2020–21 Levante UD season

The 2020–21 season is the 82nd season in the existence of Levante UD and the club's fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Levante are participating in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey. The season covers the period from 20 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Levante

2020–21 season
President	Quico Catalán
Head coach	Paco López
Stadium	Estadi Ciutat de València
La Liga	9th
Copa del Rey	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Roger (9) All: Roger (10)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
All statistics correct as of 3 February 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 12 September 2020[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 Koke Vegas 2 DF  ESP Son 3 DF  ESP Toño 4 DF  ESP Róber Pier 5 MF  SRB Nemanja Radoja 6 DF  CRC Óscar Duarte 7 FW  ESP Sergio León 8 FW  POR Hernâni 9 FW  ESP Roger 10 MF  MKD Enis Bardhi 11 FW  ESP José Luis Morales (captain)[2] 12 MF  MTQ Mickaël Malsa 13 GK  ESP Aitor Fernández

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 DF  POR Rúben Vezo 15 DF  ESP Sergio Postigo (Vice-captain) 16 MF  ESP Rubén Rochina 17 MF  MNE Nikola Vukčević 18 FW  ESP Jorge de Frutos 19 DF  ESP Carlos Clerc 20 DF  ESP Jorge Miramón 21 FW  ESP Dani Gómez 22 MF  ESP Gonzalo Melero 23 DF  ESP Coke 24 MF  ESP José Campaña 26 MF  ESP Pablo Martínez 34 GK  ESP Dani Cárdenas

Other players 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 — MF  CIV Cheick Doukouré

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 — MF  ESP Pepelu (at Vitória Guimarães until 30 June 2021) — MF  ESP Pablo Martínez (at Mirandés until 30 June 2021) — MF  ESP Arturo Molina (at Castellón until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Fee	Ref
21 July 2020	Cheick Doukouré	Huesca	Loan return		[3]
21 July 2020	Ivi	Ponferradina	Loan return		[4]
21 July 2020	Antonio Luna	Rayo Vallecano	Loan return		[5]
21 July 2020	Fran Manzanara	Ponferradina	Loan return		[6]
21 July 2020	Armando Sadiku	Málaga	Loan return		[7]
27 July 2020	Pepelu	Tondela	Loan return		[8]
4 August 2020	Jorge de Frutos	Real Madrid B	Transfer	€2.5M	[9]
4 August 2020	Dani Gómez	Real Madrid B	Transfer	€2.5M	[10]
4 August 2020	Mickaël Malsa	Mirandés	Transfer	Free	[11]
4 August 2020	Son	Ponferradina	Transfer	Free	[12]
17 August 2020	Raphael Dwamena	Zaragoza	Loan return		[13]

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Fee	Ref
20 July 2020	Borja Mayoral	Real Madrid	Loan return		[14]
4 August 2020	Moses Simon	Nantes	Buyout clause	€5M	[15]
11 August 2020	Bruno González	Valladolid	Transfer	Free	[16]
20 August 2020	Raphael Dwamena	Vejle BK	Transfer	Free	[17]
1 September 2020	Ivi	Raków Częstochowa	Transfer	Free	[18]
5 September 2020	Armando Sadiku	BB Erzurumspor	Transfer	Free	[19]
8 September 2020	Pepelu	Vitória Guimarães	Loan		[20]
2 October 2020	Pablo Martínez	Mirandés	Loan		[21]
4 October 2020	Fran Manzanara	Numancia	Transfer	Free	[22]
5 October 2020	Arturo Molina	Castellón	Loan		[23]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

22 August 2020 Friendly	Albacete	Cancelled	Levante	Albacete, Spain
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Estadio Carlos Belmonte

27 August 2020 Friendly	Levante	2–1	Mallorca	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	De Frutos  2' Melero  22' Radoja  71'	Report	Sastre  25' Sevilla  34'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena Referee: Rafael Sánchez López

29 August 2020 Friendly	Levante	0–0	Valencia	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Coke  89'		Račić  90+1'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Rafael Sánchez López

2 September 2020 Friendly	Levante	2–1	Cartagena	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Pinatar Arena

5 September 2020 Friendly	Villarreal	1–2	Levante	Villarreal, Spain
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Alcácer  29'	Report	León  34' Morales  62'	Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva Attendance: 0 Referee: Miguel Bosch Doménech

6 September 2020 Friendly	Levante	1–0	Castellón	Buñol, Spain
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Coke  11'	Report		Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva de Buñol Attendance: 0 Referee: Andrés Fuentes Molina

15 September 2020 Friendly	Sevilla	3–2	Levante	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ocampos  59' En-Nesyri  71' Rakitić  90+5'	Report	Postigo  14' Gómez  23'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: José David Martínez Montalbán

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
La Liga	13 September 2020	23 May 2021	Matchday 1	20	6	8	6	29	29	+0	030.00
Copa del Rey	16 December 2020		First round	5	4	1	0	13	4	+9	080.00
Total				25	10	9	6	42	33	+9	040.00

Last updated: 3 February 2021

Source: Soccerway

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Real Betis	21	9	3	9	27	34	−7	30
8	Granada	21	8	5	8	24	34	−10	29
9	Levante	20	6	8	6	29	29	0	26
10	Celta Vigo	21	6	7	8	24	31	−7	25
11	Athletic Bilbao	20	7	3	10	27	25	+2	24

Updated to match(es) played on 1 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)[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
20	6	8	6	29	29	0	26	4	4	1	16	12	+4	2	4	5	13	17	−4

Last updated: 30 January 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	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H
Result	L	P	W	L	L	L	D	D	D	D	D	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	W
Position	18	18	12	13	18	20	19	18	18	18	19	17	18	15	15	11	13	11	12	12	9

Updated to match(es) played on 30 January 2021. Source: La Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 31 August 2020.[25][26]

13 September 2020 1	Valencia	4–2	Levante	Valencia
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gabriel  12' Gómez  39' Vallejo  75', 90+4' Račić  89'	Report	Morales  1', 36' Radoja  52' Róber  63' Koke  90+5'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

27 September 2020 3	Osasuna	1–3	Levante	Pamplona
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Torres  38' Vidal  74' Torró  90+2'	Report	Melero  41' Roger 71',  77' Morales  81'	Stadium: El Sadar Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Mario Melero López

1 October 2020 4	Sevilla	1–0	Levante	Seville
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Navas  51' Ocampos  78' Koundé  82' Fernando  83' Diego Carlos  90' En-Nesyri  90+2'	Report	Vezo  38' Son  76'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

4 October 2020 5	Levante	0–2	Real Madrid	Villarreal
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bardhi  72' Miramón  90+3'	Report	Casemiro  4' Vinícius  16' Benzema  90+5'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

18 October 2020 6	Athletic Bilbao	2–0	Levante	Bilbao
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Álvarez  42' Capa  44' López  64' Berenguer  68' Williams  79'	Report	Vezo  33'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

26 October 2020 7	Levante	1–1	Celta Vigo	Villarreal
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Duarte  31' Roger  48' (pen.) Toño  78'	Report	Murillo  26' Olaza  42' Carreira  52'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Mario Melero López

1 November 2020 8	Granada	1–1	Levante	Granada
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Machís  8' Gonalons  16' Germán  68' Suárez  69'	Report	Vezo  34',  61' Malsa  35' Postigo  47'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

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

21 November 2020 10	Levante	1–1	Elche	Valencia
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Melero  12' Clerc  40'	Report	Boyé  39' Morente  64',  67' González  80' Mfulu  88'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Jorge Figueroa Vázquez

27 November 2020 11	Valladolid	1–1	Levante	Valladolid
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Marcos André  57'	Report	Postigo  32' Melero  40' Gómez  74' Campaña  83' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio José Zorrilla Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez

5 December 2020 12	Levante	3–0	Getafe	Valencia
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Roger  5',  52' Gómez  17',  50' De Frutos  57'	Report	Chema  7' Djené  11'  77' Ángel  11' Mata  23' Arambarri  45+2' Nyom  49' Cucurella  88'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: David Medié Jiménez

13 December 2020 13	Barcelona	1–0	Levante	Barcelona
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	De Jong  49' Messi  76' Braithwaite  87'	Report	Vukčević  42'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

19 December 2020 14	Levante	2–1	Real Sociedad	Valencia
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Rochina  21' Roger  28' Vukčević  47' De Frutos  87'	Report	Isak  22',  82'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: César Soto Grado

22 December 2020 15	Huesca	1–1	Levante	Huesca
19:45 CET (UTC+1)	Ontiveros  31' (pen.) López  69' Insua  80'	Report	Vezo  30' Róber  39' Melero  53' Rochina  90+1'	Stadium: Estadio El Alcoraz Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Isidro Díaz de Mera

29 December 2020 16	Levante	4–3	Real Betis	Valencia
21:30 CET (UTC+1)	Duarte  2' Roger  16',  55' Morales  22', 24' De Frutos  45+2' Róber  68' Clerc  75'	Report	Mandi  12',  90' Canales  78' (pen.), 86' Akouokou  81'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

2 January 2021 17	Villarreal	2–1	Levante	Villarreal
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Niño  19' Pino  45' Gerard  54'	Report	León  73' Malsa  84'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

10 January 2021 18	Levante	2–1	Eibar	Valencia
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Malsa  48' Melero  65' Morales  66',  76'	Report	Inui  51'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

19 January 2021 19	Cádiz	2–2	Levante	Cádiz
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Perea  4' Cala  28',  80' Lozano  79' Alcalá  85'	Report	Roger  8', 11' Duarte  64'	Stadium: Ramón de Carranza Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

22 January 2021 20	Levante	2–2	Valladolid	Valencia
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gómez  62' Roger  83'	Report	Toni  28' Alcaraz  73' Plano  78'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

30 January 2021 21	Real Madrid	1–2	Levante	Madrid
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Militão  9' Asensio  13' Casemiro  89'	Report	Morales  32' Malsa  50' Roger 64',  78' Melero  72'	Stadium: Alfredo Di Stéfano[28] Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: David Medié Jiménez

6 February 2021 22	Levante	v	Granada	Valencia
14:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Ciutat de València

12 February 2021 23	Levante	v	Osasuna	Valencia
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Ciutat de València

Copa del Rey

16 December 2020 First round	Racing Murcia	0–5	Levante	Lorca[lower-alpha 1]
19:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	León  24', 33', 64' Kochorashvili  87' Coke  90+1'	Stadium: Francisco Artés Carrasco Referee: Isidro Díaz De Mera

6 January 2021 Second round	Portugalete	1–2	Levante	Portugalete
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Musy  62'	Report	Pedraza  26' León  29', 90+3' Toño  70'	Stadium: La Florida Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

16 January 2021 Round of 32	Fuenlabrada	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Levante	Las Rozas[lower-alpha 2]
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Diéguez  7' Salvador  47' Glauder  59' Garcés  68'	Report	Toño  12' Glauder  19' (o.g.) Duarte  33' Vukčević  47' Gómez  97' Malsa  103'	Stadium: La Ciudad del Fútbol Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre
	Penalties
	Iribas Pinchi Garcés Cristóbal		Roger Melero León Duarte

26 January 2021 Round of 16	Valladolid	2–4	Levante	Valladolid
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Toni  13' Weissman  65' Orellana  73' Alcaraz  80'	Report	Bardhi  23' Malsa  45' Coke  59' Morales  80' (pen.)	Stadium: José Zorrilla Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez

3 February 2021 Quarter-finals	Levante	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Villarreal	Valencia
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bardhi  25' Rochina  42' Postigo  88' Melero  111' Roger  120+1'	Report	Albiol  37' Trigueros  57' Parejo  103' Baena  113'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Referee: César Soto Grado

11 February 2021 Semi-finals First leg	Athletic Bilbao	v	Levante	Bilbao
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: San Mamés

4 March 2021 Semi-finals Second leg	Levante	v	Athletic Bilbao	Valencia
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Ciutat de València

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 3 February 2021[29]

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	La Liga	Copa del Rey	Total
1	9	FW		Roger	9	1	10
2	11	FW		José Luis Morales	8	1	9
3	7	FW		Sergio León	1	5	6
4	22	MF		Gonzalo Melero	4	0	4
5	18	FW		Jorge de Frutos	2	0	2
	21	FW		Dani Gómez	2	0	2
	23	DF		Coke	0	2	2
8	6	DF		Óscar Duarte	1	0	1
	10	MF		Enis Bardhi	0	1	1
	12	MF		Mickaël Malsa	0	1	1
	14	DF		Rúben Vezo	1	0	1
	24	MF		José Campaña	1	0	1
	43	MF		Giorgi Kochorashvili	0	1	1
Own goal					0	1	1
Totals					29	13	41

Notes

1. Racing Murcia did not play its game in its main stadium Municipal de Dolores de Pacheco, in Torre-Pacheco, as it does not meet the requirements to broadcast the match.
2. Given the impossibility of being able to play the match at the Fernando Torres stadium in Fuenlabrada due to the consequences of the “Filomena” storm.

1. The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.[27]

References

1. "Plantilla" [First team] (in Spanish). Levante UD.
2. "Coke Andújar, Postigo y Oier acceden a la capitanía junto a Pedro, Morales y Roger". 17 August 2018.
3. "Cheick Doukouré jugará cedido en la SD Huesca tras el acuerdo alcanzado con el club oscense" [Cheick Doukouré will play on loan at SD Huesca after the agreement reached with the oscense club] (in Spanish). Levante UD. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
4. "Ivi López se une a la plantilla de la SD Ponferradina" [Ivi López joins SD Ponferradina squad] (in Spanish). SD Ponferradina. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
5. "El Levante UD y el Rayo Vallecano acuerdan la cesión de Antonio Luna" [Levante UD and Rayo Vallecano agree the loan of Antonio Luna] (in Spanish). Levante UD. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
6. "Acuerdo entre el Levante UD y la SD Ponferradina para la cesión de Fran Manzanara" [Agreement between Levante UD and SD Ponferradina for the loan of Fran Manzanara] (in Spanish). Levante UD. 1 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
7. "Sadiku jugará cedido en el Málaga CF tras renovar con el Levante UD hasta 2021" [Sadiku will play on loan at Málaga CF after renewing with Levante UD until 2021] (in Spanish). Levante UD. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
8. "El Levante UD y el CD Tondela acuerdan la cesión de Pepelu" [Levante UD and CD Tondela agree the loan of Pepelu] (in Spanish). Levante UD. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
9. "Levante UD and Real Madrid come to an agreement for the transfer of Jorge de Frutos". Levante UD. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
10. "Official Announcement: Dani Gómez". realmadrid.com. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
11. "El Levante anuncia el fichaje de Mickael Malsa" (in Spanish). AS. 22 July 2020.
12. "Oficial: El Levante anuncia la llegada de Son". Marca. 23 July 2020.
13. "El Levante UD y el Real Zaragoza pactan la cesión de Raphael Dwamena" [Levante UD and Real Zaragoza agree the loan of Raphael Dwamena] (in Spanish). Levante UD. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
14. "El Levante UD y el Real Madrid pactan la cesión de Borja Mayoral". levanteud.com (in Spanish). 29 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
15. "Moses Simon: Nantes sign Nigeria winger permanently from Levante". Goal. 15 June 2020.
16. "Bruno González firma por el Real Valladolid" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 11 August 2020.
17. "Danish side Vejle Boldklub complete the signing of Raphael Dwamena". My Joy Online. 20 August 2020.
18. "Ivi López jugará en la Primera polaca tras fichar por el Rakow". La Nueva Cronica. 1 September 2020.
19. "Erzurumspor, forvet Armando Sadiku'yla anlaştı" (in Turkish). Hürriyet. 5 September 2020.
20. "El Levante UD y el Vitória Sport Clube acuerdan la cesión de Pepelu" (in Spanish). Levante UD. 8 September 2020.
21. "Pablo Martínez, cesión por un curso para el C.D.Mirandés" (in Spanish). CD Mirandés. 2 October 2020.
22. "Fran Manzanara ficha por el Numancia" (in Spanish). Lanza. 4 October 2020.
23. "El Levante UD y el CD Castellón pactan la cesión de Arturo Molina" (in Spanish). Lanza. 5 October 2020.
24. "Reglamento General – Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
25. "El sorteo del calendario de Primera División, mañana lunes a las 18:30 en la sede de la RFEF". rfef.es (in Spanish). 30 August 2020.
26. "El calendario oficial de LaLiga Santander 2020/21, a un clic". laliga.com (in Spanish). 31 August 2020.
27. "La Liga pins hopes on the unpredictable as Spanish football returns without heavyweights". Yahoo Sports. 11 September 2020.
28. Due to the on-going renovations of the Santiago Bernabéu, Real Madrid played their home matches at the Alfredo di Stéfano.
29. "2020-2021 Levante Stats". FBREF. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

External links

• Official website