2021–22 Villarreal CF season

Villarreal
2021–22 season
President	Fernando Roig
Head coach	Unai Emery
Stadium	Estadio de la Cerámica
La Liga	7th
Copa del Rey	Round of 32
UEFA Champions League	Semi-finals
UEFA Super Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: ; Arnaut Danjuma (10); All: ; Arnaut Danjuma (16)
Highest home attendance	16,719 vs Real Betis; (3 October 2021)
Lowest home attendance	7,837 vs Granada; (16 August 2021)
Biggest win	Atlético Sanluqueño 1–7 Villarreal
Biggest defeat	Villarreal 1–3 Barcelona
	All statistics correct as of 19 April 2022.

The 2021–22 season is the 99th season in the existence of Villarreal CF and the club's ninth consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Villarreal CF are participating in this season's editions of the Copa del Rey, the UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Super Cup.

Players

As of 1 February 2022[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 (captain)
3	DF	ESP	Raúl Albiol (3rd captain)
4	DF	ESP	Pau Torres
5	MF	ESP	Dani Parejo
6	MF	FRA	Étienne Capoue
7	FW	ESP	Gerard Moreno
8	DF	ARG	Juan Foyth
9	FW	ESP	Paco Alcácer
10	MF	ESP	Vicente Iborra (vice-captain)
11	FW	NGA	Samuel Chukwueze
12	DF	ECU	Pervis Estupiñán
13	GK	ARG	Gerónimo Rulli


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	ESP	Manu Trigueros (4th captain)
15	FW	NED	Arnaut Danjuma
16	FW	SEN	Boulaye Dia
17	MF	ARG	Giovani Lo Celso (on loan from Tottenham)
18	DF	ESP	Alberto Moreno
19	MF	FRA	Francis Coquelin
20	DF	ESP	Rubén Peña
21	MF	ESP	Yeremi Pino
22	DF	ALG	Aïssa Mandi
23	MF	ESP	Moi Gómez
24	DF	ESP	Alfonso Pedraza
25	DF	CIV	Serge Aurier

Reserve team

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
26	FW	SEN	Nicolas Jackson
27	DF	ESP	Adrián de la Fuente
28	MF	RUS	Nikita Iosifov
31	GK	AND	Iker Álvarez
32	DF	ESP	Lanchi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
35	GK	DEN	Filip Jörgensen
37	DF	ESP	Dani Tasende
38	MF	ESP	Carlo Adriano
39	MF	ESP	Antonio Pacheco

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
—	DF	ESP	Jorge Cuenca (at Getafe until 30 June 2022)
—	DF	ESP	Xavi Quintillà (at Leganés until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	ESP	Álex Baena (at Girona until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	ESP	Iván Martín (at Girona until 30 June 2022)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ESP	Manu Morlanes (at Espanyol until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	ESP	Álex Millán (at Union SG until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	ESP	Fer Niño (at Mallorca until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	FRA	Haissem Hassan (at Mirandés until 30 June 2022)

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2021	Sofian Chakla	Getafe	Loan return		[2]
30 June 2021	Jorge Cuenca	Almería	Loan return		[3]
30 June 2021	Enric Franquesa	Girona	Loan return		[4]
30 June 2021	Miguel Ángel Leal	Groningen	Loan return		[5]
30 June 2021	Mario González	Tondela	Loan return		[6]
30 June 2021	Iván Martín	Mirandés	Loan return		[7]
30 June 2021	Manu Morlanes	Almería	Loan return		[8]
30 June 2021	Javier Ontiveros	Huesca	Loan return		[9]
30 June 2021	Xavi Quintillà	Norwich City	Loan return		[10]
1 July 2021	Juan Foyth	Tottenham Hotspur	Buyout clause	€15M	[11]
1 July 2021	Aïssa Mandi	Real Betis	Transfer	Free	[12]
7 July 2021	Manu Morlanes	Almería	Transfer	Undisclosed	[13][14]
13 July 2021	Boulaye Dia	Reims	Transfer	Undisclosed	[15]
19 July 2021	Arnaut Danjuma	Bournemouth	Transfer	€25M	[16]
4 October 2021	Serge Aurier	Free agent	Transfer	Free	[17]

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2021	Miguelón	Espanyol	Buyout clause	€500K	[18]
2 July 2021	Enric Franquesa	Levante	Transfer	Undisclosed	[19]
7 July 2021	Jaume Costa	Mallorca	Transfer	Free	[20]
7 July 2021	Manu Morlanes	Almería	Transfer	Undisclosed	[13][14]
10 July 2021	Iván Martín	Alavés	Loan		[21]
13 July 2021	Carlos Bacca	Granada	Transfer	Free	[22]
23 July 2021	Ramiro Funes Mori	Al Nassr	Transfer	€2.5M	[23]
4 August 2021	Andrei Rațiu	Huesca	Transfer
13 August 2021	Álex Millán	Cercle Brugge	Loan
16 August 2021	Manu Morlanes	Espanyol	Loan
18 August 2021	Fer Niño	Mallorca	Loan
19 August 2021	Álex Baena	Girona	Loan		[24]
27 August 2021	Javier Ontiveros	Osasuna	Loan		[25]
27 August 2021	Sofian Chakla	OH Leuven	Loan		[26]
30 August 2021	Jorge Cuenca	Getafe	Loan		[27]
31 January 2022	Dani Raba	Granada	Released		[28]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

16 July 2021 Friendly	Valencia	3–2	Villarreal	Oliva, Spain
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Guillamón 24' Alderete 44' Vallejo 68', 86' (pen.) Cheryshev 90+4'	Report	Moreno 45' Cuenca 63', 67'	Stadium: Oliva Nova Beach & Golf Resort Attendance: 0 Referee: Juan Manuel Gordillo Escamilla

22 July 2021 Friendly	Villarreal	2–2	Lyon	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gómez 23' Dia 38' Pedraza 43' Morlanes 64'	Report	Jean Lucas 8' Aouar 44'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena Football Center Attendance: 0 Referee: Juan Antonio Campos Salinas

24 July 2021 Friendly	Honvéd	Cancelled	Villarreal	Budapest, Hungary
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Bozsik Aréna
Note: The match was cancelled due to the detection of COVID-19 cases among Villarreal.[29]

26 July 2021 Friendly	Dynamo Kyiv	Cancelled	Villarreal	Austria
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Note: The match was cancelled due to the detection of COVID-19 cases among Villarreal.[29]

28 July 2021 Friendly	Hertha BSC	Cancelled	Villarreal	Zell am See, Austria
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Alois Latini Stadion
Note: The match was cancelled due to the detection of COVID-19 cases among Villarreal.[29]

29 July 2021 Friendly	Villarreal	0–0	Levante	Villarreal, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Baena 74'	Report	Soldado 43' Martínez 53'	Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva Referee: Iván Caparrós Hernández

31 July 2021 Friendly	Marseille	2–1	Villarreal	Marseille, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Niño 9' (o.g.) Balerdi 52' Payet 58' Gueye 68'	Report	Foyth 45' 49' Moreno 88'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

4 August 2021 Friendly	Leicester City	3–2	Villarreal	Leicester, England
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Söyüncü 40' Barnes 42' Pérez 51'	Report	Niño 76' Millán 83'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Referee: Matt Donohue

7 August 2021 Friendly	Leeds United	2–2	Villarreal	York
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Klich 9' Bamford 39'	Report	Moreno 1' Raba 80'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Tony Harrington

3 September 2021 Friendly	Villarreal	2–3	Braga	Villarreal, Spain
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gómez 51' Raba 55'	Report	Oliveira 8' Galeno 25' Fabiano 32' Medeiros 72'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica

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	16 August 2021	22 May 2022	Matchday 1		34	14	10	10	54	33	+21	041.18
Copa del Rey	30 November 2021	6 January 2022	First round	Round of 32	3	2	0	1	16	3	+13	066.67
UEFA Champions League	14 September 2021		Group stage		11	5	3	3	18	13	+5	045.45
UEFA Super Cup	11 August 2021		Final	Runners-up	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Total					49	21	14	14	89	50	+39	042.86

Last updated: 30 April 2022
Source: Soccerway

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Real Betis (X)	34	17	7	10	56	38	+18	58	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
6	Real Sociedad	34	15	11	8	33	32	+1	56
7	Villarreal	34	14	10	10	54	33	+21	52	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round[lower-alpha 1]
8	Athletic Bilbao	34	13	12	9	41	34	+7	51
9	Osasuna	34	12	9	13	35	45	−10	45

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2022. Source: LaLiga Santander
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]
(X) Guaranteed Europa League but can still qualify for the Champions League
Notes:

Since the winners of the 2021–22 Copa del Rey, Real Betis, currently qualify for European competition based on league position, the Europa League berth awarded to the Copa del Rey winners is passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League berth awarded to the sixth-placed team is 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
34	14	10	10	54	33	+21	52	10	5	2	38	15	+23	4	5	8	16	18	−2

Last updated: 30 April 2022.
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
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	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	D	D	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	L
Position	13	15	11	14	14	12	11	11	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	11	9	8	8	8	7	6	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2022. Source: La Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 30 June 2021.[31][32]

16 August 2021 1	Villarreal	0–0	Granada	Villarreal
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Foyth 21' 82' Gerard 41' Capoue 53' Peña 85'	Report	Germán 71'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 7,837 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes
Note: Juan Foyth's first yellow card was overturned after Villarreal successfully appealed the decision.[33]

21 August 2021 2	Espanyol	0–0	Villarreal	Cornellà de Llobregat
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	De Tomás 41' Gil 60' Bare 90+2'	Report	Capoue 23' Gómez 30' Moreno 36' Mandi 54'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Referee: Jorge Figueroa Vázquez

29 August 2021 3	Atlético Madrid	2–2	Villarreal	Madrid
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Correa 28' Lemar 45' Suárez 56', 59' De Paul 85' Mandi 90+5' (o.g.)	Report	Trigueros 52' Gerard 61' Danjuma 74' Rulli 85'	Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano Attendance: 26,840 Referee: César Soto Grado

19 September 2021 5	Mallorca	0–0	Villarreal	Palma
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sastre 41' Ndiaye 53'	Report	Dia 54' Pino 59' Albiol 84'	Stadium: Visit Mallorca Stadium Attendance: 9,168 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

22 September 2021 6	Villarreal	4–1	Elche	Villarreal
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pino 5' Pedraza 27' Trigueros 39' Danjuma 60' Moreno 90+4'	Report	Mojica 19' Fidel 40' González 73'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 8,234 Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz

25 September 2021 7	Real Madrid	0–0	Villarreal	Madrid
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vinícius 40'	Report	Coquelin 55' Gómez 70'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 23,985 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

3 October 2021 8	Villarreal	2–0	Real Betis	Villarreal
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Danjuma 45+1', 69' Capoue 56' Torres 62'	Report	Fekir 33' Juanmi 40' González 72' Rodríguez 81'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 16,719 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

17 October 2021 9	Villarreal	1–2	Osasuna	Villarreal
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Capoue 33' Gerard 55'	Report	Torró 26', 86' Herrera 30' D. García 54' U. García 60' Ávila 87', 88'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 14,831 Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

23 October 2021 10	Athletic Bilbao	2–1	Villarreal	Bilbao
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	R. García 14' Muniain 77' (pen.) Berenguer 82'	Report	Coquelin 32' Foyth 55' Moreno 76' Estupiñán 80'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 38,698 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

26 October 2021 11	Villarreal	3–3	Cádiz	Villarreal
21:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mandi 20' Torres 43' Alcácer 45+2' Coquelin 70' Dia 80' Danjuma 90+5'	Report	Lozano 14', 45+1', 52', 50' Espino 32' Fali 37' Alejo 59' Akapo 89' Haroyan 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 12,190 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

30 October 2021 12	Valencia	2–0	Villarreal	Valencia
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Guillamón 43', 47' Alderete 63' Soler 77' (pen.)	Report	Danjuma 53' Trigueros 73' Albiol 75' Chukwueze 79'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 31,487 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

7 November 2021 13	Villarreal	1–0	Getafe	Villarreal
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Trigueros 10' Albiol 70'	Report	Mata 36' Arambarri 52'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 13,504 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

20 November 2021 14	Celta Vigo	1–1	Villarreal	Vigo
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mina 17' Méndez 72'	Report	Moreno 27' Foyth 45'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 10,086 Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

27 November 2021 15	Villarreal	1–3	Barcelona	Villarreal
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Yeremi 26' Chukwueze 76' Raba 90+1'	Report	Alba 26' Piqué 44' F. de Jong 48' Depay 88' Coutinho 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 19,050 Referee: César Soto Grado

4 December 2021 16	Sevilla	1–0	Villarreal	Seville
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ocampos 16' Rakitić 45+3' Mir 57'	Report	Albiol 61' Dia 90+2'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 30,865 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

12 December 2021 17	Villarreal	2–0	Rayo Vallecano	Villarreal
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Torres 23' Mandi 32' Gerard 36' (pen.)	Report	Catena 37' Palazón 38' F. García 61'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 13,133 Referee: Mario Melero López

18 December 2021 18	Real Sociedad	1–3	Villarreal	San Sebastián
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Isak 32' Merino 43' Oyarzabal 49' Zaldúa 88'	Report	Estupiñán 26' Moreno 38', 68' Torres 44' Parejo 81' Chukwueze 90+6'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 29,679 Referee: Jorge Figueroa Vázquez

21 December 2021 4	Villarreal	5–2	Alavés	Villarreal
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gerard 18', 88' Dia 27', 76' Yeremi 79'	Report	Pons 44' Loum 45+1' López 49' Joselu 65'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 12,530 Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 11 September 2021, but was postponed due to the late return of several South American players from international duty.[34]

3 January 2022 19	Villarreal	5–0	Levante	Villarreal
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dia 8' Aurier 10' Torres 13' Gerard 37', 79' Iborra 50' Trigueros 74', 76'	Report	Bardhi 4' Clerc 47'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 13,462 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

9 January 2022 20	Villarreal	2–2	Atlético Madrid	Villarreal
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gerard 23' Torres 29' Moreno 58'	Report	Correa 10' Kondogbia 67', 71' 90+2'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 14,127 Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

16 January 2022 21	Elche	1–0	Villarreal	Elche
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Verdú 10' Boyé 78' Mojica 87' González 90+4' Milla 90+4'	Report	Parejo 81' Capoue 90+3' Iborra 90+4'	Stadium: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero Attendance: 12,433 Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez

22 January 2022 22	Villarreal	3–0	Mallorca	Villarreal
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Russo 12' (o.g.) Trigueros 34' Mario Gaspar 36' Parejo 87' (pen.)	Report	Russo 80' 86'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias

6 February 2022 23	Real Betis	0–2	Villarreal	Seville
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Canales 86' Iglesias 90+1'	Report	Chukwueze 25' Moreno 37' Torres 41' Capoue 71', 83'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 44,870 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

12 February 2022 24	Villarreal	0–0	Real Madrid	Villarreal
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Foyth 23' Albiol 51'	Report	Militão 23' Asensio 29' Bale 45+2' Casemiro 88'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 17,894 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

19 February 2022 25	Granada	1–4	Villarreal	Granada
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sánchez 32' Uzuni 34' Milla 61' (pen.) Torrente 80'	Report	Lo Celso 34' Danjuma 35' (pen.), 39', 81' (pen.) Estupiñán 45+4' Aurier 60' Chukwueze 68' Asenjo 75' Iborra 90+2' Gómez 90+7'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 13,389 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

27 February 2022 26	Villarreal	5–1	Espanyol	Villarreal
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Yeremi 14', 20', 45', 53' Aurier 31' Dia 86' Albiol 90+3'	Report	Pedrosa 40' Bare 65'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 15,600 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

5 March 2022 27	Osasuna	1–0	Villarreal	Pamplona
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ávila 63', 74'	Report		Stadium: El Sadar Attendance: 18,659 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

12 March 2022 28	Villarreal	1–0	Celta Vigo	Villarreal
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Iborra 34' Parejo 64'	Report	Galán 90+4'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 14,929 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

20 March 2022 29	Cádiz	1–0	Villarreal	Cádiz
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Lozano 31' Idrissi 48' San Emeterio 55' Sobrino 90'	Report	Torres 31' Capoue 48'	Stadium: Nuevo Mirandilla Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

2 April 2022 30	Levante	2–0	Villarreal	Valencia
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Morales 21', 69', 90+1' Roger 56' Malsa 88' Pepelu 89'	Report	Torres 64' Coquelin 74'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

9 April 2022 31	Villarreal	1–1	Athletic Bilbao	Villarreal
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Pedraza 50', 60' Mandi 81'	Report	R. García 43' Petxarroman 85' D. García 90' Sancet 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 16,603 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

16 April 2022 32	Getafe	1–2	Villarreal	Getafe
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Suárez 20' Arambarri 60' Ünal 63'	Report	Gerard 7' Trigueros 16'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 9,647 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

19 April 2022 33	Villarreal	2–0	Valencia	Villarreal
21:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Danjuma 10' (pen.), 17' Trigueros 75' Aurier 84'	Report	Cömert 9' Marcos André 40' Moriba 66'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 13,570 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

30 April 2022 34	Alavés	2–1	Villarreal	Vitoria-Gasteiz
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Laguardia 4', 80' Escalante 31', 69' García 52' Duarte 90+2' Jason 90+5'	Report	Dia 41' Chukwueze 47' Capoue 76'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias

8 May 2022 35	Villarreal	v	Sevilla	Villarreal
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica

12 May 2022 36	Rayo Vallecano	v	Villarreal	Madrid
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas

15 May 2022 37	Villarreal	v	Real Sociedad	Villarreal
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica

22 May 2022 38	Barcelona	v	Villarreal	Barcelona
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Camp Nou

Copa del Rey

30 November 2021 First round	Victoria	0–8	Villarreal	A Coruña
19:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Moreno 17', 22' Mandi 28' Alcácer 37' Chukwueze 50' Gerard 74' Dia 82' Iosifov 87'	Stadium: Riazor[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

15 December 2021 Second round	Atlético Sanluqueño	1–7	Villarreal	Sanlúcar de Barrameda
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Armental 60'	Report	Alcácer 8', 13' Duro 27' (o.g.) Chukwueze 40' Gómez 42' Foyth 54' Trigueros 67' Raba 79'	Stadium: Estadio El Palmar Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

6 January 2022 Round of 32	Sporting Gijón	2–1	Villarreal	Gijón
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Đurđević 67' Milovanov 88'	Report	Albiol 48'	Stadium: El Molinón-Enrique Castro "Quini" Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2021.[35]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MUN	VIL	ATA	YB
1	Manchester United	6	3	2	1	11	8	+3	11	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–1	3–2	1–1
2	Villarreal	6	3	1	2	12	9	+3	10	Advance to knockout phase	0–2	—	2–2	2–0
3	Atalanta	6	1	3	2	12	13	−1	6	Transfer to Europa League	2–2	2–3	—	1–0
4	Young Boys	6	1	2	3	7	12	−5	5		2–1	1–4	3–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

14 September 2021 1	Villarreal	2–2	Atalanta	Villarreal, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Trigueros 39' Capoue 55' Gerard 65' Pino 71' Danjuma 73' Coquelin 76' 84'	Report	Freuler 6' De Roon 24' Gosens 83'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 12,916 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

29 September 2021 2	Manchester United	2–1	Villarreal	Manchester, England
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Telles 60', 71' Greenwood 68' Ronaldo 90+5', 90+6'	Report	Alcácer 53' Moreno 59' Pino 67' Albiol 68' Peña 90+1'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 73,130 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

20 October 2021 3	Young Boys	1–4	Villarreal	Bern, Switzerland
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Aebischer 45' Elia 77'	Report	Pino 6' Gerard 16' Rulli 87' Moreno 89' Chukwueze 90+2'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 27,398 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

2 November 2021 4	Villarreal	2–0	Young Boys	Villarreal, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Capoue 36' Pedraza 38' Mario Gaspar 55' Parejo 78' Danjuma 89'	Report	Sierro 52' Ngamaleu 54' Aebischer 62' Elia 90+5'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 14,890 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

23 November 2021 5	Villarreal	0–2	Manchester United	Villarreal, Spain
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Yeremi 33'	Report	Van de Beek 41' Ronaldo 78' Sancho 90'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 20,875 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

9 December 2021 6	Atalanta	2–3	Villarreal	Bergamo, Italy
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Malinovskyi 71' Zapata 80' Muriel 89'	Report	Danjuma 3', 51' Capoue 42' Parejo 57' Moreno 57'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 11,690 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)
Note: The match, originally scheduled on 8 December 2021, 21:00 CET, was postponed to the following day, 19:00 CET, due to adverse weather conditions.[36]

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 13 December 2021.[37]

22 February 2022 First leg	Villarreal	1–1	Juventus	Villarreal, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Parejo 66' Rulli 73'	Report	Vlahović 1' Rabiot 73'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 17,686 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

16 March 2022 Second leg	Juventus	0–3 (1–4 agg.)	Villarreal	Turin, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	De Ligt 90'	Report	Gerard 78' (pen.) Torres 85' Danjuma 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 30,385 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 18 March 2022.[38]

6 April 2022 First leg	Villarreal	1–0	Bayern Munich	Villarreal, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Danjuma 8' Estupiñán 74'	Report		Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 21,626 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

12 April 2022 Second leg	Bayern Munich	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	Villarreal	Munich, Germany
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lewandowski 33', 52'	Report	Foyth 59' Chukwueze 88' Lo Celso 90+1'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 18 March 2022, after the quarter-final draw.

27 April 2022 First leg	Liverpool	2–0	Villarreal	Liverpool, England
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Van Dijk 32' Estupiñán 53' (o.g.) Mané 55'	Report	Estupiñán 47' Lo Celso 62'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 51,586 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

3 May 2022 Second leg	Villarreal	v	Liverpool	Villarreal, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica

UEFA Super Cup

11 August 2021 Final	Chelsea	1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	Villarreal	Belfast, Northern Ireland
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Ziyech 27' Rüdiger 44'	Report	Pino 61' Gerard 73' Raba 119'	Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 10,435 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)
	Penalties
	Havertz Azpilicueta Alonso Mount Jorginho Pulisic Rüdiger		Gerard Mandi Estupiñán Gómez Raba Foyth Albiol

Statistics

Squad statistics

Last updated 19 April 2022.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey		UEFA Champions League		UEFA Super Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ESP	Sergio Asenjo	7	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
13	GK	ARG	Gerónimo Rulli	40	0	28	0	2	0	10	0	0	0
35	GK	DEN	Filip Jörgensen	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ESP	Mario Gaspar	15	0	6+3	0	2+1	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
3	DF	ESP	Raúl Albiol	37	1	24	0	1+1	1	10	0	1	0
4	DF	ESP	Pau Torres	40	5	28	4	1	0	10	1	1	0
8	DF	ARG	Juan Foyth	32	0	19+2	0	1+1	0	8	0	1	0
12	DF	ECU	Pervis Estupiñán	35	0	15+9	0	1+1	0	5+3	0	0+1	0
18	DF	ESP	Alberto Moreno	35	6	13+11	3	2+1	2	3+4	1	1	0
20	DF	ESP	Rubén Peña	10	0	1+5	0	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
22	DF	ALG	Aïssa Mandi	20	2	13+2	1	2	1	0+2	0	0+1	0
24	DF	ESP	Alfonso Pedraza	34	1	16+7	1	2	0	4+4	0	1	0
25	DF	CIV	Serge Aurier	19	0	9+7	0	0	0	1+2	0	0	0
27	DF	ESP	Adrián de la Fuente	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
37	DF	ESP	Dani Tasende	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF	ESP	Dani Parejo	39	3	27+1	2	0+1	0	10	1	0	0
6	MF	FRA	Étienne Capoue	37	3	22+3	1	1	0	10	2	1	0
10	MF	ESP	Vicente Iborra	22	0	11+7	0	2+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
11	MF	NGA	Samuel Chukwueze	28	6	8+14	2	2	2	1+3	2	0	0
14	MF	ESP	Manu Trigueros	40	8	24+6	6	2	1	4+3	1	1	0
17	MF	ARG	Giovani Lo Celso	15	0	7+4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
19	MF	FRA	Francis Coquelin	24	1	6+12	1	0	0	4+2	0	0	0
21	MF	ESP	Yeremi Pino	40	7	21+10	6	0+1	0	6+1	1	1	0
23	MF	ESP	Moi Gómez	36	2	11+16	1	2	1	2+4	0	0+1	0
28	MF	RUS	Nikita Iosifov	2	1	0+1	0	0+1	1	0	0	0	0
38	MF	ESP	Carlo Adriano	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	ESP	Gerard Moreno	26	13	14+3	9	0+2	1	5+1	2	1	1
9	FW	ESP	Paco Alcácer	16	4	8+5	0	2	3	1	1	0	0
15	FW	NED	Arnaut Danjuma	33	16	17+6	10	0	0	9+1	6	0	0
16	FW	SEN	Boulaye Dia	29	6	10+11	5	0+1	1	2+4	0	1	0
26	FW	SEN	Nicolas Jackson	6	0	0+5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
17	FW	ESP	Dani Raba	12	1	0+7	0	3	1	0+1	0	0+1	0
-	MF	ESP	Manu Morlanes	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
-	DF	ESP	Jorge Cuenca	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Goalscorers

As of 17 March 2022

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	La Liga	Copa del Rey	Champions League	UEFA Super Cup	Total
1	15	FW	Arnaut Danjuma	8	0	5	0	13
2	7	FW	Gerard Moreno	8	1	2	1	12
3	14	MF	Manu Trigueros	5	1	1	0	7
3	21	FW	Yeremi Pino	6	0	1	0	7
5	16	FW	Boulaye Dia	5	1	0	0	6
5	18	DF	Alberto Moreno	3	2	1	0	6
7	4	DF	Pau Torres	4	0	1	0	5
7	11	FW	Samuel Chukwueze	2	2	1	0	5
9	9	FW	Paco Alcácer	0	3	1	0	4
10	5	MF	Dani Parejo	2	0	1	0	3
10	6	MF	Étienne Capoue	1	0	2	0	3
12	22	DF	Aïssa Mandi	1	1	0	0	2
13	3	DF	Raúl Albiol	0	1	0	0	1
	12	MF	Dani Raba	0	1	0	0	1
	15	MF	Nikita Iosifov	0	1	0	0	1
	19	MF	Francis Coquelin	1	0	0	0	1
	23	MF	Moi Gómez	0	1	0	0	1
Own goals				1	1	0	0	2
Totals				48	16	16	1	81

Notes

Victoria played its game at Riazor, in A Coruña instead of their regular stadium San Pedro de Visma as it does not meet the requirements established by the Royal Spanish Football Federation.

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[36] Victoria played its game at Riazor, in A Coruña instead of their regular stadium San Pedro de Visma as it does not meet the requirements established by the Royal Spanish Football Federation.

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