2023–24 Villarreal CF season

Villarreal CF

2023–24 season
President	Fernando Roig
Head coach	Quique Setién (until 5 September) Pacheta (from 9 September to 10 November) Miguel Ángel Tena (interim, from 10 to 13 November) Marcelino (from 13 November)
Stadium	Estadio de la Cerámica
La Liga	9th
Copa del Rey	Round of 32
UEFA Europa League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Alexander Sørloth (15) All: Alexander Sørloth (18)
Biggest win	Chiclana 0–5 Villarreal
Biggest defeat	Marseille 4–0 Villarreal
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2022–23 2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 21 April 2024.

The 2023–24 season is Villarreal Club de Fútbol's 101st season in existence and 11th consecutive season in La Liga. They also competed in the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Europa League.

Villarreal would be eliminated in the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey by Unionistas, and the round of 16 of the Europa League by Marseille.

Players[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

As of 24 January 2024^[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 Pepe Reina 2 DF  COL Yerson Mosquera (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers) 3 DF  ESP Raúl Albiol (captain) 4 MF  ESP Santi Comesaña 5 DF  ESP Jorge Cuenca 6 MF  FRA Étienne Capoue 7 FW  ESP Gerard Moreno (3rd captain) 8 DF  ARG Juan Foyth 9 FW  POR Gonçalo Guedes (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers) 10 MF  ESP Dani Parejo 11 FW  NOR Alexander Sørloth 12 DF  CIV Eric Bailly 13 GK  DEN Filip Jörgensen 14 MF  ESP Manu Trigueros (vice-captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 FW  ESP José Luis Morales 16 MF  ESP Álex Baena 17 DF  ESP Kiko Femenía 18 DF  ESP Alberto Moreno 19 MF  FRA Francis Coquelin 20 MF  ESP Ramon Terrats 21 FW  ESP Yeremy Pino 22 MF  ESP Denis Suárez 23 DF  ALG Aïssa Mandi 24 DF  ESP Alfonso Pedraza 25 FW  BFA Bertrand Traoré 26 DF  ESP Adrià Altimira 27 FW  MAR Ilias Akhomach 37 DF  ESP Carlos Romero

Out on loan[edit]

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  COL Johan Mojica (at Osasuna until 30 June 2024) — FW  NED Arnaut Danjuma (at Everton until 30 June 2024) — FW  FRA Haissem Hassan (at Sporting Gijón until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  ARG Thiago Ojeda (at Lugo until 30 June 2024) — FW  CHI Ben Brereton Díaz (at Sheffield United until 30 June 2024)

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Ref.
MF	Arnaut Danjuma	Tottenham Hotspur	Loan return	30 June 2023	[2]
MF	Santi Comesaña	Rayo Vallecano	Free	1 July 2023	[3]
MF	Denis Suárez	Celta Vigo	Free	1 July 2023	[4]
MF	Ramon Terrats	Girona	€2,500,000	1 July 2023	[5]
FW	Ilias Akhomach	Barcelona	Free	3 July 2023	[6]
FW	Ben Brereton Díaz	Blackburn Rovers	Free	4 July 2023	[7]
FW	Alexander Sørloth	RB Leipzig	€10,000,000	25 July 2023	[8]
DF	Matteo Gabbia	Milan	Loan	26 July 2023	[9]
DF	Eric Bailly	Beşiktaş	Free	1 January 2024	[10]
FW	Gonçalo Guedes	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Loan	19 January 2024	[11]
DF	Yerson Mosquera	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Loan	23 January 2024	[12]
FW	Bertrand Traoré	Aston Villa	Free	1 February 2024	[13]

Out[edit]

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Ref.
FW	Álex Millán	Oviedo	Free	1 July 2023	[14]
MF	Manu Morlanes	Mallorca	€4,000,000[1]	1 July 2023	[15]
FW	Nicolas Jackson	Chelsea	€37,000,000	1 July 2023	[16]
FW	Boulaye Dia	Salernitana	€12,000,000	1 July 2023	[17]
MF	Vicente Iborra	Olympiacos	Undisclosed	11 July 2023	[18]
DF	Pau Torres	Aston Villa	Undisclosed	12 July 2023	[19]
MF	Iván Martín	Girona	2,000,000	22 July 2023	[20]
FW	Arnaut Danjuma	Everton	Loan + €3,000,000	23 July 2023	[21]
DF	Johan Mojica	Osasuna	Loan	26 July 2023	[22]
FW	Samuel Chukwueze	Milan	€20,000,000[2]	27 July 2023	[23]
DF	Matteo Gabbia	Milan	Loan return	3 January 2024	[24]
FW	Ben Brereton Díaz	Sheffield United	Loan	5 January 2024	[25]

Notes

1.^ Exercised buy option.

2.^ Up to €8 million in bonuses.

New contracts[edit]

Position	Player	Until	Ref.
GK	Pepe Reina	June 2024	[26]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

St. Gallen v Villarreal

15 July 2023 Friendly	St. Gallen	6–1	Villarreal	St. Gallen, Switzerland
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Witzig 5' Von Moos 11' Geubbels 36' Schmidt 40' Görtler 46' Karlen 48'	Report	Chukwueze 30'	Stadium: kybunpark Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Switzerland)

Rheindorf Altach v Villarreal

18 July 2023 Friendly	Rheindorf Altach	0–3	Villarreal	Altach, Austria
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Strauß  42'	Report	Gerard 21' Pedraza 57' Terrats 74'	Stadium: Stadion Schnabelholz Attendance: 2,735 Referee: Daniel Pfister (Austria)

Hannover 96 v Villarreal

22 July 2023 Friendly	Hannover 96	3–0	Villarreal	Hanover, Germany
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Börner  38' Schaub 44', 67', 86'	Report		Stadium: Heinz von Heiden-Arena Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Robert Schröder (Germany)

Feyenoord v Villarreal

27 July 2023 Friendly	Feyenoord	1–1	Villarreal	Rotterdam, Netherlands
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Paixão  17' Jahanbakhsh 52' (pen.),  73' Minteh  78'	Report	Capoue 42' Reina 51' Femenía  74'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Jeroen Manschot (Netherlands)

Sporting CP v Villarreal

30 July 2023 Troféu Cinco Violinos	Sporting CP	3–0	Villarreal	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Matheus Reis  26' Edwards 44' Gonçalves 71' Paulinho 75'	Report	Parejo  8' Cuenca  21' Gabbia  78'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Referee: Halim Aqa Shirzad (Afghanistan)

Nice v Villarreal

5 August 2023 Sela Cup	Nice	1–1	Villarreal	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
12:30 BST (UTC+1)	Sanson 56' Bard  90'	Report	Gabbia  8' Suárez  29' Brereton 51', 51'	Stadium: St James' Park Referee: Robert Jones (England)

Newcastle United v Villarreal

6 August 2023 Sela Cup	Newcastle United	4–0	Villarreal	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
16:00 BST (UTC+1)	Murphy 6' Joelinton  22', 75' Longstaff  31' Ritchie  34' Dummett  47' Barnes 61', 78'	Report	Terrats  13' Baena  28' Lanchi  63'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 34,621 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

Competitions[edit]

Overall record[edit]

La Liga[edit]

League table[edit]

Results summary[edit]

Results by round[edit]

Matches[edit]

The league fixtures were unveiled on 22 June 2023.^[28]

Copa del Rey[edit]

UEFA Europa League[edit]

Group stage[edit]

The draw for the group stage was held on 1 September 2023.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VIL	REN	MHA	PAO
1	Villarreal	6	4	1	1	9	7	+2	13	Advance to round of 16		—	1–0	0–0	3–2
2	Rennes	6	4	0	2	13	6	+7	12	Advance to knockout round play-offs		2–3	—	3–0	3–1
3	Maccabi Haifa	6	1	2	3	3	9	−6	5	Transfer to Europa Conference League		1–2	0–3	—	0–0
4	Panathinaikos	6	1	1	4	7	10	−3	4			2–0	1–2	1–2	—

Panathinaikos v Villarreal

21 September 2023 1	Panathinaikos	2–0	Villarreal	Athens, Greece
19:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Ioannidis 38' Šporar 78' Cantalapiedra  89'	Report	Femenía  64' Sørloth  74' Baena  84' Pedraza  87'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 57,003 Referee: Craig Pawson (England)
Note: The match was played at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, instead of Panathinaikos' regular stadium, the Leoforos Alexandras Stadium.

Villarreal v Rennes

5 October 2023 2	Villarreal	1–0	Rennes	Villarreal
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sørloth 36' Pino  43' Moreno  50' Baena  54' Pedraza  87'	Report	D. Doué  27' Truffert  58' Terrier 90+2'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 17,458 Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)

Maccabi Haifa v Villarreal

9 November 2023 4	Maccabi Haifa	1–2	Villarreal	Larnaca, Cyprus
19:45 EET (UTC+2)	Seck 30' Šimić  38' Refaelov  71' Cafumana  85'	Report	Sørloth  29', 86' Trigueros 38' Altimira  69' Moreno  75' Baena 82'	Stadium: AEK Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)
Note: The match was played behind closed doors at a neutral venue, the AEK Arena in Larnaca, Cyprus, instead of Maccabi Haifa's regular stadium, the Sammy Ofer Stadium in Haifa, Israel, as a result of the Israel–Hamas war.[29]

Villarreal v Panathinaikos

30 November 2023 5	Villarreal	3–2	Panathinaikos	Villarreal
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Baena 29' Comesaña 34',  88' Morales 47' Akhomach  71'	Report	Ioannidis 66', 81' Palacios 66' Pérez  90+8'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 16,993 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Villarreal v Maccabi Haifa

6 December 2023 3	Villarreal	0–0	Maccabi Haifa	Villarreal
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