2020–21 Deportivo Alavés season

The 2020–21 season is the 100th season in the existence of Deportivo Alavés and the club's fifth consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Alavés participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey. The season covers the period from 20 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Deportivo Alavés

2020–21 season
President	Alfonso Fernández de Trocóniz
Head coach	Pablo Machín (until 12 January) Abelardo (from 12 January)
Stadium	Mendizorrotza Stadium
La Liga	15th
Copa del Rey	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Lucas Pérez (4) All: Lucas Pérez (4)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
All statistics correct as of 5 February 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 February 2021[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  ESP Fernando Pacheco (3rd captain) 2 DF  ESP Tachi 3 DF  ESP Rubén Duarte 4 DF  BRA Rodrigo Ely 5 DF  ESP Víctor Laguardia (vice-captain) 6 MF  ARG Rodrigo Battaglia (on loan from Sporting CP) 7 FW  ESP Lucas Pérez 8 MF  ESP Tomás Pina 9 FW  ESP Joselu 10 FW  SWE John Guidetti 11 FW  ESP Luis Rioja 13 GK  ESP Antonio Sivera 14 FW  BRA Deyverson (on loan from Palmeiras)

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  ESP Édgar Méndez 17 FW  ESP Iñigo Córdoba (on loan from Athletic Bilbao) 18 MF  ESP Burgui 19 MF  ESP Manu García (captain) 20 MF  ESP Pere Pons 21 DF  ESP Martín Aguirregabiria 22 DF  FRA Florian Lejeune (on loan from Newcastle United) 23 DF  ESP Ximo Navarro 24 MF  ESP Jota 26 DF  ESP Javi López 29 MF  ESP Borja Sainz 31 GK  ESP Aritz Castro 37 MF  URU Facundo Pellistri (on loan from Manchester United)[2]

Under contract

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

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 27 MF  ESP Sergi García 28 MF  ESP Pepe Blanco

No. Pos. Nation Player 30 DF  MTN Abdallahi Mahmoud 39 DF  CMR Stephane Paul Keller

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  ESP Carlos Isaac (at Albacete until 30 June 2021) — DF  ESP Einar Galilea (at Istra 1961 until 30 June 2021) — DF  BEN Olivier Verdon (at Ludogorets Razgrad until 30 June 2021) — DF  ESP Rafa Navarro (at Istra 1961 until 30 June 2021) — DF  ESP Rafa Páez (at Istra 1961 until 30 June 2021)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ESP Saúl García (at Sporting Gijón until 30 June 2021) — MF  ESP Antonio Perera (at Istra 1961 until 30 June 2022) — MF  ESP Javi Muñoz (at Mirandés until 30 June 2021) — MF  PAN José Luis Rodríguez (at Lugo until 30 June 2021) — FW  ARG Ramón Miérez (at Osijek until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Fee	Ref
30 June 2020	John Guidetti	Hannover 96	Loan return		[3]
30 June 2020	Olivier Verdon	Eupen	Loan return		[4]
21 July 2020	Adrián Diéguez	Alcorcón	Loan return		[5]
21 July 2020	Saúl García	Rayo Vallecano	Loan return		[6]
21 July 2020	Ramón Miérez	Tenerife	Loan return		[7]
21 July 2020	Javier Muñoz	Tenerife	Loan return		[8]
27 July 2020	Patrick Twumasi	Gazişehir Gaziantep	Loan return		[9]
4 August 2020	Ermedin Demirović	St. Gallen	Loan return		[10]
8 August 2020	Anderson Emanuel	Fuenlabrada	Loan return		[11]
17 August 2020	Burgui	Zaragoza	Loan return		[12]
17 August 2020	Antonio Sivera	Almería	Loan return		[13]
23 August 2020	Deyverson	Palmeiras	Loan		[14]

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Fee	Ref
20 July 2020	Oliver Burke	West Bromwich Albion	Loan return		[15]
20 July 2020	Víctor Camarasa	Real Betis	Loan return		[16]
20 July 2020	Ljubomir Fejsa	Benfica	Loan return		[17]
20 July 2020	Lisandro Magallán	Ajax	Loan return		[18]
20 July 2020	Roberto	West Ham United	Loan return		[19]
20 July 2020	Aleix Vidal	Sevilla	Loan return		[20]
4 August 2020	Ermedin Demirović	Freiburg	Transfer	€3.7M	[21]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

26 August 2020 Friendly	Alavés	1–2	Huesca	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Joselu  5'	Report	Okazaki  8' Mir  62'	Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva José Luis Compañón

29 August 2020 Friendly	Osasuna	2–1	Alavés	Pamplona, Spain
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Adrián  8' Martínez  51'	Report	Méndez  16'	Stadium: Tajonar Facilities

2 September 2020 Friendly	Athletic Bilbao	2–1	Alavés	Lezama, Spain
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Muniain  29' (pen.) Morcillo  35'	Report	Deyverson  50'	Stadium: Lezama Facilities Attendance: 0 Referee: Ekhiotz Sánchez Asla

5 September 2020 Friendly	Real Sociedad	2–2	Alavés	Zubieta, Spain
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bautista  59' (pen.) Aldasoro  65'		Pérez  7' Joselu  75'	Stadium: Campo José Luis Orbegozo Attendance: 0

8 October 2020 Friendly	Alavés	0–0	Osasuna	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva José Luis Compañón Attendance: 0 Referee: Aitor Barrio Salas

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
La Liga	13 September 2020	23 May 2021	Matchday 1		22	5	7	10	19	29	−10	022.73
Copa del Rey	16 December 2020	16 January 2021	First round	Round of 32	3	2	0	1	3	5	−2	066.67
Total					25	7	7	11	22	34	−12	028.00

Last updated: 5 February 2021

Source: Soccerway

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Cádiz	21	6	6	9	19	31	−12	24
14	Valencia	21	5	8	8	27	29	−2	23
15	Alavés	22	5	7	10	19	29	−10	22
16	Eibar	21	4	8	9	17	23	−6	20
17	Valladolid	22	4	8	10	21	33	−12	20

Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 2021. Source: La Liga
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)[22]

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
22	5	7	10	19	29	−10	22	3	4	5	10	15	−5	2	3	5	9	14	−5

Last updated: 5 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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	D	D	W	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	W
Position	17	19	19	20	18	18	15	14	15	15	13	12	15	17	13	13	14	16	17	18	18

Updated to match(es) played on 5 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.[23][24]

13 September 2020 1	Alavés	0–1	Real Betis	Vitoria-Gasteiz
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rioja  23' López  69' Pina  81'	Report	Emerson  63' Moreno  72' Iglesias  81' Tello  90+5'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

20 September 2020 2	Granada	2–1	Alavés	Granada
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Soldado  7' Machís  79'	Report	Joselu  22' Méndez  24' Battaglia  26' Lejeune  49'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

26 September 2020 3	Alavés	0–0	Getafe	Vitoria-Gasteiz
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Battaglia  65' Lejeune  74'	Report	Djené  59' Suárez  83'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

30 September 2020 4	Villarreal	3–1	Alavés	Villarreal
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Alcácer  13', 67' Gerard  45' (pen.)	Report	Méndez  36' Laguardia  74' Navarro  82'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: David Medié Jiménez

4 October 2020 5	Alavés	1–0	Athletic Bilbao	Vitoria-Gasteiz
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ely  74' Duarte  85'  86'	Report	D. García  19' Núñez  62' Martínez  64'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

18 October 2020 6	Alavés	0–2	Elche	Vitoria-Gasteiz
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Lejeune  30' Ely  67'	Report	Marcone  26' Calvo  33' Milla  39' Morente  47',  86' Josan  61' Rigoni  78'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

25 October 2020 7	Valladolid	0–2	Alavés	Valladolid
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nacho  21' Toni  43'	Report	Pérez 22' Pina  55' Sainz  85'	Stadium: Estadio José Zorrilla Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

31 October 2020 8	Alavés	1–1	Barcelona	Vitoria-Gasteiz
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jota  15'  62' Deyverson  22' Rioja  31' Duarte  87'	Report	Messi  39' Lenglet  44' Busquets  44' Griezmann  63'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

8 November 2020 9	Levante	1–1	Alavés	Valencia
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Morales  51' Clerc  90+4'	Report	Pérez  4' Pina  10' Méndez  24'  34' Battaglia  78' Rioja  81' Pacheco  83'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Isidro Díaz de Mera Escuderos

22 November 2020 10	Alavés	2–2	Valencia	Vitoria-Gasteiz
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Navarro  2' Pérez  16' (pen.) Lejeune  37'	Report	Guillamón  53',  77' Vallejo  72'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

28 November 2020 11	Real Madrid	1–2	Alavés	Madrid
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Casemiro  18',  86' Kroos  61'	Report	Pérez  5' (pen.) Joselu  49' Rioja  67' Duarte  76' Méndez  88'	Stadium: Alfredo Di Stéfano[26] Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

6 December 2020 12	Alavés	0–0	Real Sociedad	Vitoria-Gasteiz
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lejeune  42' Battaglia  61'	Report		Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

12 December 2020 13	Huesca	1–0	Alavés	Huesca
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ontiveros  58',  66'	Report	Duarte  37' Jota  52' Tachi  70' Joselu  83'	Stadium: Estadio El Alcoraz Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Mario Melero López

20 December 2020 14	Celta Vigo	2–0	Alavés	Vigo
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Méndez  19', 79' Araujo  55' Nolito  61'	Report	Battaglia  20' Pina  35'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

23 December 2020 15	Alavés	2–1	Eibar	Vitoria-Gasteiz
22:00 CET (UTC+1)	Méndez  38',  41' Deyverson  45+2' Battaglia  56' Pina  62' Laguardia  89'	Report	León  4' Gil  81' Arietaleanizbeaskoa  88'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

31 December 2020 16	Osasuna	1–1	Alavés	Pamplona
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Rubén  8' Calleri  41' Herrera  64' Torres  67' Oier  73'	Report	Pina  37' Deyverson  40' Lejeune  55' Pérez  75' (pen.) Jota  82'	Stadium: El Sadar Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

3 January 2021 17	Alavés	1–2	Atlético Madrid	Vitoria-Gasteiz
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Laguardia  63' Felipe  84' (o.g.)	Report	Carrasco  29' Llorente  41' Suárez  90',  90+4'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

10 January 2021 18	Cádiz	3–1	Alavés	Cádiz
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Álex  15' Fali  22' Lozano  56' Negredo  68'	Report	Joselu  23' (pen.) Pina  40' Deyverson  44' Tachi  45+2'  50'	Stadium: Ramón de Carranza Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

19 January 2021 19	Alavés	1–2	Sevilla	Vitoria-Gasteiz
21:30 CET (UTC+1)	Méndez  12',  56' Lejeune  48' Pons  72' Joselu 90+1'	Report	En-Nesyri  3',  81' Suso  30' Bono  89' Navas  90'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Isidro Díaz de Mera Escuderos

23 January 2021 20	Alavés	1–4	Real Madrid	Vitoria-Gasteiz
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Navarro  10' García  49' Joselu  59' Laguardia  79' Sainz  85' Méndez  90+2'	Report	Casemiro  15' Benzema  41', 70',  87' Hazard  45+1' Militão  59' Mendy  86'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

31 January 2021 21	Getafe	0–0	Alavés	Getafe
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Arambarri  9' Suárez  78' Yáñez  83'	Report	Lejeune  24' García  57' Navarro  90+3'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

5 February 2021 22	Alavés	1–0	Valladolid	Vitoria-Gasteiz
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pina  10' Navarro  40' García  63' Joselu  66' Méndez  90+2'	Report	Bruno  43' Joaquín  48' San Emeterio  82' Alcaraz  88'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: César Soto Grado

13 February 2021 23	Barcelona	v	Alavés	Barcelona
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Camp Nou

Copa del Rey

16 December 2020 First round	Rincón	0–2	Alavés	Málaga[lower-alpha 1]
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Guidetti  32', 59'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

6 January 2021 Second round	Deportivo La Coruña	0–1	Alavés	La Coruña
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mosquera  48'	Report	Marín  31' Rioja  75'	Stadium: Riazor Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

16 January 2021 Round of 32	Almería	5–0	Alavés	Almería
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sadiq  8', 45+1',  70' Costa  37' Corpas  42' Aketxe  45' Battaglia  52' (o.g.) Villar  81' (pen.)	Report	Pina  35'	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 29 November 2020.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Fernando Pacheco	11	0	11	0	0	0
13	GK		Antonio Sivera	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF		Rubén Duarte	10	0	9+1	0	0	0
4	DF		Rodrigo Ely	6	1	4+2	1	0	0
5	DF		Víctor Laguardia	11	0	10+1	0	0	0
17	DF		Adrián Marín	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
21	DF		Martín Aguirregabiria	4	0	1+3	0	0	0
22	DF		Florian Lejeune	9	0	9	0	0	0
23	DF		Ximo Navarro	9	1	8+1	1	0	0
26	DF		Javi López	6	0	0+6	0	0	0
27	DF		Sergi García	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
30	DF		Abdallahi Mahmoud	1	0	1	0	0	0
37	DF		Tomás Tavares	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF		Rodrigo Battaglia	11	0	11	0	0	0
8	MF		Tomás Pina	8	1	7+1	1	0	0
16	MF		Édgar Méndez	10	1	9+1	1	0	0
18	MF		Burgui	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF		Manu García	7	0	0+7	0	0	0
20	MF		Pere Pons	6	0	6	0	0	0
24	MF		Jota	5	0	5	0	0	0
29	MF		Borja Sainz	8	1	1+7	1	0	0
Forwards
7	FW		Lucas Pérez	9	3	7+2	3	0	0
9	FW		Joselu	10	2	9+1	2	0	0
10	FW		John Guidetti	3	0	0+3	0	0	0
11	FW		Luis Rioja	9	1	7+2	1	0	0
14	FW		Deyverson	9	0	5+4	0	0	0
Players who have left the club during the season
15	MF		Javier Muñoz	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

As of 31 December 2020

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	La Liga	Copa del Rey	Total
1	7	FW		Lucas Pérez	4	0	4
2	9	FW		Joselu	2	0	2
	10	FW		John Guidetti	0	2	2
	16	MF		Édgar Méndez	2	0	2
5	4	DF		Rodrigo Ely	1	0	1
	23	DF		Ximo Navarro	1	0	1
	8	MF		Tomás Pina	1	0	1
	29	MF		Borja Sainz	1	0	1
	11	FW		Luis Rioja	1	0	1
	14	FW		Deyverson	1	0	1
Totals					14	2	16

Notes

1. Rincón did not play its game in its main stadium Francisco Romero, in Rincón de la Victoria, as it does not meet the requirements to broadcast the match.

1. The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.[25]

References

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22. "Reglamento General – Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
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26. Due to the on-going renovations of the Santiago Bernabéu, Real Madrid played their home matches at the Alfredo di Stéfano.

External links

• Official website