2019–20 Rayo Vallecano season

Rayo Vallecano
2019–20 season
President	Raúl Martín Presa
Head coach	Paco Jémez
Stadium	Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas
Segunda División	7th
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Leonardo Ulloa (6); All: ; Leonardo Ulloa (6)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 season was Rayo Vallecano's 95th season in existence and the club's first season back in the second division of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Rayo Vallecano participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey. The season was slated to cover a period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. It was extended extraordinarily beyond 30 June due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.

Players

Current squad

As of 20 February 2020^[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	Alberto García (captain)
2	DF	ESP	Tito
3	DF	ESP	Saúl García (on loan from Alavés)
4	MF	ESP	Mario Suárez
5	DF	ESP	Alejandro Catena
6	MF	ESP	Santi Comesaña
7	FW	ARG	Leonardo Ulloa
8	FW	ARG	Óscar Trejo (vice-captain)
9	FW	ESP	Andrés Martín
10	FW	POR	Bebé
11	MF	ESP	Isi Palazón
12	FW	ESP	Jorge de Frutos (on loan from Real Madrid)
13	GK	MKD	Stole Dimitrievski


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	FW	MAR	Yacine Qasmi
15	FW	ESP	Juan Villar (on loan from Osasuna)
16	DF	CRO	Antonio Milić (on loan from Anderlecht)
17	DF	PER	Luis Advíncula
18	MF	ESP	Álvaro García
19	DF	ESP	Antonio Luna (on loan from Levante)
20	DF	URU	Emiliano Velázquez
22	MF	ESP	José Ángel Pozo
23	MF	ESP	Óscar Valentín
24	DF	MNE	Esteban Saveljich
25	GK	ESP	Roberto Santamaría
28	MF	ESP	Joni Montiel

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	ESP	Jordi Amat (at Eupen until 30 June 2020)
—	DF	ESP	Mario Hernández (at SS Reyes until 30 June 2020)
-	DF	SEN	Abdoulaye Ba (at Deportivo de La Coruña until 30 June 2020)
—	MF	GUI	Lass Bangoura (at Lugo until 30 June 2020)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ESP	Adrián Carrasco (at Ebro until 30 June 2020)
—	FW	ESP	Sergio Benito (at Cultural Leonesa until 30 June 2020)
—	FW	ESP	Sergio Moreno (at Valencia Mestalla until 30 June 2020)

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

Competitions

Overview

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	17 August 2019	20 July 2020	Matchday 1	7th	42	13	21	8	60	50	+10	030.95
Copa del Rey	17 December 2019	29 January 2020	First round	Round of 16	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	050.00
Total					46	15	22	9	65	54	+11	032.61

Source: Competitions

Segunda División

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
5	Girona	42	17	12	13	48	43	+5	63	Qualification to promotion play-offs
6	Elche (O, P)	42	16	13	13	52	44	+8	61	Qualification to promotion play-offs
7	Rayo Vallecano	42	13	21	8	60	50	+10	60^[a]
8	Fuenlabrada	42	15	15	12	47	40	+7	60^[a]
9	Las Palmas	42	14	15	13	49	46	+3	57

Source: LaLiga Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored^[2]
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Rayo Vallecano finished ahead of Fuenlabrada on head-to-head points: Fuenlabrada 2–2 Rayo Vallecano, Rayo Vallecano 1–0 Fuenlabrada.

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	13	21	8	60	50	+10	60	9	9	3	29	21	+8	4	12	5	31	29	+2

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	W	L	W	D	D	D	D	D	W	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	D	D	D	W	D	L	D	W	D	D	L	D	W	W	L	D	W
Position	10	12	7	11	6	6	9	8	9	10	7	4	6	11	12	12	14	14	13	11	12	10	7	7	6	7	7	7	6	6	7	8	8	8	7	9	8	7	6	8	8	7

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

Matches

The fixtures were revealed on 4 July 2019.^[3]

17 August 2019 1	Rayo Vallecano	2–2	Mirandés	Madrid
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Vallecas

25 August 2019 2	Sporting Gijón	1–1	Rayo Vallecano	Gijón
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: El Molinón

1 September 2019 3	Rayo Vallecano	3–1	Deportivo La Coruña	Madrid
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Vallecas

8 September 2019 4	Girona	3–1	Rayo Vallecano	Girona
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Montilivi

13 September 2019 5	Rayo Vallecano	2–0	Racing Santander	Madrid
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Martín Pascual 11' 30' Saveljich 17' Ulloa 40' Luna 79' Bebé 90+5'	Report	Nkaka 23' 34'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 9,450 Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz

17 September 2019 6	Málaga	1–1	Rayo Vallecano	Málaga
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: La Rosaleda

21 September 2019 7	Rayo Vallecano	1–1	Almería	Madrid
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Vallecas

28 September 2019 8	Fuenlabrada	2–2	Rayo Vallecano	Fuenlabrada
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Fernando Torres

1 October 2019 9	Rayo Vallecano	1–1	Alcorcón	Madrid
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Vallecas

5 October 2019 10	Elche	1–1	Rayo Vallecano	Elche
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Martínez Valero

11 October 2019 11	Rayo Vallecano	2–1	Tenerife	Madrid
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Vallecas

19 October 2019 12	Extremadura	0–3	Rayo Vallecano	Almendralejo
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Ciudad de Almendralejo

26 October 2019 13	Rayo Vallecano	1–3	Ponferradina	Madrid
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Vallecas

3 November 2019 14	Lugo	1–0	Rayo Vallecano	Lugo
16:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Anxo Carro

10 November 2019 15	Rayo Vallecano	1–1	Cádiz	Madrid
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Trejo 74'	Report	Alejo 38'	Stadium: Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas Attendance: 9,498 Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

16 November 2019 16	Numancia	2–2	Rayo Vallecano	Soria
18:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Los Pajaritos Referee: Jorge Figueroa Vázquez

23 November 2019 17	Rayo Vallecano	0–1	Zaragoza	Madrid
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dimitrievski 61' Pascual 63'	Report	Eguaras 40' Ros 63' (pen.), 73' Puado 71' Guti 90+3'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 9,743 Referee: Óliver de la Fuente Ramos

1 December 2019 18	Oviedo	2–1	Rayo Vallecano	Oviedo
16:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Carlos Tartiere

7 December 2019 19	Huesca	0–2	Rayo Vallecano	Huesca
16:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: El Alcoraz

21 December 2019 21	Las Palmas	1–1	Rayo Vallecano	Las Palmas
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Gran Canaria

5 January 2020 22	Rayo Vallecano	1–0	Girona	Madrid
16:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Vallecas

15 January 2020 23	Rayo Vallecano	1–0	Lugo	Madrid
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Vallecas

18 January 2020 24	Ponferradina	1–1	Rayo Vallecano	Ponferrada
18:15 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: El Toralín

26 January 2020 25	Rayo Vallecano	1–1	Extremadura	Madrid
18:15 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Vallecas

2 February 2020 26	Mirandés	0–0	Rayo Vallecano	Miranda de Ebro
18:15 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Anduva

9 February 2020 27	Rayo Vallecano	1–1	Oviedo	Madrid
18:15 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Vallecas

16 February 2020 28	Tenerife	0–0	Rayo Vallecano	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
20:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Heliodoro Rodríguez López

23 February 2020 29	Rayo Vallecano	2–0	Huesca	Madrid
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Suárez 55' De Frutos 72'	Report		Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 7,754 Referee: Saúl Ais Reig

29 February 2020 30	Albacete	1–1	Rayo Vallecano	Albacete
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Pedro 44'	Report	Qasmi 32'	Stadium: Carlos Belmonte Attendance: 8,543 Referee: Jorge Figueroa Vázquez

8 March 2020 31	Rayo Vallecano	2–3	Elche	Madrid
12:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Vallecas

10 June 2020 20	Rayo Vallecano	1–0	Albacete	Madrid
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Advíncula 61'	Report		Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 0 Referee: José Antonio López Toca

14 June 2020 32	Cádiz	1–1	Rayo Vallecano	Cádiz
21:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Álvaro 85'	Report	Trejo 52'	Stadium: Ramón de Carranza Attendance: 0 Referee: Gorka Sagués Oscoz

17 June 2020 33	Rayo Vallecano	1–0	Fuenlabrada	Madrid
21:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 0

20 June 2020 34	Deportivo La Coruña	3–3	Rayo Vallecano	A Coruña
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Santos 50' Mollejo 52' Aketxe 89' (pen.)	Report	Villar 1', 21' Suárez 57', 90+3' (pen.) Martín 81' Dimitrievski 87'	Stadium: Abanca-Riazor Attendance: 0 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

25 June 2020 35	Rayo Vallecano	1–1	Sporting Gijón	Madrid
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Qasmi 76' Villar 85' Dimitrievski 90+4'	Report	Medina 19' Vázquez 45+3', 77' Salvador 60'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 0 Referee: Luis Mario Milla Alvendiz

29 June 2020 36	Alcorcón	3–2	Rayo Vallecano	Alcorcón
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ernesto 22', 46' Diéguez 40' Arribas 70' Bellvís 83'	Report	Luna 22' Trejo 27', 75' (pen.) Isi 45+3' Catena 68' Advíncula 87' De Frutos 90+4'	Stadium: Santo Domingo Attendance: 0 Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

2 July 2020 37	Rayo Vallecano	0–0	Málaga	Madrid
21:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Saveljich 19' Valentín 29' Luna 37'	Report	Juande 32' Lombán 41' Tete 65' Juankar 81'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Jesús Trujillo Suárez

6 July 2020 38	Zaragoza	2–4	Rayo Vallecano	Zaragoza
21:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Atienza 5' Puado 60' Delmás 87' Soro 89' Eguaras 89' Pereira 90+1'	Report	Saúl 25' Suárez 34' Villar 45+2', 51' García 54' Advíncula 64' Trejo 90+3', 90+4'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Ocón Arráiz

9 July 2020 39	Rayo Vallecano	3–2	Numancia	Madrid
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Suárez 25' (pen.) Qasmi 28' De Frutos 45+4' Comesaña 57' Villar 66' (pen.) Martín 78'	Report	Morán 54' Escassi 54' Higinio 57', 65' Curro 72', 90+5' Nacho 90+5'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 0 Referee: Iosu Galech Apezteguía

13 July 2020 40	Almería	3–2	Rayo Vallecano	Almería
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Lazo 9' Núñez 20' Muñoz 30' Romera 69' Francis 78'	Report	Advíncula 8' Suárez 24' Villar 51', 57', 81'	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 0 Referee: Rubén Ávalos Barrera

17 July 2020 41	Rayo Vallecano	2–2	Las Palmas	Madrid
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Montiel 20', 34' Qasmi 45+3' Trejo 46', 49' Isi 55' García 80' Dimitrievski 89'	Report	Lemos 24' Suárez 26' Castro 38' (pen.), 90' (pen.) Varela 83'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 0 Referee: Luis Mario Milla Alvendiz

20 July 2020 42	Racing Santander	1–2	Rayo Vallecano	Santander
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Siverio 44'	Report	García 50' Suárez 63' (pen.)	Stadium: El Sardinero Attendance: 0 Referee: Jon Ander González Esteban

Copa del Rey

17 December 2019 First round	Tarazona	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Rayo Vallecano	Tarazona
20:15 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Valentín 120+2'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Iosu Galech Apezteguía

12 January 2020 Second round	Barakaldo	0–2	Rayo Vallecano	Barakaldo
17:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Pozo 14' Piovaccari 82'	Stadium: Lasesarre Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Oliver De la Fuente Ramos

23 January 2020 Round of 32	Rayo Vallecano	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Real Betis	Madrid
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Montiel 26' Catena 47', 62' Valentín 58' Trejo 58' Suárez 108' Saúl 113' Martín 118'	Report	Aleñá 38' Bartra 63' Joaquín 84' Feddal 94' Loren 97' Tello 114'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 11,800 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea
	Penalties
	Suárez Pozo Saúl Catena		Joaquín Loren Aleñá Tello

29 January 2020 Round of 16	Rayo Vallecano	0–2	Villarreal	Madrid
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Milić 28'	Report	Funes Mori 25' Cazorla 80', 85' Niño 84'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

References

^ "Plantilla Rayo Vallecano de Madrid - Rayo - Web Oficial". Plantilla Rayo Vallecano de Madrid - Rayo - Web Oficial. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
^ "Reglamento General RFEF - Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos. (page 104)" (PDF). RFEF. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
^ "El sorteo del calendario 2019/2020 para Primera y Segunda división se celebrará el 4 de julio a las 13.00 horas". marca.com (in Spanish). Marca. 25 June 2019.

External links

Official website

[table_hth_RAY0.40575094586506-2] Rayo Vallecano finished ahead of Fuenlabrada on head-to-head points: Fuenlabrada 2–2 Rayo Vallecano, Rayo Vallecano 1–0 Fuenlabrada.

[1] "Plantilla Rayo Vallecano de Madrid - Rayo - Web Oficial". Plantilla Rayo Vallecano de Madrid - Rayo - Web Oficial. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2019.

[3] "Reglamento General RFEF - Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos. (page 104)" (PDF). RFEF. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.

[4] "El sorteo del calendario 2019/2020 para Primera y Segunda división se celebrará el 4 de julio a las 13.00 horas". marca.com (in Spanish). Marca. 25 June 2019.

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