2012–13 Villarreal CF season

Villarreal
2012–13 season
PresidentFernando Roig
Head coachJulio Velázquez
(until 13 January)
Marcelino
(from 14 January)
StadiumEl Madrigal
Segunda División2nd (promoted)
Copa del ReySecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Ikechukwu Uche (14)
All: Ikechukwu Uche (14)

The 2012–13 season was Villarreal Club de Fútbol's 90th season in existence and the club's first season back in the second division of Spanish football following relegation at the end of the 2011–12 La Liga season. 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 2012 to 30 June 2013.

Review and events

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

21 July 2012 Friendly Burriana 0–4 Villarreal Burriana, Spain
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) http://villarrealcf.es/es/noticias/noticias-generales/item/942-triunfo-c%C3%B3modo-ante-el-burriana-0-4 Trigueros 13'
Bruno 37'
Uche 39'
Gerard 69'		 Stadium: Estadio Municipal San Fernando
25 July 2012 Friendly Huesca 3–3 Villarreal Huesca, Spain
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) M. Martínez 67'
Jokin 80', 87'		 http://villarrealcf.es/es/noticias/noticias-generales/item/952-huesca Gerard 12'
Valero 48' (pen.)
Trigueros 89'		 Stadium: Estadio El Alcoraz
28 July 2012 Friendly Ontinyent 1–2 Villarreal El Saler, Spain
18:45 CEST (UTC+2) Moreno 10' http://villarrealcf.es/es/noticias/noticias-generales/item/959-trabajado-triunfo-ante-el-ontinyent-2-1 Gerard 58', 73' Stadium: El Saler
1 August 2012 Friendly Huracán 1–0 Villarreal El Saler, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) http://villarrealcf.es/es/noticias/noticias-generales/item/968-tropiezo-de-verano Stadium: El Saler
4 August 2012 Friendly Toulouse 1–1 Villarreal Balma, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Abdennour 89' http://villarrealcf.es/es/noticias/noticias-generales/item/985-tablas-ante-el-toulouse-en-francia-1-1 Uche 52' Stadium: Stade Municipal de Balma
10 August 2012 Friendly Gimnàstic de Tarragona 1–0 Villarreal Tarragona, Spain
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Eugeni 83' (pen.) Stadium: Nou Estadi
11 August 2012 Trofeo de la Cerámica Villarreal 2–1 Levante Vilarreal, Spain
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Navarro 39' (o.g.)
Trigueros 63'		 Ángel 11' Stadium: El Madrigal

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Segunda División 17 August 2012 8 June 2013 Matchday 1 2nd 32 21 4 7 68 38 +30 065.63
Copa del Rey 12 September 2012 Second round Second round 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 000.00
Total 33 21 4 8 68 40 +28 063.64

Source: Competitions

Segunda División

Main article: 2012–13 Segunda División

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Elche (C, P) 42 23 13 6 54 27 +27 82 Promotion to La Liga
2 Villarreal (P) 42 21 14 7 68 38 +30 77
3 Almería (P) 42 22 8 12 72 50 +22 74 Qualification to promotion play-offs
4 Girona 42 21 8 13 74 56 +18 71
5 Alcorcón 42 21 6 15 57 55 +2 69
Source: LFP - Liga Adelante
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

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
42 21 14 7 68 38  +30 77 14 5 2 44 18  +26 7 9 5 24 20  +4

Source:

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAH
ResultWDWWWDWLDLWDDWDLWLDLDLWDWDDWWWDWWDWDLWWWWW
Position51052222336555455555671088767555543444432222
Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

17 August 2012 1 Villarreal 2–1 Real Madrid Castilla Vilarreal
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) Cavenaghi 45', 79' Report Jesé 18' (pen.) Stadium: El Madrigal
25 August 2012 2 Sabadell 0–0 Villarreal Sabadell
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Nova Creu Alta
1 September 2012 3 Villarreal 2–1 Guadalajara Vilarreal
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Musacchio 68'
Pandiani 81'		 Kepa 13' Stadium: El Madrigal
8 September 2012 4 Ponferradina 0–1 Villarreal Ponferrada
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Pandiani 72' Stadium: El Toralín
15 September 2012 5 Villarreal 1–0 Hércules Vilarreal
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Cavenaghi 37' Stadium: El Madrigal
22 September 2012 6 Las Palmas 2–2 Villarreal Las Palmas
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Bifouma 46', 71' Senna 6' (pen.), 83' (pen.) Stadium: Gran Canaria
29 September 2012 7 Villarreal 2–0 Córdoba Vilarreal
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Pérez 79'
Uche 90+1'		 Stadium: El Madrigal
7 October 2012 8 Sporting Gijón 2–0 Villarreal Gijón
12:00 CEST (UTC+2) Mandi  22'
Rodríguez 40'
Carmona  55'
Sangoy 89'		 Bruno  35'
Toribio  73'		 Stadium: El Molinón
Attendance: 20,000
13 October 2012 9 Villarreal 1–1 Huesca Vilarreal
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) Senna 12'
Mellberg  48'
Pandiani  71'
Costa  89'		 López 31'
Lázaro  74'		 Stadium: El Madrigal
Attendance: 7,000
21 October 2012 10 Recreativo 2–0 Villarreal Huelva
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Chuli  15'
Montoro  22'
Zamora  46'
Szymanowski 63'
Valle 90+3'		 Senna  75'
Pérez  77'  83'
Lejeune  78'
Mario  89'		 Stadium: Nuevo Colombino
27 October 2012 11 Villarreal 2–0 Mirandés Vilarreal
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Uche 12', 49' Stadium: El Madrigal
3 November 2012 12 Numancia 1–1 Villarreal Soria
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Nieto  18'
Sunday  41'
Juanma  63', 88'
Bedoya  89'		 Trigueros 77'
Pérez  84'		 Stadium: Los Pajaritos
11 November 2012 13 Villarreal 1–1 Real Murcia Vilarreal
12:00 CET (UTC+1) Trigueros  40'
Oriol  44'
Senna 52' (pen.)
Toribio  88'		 Catalá  31'
C. García  36'
Molinero  51'
Berjón 86'
Matilla  89'		 Stadium: El Madrigal
17 November 2012 14 Racing Santander 0–3 Villarreal Santander
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Francis  42'
Bouazza  81'
Assulin  85'		 Trigueros 33'
Uche 39', 53'
Oriol  71'		 Stadium: El Sardinero
24 November 2012 15 Villarreal 1–1 Lugo Vilarreal
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Cani 35'
Musacchio  86'		 De Coz  22'
Díaz 55'
Tonetto  83'
Marco  87'		 Stadium: El Madrigal
2 December 2012 16 Elche 1–0 Villarreal Elche
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Suárez  66'
Coro 71'
Linares  89'		 Senna  52'
Musacchio  63'		 Stadium: Martínez Valero
9 December 2012 17 Villarreal 4–0 Alcorcón Vilarreal
17:00 CET (UTC+1) Senna  14'
Melberg  43'
Bruno 50'
Uche 75'
Pérez 86'
Cavenaghi 90'		 Mora  6'  62'
Manu  27'
Laguardia  64'
Abraham  64'
Ángel  82'		 Stadium: El Madrigal
15 December 2012 18 Girona 2–0 Villarreal Girona
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Juanlu  20'
Benja 51'
Tébar  52'
Jandro 82' (pen.)		 Bruno  35'
Pandiani  56'
Cani  62'
Mellberg  74'  80'
Mariño  81'		 Stadium: Montilivi
20 December 2012 19 Xerez 0–0 Villarreal Jerez
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Ruz  18'
Cámara  66'
Tato  88'		 Cavenaghi  6'
Trigueros  16'
Bruno  69'
Pérez  90'		 Stadium: Chapín
5 January 2013 20 Villarreal 1–3 Barcelona B Vilarreal
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Melberg  45'
Senna  55', 77' (pen.)
Pereira  85'		 Planas 45'
Grimaldo  68'
Lobato 73'
Costa 85' (o.g.)		 Stadium: El Madrigal
12 January 2013 21 Almería 1–1 Villarreal Almería
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Pallerano  28'
Henrique  33'  60'
Corona 49'
Verza  90'		 Costa  30'
Juan Carlos  49'
Cani  55'
Mellberg 63'
Musacchio  73'
Bruno  90'		 Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos
19 January 2013 22 Real Madrid Castilla 5–0 Villarreal Madrid
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Morata 18'
Álex  36'
García 45'
Mateos  65'
Jesé  71', 75'
Mosquera 73'
Cheryshev 78'
González  86'		 Summary Bruno  30' Stadium: Alfredo di Stéfano Stadium
25 January 2013 23 Villarreal 3–0 Sabadell Vilarreal
21:00 CET (UTC+1) Gerard 12'
Oriol  33'
Musacchio  42'
Cani 66'
Pereira 87'		 Ciércoles  75' Stadium: El Madrigal
2 February 2013 24 Guadalajara 0–0 Villarreal Guadalajara
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Soriano  61'
Pérez  67'		 Summary Pereira  70'
Musacchio  71'		 Stadium: Pedro Escartín
9 February 2013 25 Villarreal 3–0 Ponferradina Vilarreal
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Pereira 34'
Senna  35'
Perbet 39', 57'
Dorado  49'		 Summary Moreno  48'
Isaías  52'		 Stadium: El Madrigal
17 February 2013 26 Hércules 1–1 Villarreal Alicante
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Peña  36'
Pamarot 65'
Redondo  73'
Sardinero  79'
Cabrera  88'		 Summary Musacchio  22'
Farinós 40',  54'
Bruno  60'		 Stadium: Rico Pérez
24 February 2013 27 Villarreal 1–1 Las Palmas Vilarreal
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Perbet 45+2'
Gómez  68'		 Summary Murillo  12', 73'
Bifouma  28'
Castellano  47'
Vitolo  52'
Pignol  87'		 Stadium: El Madrigal
3 March 2013 28 Córdoba 0–2 Villarreal Córdoba
21:00 CET (UTC+1) Armando  36'
Dubarbier  52'
Vico  89'		 Musacchio 27'
Gómez  30'
Pereira 44'
Perbet  69'
Costa  72'
Farinós  88'		 Stadium: Nuevo Arcángel
Attendance: 8,108
10 March 2013 29 Villarreal 2–1 Sporting Gijón Vilarreal
12:00 CET (UTC+1) Costa  12'
Uche 39', 90+3'
Farinós  89'
Pereira  89'		 Cases  11'
Bernardo  24'
Trejo  32'
Sangoy 66'		 Stadium: El Madrigal
Attendance: 10,000
16 March 2013 30 Huesca 0–1 Villarreal Huesca
20:00 CET (UTC+1) López  16'
Pacheco  22'
García  27'
Juan Carlos  38'
Núñez  86'		 Costa  13'
Mario  41'
Bruno  50'  81'
Pereira 80',  80'
Trigueros  85'		 Stadium: El Alcoraz
Attendance: 3,800
24 March 2013 31 Villarreal 1–1 Recreativo Vilarreal
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Costa  78'
Gerard 88'		 Montoro  21'
Valle  25'
Berrocal 47'
Arana  61'		 Stadium: El Madrigal
Attendance: 11,000
31 March 2013 32 Mirandés 1–5 Villarreal Miranda de Ebro
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Muneta 32'
Koikili  63'
Díaz de Cerio  79'		 Gerard 34'
Cani 37'
Perbet 52', 89'
Mario  78'
Pereira 83'		 Stadium: Anduva
Attendance: 4,764
7 April 2013 33 Villarreal 6–1 Numancia Vilarreal
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Perbet 10', 80' (pen.),  54'
Canteros 13'
Bruno  16'
Gerard 47'
Dorado  50'
Uche 86'
Regalón 90' (o.g.)		 Sunday  29'
Martín 39'
Juanma  44'
Álvarez  58'
Larrea  77'
Regalón  79'		 Stadium: El Madrigal
Attendance: 11,000
14 April 2013 34 Real Murcia 1–1 Villarreal Murcia
12:00 CEST (UTC+2) Kike 45'
Matilla  57'
Acciari  67'
Albiol  81'
Nafti  85'
Sutil  88'		 Costa  14'
Manu 90+5'		 Stadium: Nueva Condomina
Attendance: 8,471
21 April 2013 35 Villarreal 1–0 Racing Santander Vilarreal
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Gómez 46',  67'
Oriol  72'		 Barrio  15'
Pérez  88'		 Stadium: El Madrigal
Attendance: 18,000
27 April 2013 36 Lugo 0–0 Villarreal Lugo
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Seoane  35'
Manu  73'
López  87'		 Senna  54'
Musacchio  83'		 Stadium: Anxo Carro
Attendance: 2,500
5 May 2013 37 Villarreal 2–3 Elche Vilarreal
12:00 CEST (UTC+2) Perbet 9' (pen.)
Bruno  64'  88'
Uche 81'
Musacchio  89'		 Gil 51',  62'
Generelo 55',  67'
Coro  70'
Ángel 86'
Suárez  89'		 Stadium: El Madrigal
Attendance: 12,000
12 May 2013 38 Alcorcón 1–3 Villarreal Alcorcón
12:00 CEST (UTC+2) Nagore  31'  89'
Kike  49'
Sanz  58'
Camille  60'
Enrich 75'
Sánchez  77'
Lamas  81'
Riera  88'
Prendes  89'		 Uche 8'
Cani  32'
Bruno 38'
Mellberg  51'
Aquino  65'
Juan Carlos  87'
Canteros 90+3'		 Stadium: Santo Domingo
Attendance: 2,000
18 May 2013 39 Villarreal 4–1 Girona Vilarreal
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: El Madrigal
27 May 2013 40 Villarreal 3–2 Xerez Vilarreal
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: El Madrigal
2 June 2013 41 Barcelona B 0–3 Villarreal Barcelona
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Araujo  56' Musacchio  19'
Mario  36'
Pereira  45'
Bruno 62'
Parbet 56'
Gómez  67'
Costa  81'
Melberg  84'
Senna  86'		 Stadium: Mini Estadi
8 June 2013 42 Villarreal 1–0 Almería Vilarreal
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Canteros  34'
Pereira 56'
Perbet  65'
Cani  88'		 Corona  77'
Suárez  87'
Pellerano  88'		 Stadium: El Madrigal

Copa del Rey

Main article: 2012–13 Copa del Rey

Second round

12 September 2012 Villarreal 0–2 Ponferradina Vilarreal
22:00 CEST (UTC+2) Truyols  53'
Bruno  69'  77'		 Baró  50'
Silva 56'
Isaías  65'
Leandro  79'
Ruiz  81'
Lafuente 90'		 Stadium: El Madrigal

Squad

Squad, matches played and goals scored

As of 31 January 2013

The numbers are established according to the official website:[1] and www.lfp.es

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ESP Diego Mariño
2 DF  ESP Mario
3 DF  ESP Joan Oriol
4 DF  ARG Mateo Musacchio
5 DF  ESP Joan Truyols
6 DF  SWE Olof Mellberg
7 FW  FRA Jérémy Perbet (on loan from Mons)
8 FW  NGA Ikechukwu Uche
9 MF  MEX Javier Aquino
10 MF  ESP Cani
11 MF  PAR Hernán Pérez
14 MF  ESP Manu Trigueros
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF  ESP Javier Farinós
16 DF  ESP José Dorado
17 DF  ESP Javi Venta
18 DF  ESP Jaume Costa
19 MF  ESP Marcos Senna (captain)
20 MF  ARG Héctor Canteros
21 MF  ESP Bruno (2nd captain)
22 MF  ESP Juanma
24 FW  ESP Jonathan Pereira
25 GK  ESP Juan Carlos
27 MF  ESP Moi Gómez
29 MF  ESP Pablo Íñiguez
32 FW  ESP Gerard

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF  FRA Florian Lejeune (at Stade Brest)
— DF  COL Cristián Zapata (at Milan)
— DF  ESP Toño (at Sabadell)
— MF  ESP Javier Camuñas (at Deportivo La Coruña)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  ARG Gonzalo Castellani (at Godoy Cruz)
— MF  NED Jonathan de Guzmán (at Swansea City)
— FW  ESP Gerard Bordas (at Girona)
— FW  ESP Joselu (at Córdoba)

Minutes played

Bookings

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Name From Fee
13 June 2012 DEF Javi Venta Levante Free[1]
13 May 2012 DEF Iván Marcano Olympiacos Loan return
13 May 2012 MID Jefferson Montero Real Betis Loan return
13 May 2012 FW Ikechukwu Uche Granada Loan return
13 May 2012 GK Juan Carlos Elche Loan return
8 August 2012 DEF Olof Mellberg Olympiacos Free[2]

Out

Date Pos. Name To Fee
22 May 2012 GK Diego López Sevilla €3.5M[3]
2 June 2012 DEF Iván Marcano Rubin Kazan €5M[4]
17 June 2012 MID Jefferson Montero Monarcas Morelia Undisclosed[5]
17 July 2012 FW Nilmar Al-Rayyan Undisclosed[6]
12 July 2012 MID Mubarak Wakaso Espanyol Undisclosed[7]
13 July 2012 FW Marco Ruben Dynamo Kyiv Undisclosed[8]
1 June 2012 GK César Retirement Free
3 June 2012 FW Alejandro Martinuccio Fluminense Loan return
1 August 2012 MID Borja Valero Fiorentina €7M[9]
1 June 2012 DEF Carlos Marchena Deportivo La Coruña Free
2 August 2012 DEF Gonzalo Rodríguez Fiorentina Undisclosed[10]
1 July 2012 MID Gonzalo Castellani Godoy Cruz Undisclosed[11]
9 August 2012 DEF Ángel López Free agent Free
4 January 2013 FW Giuseppe Rossi Fiorentina €9.5M

Loan out

Date from Date to Pos. Name To
1 July 2012 15 May 2013 FW Joselu Córdoba Loan[12]
10 July 2012 15 May 2013 MID Jonathan de Guzmán Swansea City Loan
8 August 2012 15 May 2013 DEF Cristián Zapata Milan Loan[13]

Sources

  1. ^ "Javi Venta to return to Villarreal to help club fight for La Liga promotion". Goal.com. 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
  2. ^ "Official: Villarreal replace Zapata with Mellberg". Goal.com. 2012-08-08. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
  3. ^ "Sevilla snap up goalkeeper Diego Lopez from Villarreal - ESPN FC". ESPN. 2012-05-23. Archived from the original on January 3, 2013. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
  4. ^ "Official: Villarreal's Ivan Marcano signs for Rubin Kazan". Goal.com. 2012-06-02. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
  5. ^ "Betis winger Jefferson Montero signs for Mexican outfit Monarcas Morelia". Goal.com. 2012-06-17. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
  6. ^ "Al Rayyan agree deal with Nilmar". Goal.com. 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
  7. ^ "Espanyol sign Villarreal midfielder Wakaso Mubarak | Spanish Football News". tribalfootball.com. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
  8. ^ "Official: Dynamo Kiev sign Marco Ruben from Villarreal". Goal.com. 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
  9. ^ "Fiorentina set to land Valero - Yahoo! Eurosport UK". Uk.eurosport.yahoo.com. 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
  10. ^ "Fiorentina agree fee with Villarreal over Gonzalo Rodriguez". Goal.com. 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
  11. ^ "OFFICIAL: Gonzalo Castellani from Villarreal to Godoy Cruz". Soccerfame.com. 2012-06-06. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
  12. ^ Comunidad Valenciana (2012-06-20). "Joselu (Villarreal) admite oferta del Córdoba y niega tener una de Recreativo - ABC.es - Noticias Agencias". ABC.es. Archived from the original on 2013-02-13. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
  13. ^ "Official: Zapata joins AC Milan on loan". Goal.com. 2012-08-08. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
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