2020–21 Granada CF season

Granada
2020–21 season
President	Jiang Lizhang; (until 23 December); Rentao Yi; (from 23 December)
Head coach	Diego Martínez
Stadium	Nuevo Los Cármenes
La Liga	9th
Copa del Rey	Quarter-finals
UEFA Europa League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Roberto Soldado (9); All: ; Jorge Molina (15)
Biggest win	Navalcarnero 0–6 Granada
Biggest defeat	Atlético Madrid 6–1 Granada
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 season was the 87th season in the existence of Granada CF and the club's second consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Granada participated in this season's editions of the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 20 July 2020 to 30 June 2021, with the late start to the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.

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	POR	Rui Silva
2	DF	GLP	Dimitri Foulquier
3	DF	ARG	Nehuén Pérez (on loan from Atlético Madrid)
4	MF	FRA	Maxime Gonalons
5	MF	ESP	Luis Milla
6	DF	ESP	Germán (vice-captain)
7	FW	COL	Luis Suárez
8	MF	CMR	Yan Eteki
9	FW	ESP	Roberto Soldado (3rd captain)
10	FW	ESP	Antonio Puertas
11	FW	VEN	Darwin Machís
12	MF	POR	Domingos Quina (on loan from Watford)
13	GK	ESP	Aarón


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	ESP	Fede Vico
15	DF	ESP	Carlos Neva
16	DF	ESP	Víctor Díaz (captain)
17	DF	ESP	Quini
18	DF	ESP	Adrián Marín
19	MF	ESP	Ángel Montoro (4th captain)
20	DF	ESP	Jesús Vallejo (on loan from Real Madrid)
21	MF	VEN	Yangel Herrera (on loan from Manchester City)
22	DF	POR	Domingos Duarte
23	FW	ESP	Jorge Molina
24	MF	BRA	Kenedy (on loan from Chelsea)
26	MF	ESP	Alberto Soro

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	Antonio Aranda
28	DF	ESP	Pepe Sánchez
29	MF	ESP	Isma Ruiz
30	DF	ESP	Raúl Torrente
31	GK	ESP	Arnau Fàbrega
33	FW	ESP	Echu
35	GK	POR	João Costa
36	MF	ARG	Juan Ignacio Brunet


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
37	MF	ESP	Álvaro Bravo
38	FW	ESP	Dani Plomer
39	MF	KOS	Eris Abedini
40	DF	ESP	Carlos León
41	GK	ESP	Ángel Jiménez
42	DF	ESP	Sergio Barcia
43	GK	ESP	Rafael Romero
44	DF	GHA	Kingsley Fobi

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	NGA	Ramon Azeez (at Cartagena until 30 June 2021)
—	FW	ESP	Antoñín (at Rayo Vallecano until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Fee	Ref
30 June 2020	José Antonio González	Córdoba	Loan return		^[2]
21 July 2020	Bernardo Cruz	Numancia	Loan return		^[3]
4 August 2020	Dimitri Foulquier	Watford	Buyout clause	€2M	^[4]
4 August 2020	Luis Milla	Tenerife	Transfer	€5M	^[5]
7 August 2020	Maxime Gonalons	Roma	Buyout clause	€4M	^[6]
18 August 2020	Jesús Vallejo	Real Madrid	Loan		^[7]
25 August 2020	Jorge Molina	Getafe	Transfer	Free	^[8]
8 September 2020	Kenedy	Chelsea	Loan		^[9]
1 February 2021	Adrián Marín	Alavés	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[10]
1 February 2021	Domingos Quina	Watford	Loan		^[11]

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Fee	Ref
20 July 2020	Gil Dias	Monaco	Loan return		^[12]
20 July 2020	Carlos Fernández	Sevilla	Loan return		^[13]
20 July 2020	Yangel Herrera	Manchester City	Loan return		^[14]
20 July 2020	José Antonio Martínez	Eibar	Loan return		^[15]
20 July 2020	Jesús Vallejo	Real Madrid	Loan return		^[16]
4 August 2020	José Antonio González	Recreativo	Transfer	Free	^[17]
4 August 2020	Álvaro Vadillo	Celta Vigo	Transfer	Free	^[18]
1 February 2021	Ramon Azeez	Cartagena	Loan		^[19]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

28 August 2020 Friendly	Granada	0–3	Valladolid	Marbella, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Gassama 53' Toni 59', 73'	Stadium: Marbella Football Center

30 August 2020 Friendly	Málaga	0–0	Granada	San Pedro de Alcántara, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Marbella Football Center Referee: José Luis Guzmán Mansilla

4 September 2020 Friendly	Granada	Cancelled	Cádiz	San Pedro de Alcántara, Spain
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Marbella Football Center

5 September 2020 Friendly	Real Betis	3–2	Granada	Marbella, Spain
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Iglesias 47' Bartra 80' Juanmi 88'		Montoro 51' Antoñín 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella Attendance: 0

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	12 September 2020	23 May 2021	Matchday 1	9th	38	13	7	18	47	65	−18	034.21
Copa del Rey	17 December 2020	3 February 2021	First round	Quarter-finals	5	4	0	1	15	7	+8	080.00
UEFA Europa League	17 September 2020	15 April 2021	Second qualifying round	Quarter-finals	15	8	2	5	21	12	+9	053.33
Total					58	25	9	24	83	84	−1	043.10

Source: Soccerway

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Villarreal	38	15	13	10	60	44	+16	58	Qualification for the Champions League group stage^[a]
8	Celta Vigo	38	14	11	13	55	57	−2	53
9	Granada	38	13	7	18	47	65	−18	46^[b]
10	Athletic Bilbao	38	11	13	14	46	42	+4	46^[b]
11	Osasuna	38	11	11	16	37	48	−11	44^[c]

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)^[20]
Notes:

^ Villarreal qualified for the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League by winning the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League. Based on their league position (7th), they would have received the spot above to enter the Europa Conference League play-off round. This spot was vacated without replacement as per UEFA regulations.
^ ^a ^b Granada finished ahead of Athletic Bilbao on head-to-head goal difference: Granada 2–0 Athletic Bilbao, Athletic Bilbao 2–1 Granada.
^ Osasuna finished ahead of Cádiz on head-to-head points: Cádiz 0–2 Osasuna, Osasuna 3–2 Cádiz.

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	13	7	18	47	65	−18	46	9	4	6	25	25	0	4	3	12	22	40	−18

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	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	L	L	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	D	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	D
Position	3	1	2	9	10	6	3	6	5	6	8	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	8	10	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	11	9

Source: La Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 31 August 2020.^[21]^[22]

12 September 2020 1	Granada	2–0	Athletic Bilbao	Granada
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Herrera 10', 49' Germán 45' Milla 53' Gonalons 90+2'	Report	Morcillo 15' Martínez 52' López 72' Yeray 84'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

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^[a] Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

27 September 2020 3	Atlético Madrid	6–1	Granada	Madrid
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Costa 9' Félix 27', 65' Correa 47' Saúl 16', 59' Llorente 73' Thomas 74' Suárez 85', 90+4'	Report	Duarte 15' Molina 87'	Stadium: Metropolitano Stadium Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

4 October 2020 5	Cádiz	1–1	Granada	Cádiz
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	José Mari 45' Alejo 48' Espino 60'	Report	Germán 27', 53' Kenedy 56'	Stadium: Estadio Ramón de Carranza Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

17 October 2020 6	Granada	1–0	Sevilla	Granada
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gonalons 30' Foulquier 40' Puertas 71' Herrera 82' Vico 85'	Report	Fernando 10' Jordán 45+3' 45+4' Vázquez 90+1'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

25 October 2020 7	Getafe	0–1	Granada	Getafe
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mata 12' Olivera 22' Djené 45' Ünal 89'	Report	Germán 39' Montoro 45+2' (pen.) Herrera 90+1'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

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^[a] Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

8 November 2020 9	Real Sociedad	2–0	Granada	San Sebastián
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Merino 19' Monreal 22' Oyarzabal 27' (pen.) Willian José 54' Le Normand 86' Silva 90+4'	Report	Barcia 80' Machís 90+5'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

22 November 2020 10	Granada	1–3	Valladolid	Granada
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gonalons 37' Neva 39' Duarte 63' Montoro 71' Suárez 90+3'	Report	Fede 45' Plano 45+2' Marcos André 53' Janko 69' Jota 88', 90'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: David Medié Jiménez

29 November 2020 11	Celta Vigo	3–1	Granada	Vigo
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Murillo 21' Nolito 27' Tapia 45+1' Baeza 81' Beltrán 85' Olaza 90+2' Mallo 90+6' Yokuşlu 90+6', 90+8'	Report	Suárez 25' Foulquier 53' Puertas 90+2' Soldado 90+5'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Isidro Díaz de Mera

6 December 2020 12	Granada	3–3	Huesca	Granada
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Foulquier 31' Suárez 43' Germán 56', 90' Molina 88'	Report	Rico 21' García 49' Okazaki 82'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

13 December 2020 13	Elche	0–1	Granada	Elche
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Josema 10' Sánchez 48' González 73' Barragán 90+3'	Report	Suárez 42' Gonalons 86' Puertas 90+4'	Stadium: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

20 December 2020 14	Granada	2–0	Real Betis	Granada
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Herrera 9' Soldado 14' (pen.), 20', 15' Gonalons 30'	Report	Rodríguez 11' Emerson 67' Fekir 87'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

23 December 2020 15	Real Madrid	2–0	Granada	Madrid
19:45 CET (UTC+1)	Vázquez 17' Casemiro 57' Carvajal 81' Benzema 90+4'	Report	Foulquier 27'	Stadium: Alfredo Di Stéfano^[24] Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

30 December 2020 16	Granada	2–1	Valencia	Granada
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Foulquier 16' Herrera 40' Kenedy 45+3' Puertas 72' Duarte 76' Molina 88' Gonalons 90+5'	Report	Jason 9' 70' Wass 33' Gameiro 36' Mangala 48' Guedes 73'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

3 January 2021 17	Eibar	2–0	Granada	Eibar
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Diop 4' Expósito 27', 55' Gil 55', 76'	Report	Germán 40'	Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

9 January 2021 18	Granada	0–4	Barcelona	Granada
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Soldado 45' Suárez 74' Vallejo 78'	Report	Griezmann 12', 63' Messi 35', 42' Mingueza 49' Busquets 82' Alba 87'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

12 January 2021 4	Granada	2–0	Osasuna	Granada
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Suárez 22' Machís 45+1' Duarte 90'	Report	Oier 36' R. García 40' D. García 67' Gallego 76'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Pablo González Fuertes
Note: The match originally scheduled for 30 September 2020, but postponed due to Granada's involvement in the UEFA Europa League.^[25]

20 January 2021 19	Villarreal	2–2	Granada	Villarreal
21:30 CET (UTC+1)	Peña 29' Gómez 65' (pen.) Foyth 80' Alcácer 90+2' Coquelin 90+5'	Report	Milla 15' Soldado 21' Herrera 35' Kenedy 75' Machís 90' Eteki 90+1' Duarte 90+5'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez

24 January 2021 20	Osasuna	3–1	Granada	Pamplona
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Budimir 27', 39' Sánchez 37' Roncaglia 63' 88' Calleri 74' Moncayola 86' Torró 90+6'	Report	Vallejo 11' Foulquier 38' Suárez 50' Duarte 77' Germán 90+6'	Stadium: El Sadar Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

31 January 2021 21	Granada	0–0	Celta Vigo	Granada
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Herrera 12' Foulquier 44'	Report	Méndez 24' Nolito 39' Aspas 69' Mina 90+2'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

6 February 2021 22	Levante	2–2	Granada	Valencia
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Morales 30', 67', 74'	Report	Kenedy 43' Montoro 55' Soldado 79', 90+2' Suárez 90+4'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

13 February 2021 23	Granada	1–2	Atlético Madrid	Granada
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Herrera 66'	Report	Suárez 39' Saúl 43' Llorente 63' Correa 74' Savić 77' Koke 89' Carrasco 90+1'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

21 February 2021 24	Huesca	3–2	Granada	Huesca
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mir 16' Escriche 31' Pulido 39' Foulquier 44' (o.g.) Rico 51' Insua 73' Seoane 90+3'	Report	Quina 8' Silva 15' Soro 59' Pérez 61' Díaz 81' Germán 90+1'	Stadium: El Alcoraz Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: César Soto Grado

28 February 2021 25	Granada	2–1	Elche	Granada
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Pérez 24' Quina 31' Molina 47' Puertas 79' Díaz 90+3'	Report	Mojica 34' Boyé 40' Josema 72'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

7 March 2021 26	Athletic Bilbao	2–1	Granada	Bilbao
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Villalibre 3' D. García 28' Vencedor 68' R. García 71' Berenguer 90+1'	Report	Herrera 59' Molina 78' Díaz 90+5'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

14 March 2021 27	Granada	1–0	Real Sociedad	Granada
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Germán 51', 85' Kenedy 81'	Report	Portu 85' Guevara 88' Bautista 90+5'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

21 March 2021 28	Valencia	2–1	Granada	Valencia
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Wass 4' Blanco 66'	Report	Germán 33' Quini 67' Soldado 90' Montoro 90+5'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

3 April 2021 29	Granada	0–3	Villarreal	Granada
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Soldado 36' Quini 45+1' Molina 80'	Report	Gerard 9' (pen.), 18', 60' (pen.) Parejo 22' Gaspar 43'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

11 April 2021 30	Valladolid	1–2	Granada	Valladolid
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Orellana 41' (pen.) Alcaraz 62' Janko 62' Masip 64' Bruno 69'	Report	Vallejo 34' Suárez 67' Molina 78' Quini 86'	Stadium: José Zorrilla Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

22 April 2021 31	Granada	4–1	Eibar	Granada
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Soldado 21', 77' Puertas 37' Molina 41' Kenedy 81'	Report	Recio 42' Kike 64'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

25 April 2021 32	Sevilla	2–1	Granada	Seville
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Rakitić 16' (pen.) Ocampos 53' Acuña 90' Koundé 90+2'	Report	Kenedy 34' Puertas 67' Montoro 87' Soldado 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

29 April 2021 33	Barcelona	1–2	Granada	Barcelona
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Messi 23'	Report	Soldado 20' Pérez 43' Machís 63' Molina 79' Germán 89' Marín 90+4'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

2 May 2021 34	Granada	0–1	Cádiz	Granada
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Suárez 66' Gonalons 72' Quini 77' Soldado 87' 87' Montoro 88' Aarón 90+3'	Report	Sobrino 39', 75' Negredo 74'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Isidro Díaz de Mera Escuderos

10 May 2021 35	Real Betis	2–1	Granada	Seville
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Iglesias 39', 87' Ruiz 55' Joaquín 64'	Report	Montoro 12' Puertas 57' Machís 66' Eteki 69' Quini 90+1'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: César Soto Grado

13 May 2021 36	Granada	1–4	Real Madrid	Granada
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Molina 41', 71' Eteki 53' Quina 72'	Report	Modrić 17', 49' Militão 38' Rodrygo 45+1' Nacho 63' Odriozola 75' Benzema 76'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

16 May 2021 37	Alavés	4–2	Granada	Vitoria-Gasteiz
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Pons 8' R. Duarte 21' Joselu 66' Rioja 72' Guidetti 90+3' García 90+3'	Report	Pérez 20' Eteki 30' Molina 31' D. Duarte 45' Quini 47' Puertas 63'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

23 May 2021 38	Granada	0–0	Getafe	Granada
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Germán 15' Soro 22' Díaz 56' Eteki 63'	Report	Maksimović 35' Abdulai 86'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: David Medié Jiménez

Copa del Rey

17 December 2020 First round	San Juan	0–2	Granada	Pamplona
19:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Kenedy 1' Molina 26' Pérez 45+1'	Stadium: Donibane Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

6 January 2021 Second round	Cultural Leonesa	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Granada	León
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rovirola 3' Suárez 10' Samu 80' Thérésin 110'	Report	Molina 19' Machís 116'	Stadium: Reino de León Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

17 January 2021 Round of 32	Málaga	1–2	Granada	Málaga
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Quintana 76' Juande 78'	Report	Fede 16' Molina 28'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

28 January 2021 Round of 16	Navalcarnero	0–6	Granada	Navalcarnero
19:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Germán 9' Soro 24' Vico 32' Soldado 34' Pérez 37' Foulquier 72' Molina 78'	Stadium: Mariano González Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

3 February 2021 Quarter-finals	Granada	3–5 (a.e.t.)	Barcelona	Granada
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Eteki 29' Kenedy 33' Soldado 47' Germán 77' Montoro 90+3' Vico 103' (pen.) Vallejo 119'	Report	Messi 25' Griezmann 88', 100' Alba 90+2', 113', 103' De Jong 108'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds and play-off round

17 September 2020 Second qualifying round	Teuta	0–4	Granada	Durrës, Albania
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Daja 28' Beqja 41' 80' Krasniqi 65'	Report	Soldado 5' Kenedy 10' Herrera 31', 46'	Stadium: Niko Dovana Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Willy Delajod (France)

24 September 2020 Third qualifying round	Granada	2–0	Locomotive Tbilisi	Granada, Spain
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Machís 48' Soldado 56' Molina 90+1'	Report	Dartsmelia 9' Oulad Omar 22' Gabadze 54' 59'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 0 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

1 October 2020 Play-off round	Malmö FF	1–3	Granada	Malmö, Sweden
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Toivonen 41' Berget 45' Ahmedhodžić 61' Larsson 79'	Report	Machís 30', 89' Puertas 58' Soldado 59' Montoro 82' Herrera 85', 86' Germán 90+1'	Stadium: Eleda Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.^[26]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	PSV	GRA	PAOK	OMO
1	PSV Eindhoven	6	4	0	2	12	9	+3	12	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–2	3–2	4–0
2	Granada	6	3	2	1	6	3	+3	11	Advance to knockout phase	0–1	—	0–0	2–1
3	PAOK	6	1	3	2	8	7	+1	6		4–1	0–0	—	1–1
4	Omonia	6	1	1	4	5	12	−7	4		1–2	0–2	2–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

22 October 2020 1	PSV Eindhoven	1–2	Granada	Eindhoven, Netherlands
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)	Götze 45+1' Mauro Júnior 45+3'	Report	Molina 45+1', 57' Milla 45+2' Montoro 49' Machís 66' Silva 90+2' Suárez 90+5'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 0^[b] Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

29 October 2020 2	Granada	0–0	PAOK	Granada, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Herrera 45' Vallejo 68'	Report	Rodrigo 42' Giannoulis 64' Živković 74' Douglas 90+2'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 0^[b] Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)

5 November 2020 3	Omonia	0–2	Granada	Strovolos, Cyprus
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Ďuriš 31' 41' Lang 84'	Report	Herrera 4' Neva 35' Suárez 63'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 0^[b] Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

26 November 2020 4	Granada	2–1	Omonia	Granada, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Suárez 8' Pérez 15' Gonalons 31' Herrera 44' Soro 73' Machís 90+5'	Report	Kiko 55' Asante 60' Kousoulos 65' Lecjaks 67' Gómez 67' Sene 90+5'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 0^[b] Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

3 December 2020 5	Granada	0–1	PSV Eindhoven	Granada, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Duarte 18' Germán 27' Machís 77'	Report	Malen 38' Sangaré 40' Götze 61'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 0^[b] Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (Israel)

10 December 2020 6	PAOK	0–0	Granada	Thessaloniki, Greece
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Esiti 34' Čolak 74' Crespo 89' Douglas 89'	Report	Pérez 86' Germán 86' Suárez 89'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 0^[b] Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)

Knockout phase

Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 14 December 2020.^[27]

18 February 2021 First leg	Granada	2–0	Napoli	Granada, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Herrera 19' Kenedy 21' Foulquier 38' Silva 77' Díaz 86' Eteki 90+2' Montoro 90+2'	Report	Elmas 26' Di Lorenzo 27' Insigne 79' Zieliński 83' Mário Rui 90+1'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 0^[b] Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

25 February 2021 Second leg	Napoli	2–1 (2–3 agg.)	Granada	Naples, Italy
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Zieliński 2' Politano 37' Maksimović 41' Insigne 42' Fabián 59' Bakayoko 88' Koulibaly 90'	Report	Montoro 25', 39' Kenedy 37' Duarte 40' Germán 55' Herrera 62' Foulquier 90'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 0^[b] Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 26 February 2021.^[28]

11 March 2021 First leg	Granada	2–0	Molde	Granada, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Molina 26' Eteki 33' Soldado 75'	Report	Sigurðarson 48' Hestad 57' Ellingsen 68' 71' Eikrem 90'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 0^[b] Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

18 March 2021 Second leg	Molde	2–1 (2–3 agg.)	Granada	Budapest, Hungary
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Vallejo 29' (o.g.) Risa 62' Hestad 90' (pen.)	Report	Díaz 7' Soldado 72'	Stadium: Puskás Aréna Attendance: 0^[b] Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)
Note: The match was played at Puskás Aréna, Budapest, due to the quarantine restrictions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway.^[29]

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 19 March 2021.^[30]

8 April 2021 First leg	Granada	0–2	Manchester United	Granada, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Duarte 51' Eteki 89'	Report	Pogba 8' Rashford 31' McTominay 40' Shaw 43' Maguire 72' Matić 84' Fernandes 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 0^[b] Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

15 April 2021 Second leg	Manchester United	2–0 (4–0 agg.)	Granada	Manchester, England
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Cavani 6' Pogba 17' Vallejo 90' (o.g.)	Report	Soldado 20' Germán 61' Neva 74' Montoro 74'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 0^[b] Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

Statistics

Squad statistics

Last updated 23 May 2021

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	POR	Rui Silva	46	0	32	0	0	0	14	0
13	GK	ESP	Aarón Escandell	11	0	5	0	5	0	1	0
41	GK	ESP	Ángel Jiménez	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	GLP	Dimitri Foulquier	46	1	32	0	1+3	1	6+4	0
3	DF	ARG	Nehuén Pérez	26	0	9+5	0	4+1	0	3+4	0
6	DF	ESP	Germán	50	4	29+5	3	3	1	11+2	0
15	DF	ESP	Carlos Neva	37	0	21+1	0	2	0	12+1	0
16	DF	ESP	Víctor Díaz	28	0	7+10	0	2	0	6+3	0
17	DF	ESP	Quini	21	1	12+7	1	2	0	0	0
18	DF	ESP	Adrián Marín	9	0	3+6	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF	ESP	Jesús Vallejo	37	0	15+6	0	2+2	0	9+3	0
22	DF	POR	Domingos Duarte	42	1	27+2	1	1+1	0	10+1	0
28	DF	ESP	Pepe Sánchez	9	0	3	0	3+1	0	2	0
42	DF	ESP	Sergio Barcia	2	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
44	DF	GHA	Kingsley Fobi	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	COL	Neyder Lozano	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF	FRA	Maxime Gonalons	40	0	18+7	0	0	0	14+1	0
5	MF	ESP	Luis Milla	24	1	14+2	1	1	0	6+1	0
8	MF	CMR	Yan Eteki	40	0	16+9	0	5	0	3+7	0
12	MF	POR	Domingos Quina	8	2	5+3	2	0	0	0	0
14	MF	ESP	Fede Vico	25	3	9+11	0	3+1	3	0+1	0
19	MF	ESP	Ángel Montoro	36	2	17+5	1	1+2	0	9+2	1
21	MF	VEN	Yangel Herrera	46	8	25+7	3	0+2	0	11+1	5
24	MF	BRA	Kenedy	44	8	18+10	4	3+1	2	11+1	2
26	MF	ESP	Alberto Soro	28	3	3+12	1	5	1	3+5	1
27	MF	ESP	Antonio Aranda	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
29	MF	ESP	Isma Ruiz	4	0	1	0	0+2	0	0+1	0
36	MF	ARG	Juan Ignacio Brunet	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	ESP	Álvaro Bravo	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	COL	Luis Suárez	37	7	18+9	5	0+2	0	3+5	2
9	FW	ESP	Roberto Soldado	43	14	16+13	9	2+1	2	8+3	3
10	FW	ESP	Antonio Puertas	53	4	22+13	3	3+1	0	9+5	1
11	FW	VEN	Darwin Machís	46	9	21+11	5	0+2	1	8+4	3
23	FW	ESP	Jorge Molina	51	15	17+16	8	4	4	6+8	3
38	FW	ESP	Dani Plomer	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
12	MF	NGA	Ramon Azeez	4	0	1+1	0	2	0	0	0

Goalscorers

As of 30 December 2020

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	La Liga	Copa del Rey	Europa League	Total
1	21	MF	Yangel Herrera	2	0	4	6
1	23	FW	Jorge Molina	3	1	2	6
3	7	FW	Luis Suárez	3	0	2	5
3	11	FW	Darwin Machís	2	0	3	5
5	9	FW	Roberto Soldado	3	0	1	4
6	24	MF	Kenedy	1	1	1	3
7	6	DF	Germán	2	0	0	2
8	22	DF	Domingos Duarte	1	0	0	1
	5	MF	Luis Milla	1	0	0	1
	19	MF	Ángel Montoro	1	0	0	1
	10	FW	Antonio Puertas	0	0	1	1
	26	MF	Alberto Soro	0	0	1	1
Totals				19	2	15	36

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.^[23]
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.

References

^ "Plantilla Granada Club de Fútbol".
^ "Comunicado | José Antonio renueva por un año más y jugará cedido en el Córdoba CF esta temporada" [Announcement | José Antonio renews for one more year and will play on loan at Córdoba CF this season] (in Spanish). Granada CF. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
^ "Comunicado | Bernardo Cruz, cedido al CD Numancia" [Announcement | Bernardo Cruz, loaned to CD Numancia] (in Spanish). Granada CF. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
^ "Adquiere los derechos de Dimitri Foulquier" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 24 July 2020.
^ "Luis Milla inicia su andadura en el Granada CF" (in Spanish). Granada Hoy. 2 August 2020.
^ "Gonalons: "Estoy muy contento por prolongar mi aventura en Granada"" (in Spanish). Idea Digital. 24 July 2020.
^ "Comunicado – Granada CF y Real Madrid acuerdan la cesión de Vallejo por una temporada" (in Spanish). Granada CF. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
^ "Jorge Molina ficha por el Granada CF para las próximas dos temporadas". Granada CF. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
^ "El Granada CF acuerda con el Chelsea FC la cesión de Kenedy por una temporada" (Press release) (in Spanish). Granada C.F. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
^ "Adrián Marín, nuevo jugador del Granada CF" (in Spanish). Granada CF. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
^ "Watford: Domingos Quina joins Granada on loan for rest of season". BBC Sport. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
^ "Comunicado | Gil Dias refuerza el ataque del Granada CF" [Announcement | Gil Dias bolsters the attack of Granada CF] (in Spanish). Granada CF. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
^ "Carlos Fernández se une al Granada CF como cedido" [Carlos Fernández joins Granada CF on loan] (in Spanish). Granada CF. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
^ "Comunicado | Yangel Herrera se une al Granada CF como cedido" [Announcement | Yangel Herrera joins Granada CF on loan] (in Spanish). Granada CF. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
^ "SD Eibar cede a José Antonio Martínez al Granada CF" [SD Eibar loan José Antonio Martínez to Granada CF] (in Spanish). SD Eibar. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
^ "Comunicado – Vallejo se incorpora como cedido hasta final de temporada" [Announcement – Vallejo added on loan until end of the season] (in Spanish). Granada CF. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
^ "El Recreativo se refuerza con José Antonio González" (in Spanish). Diario de Huelva. 23 July 2020.
^ "Oficial: Álvaro Vadillo es nuevo jugador del Celta de Vigo" (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 22 July 2020.
^ "Ramón Azeez, equilibro y músculo para cerrar una plantilla muy ilusionante" (Press release) (in Spanish). FC Cartagena. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
^ "Reglamento General – Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
^ "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.
^ "El calendario oficial de LaLiga Santander 2020/21, a un clic". laliga.com (in Spanish). 31 August 2020.
^ "La Liga pins hopes on the unpredictable as Spanish football returns without heavyweights". Yahoo Sports. 11 September 2020. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
^ Due to the on-going renovations of the Santiago Bernabéu, Real Madrid played their home matches at the Alfredo di Stéfano.
^ "LaLiga Santander 2020/21 fixtures revealed". laliga.com. 31 August 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
^ "2020/21 UEFA Europa League: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
^ "Europa League round of 32 draw: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 14 December 2020.
^ "Europa League round of 16 draw: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 26 February 2021.
^ ""Hjemmekampen" Mot Granada Spilles". Molde FK. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
^ "UEFA Europa League quarter-final and semi-final draw: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 19 March 2021.

External links

Official website

[table_note_res_ELTH0.30664307824645-20] Villarreal qualified for the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League by winning the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League. Based on their league position (7th), they would have received the spot above to enter the Europa Conference League play-off round. This spot was vacated without replacement as per UEFA regulations.

[table_hth_GRA0.30664307824645-21] Granada finished ahead of Athletic Bilbao on head-to-head goal difference: Granada 2–0 Athletic Bilbao, Athletic Bilbao 2–1 Granada.

[table_hth_OSA0.30664307824645-22] Osasuna finished ahead of Cádiz on head-to-head points: Cádiz 0–2 Osasuna, Osasuna 3–2 Cádiz.

[Covid-27] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.^[23]

[Behind_closed_doors-31] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.

[1] "Plantilla Granada Club de Fútbol".

[2] "Comunicado | José Antonio renueva por un año más y jugará cedido en el Córdoba CF esta temporada" [Announcement | José Antonio renews for one more year and will play on loan at Córdoba CF this season] (in Spanish). Granada CF. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.

[3] "Comunicado | Bernardo Cruz, cedido al CD Numancia" [Announcement | Bernardo Cruz, loaned to CD Numancia] (in Spanish). Granada CF. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.

[4] "Adquiere los derechos de Dimitri Foulquier" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 24 July 2020.

[5] "Luis Milla inicia su andadura en el Granada CF" (in Spanish). Granada Hoy. 2 August 2020.

[6] "Gonalons: "Estoy muy contento por prolongar mi aventura en Granada"" (in Spanish). Idea Digital. 24 July 2020.

[Jesús_Vallejo_2-7] "Comunicado – Granada CF y Real Madrid acuerdan la cesión de Vallejo por una temporada" (in Spanish). Granada CF. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.

[Jorge_Molina_Vidal-8] "Jorge Molina ficha por el Granada CF para las próximas dos temporadas". Granada CF. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.

[Kenedy-9] "El Granada CF acuerda con el Chelsea FC la cesión de Kenedy por una temporada" (Press release) (in Spanish). Granada C.F. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.

[Adrián_Marín_Gómez-10] "Adrián Marín, nuevo jugador del Granada CF" (in Spanish). Granada CF. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

[Domingos_Quina-11] "Watford: Domingos Quina joins Granada on loan for rest of season". BBC Sport. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

[12] "Comunicado | Gil Dias refuerza el ataque del Granada CF" [Announcement | Gil Dias bolsters the attack of Granada CF] (in Spanish). Granada CF. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.

[Carlos_Fernández-13] "Carlos Fernández se une al Granada CF como cedido" [Carlos Fernández joins Granada CF on loan] (in Spanish). Granada CF. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

[14] "Comunicado | Yangel Herrera se une al Granada CF como cedido" [Announcement | Yangel Herrera joins Granada CF on loan] (in Spanish). Granada CF. Retrieved 26 July 2019.

[José_Antonio_Martínez-15] "SD Eibar cede a José Antonio Martínez al Granada CF" [SD Eibar loan José Antonio Martínez to Granada CF] (in Spanish). SD Eibar. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.

[Jesús_Vallejo-16] "Comunicado – Vallejo se incorpora como cedido hasta final de temporada" [Announcement – Vallejo added on loan until end of the season] (in Spanish). Granada CF. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.

[17] "El Recreativo se refuerza con José Antonio González" (in Spanish). Diario de Huelva. 23 July 2020.

[Álvaro_Vadillo-18] "Oficial: Álvaro Vadillo es nuevo jugador del Celta de Vigo" (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 22 July 2020.

[Ramon_Azeez-19] "Ramón Azeez, equilibro y músculo para cerrar una plantilla muy ilusionante" (Press release) (in Spanish). FC Cartagena. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

[23] "Reglamento General – Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.

[24] "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.

[25] "El calendario oficial de LaLiga Santander 2020/21, a un clic". laliga.com (in Spanish). 31 August 2020.

[26] "La Liga pins hopes on the unpredictable as Spanish football returns without heavyweights". Yahoo Sports. 11 September 2020. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.

[28] Due to the on-going renovations of the Santiago Bernabéu, Real Madrid played their home matches at the Alfredo di Stéfano.

[29] "LaLiga Santander 2020/21 fixtures revealed". laliga.com. 31 August 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2021.

[30] "2020/21 UEFA Europa League: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

[32] "Europa League round of 32 draw: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 14 December 2020.

[33] "Europa League round of 16 draw: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 26 February 2021.

[34] ""Hjemmekampen" Mot Granada Spilles". Molde FK. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.

[35] "UEFA Europa League quarter-final and semi-final draw: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 19 March 2021.

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