2020–21 Real Zaragoza season

Real Zaragoza
2020–21 season
President	Christian Lapetra
Head coach	Rubén Baraja; (until 9 November); Iván Martínez; (from 11 November)
Stadium	La Romareda
Segunda División	21st
Copa del Rey	Second round
Home colours	Away colours
	All statistics correct as of 5 January 2021.

The 2020–21 Real Zaragoza season is the club's 89th season in existence and the eighth consecutive season in the second division of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Real Zaragoza participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey. The season covers the period from 17 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 September 2020

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	ARG	Cristian Álvarez
2	DF	ESP	Carlos Vigaray
3	MF	COL	Dani Torres
6	DF	ESP	Alberto Guitián
10	MF	ESP	Javi Ros
12	MF	NGA	James Igbekeme
13	GK	ESP	Álvaro Ratón
14	MF	ESP	Raúl Guti
16	MF	ESP	Íñigo Eguaras
17	DF	ESP	Carlos Nieto
18	DF	ESP	Pichu Atienza
21	MF	ESP	Alberto Zapater (captain)
23	MF	JPN	Shinji Kagawa


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
27	DF	ESP	Enrique Clemente
28	FW	ESP	Marcos Baselga
30	MF	EQG	Jannick Buyla
39	DF	ESP	Alejandro Francés
—	DF	ESP	Daniel Lasure
—	DF	ESP	Jair Amador
—	DF	ESP	Pep Chavarría
—	MF	EQG	Federico Bikoro
—	MF	GEO	Giorgi Papunashvili
—	MF	ESP	Sergio Bermejo
—	FW	ITA	Luca Zanimacchia (on loan from Juventus)
—	FW	SVN	Haris Vučkić
—	FW	BRA	Raí

Reserve team

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
33	MF	ESP	Marc Aguado
37	FW	ESP	Ahmed Belhadji


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
38	DF	ESP	Andrés Borge
41	GK	ESP	Carlos Azón

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

12 September 2020 Friendly	Zaragoza	0–2	Getafe	Zaragoza, Spain
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)			Keita 5' Mata 26' (pen.)	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overview

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 %
Segunda División	12 September 2020	May 2021	Matchday 1		24	7	5	12	20	23	−3	029.17
Copa del Rey	16 December 2020	5 January 2021	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	050.00
Total					26	8	5	13	23	25	−2	030.77

Last updated: 7 February 2021

Source: Soccerway

Segunda División

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
15	UD Logroñés	24	8	5	11	18	30	−12	29
16	Oviedo	24	6	10	8	25	25	0	28
17	Zaragoza	24	7	5	12	20	23	−3	26
18	Sabadell	24	6	7	11	22	28	−6	25
19	Cartagena	24	6	6	12	25	33	−8	24	Relegation to Primera División RFEF

Updated to match(es) played on 8 February 2021. Source: LaLiga
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored[1]

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
24	7	5	12	20	23	−3	26	5	4	3	13	10	+3	2	1	9	7	13	−6

Last updated: 7 February 2021.
Source: La Liga

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	L	D	W	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	W
Position	9	15	15	10	7	11	13	14	15	16	18	19	19	19	20	21	21	21	21	21	17	21	18	17

Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2021. Source: La Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 31 August 2020.[2][3]

26 September 2020 3	Zaragoza	2–2	Las Palmas	Zaragoza
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nieto 10' 85' Ros 16', 49' Mendes 19' (o.g.) Atienza 37' Jannick 63' Adrián 90+4'	Report	Lemos 23', 57' 70' Espiau 82' Maikel 89'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

3 October 2020 4	Alcorcón	0–3	Zaragoza	Alcorcón
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fraile 15'	Report	Ros 63' Jannick 63'	Stadium: Santo Domingo Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Daniel Jesús Trujillo Suárez

11 October 2020 5	Zaragoza	1–0	Albacete	Zaragoza
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Eguaras 65' Bermejo 68' Atienza 75' Narváez 88'	Report	Gorosito 44' Navarro 73'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz

18 October 2020 6	Zaragoza	1–2	Málaga	Zaragoza
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias

22 October 2020 7	Leganés	1–0	Zaragoza	Leganés
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Butarque Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Luis Mario Milla Alvendiz

25 October 2020 8	Zaragoza	0–0	Sabadell	Zaragoza
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: La Romareda Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

29 October 2020 9	Mirandés	1–0	Zaragoza	Miranda de Ebro
19:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Anduva Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Aitor Gorostegui Fernández-Ortega

1 November 2020 10	Zaragoza	0–0	Mallorca	Zaragoza
16:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1]

4 November 2020 1	Zaragoza	2–2	Girona	Zaragoza
19:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Francisco José Hernández Maeso

8 November 2020 11	Tenerife	1–0	Zaragoza	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Álvarez 15' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Heliodoro Rodríguez López Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz

13 November 2020 12	Zaragoza	1–2	Oviedo	Zaragoza
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fernández 26' (o.g.)	Report	Sánchez 45' Leschuk 49'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Rubén Ávalos Barrera

22 November 2020 13	Ponferradina	2–1	Zaragoza	Ponferrada
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hernando 41' Valcarce 45+3' Sola 61' (o.g.) Curro 69' Romera 78'	Report	Narváez 46' Sola 73' Eguaras 81'	Stadium: Estadio El Toralín Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

25 November 2020 14	Zaragoza	1–2	Rayo Vallecano	Zaragoza
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Igbekeme 19' Vučkić 55' Nieto 78'	Report	Antoñín 72' Pozo 83' Advíncula 85' Velázquez 88' Valentín 90+2'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Iosu Galech Apezteguía

29 November 2020 15	Espanyol	2–0	Zaragoza	Cornellà de Llobregat
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	L. López 45+1' D. López 46' Gil 69' Embarba 78' Darder 83'	Report	Serrano 51'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Juan Luis Pulido Santana

2 December 2020 16	Castellón	1–0	Zaragoza	Castellón
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Díaz 84' Molina 90+2'	Report	Chavarría 26' Vigaray 89'	Stadium: Nou Estadi Castàlia Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Daniel Ocón Arráiz

6 December 2020 17	Zaragoza	1–0	Fuenlabrada	Zaragoza
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Guitián 15' Narváez 52', 60'	Report	Juanma 33' Nteka 57'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Daniel Jesús Trujillo Suárez

9 December 2020 2	Almería	1–0	Zaragoza	Almería
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sadiq 59' 70' Centelles 64' Buñuel 90+1'	Report	Azón 36' Chavarría 42' Francés 77'	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Aitor Gorostegui Fernández Ortega

13 December 2020 18	Sporting Gijón	1–0	Zaragoza	Gijón
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Đurđević 77'	Report	Atienza 67' Eguaras 81' Zapater 90+2'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

19 December 2020 19	Zaragoza	1–0	Lugo	Zaragoza
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Amador 64' Chavarría 69' 88'	Report	Torres 12' Valentín 40'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: David Gálvez Rascón

2 January 2021 20	Cartagena	1–1	Zaragoza	Cartagena
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	José Ángel 34' Andújar 60' Aguza 66' Carlos David 84'	Report	Vigaray 24' Azón 81' Zapater 90' Igbekeme 90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Cartagonova Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Saúl Ais Reig

8 January 2021 21	Zaragoza	2–0	UD Logroñés	Zaragoza
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Narváez 17' (pen.) Bermejo 54' Chavarría 70'	Report	Sierra 42' López 44' Paulino 62'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Luis Mario Milla Alvendiz

22 January 2021 22	Albacete	1–0	Zaragoza	Albacete
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Azamoum 13' Fuster 26' (pen.) Arroyo 82'	Report	Francés 19' Vigaray 25' Narváez 40'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Belmonte Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Rubén Ávalos Barrera

29 January 2021 23	Zaragoza	1–0	Ponferradina	Zaragoza
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Narváez 41' (pen.) Eguaras 45+1' Alegría 80'	Report	Valcarce 15'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Dámaso Arcediano Monescillo

7 February 2021 24	Málaga	1–2	Zaragoza	Málaga
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	González 24' Muñoz 82' Casas 90+1' Sá 90+2'	Report	Igbekeme 11' Vigaray 45'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Daniel Jesús Trujillo Suárez

12 February 2021 25	Sabadell	v	Zaragoza	Sabadell
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta

22 February 2021 26	Zaragoza	v	Alcorcón	Zaragoza
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: La Romareda

Copa del Rey

16 December 2020 First round	Gimnástica Torrelavega	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Zaragoza	Torrelavega
19:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Azón 100' Serrano 106'	Stadium: El Malecón Referee: Gorka Sagués Oscoz

5 January 2021 Second round	Alcorcón	2–1	Zaragoza	Alcorcón
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bellvís 15' Ernesto 42' León 89'	Report	Raí 4' Tarroc 88'	Stadium: Santo Domingo Referee: Rubén Ávalos Barrera

Statistics

Notes

The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.[4]

References

"Reglamento General RFEF - Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos" (PDF). RFEF. 1 May 2015. p. 104. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
"Este será el calendario de Segunda División para la temporada 2020/21". rfef.es (in Spanish). 31 August 2020.
"Calendario de LaLiga Smartbank 2020/21". laliga.com (in Spanish). 31 August 2020.
"Bundesliga is welcoming back fans; when will Premier League, La Liga and Serie A follow suit?". ESPN. 15 September 2020.

External links

Official website

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[Covid-5] The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.[4]

[1] "Reglamento General RFEF - Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos" (PDF). RFEF. 1 May 2015. p. 104. Retrieved 30 June 2020.

[2] "Este será el calendario de Segunda División para la temporada 2020/21". rfef.es (in Spanish). 31 August 2020.

[3] "Calendario de LaLiga Smartbank 2020/21". laliga.com (in Spanish). 31 August 2020.

[4] "Bundesliga is welcoming back fans; when will Premier League, La Liga and Serie A follow suit?". ESPN. 15 September 2020.