2016–17 Villarreal CF season

Villarreal
2016–17 season
President	Fernando Roig
Head coach	Fran Escribá
Stadium	La Cerámica
La Liga	5th
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
UEFA Champions League	Play-off round
UEFA Europa League	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Cédric Bakambu (11); All: ; Cédric Bakambu (12)

The 2016–17 season was Villarreal Club de Fútbol's 94th season in existence and the club's 4th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.^[1]^[2] In addition to the domestic league, Villarreal participated in this season's editions of the Copa del Rey, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Players

Current squad

As of 13 August 2016^[3]

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	Sergio Asenjo
2	DF	ESP	Mario Gaspar (vice-captain)
3	DF	ESP	José Ángel (on loan from Porto)
5	DF	ARG	Mateo Musacchio (3rd captain)
6	DF	ESP	Víctor Ruiz
7	MF	RUS	Denis Cheryshev
8	MF	MEX	Jonathan dos Santos
9	FW	ESP	Roberto Soldado
11	DF	ESP	Jaume Costa
12	DF	ESP	Álvaro
13	GK	ESP	Andrés Fernández (on loan from Porto)
14	MF	ESP	Manu Trigueros


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	FW	ESP	Adrián (on loan from Porto)
16	MF	ESP	Rodrigo Hernández
17	FW	COD	Cédric Bakambu
18	FW	ITA	Nicola Sansone
19	MF	ESP	Samu Castillejo
20	MF	ITA	Roberto Soriano
21	MF	ESP	Bruno (captain)
22	DF	SRB	Antonio Rukavina
23	DF	ITA	Daniele Bonera
24	FW	COL	Rafael Santos Borré (on loan from Atlético Madrid)
25	GK	ARG	Mariano Barbosa

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	ESP	Pablo Íñiguez (at Rayo Vallecano until 30 June 2017)
—	DF	ESP	Adrián Marín (at Leganés until 30 June 2017)
—	MF	SEN	Alfred N'Diaye (at Hull City until 30 June 2017)
—	MF	ESP	Alfonso Pedraza (at Leeds United until 30 June 2017)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ESP	Matías Nahuel (at Real Betis until 30 June 2018)
—	FW	QAT	Akram Afif (at Sporting de Gijón until 30 June 2017)
—	FW	ARG	Cristian Espinoza (at Real Valladolid until 30 June 2017)

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	20 August 2016	21 May 2017	Matchday 1	5th	38	19	10	9	56	33	+23	050.00
Copa del Rey	30 November 2016	11 January 2017	Round of 32	Round of 16	4	1	2	1	6	5	+1	025.00
UEFA Champions League	17 August 2016	23 August 2016	Play-off round	Play-off round	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	000.00
UEFA Europa League	15 September 2016	23 February 2017	Group stage	Round of 32	8	3	3	2	10	12	−2	037.50
Total					52	23	15	14	73	53	+20	044.23

Source: Competitions

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Atlético Madrid	38	23	9	6	70	27	+43	78	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
4	Sevilla	38	21	9	8	69	49	+20	72	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5	Villarreal	38	19	10	9	56	33	+23	67	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
6	Real Sociedad	38	19	7	12	59	53	+6	64	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
7	Athletic Bilbao	38	19	6	13	53	43	+10	63	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round

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; 7) Play-off.^[4]
Notes:

^ Since the winners of the 2016–17 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 third 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	19	10	9	57	33	+24	67	11	4	4	35	18	+17	8	6	5	22	15	+7

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	D	D	L	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	W
Position	11	13	8	6	6	4	5	5	4	5	3	4	6	5	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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

Matches

Win Draw Loss

20 August 2016 (2016-08-20) 1	Granada	1–1	Villarreal	Granada
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Lombán 15' Ponce 65' Barral 69'	Report	Sansone 28' N'Diaye 46' Trigueros 53' Castillejo 61'	Stadium: Los Cármenes Attendance: 15,149 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

28 August 2016 (2016-08-28) 2	Villarreal	0–0	Sevilla	Villarreal
22:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Soriano 48'	Report	Kolodziejczak 32' Vitolo 49' Sarabia 66'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 17,530 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

10 September 2016 (2016-09-10) 3	Málaga	0–2	Villarreal	Málaga
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Weligton 39' Recio 66'	Report	Costa 33', 47' Sansone 44'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 21,867 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

18 September 2016 (2016-09-18) 4	Villarreal	2–1	Real Sociedad	Villarreal
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ruiz 13' Sansone 22', 25' Bruno 80'	Report	Rulli 15' González 28' Berchiche 35' Zaldúa 45' 90+2' Zurutuza 85'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 18,692 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

21 September 2016 5	Real Madrid	1–1	Villarreal	Madrid
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ramos 45', 48' Ronaldo 69' Kroos 75' Carvajal 90+4'	Report	Bruno 45+1' (pen.) José Ángel 52'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 64,582 Referee: José González González

25 September 2016 (2016-09-25) 6	Villarreal	3–1	Osasuna	Villarreal
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Pato 5' Bruno 24' (pen.) Sansone 39'	Report	Mario 23' Torres 45+1' (pen.) Olavide 62'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 17,679 Referee: Daniel Ocón Arráiz

2 October 2016 (2016-10-02) 7	Espanyol	0–0	Villarreal	Barcelona
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sánchez 54' Gerard 65'	Report	Musacchio 52' Mario 90+3'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 19,666 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

16 October 2016 (2016-10-16) 8	Villarreal	5–0	Celta Vigo	Villarreal
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Soriano 8', 12' Bakambu 38' Wass 48' (o.g.) Álvaro 56' Trigueros 90+2'	Report	Gómez 13' 87' Aspas 20' Orellana 51' Cheikh 54' Wass 62'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 18,152 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

23 October 2016 (2016-10-23) 9	Villarreal	2–1	Las Palmas	Villarreal
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bakambu 48', 90+2' Soriano 56' Sansone 64' (pen.)	Report	Boateng 31', 79' Mesa 62' Tyronne 87'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 18,312 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

30 October 2016 (2016-10-30) 10	Eibar	2–1	Villarreal	Eibar
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Enrich 20' Pedro León 27', 80' Ramis 80'	Report	Sansone 8' Ruiz 13' Bruno 41' (pen.) Castillejo 76'	Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 4,678 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

6 November 2016 (2016-11-06) 11	Villarreal	2–0	Real Betis	Villarreal
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Trigueros 22' Soriano 53'	Report	Cejudo 72' Martin 79'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 18,826 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

20 November 2016 12	Athletic Bilbao	1–0	Villarreal	Bilbao
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	García 67'	Report	Sansone 17' Costa 76'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 38,245 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

27 November 2016 (2016-11-27) 13	Villarreal	0–2	Alavés	Villarreal
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Costa 12' Bruno 22'	Report	Ibai 8' Camarasa 17' Torres 55' Feddal 56' Pantić 66'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 15,629 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

4 December 2016 (2016-12-04) 14	Leganés	0–0	Villarreal	Leganés
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gabriel 17' Ramos 30' Alberto 41' Timor 52' Insua 52' Bustinza 57'	Report	Costa 20' Mario 36' Soriano 65'	Stadium: Butarque Attendance: 8,526 Referee: Mario Melero López

12 December 2016 15	Villarreal	3–0	Atlético Madrid	Villarreal
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Trigueros 28' Dos Santos 38', 45' Sansone 42' Álvaro 85' Soriano 90+3'	Report	Correa 45' Gabi 67' Saúl 85'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: – Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

18 December 2016 (2016-12-18) 16	Sporting Gijón	1–3	Villarreal	Gijón
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Amorebieta 55' Cases 60' Carmona 89'	Report	Dos Santos 12' Sansone 19' Soriano 40' Pato 74'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 19,900 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

8 January 2017 (2017-01-08) 17	Villarreal	1–1	Barcelona	Villarreal
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Sansone 49', 78' Costa 70' 90+4'	Report	S. Roberto 78' Piqué 83' Messi 90'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 22,893 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

14 January 2017 (2017-01-14) 18	Deportivo La Coruña	0–0	Villarreal	A Coruña
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Trigueros 79'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 19,807 Referee: Daniel Ocón Arráiz

21 January 2017 (2017-01-21) 19	Villarreal	0–2	Valencia	Villarreal
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Ruiz 49' Costa 89'	Report	Pérez 33' Soler 35' Mina 42' Garay 80'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 17,615 Referee: José González González

28 January 2017 (2017-01-28) 20	Villarreal	2–0	Granada	Villarreal
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Álvaro 37', 73' Soriano 38' Bruno 42' José Ángel 88'	Report	Samper 48' Gabriel Silva 75'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 15,152 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

5 February 2017 (2017-02-05) 21	Sevilla	0–0	Villarreal	Seville
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nasri 25' Mercado 44'	Report	Bruno 28' Mario 50'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 33,401 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

12 February 2017 (2017-02-12) 22	Villarreal	1–1	Málaga	Villarreal
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bruno 62' (pen.) Soriano 71'	Report	Charles 14', 55' Camacho 55' Keko 58' Demichelis 61' Duda 81'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 17,120 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

19 February 2017 (2017-02-19) 23	Real Sociedad	0–1	Villarreal	San Sebastián
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Prieto 56' Navas 90+3'	Report	Cheryshev 29' Mario 49' Rodrigo 70' Bruno 70' Castillejo 90+4'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 21,649 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

26 February 2017 (2017-02-26) 24	Villarreal	2–3	Real Madrid	Villarreal
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Trigueros 50' Bakambu 56' Soldado 73' Bruno 73' Álvaro 74' Mario 90'	Report	Bale 64' Ramos 73' Ronaldo 74' (pen.) Morata 83' Pepe 90+1'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 21,415 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

1 March 2017 (2017-03-01) 25	Osasuna	1–4	Villarreal	Pamplona
19:30 CET (UTC+1)	Berenguer 25' Torres 64' (pen.), 77' León 78'	Report	Soriano 2', 72' Soldado 26', 27' Rukavina 36' Santos Borré 74', 78'	Stadium: El Sadar Attendance: 13,409 Referee: José González González

4 March 2017 (2017-03-04) 26	Villarreal	2–0	Espanyol	Villarreal
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Costa 3' Soriano 45' Álvaro 54' Diego López 80' (o.g.)	Report	Diego López 28' Ó. Duarte 66'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 17,315 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

12 March 2017 (2017-03-12) 27	Celta Vigo	0–1	Villarreal	Vigo
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mallo 14' Aspas 90' Planas 90' Bongonda 90+1'	Report	Soldado 8', 45' Fernández 72' Costa 73' Dos Santos 85' Musacchio 87'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 16,651 Referee: Mario Melero López

19 March 2017 (2017-03-19) 28	Las Palmas	1–0	Villarreal	Las Palmas
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Boateng 10' Viera 70' Lemos 74' Lizoain 90+3'	Report	Ruiz 19' Sansone 23' Costa 76'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 18,717 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

1 April 2017 (2017-04-01) 29	Villarreal	2–3	Eibar	Villarreal
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bonera 10' Soriano 18', 89' Castillejo 39' Álvaro 66' Soldado 90+1'	Report	Luna 43' Pedro León 48' (pen.) Kike 54', 68' Inui 62', 77'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 15,574 Referee: Daniel Ocón Arráiz

5 April 2017 (2017-04-05) 30	Real Betis	0–1	Villarreal	Seville
21:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Brašanac 39' Durmisi 73'	Report	Adrián 47' Ruiz 66' Dos Santos 70'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 25,392 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

9 April 2017 (2017-04-09) 31	Villarreal	3–1	Athletic Bilbao	Villarreal
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Ruiz 17', 74' Bakambu 47', 53' Soriano 53' Adrián 58' Mario 64' Soldado 74' Fernández 90+2' Sansone 90+4'	Report	Laporte 20', 25' Beñat 22' Iraizoz 76'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 17,948 Referee: Daniel Trujillo Suárez

17 April 2017 32	Alavés	2–1	Villarreal	Vitoria-Gasteiz
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Ibai 35' Ely 45' Toquero 61' Hernandez 90+2'	Report	Bakambu 26', 70' Musacchio 44' Soriano 66' Costa 90+2'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 17,831 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

22 April 2017 (2017-04-22) 33	Villarreal	2–1	Leganés	Villarreal
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Musacchio 65' Bakambu 68', 90+2'	Report	Bustinza 73' Morán 84' Guerrero 90' Siovas 90+3'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 16,829 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

26 April 2017 (2017-04-26) 34	Atlético Madrid	0–1	Villarreal	Madrid
21:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gabi 55' Godín 90+1'	Report	Trigueros 58' Rukavina 66' Soldado 74' Soriano 82' Musacchio 88' Costa 89' Bakambu 90+4'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 44,432 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

28 April 2017 (2017-04-28) 35	Villarreal	3–1	Sporting Gijón	Villarreal
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Soldado 33' Bakambu 47', 59' Dos Santos 64' Bonera 84'	Report	Amorebieta 35' Douglas 73'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 15,120 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

6 May 2017 (2017-05-06) 36	Barcelona	4–1	Villarreal	Barcelona
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Roberto 16' Neymar 21' Messi 45', 82' (pen.) Iniesta 64' L. Suárez 69'	Report	Álvaro 19' Bakambu 32' Soldado 72' Musacchio 77' Costa 81'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 90,463 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

14 May 2017 (2017-05-14) 37	Villarreal	0–0	Deportivo La Coruña	Villarreal
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Trigueros 43' Soldado 45+1'	Summary	Lux 45+1' Andone 53' Fajr 64' Borges 90+4'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 16,071 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

21 May 2017 (2017-05-21) 38	Valencia	1–3	Villarreal	Valencia
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Zaza 34' Nani 54' Parejo 71'	Summary	Soldado 1' Costa 4' Trigueros 58' Bakambu 67' Sansone 88'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 33,659 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

30 November 2016 First leg	Toledo	0–3	Villarreal	Toledo
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	De Lerma 35' González 52'	Report	Jiménez 15' (o.g.) Bakambu 20' Álvaro 58' Castillejo 81'	Stadium: Salto del Caballo Attendance: 3,900 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

21 December 2016 Second leg	Villarreal	1–1 (4–1 agg.)	Toledo	Villarreal
--:-- CET (UTC+1)	Pato 60'	Report	Villa 57'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 12,157 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

Round of 16

4 January 2017 First leg	Real Sociedad	3–1	Villarreal	San Sebastián
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Willian José 17', 65' Vela 33' Oyarzabal 72' I. Martínez 90+1'	Report	Trigueros 77' José Ángel 87' Castillejo 90+1' Soriano 90+4'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 16,414 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

11 January 2017 (2017-01-11) Second leg	Villarreal	1–1 (2–4 agg.)	Real Sociedad	Villarreal
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Castillejo 21' Santos Borré 34' Soriano 45' Ruiz 70' Sansone 89'	Report	Oyarzabal 15' Willian José 18' Juanmi 70' Illarramendi 86' Gaztañaga 90+3'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 14,298 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

UEFA Champions League

Play-off

17 August 2016 (2016-08-17) First leg	Villarreal	1–2	Monaco	Villarreal, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	N'Diaye 3' Pato 36'	Report	Fabinho 3', 75' Lemar 6' Silva 72' Mendy 86' 86' Bakayoko 86' Moutinho 90'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 19,516^[5] Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

23 August 2016 (2016-08-23) Second leg	Monaco	1–0 (3–1 agg.)	Villarreal	Fontvieille, Monaco
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Sidibé 25' Fabinho 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Musacchio 83'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 8,750^[6] Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Osmanlıspor	6	3	1	2	10	7	+3	10	Advance to knockout phase
2	Villarreal	6	2	3	1	9	8	+1	9	Advance to knockout phase
3	Zürich	6	1	3	2	5	7	−2	6
4	Steaua București	6	1	3	2	5	7	−2	6

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

15 September 2016 1	Villarreal	2–1	Zürich	Villarreal, Spain
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Pato 28' Dos Santos 21', 45+1'	Report	Sadiku 2' Voser 22' Winter 51' Kukeli 65' Kecojević 86' Nef 90+3'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 16,384^[7] Referee: Sébastien Delferière (Belgium)

29 September 2016 2	Steaua București	1–1	Villarreal	Bucharest, Romania
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sulley 19'	Report	Santos Borré 9', 55' Rukavina 74' N'Diaye 76'	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 13,231 Referee: Yevhen Aranovsky (Ukraine)

20 October 2016 3	Osmanlıspor	2–2	Villarreal	Ankara, Turkey
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rusescu 23', 24' Güven 53' Demir 90'	Report	Santos Borré 45' Castillejo 45+2' N'Diaye 56' Pato 74' Álvaro 83'	Stadium: Osmanlı Stadyumu Attendance: 11,692 Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)

3 November 2016 4	Villarreal	1–2	Osmanlıspor	Villarreal, Spain
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Rodri 48'	Report	Webó 8' Rusescu 75'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 15,386 Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)

24 November 2016 5	Zürich	1–1	Villarreal	Zürich, Switzerland
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Brunner 31' Rodríguez 87' (pen.) Marchesano 90+1'	Report	Bruno 14' Ruiz 23' Rukavina 90' Musacchio 90+2'	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 6,020 Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

8 December 2016 6	Villarreal	2–1	Steaua București	Villarreal, Spain
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Sansone 16' Bakambu 27' Dos Santos 68' Trigueros 88'	Report	Tamaș 32' 79' Enache 25' Achim 55', 90+1' Golubović 68'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 19,471 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Germany)

Knockout phase

Round of 32

16 February 2017 First leg	Villarreal	0–4	Roma	Villarreal, Spain
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Mario 44'	Report	Emerson 32' Džeko 65', 79', 86' Peres 89'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 17,960 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

23 February 2017 Second leg	Roma	0–1 (4–1 agg.)	Villarreal	Rome, Italy
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rüdiger 57' 81'	Report	Santos Borré 15' Hernández 22'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 19,495 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 21 May 2017

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey		Champions League		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ESP	Sergio Asenjo	31	0	24	0	2	0	2	0	3	0
13	GK	ESP	Andrés Fernández	20	0	14+1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
25	GK	ARG	Mariano Barbosa	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ESP	Mario Gaspar	43	0	36	0	2+1	0	2	0	2	0
3	DF	ESP	José Ángel	18	0	7	0	3	0	2	0	6	0
5	DF	ARG	Mateo Musacchio	30	0	23	0	1	0	2	0	4	0
6	DF	ESP	Víctor Ruiz	36	1	27+1	1	2	0	1	0	5	0
11	DF	ESP	Jaume Costa	35	1	30+1	1	1	0	0+1	0	2	0
12	DF	ESP	Álvaro	32	1	20+3	1	4	0	0	0	4+1	0
22	DF	SRB	Antonio Rukavina	12	0	3+1	0	2	0	0	0	6	0
23	DF	ITA	Daniele Bonera	10	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
47	DF	ESP	Pau Torres	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF	RUS	Denis Cheryshev	18	0	2+9	0	1	0	0	0	5+1	0
8	MF	MEX	Jonathan dos Santos	29	3	12+5	2	3+1	0	0	0	7+1	1
14	MF	ESP	Manu Trigueros	22	7	2+12	5	2+1	1	2	0	3	1
16	MF	ESP	Rodri	31	1	8+15	0	4	0	0	0	2+2	1
19	MF	ESP	Samu Castillejo	44	3	24+9	2	1+2	1	2	0	2+4	0
20	MF	ITA	Roberto Soriano	43	10	31+2	9	3	1	2	0	2+3	0
21	MF	ESP	Bruno	45	6	33+1	5	1	0	2	0	8	1
29	MF	ARG	Leonardo Suárez	5	0	0+3	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	ESP	Roberto Soldado	11	4	10	4	0	0	0	0	1	0
15	FW	ESP	Adrián	17	2	7+8	2	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
17	FW	COD	Cédric Bakambu	34	12	17+9	11	1	1	0	0	4+3	0
18	FW	ITA	Nicola Sansone	42	9	25+7	8	2+2	0	0	0	2+4	1
24	FW	COL	Rafael Santos Borré	30	4	2+15	2	3+1	0	2	0	5+2	2
27	FW	ESP	Aitor Cantalapiedra	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW	ESP	Mario González Gutiérrez	3	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
4	MF	SEN	Alfred N'Diaye	13	1	1+6	0	1	0	1+1	0	3	1
10	FW	BRA	Alexandre Pato	24	6	11+3	2	2+1	1	2	1	4+1	2

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References

^ "Villarreal". LFP. 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
^ Soccerway - Villarreal
^ "Primer equipo" [First team] (in Spanish). Villarreal CF. Archived from the original on 2016-09-08. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
^ "Primera División 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
^ "Full Time Summary Play-offs 1st leg – Wednesday 17 August 2016" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
^ "Full Time Summary Play-offs 2nd leg – Tuesday 23 August 2016" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 23 August 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 7, 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
^ "Villarreal vs. Zürich". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 September 2016.

[table_note_res_ELGS0.35893955750342-4] Since the winners of the 2016–17 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 third qualifying round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.

[villarreal-1] "Villarreal". LFP. 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2016.

[2] Soccerway - Villarreal

[3] "Primer equipo" [First team] (in Spanish). Villarreal CF. Archived from the original on 2016-09-08. Retrieved 27 August 2015.

[5] "Primera División 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 14 September 2016.

[6] "Full Time Summary Play-offs 1st leg – Wednesday 17 August 2016" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.

[7] "Full Time Summary Play-offs 2nd leg – Tuesday 23 August 2016" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 23 August 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 7, 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2016.

[8] "Villarreal vs. Zürich". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 September 2016.

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