| 2015–16 season | ||||
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| President | Fernando Roig | |||
| Head coach | Marcelino | |||
| Stadium | El Madrigal | |||
| La Liga | 4th | |||
| Copa del Rey | Round of 16 | |||
| UEFA Europa League | Semi-finals | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Cédric Bakambu (12) All: Cédric Bakambu (22) | |||
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2016–17 →
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The 2015–16 season was Villarreal Club de Fútbol's 93rd season in existence and the club's 3rd 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 and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.
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| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| La Liga | 23 August 2015 | 15 May 2016 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 44 | 35 | +9 | 047.37 |
| Copa del Rey | 3 December 2015 | 13 January 2016 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 025.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 17 September 2015 | 5 May 2016 | Group stage | Semi-finals | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 13 | +10 | 064.29 |
| Total | 56 | 28 | 13 | 15 | 73 | 55 | +18 | 050.00 | ||||
Source: Competitions
| Pos | Team
|
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Real Madrid | 38 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 110 | 34 | +76 | 90 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Atlético Madrid | 38 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 63 | 18 | +45 | 88 | |
| 4 | Villarreal | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 44 | 35 | +9 | 64 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 58 | 45 | +13 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a] |
| 6 | Celta Vigo | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 51 | 59 | −8 | 60 |
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 44 | 35 | +9 | 64 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 12 | +14 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 23 | −5 |
Source: Competitive matches
| 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 | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | D | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | D | W | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | L | D | W | L | L |
| Position | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Win Draw Loss
| 23 August 2015 (2015-08-23) 1 | Real Betis | 1–1 | Villarreal | Seville |
| 22:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Bruno G.  26'Cejudo 35'Pezzella 50'Castro  87' |
Report | Soldado 31' Castillejo 49'Bruno S.  90+2' |
Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 37,996 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido |
| 28 August 2015 (2015-08-28) 2 | Villarreal | 3–1 | Espanyol | Villarreal |
| 20:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Soldado 67' Bailly 85'Bakambu 87', 90+3' |
Report | Caicedo 5', 35' Pau 19'López 27'Montañés 30'Raillo 48'Arbilla 55' |
Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 16,722 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo |
| 13 September 2015 (2015-09-13) 3 | Granada | 1–3 | Villarreal | Granada |
| 12:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Babin 11' Lopes 65'Rico 74' |
Report | Pina 14' Trigueros 49'Bakambu 51'Soldado 67'Baily 81'Areola 90'Samu 90+1' |
Stadium: Los Cármenes Attendance: 13,954 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano |
| 20 September 2015 (2015-09-20) 4 | Villarreal | 3–1 | Athletic Bilbao | Villarreal |
| 18:15 CEST (UTC+2) | Bruno 23', 42' (pen.) Baptistão 44', 79'Matías Nahuel 49'Bailly 59'Mario 66' |
Report | Laporte 11' Gurpegi 48'Aduriz 64', 90+2'De Marcos 87' |
Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 19,832 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez |
| 23 September 2015 (2015-09-23) 5 | Málaga | 0–1 | Villarreal | Málaga |
| 18:15 CEST (UTC+2) | Recio 39' Boka 61' |
Report | Dos Santos 17' Bailly 67' Tissone 71' Suárez 79' |
Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 18,647 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea |
| 26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 6 | Villarreal | 1–0 | Atlético Madrid | Villarreal |
| 20:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Baptistão 14' Soldado 51' Costa 84' |
Report | Griezmann 41' Tiago 71' |
Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 20,087 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán |
| 4 October 2015 (2015-10-04) 7 | Levante | 1–0 | Villarreal | Valencia |
| 18:15 CEST (UTC+2) | Juanfran 19' Morales 50' Deyverson 83' José Mari 84' Rubén 90+2' |
Report | Jokić 4'  36' Costa 60' Soldado 84' Ruiz 87' |
Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 16,059 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo |
| 18 October 2015 (2015-10-18) 8 | Villarreal | 1–2 | Celta Vigo | Villarreal |
| 12:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Bailly 36' 47' Suárez 67' Soldado 71' |
report | Fernández 36' Gómez 37' Orellana 41' Wass 43' Nolito 90' |
Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 17,436 Referee: José González González |
| 25 October 2015 (2015-10-25) 9 | Las Palmas | 0–0 | Villarreal | Las Palmas |
| 16:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Bigas 63' |
Report | Samu 86' Rukavina 90+2' |
Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 18,517 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández |
| 31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 10 | Villarreal | 2–1 | Sevilla | Villarreal |
| 18:15 CET (UTC+1) | Bailly 10' Mario 25' Bakambu 32', 61' Soldado 50' Costa 82' Ruiz 90+4' |
Report | Iborra 29' Rami 63' Llorente 76' Konoplyanka 87' |
Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 16,730 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez |
| 8 November 2015 (2015-11-08) 11 | Barcelona | 3–0 | Villarreal | Barcelona |
| 16:00 CET (UTC+1) | Mathieu 27' Iniesta 37'Neymar 47', 60', 85'Suárez 47', 70' (pen.)Piqué 64' |
Report | Mario 39' Costa 69'Bonera 72' |
Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 72,109 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez |
| 22 November 2015 (2015-11-22) 12 | Villarreal | 1–1 | Eibar | Villarreal |
| 16:00 CET (UTC+1) | Costa 41', 85' Soldado 44' Mario 75' |
Report | Enrich 27' Keko 74' 76' Escalante 79' García 90+3' |
Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 15,788 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias |
| 29 November 2015 (2015-11-29) 13 | Getafe | 2–0 | Villarreal | Getafe |
| 12:00 CET (UTC+1) | Lafita 17', 21' Cala 34' Vázquez 51' J. Rodríguez 65' Lacen 78' |
Report | Ruiz 5' Bailly 85' |
Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 5,903 Referee: José González González |
| 6 December 2015 (2015-12-06) 14 | Villarreal | 2–1 | Rayo Vallecano | Villarreal |
| 16:00 CET (UTC+1) | Dos Santos 35' Bakambu 69', 86' |
Report | Baena 33' Jozabed 41'Castro 60'Miku 80'Quini 88' |
Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 16,101 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández |
| 13 December 2015 15 | Villarreal | 1–0 | Real Madrid | Villarreal |
| 20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Soldado 8' Bailly 72'Suárez 90+2' |
Report | Marcelo 31' Ramos 66' |
Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 20,468 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco |
| 20 December 2015 16 | Real Sociedad | 0–2 | Villarreal | San Sebastián |
| 18:15 CET (UTC+1) | Canales 39' I. Martínez 55' |
Report | Suárez 27', 88' Trigueros 73' |
Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 21,949 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande |
| 31 December 2015 17 | Villarreal | 1–0 | Valencia | Villarreal |
| 16:00 CET (UTC+1) | Bruno 64' Soldado 68' |
Report | Gomes 16' Barragán 45'Villalba 90+2' |
Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 18,526 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo |
| 3 January 2016 (2016-01-03) 18 | Deportivo La Coruña | 1–2 | Villarreal | A Coruña |
| 18:15 CET (UTC+1) | Luis Alberto 9', 48' Arribas 25' |
Report | Bruno 36', 90+5' (pen.), 39' Dos Santos 43'Navarro 90+5' |
Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 23,815 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán |
| 10 January 2016 (2016-01-10) 19 | Villarreal | 2–0 | Sporting Gijón | Vilarreal |
| 12:00 CET (UTC+1) | Bakambu 26', 51' Bruno 53'Ruiz 61'Samu 79'Soldado 87' |
Report | Carmona 33' Cases 87' |
Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 16,705 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano |
| 16 January 2016 (2016-01-16) 20 | Villarreal | 0–0 | Real Betis | Vilarreal |
| 20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Ruiz 24' Castillejo 90+4' |
Report | Petros 79' |
Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 15,402 Referee: José González González |
| 23 January 2016 (2016-01-23) 21 | Espanyol | 2–2 | Villarreal | Cornellà de Llobregat |
| 18:15 CET (UTC+1) | Caicedo 4' Jordán 35'Gerard 40', 56' 89'Salva 79'Álvarez 89' |
Report | Trigueros 24' Costa 56'Musacchio 88' |
Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 16,251 Referee: Pedro Pérez Montero |
| 30 January 2016 (2016-01-30) 22 | Villarreal | 1–0 | Granada | Vilarreal |
| 20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Costa 8' Bruno 55' (pen.)Mario 85'Castillejo 89' |
Report | Rico 11' Lombán 16'Babin 54' |
Stadium: El Madrigal Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande |
| 6 February 2016 (2016-02-06) 23 | Athletic Bilbao | 0–0 | Villarreal | Bilbao |
| 20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Williams 29' 90' San José 41'Lekue 60'Merino 67'Muniain 90' |
Report | Costa 27' Bakambu 40'Soldado 75'Ruiz 76'Bonera 77' 90+4' |
Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 41,101 Referee: Mario Melero López |
| 13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) 24 | Villarreal | 1–0 | Málaga | Vilarreal |
| 18:15 CET (UTC+1) | Soldado 18' Trigueros 77'Bakambu 90' |
Report | Albentosa 34' |
Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 17,142 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido |
| 21 February 2016 25 | Atlético Madrid | 0–0 | Villarreal | Madrid |
| 20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Gabi 69' Filipe Luís 73' |
Report | Castillejo 62' Bailly 77' |
Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 45,323 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias |
| 28 February 2016 (2016-02-28) 26 | Villarreal | 3–0 | Levante | Vilarreal |
| 12:00 CET (UTC+1) | Baptistão 12' Castillejo 30'Adrián 48' |
Report | Navarro 27' 56' Lerma 39'Verza 44' |
Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 15,783 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández |
| 2 March 2016 (2016-03-02) 27 | Celta Vigo | 0–0 | Villarreal | Vigo |
| 20:00 CET (UTC+1) | Díaz 51' Cabral 73' |
Report | Matías Nahuel 54' Suárez 72'Bailly 73'Mario 77'Rukavina 86' |
Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 15,376 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre |
| 5 March 2016 (2016-03-05) 28 | Villarreal | 0–1 | Las Palmas | Vilarreal |
| 20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Soldado 31' |
Report | García 30' Lemos 53'Montoro 60' |
Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 15,790 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez |
| 13 March 2016 (2016-03-13) 29 | Sevilla | 4–2 | Villarreal | Seville |
| 16:00 CET (UTC+1) | Banega 6' 79' Iborra 23'Ruiz 51' (o.g.)Konoplyanka 65'Krohn-Dehli 74'Reyes 90+1' |
Report | Bonera 25' Bakambu 29', 37' |
Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 35,069 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo |
| 20 March 2016 30 | Villarreal | 2–2 | Barcelona | Villarreal |
| 16:00 CET (UTC+1) | Soldado 20' Bruno 24'Asenjo 40'Ruiz 41'Rukavina 43'Bakambu 57'Mathieu 63' (o.g.)Pina 78'Mario 84'Trigueros 85' |
Report | Turan 13' Piqué 16'Rakitić 20'Neymar 41' (pen.)Alba 53'Mascherano 90+4' |
Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 24,398 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez |
| 3 April 2016 31 | Eibar | 1–2 | Villarreal | Eibar |
| 18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Juncà 11' Capa 22', 50'Mauro 90' |
Report | Rukavina 12' Adrián 35'Soldado 50'Bakambu 71'Pina 78' |
Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 5,183 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande |
| 10 April 2016 (2016-04-10) 32 | Villarreal | 2–0 | Getafe | Vilarreal |
| 18:15 CEST (UTC+2) | Suárez 15' Rukavina 26'Bakambu 84'Bruno 90' |
Report | Cala 35' Medrán 68' |
Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 17,570 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco |
| 17 April 2016 (2016-04-17) 33 | Rayo Vallecano | 2–1 | Villarreal | Madrid |
| 18:15 CEST (UTC+2) | Guerra 7', 57' Amaya 68'Miku 81' |
Report | Adrián 20' Ruiz 57'Marín 59'Mario 72'Matías Nahuel 80' |
Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 12,628 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva |
| 20 April 2016 34 | Real Madrid | 3–0 | Villarreal | Madrid |
| 22:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Benzema 41' Danilo 46'Vázquez 69'Modrić 76'Casemiro 85' |
Report | Trigueros 44' |
Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 62,678 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez |
| 24 April 2016 (2016-04-24) 35 | Villarreal | 0–0 | Real Sociedad | Villarreal |
| 20:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Pina 32' Mario 69'Dos Santos 72'Adrián 90' |
Report | Vela 51' |
Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 17,215 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán |
| 1 May 2016 36 | Valencia | 0–2 | Villarreal | Valencia |
| 20:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Fuego 42' |
Report | Samu 16' Musacchio 23'Adrián 33'Rodri 43' |
Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 38,283 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande |
| 8 May 2016 (2016-05-08) 37 | Villarreal | 0–2 | Deportivo La Coruña | Villarreal |
| 17:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Bonera 10' Trigueros 49'Ruiz 51' |
Report | Fajr 32' Lucas 57'Arribas 88' |
Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 12,843 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández |
| 15 May 2016 38 | Sporting Gijón | 2–0 | Villarreal | Gijón |
| 19:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Jony 8' Aït-Atmane 63'Álvarez 79' |
Report | Ruiz 49' Mario 90' |
Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 27,295 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco |
| 3 December 2015 First leg | Huesca | 3–2 | Villarreal | Huesca |
| 21:00 CET (UTC+1) | L. Fernández 3' Mérida 53' (pen.)Machís 75'Carlos David 90+2'Cristian 90+2'López 90+3' |
Summary | Jokić 33' Bailly 36'Matías Nahuel 51', 90+3'Bakambu 58' |
Stadium: El Alcoraz Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande |
| 17 December 2015 Second leg | Villarreal | 2–0 (4–3 agg.) | Huesca | Vilarreal |
| 21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Trigueros 28' Soldado 78' |
Summary | Morillas 63' Carlos David 84'Aythami 90+2' |
Stadium: El Madrigal Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea |
| 6 January 2016 First leg | Athletic Bilbao | 3–2 | Villarreal | Bilbao |
| 12:00 CET (UTC+1) | Williams 54' Aduriz 68'Laporte 81' |
Report | Baptistão 16' Samu 38' |
Stadium: San Mamés Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez |
| 13 January 2016 Second leg | Villarreal | 0–1 (2–4 agg.) | Athletic Bilbao | Vilarreal |
| 20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Williams 21' |
Stadium: El Madrigal Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo |
| Pos | Team
|
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Rapid Wien
|
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 |  Villarreal
|
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 13 | |
| 3 |  Viktoria Plzeň
|
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Dinamo Minsk
|
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 3 |
v Villarreal
| 17 September 2015 (2015-09-17) 1 | Rapid Wien | 2–1 | Villarreal | Vienna, Austria |
| 19:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Schwab 50' S. Hofmann 53' (pen.) |
Report | Baptistão 45' |
Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion Attendance: 36,200[4] Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden) |
v Viktoria Plzeň
| 1 October 2015 (2015-10-01) 2 | Villarreal | 1–0 | Viktoria Plzeň | Villarreal, Spain |
| 21:05 CEST (UTC+2) | Baptistão 54' |
Report | Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 17,481[5] Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands) |
v Dinamo Minsk
| 22 October 2015 (2015-10-22) 3 | Villarreal | 4–0 | Dinamo Minsk | Villarreal, Spain |
| 21:05 CEST (UTC+2) | Bakambu 17', 32' Soldado 61'Bailly 71' |
Report | Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 14,025[6] Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands) |
v Villarreal
| 5 November 2015 (2015-11-05) 4 | Dinamo Minsk | 1–2 | Villarreal | Barysaw, Belarus[C] |
| 19:00 CET (UTC+1) | Vitus 69' |
Report | Soldado 72' (pen.) Palitsevich 86' (o.g.) |
Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 4,959[7] Referee: John Beaton (Scotland) |
v Rapid Wien
| 26 November 2015 (2015-11-26) 5 | Villarreal | 1–0 | Rapid Wien | Villarreal, Spain |
| 21:05 CET (UTC+1) | Soriano 78' |
Report | Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 14,760[8] Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland) |
v Villarreal
| 10 December 2015 (2015-12-10) 6 | Viktoria Plzeň | 3–3 | Villarreal | Plzeň, Czech Republic |
| 19:00 CET (UTC+1) | Kolář 8' (pen.) Kovařík 65'Hořava 90' |
Report | Bakambu 40' Dos Santos 62'Soriano 90+4' |
Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 10,071[9] Referee: Tony Chapron (France) |
v
Napoli
| 18 February 2016 (2016-02-18) First leg | Villarreal | 1–0 | Napoli | Villarreal, Spain |
| 19:00 CET (UTC+1) | Suárez 82' Musacchio 86'Soldado 90' |
Report | Valdifiori 38' Callejón 67'Insigne 83' |
Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 17,686 Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands) |
v Villarreal
| 25 February 2016 (2016-02-25) Second leg | Napoli | 1–1 (1–2 agg.) | Villarreal | Naples, Italy |
| 21:05 CET (UTC+1) | Hamšík 17', 25' López 33'Jorginho 83' |
Report | Rukavina 25' Bruno 36'Pina 59' |
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 23,928 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany) |
v
Bayer Leverkusen
| 10 March 2016 (2016-03-10) First leg | Villarreal | 2–0 | Bayer Leverkusen | Villarreal, Spain |
| 21:05 CET (UTC+1) | Bakambu 4', 56' Trigueros 71' |
Report | Tah 14' Hernández 48'Jedvaj 76' 90+5' |
Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 16,211 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy) |
v Villarreal
| 17 March 2016 (2016-03-17) Second leg | Bayer Leverkusen | 0–0 (0–2 agg.) | Villarreal | Leverkusen, Germany |
| 19:00 CET (UTC+1) | Mehmedi 42' Papadopoulos 73'Bellarabi 79' |
Report | Rukavina 60' Bakambu 80' |
Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 23,409 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland) |
v Sparta Prague
| 7 April 2016 (2016-04-07) First leg | Villarreal | 2–1 | Sparta Prague | Villarreal, Spain |
| 21:05 CEST (UTC+2) | Bakambu 3', 63' Costa 40' |
Report | Brabec 31', 45+4' Matějovský 41'Nhamoinesu 43' |
Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 15,803 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania) |
v Villarreal
| 14 April 2016 (2016-04-14) Second leg | Sparta Prague | 2–4 (3–6 agg.) | Villarreal | Prague, Czech Republic |
| 21:05 CEST (UTC+2) | Krejčí 27', 71' Frýdek 41'Juliš 60'Kováč 63'Dočkal 65'Konaté 77'Lafata 90+1' |
Report | Bakambu 5', 49' Soldado 35'Castillejo 43', 78'Lafata 45+1' (o.g.) |
Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 18,201 Referee: Martin Atkinson (England) |
v
Liverpool
| 28 April 2016 (2016-04-28) First leg | Villarreal | 1–0 | Liverpool | Villarreal, Spain |
| 21:05 CEST (UTC+2) | Costa 60' Adrián 90+2' |
Report | Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 21,606 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia) |
v Villarreal
| 5 May 2016 (2016-05-05) Second leg | Liverpool | 3–0 (3–1 agg.) | Villarreal | Liverpool, England |
| 21:05 CEST (UTC+2) | Bruno 7' (o.g.) Clyne 35'Sturridge 63'Lallana 81' |
UEFA Report | Ruiz 30' 71' Soldado 40'Suárez 90+4' |
Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 43,074 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary) |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Europa League | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ESP
|
Sergio Asenjo | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 13 | GK |  FRA
|
Alphonse Areola | 37 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 25 | GK |  ARG
|
Mariano Barbosa | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Defenders | |||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ESP
|
Mario Gaspar | 44 | 2 | 32+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 5 | DF | ARG
|
Mateo Musacchio | 21 | 1 | 12+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | ||
| 6 | DF | ESP
|
Víctor Ruiz | 51 | 0 | 32+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 11 | DF | ESP
|
Jaume Costa | 27 | 1 | 17+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | ||
| 22 | DF |  SRB
|
Antonio Rukavina | 31 | 0 | 14+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 23 | DF | ITA
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Daniele Bonera | 16 | 0 | 10+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | ||
| 24 | DF |  CIV
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Eric Bailly | 35 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
| 27 | DF | ESP
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Adrián Marín | 16 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | ||
| 44 | DF | ESP
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Pablo Íñiguez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 48 | DF | ESP
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Miguelón | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ESP
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Tomás Pina | 36 | 1 | 19+8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6+1 | 1 | ||
| 7 | MF | ESP
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Samu | 26 | 3 | 7+9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4+2 | 0 | ||
| 8 | MF |  MEX
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Jonathan dos Santos | 38 | 1 | 20+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 7+3 | 1 | ||
| 14 | MF | ESP
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Manu Trigueros | 45 | 3 | 24+7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6+6 | 0 | ||
| 18 | MF | ESP
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Denis Suárez | 48 | 5 | 25+8 | 4 | 0+2 | 0 | 11+2 | 1 | ||
| 19 | MF | ESP
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Samu Castillejo | 45 | 2 | 19+9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8+5 | 1 | ||
| 21 | MF | ESP
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Bruno | 45 | 7 | 28+3 | 5 | 0+2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | ||
| 26 | MF | ESP
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Matías Nahuel | 30 | 1 | 11+9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2+4 | 0 | ||
| 28 | MF | ESP
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Alfonso Pedraza | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
| 29 | MF | ESP
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Rodri | 6 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Forwards | |||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ESP
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Roberto Soldado | 44 | 8 | 27+1 | 5 | 0+3 | 1 | 12+1 | 2 | ||
| 10 | FW |  BRA
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Léo Baptistão | 34 | 6 | 12+14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3+3 | 2 | ||
| 17 | FW |  COD
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Cédric Bakambu | 50 | 22 | 21+13 | 12 | 2+1 | 1 | 11+2 | 9 | ||
| 20 | FW | ESP
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Adrián | 23 | 5 | 10+6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1+6 | 1 | ||
| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club | |||||||||||||
| 3 | DF |  SVN
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Bojan Jokić | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
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