2021–22 Rayo Vallecano season

Rayo Vallecano

2021–22 season
Owner	Raúl Martín Presa
President	Raúl Martín Presa
Head coach	Andoni Iraola
Stadium	Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas
La Liga	12th
Copa del Rey	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Sergi Guardiola (8) All: Sergi Guardiola (10)
Highest home attendance	9,340 vs Barcelona (27 October 2021)
Lowest home attendance	583 vs Granada (29 August 2021)
Biggest win	Rayo Vallecano 4–0 Granada
Biggest defeat	Rayo Vallecano 1–5 Villarreal
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2021–22 season was the 98th season in the existence of Rayo Vallecano and the club's first season back in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Rayo Vallecano participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey.

Players

First-team squad

As of 2 February 2022^[1]

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  FRA Luca Zidane 2 DF  SRB Nikola Maraš (on loan from Almería) 3 FW  COL Radamel Falcao 4 MF  ESP Mario Suárez (3rd captain) 5 DF  ESP Alejandro Catena 6 MF  ESP Santi Comesaña (vice-captain) 7 FW  ESP Isi Palazón 8 FW  ARG Óscar Trejo (captain) 9 MF  FRA Randy Nteka 10 FW  CPV Bebé 11 FW  SEN Mamadou Sylla (on loan from Alavés) 12 MF  ESP Unai López

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 GK  MKD Stole Dimitrievski 16 FW  ESP Sergi Guardiola (on loan from Valladolid) 17 MF  ESP Martín Merquelanz (on loan from Real Sociedad) 18 MF  ESP Álvaro García 19 DF  POR Kévin Rodrigues (on loan from Real Sociedad) 20 DF  ALB Iván Balliu 21 MF  SEN Pathé Ciss 23 MF  ESP Óscar Valentín 24 DF  MNE Esteban Saveljich 32 DF  ESP Mario Hernández 33 DF  ESP Fran García

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 26 DF  ESP Sergio Gimeno 27 DF  ESP Iker Recio

No. Pos. Nation Player 28 MF  ESP Álvaro Aguirre 31 MF  ESP Manu Navarro

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  COL Iván Arboleda (on loan to Newell's Old Boys until 30 June 2022) — GK  ESP Miguel Morro (on loan to Fuenlabrada until 30 June 2022) — DF  ESP Jorge Moreno (on loan to Cultural Leonesa until 30 June 2022) — DF  ESP Martín Pascual (on loan to Villarreal B until 30 June 2022) — MF  ESP Joni Montiel (on loan to Oviedo until 30 June 2022)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ESP José Ángel Pozo (on loan to Al Ahli SC until 30 June 2022) — FW  GUI Lass Bangoura (on loan to Lamia until 30 June 2022) — FW  ESP Andrés Martín (on loan to Tenerife until 30 June 2022) — FW  ESP Sergio Moreno (on loan to Amorebieta until 30 June 2022)

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Fee	Ref
30 June 2021	Sergio Moreno	Mirandés	Loan return		[2]
13 July 2021	Fran García	Real Madrid Castilla	Transfer	Undisclosed	[3]
14 July 2021	Iván Balliu	Almería	Transfer	Free	[4]
4 September 2021	Radamel Falcao	Galatasaray	Transfer	Free

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Fee	Ref
30 June 2021	Antoñín	Granada	Loan return		[5]
30 June 2021	Fran García	Real Madrid Castilla	Loan return		[6]
30 June 2021	Iván Martos	Almería	Loan return		[7]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Real Madrid v Rayo Vallecano

18 July 2021 Friendly	Real Madrid	1–1	Rayo Vallecano	Madrid, Spain
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Isco (pen.)		Chust (o.g.)	Stadium: Alfredo Di Stéfano Attendance: 0

Espanyol v Rayo Vallecano

24 July 2021 Friendly	Espanyol	0–2	Rayo Vallecano	Marbella, Spain
10:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Marbella Football Center

Getafe v Rayo Vallecano

31 July 2021 Friendly	Getafe	0–0	Rayo Vallecano	Marbella, Spain
10:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Marbella Football Center

Valladolid v Rayo Vallecano

4 August 2021 Friendly	Valladolid	3–1	Rayo Vallecano	Valladolid, Spain
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: José Zorrilla

Leganés v Rayo Vallecano

7 August 2021 Friendly	Leganés	1–1	Rayo Vallecano	Leganés, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Butarque

Competitions

Overall record

La Liga

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 30 June 2021.^[9][10]

Copa del Rey

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	FRA	Luca Zidane	13	0	8	0	5	0
13	GK	MKD	Stole Dimitrievski	33	0	30+1	0	2	0
25	GK	COL	Iván Arboleda	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	SRB	Nikola Maraš	19	0	11+5	0	3	0
5	DF	ESP	Alejandro Catena	40	2	36	2	4	0
19	DF	POR	Kévin Rodrigues	17	0	5+8	0	3+1	0
20	DF	ALB	Iván Balliu	40	1	35	1	4+1	0
24	DF	MNE	Esteban Saveljich	23	0	21	0	0+2	0
32	DF	ESP	Mario Hernández	12	1	5+4	1	3	0
33	DF	ESP	Fran García	39	1	34	1	4+1	0
Midfielders
4	MF	ESP	Mario Suárez	21	1	8+6	0	7	1
6	MF	ESP	Santi Comesaña	41	1	32+3	1	4+2	0
9	MF	FRA	Randy Nteka	39	3	16+18	3	2+3	0
10	MF	CPV	Bebé	36	2	6+23	1	4+3	1
12	MF	ESP	Unai López	30	0	13+14	0	2+1	0
17	MF	ESP	Martín Merquelanz	4	0	3+1	0	0	0
18	MF	ESP	Álvaro García	39	8	34+2	7	3	1
21	MF	SEN	Pathé Ciss	36	3	11+20	2	3+2	1
22	MF	ESP	José Ángel Pozo	7	1	0+5	0	2	1
23	MF	ESP	Óscar Valentín	39	0	26+6	0	5+2	0
Forwards
3	FW	COL	Radamel Falcao	25	6	8+14	6	1+2	0
7	FW	ESP	Isi Palazón	40	2	27+7	2	4+2	0
8	FW	ARG	Óscar Trejo	38	4	24+8	3	3+3	1
11	FW	ESP	Andrés Martín	11	1	1+6	0	3+1	1
14	FW	MAR	Yacine Qasmi	2	0	0+1	0	1	0
16	FW	ESP	Sergi Guardiola	38	10	20+12	8	4+2	2
29	FW	ESP	Sergio Moreno	2	1	0	0	0+2	1
11	FW	SEN	Mamadou Sylla	14	0	1+11	0	0+2	0
34	FW	ESP	Vere	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club

Top Goalscorers

Rank	Player	La Liga	Copa del Rey	Total
1	Sergi Guardiola	8	2	10
2	Álvaro García	7	1	8
3	Radamel Falcao	6	0	6
4	Óscar Trejo	3	1	4
5	Randy Nteka	3	0	3
	Pathé Ciss	2	1	3
Total		29	5	34

References