarusian clubs were required to play their home matches at neutral venues and behind closed doors due to the country's involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[21]
League phase
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 13 | Advance to round of 16 (seeded) | |
| 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 13 |
Results by round
Matches
Kickoff times are in CET.
Win Draw Loss
| Round | Date | Time | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A |
Scorers | Attendance | Referee |
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| Round 1 | 2 October 2025 | 18:45 | Shkëndija | H | 2–0 | López 28', Pérez 32' | 8,842 | Mohammad Al-Emara (Finland) |
| Round 2 | 23 October 2025 | 18:45 | Häcken | A | 2–2 | García 15', Rațiu 90+13' (pen.) | 6,408 | Antoni Bandić (Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
| Round 3 | 6 November 2025 | 21:00 | Lech Poznań | H | 3–2 | Isi 58', De Frutos 83', García 90+4' | 10,029 | Viktor Kopiyevskyi (Ukraine) |
| Round 4 | 27 November 2025 | 18:45 | Slovan Bratislava | A | 1–2 | Pérez 24' | 16,502 | Lawrence Visser (Belgium) |
| Round 5 | 11 December 2025 | 18:45 | Jagiellonia Białystok | A | 2–1 | Camello 6', Espino 61' | 17,534 | Bulat Sariyev (Kazakhstan) |
| Round 6 | 18 December 2025 | 21:00 | Drita | H | 3–0 | Lejeune 33', Gumbau 66', Espino 83' | 9,300 | Urs Schnyder (Switzerland) |
Knockout phase
| Round | Date | Time | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A |
Scorers | Attendance | Referee |
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| Round of 16 / First leg | 12 March 2026 | 18:45 | Samsunspor | A | 3–1 | Alemão (2) 15', 78', García 40' | 18,095 | Marian Barbu (Romania) |
| Second leg | 19 March 2026 | 21:00 | Samsunspor | H | 0–1 | 10,351 | Sascha Stegemann (Germany) | |
| Quarter-finals / First leg | 9 April 2026 | 18:45 | AEK Athens | H | 3–0 | Akhomach 2', López 45+2', Isi 74' (pen.) | 13,184 | Benoît Bastien (France) |
| Second leg | 16 April 2026 | 21:00 | AEK Athens | A | 1–3 | Isi 60' | 31,100 | Espen Eskås (Norway) |
| Semi-finals / First leg | 30 April 2026 | 21:00 | Strasbourg | H | 1–0 | Alemão 54' | 14,333 | Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania) |
| Second leg | 7 May 2026 | 21:00 | Strasbourg | A | 1–0 | Alemão 42' | 31,071 | Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia) |
| Final | 27 May 2026 | 21:00 | Crystal Palace | N | 0–1 | 39,176 | Maurizio Mariani (Italy) |
Statistics
Overall
- As of 2 October 2025
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Total | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Conference League | Discipline | Notes | |||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||||||
| Goalkeepers | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Daniel Cárdenas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13 | GK | Augusto Batalla | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 30 | GK | Juanpe Gil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 40 | GK | Adrián Molina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Defenders | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | Andrei Rațiu | 7+1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 3 | DF | Pep Chavarría | 6+1 | 1 | 6+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 5 | DF | Luiz Felipe | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 16 | DF | Abdul Mumin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 20 | DF | Iván Balliu | 4+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 22 | DF | Pacha Espino | 5+3 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 24 | DF | Florian Lejeune | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 26 | DF | Marco de las Sías | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 32 | DF | Nobel Mendy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 33 | DF | Jozhua Vertrouwd | 4+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Midfielders | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | Pedro Díaz | 6+3 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | MF | Pathé Ciss | 6+2 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 7 | MF | Isi | 7+3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 8 | MF | Óscar Trejo | 4+2 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 15 | MF | Gerard Gumbau | 3+4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 17 | MF | Unai López | 7+3 | 1 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 18 | MF | Álvaro García | 7+3 | 5 | 6+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 23 | MF | Óscar Valentín | 4+2 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 28 | MF | Samu Becerra | 0+4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 29 | MF | Diego Méndez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Forwards | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | Alemão | 2+2 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | FW | Sergio Camello | 4+4 | 1 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11 | FW | Randy Nteka | 2+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 19 | FW | Jorge de Frutos | 6+3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 21 | FW | Fran Pérez | 4+3 | 2 | 1+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| No longer with club | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | DF | Pelayo Fernández | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Goalscorers
- As of 4 December 2025
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Conference League | Total |
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| 1 | 18 | MF | Álvaro García | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | |
| 2 | 19 | FW | Jorge de Frutos | 4 | — | 2 | 6 | |
| 21 | MF | Fran Pérez | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 7 | MF | Isi | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 5 | 10 | FW | Sergio Camello | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 6 | 3 | DF | Pep Chavarría | 1 | — | — | 1 | |
| 17 | MF | Unai López | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||
| 22 | DF | Pacha Espino | 1 | — | — | 1 | ||
| 9 | FW | Alemão | 1 | — | — | 1 | ||
| 15 | MF | Gerard Gumbau | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||
| 8 | MF | Óscar Trejo | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||
| 2 | DF | Andrei Rațiu | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||
| 32 | DF | Nobel Mendy | 1 | — | — | 1 | ||
| Own goals (from the opponents) | — | — | — | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 13 | 8 | 13 | 34 | ||||