2020–21 Real Zaragoza season

The 2020–21 Real Zaragoza season is the club's 89th season in existence and the eighth consecutive season in the second division of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Real Zaragoza participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey. The season covers the period from 17 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Real Zaragoza

2020–21 season
President	Christian Lapetra
Head coach	Rubén Baraja (until 9 November) Iván Martínez (from 11 November)
Stadium	La Romareda
Segunda División	21st
Copa del Rey	Second round
Home colours Away colours
All statistics correct as of 5 January 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 September 2020

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 Carlos Vigaray 3 MF  COL Dani Torres 6 DF  ESP Alberto Guitián 10 MF  ESP Javi Ros 12 MF  NGA James Igbekeme 13 GK  ESP Álvaro Ratón 14 MF  ESP Raúl Guti 16 MF  ESP Íñigo Eguaras 17 DF  ESP Carlos Nieto 18 DF  ESP Pichu Atienza 21 MF  ESP Alberto Zapater (captain) 23 MF  JPN Shinji Kagawa

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 DF  ESP Enrique Clemente 28 FW  ESP Marcos Baselga 30 MF  EQG Jannick Buyla 39 DF  ESP Alejandro Francés — DF  ESP Daniel Lasure — DF  ESP Jair Amador — DF  ESP Pep Chavarría — MF  EQG Federico Bikoro — MF  GEO Giorgi Papunashvili — MF  ESP Sergio Bermejo — FW  ITA Luca Zanimacchia (on loan from Juventus) — FW  SVN Haris Vučkić — FW  BRA Raí

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 33 MF  ESP Marc Aguado 37 FW  ESP Ahmed Belhadji

No. Pos. Nation Player 38 DF  ESP Andrés Borge 41 GK  ESP Carlos Azón

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

12 September 2020 Friendly	Zaragoza	0–2	Getafe	Zaragoza, Spain
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)			Keita  5' Mata  26' (pen.)	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Segunda División	12 September 2020	May 2021	Matchday 1		24	7	5	12	20	23	−3	029.17
Copa del Rey	16 December 2020	5 January 2021	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	050.00
Total					26	8	5	13	23	25	−2	030.77

Last updated: 7 February 2021

Source: Soccerway

Segunda División

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
15	UD Logroñés	24	8	5	11	18	30	−12	29
16	Oviedo	24	6	10	8	25	25	0	28
17	Zaragoza	24	7	5	12	20	23	−3	26
18	Sabadell	24	6	7	11	22	28	−6	25
19	Cartagena	24	6	6	12	25	33	−8	24	Relegation to Primera División RFEF

Updated to match(es) played on 8 February 2021. Source: LaLiga
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]

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
24	7	5	12	20	23	−3	26	5	4	3	13	10	+3	2	1	9	7	13	−6

Last updated: 7 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	24	25	26
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	L	D	W	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	W
Position	9	15	15	10	7	11	13	14	15	16	18	19	19	19	20	21	21	21	21	21	17	21	18	17

Updated to match(es) played on 7 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.[2][3]

26 September 2020 3	Zaragoza	2–2	Las Palmas	Zaragoza
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nieto  10'  85' Ros  16',  49' Mendes  19' (o.g.) Atienza  37' Jannick  63' Adrián  90+4'	Report	Lemos  23',  57'  70' Espiau  82' Maikel  89'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

3 October 2020 4	Alcorcón	0–3	Zaragoza	Alcorcón
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fraile  15'	Report	Ros  63' Jannick  63'	Stadium: Santo Domingo Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Daniel Jesús Trujillo Suárez

11 October 2020 5	Zaragoza	1–0	Albacete	Zaragoza
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Eguaras  65' Bermejo  68' Atienza  75' Narváez  88'	Report	Gorosito  44' Navarro  73'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz

18 October 2020 6	Zaragoza	1–2	Málaga	Zaragoza
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias

22 October 2020 7	Leganés	1–0	Zaragoza	Leganés
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Butarque Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Luis Mario Milla Alvendiz

25 October 2020 8	Zaragoza	0–0	Sabadell	Zaragoza
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: La Romareda Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

29 October 2020 9	Mirandés	1–0	Zaragoza	Miranda de Ebro
19:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Anduva Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Aitor Gorostegui Fernández-Ortega

1 November 2020 10	Zaragoza	0–0	Mallorca	Zaragoza
16:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1]

4 November 2020 1	Zaragoza	2–2	Girona	Zaragoza
19:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Francisco José Hernández Maeso

8 November 2020 11	Tenerife	1–0	Zaragoza	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Álvarez  15' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Heliodoro Rodríguez López Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz

13 November 2020 12	Zaragoza	1–2	Oviedo	Zaragoza
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fernández  26' (o.g.)	Report	Sánchez  45' Leschuk  49'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Rubén Ávalos Barrera

22 November 2020 13	Ponferradina	2–1	Zaragoza	Ponferrada
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hernando  41' Valcarce  45+3' Sola  61' (o.g.) Curro  69' Romera  78'	Report	Narváez  46' Sola  73' Eguaras  81'	Stadium: Estadio El Toralín Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

25 November 2020 14	Zaragoza	1–2	Rayo Vallecano	Zaragoza
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Igbekeme  19' Vučkić  55' Nieto  78'	Report	Antoñín  72' Pozo  83' Advíncula  85' Velázquez  88' Valentín  90+2'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Iosu Galech Apezteguía

29 November 2020 15	Espanyol	2–0	Zaragoza	Cornellà de Llobregat
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	L. López  45+1' D. López  46' Gil  69' Embarba  78' Darder  83'	Report	Serrano  51'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Juan Luis Pulido Santana

2 December 2020 16	Castellón	1–0	Zaragoza	Castellón
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Díaz  84' Molina  90+2'	Report	Chavarría  26' Vigaray  89'	Stadium: Nou Estadi Castàlia Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Daniel Ocón Arráiz

6 December 2020 17	Zaragoza	1–0	Fuenlabrada	Zaragoza
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Guitián  15' Narváez  52',  60'	Report	Juanma  33' Nteka  57'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Daniel Jesús Trujillo Suárez

9 December 2020 2	Almería	1–0	Zaragoza	Almería
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sadiq  59'  70' Centelles  64' Buñuel  90+1'	Report	Azón  36' Chavarría  42' Francés  77'	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Aitor Gorostegui Fernández Ortega

13 December 2020 18	Sporting Gijón	1–0	Zaragoza	Gijón
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Đurđević  77'	Report	Atienza  67' Eguaras  81' Zapater  90+2'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

19 December 2020 19	Zaragoza	1–0	Lugo	Zaragoza
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Amador  64' Chavarría  69'  88'	Report	Torres  12' Valentín  40'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: David Gálvez Rascón

2 January 2021 20	Cartagena	1–1	Zaragoza	Cartagena
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	José Ángel  34' Andújar  60' Aguza  66' Carlos David  84'	Report	Vigaray  24' Azón  81' Zapater  90' Igbekeme  90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Cartagonova Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Saúl Ais Reig

8 January 2021 21	Zaragoza	2–0	UD Logroñés	Zaragoza
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Narváez  17' (pen.) Bermejo  54' Chavarría  70'	Report	Sierra  42' López  44' Paulino  62'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Luis Mario Milla Alvendiz

22 January 2021 22	Albacete	1–0	Zaragoza	Albacete
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Azamoum  13' Fuster  26' (pen.) Arroyo  82'	Report	Francés  19' Vigaray  25' Narváez  40'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Belmonte Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Rubén Ávalos Barrera

29 January 2021 23	Zaragoza	1–0	Ponferradina	Zaragoza
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Narváez  41' (pen.) Eguaras  45+1' Alegría  80'	Report	Valcarce  15'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Dámaso Arcediano Monescillo

7 February 2021 24	Málaga	1–2	Zaragoza	Málaga
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	González  24' Muñoz  82' Casas  90+1' Sá  90+2'	Report	Igbekeme  11' Vigaray  45'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Daniel Jesús Trujillo Suárez

12 February 2021 25	Sabadell	v	Zaragoza	Sabadell
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta

22 February 2021 26	Zaragoza	v	Alcorcón	Zaragoza
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: La Romareda

Copa del Rey

16 December 2020 First round	Gimnástica Torrelavega	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Zaragoza	Torrelavega
19:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Azón  100' Serrano  106'	Stadium: El Malecón Referee: Gorka Sagués Oscoz

5 January 2021 Second round	Alcorcón	2–1	Zaragoza	Alcorcón
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bellvís  15' Ernesto  42' León  89'	Report	Raí  4' Tarroc  88'	Stadium: Santo Domingo Referee: Rubén Ávalos Barrera

Statistics

Notes

1. The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.[4]

References

1. "Reglamento General RFEF - Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos" (PDF). RFEF. 1 May 2015. p. 104. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
2. "Este será el calendario de Segunda División para la temporada 2020/21". rfef.es (in Spanish). 31 August 2020.
3. "Calendario de LaLiga Smartbank 2020/21". laliga.com (in Spanish). 31 August 2020.
4. "Bundesliga is welcoming back fans; when will Premier League, La Liga and Serie A follow suit?". ESPN. 15 September 2020.

External links

• Official website