2012–13 Villarreal CF season

Villarreal
2012–13 season
President	Fernando Roig
Head coach	Julio Velázquez; (until 13 January); Marcelino; (from 14 January)
Stadium	El Madrigal
Segunda División	2nd (promoted)
Copa del Rey	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Ikechukwu Uche (14); All: Ikechukwu Uche (14)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

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.

Review and events

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Postponed

21 July 2012 Friendly	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]}	Gerard 69'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal San Fernando

25 July 2012 Friendly	Huesca	3–3	Villarreal	Huesca, Spain
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	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

Villarreal

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

Toulouse

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Villarreal

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 Vilarreal, Spain
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Navarro 39' (o.g.) Trigueros 63'		Ángel 11'	Stadium: El Madrigal

Competitions

Overall record

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	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

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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	Promotion to La Liga
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


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

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	39	40	41	42
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W
Position	5	10	5	2	2	2	2	3	3	6	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	10	8	8	7	6	7	5	5	5	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

17 August 2012 1	Villarreal	2–1	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	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	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	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)	Carmona 55' Sangoy 89'		Bruno 35' Toribio 73'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 20,000

13 October 2012 9	Villarreal	1–1	Vilarreal
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Senna 12' Mellberg 48' Pandiani 71' Costa 89'		Lázaro 74'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 7,000

21 October 2012 10	Recreativo	2–0	Villarreal	Huelva
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Montoro 22' Zamora 46' Szymanowski 63' Valle 90+3'		Mario 89'	Stadium: Nuevo Colombino

27 October 2012 11	Villarreal	2–0	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)	Juanma 63', 88' Bedoya 89'		Trigueros 77' Pérez 84'	Stadium: Los Pajaritos

11 November 2012 13	Villarreal	1–1	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)	Bouazza 81' Assulin 85'		Trigueros 33' Uche 39', 53' Oriol 71'	Stadium: El Sardinero

24 November 2012 15	Villarreal	1–1	Vilarreal
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cani 35' Musacchio 86'		Marco 87'	Stadium: El Madrigal

2 December 2012 16	Elche	1–0	Villarreal	Elche
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Coro 71' Linares 89'		Senna 52' Musacchio 63'	Stadium: Martínez Valero

9 December 2012 17	Villarreal	4–0	Vilarreal
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Senna 14' Melberg 43' Bruno 50' Uche 75' Pérez 86' Cavenaghi 90'		Abraham 64' Ángel 82'	Stadium: El Madrigal

15 December 2012 18	Girona	2–0	Villarreal	Girona
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	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)	Tato 88'		Cavenaghi 6' Trigueros 16' Bruno 69' Pérez 90'	Stadium: Chapín

5 January 2013 20	Villarreal	1–3	Vilarreal
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	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)	Henrique 33' 60' Corona 49' Verza 90'		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)	González 86'	Summary	Bruno 30'	Stadium: Alfredo di Stéfano Stadium

25 January 2013 23	Villarreal	3–0	Vilarreal
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pereira 87'		Ciércoles 75'	Stadium: El Madrigal

2 February 2013 24	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	Vilarreal
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dorado 49'	Summary	Moreno 48' Isaías 52'	Stadium: El Madrigal

17 February 2013 26	Hércules	1–1	Villarreal	Alicante
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Redondo 73' Sardinero 79' Cabrera 88'	Summary	Musacchio 22' Farinós 40', 54' Bruno 60'	Stadium: Rico Pérez

24 February 2013 27	Villarreal	1–1	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
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Armando 36' Dubarbier 52' Vico 89'		Pereira 44' Perbet 69' Costa 72' Farinós 88'	Stadium: Nuevo Arcángel Attendance: 8,108

10 March 2013 29	Villarreal	2–1	Vilarreal
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	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)	Núñez 86'		Pereira 80', 80' Trigueros 85'	Stadium: El Alcoraz Attendance: 3,800

24 March 2013 31	Villarreal	1–1	Vilarreal
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gerard 88'		Arana 61'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 11,000

31 March 2013 32	Mirandés	1–5	Villarreal	Miranda de Ebro
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Koikili 63' Díaz de Cerio 79'		Pereira 83'	Stadium: Anduva Attendance: 4,764

7 April 2013 33	Villarreal	6–1	Vilarreal
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dorado 50' Uche 86' Regalón 90' (o.g. )		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	Vilarreal
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gómez 46', 67' Oriol 72'		Pérez 88'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 18,000

27 April 2013 36	Lugo	0–0	Villarreal	Lugo
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	López 87'		Senna 54' Musacchio 83'	Stadium: Anxo Carro Attendance: 2,500

5 May 2013 37	Villarreal	2–3	Vilarreal
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Perbet 9' (pen.) Bruno 64' 88' Uche 81' Musacchio 89'		Ángel 86' Suárez 89'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 12,000

12 May 2013 38	Alcorcón	1–3	Villarreal	Alcorcón
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kike 49' Sanz 58' Camille 60' Enrich 75' Sánchez 77' Lamas 81' Riera 88' Prendes 89'		Juan Carlos 87' Canteros 90+3'	Stadium: Santo Domingo Attendance: 2,000

18 May 2013 39	Villarreal	4–1	Vilarreal
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: El Madrigal

27 May 2013 40	Villarreal	3–2	Vilarreal
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: El Madrigal

2 June 2013 41	Barcelona B	0–3	Villarreal	Barcelona
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Araujo 56'		Pereira 45' Bruno 62' Parbet 56' Gómez 67' Costa 81' Melberg 84' Senna 86'	Stadium: Mini Estadi

8 June 2013 42	Villarreal	1–0	Vilarreal
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pereira 56' Perbet 65' Cani 88'		Corona 77' Suárez 87' Pellerano 88'	Stadium: El Madrigal

Copa del Rey

Second round

12 September 2012	Villarreal	0–2	Vilarreal
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Truyols 53' Bruno 69' 77'		Lafuente 90'	Stadium: El Madrigal

Squad

Squad, matches played and goals scored

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

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	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

Bookings

Transfers

In

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

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

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

^ "Javi Venta to return to Villarreal to help club fight for La Liga promotion". Goal.com. 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
^ "Official: Villarreal replace Zapata with Mellberg". Goal.com. 2012-08-08. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
^ "Sevilla snap up goalkeeper Diego Lopez from Villarreal - ESPN FC". Soccernet.espn.go.com. 2012-05-23. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
^ "Official: Villarreal's Ivan Marcano signs for Rubin Kazan". Goal.com. 2012-06-02. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
^ "Betis winger Jefferson Montero signs for Mexican outfit Monarcas Morelia". Goal.com. 2012-06-17. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
^ "Al Rayyan agree deal with Nilmar". Goal.com. 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
^ "Espanyol sign Villarreal midfielder Wakaso Mubarak | Spanish Football News". tribalfootball.com. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
^ "Official: Dynamo Kiev sign Marco Ruben from Villarreal". Goal.com. 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
^ "Fiorentina set to land Valero - Yahoo! Eurosport UK". Uk.eurosport.yahoo.com. 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
^ "Fiorentina agree fee with Villarreal over Gonzalo Rodriguez". Goal.com. 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
^ "OFFICIAL: Gonzalo Castellani from Villarreal to Godoy Cruz". Soccerfame.com. 2012-06-06. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
^ 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.
^ "Official: Zapata joins AC Milan on loan". Goal.com. 2012-08-08. Retrieved 2012-11-08.

[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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