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2012–13 Villarreal CF season

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.

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)

Review and events edit

Pre-season and friendlies edit

  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[permanent dead link] 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[permanent dead link] 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[permanent dead link] 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[permanent dead link] 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[permanent dead link] 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 edit

Overall record edit

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 edit

Main article: 2012–13 Segunda División

League table edit

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 edit

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: [citation needed]

Results by round edit

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

Matches edit

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 edit

Main article: 2011–12 Copa del Rey

Second round edit

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 edit

Squad, matches played and goals scored edit

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. 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 edit

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   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 edit

Bookings edit

Transfers edit

In edit

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 edit

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 edit

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[citation needed]
8 August 2012 15 May 2013 DEF   Cristián Zapata   Milan Loan[13]

Sources edit

  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". Soccernet.espn.go.com. 2012-05-23. 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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