2017–18 Real Zaragoza season

Real Zaragoza
2017–18 season
Chairman	Christian Lapetra
Manager	Natxo González
Stadium	La Romareda
Segunda División	3rd
Copa del Rey	Round of 32
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The 2017–18 season is the 86th season in Real Zaragoza ’s history.

Squad

As of 2 September 2017

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	Alberto Benito
3	DF	ESP	Ángel Martínez
4	DF	ESP	Jesús Valentín
5	DF	POR	Diogo Verdasca
6	DF	SUI	Simone Grippo
7	FW	BRA	Vinícius Araújo
8	MF	ESP	Jorge Pombo
9	FW	ESP	Celta )
10	MF	ESP	Javi Ros
11	MF	ESP	Alain Oyarzun
13	GK	ESP	Álvaro Ratón


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	ESP	Real Madrid )
15	MF	SUI	Oliver Buff
16	MF	ESP	Íñigo Eguaras
17	DF	ESP	Daniel Lasure
19	MF	GEO	Giorgi Papunashvili
21	MF	ESP	Alberto Zapater (captain)
22	DF	ESP	Julián Delmás
23	FW	ESP	Gaizka Toquero
24	DF	ESP	Mikel González
28	FW	BRA	Raí Nascimento
29	DF	ESP	Álex Zalaya

Transfers

List of Spanish football transfers summer 2017#Zaragoza

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Final position
Segunda División	-
Copa del Rey	-

Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Rayo Vallecano (C, P)	42	21	13	8	67	48	+19	76	Promotion to La Liga
2	Huesca (P)	42	21	12	9	61	40	+21	75	Promotion to La Liga
3	Zaragoza	42	20	11	11	57	44	+13	71^[a]	Qualification for promotion play-offs
4	Sporting Gijón	42	21	8	13	60	40	+20	71^[a]
5	Valladolid (O, P)	42	19	10	13	69	55	+14	67

Source: La Liga
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]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Zaragoza finished ahead of Sporting Gijón on head-to-head points: Sporting Gijón 0–1 Zaragoza, Zaragoza 2–1 Sporting Gijón

Matches

18 August 2017 Match 1	Tenerife	1 - 0	Real Zaragoza	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
21:00	Carlos Ruiz 56'	Report	Javier Ros 81'	Stadium: Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López Attendance: 10,287 Referee: Dámaso Arcediano

27 August 2017 Match 2	Real Zaragoza	1 - 1	Granada	Zaragoza
19:00	Jesús Valentín 23' Íñigo Eguaras 36' Jorge Pombo 68' Borja Iglesias 71' (pen.)	Report	Germán Sánchez Barahona 70'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 13,899 Referee: Iñaki Bikandi

3 September 2017 Match 3	Córdoba	1 - 2	Real Zaragoza	Córdoba
21:30	Mejía 22' Edu Ramos 54' Sergi Guardiola 88'	Report	Javier Ros 5' Borja Iglesias 19' 69' Alberto Zapater 23' Grippo 77'	Stadium: Estadio Nuevo Arcángel Attendance: 11,216 Referee: Álvaro Moreno

10 September 2017 Match 4	Real Zaragoza	0 - 1	Alcorcón	Zaragoza
16:00	Toquero 31' Buff 61' Diogo Verdasca 67'	Report	Borja Domínguez 50' Jon Errasti 54' Casto 90+1' Álvaro Giménez 90+5'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 17,905 Referee: David Pérez

15 September 2017 Match 5	Lugo	2 - 1	Real Zaragoza	Lugo
21:00	Fede Vico 58' Fernando Seoane 67' Iriome 90+2'	Report	Ángel Martínez 63'	Stadium: Estadio Anxo Carro Attendance: 3,242 Referee: Saúl Ais

24 September 2017 Match 6	Real Zaragoza	1 - 1	Gimnàstic de Tarragona	Zaragoza
20:30	Álvarez 60'	Report	Javi Jiménez 76' Maikel Mesa 87' 87' Juan Muñiz 90+3'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 17,026 Referee: Jorge Figueroa

2 October 2017 Match 7	Real Oviedo	2 - 2	Real Zaragoza	Oviedo
21:00	Aarón Ñíguez 5' Christian Fernández 27' Toché 28' Forlín 63' David Rocha 81'	Report	Diogo Verdasca 11' Mikel González 31' Alberto Zapater 39'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Tartiere Attendance: 11,279 Referee: Juan Pulido

8 October 2017 Match 8	Real Zaragoza	3 - 0	Numancia	Zaragoza
20:30	Toquero 2' 48' Alain Oyarzun 8' Mikel González 34' Borja Iglesias 56' (pen.)	Report	Unai Medina 17' Alberto Escassi 36' Dani Calvo 52' Diamanka 55'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 18,487 Referee: Valentín Pizarro

11 October 2017 Match 9	Lorca	0 - 2	Real Zaragoza	Lorca
21:00	Fran Cruz 7' Bustos 84'	Report	Javier Ros 49' 74' Alberto Zapater 57' Papunashvili 81'	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Artés Carrasco Attendance: 6,236 Referee: Aitor Gorostegui

15 October 2017 Match 10	Real Zaragoza	1 - 1	Osasuna	Zaragoza
20:30	Mikel González 4' Borja Iglesias 43' (pen.) Toquero 80' Jorge Pombo 90'	Report	Lillo 26' Oier 45' 72' García 90+3'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 22,679 Referee: Isidro Díaz de Mera

21 October 2017 Match 11	Sevilla Atlético	2 - 2	Real Zaragoza	Seville
20:30	Juan Berrocal 90+2'	Report	Diogo Verdasca 32' Borja Iglesias 41' 78' Delmás 44' Buff 50'	Stadium: Estadio Viejo Nervión Attendance: 1,345 Referee: Adrián Cordero

27 October 2017 Match 12	Real Zaragoza	0 - 0	Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa	Zaragoza
20:00	Alain Oyarzun 77'	Report	Yeray 53' Josep Señé 83'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 17,001 Referee: Saúl Ais

6 November 2017 Match 13	Huesca	3 - 1	Real Zaragoza	Huesca
21:00	Aguilera 43' Hernández 63' 85' Lluís Sastre 77'	Report	Borja Iglesias 46' Alberto Zapater 55' 84' Diogo Verdasca 90'	Stadium: Estadio El Alcoraz Attendance: 4,805 Referee: Oliver De La Fuente

11 November 2017 Match 14	Real Zaragoza	3 - 2	Rayo Vallecano	Zaragoza
18:00	Grippo 26' Diogo Verdasca 39' Aleix Febas 42' Jorge Pombo 78'	Report	Diego Aguirre 90+1'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 17,729 Referee: Victor Areces

17 November 2017 Match 15	Almería	3 - 0	Real Zaragoza	Almería
21:00	Fran 43' Jorge Morcillo 68' Owona 75' Rubén Alcaraz 80' 90+3'	Report	Grippo 46' Julián Delmás 59'	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 5,260 Referee: Daniel Ocón

25 November 2017 Match 16	Real Zaragoza	0 - 0	Reus	Zaragoza
20:30	Borja Iglesias 31'	Report	Tito 89'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 15,041 Referee: Dámaso Arcediano

3 December 2017 Match 17	Sporting de Gijón	0 - 1	Real Zaragoza	Gijón
20:30	Aït-Atmane 28' Jordi Calavera 90+3'	Report	Delmás 68' 75' Diogo Verdasca 85'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 15,436 Referee: José López

9 December 2017 Match 18	Real Zaragoza	0 - 2	Cádiz	Zaragoza
20:30	Álvarez 68'	Report	Álvaro García 52' Jon Ander Garrido 58' Dani Romera 90'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 14,999 Referee: Adrián Cordero

16 December 2017 Match 19	Albacete	0 - 0	Real Zaragoza	Albacete
20:30	Dani Rodríguez 53'	Report	Jorge Pombo 67' Grippo 75'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Belmonte Attendance: 4,550 Referee: Rubén Eiriz

19 December 2017 Match 20	Real Valladolid	3 - 2	Real Zaragoza	Valladolid
21:00	Anuar 4' Mikel González 6' (o.g.) Jaime Mata 38' 90+4'	Report	Papunashvili 35' Borja Iglesias 40' 79' (pen.) Raúl Guti 81' Aleix Febas 87'	Stadium: Estadio José Zorrilla Attendance: 5,559 Referee: Iñaki Bikandi

6 January 2018 Match 21	Barcelona B	Zaragoza
20:30	Javier Ros 61' Raúl Guti 65' Jorge Pombo 73' Íñigo Eguaras 89'	Report	Carles Aleñá 10' Abel Ruiz 55'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 10,177 Referee: Eduardo Prieto

13 January 2018 Match 22	Real Zaragoza	1 - 0	Tenerife	Zaragoza
20:30	Jorge Pombo 6' Borja Iglesias 83' Raúl Guti 85'	Report	Camille 13'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 12,337 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

19 January 2018 Match 23	Granada	2 - 1	Real Zaragoza	Granada
21:00	Alberto 53'	Report	Grippo 12' 85' Íñigo Eguaras 49' Daniel Lasure 55' Papunashvili 73'	Stadium: Los Cármenes Attendance: 10,579 Referee: Dámaso Arcediano

26 January 2018 Match 24	Real Zaragoza	1-0	Córdoba	Zaragoza
21:00	Jorge Pombo 19' Diogo Verdasca 41'	Summary	Fernández 26' João Afonso 36'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 12,527 Referee: Gorka Sagues

3 February 2018 Match 25	Alcorcón	1-1	Real Zaragoza	Alcorcón
18:00	Jonathan Pereira 32'	Summary	Alberto Zapater 4' 79' Bruno Perone 19' Diogo Verdasca 85' Alain Oyarzun 90'	Stadium: Santo Domingo Attendance: 3,036 Referee: Víctor Areces

11 February 2018 Match 26	Real Zaragoza	2-0	Lugo	Zaragoza
20:30	Javi Ros 69' Buff 83'	Summary	Bernardo 90+3'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 12,580 Referee: Oliver De La Fuente

17 February 2018 Match 27	Gimnàstic de Tarragona	0-2	Real Zaragoza	Tarragona
20:30	Javi Márquez 64'	Summary	Álvarez 45+3' Jorge Pombo 51' Borja Iglesias 60' Vinícius Araújo 86' Alberto Benito 90'	Stadium: Nou Estadi de Tarragona Attendance: 5,617 Referee: David Pérez

25 February 2018 Match 28	Real Zaragoza	2-1	Real Oviedo	Zaragoza
16:00	Borja Iglesias 69' Forlín 73' (o.g.) Buff 76'	Summary	Carlos Hernández 90' Toché 90+1'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 20,696 Referee: Iñaki Bikandi

3 March 2018 Match 29	Numancia	v	Real Zaragoza	Soria
				Stadium: Nuevo Estadio Los Pajaritos

Copa del Rey

6 September 2017 Round 2	Real Zaragoza	3 - 0	Granada	Zaragoza
22:00	Íñigo Eguaras 51' Borja Iglesias 59' (pen.) Alberto Benito 66' Jorge Pombo 86' (pen.)	Report	Manaj 46' Hongla 74' Urtzi Iriondo 85'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 10,221 Referee: Rubén Eiriz

21 September 2017 Round 3	Real Zaragoza	1 - 0	Lugo	Zaragoza
21:00	Papunashvili 22' 63' Alain Oyarzun 86'	Report	Josete 17' Kravets 41'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 11,955 Referee: Adrián Cordero

24 October 2017 Last 32 First Leg	Real Zaragoza	0 - 2	Valencia	Zaragoza
20:30	Delmás 90+1'	Report	Nacho Vidal 65' Rodrigo 81' Dani Parejo 90+1' (pen. )	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 16,174 Referee: David Medié

30 November 2017 Last 32 Second Leg	Valencia	4 - 1 (6 - 1 agg.)	Real Zaragoza	Valencia
21:30	Santi Mina 28' 59' Andreas Pereira 62' Robert Ibáñez 68' Rúben Vezo 86'	Report	Jorge Pombo 87'	Stadium: Mestalla Stadium Attendance: 26,311 Referee: Mario Melero

References

^ "Reglamento General RFEF - Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos. (page 104)" (PDF). RFEF. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.

[table_hth_ZAR0.17625562668604-1] Zaragoza finished ahead of Sporting Gijón on head-to-head points: Sporting Gijón 0–1 Zaragoza, Zaragoza 2–1 Sporting Gijón

[2] "Reglamento General RFEF - Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos. (page 104)" (PDF). RFEF. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.

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