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	8th
Copa del Rey	Round of 32
UEFA Europa League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Alexander Sørloth (23) All: Alexander Sørloth (26)
Average home league attendance	17,957
Biggest win	Chiclana 0–5 Villarreal
Biggest defeat	Marseille 4–0 Villarreal
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2023–24 season was 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

First-team squad

As of 24 January 2024^[1]

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  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

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 — 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

In

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

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]
FW	Haissem Hassan	Sporting Gijón	Loan	1 August 2023	[24]
DF	Matteo Gabbia	Milan	Loan return	3 January 2024	[25]
FW	Ben Brereton Díaz	Sheffield United	Loan	5 January 2024	[26]

Notes

1.^ Exercised buy option.

2.^ Up to €8 million in bonuses.

New contracts

Position	Player	Until	Ref.
GK	Pepe Reina	June 2024	[27]
FW	Haissem Hassan	June 2025	[24]

Pre-season and friendlies

  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

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
La Liga	13 August 2023	25 May 2024	Matchday 1	8th	38	14	11	13	65	65	+0	036.84
Copa del Rey	2 November 2023	8 January 2024	First round	Round of 32	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	066.67
UEFA Europa League	21 September 2023	14 March 2024	Group stage	Round of 16	8	5	1	2	12	12	+0	062.50
Total					49	21	13	15	85	79	+6	042.86

Source: Soccerway

La Liga

Main article: 2023–24 La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Real Sociedad	38	16	12	10	51	39	+12	60	Qualification for the Europa League league phase[a]
7	Real Betis	38	14	15	9	48	45	+3	57	Qualification for the Conference League play-off round[a]
8	Villarreal	38	14	11	13	65	65	0	53
9	Valencia	38	13	10	15	40	45	−5	49
10	Alavés	38	12	10	16	36	46	−10	46

Source: LaLiga EA Sports
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)^[28]
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the 2023–24 Copa del Rey, Athletic Bilbao, qualified for European competition based on league position, the Europa League berth awarded to the Copa del Rey winners was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Conference League berth awarded to the sixth-placed team 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	14	11	13	65	65	0	53	7	5	7	36	32	+4	7	6	6	29	33	−4

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	D	L	D	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	D
Position	14	11	13	15	13	12	13	13	16	14	12	13	14	12	12	13	14	13	13	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	11	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8

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

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 22 June 2023.^[29]

Villarreal v Real Betis

13 August 2023 1	Villarreal	1–2	Real Betis	Villarreal
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Cuenca 61' Mandi  70'	Report	Pérez 20' Iglesias  27' Luiz Felipe  60' Rodríguez  88' Willian José 90+5'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 17,825 Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias

Mallorca v Villarreal

18 August 2023 2	Mallorca	0–1	Villarreal	Palma
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mascarell  2' Valjent  73'	Report	Brereton  45' Terrats  45+5' Baena  51' Gerard 62' Comesaña  83'	Stadium: Estadi Mallorca Son Moix Attendance: 17,775 Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

Villarreal v Barcelona

27 August 2023 3	Villarreal	3–4	Barcelona	Villarreal
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Foyth 26',  45+6' Sørloth 40' Baena 50' Terrats  57' Gabbia  80'	Report	Gavi 12' De Jong 15' Yamal  44' Lewandowski  45+6', 71' Torres 68' García  82'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 21,679 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

Cádiz v Villarreal

1 September 2023 4	Cádiz	3–1	Villarreal	Cádiz
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ramos 18',  19' Machís 30' (pen.), 50' Alejo  22' L. Hernández  80' Fali  82' Alcaraz  86'	Report	Sørloth 10' Pedraza  22' Albiol  35' Cuenca  53' Baena  61' Comesaña  90+5'	Stadium: Nuevo Mirandilla Attendance: 18,557 Referee: Juan Luis Pulido Santana

Villarreal v Almería

17 September 2023 5	Villarreal	2–1	Almería	Villarreal
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Capoue  26' Gerard 45+5' Pino  90+2' Sørloth 90+4'	Report	Akieme 44' Embarba  53' Chumi  84' Puigmal  89'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 18,467 Referee: Francisco José Hernández Maeso

Rayo Vallecano v Villarreal

24 September 2023 6	Rayo Vallecano	1–1	Villarreal	Madrid
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Pérez 16' García  18' Camello  63'	Report	Sørloth 15' Moreno  62'  77' Comesaña  73'	Stadium: Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas Attendance: 12,865 Referee: Jorge Figueroa Vázquez

Villarreal v Girona

27 September 2023 7	Villarreal	1–2	Girona	Villarreal
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pino  15' Parejo 49' (pen.) Baena  87' Brereton  90+1'	Report	Dovbyk 56' Herrera  58' E. García 61' Gutiérrez  90+1'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 17,188 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

Getafe v Villarreal

30 September 2023 8	Getafe	0–0	Villarreal	Getafe
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Óscar  30' Greenwood  53'	Report	Pedraza  5' Baena  24' Jörgensen  62' Pino  67' Femenía  74'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 11,255 Referee: Mateo Busquets Ferrer

Villarreal v Las Palmas

8 October 2023 9	Villarreal	1–2	Las Palmas	Villarreal
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pino  45+1' Parejo  68' Gerard 90+2' Akhomach  90+6' Capoue  90+10'	Report	Coco 45+2' M. Cardona 51' (pen.),  90+4' Marvin  68' Rodríguez  72' Kaba  90+5'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 16,249 Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz

Villarreal v Alavés

22 October 2023 10	Villarreal	1–1	Alavés	Villarreal
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Pedraza  9' Sørloth  23' Femenía  35' Comesaña  58' Gerard 65' (pen.)	Report	Guevara  14' Sivera  33' Abqar  36' Omorodion 48'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 17,498 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

Granada v Villarreal

30 October 2023 11	Granada	2–3	Villarreal	Granada
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sánchez 29' Uzuni 34'	Report	Gerard 18', 23' (pen.) Sørloth 28' Baena  50' Albiol  68' Romero  73' Parejo  90'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 16,638 Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

Villarreal v Athletic Bilbao

5 November 2023 12	Villarreal	2–3	Athletic Bilbao	Villarreal
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gabbia  19' Albiol  72' Mandi  74' Femenía  76' Gerard 86' Sørloth 87'	Report	Ruiz de Galarreta 2',  90+5' N. Williams 22',  41' I. Williams 32' De Marcos  44' D. García  89'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 18,709 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

Atlético Madrid v Villarreal

12 November 2023 13	Atlético Madrid	3–1	Villarreal	Madrid
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Witsel 45+1' Griezmann 80' Lino 85'	Report	Gerard 20' Capoue  45+2' Akhomach  77'	Stadium: Cívitas Metropolitano Attendance: 56,632 Referee: Francisco José Hernández Maeso

Villarreal v Osasuna

26 November 2023 14	Villarreal	3–1	Osasuna	Villarreal
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Morales 57', 71', 80'	Report	Catena 78'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 16,389 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

Sevilla v Villarreal

3 December 2023 15	Sevilla	1–1	Villarreal	Seville
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Sow  45+3' Juanlu  52' Salas 75' Rakitić  90+6'	Report	Pedraza  45' Altimira  54' Morales 77' Reina  90+8'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 33,898 Referee: Isidro Díaz de Mera Escuderos

Villarreal v Real Sociedad

9 December 2023 16	Villarreal	0–3	Real Sociedad	Villarreal
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Capoue  23' Pedraza  49'	Report	Merino 38' Zubimendi 41',  60' Kubo 45+4'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 19,344 Referee: Mario Melero López

Real Madrid v Villarreal

17 December 2023 17	Real Madrid	4–1	Villarreal	Madrid
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bellingham 25',  67' Rodrygo 37' Brahim 64' Modrić 68' Tchouaméni  84'	Report	Morales 54' Altimira  67' Akhomach  74' Capoue  85'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 70,500 Referee: Jorge Figueroa Vázquez

Villarreal v Celta Vigo

20 December 2023 18	Villarreal	3–2	Celta Vigo	Villarreal
21:30 CET (UTC+1)	Pedraza 13' Mandi 40' Parejo 48' (pen.) Baena  75' Comesaña  76'	Report	Vázquez  46' Douvikas 52',  84' Larsen 57' Mingueza  72' Sánchez  82'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 14,687 Referee: César Soto Grado

Valencia v Villarreal

2 January 2024 19	Valencia	3–1	Villarreal	Valencia
21:30 CET (UTC+1)	Yaremchuk 4' Pepelu 27' (pen.), 57' (pen.) Gayà  64' López  74'	Report	Bailly  37' Parejo  49' Capoue  56' Gerard 73' Terrats  80' Cuenca  90+2'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 44,973 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

Las Palmas v Villarreal

13 January 2024 20	Las Palmas	3–0	Villarreal	Las Palmas
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rodríguez 8', 63' Suárez  16' Muñoz  16' Herzog  34', 51' S. Cardona  43'	Report	Altimira  1' Baena  19' Bailly  39'	Stadium: Estadio Gran Canaria Attendance: 24,485 Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

Villarreal v Mallorca

20 January 2024 21	Villarreal	1–1	Mallorca	Villarreal
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Sørloth  44', 45+1' Reina  62' Femenía  82'	Report	Larin  27' Darder  83' Llabrés 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 16,479 Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias
Note: Reina was sent off for dissent as an unused substitute.

Barcelona v Villarreal

27 January 2024 22	Barcelona	3–5	Villarreal	Barcelona
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Romeu  33' Gündoğan 60' Pedri 68' Lewandowski  68' Bailly 72' (o.g.) Araújo  89'	Report	Baena  16' Gerard 41' Akhomach 54' Bailly  68' Guedes 84' Mosquera  89' Cuenca  90+4' Sørloth 90+9' Morales 90+12'	Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys Attendance: 46,229 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

Villarreal v Cádiz

4 February 2024 23	Villarreal	0–0	Cádiz	Villarreal
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Coquelin  47' Comesaña  67' Baena  90+4'	Report	Carcelén  69'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 17,183 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

Alavés v Villarreal

10 February 2024 24	Alavés	1–1	Villarreal	Vitoria-Gasteiz
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Omorodion 25'	Report	Cuenca 42',  44' Sørloth  71'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 14,523 Referee: Mario Melero López

Villarreal v Getafe

16 February 2024 25	Villarreal	1–1	Getafe	Villarreal
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Moreno 56'	Report	Maksimović 24' Iglesias  38'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 16,869 Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

Real Sociedad v Villarreal

23 February 2024 26	Real Sociedad	1–3	Villarreal	San Sebastián
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Le Normand  51' Silva  62' Zakharyan  68' Merino 86'	Report	Comesaña 17', 47' Jörgensen  60' Mosquera  62' Albiol  63' Cuenca  88' Sørloth 90+5'	Stadium: Reale Arena Attendance: 30,609 Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

Villarreal v Granada

3 March 2024 27	Villarreal	5–1	Granada	Villarreal
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sørloth 7', 19', 66' Capoue 32',  84' Guedes 47'	Report	Piątkowski  15' Sánchez  70' Corbeanu 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 15,896 Referee: Juan Luis Pulido Santana

Real Betis v Villarreal

10 March 2024 28	Real Betis	2–3	Villarreal	Seville
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rodríguez 30' Willian José 45+2' Ávila  69'  70' Cardoso  90+1'	Report	Traoré  29' Sørloth 40' Papastathopoulos 48' (o.g.) Baena 67' Moreno  69'  70' Jörgensen  78'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 47,711 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

Villarreal v Valencia

17 March 2024 29	Villarreal	1–0	Valencia	Villarreal
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Femenía  12' Coquelin  35' Baena 39',  41' Cuenca  52', 54' Mandi  70'	Report	Gayà  36'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 20,647 Referee: Jorge Figueroa Vázquez

Villarreal v Atlético Madrid

1 April 2024 30	Villarreal	1–2	Atlético Madrid	Villarreal
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Capoue  27' Sørloth 50' Parejo  58' Mosquera  90+4'	Report	Witsel 9' Griezmann  26' Barrios  62' Saúl 87',  90+2'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 19,679 Referee: Mario Melero López

Athletic Bilbao v Villarreal

14 April 2024 31	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	Villarreal	Bilbao
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Prados  11' I. Williams  31' Sancet 66' Berchiche  90+4'	Report	Gerard 11' Comesaña  35'  46' Albiol  35' Parejo 90+5' (pen.)	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 50,061 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

Almería v Villarreal

21 April 2024 32	Almería	1–2	Villarreal	Almería
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Lozano 30' Viera  73' Ramazani  80'  87'	Report	Akhomach 25',  50' Coquelin  59' Jörgensen  62' Femenía  88' Sørloth 90+2'	Stadium: Power Horse Stadium Attendance: 10,601 Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias

Villarreal v Rayo Vallecano

28 April 2024 33	Villarreal	3–0	Rayo Vallecano	Villarreal
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sørloth 18', 74' Mosquera 69' Coquelin  77' Albiol  90'	Report	Ciss  78'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 17,869 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

Celta Vigo v Villarreal

5 May 2024 34	Celta Vigo	3–2	Villarreal	Vigo
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Aspas 22' (pen.) Manquillo  25' Rodríguez  33' Larsen 39' Swedberg  64' Douvikas 82',  85'	Report	Moreno 12' Comesaña  17' Guedes 65'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 19,548 Referee: César Soto Grado

Villarreal v Sevilla

11 May 2024 35	Villarreal	3–2	Sevilla	Villarreal
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Sørloth 30', 90+7' Cuenca  63' Reina  76' Mosquera 84' Bailly  88'	Report	Nianzou  17' En-Nesyri 26' (pen.), 44' Ocampos  70' Salas  88' Agoumé  90+5' Ramos  90+7'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 16,862 Referee: Isidro Díaz de Mera Escuderos

Girona v Villarreal

14 May 2024 36	Girona	0–1	Villarreal	Girona
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Blind  36'	Report	Femenía  41'  90+5' Baena  43' Traoré  56', 59' Terrats  90+3'	Stadium: Montilivi Attendance: 11,440 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

Villarreal v Real Madrid

19 May 2024 37	Villarreal	4–4	Real Madrid	Villarreal
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sørloth 39', 48', 52', 56' Moreno  45+5' Traoré  84'	Report	Güler 14', 45+2' Joselu 30' Vázquez 40' Camavinga  66' Ceballos  86'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 21,671 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

Osasuna v Villarreal

25 May 2024 38	Osasuna	1–1	Villarreal	Pamplona
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Budimir 30' Muñoz  34' Peña  82' Arnaiz  88' U. García  89'	Report	Baena  10' Traoré  40' Morales 57' Mosquera  88'	Stadium: El Sadar Attendance: 18,385 Referee: Mario Melero López

Copa del Rey

Main article: 2023–24 Copa del Rey

Chiclana v Villarreal

2 November 2023 First round	Chiclana	0–5	Villarreal	Chiclana de la Frontera
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Butrón  29'	Report	Trigueros 19', 43', 72' (pen.) Pascual 31' Baena 74'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal Attendance: 5,520 Referee: Juan Luis Pulido Santana

Zamora v Villarreal

22 November 2023 Second round	Zamora	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Villarreal	Zamora
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Etxaburu 49',  105+1' Bolo  93' Morales  111'	Report	Baena  78' Morales 88', 96' Reina  120'	Stadium: Ruta de la Plata Attendance: 4,600 Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias

Unionistas v Villarreal

8 January 2024 Round of 32	Unionistas	1–1 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p)	Villarreal	Salamanca
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Camus  10' Jiménez  62' Planas 87' (pen.) Mayor  110'	Report	Parejo  14' Cuenca  73' Akhomach 82' Comesaña  86' Sørloth  89' Terrats  100' Coquelin  108'	Stadium: Reina Sofía Attendance: 5,710 Referee: Mateo Busquets Ferrer
	Penalties
	Mayor Héctor Ruiz Planas Ramírez Al. Gómez Giménez Ad. Gómez		Gerard Moreno Coquelin Trigueros Sørloth Terrats Comesaña Femenía
Note: The match was originally played on 7 January 2024, but was suspended and postponed until the following day at the beginning of extra time due to lighting problems in the stadium.

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group F

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	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

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.[30]

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
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Capoue  36' Foyth  45+1' Pedraza  62'	Report	Refaelov  79' Naor  90+2'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 9,365 Referee: Nick Walsh (Scotland)
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 26 October 2023, but was postponed due to the Israel–Hamas war.[30]

Rennes v Villarreal

14 December 2023 6	Rennes	2–3	Villarreal	Rennes, France
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Wooh  9' Bourigeaud  23' Belocian  34' Assignon 37' Mandanda  45+1' Blas 79'	Report	Albiol  19' Gerard 36' (pen.),  36' Akhomach 62' Parejo 80',  90+1'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 27,761 Referee: Atilla Karaoğlan (Turkey)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 23 February 2024.

Marseille v Villarreal

7 March 2024 First leg	Marseille	4–0	Villarreal	Marseille, France
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Merlin  13' Veretout 23' Mosquera 28' (o.g.) Aubameyang 42' (pen.), 59'	Report	Mandi  9' Comesaña  45+1' Moreno  52'  62' Cuenca  72'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 53,396 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

Villarreal v Marseille

14 March 2024 Second leg	Villarreal	3–1 (3–5 agg.)	Marseille	Villarreal
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Coquelin  19' Capoue 32' Sørloth 54' Mosquera 86',  90+2' Baena  90+2'	Report	Sarr  19' Ounahi  48' Merlin  69' Kondogbia  85' López  90+3' Clauss 90+4'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 15,378 Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

Statistics

Squad statistics

Last updated 1 April 2024.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey		UEFA Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ESP	Pepe Reina	11	0	1	0	3	0	7	0
13	GK	DEN	Filip Jörgensen	30	0	29	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF	COL	Yerson Mosquera	10	1	6+2	0	0	0	1+1	1
3	DF	ESP	Raúl Albiol	26	0	21+1	0	1	0	2+1	0
5	DF	ESP	Jorge Cuenca	28	3	17+6	3	0	0	4+1	0
8	DF	ARG	Juan Foyth	16	1	12	1	0+1	0	3	0
12	DF	CIV	Eric Bailly	10	0	6+1	0	1	0	2	0
17	DF	ESP	Kiko Femenía	23	0	9+7	0	2+1	0	3+1	0
18	DF	ESP	Alberto Moreno	29	1	13+9	1	2+1	0	3+1	0
23	DF	ALG	Aïssa Mandi	20	1	10+4	1	1	0	5	0
24	DF	ESP	Alfonso Pedraza	20	1	13+2	1	1	0	1+3	0
26	DF	ESP	Adrià Altimira	18	0	10+1	0	2+1	0	3+1	0
37	DF	ESP	Carlos Romero	8	0	2+5	0	1	0	0	0
42	DF	SRB	Stefan Leković	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	DF	ESP	Santi Comesaña	31	3	14+7	2	3	0	5+2	1
6	MF	FRA	Étienne Capoue	36	2	15+13	1	0+1	0	5+2	1
10	MF	ESP	Dani Parejo	34	3	22+3	2	2	0	4+3	1
14	MF	ESP	Manu Trigueros	19	3	1+10	0	2+1	3	5	0
16	MF	ESP	Álex Baena	38	5	26+1	2	1+2	1	5+3	2
19	MF	FRA	Francis Coquelin	17	0	8+4	0	0+1	0	2+2	0
20	MF	ESP	Ramon Terrats	19	0	5+9	0	1+1	0	1+2	0
22	MF	ESP	Denis Suárez	6	0	1+3	0	0	0	1+1	0
Forwards
7	FW	ESP	Gerard Moreno	35	11	25+2	10	1+1	0	3+3	1
9	FW	POR	Gonçalo Guedes	12	2	4+5	2	1	0	2	0
11	FW	NOR	Alexander Sørloth	33	17	22+4	14	0+1	0	4+2	3
15	FW	ESP	José Luis Morales	32	9	8+15	6	2+1	2	2+4	1
21	FW	ESP	Yeremy Pino	10	0	7	0	0	0	2+1	0
25	FW	BFA	Bertrand Traoré	5	0	3+2	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	MAR	Ilias Akhomach	31	3	12+11	1	2+1	1	5	1
30	FW	ESP	Jorge Pascual	5	1	0+1	0	1+1	1	0+2	0
43	FW	ESP	Diego Collado	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
2	DF	ITA	Matteo Gabbia	13	0	6+1	0	0	0	5+1	0
9	FW	CHI	Ben Brereton Díaz	20	0	2+12	0	1	0	3+2	0

Goalscorers

Position	Players	LaLiga	Copa del Rey	Europa League	Total
FW	Alexander Sørloth	23	0	3	26
FW	Gerard Moreno	10	0	1	11
FW	José Luis Morales	7	2	1	10
MF	Álex Baena	2	1	2	5
FW	Ilias Akhomach	2	1	1	4
MF	Dani Parejo	3	0	1	4
DF	Jorge Cuenca	3	0	0	3
FW	Gonçalo Guedes	3	0	0	3
MF	Manu Trigueros	0	3	0	3
MF	Santi Comesaña	2	0	1	3
DF	Yerson Mosquera	2	0	1	3
MF	Étienne Capoue	1	0	1	2
DF	Alberto Moreno	2	0	0	2
DF	Juan Foyth	1	0	0	1
DF	Aïssa Mandi	1	0	0	1
FW	Jorge Pascual	0	1	0	1
MF	Alfonso Pedraza	1	0	0	1
MF	Bertrand Traoré	1	0	0	1

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External links

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