2014–15 Villarreal CF season

The 2014–15 season is the 91th season in Villarreal ’s history and the 15th in the top-tier.

Squad

As 2014..

Squad and statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Liga		Copa
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Sergio Asenjo	40	0	34	0	6	0
2	DF		Mario Gaspar	40	3	34	3	6	0
3	DF		Bojan Jokić	7	0	7	0	0	0
4	MF		Tomás Pina	30	0	22	0	8	0
5	DF		Mateo Musacchio	17	3	14	3	3	0
6	MF		Jonathan dos Santos	14	1	14	1	0	0
7	FW		Luciano Vietto	36	12	32	12	4	0
8	FW		Ikechukwu Uche	26	6	23	6	3	0
9	FW		Giovani dos Santos	34	2	27	1	7	1
10	MF		Cani	9	0	9	0	0	0
11	MF		Hernán Pérez	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Manu Trigueros	40	3	33	1	7	2
15	DF		Víctor Ruiz	33	0	25	0	8	0
16	DF		José Dorado	21	0	15	0	6	0
17	MF		Denis Cheryshev	32	5	26	4	6	1
18	DF		Jaume Costa	36	1	29	1	7	0
19	MF		Moi Gómez	38	4	31	4	7	0
20	DF		Gabriel	21	0	19	0	2	0
21	MF		Bruno	29	3	24	2	5	1
22	DF		Antonio Rukavina	28	0	21	0	7	0
24	MF		Javier Espinosa	8	1	6	1	2	0
25	GK		Juan Carlos	7	0	5	0	2	0
-	FW		Jonathan Pereira	0	0	-	-	-	-
-	DF		Pablo Íñiguez	0	0	-	-	-	-
-	DF		Aleksandar Pantić	0	0	-	-	-	-
-	MF		Javier Aquino	0	0	-	-	-	-

Transfers

Main article: List of Spanish football transfers summer 2014 § Villarreal

Main article: List of Spanish football transfers winter 2014–15

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
La Liga	—		August 2014	May 2015
Copa del Rey	Round of 32		December 2014

Last updated: June 2014
Source: Competitions

La Liga

Main article: 2014–15 La Liga

Matches

Kickoff times are in CET.       Win       Draw       Loss

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	16	12	10	48	37	+11	60	12	1	6	29	17	+12	4	11	4	19	20	−1

Last updated: 23 May 2015.
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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	L	D	W	D	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	D	L	D	D	D	L	D	W	W	L
Position	4	8	5	5	7	7	7	6	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Last updated: 23 May 2015.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Levante v Villarreal

24 August 2014 1	Levante	0–2	Villarreal	Valencia
23:00	López  84'	Summary	Costa  47' Uche  52'  56' G. Dos Santos  74' Cheryshev  85'	Stadium: Estadi Ciutat de València Attendance: 19,000 Referee: David Fernández

Villarreal v Barcelona

31 August 2014 2	Villarreal	0–1	Barcelona	Villarreal
19:00		Summary	Pedro  37' Alves  42' Sandro  82'	Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 21,200 Referee: Carlos Velasco

Granada v Villarreal

14 September 2014 3	Granada	0–0	Villarreal	Granada
21:00	Machís  60' Córdoba  87' Nyom 90+3'	Report	Vietto  71' Trigueros  78'	Stadium: Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 21.000 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

Villarreal v Rayo Vallecano

21 September 2014 4	Villarreal	4–2	Rayo Vallecano	Villarreal
17:00	Espinosa  31'  33' Musacchio  62' Rukavina  73' Vietto  74'  87'	Summary	Kakuta  22' Bueno  29'  69' Insúa  77'	Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 15,050 Referee: Eduardo Prieto

Eibar v Villarreal

24 September 2014 5	Eibar	1–1	Villarreal	Eibar
20:00	Arruabarrena  8' Nieto  28' Minero  34' Lillo  70' Albentosa  90+1'	Summary	Pina  8' Gabriel  28' Cheryshev  50' Moreno  71' Gómez  83'	Stadium: Ipurua Municipal Stadium Attendance: 4,231 Referee: Fernando Teixeira

Villarreal v Real Madrid

27 September 2014 6	Villarreal	0–2	Real Madrid	Villarreal
16:00		Summary	Modrić  32' Ramos  38' Ronaldo  40'	Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 22,146 Referee: Alberto Undiano

Celta Vigo v Villarreal

5 October 2014 7	Celta Vigo	1–3	Villarreal	Vigo
17:00	Fontàs  26' Larrivey  44' Krohn-Dehli  70' Orellana  83' Madinda  89'	Summary	Gómez  32', 33',  57' Marín  35' Gabriel  50' Cani  90' Mario  90+1'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez

Villarreal v Almería

19 October 2014 8	Villarreal	2–0	Almería	Villarreal
21:00	Uche  23'  59' Costa  26' Trigueros  39' Gabriel  56' Mario  74' Cheryshev  75'	Summary	Azeez  30' Verza  80'	Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Clos Gómez

Sevilla v Villarreal

26 October 2014 9	Sevilla	2–1	Villarreal	Seville
19:00	Carriço  9' Trémoulinas  64' Mbia  73' Suárez  88' Bacca  90+3' (pen.)	Report	Cheryshev  21' Gómez  27' Mario  67' Vietto  79' G. Dos Santos  85'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium Attendance: 34,500 Referee: Alejandro Hernández

Villarreal v Valencia

2 November 2014 10	Villarreal	1–3	Valencia	Villarreal
17:00	Mario  54' Dorado  72' Trigueros  88'		Trigueros  6' (o.g.) Otamendi  47' Rodrigo  60' Mustafi  64', 73' Gayà  80'	Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 23,000

Espanyol v Villarreal

9 November 2014 11	Espanyol	1–1	Villarreal	Barcelona
17:00	Álvarez  16' García  83' Stuani  83' Colotto  90'		Mario  26' Trigueros  36' Cheryshev  43' Costa  51'	Stadium: Estadi Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 22,000

Villarreal v Getafe

23 November 2014 12	Villarreal	2–1	Getafe	Villarreal
21:00 CET	Mario  38' Moreno  43'		Lacen  61'	Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 19,500 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

Córdoba v Villarreal

30 November 2014 13	Córdoba	0–2	Villarreal	Córdoba, Spain
19:00 CET			Vietto  24' Uche  71'	Stadium: Estadio Nuevo Arcángel Attendance: 15,998 Referee: Javier Estrada Fernández

Villarreal v Real Sociedad

7 December 2014 14	Villarreal	4–0	Real Sociedad	Villarreal
19:00 CET	Vietto  41' Costa  48' Bruno  63' Cheryshev  73' Gómez  80', 86'	Report	De la Bella  35' Martínez  67'	Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

Atlético Madrid v Villarreal

14 December 2014 15	Atlético Madrid	0–1	Villarreal	Madrid
19:00 CET	Turan  28' Mandžukić  41' Juanfran  44' Koke  88'	Report	Uche  17' J. Dos Santos  41' Trigueros  55' Vietto  84'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Stadium Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Pedro Pérez

Villarreal v Deportivo La Coruña

21 December 2014 16	Villarreal	3–0	Deportivo La Coruña	Villarreal
12:00 CET	J. Dos Santos  10' Vietto  68', 73' Bruno  75' Pina  80'	Summary	Sidnei  56' Toché  61' Lopo  70'	Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 16,000 Referee: José González

Elche v Villarreal

3 January 2015 17	Elche	2–2	Villarreal	Elche
20:00	Jonathas  26',  38' Pašalić  29' Rodríguez  35' Pelegrín  48' Cisma  74'	Report	Ruiz  7' Vietto  12' Uche  17' Costa  49'	Stadium: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero Attendance: 18,283 Referee: Clos Gómez

Málaga v Villarreal

10 January 2015 18	Málaga	1–1	Villarreal	Málaga
18:00 CET	Samu  50' Angeleri  55' Duda  59' Amrabat  60' Torres  71'	Report	Cheryshev  10' Ruiz  29' Trigueros  36' J. Dos Santos  45+1' Gabriel  84'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Stadium Attendance: 23,500 Referee: Santiago Jaime

Villarreal v Athletic Bilbao

17 January 2015 19	Villarreal	2–0	Athletic Bilbao	Villarreal
20:00 CET	Cheryshev  42',  77' Bruno  56',  83' (pen.)	Report	Etxeita  54' San José  76'	Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 19,300 Referee: Javier Estrada Fernandez

Villarreal v Levante

24 January 2015 20	Villarreal	1–0	Levante	Villarreal
22:00 CET	Vietto  56'	Report	Vyntra  29' El Zhar  75' Camarasa  88'	Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 11,000 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

Barcelona v Villarreal

1 February 2015 21	Barcelona	3–2	Villarreal	Barcelona
21:00 CET	Neymar  45' Rafinha  53',  63' Messi  55'	Report	Bruno  23' Cheryshev  30' J. Dos Santos  41' Vietto  51'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 60,0005 Referee: Iñaki Bikandi

Villarreal v Granada

7 February 2015 22	Villarreal	2–0	Granada	Villarreal
18:00 CET	Musacchio  30' Dorado  76' J. Dos Santos  87' Moreno  90+2'	Report	Pérez  82'	Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 12,419 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

Rayo Vallecano v Villarreal

15 February 2015 23	Rayo Vallecano	2–0	Villarreal	Madrid
19:00 CET	Fatau  44' Bueno  51' Kakuta  69' Amaya  72'	Report	Pina  36' Campbell  82'	Stadium: Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas Attendance: 10,914 Referee: Pedro Pérez

Villarreal v Eibar

22 February 2015 24	Villarreal	1–0	Eibar	Villarreal
19:00 CET	Vietto  71' Costa  89' Rukavina  90+2'	Report		Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 18.500 Referee: Mario Melero

Real Madrid v Villarreal

1 March 2015 25	Real Madrid	1–1	Villarreal	Madrid
21:00 CET	Ronaldo  52' (pen.)	Report	Moreno  64'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Referee: José González

Villarreal v Celta Vigo

8 March 2015 26	Villarreal	4–1	Celta Vigo	Villarreal
19:00	G. Dos Santos  41' Musacchio  45+1' Vietto  73' Moreno  84'	Summary	Fernández  50' Nolito  75' Fontàs  77'	Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 14,366 Referee: Clos Gómez

Almería v Villarreal

15 March 2015 27	Almería	0–0	Villarreal	Almería
12:00 CET	Dos Santos  32',  40' Corona  34' Vélez  64' Verza  78'	Summary	Rukavina  15' Dorado  23' Jaume Costa  37' Moreno  54' Pina  85'	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

Villarreal v Sevilla

22 March 2015 28	Villarreal	0–2	Sevilla	Villarreal
17:00 CET	Gómez  67' Musacchio  77'	Report	Coke  49' Vitolo  65' Navarro  74'	Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Alejandro Hernández

Valencia v Villarreal

5 April 2015 29	Valencia	0–0	Villarreal	Valencia
17:00 CET	Parejo  38' Otamendi  89'	Report	Mario  21' Vietto  31' Bailly  87'	Stadium: Estadio de Mestalla Attendance: 49,545 Referee: Mario Melero

Villarreal v Espanyol

9 April 2015 30	Villarreal	0–3	Espanyol	Villarreal
22:00 CET	Pina  34'	Report	Caicedo  24'  68' Álvaro  34' Sánchez  79'	Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Carlos Del Cerro

Getafe v Villarreal

12 April 2015 31	Getafe	1–1	Villarreal	Getafe
12:00 CET	Rodríguez  61' Castro  64' Naldo  82'	Report	Trigueros  26' Bailly  39' Uche  52' (pen.) Rukavina  56' Musacchio  65' G. Dos Santos  70' Costa  78'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 6,000 Referee: José Teixeira

Villarreal v Córdoba

19 April 2015 32	Villarreal	0–0	Córdoba	Villarreal
19:00 CET	Bailly  90+2'	Report	Crespo  18' Abel  86' Héldon  87' Gunino  90+3'	Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias

Real Sociedad v Villarreal

25 April 2015 33	Real Sociedad	0–0	Villarreal	San Sebastián
22:00 CET	González  81'	Report	J. Dos Santos  45+1' Ruiz  46' Trigueros  58' Juan Carlos  72'	Stadium: Anoeta Stadium Attendance: 17,073 Referee: Jesús Gil

Villarreal v Atlético Madrid

29 April 2015 34	Villarreal	0–1	Atlético Madrid	Villarreal
22:00 CET		Report	Gabi  41' Gámez  55' Torres  74' Oblak  77' Miranda  87' Juanfran  89'	Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 18,800 Referee: José González

Deportivo La Coruña v Villarreal

2 May 2015 35	Deportivo La Coruña	1–1	Villarreal	A Coruña
22:00 CET	Borges  50' Riera  68'	Summary	Mario  39' Bailly  45' Costa  48' Jokić  62' Ruiz  74' Gómez  80'	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 20,817 Referee: Alejandro Hernandez

Villarreal v Elche

10 May 2015 36	Villarreal	1–0	Elche	Villarreal
17:00 CET	Campbell  26' Trigueros  66'	Report	Jonathas  25' Roco  90+4'	Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Carlos Del Cerro

Villarreal v Málaga

17 May 2015 37	Villarreal	2–1	Málaga	Villarreal
19:00 CET	G. Dos Santos  69' Vietto  73' Moreno  82', 87' Rukavina  86'	Report	Darder  76',  90'	Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

Athletic Bilbao v Villarreal

23 May 2015 38	Athletic Bilbao	4–0	Villarreal	Bilbao
18:30 CET	Aduriz  25' (pen.), 60' Iraola  28' Beñat  36'	Report	Jokić  24'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 43,276 Referee: Eduardo Prieto

Copa del Rey

Main article: 2014–15 Copa del Rey

Round of 32

Cádiz v Villarreal

4 December 2014 First leg	Cádiz	1–2	Villarreal	Cádiz
20:00 CET	Josete  22' Arregi  47',  63' Airam  50' Tomás Sánchez Mesa  85'	Summary	Moreno  17' Matías Nahuel  21' Puerto  54' Marín  58'	Stadium: Estadio Ramón de Carranza Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias

Villarreal v Cádiz

17 December 2014 Second leg	Villarreal	3–0 (5–1 agg.)	Cádiz	Villarreal
22:00	Trigueros  55' (pen.) Moreno  78', 88'	Summary		Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Referee: Iñaki Bikandi

Round of 16

Villarreal v Real Sociedad

7 January 2015 first leg	Villarreal	1–0	Real Sociedad	Villarreal
20:00 CET	Costa  14' Cheryshev  72'	Summary	Berchiche  76' Canales  85'	Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Jesús Gil

Real Sociedad v Villarreal

14 January 2015 Second leg	Real Sociedad	2–2 (2–3 agg.)	Villarreal	San Sebastián
20:00	Pardo  14' Vela  45',  56' Martínez  50' Berchiche  50' Granero  74' Moyes  81'	Report	Musacchio  20' Moreno  26',  70' Matías Nahuel  62' G. Dos Santos  70',  72' Cheryshev  89'	Stadium: Anoeta Stadium Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

Quarter Finals

Villarreal v Getafe

21 January 2015 first leg	Villarreal	1–0	Getafe	Villarreal
20:00 CET	Bruno  85'	Summary	Felip  42' Rodríguez  43'	Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Alejandro Hernandez

Getafe v Villarreal

29 January 2015 Second leg	Getafe	0–1 (0–2 agg.)	Villarreal	Getafe
20:00	Pedro León  67'	Summary	Rukavina  33' Asenjo  61' Moreno  78' Cheryshev  89'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Fernando Teixeira

Semi Final

Barcelona v Villarreal

11 February 2015 First leg	Barcelona	3–1	Villarreal	Barcelona
20:00 CET	Messi  41' Iniesta  49' Piqué  64' Suárez  86'	Summary	Trigueros  48' Pina  66' Ruiz  70' Musacchio  70'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Alejandro Hernández

Villarreal v Barcelona

4 March 2015 Second leg	Villarreal	1–3 (2–6 agg.)	Barcelona	Villarreal
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	J. Dos Santos  36',  39' Cheryshev  38' Pina  65' Campbell  82'	Report	Neymar  3', 88' Piqué  50' Suárez  73'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 23,600 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Andalusia)

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2014-15 UEFA Europa League

Playoff

Astana v Villarreal

21 August 2014 First leg	Astana	0–3	Villarreal	Astana
18:00	Postnikov  20' Aničić  26',	Summary	Cani  33' G. Dos Santos  48' Costa  55' Mario  84'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 27,500 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

Villarreal v Astana

28 August 2014 Second leg	Villarreal	4–0 (7 –0 agg.)	Astana	Villarreal
20:45	Vietto  21'  54' Pina  30' Bruno  61' (pen.) Matías Nahuel  67'	Summary	Dzholchiev  18' Shomko  37' Twumasi  60'	Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 11,564 Referee: Liran Liany

Group stage

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Europa League group stage

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Villarreal

18 September 2014 1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–1	Villarreal	Mönchengladbach
19:00	Herrmann  21'	Report	Pina  19' Uche  68'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Villarreal v Apollon Limassol

2 October 2014 Match 2	Villarreal	4–0	Apollon Limassol	Villarreal
21:05	Moreno  8'  82' Espinosa  44'  51'	Summary		Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 12,630 Referee: Arnold Hunter

Villarreal v Zürich

23 October 2014 Match 3	Villarreal	4–1	Zürich	Villarreal
21:05	Cani  6' Vietto  57' Bruno  60'  63' G. Dos Santos  78'	Report	Schönbächler  43' Kukeli  51' Etoundi  76'	Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 14,092 Referee: Özkahya

Zürich v Villarreal

6 November 2014 Match 4	Zürich	3–2	Villarreal	Zürich
19:00	Etoundi  21' Djimsiti  26' Chikhaoui  29' Rossini  90+2'	BBC Report Report	J. Dos Santos  15' Pina  19' Moreno  24'	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

Villarreal v Borussia Mönchengladbach

27 November 2014 Match 5	Villarreal	2–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Villarreal
21:05	Vietto  26' Bruno  39' Cheryshev  63' Trigueros  68'	Summary	Brouwers  17' Raffael  55' Xhaka  67',  77'	Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Szymon Marciniak

Apollon Limassol v Villarreal

11 December 2014 Match 6	Apollon Limassol	0–2	Villarreal	Nicosia
19:00	Rezek  81'	Summary	Rukavina  21' Moreno  35' Vietto  40' Uche  69' Costa  71'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Serge Gumienny

Round of 32

Villarreal v Red Bull Salzburg

19 February 2015 First leg	Villarreal	2–1	Red Bull Salzburg	Villarreal
21:05	Uche  32' Pina  38' Cheryshev  54' Campbell  84' Costa  90+2'	Report	Ilsanker  18' Soriano  48' (pen.) Schwegler  53' Ramalho  75'	Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Bobby Madden

Red Bull Salzburg v Villarreal

26 February 2015 Second leg	Red Bull Salzburg	1–3	Villarreal	Salzburg
19:00 CET	Djuricin  18' Hinteregger  49' Shwegler  66'	Report	Vietto  33', 76' Musacchio  33' Pina  34' Trigueros  56' G. Dos Santos  79' J. Dos Santos  85'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 26,020

Round of 16

Villarreal v Sevilla

12 March 2015 First leg	Villarreal	1-3	Sevilla	Villarreal
21:05	Costa  20' Gómez  35' Vietto  48' Campbell  66'	Summary	Vitolo  1' Krychowiak  9' Mbia  26' Gamiero  50' Vidal  90+2'	Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 19,930 Referee: Daniele Orsato

Sevilla v Villarreal

19 March 2015 Second leg	Sevilla	2-1 (5-2 agg.)	Villarreal	Seville
21:05 CET	Iborra  69' Suárez  83'	Summary	Vietto  22' Bailly  29' Pina  58' Musacchio  66' G. Dos Santos  73' Mario  84'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Martin Atkinson