2015–16 Villarreal CF season

Villarreal
2015–16 season
President	Fernando Roig
Head coach	Marcelino
Stadium	El Madrigal
La Liga	4th
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
UEFA Europa League	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Cédric Bakambu (12); All: ; Cédric Bakambu (22)
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season was Villarreal Club de Fútbol's 93rd season in existence and the club's 3rd consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.^[1]^[2] In addition to the domestic league, Villarreal participated in this season's editions of the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Players

Current squad

As of 31 August 2015^[3]

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	Sergio Asenjo
2	DF	ESP	Mario (vice-captain)
3	DF	SVN	Bojan Jokić
4	MF	ESP	Tomás Pina
5	DF	ARG	Mateo Musacchio
6	DF	ESP	Víctor Ruiz
7	MF	ESP	Samu
8	MF	MEX	Jonathan dos Santos
9	FW	ESP	Roberto Soldado
10	FW	BRA	Léo Baptistão (on loan from Atlético Madrid)
11	DF	ESP	Jaume Costa
13	GK	FRA	Alphonse Areola (on loan from Paris Saint-Germain)
14	MF	ESP	Manu Trigueros


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	COD	Cédric Bakambu
18	MF	ESP	Denis Suárez
19	MF	ESP	Samu Castillejo
20	FW	ESP	Adrián (on loan from Porto)
21	MF	ESP	Bruno (captain)
22	DF	SRB	Antonio Rukavina
23	DF	ITA	Daniele Bonera
24	DF	CIV	Eric Bailly
25	GK	ARG	Mariano Barbosa
26	MF	ESP	Matías Nahuel
27	DF	ESP	Adrián Marín
28	MF	ESP	Alfonso Pedraza
44	DF	ESP	Pablo Íñiguez

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	SRB	Aleksandar Pantić (on loan at Eibar)
—	MF	ESP	Javier Espinosa (on loan at Elche)
—	MF	ESP	Moi Gómez (on loan at Getafe)
—	MF	ESP	Sergio Marcos (on loan at Lugo)

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 %
La Liga	23 August 2015	15 May 2016	Matchday 1	4th	38	18	10	10	44	35	+9	047.37
Copa del Rey	3 December 2015	13 January 2016	Round of 32	Round of 16	4	1	0	3	6	7	−1	025.00
UEFA Europa League	17 September 2015	5 May 2016	Group stage	Semi-finals	14	9	3	2	23	13	+10	064.29
Total					56	28	13	15	73	55	+18	050.00

Source: Competitions

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Real Madrid	38	28	6	4	110	34	+76	90	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3	Atlético Madrid	38	28	4	6	63	18	+45	88	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
4	Villarreal	38	18	10	10	44	35	+9	64	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5	Athletic Bilbao	38	18	8	12	58	45	+13	62	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
6	Celta Vigo	38	17	9	12	51	59	−8	60	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]

Source: La Liga, Soccerway
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; 7) Play-off.
Notes:

^ Since the winners of the 2015–16 Copa del Rey, Barcelona, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team and the spot awarded to the sixth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.

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
38	18	10	10	44	35	+9	64	12	4	3	26	12	+14	6	6	7	18	23	−5

Source: Competitive matches

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	L	L	D	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	L
Position	7	6	4	3	3	1	1	5	5	5	5	4	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

23 August 2015 (2015-08-23) 1	Real Betis	1–1	Villarreal	Seville
22:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bruno G. 26' Cejudo 35' Pezzella 50' Castro 87'	Report	Soldado 31' Castillejo 49' Bruno S. 90+2'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 37,996 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

28 August 2015 (2015-08-28) 2	Villarreal	3–1	Espanyol	Villarreal
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Soldado 67' Bailly 85' Bakambu 87', 90+3'	Report	Caicedo 5', 35' Pau 19' López 27' Montañés 30' Raillo 48' Arbilla 55'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 16,722 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

13 September 2015 (2015-09-13) 3	Granada	1–3	Villarreal	Granada
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Babin 11' Lopes 65' Rico 74'	Report	Pina 14' Trigueros 49' Bakambu 51' Soldado 67' Baily 81' Areola 90' Samu 90+1'	Stadium: Los Cármenes Attendance: 13,954 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

20 September 2015 (2015-09-20) 4	Villarreal	3–1	Athletic Bilbao	Villarreal
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Bruno 23', 42' (pen.) Baptistão 44', 79' Matías Nahuel 49' Bailly 59' Mario 66'	Report	Laporte 11' Gurpegi 48' Aduriz 64', 90+2' De Marcos 87'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 19,832 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

23 September 2015 (2015-09-23) 5	Málaga	0–1	Villarreal	Málaga
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Recio 39' Boka 61'	Report	Dos Santos 17' Bailly 67' Tissone 71' Suárez 79'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 18,647 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 6	Villarreal	1–0	Atlético Madrid	Villarreal
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Baptistão 14' Soldado 51' Costa 84'	Report	Griezmann 41' Tiago 71'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 20,087 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

4 October 2015 (2015-10-04) 7	Levante	1–0	Villarreal	Valencia
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Juanfran 19' Morales 50' Deyverson 83' José Mari 84' Rubén 90+2'	Report	Jokić 4' 36' Costa 60' Soldado 84' Ruiz 87'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 16,059 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

18 October 2015 (2015-10-18) 8	Villarreal	1–2	Celta Vigo	Villarreal
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bailly 36' 47' Suárez 67' Soldado 71'	report	Fernández 36' Gómez 37' Orellana 41' Wass 43' Nolito 90'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 17,436 Referee: José González González

25 October 2015 (2015-10-25) 9	Las Palmas	0–0	Villarreal	Las Palmas
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bigas 63'	Report	Samu 86' Rukavina 90+2'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 18,517 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 10	Villarreal	2–1	Sevilla	Villarreal
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Bailly 10' Mario 25' Bakambu 32', 61' Soldado 50' Costa 82' Ruiz 90+4'	Report	Iborra 29' Rami 63' Llorente 76' Konoplyanka 87'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 16,730 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

8 November 2015 (2015-11-08) 11	Barcelona	3–0	Villarreal	Barcelona
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mathieu 27' Iniesta 37' Neymar 47', 60', 85' Suárez 47', 70' (pen.) Piqué 64'	Report	Mario 39' Costa 69' Bonera 72'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 72,109 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

22 November 2015 (2015-11-22) 12	Villarreal	1–1	Eibar	Villarreal
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Costa 41', 85' Soldado 44' Mario 75'	Report	Enrich 27' Keko 74' 76' Escalante 79' García 90+3'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 15,788 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

29 November 2015 (2015-11-29) 13	Getafe	2–0	Villarreal	Getafe
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lafita 17', 21' Cala 34' Vázquez 51' J. Rodríguez 65' Lacen 78'	Report	Ruiz 5' Bailly 85'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 5,903 Referee: José González González

6 December 2015 (2015-12-06) 14	Villarreal	2–1	Rayo Vallecano	Villarreal
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dos Santos 35' Bakambu 69', 86'	Report	Baena 33' Jozabed 41' Castro 60' Miku 80' Quini 88'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 16,101 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

13 December 2015 15	Villarreal	1–0	Real Madrid	Villarreal
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Soldado 8' Bailly 72' Suárez 90+2'	Report	Marcelo 31' Ramos 66'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 20,468 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

20 December 2015 16	Real Sociedad	0–2	Villarreal	San Sebastián
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Canales 39' I. Martínez 55'	Report	Suárez 27', 88' Trigueros 73'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 21,949 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

31 December 2015 17	Villarreal	1–0	Valencia	Villarreal
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bruno 64' Soldado 68'	Report	Gomes 16' Barragán 45' Villalba 90+2'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 18,526 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

3 January 2016 (2016-01-03) 18	Deportivo La Coruña	1–2	Villarreal	A Coruña
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Luis Alberto 9', 48' Arribas 25'	Report	Bruno 36', 90+5' (pen.), 39' Dos Santos 43' Navarro 90+5'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 23,815 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

10 January 2016 (2016-01-10) 19	Villarreal	2–0	Sporting Gijón	Vilarreal
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bakambu 26', 51' Bruno 53' Ruiz 61' Samu 79' Soldado 87'	Report	Carmona 33' Cases 87'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 16,705 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

16 January 2016 (2016-01-16) 20	Villarreal	0–0	Real Betis	Vilarreal
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ruiz 24' Castillejo 90+4'	Report	Petros 79'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 15,402 Referee: José González González

23 January 2016 (2016-01-23) 21	Espanyol	2–2	Villarreal	Cornellà de Llobregat
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Caicedo 4' Jordán 35' Gerard 40', 56' 89' Salva 79' Álvarez 89'	Report	Trigueros 24' Costa 56' Musacchio 88'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 16,251 Referee: Pedro Pérez Montero

30 January 2016 (2016-01-30) 22	Villarreal	1–0	Granada	Vilarreal
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Costa 8' Bruno 55' (pen.) Mario 85' Castillejo 89'	Report	Rico 11' Lombán 16' Babin 54'	Stadium: El Madrigal Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

6 February 2016 (2016-02-06) 23	Athletic Bilbao	0–0	Villarreal	Bilbao
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Williams 29' 90' San José 41' Lekue 60' Merino 67' Muniain 90'	Report	Costa 27' Bakambu 40' Soldado 75' Ruiz 76' Bonera 77' 90+4'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 41,101 Referee: Mario Melero López

13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) 24	Villarreal	1–0	Málaga	Vilarreal
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Soldado 18' Trigueros 77' Bakambu 90'	Report	Albentosa 34'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 17,142 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

21 February 2016 25	Atlético Madrid	0–0	Villarreal	Madrid
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gabi 69' Filipe Luís 73'	Report	Castillejo 62' Bailly 77'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 45,323 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

28 February 2016 (2016-02-28) 26	Villarreal	3–0	Levante	Vilarreal
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Baptistão 12' Castillejo 30' Adrián 48'	Report	Navarro 27' 56' Lerma 39' Verza 44'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 15,783 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

2 March 2016 (2016-03-02) 27	Celta Vigo	0–0	Villarreal	Vigo
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Díaz 51' Cabral 73'	Report	Matías Nahuel 54' Suárez 72' Bailly 73' Mario 77' Rukavina 86'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 15,376 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

5 March 2016 (2016-03-05) 28	Villarreal	0–1	Las Palmas	Vilarreal
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Soldado 31'	Report	García 30' Lemos 53' Montoro 60'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 15,790 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

13 March 2016 (2016-03-13) 29	Sevilla	4–2	Villarreal	Seville
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Banega 6' 79' Iborra 23' Ruiz 51' (o.g.) Konoplyanka 65' Krohn-Dehli 74' Reyes 90+1'	Report	Bonera 25' Bakambu 29', 37'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 35,069 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

20 March 2016 30	Villarreal	2–2	Barcelona	Villarreal
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Soldado 20' Bruno 24' Asenjo 40' Ruiz 41' Rukavina 43' Bakambu 57' Mathieu 63' (o.g.) Pina 78' Mario 84' Trigueros 85'	Report	Turan 13' Piqué 16' Rakitić 20' Neymar 41' (pen.) Alba 53' Mascherano 90+4'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 24,398 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

3 April 2016 31	Eibar	1–2	Villarreal	Eibar
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Juncà 11' Capa 22', 50' Mauro 90'	Report	Rukavina 12' Adrián 35' Soldado 50' Bakambu 71' Pina 78'	Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 5,183 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

10 April 2016 (2016-04-10) 32	Villarreal	2–0	Getafe	Vilarreal
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Suárez 15' Rukavina 26' Bakambu 84' Bruno 90'	Report	Cala 35' Medrán 68'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 17,570 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

17 April 2016 (2016-04-17) 33	Rayo Vallecano	2–1	Villarreal	Madrid
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Guerra 7', 57' Amaya 68' Miku 81'	Report	Adrián 20' Ruiz 57' Marín 59' Mario 72' Matías Nahuel 80'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 12,628 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

20 April 2016 34	Real Madrid	3–0	Villarreal	Madrid
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Benzema 41' Danilo 46' Vázquez 69' Modrić 76' Casemiro 85'	Report	Trigueros 44'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 62,678 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

24 April 2016 (2016-04-24) 35	Villarreal	0–0	Real Sociedad	Villarreal
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Pina 32' Mario 69' Dos Santos 72' Adrián 90'	Report	Vela 51'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 17,215 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

1 May 2016 36	Valencia	0–2	Villarreal	Valencia
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Fuego 42'	Report	Samu 16' Musacchio 23' Adrián 33' Rodri 43'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 38,283 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

8 May 2016 (2016-05-08) 37	Villarreal	0–2	Deportivo La Coruña	Villarreal
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bonera 10' Trigueros 49' Ruiz 51'	Report	Fajr 32' Lucas 57' Arribas 88'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 12,843 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

15 May 2016 38	Sporting Gijón	2–0	Villarreal	Gijón
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Jony 8' Aït-Atmane 63' Álvarez 79'	Report	Ruiz 49' Mario 90'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 27,295 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

3 December 2015 First leg	Huesca	3–2	Villarreal	Huesca
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	L. Fernández 3' Mérida 53' (pen.) Machís 75' Carlos David 90+2' Cristian 90+2' López 90+3'	Summary	Jokić 33' Bailly 36' Matías Nahuel 51', 90+3' Bakambu 58'	Stadium: El Alcoraz Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

17 December 2015 Second leg	Villarreal	2–0 (4–3 agg.)	Huesca	Vilarreal
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Trigueros 28' Soldado 78'	Summary	Morillas 63' Carlos David 84' Aythami 90+2'	Stadium: El Madrigal Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

Round of 16

6 January 2016 First leg	Athletic Bilbao	3–2	Villarreal	Bilbao
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Williams 54' Aduriz 68' Laporte 81'	Report	Baptistão 16' Samu 38'	Stadium: San Mamés Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

13 January 2016 Second leg	Villarreal	0–1 (2–4 agg.)	Athletic Bilbao	Vilarreal
20:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Williams 21'	Stadium: El Madrigal Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rapid Wien	6	5	0	1	10	6	+4	15	Advance to knockout phase
2	Villarreal	6	4	1	1	12	6	+6	13	Advance to knockout phase
3	Viktoria Plzeň	6	1	1	4	8	10	−2	4
4	Dinamo Minsk	6	1	0	5	3	11	−8	3

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

17 September 2015 (2015-09-17) 1	Rapid Wien	2–1	Villarreal	Vienna, Austria
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Schwab 50' S. Hofmann 53' (pen.)	Report	Baptistão 45'	Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion Attendance: 36,200^[4] Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

1 October 2015 (2015-10-01) 2	Villarreal	1–0	Viktoria Plzeň	Villarreal, Spain
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Baptistão 54'	Report		Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 17,481^[5] Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

22 October 2015 (2015-10-22) 3	Villarreal	4–0	Dinamo Minsk	Villarreal, Spain
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Bakambu 17', 32' Soldado 61' Bailly 71'	Report		Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 14,025^[6] Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

5 November 2015 (2015-11-05) 4	Dinamo Minsk	1–2	Villarreal	Barysaw, Belarus^[C]
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vitus 69'	Report	Soldado 72' (pen.) Palitsevich 86' (o.g.)	Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 4,959^[7] Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)

26 November 2015 (2015-11-26) 5	Villarreal	1–0	Rapid Wien	Villarreal, Spain
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Soriano 78'	Report		Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 14,760^[8] Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

10 December 2015 (2015-12-10) 6	Viktoria Plzeň	3–3	Villarreal	Plzeň, Czech Republic
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kolář 8' (pen.) Kovařík 65' Hořava 90'	Report	Bakambu 40' Dos Santos 62' Soriano 90+4'	Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 10,071^[9] Referee: Tony Chapron (France)

Knockout phase

Round of 32

18 February 2016 (2016-02-18) First leg	Villarreal	1–0	Napoli	Villarreal, Spain
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Suárez 82' Musacchio 86' Soldado 90'	Report	Valdifiori 38' Callejón 67' Insigne 83'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 17,686 Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

25 February 2016 (2016-02-25) Second leg	Napoli	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	Villarreal	Naples, Italy
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Hamšík 17', 25' López 33' Jorginho 83'	Report	Rukavina 25' Bruno 36' Pina 59'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 23,928 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

Round of 16

10 March 2016 (2016-03-10) First leg	Villarreal	2–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Villarreal, Spain
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Bakambu 4', 56' Trigueros 71'	Report	Tah 14' Hernández 48' Jedvaj 76' 90+5'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 16,211 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

17 March 2016 (2016-03-17) Second leg	Bayer Leverkusen	0–0 (0–2 agg.)	Villarreal	Leverkusen, Germany
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mehmedi 42' Papadopoulos 73' Bellarabi 79'	Report	Rukavina 60' Bakambu 80'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 23,409 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

Quarter-finals

7 April 2016 (2016-04-07) First leg	Villarreal	2–1	Sparta Prague	Villarreal, Spain
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Bakambu 3', 63' Costa 40'	Report	Brabec 31', 45+4' Matějovský 41' Nhamoinesu 43'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 15,803 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

14 April 2016 (2016-04-14) Second leg	Sparta Prague	2–4 (3–6 agg.)	Villarreal	Prague, Czech Republic
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Krejčí 27', 71' Frýdek 41' Juliš 60' Kováč 63' Dočkal 65' Konaté 77' Lafata 90+1'	Report	Bakambu 5', 49' Soldado 35' Castillejo 43', 78' Lafata 45+1' (o.g.)	Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 18,201 Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Semi-finals

28 April 2016 (2016-04-28) First leg	Villarreal	1–0	Liverpool	Villarreal, Spain
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Costa 60' Adrián 90+2'	Report		Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 21,606 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

5 May 2016 (2016-05-05) Second leg	Liverpool	3–0 (3–1 agg.)	Villarreal	Liverpool, England
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Bruno 7' (o.g.) Clyne 35' Sturridge 63' Lallana 81'	UEFA Report	Ruiz 30' 71' Soldado 40' Suárez 90+4'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 43,074 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 15 May 2016

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ESP	Sergio Asenjo	7	0	4	0	0	0	3	0
13	GK	FRA	Alphonse Areola	37	0	32	0	0	0	5	0
25	GK	ARG	Mariano Barbosa	12	0	2	0	4	0	6	0
Defenders
2	DF	ESP	Mario Gaspar	44	2	32+1	2	0+1	0	10	0
5	DF	ARG	Mateo Musacchio	21	1	12+1	1	3	0	4+1	0
6	DF	ESP	Víctor Ruiz	51	0	32+3	0	1+1	0	14	0
11	DF	ESP	Jaume Costa	27	1	17+1	1	0+1	0	7+1	0
22	DF	SRB	Antonio Rukavina	31	0	14+4	0	3	0	10	0
23	DF	ITA	Daniele Bonera	16	0	10+4	0	0	0	1+1	0
24	DF	CIV	Eric Bailly	35	1	25	0	3	0	7	1
27	DF	ESP	Adrián Marín	16	0	10+1	0	3	0	0+2	0
44	DF	ESP	Pablo Íñiguez	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
48	DF	ESP	Miguelón	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF	ESP	Tomás Pina	36	1	19+8	0	2	0	6+1	1
7	MF	ESP	Samu	26	3	7+9	2	4	1	4+2	0
8	MF	MEX	Jonathan dos Santos	38	1	20+6	0	1+1	0	7+3	1
14	MF	ESP	Manu Trigueros	45	3	24+7	2	2	1	6+6	0
18	MF	ESP	Denis Suárez	48	5	25+8	4	0+2	0	11+2	1
19	MF	ESP	Samu Castillejo	45	2	19+9	1	4	0	8+5	1
21	MF	ESP	Bruno	45	7	28+3	5	0+2	0	12	2
26	MF	ESP	Matías Nahuel	30	1	11+9	0	4	1	2+4	0
28	MF	ESP	Alfonso Pedraza	3	0	2	0	0	0	0+1	0
29	MF	ESP	Rodri	6	0	1+2	0	3	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	ESP	Roberto Soldado	44	8	27+1	5	0+3	1	12+1	2
10	FW	BRA	Léo Baptistão	34	6	12+14	3	2	1	3+3	2
17	FW	COD	Cédric Bakambu	50	22	21+13	12	2+1	1	11+2	9
20	FW	ESP	Adrián	23	5	10+6	4	0	0	1+6	1
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
3	DF	SVN	Bojan Jokić	7	0	2	0	1	0	4	0

References

^ "Villarreal". LFP. 2014.
^ Soccerway - Villarreal
^ "Primer equipo" [First team] (in Spanish). Villarreal CF. Archived from the original on 14 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
^ "Rapid Wien vs. Villarreal". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
^ "Villarreal vs. Viktoria Plzeň". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
^ "Villarreal vs. Dinamo Minsk". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
^ "Dinamo Minsk vs. Villarreal". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
^ "Villareal vs. Rapid Wien". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
^ "Viktoria Plzeň vs. Villarreal". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 December 2015.

[table_note_res_ELGS0.20531958258027-4] Since the winners of the 2015–16 Copa del Rey, Barcelona, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team and the spot awarded to the sixth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.

[vilarreal-1] "Villarreal". LFP. 2014.

[2] Soccerway - Villarreal

[3] "Primer equipo" [First team] (in Spanish). Villarreal CF. Archived from the original on 14 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.

[5] "Rapid Wien vs. Villarreal". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 September 2015.

[6] "Villarreal vs. Viktoria Plzeň". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 October 2015.

[7] "Villarreal vs. Dinamo Minsk". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 October 2015.

[8] "Dinamo Minsk vs. Villarreal". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 November 2015.

[9] "Villareal vs. Rapid Wien". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 November 2015.

[10] "Viktoria Plzeň vs. Villarreal". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 December 2015.

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Players

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Competitions

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La Liga

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UEFA Europa League

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Statistics

Appearances and goals

See also

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