2012–13 Villarreal CF season

Villarreal CF

2012–13 season
Segunda División	2nd
Copa Del Rey	Second round
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Villarreal CF season is the 82nd season in club history.

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

Burriana v Villarreal

21 July 2012 Friendly	Burriana	0–4	Villarreal	Burriana, Spain
20:00 CEST		Report	Trigueros  13' Bruno  37' Uche  39' Gerard  69'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal San Fernando

Huesca v Villarreal

25 July 2012 Friendly	Huesca	3–3	Villarreal	Huesca, Spain
20:00 CEST	M. Martínez  67' Jokin  80', 87'	Report	Gerard  12' Valero  48' (pen.) Trigueros  89'	Stadium: Estadio El Alcoraz

Ontinyent v Villarreal

28 July 2012 Friendly	Ontinyent	1–2	Villarreal	El Saler, Spain
18:45 CEST	Moreno  10'	Report	Gerard  58', 73'	Stadium: El Saler

Huracán v Villarreal

1 August 2012 Friendly	Huracán	1–0	Villarreal	El Saler, Spain
19:00 CEST	Fas  48'	Report		Stadium: El Saler

Toulouse v Villarreal

4 August 2012 Friendly	Toulouse	1–1	Villarreal	Balma, France
19:00 CEST	Abdennour  89'	Report	Uche  52'	Stadium: Stade Municipal de Balma

Gimnàstic de Tarragona v Villarreal

10 August 2012 Friendly	Gimnàstic de Tarragona	1–0	Villarreal	Tarragona, Spain
20:30 CEST	Eugeni  83' (pen.)			Stadium: Nou Estadi

Villarreal v Levante

11 August 2012 Trofeo de la Cerámica	Villarreal	2–1	Levante	Vilarreal, Spain
19:45 CEST	Navarro  39' (o.g.) Trigueros  63'		Ángel  11'	Stadium: El Madrigal

Segunda División

Villarreal v Real Madrid Castilla

17 August 2012 Round 1	Villarreal	2–1	Real Madrid Castilla	Vilarreal, Spain
21:00 CEST	Cavenaghi  45', 79'	Report	Jesé  18' (pen.)	Stadium: El Madrigal

Sabadell v Villarreal

25 August 2012 Round 2	Sabadell	0–0	Villarreal	Sabadell, Spain
--:--				Stadium: Nova Creu Alta

Villarreal v Guadalajara

1 September 2012 Round 3	Villarreal	2–1	Guadalajara	Vilarreal, Spain
--:--	Musacchio  68' Pandiani  81'		Kepa  13'	Stadium: El Madrigal

Ponferradina v Villarreal

8 September 2012 Round 4	Ponferradina	0–1	Villarreal	Ponferrada, Spain
--:--			Pandiani  72'	Stadium: El Toralín

Villarreal v Hércules

15 September 2012 Round 5	Villarreal	1–0	Hércules	Vilarreal, Spain
--:--	Cavenaghi  37'			Stadium: El Madrigal

Las Palmas v Villarreal

22 September 2012 Round 6	Las Palmas	2–2	Villarreal	Las Palmas, Spain
--:--	Bifouma  46', 71'		Senna  6' (pen.), 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Gran Canaria

Villarreal v Córdoba

29 September 2012 Round 7	Villarreal	2–0	Córdoba	Vilarreal, Spain
--:--	Pérez  79' Uche  90+1'			Stadium: El Madrigal

Sporting Gijón v Villarreal

7 October 2012 Round 8	Sporting Gijón	2–0	Villarreal	Gijón, Spain
12:00	Mandi  22' Rodríguez  40' Carmona  55' Sangoy  89'		Bruno  35' Toribio  73'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 20,000

Villarreal v Huesca

13 October 2012 Round 9	Villarreal	1–1	Huesca	Vilarreal, Spain
21:00	Senna  12' Mellberg  48' Pandiani  71' Costa  89'		López  31' Lázaro  74'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 7,000

Recreativo v Villarreal

21 October 2012 Round 10	Recreativo	2–0	Villarreal	Huelva, Spain
18:00	Chuli  15' Montoro  22' Zamora  46' Szymanowski  63' Valle  90+3'		Senna  75' Pérez  77', 83' Lejeune  78' Mario  89'	Stadium: Nuevo Colombino

Villarreal v Mirandés

27 October 2012 Round 11	Villarreal	2–0	Mirandés	Vilarreal, Spain
18:00	Uche  12', 49'			Stadium: El Madrigal

Numancia v Villarreal

3 November 2012 Round 12	Numancia	1–1	Villarreal	Soria, Spain
16:00	Nieto  18' Sunday  41' Juanma  63',  88' Bedoya  89'		Trigueros  77' Pérez  84'	Stadium: Los Pajaritos

Villarreal v Real Murcia

11 November 2012 Round 13	Villarreal	1–1	Real Murcia	Vilarreal, Spain
12:00	Trigueros  40' Oriol  44' Senna  52' (pen.) Toribio  88'		Catalá  31' C. García  36' Molinero  51' Berjón  86' Matilla  89'	Stadium: El Madrigal

Racing Santander v Villarreal

17 November 2012 Round 14	Racing Santander	0–3	Villarreal	Santander, Spain
16:00	Francis  42' Bouazza  81' Assulin  85'		Trigueros  33' Uche  39', 53' Oriol  71'	Stadium: El Sardinero

Villarreal v Lugo

24 November 2012 Round 15	Villarreal	1–1	Lugo	Vilarreal, Spain
20:00	Cani  35' Musacchio  86'		De Coz  22' Díaz  55' Tonetto  83' Marco  87'	Stadium: El Madrigal

Elche v Villarreal

2 December 2012 Round 16	Elche	1–0	Villarreal	Elche, Spain
20:30	Suárez  66' Coro  71' Linares  89'		Senna  52' Musacchio  63'	Stadium: Martínez Valero

Villarreal v Alcorcón

9 December 2012 Round 17	Villarreal	4–0	Alcorcón	Vilarreal, Spain
17:00	Senna  14' Melberg  43' Bruno  50' Uche  75' Pérez  86' Cavenaghi  90'		Mora  6', 62' Manu  27' Laguardia  64' Abraham  64' Ángel  82'	Stadium: El Madrigal

Girona v Villarreal

15 December 2012 Round 18	Girona	2–0	Villarreal	Girona, Spain
20:00	Juanlu  20' Benja  51' Tébar  52' Jandro  82' (pen.)		Bruno  35' Pandiani  56' Cani  62' Mellberg  74', 80' Mariño  81'	Stadium: Montilivi

Xerez v Villarreal

20 December 2012 Round 19	Xerez	0–0	Villarreal	Jerez, Spain
20:00	Ruz  18' Cámara  66' Tato  88'		Cavenaghi  6' Trigueros  16' Bruno  69' Pérez  90'	Stadium: Chapín

Villarreal v Barcelona B

5 January 2013 Round 20	Villarreal	1–3	Barcelona B	Vilarreal, Spain
18:00	Melberg  45' Senna  55',  77' (pen.) Pereira  85'		Planas  45' Grimaldo  68' Lobato  73' Costa  85' (o.g.)	Stadium: El Madrigal

Almería v Villarreal

12 January 2013 Round 21	Almería	1–1	Villarreal	Almería, Spain
20:00	Pallerano  28' Henrique  33', 60' Corona  49' Verza  90'		Costa  30' Juan Carlos  49' Cani  55' Mellberg  63' Musacchio  73' Bruno  90'	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos

Real Madrid Castilla v Villarreal

19 January 2013 Round 22	Real Madrid Castilla	5–0	Villarreal	Madrid, Spain
20:00	Morata  18' Álex  36' García  45' Mateos  65' Jesé  71',  75' Mosquera  73' Cheryshev  78' González  86'	Summary	Bruno  30'	Stadium: Alfredo di Stéfano Stadium

Villarreal v Sabadell

25 January 2013 Round 23	Villarreal	3–0	Sabadell	Vilarreal, Spain
21:00	Gerard  12' Oriol  33' Musacchio  42' Cani  66' Pereira  87'		Ciércoles  75'	Stadium: El Madrigal

Guadalajara v Villarreal

2 February 2013 Round 24	Guadalajara	0–0	Villarreal	Guadalajara, Spain
18:00	Soriano  61' Pérez  67'	Summary	Pereira  70' Musacchio  71'	Stadium: Pedro Escartín

Villarreal v Ponferradina

9 February 2013 Round 25	Villarreal	3–0	Ponferradina	Vilarreal, Spain
18:00	Pereira  34' Senna  35' Perbet  39', 57' Dorado  49'	Summary	Moreno  48' Isaías  52'	Stadium: El Madrigal

Hércules v Villarreal

17 February 2013 Round 26	Hércules	1–1	Villarreal	Alicante, Spain
19:00	Peña  36' Pamarot  65' Redondo  73' Sardinero  79' Cabrera  88'	Summary	Musacchio  22' Farinós  40',  54' Bruno  60'	Stadium: Rico Pérez

Villarreal v Las Palmas

24 February 2013 Round 27	Villarreal	1–1	Las Palmas	Vilarreal, Spain
20:00	Perbet  45+2' Gómez  68'	Summary	Murillo  12',  73' Bifouma  28' Castellano  47' Vitolo  52' Pignol  87'	Stadium: El Madrigal

Córdoba v Villarreal

3 March 2013 Round 28	Córdoba	0–2	Villarreal	Córdoba, Spain
21:00	Armando  36' Dubarbier  52' Vico  89'		Musacchio  27' Gómez  30' Pereira  44' Perbet  69' Costa  72' Farinós  88'	Stadium: Nuevo Arcángel Attendance: 8,108

Villarreal v Sporting Gijón

10 March 2013 Round 29	Villarreal	2–1	Sporting Gijón	Vilarreal, Spain
12:00	Costa  12' Uche  39', 90+3' Farinós  89' Pereira  89'		Cases  11' Bernardo  24' Trejo  32' Sangoy  66'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 10,000

Huesca v Villarreal

16 March 2013 Round 30	Huesca	0–1	Villarreal	Huesca, Spain
20:00	López  16' Pacheco  22' García  27' Juan Carlos  38' Núñez  86'		Costa  13' Mario  41' Bruno  50', 81' Pereira  80',  80' Trigueros  85'	Stadium: El Alcoraz Attendance: 3,800

Villarreal v Recreativo

24 March 2013 Round 31	Villarreal	1–1	Recreativo	Vilarreal, Spain
19:00	Costa  78' Gerard  88'		Montoro  21' Valle  25' Berrocal  47' Arana  61'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 11,000

Mirandés v Villarreal

31 March 2013 Round 32	Mirandés	1–5	Villarreal	Miranda de Ebro, Spain
17:00	Muneta  32' Koikili  63' Díaz de Cerio  79'		Gerard  34' Cani  37' Perbet  52', 89' Mario  78' Pereira  83'	Stadium: Anduva Attendance: 4,764

Villarreal v Numancia

7 April 2013 Round 33	Villarreal	6–1	Numancia	Vilarreal, Spain
17:00	Perbet  10', 80' (pen.),  54' Canteros  13' Bruno  16' Gerard  47' Dorado  50' Uche  86' Regalón  90' (o.g.)		Sunday  29' Martín  39' Juanma  44' Álvarez  58' Larrea  77' Regalón  79'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 11,000

Real Murcia v Villarreal

14 April 2013 Round 34	Real Murcia	1–1	Villarreal	Murcia, Spain
12:00	Kike  45' Matilla  57' Acciari  67' Albiol  81' Nafti  85' Sutil  88'		Costa  14' Manu  90+5'	Stadium: Nueva Condomina Attendance: 8,471

Villarreal v Racing Santander

21 April 2013 Round 35	Villarreal	1–0	Racing Santander	Vilarreal, Spain
19:00	Gómez  46',  67' Oriol  72'		Barrio  15' Pérez  88'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 18,000

Lugo v Villarreal

27 April 2013 Round 36	Lugo	0–0	Villarreal	Lugo, Spain
17:00	Seoane  35' Manu  73' López  87'		Senna  54' Musacchio  83'	Stadium: Anxo Carro Attendance: 2,500

Villarreal v Elche

5 May 2013 Round 37	Villarreal	2–3	Elche	Vilarreal, Spain
12:00	Perbet  9' (pen.) Bruno  64', 88' Uche  81' Musacchio  89'		Gil  51',  62' Generelo  55',  67' Coro  70' Ángel  86' Suárez  89'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 12,000

Alcorcón v Villarreal

12 May 2013 Round 38	Alcorcón	1–3	Villarreal	Alcorcón, Spain
12:00	Nagore  31', 89' Kike  49' Sanz  58' Camille  60' Enrich  75' Sánchez  77' Lamas  81' Riera  88' Prendes  89'		Uche  8' Cani  32' Bruno  38' Mellberg  51' Aquino  65' Juan Carlos  87' Canteros  90+3'	Stadium: Santo Domingo Attendance: 2,000

Villarreal v Girona

Round 39	Villarreal	4–1	Girona	Vilarreal, Spain
--:--				Stadium: El Madrigal

Villarreal v Xerez

Round 40	Villarreal	3–2	Xerez	Vilarreal, Spain
--:--				Stadium: El Madrigal

Barcelona B v Villarreal

2 June 2013 Round 41	Barcelona B	0–3	Villarreal	Barcelona, Spain
17:00	Araujo  56'		Musacchio  19' Mario  36' Pereira  45' Bruno  62' Parbet  56' Gómez  67' Costa  81' Melberg  84' Senna  86'	Stadium: Mini Estadi

Villarreal v Almería

8 June 2013 Round 42	Villarreal	1–0	Almería	Vilarreal, Spain
18:00	Canteros  34' Pereira  56' Perbet  65' Cani  88'		Corona  77' Suárez  87' Pellerano  88'	Stadium: El Madrigal

Copa del Rey

Villarreal v Ponferradina

12 September 2012 Round 2	Villarreal	0–2	Ponferradina	Vilarreal, Spain
22:00	Truyols  53' Bruno  69', 77'		Baró  50' Silva  56' Isaías  65' Leandro  79' Ruiz  81' Lafuente  90'	Stadium: El Madrigal

Squad

Squad, matches played and goals scored

As of 31 January 2013

The numbers are established according to the official website: and www.lfp.es

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Diego Mariño 2 DF Mario 3 DF Joan Oriol 4 DF Mateo Musacchio 5 DF Joan Truyols 6 DF Olof Mellberg 7 FW Jérémy Perbet (on loan from Mons) 8 FW Ikechukwu Uche 9 MF Javier Aquino 10 MF Cani 11 MF Hernán Pérez 14 MF Manu Trigueros

No. Position Player 15 MF Javier Farinós 16 DF José Dorado 17 DF Javi Venta 18 DF Jaume Costa 19 MF Marcos Senna (captain) 20 MF Héctor Canteros 21 MF Bruno (2nd captain) 22 MF Juanma 24 FW Jonathan Pereira 25 GK Juan Carlos 27 MF Moi Gómez 29 MF Pablo Íñiguez 32 FW Gerard

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player DF Florian Lejeune (at Stade Brest) DF Cristián Zapata (at Milan) DF Toño (at Sabadell) MF Javier Camuñas (at Deportivo La Coruña)

No. Position Player MF Gonzalo Castellani (at Godoy Cruz) MF Jonathan de Guzmán (at Swansea City) FW Gerard Bordas (at Girona) FW Joselu (at Córdoba)

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
13 June 2012	DEF	Javi Venta	Levante	Free[1]
13 May 2012	DEF	Iván Marcano	Olympiacos	Loan return
13 May 2012	MID	Jefferson Montero	Real Betis	Loan return
13 May 2012	FW	Ikechukwu Uche	Granada	Loan return
13 May 2012	GK	Juan Carlos	Elche	Loan return
8 August 2012	DEF	Olof Mellberg	Olympiacos	Free[2]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
22 May 2012	GK	Diego López	Sevilla	€3.5M[3]
2 June 2012	DEF	Iván Marcano	Rubin Kazan	€5M[4]
17 June 2012	MID	Jefferson Montero	Monarcas Morelia	Undisclosed[5]
17 July 2012	FW	Nilmar	Al-Rayyan	Undisclosed[6]
12 July 2012	MID	Wakaso Mubarak	Espanyol	Undisclosed[7]
13 July 2012	FW	Marco Ruben	Dynamo Kyiv	Undisclosed[8]
1 June 2012	GK	César	Retirement	Free
3 June 2012	FW	Alejandro Martinuccio	Fluminense	Loan return
1 August 2012	MID	Borja Valero	Fiorentina	€7M[9]
1 June 2012	DEF	Carlos Marchena	Deportivo La Coruña	Free
2 August 2012	DEF	Gonzalo Rodríguez	Fiorentina	Undisclosed[10]
1 July 2012	MID	Gonzalo Castellani	Godoy Cruz	Undisclosed[11]
9 August 2012	DEF	Ángel López	Free agent	Free
4 January 2013	FW	Giuseppe Rossi	Fiorentina	€9.5M

Loan out

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	To
1 July 2012	15 May 2013	FW	Joselu	Córdoba	Loan[12]
10 July 2012	15 May 2013	MID	Jonathan de Guzmán	Swansea City	Loan[13]
8 August 2012	15 May 2013	DEF	Cristián Zapata	Milan	Loan[14]

Sources

1. "Javi Venta to return to Villarreal to help club fight for La Liga promotion". Goal.com. 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
2. "Official: Villarreal replace Zapata with Mellberg". Goal.com. 2012-08-08. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
3. "Sevilla snap up goalkeeper Diego Lopez from Villarreal - ESPN FC". Soccernet.espn.go.com. 2012-05-23. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
4. "Official: Villarreal's Ivan Marcano signs for Rubin Kazan". Goal.com. 2012-06-02. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
5. "Betis winger Jefferson Montero signs for Mexican outfit Monarcas Morelia". Goal.com. 2012-06-17. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
6. "Al Rayyan agree deal with Nilmar". Goal.com. 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
7. "Espanyol sign Villarreal midfielder Wakaso Mubarak | Spanish Football News". tribalfootball.com. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
8. "Official: Dynamo Kiev sign Marco Ruben from Villarreal". Goal.com. 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
9. "Fiorentina set to land Valero - Yahoo! Eurosport UK". Uk.eurosport.yahoo.com. 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
10. "Fiorentina agree fee with Villarreal over Gonzalo Rodriguez". Goal.com. 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
11. "OFFICIAL: Gonzalo Castellani from Villarreal to Godoy Cruz". Soccerfame.com. 2012-06-06. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
12. Comunidad Valenciana (2012-06-20). "Joselu (Villarreal) admite oferta del Córdoba y niega tener una de Recreativo - ABC.es - Noticias Agencias". ABC.es. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
13. "Jonathan De Guzman transfer: Swansea loan Villarreal midfielder | The Sun |Sport|Football". The Sun. 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
14. "Official: Zapata joins AC Milan on loan". Goal.com. 2012-08-08. Retrieved 2012-11-08.