2024–25 Villarreal CF season
Villarreal CF 2024–25 football season
| 2024–25 season | |
|---|---|
| President | Fernando Roig |
| Head coach | Marcelino |
| Stadium | Estadio de la Cerámica |
| La Liga | Pre-season |
| Copa del Rey | First round |
← 2023–24 | |
The 2024–25 season is the 102nd season in the history of Villarreal Club de Fútbol, and the club's 12th consecutive season in La Liga. In addition to the domestic league, the club is scheduled to participate in the Copa del Rey.
Villarreal is not participating in any European competition for the first time since the 2019–20 season due to their eighth-place league finish in the previous campaign.[1]
Players
First-team squad
- As of 13 August 2024[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
In
| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF |  Johan Mojica |  Osasuna | Loan return | 30 June 2024 | [3] |
| FW |  Arnaut Danjuma |  Everton | Loan return | 30 June 2024 | |
| FW |  Haissem Hassan | Sporting Gijón | Loan return | 30 June 2024 | |
| GK | Diego Conde | Leganés | €4,000,000 | 2 July 2024 | [4] |
| MF |  Pape Gueye | Marseille | Free | 5 July 2024 | [5] |
| DF | Willy Kambwala | Manchester United | €11,500,000 | 15 July 2024 | [6] |
| DF | Sergi Cardona | Las Palmas | Free | 18 July 2024 | [7] |
| FW |  Nicolas Pépé | Unattached | Free | 4 August 2024 | [8] |
| FW | Ayoze Pérez | Real Betis | €4,000,000 | 13 August 2024 | [9] |
Out
| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF | Yerson Mosquera | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Loan return | 30 June 2024 | |
| MF |  Gonçalo Guedes | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Loan return | 30 June 2024 | |
| DF | Alberto Moreno |  Como | End of contract | 1 July 2024 | [10] |
| GK | Pepe Reina | Como | End of contract | 1 July 2024 | [11] |
| MF | Francis Coquelin | End of contract | 1 July 2024 | [10] | |
| MF | Étienne Capoue | End of contract | 1 July 2024 | [12] | |
| FW | José Luis Morales | Levante | End of contract | 1 July 2024 | [13] |
| MF |  Bertrand Traoré | Ajax | End of contract | 1 July 2024 | |
| FW | Jorge Pascual | Eibar | Loan | 6 July 2024 | [14] |
| DF | Carlos Romero | Espanyol | Loan | 9 July 2024 | [15] |
| DF | Johan Mojica | Mallorca | €1,000,000 | 23 July 2024 | [16] |
| FW |  Ben Brereton Díaz | Southampton | €8,300,000 | 30 July 2024 | [17] |
| GK |  Filip Jörgensen | Chelsea | €24,500,000 | 30 July 2024 | [18] |
| DF |  Aïssa Mandi | Lille | Contract terminated | 1 August 2024 | [19] |
| FW |  Alexander Sørloth | Atlético Madrid | €32,000,000 | 3 August 2024 | [20] |
| MF | Manu Trigueros | Granada | Free | 8 August 2024 | [21] |
| FW | Haissem Hassan | Oviedo | €1,500,000 | 11 August 2024 | [22] |
Friendlies
Pre-season
The team held a camp in Switzerland from 20 July.[23]
Villarreal 
v 
Leicester City
v Leicester City | 20 July 2024 Friendly | Villarreal | 1–2 | Leicester City | Évian-les-Bains, France |
| 16:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Camille Fournier Stadium Attendance: 0 |
Sion 
v Villarreal
v Villarreal | 24 July 2024 Friendly | Sion | 1–3 | Villarreal | Montreux, France |
| 19:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium: Stade Eugène Parlier Attendance: 400 Referee: Jonathan Jaussi (Switzerland) |
Saint-Étienne 
v Villarreal
v Villarreal | 27 July 2024 Friendly | Saint-Étienne | 3–1 | Villarreal | Thonon-les-Bains, France |
| 16:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stade Joseph-Moynat Referee: Jérémie Pignard (France) |
Nottingham Forest v Villarreal
v Villarreal | 2 August 2024 Friendly | Nottingham Forest | 0–0 | Villarreal | West Bridgford, England |
| 20:00 BST (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium: City Ground Referee: Samuel Barrott (England) |
Borussia Dortmund 
v Villarreal
v Villarreal | 6 August 2024 Friendly | Borussia Dortmund | 2–2 | Villarreal | Altach, Austria |
| 18:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium: Stadion Schnabelholz Referee: Walter Altmann (Austria) | |
| Note: The match was played in four periods of thirty minutes each. | ||||
Brighton & Hove Albion v Villarreal
v Villarreal | 10 August 2024 Friendly | Brighton & Hove Albion | 4–0 | Villarreal | Brighton and Hove, England |
| 15:00 BST (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 11,527 Referee: Steve Martin (England) |
Competitions
Overall record
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| La Liga | 19 August 2024 | 23–25 May 2025 | Matchday 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Copa del Rey | October 2024 | First round | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— | |||
Source: Soccerway
La Liga
League table
| Pos | Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Real Sociedad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | Sevilla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | Valencia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to Segunda División |
| 19 | Valladolid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | Villarreal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First match(es) will be played: 15 August 2024. Source: LaLiga EA Sports
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
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[24]
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
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[24]
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 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: La Liga
Results by round
Source: La Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
The match schedule was released on 18 June 2024.[25]
Villarreal v Atlético Madrid
| 19 August 2024 1 | Villarreal | v | Atlético Madrid | Villarreal |
| 21:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica |
Copa del Rey
References
- ^ "El Villarreal ya tiene su museo: una gran muestra de su historia con la Europa League como colofón". Castellonplaza (in Spanish).
- ^ "First team squad". Villarreal CF. 5 September 2022. Archived from the original on 1 January 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ "El colombiano Mojica se despide de Osasuna: "Fuimos una gran familia siempre"". Navarra. 27 May 2024.
- ^ "Diego Conde is a Yellow!". Villarreal CF. 2 July 2024.
- ^ "Pape Gueye is a Yellow!". Villarreal CF. 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Willy Kambwala: Manchester United agree to sell defender to Villarreal". BBC Sport. 13 July 2024.
- ^ "Sergi Cardona signs for Villarreal CF". Villarreal CF. 18 July 2024.
- ^ "Villarreal CF sign Nicolas Pépé!". Villarreal CF. 4 August 2024.
- ^ "European champion Ayoze Pérez joins Villarreal CF". Villarreal CF. 13 August 2024.
- ^ a b "El Villarreal deja libres a Morales, Reina, Alberto Moreno, Capoue y Coquelin". Marca (in Spanish). 9 June 2024.
- ^ "Reina le da la mano a Cesc en el Como". Marca (in Spanish). 18 July 2024.
- ^ "Villarreal and Etienne Capoue part ways". BeSoccer.
- ^ "Villarreal announce José Luis Morales exit". Yahoo Sports. 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Jorge Pascual, nuevo jugador armero" (in Spanish). SD Eibar.
- ^ "Carlos Romero heads out on loan to Espanyol". Villarreal CF. 9 July 2024.
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- ^ [2]
- ^ "Chelsea complete signing of Filip Jorgensen!". Chelsea F.C. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "L'expérience en défense: Aïssa Mandi est un Dogue!" (in French). Lille OSC. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Club statement: Alexander Sørloth". Villarreal CF. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Manu Trigueros, farewell to a legend". Villarreal CF. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Club statement: Haissem Hassan". Villarreal CF. 11 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ "El Villarreal repetirá pretemporada en el extranjero y los amistosos como visitante". El Periódico de Aquí Castellón (in Spanish). 22 June 2024.
- ^ "Reglamento General de LaLiga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional" (PDF) (in Spanish). La Liga. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ "El sorteo del calendario de la temporada 2024-25 de LaLiga EA Sports será el 18 de junio" [The draw for the 2024-25 LaLiga EA Sports season calendar will be on June 18]. Marca (in Spanish). 14 June 2024.
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