2021–22 Real Zaragoza season

Real Zaragoza
2021–22 season
President	Christian Lapetra
Head coach	Juan Ignacio Martínez
Stadium	La Romareda
Segunda División	10th
Copa del Rey	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Iván Azón; Valentin Vada; (7 each); All: ; Iván Azón; Valentin Vada; (7 each)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season was the 90th season in the existence of Real Zaragoza and the club's ninth 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.

Players

First-team squad

As of 31 January 2022

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ARG	Cristian Álvarez (3rd captain)
2	DF	ESP	Carlos Vigaray
3	DF	ESP	Jair Amador
4	MF	SRB	Radosav Petrović
5	MF	ESP	Jaume Grau
6	DF	ESP	Alejandro Francés
7	FW	COL	Juanjo Narváez
8	MF	ESP	Eugeni Valderrama
10	FW	ESP	Sabin Merino
11	MF	ARG	Valentín Vada
13	GK	ESP	Álvaro Ratón
15	DF	ESP	Pep Chavarría


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	ESP	Dani Lasure
17	DF	ESP	Carlos Nieto
18	DF	ESP	Fran Gámez
20	FW	ESP	Álvaro Giménez (on loan from Cádiz)
21	MF	ESP	Alberto Zapater (captain)
22	MF	ESP	Sergio Bermejo
23	FW	ESP	Nano Mesa (on loan from Cádiz)
24	DF	ESP	Lluís López
26	MF	ESP	Borja Sainz (on loan from Alavés)
27	MF	ESP	Francho Serrano
31	FW	ESP	Iván Azón

Reserve team

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
28	DF	ESP	Javi Hernández
29	MF	ESP	Isaiah
33	FW	ESP	Miguel Puche
34	DF	ESP	Ángel López
35	GK	ESP	Miguel Ángel Sanz


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
37	DF	ESP	Luismi Luengo
38	MF	ESP	Alberto Vaquero
39	FW	ESP	Raúl Rubio
40	GK	ESP	Carlos Calavia
41	GK	ESP	Guillermo Acín

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ESP	Carlos Azón (at Tarazona until 30 June 2022)
—	DF	ESP	Alejandro Escuín (at Ejea until 30 June 2022)
—	DF	ESP	Enrique Clemente (at Real Sociedad B until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	EQG	Federico Bikoro (at Hércules until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	EQG	Jannick Buyla (at Gimnàstic until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	ESP	Javi Ros (at Amorebieta until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	ESP	Marc Aguado (at Andorra until 30 June 2022)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ESP	Alejandro Jay (at Tarazona until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	NGA	James Igbekeme (at Columbus Crew until 31 December 2022)
—	FW	SVN	Haris Vučkić (at Rijeka until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	ESP	Gaizka Larrazabal (at Amorebieta until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	ESP	Jaime Sancho (at Calvo Sotelo Puertollano until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	ESP	Marcos Cuenca (at Brea until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	ESP	Marcos Baselga (at Zamora until 30 June 2022)

Transfers

In

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

17 July 2021 Friendly	Teruel	Cancelled	Zaragoza	Teruel, Spain
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Estadio La Pinila

20 July 2021 Friendly	Calahorra	2–0	Zaragoza	Calahorra, Spain
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Estadio La Planilla

24 July 2021 Friendly	Elche	0–2	Zaragoza	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Narváez 24' Adrián 78'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena Football Center Attendance: 0

28 July 2021 Friendly	Valencia	0–2	Zaragoza	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)			Narváez 19' Gámez 44'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena Football Center Attendance: 0 Referee: Pedro Campoy Candela

30 July 2021 Friendly	Zaragoza	1–1	Atromitos	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gámez 39'		Oikonomidis 86'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena Football Center Attendance: 0

4 August 2021 Trofeo Carlos Lapetra	Zaragoza	0–0 (5–6 p)	Getafe	Zaragoza, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: La Romareda Referee: Víctor García Verdura
	Penalties
	Adrián Francés Carbonell Serrano Nieto Clemente Puche Cortés López		Timor Miquel Ramírez Duro Niang Josete Cabaco Iglesias Chema

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 %
Segunda División	13 August 2021	27 May 2022	Matchday 1	10th	42	12	20	10	39	46	−7	028.57
Copa del Rey	1 December 2021	6 January 2022	First round	Round of 32	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	066.67
Total					45	14	20	11	42	48	−6	031.11

Source: Soccerway

Segunda División

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Ponferradina	42	17	12	13	57	55	+2	63
9	Cartagena	42	18	6	18	63	57	+6	60
10	Zaragoza	42	12	20	10	39	46	−7	56
11	Burgos	42	15	10	17	41	41	0	55
12	Leganés	42	13	15	14	50	51	−1	54^[a]

Source: LaLiga SmartBank
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]
Notes:

^ Leganés finished ahead of Huesca on head-to-head points: Leganés 2–1 Huesca, Huesca 0–2 Leganés.

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
42	12	20	10	39	46	−7	56	7	10	4	16	15	+1	5	10	6	23	31	−8

Source: La Liga SmartBank

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	39	40	41	42
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	L	W	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	D	D	D	D	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	D	D	L	L	D	W	W
Position	13	18	21	17	18	19	18	20	19	18	19	19	19	17	12	11	13	13	11	13	15	17	16	16	18	18	18	16	15	14	11	14	13	14	11	12	12	14	14	14	13	10

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

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 30 June 2021.^[2]^[3]

13 August 2021 1	Zaragoza	0–0	Ibiza	Zaragoza
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: La Romareda Referee: Iosu Galech Apezteguía

20 August 2021 2	Valladolid	2–0	Zaragoza	Valladolid
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sánchez 17' Toni 90'	Report		Stadium: José Zorrilla Attendance: 10,080 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

30 August 2021 3	Zaragoza	0–1	Cartagena	Zaragoza
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Gámez 71' (o.g.)	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 10,704 Referee: Saúl Ais Reig

5 September 2021 4	Alcorcón	1–2	Zaragoza	Alcorcón
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Moyano 20'	Report	Eguaras 56' Vada 84'	Stadium: Santo Domingo Referee: Rubén Ávalos Barrera

12 September 2021 5	Fuenlabrada	1–1	Zaragoza	Fuenlabrada
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Anderson 25'	Report	Vada 72' (pen.)	Stadium: Fernando Torres Referee: Aitor Gorostegui Fernández-Ortega

18 September 2021 6	Zaragoza	1–1	Real Sociedad B	Zaragoza
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: La Romareda

26 September 2021 7	Lugo	1–1	Zaragoza	Lugo
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Chris Ramos 28' Xavi Torres 69'	Report	Borja Sainz 32' (pen.) Nano 63'	Stadium: Anxo Carro Attendance: 2,135 Referee: Víctor García

2 October 2021 8	Zaragoza	0–0	Real Oviedo	Zaragoza
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Íñigo Eguaras 19' Narváez 88'	Report	Dani Calvo 36' Jimmy Suárez 54' Mossa 58' Brugman 80' Matheus Aiás 85' David Costas 88'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 16,889 Referee: Luis Milla

11 October 2021 9	Zaragoza	0–0	Huesca	Zaragoza
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sergio Bermejo 45' Alberto Zapater 90'	Report	Miguel 23' Dani Escriche 34' Pitta 84'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 25,307 Referee: Francisco Hernández

16 October 2021 10	Málaga	1–1	Zaragoza	Málaga
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Genaro Rodríguez 21' Javi Jiménez 25' Brandon Thomas 28' Jairo Samperio 70'	Report	Vada 37' Narváez 44' 58' Borja Sainz 82' Petrović 88'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Stadium Attendance: 15,901 Referee: Jon González

21 October 2021 11	Zaragoza	1–1	Ponferradina	Zaragoza
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Íñigo Eguaras 3' Jair Amador 45+1' Vada 77' (pen.) Petrović 81' Alejandro Francés 90+3'	Report	Pașcanu 24' Cristian Rodríguez 47' Copete 52' Ricard Pujol 72' José María Amo 74'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 15,676 Referee: Aitor Gorostegui

25 October 2021 12	Girona	1–1	Zaragoza	Girona
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Stuani 87' 90+8' Álex Baena 90+6' Samuel Sáiz 90+7'	Report	Lluís López 54' Vada 71' Fran Gámez 90'	Stadium: Estadi Montilivi Attendance: 5,162 Referee: Raúl Martín González Francés

31 October 2021 13	Zaragoza	1–1	Mirandés	Zaragoza
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Nano 1' 15' Pep Chavarría 29' Alejandro Francés 63' Petrović 87'	Report	Iñigo Vicente 15' Brugui 90+5'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 13,802 Referee: Gorka Sagues Oscoz

4 November 2021 14	Burgos	0–1	Zaragoza	Burgos
19:00 CET	Míchel Zabaco 5' Miki Muñoz 90+4'	Report	Lluís López 66' Álvaro Giménez 83' 83' Fran Gámez 90+2'	Stadium: Estadio El Plantío Attendance: 9,584 Referee: Daniel Jesús Trujillo Suárez

7 November 2021 15	Zaragoza	2–0	Sporting Gijón	Zaragoza
16:00 CET	Borja Sainz 30' Petrović 45+1' Nano 59' 62' Jair Amador 80' Fran Gámez 88'	Report	Gaspar Campos 26' Đurđević 68' Pedro Díaz 77'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 18,100 Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

13 November 2021 16	Las Palmas	2–3	Zaragoza	Las Palmas
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Jonathan Viera 23' 90+4' Benito Ramírez 67' Álex Suárez 90+1'	Report	Sergio Bermejo 33' Álvaro Giménez 54' 75' Lluís López 69' Fran Gámez 82'	Stadium: Estadio Gran Canaria Attendance: 13,432 Referee: Álvaro Moreno Aragón

22 November 2021 17	Zaragoza	0–2	Leganés	Zaragoza
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sergio Bermejo 43' Alejandro Francés 49' Íñigo Eguaras 56'	Report	Ranđelović 15' Javi Hernández 36' José Arnaiz 49' Recio 62' Shibasaki 65'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 10,426 Referee: Dámaso Arcediano Monescillo

28 November 2021 18	Amorebieta	1–1	Zaragoza	Lezama
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jair Amador 24' (o.g.) Aitor Aldalur 29' Óscar Gil 54' Iñigo Orozco 68' Iker Bilbao 87' Gorka Larrucea 89' Gorka Guruzeta 90+4'	Report	Álvaro Giménez 18' Jair Amador 71' Igbekeme 90+1'	Stadium: Lezama Facilities Attendance: 1,250 Referee: Oliver De La Fuente

6 December 2021 19	Zaragoza	1–0	Eibar	Zaragoza
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Alejandro Francés 60'	Report	Toño 31' Stoichkov 63'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 16,109 Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

11 December 2021 20	Almería	3–0	Zaragoza	Almería
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Samú Costa 37' Babić 58' Sadiq 61' Alejandro Pozo 86' Ramazani 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 9,258 Referee: Francisco Hernández Maeso

19 December 2021 21	Zaragoza	0–2	Tenerife	Zaragoza
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Petrović 37' Borja Sainz 50'	Report	Elady Zorrilla 20' Víctor Mollejo 28' 37' Carlos Pomares 66' Mellot 88'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 15,283 Referee: Alejandro Quintero González

2 January 2022 22	Mirandés	2–0	Zaragoza	Miranda de Ebro
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Alejandro Marqués 14' 79' Víctor Sanchís 21' César Gelabert 25' Capellini 39' Iago López 47' Arroyo 69'	Report	Francho Serrano 12' Vada 38' Enrique Clemente 72' Alejandro Francés 83'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Anduva Attendance: 3,076 Referee: Luis Milla Alvendiz

9 January 2022 23	Ponferradina	0–0	Zaragoza	Ponferrada
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	José María Amo 29' Dani Ojeda 57' Agus Medina 88'	Report	Borja Sainz 75'	Stadium: Estadio El Toralín Attendance: 3,282 Referee: Iosu Galech Apezteguía

22 January 2022 24	Zaragoza	0–0	Real Valladolid	Zaragoza
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pep Chavarría 44' Nano 55'	Report	Nacho 74' Plata 84' Roque Mesa 85'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 14,795 Referee: Jon González Esteban

31 January 2022 25	Ibiza	2–2	Zaragoza	Ibiza
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cifu 22' David Goldar 30' Juan Ibiza 40' Sergio Castel 61' 65' Diop 76'	Report	Francho Serrano 15' Iván Azón 21' Petrović 24' Vada 70'	Stadium: Estadi Municipal de Can Misses Attendance: 4,678 Referee: Saúl Ais Reig

5 February 2022 26	Zaragoza	1–1	Málaga	Zaragoza
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Eugeni Valderrama 64' (pen.) Petrović 83'	Report	Antoñín 26' Cufré 62' Alberto Escassi 70'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 16,178 Referee: Francisco Hernández Maeso

11 February 2022 27	Leganés	2–1	Zaragoza	Leganés
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nyom 27' Omeruo 33' Javi Hernández 46' Cissé 51' José Arnaiz 76'	Report	Petrović 65' Iván Azón 89'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Butarque Attendance: 8,244 Referee: Dámaso Arcediano Monescillo

19 February 2022 28	Zaragoza	2–1	Las Palmas	Zaragoza
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jaume Grau 5' 72' Fran Gámez 10' Pep Chavarría 43' Alejandro Francés 63' Álvaro Giménez 69' 82'	Report	Mfulu 4' Maikel Mesa 17' 55' Eric Curbelo 24' Sergi Cardona 60'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 14,898 Referee: Iván Caparrós Hernández

27 February 2022 29	Sporting Gijón	1–2	Zaragoza	Gijón
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Juan Berrocal 71' Ramírez 90' Nacho Méndez 90+2' Đurđević 90+4' 90+7' Borja López 90+7'	Report	Jaume Grau 25' 90+7' Jair Amador 45+1' Sabin Merino 46' Vada 77' Iván Azón 90+6'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 15,470 Referee: Jon González Esteban

4 March 2022 30	Zaragoza	2–0	Almería	Zaragoza
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Álvarez 8' Francho Serrano 13' Iván Azón 79'	Report		Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Daniel Trujillo Suárez

11 March 2022 31	Zaragoza	2–1	Fuenlabrada	Zaragoza
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Narváez 37' Iván Azón 54' Miguel Puche 75' Alejandro Francés 86'	Report	Bouldini 27' Pedro León 30' Jair Amador 32' (o.g.) Javier Ontiveros 37' Sotillos 53' Adrián Diéguez 84'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 16,317 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

19 March 2022 32	FC Cartagena	3–0	Zaragoza	Cartagena
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Delmás 34' Rubén Castro 44' Dauda 51' Bodiger 68' Datković 84'	Report	Álvaro Giménez 40' Vada 46' Iván Azón 89'	Stadium: Estadio Cartagonova Attendance: 7,056 Referee: José López Toca

25 March 2022 33	Zaragoza	1–1	Amorebieta	Zaragoza
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	vada 90+3' Iván Azón 90+7'	Report	Iker Seguín 29' Jon Irazabal 44' Óscar Gil 64' 78' Peru Nolaskoain 89' Koldo Obieta 90'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 15,556 Referee: Rubén Ávalos Barrera

2 April 2022 34	Tenerife	1–1	Zaragoza	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
19:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Shashoua 22' Juan Soriano 73'	Report	Vada 15' Sergio Bermejo 68'	Stadium: Heliodoro Rodríguez López Attendance: 12,050 Referee: David Gálvez Rascón

10 April 2022 35	Zaragoza	1–0	Girona	Zaragoza
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: La Romareda

17 April 2022 36	Huesca	1–1	Zaragoza	Huesca
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Seoane 31'		Azón 38'	Stadium: El Alcoraz Referee: Jon Ander González Esteban

24 April 2022 37	Zaragoza	0–0	Burgos	Zaragoza
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: La Romareda Referee: José Antonio López Toca

30 April 2022 38	Eibar	2–0	Zaragoza	Eibar
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Stoichkov 51' Antonio Glauder 59' Lluís López 60' (o.g.)	Report	Alejandro Francés 43'	Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 5,973 Referee: Daniel Jesús Trujillo Suárez

8 May 2022 39	Zaragoza	0–3	Alcorcón	Zaragoza
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)			Apeh 45+2' Calero 62' Arribas 79'	Stadium: La Romareda Referee: Gorka Sagués Oscoz

16 May 2022 40	Oviedo	3–3	Zaragoza	Oviedo
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bastón 14' (pen.) Obeng 26' Brugman 48'		Bermejo 17', 33' Amador 20'	Stadium: Carlos Tartiere Referee: Oliver de la Fuente Ramos

20 May 2022 41	Zaragoza	1–0	Lugo	Zaragoza
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vada 74'		Torres 59'	Stadium: La Romareda Referee: Álvaro Moreno Aragón

27 May 2022 42	Real Sociedad B	1–2	Zaragoza	San Sebastián
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Aldasoro 10' Martín 66' Sola 82'	Report	Ivan 1' Vada 41'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 2,622 Referee: Rafael Sánchez López

Copa del Rey

1 December 2021 First round	Mensajero	0–1	Zaragoza	Santa Cruz de La Palma
15:30 WET (UTC±0)		Report	Clemente 80'	Stadium: Silvestre Carrillo Referee: Gorka Sagués Oscoz

14 December 2021 Second round	Zaragoza	2–0	Burgos	Zaragoza
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Eguaras 34' González 51'	Report		Stadium: La Romareda Referee: Aitor Gorostegui Fernández-Ortega

6 January 2022 Round of 32	Zaragoza	0–2	Sevilla	Zaragoza
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Narváez 54' Petrović 73'	Report	Koundé 31' Diego Carlos 52' Gudelj 60' Mir 69'	Stadium: La Romareda Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez

References

^ "Reglamento General RFEF - Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos" (PDF). RFEF. 1 May 2015. p. 104. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
^ "Sorteo calendario LaLiga Santander 2021/22: horario y dónde ver en TV". El Correo. 30 June 2021.
^ "Sync the new LaLiga season's fixtures with your personal calendar!". LaLiga. 30 June 2021.

[table_hth_LEG0.29050798774255-1] Leganés finished ahead of Huesca on head-to-head points: Leganés 2–1 Huesca, Huesca 0–2 Leganés.

[2] "Reglamento General RFEF - Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos" (PDF). RFEF. 1 May 2015. p. 104. Retrieved 30 June 2020.

[3] "Sorteo calendario LaLiga Santander 2021/22: horario y dónde ver en TV". El Correo. 30 June 2021.

[4] "Sync the new LaLiga season's fixtures with your personal calendar!". LaLiga. 30 June 2021.

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