2011–12 Levante UD season

Levante UD
2011–12 season
President	Quico Catalán
Head coach	Juan Ignacio Martínez
Stadium	Ciutat de València
La Liga	6th
Copa del Rey	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Arouna Koné (15); All: Arouna Koné (17)
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 season was the 71st season in Levante's history and their second consecutive season in La Liga.

With new manager Juan Ignacio Martínez, the club aimed to stay in the top flight of Spanish football for another season but far surpassed their initial aim and finished 6th, qualifying for European competition in doing so. Levante competed in the 2011–12 La Liga and the 2011–12 Copa del Rey where they entered in the Round of 32.

Squad

Squad information

Updated 26 January 2012^[1]

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed in	Signed from	Apps.	Goals	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Gustavo Munúa	(1978-01-27) 27 January 1978 (age 46)	2010	Málaga	24	0
13	Keylor Navas	(1986-12-15) 15 December 1986 (age 38)	2011	Albacete	0	0	On loan
Defenders
3	Nano	(1980-07-07) 7 July 1980 (age 44)	2010	Betis	34	3
5	Héctor Rodas	(1988-03-07) 7 March 1988 (age 36)	2009	Youth system	31	2
11	Pedro Botelho	(1989-12-14) 14 December 1989 (age 35)	2012	Arsenal	0	0	On loan
12	Juanfran	(1976-07-15) 15 July 1976 (age 48)	2010	AEK Athens	44	0
15	Asier del Horno	(1981-01-19) 19 January 1981 (age 43)	2011	Valencia	22	2
17	Javi Venta	(1975-12-13) 13 December 1975 (age 49)	2010	Villarreal	35	0
18	Sergio Ballesteros (C)	(1975-09-04) 4 September 1975 (age 49)	2008	Mallorca	113	2
19	Pedro López	(1983-11-01) 1 November 1983 (age 41)	2011	Valladolid	1	0
22	Gustavo Cabral	(1985-10-14) 14 October 1985 (age 39)	2011	Arsenal de Sarandí	0	0	On loan
Midfielders
4	Javier Farinós	(1978-03-29) 29 March 1978 (age 46)	2011	Hércules	1	0
6	Miguel Pallardó	(1986-09-05) 5 September 1986 (age 38)	2008	Getafe	86	2
7	José Barkero	(1979-04-27) 27 April 1979 (age 45)	2011	Numancia	6	1
10	Vicente Iborra	(1988-01-16) 16 January 1988 (age 36)	2008	Youth system	99	5
14	Xavi Torres	(1986-11-27) 27 November 1986 (age 38)	2010	Málaga	37	0	On loan
16	Marc Mateu	(1990-06-16) 16 June 1990 (age 34)	2008	Youth system	12	0
20	Juanlu	(1980-05-08) 8 May 1980 (age 44)	2009	Betis	70	14
23	Valdo	(1981-04-23) 23 April 1981 (age 43)	2010	Espanyol	31	2
Forwards
2	Arouna Koné	(1983-11-11) 11 November 1983 (age 41)	2011	Sevilla	5	1	On loan
8	Óscar Serrano	(1981-09-30) 30 September 1981 (age 43)	2012	Racing Santander	0	0
9	Rafa Jordà	(1984-01-11) 11 January 1984 (age 40)	2010	Hércules	34	7
21	Rubén Suárez	(1979-02-19) 19 February 1979 (age 45)	2008	Elche	96	30
24	Carlos Aranda	(1980-07-27) 27 July 1980 (age 44)	2011	Osasuna	2	0
25	Nabil El Zhar	(1986-08-27) 27 August 1986 (age 38)	2011	Liverpool	2	0

Transfers

In

Pos	Player	From	Type	Source
GK	Keylor Navas	Albacete	Loan	LevanteUD.com
DF	Gustavo Cabral	Arsenal de Sarandí	Loan	LevanteUD.com
DF	Asier del Horno	Valencia	Transfer	LevanteUD.com
DF	Pedro López	Valladolid	Transfer	LevanteUD.com
MF	Javier Farinós	Hércules	Transfer	LevanteUD.com
MF	Miguel Pallardó	Getafe	Transfer	LevanteUD.com
MF	José Barkero	Numancia	Transfer	LevanteUD.com
MF	Marc Mateu	Badajoz	Loan return
FW	Felipe Caicedo	Manchester City	Transfer	LevanteUD.com
FW	Carlos Aranda	Osasuna	Transfer	LevanteUD.com
FW	Nabil El Zhar	Liverpool	Transfer	LevanteUD.com
FW	Pedro Botelho	Arsenal	Loan	LevanteUD.com
FW	Óscar Serrano	Racing Santander	Free	LevantedUD.com

Out

Pos	Player	To	Type	Source
FW	Felipe Caicedo	Lokomotiv Moscow	Transfer	LevanteUD.com
DF	Cerra	Córdoba	Transfer
MF	Gorka Larrea	Numancia	Transfer
GK	Manolo Reina	Cartagena	Transfer
FW	Wellington Silva	Arsenal	Loan return

Statistics

Team Stats

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	URU	Gustavo Munúa	19	0	18	0	1	0
13	GK	CRC	Keylor Navas	4	0	0	0	4	0
3	DF	ESP	Nano	18	2	16	2	2	0
5	DF	ESP	Héctor Rodas	1	0	0	0	1	0
11	DF	BRA	Pedro Botelho	1	0	0	0	1	0
12	DF	ESP	Juanfran	16	0	15	0	1	0
15	DF	ESP	Asier del Horno	9	0	7	0	2	0
17	DF	ESP	Javi Venta	18	0	15	0	3	0
18	DF	ESP	Sergio Ballesteros	20	2	18	1	2	1
19	DF	ESP	Pedro López	11	0	8	0	3	0
22	DF	ARG	Gustavo Cabral	6	0	1	0	5	0
28	DF	ESP	Iván López	2	0	0	0	2	0
30	DF	ESP	José Higón	4	0	1	0	3	0
4	MF	ESP	Javier Farinós	13	0	13	0	0	0
6	MF	ESP	Miguel Pallardó	10	0	5	0	5	0
7	MF	ESP	José Barkero	20	4	17	3	3	1
10	MF	ESP	Vicente Iborra	21	1	16	0	5	1
14	MF	ESP	Xavi Torres	19	1	17	1	2	0
16	MF	ESP	Marc Mateu	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	ESP	Juanlu	16	6	14	6	2	0
23	MF	CPV	Valdo	18	2	17	2	1	0
2	FW	CIV	Arouna Koné	21	7	17	6	4	1
8	FW	ESP	Óscar Serrano	1	0	0	0	1	0
9	FW	ESP	Rafa Jordà	3	0	0	0	3	0
21	FW	ESP	Rubén Suárez	22	6	17	4	5	2
24	FW	ESP	Carlos Aranda	12	1	10	0	2	1
25	FW	MAR	Nabil El Zhar	13	1	9	0	4	1
34	FW	ESP	Roger	4	1	1	0	3	1

Updated 27 January.

Discipline

No.	Pos	Player
1	GK	Gustavo Munúa	3	0	0
13	GK	Keylor Navas	1	0	0
3	DF	Nano	6	0	1
5	DF	Héctor Rodas	1	1	0
11	DF	Pedro Botelho	1	0	0
12	DF	Juanfran	3	1	1
15	DF	Asier del Horno	4	0	0
17	DF	Javi Venta	6	0	0
18	DF	Sergio Ballesteros	7	0	0
19	DF	Pedro López	2	0	0
22	DF	Gustavo Cabral	1	0	0
4	MF	Javier Farinós	3	0	0
6	MF	Miguel Pallardó	1	0	0
7	MF	José Barkero	6	0	0
10	MF	Vicente Iborra	7	0	0
14	MF	Xavi Torres	5	0	0
16	MF	Marc Mateu	0	0	0
20	MF	Juanlu	6	0	0
23	MF	Valdo	3	0	0
2	FW	Arouna Koné	2	0	0
8	FW	Óscar Serrano	1	1	0
9	FW	Rafa Jordà	0	0	0
21	FW	Rubén Suárez	3	0	0
24	FW	Carlos Aranda	1	0	0
25	FW	Nabil El Zhar	3	0	0

Updated 29 January

Competitions

Pre-season

Kickoff times are in CET.

23 July 2011 Friendly	Cercle Brugge	1–1	Levante	Bruges, Belgium
17:00	D'haene 37'	Report	Barkero 9'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Referee: Brinckman Jurgen (Belgium)

24 July 2011 Friendly	Lierse	2–6	Levante	Lier, Belgium
13:00	Torres 21' (o.g.) Wesley 61' (pen.)	Report	Welington 15' Torres 27' Jordà 36', 83', 88' Farinós 51'	Stadium: Herman Vanderpoortenstadion Referee: Stevens Valere (Belgium)

26 July 2011 Friendly	NAC Breda	0–0	Levante	Breda, Netherlands
19:00				Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Referee: Maarten Ketting (Netherlands)
Note: Match suspended in the 57th minute due to a brawl between players.^[2]

30 July 2011 Friendly	Teruel	3–2	Levante	Teruel, Spain
14:00	Chirri 14' Carlos David 45' Monforte 54' (pen.)	Report	Barkero 23' (pen.), 37'	Stadium: Pinilla Referee: Luis López Muñoz (Aragon)

2 August 2011 Trofeo Ágora	Levante	0–2	Peñarol	Valencia, Spain
15:45		Report	Palacios 44' Silvia 81'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Referee: Barberá Fuentes (Valencian Community)

5 August 2011 Friendly	Bolton Wanderers	0–1	Levante	Bolton, England
21:00		Report	Iborra 79'	Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 5,172 Referee: John Moss (England)

9 August 2011 Friendly	Albacete	1–1	Levante	Albacete, Spain
15:30	Calle 29' (pen.)	Report	Suárez 65'	Stadium: Carlos Belmonte Referee: Luis Collado López (Castile-La Mancha)

12 August 2011 Friendly	Parma	1–0	Levante	Parma, Italy
14:45	Pellè 30'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 2,245 Referee: Brighi di Cesena (Italy)

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Málaga	38	17	7	14	54	53	+1	58	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5	Atlético Madrid	38	15	11	12	53	46	+7	56	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
6	Levante	38	16	7	15	54	50	+4	55	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round^[b]
7	Osasuna	38	13	15	10	44	61	−17	54
8	Mallorca	38	14	10	14	42	46	−4	52

Source: ESPN
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
Notes:

^ Atlético Madrid won the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League and thus secured the title holder spot in the group stage of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.
^ Athletic Bilbao qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League as runners-up of the 2011–12 Copa del Rey to Barcelona, who have qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League. Consequently, Levante entered the play-off round.

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	16	8	14	55	50	+5	56	11	3	5	33	19	+14	5	5	9	22	31	−9

Last updated: 13 May 2012.
Source: Competitive Matches

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	D	W	L	W
Position	4	9	11	8	6	3	2	2	1	1	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	4	4	4	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6

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

Matches

Kickoff times are in CET.

21 August 2011 1	Levante	v	Zaragoza	Valencia
--:--				Stadium: Ciutat de València
Note: Postponed due to AFE strike after failing to reach a collective bargaining agreement with the LFP.^[3]

28 August 2011 2	Getafe	1–1	Levante	Getafe
18:00	Rodríguez 39' Lopo 45' Miku 62' Torres 68' Lacen 86' Sarabia 90+1'	Report	Suárez 44' Juanfran 45' Juanlu 77' Barkero 90+3'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva (Galicia)

11 September 2011 3	Racing Santander	0–0	Levante	Santander
16:00	Osmar 45' Kouli Diop 52' 81' Acosta 63'	Report	Iborra 59' Barkero 73'	Stadium: El Sardinero Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Navarre)

18 September 2011 4	Levante	1–0	Real Madrid	Valencia
20:00	Valdo 38' Juanlu 39' Ballesteros 40' Venta 43' Koné 68' Torres 78' Suárez 81' Pallardó 87' Munúa 90+4'	Report	Khedira 25' 40' Di María 39' Pepe 78' Coentrão 90+4'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 25,354 Referee: Javier Turienzo Álvarez (Castile and León)

21 September 2011 5	Rayo Vallecano	1–2	Levante	Vallecas
20:00	Delibašić 39' Piti 47' Tamudo 72' Botelho 77'	Report	Valdo 10' P. López 25' Ballesteros 29' Munúa 88'	Stadium: Teresa Rivero Attendance: 14,015 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez (Aragon)

25 September 2011 6	Levante	3–1	Espanyol	Valencia
16:00	Suárez 14' (pen.), 58' (pen.) Juanlu 53' Barkero 76'	Report	Fonte 13' Forlín 39' Amat 57' Moreno 73' Pandiani 81' S. García 85' Márquez 86'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 10,398 Referee: Miguel Pérez Lasa (Basque Country)

2 October 2011 7	Real Betis	0–1	Levante	Seville
16:00	Pereira 46' Iriney 72'	Report	Venta 24' Nano 28' Juanlu 33', 45+3' Barkero 58'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 22,000 Referee: José González González (Castile and León)

16 October 2011 8	Levante	3–0	Málaga	Valencia
18:00	Barkero 14', 17' Nano 21' Juanlu 30', 39' Koné 41'	Report	Caballero 27'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 13,108 Referee: César Muñiz Fernández (Asturias)

23 October 2011 9	Villarreal	0–3	Levante	Villarreal
22:00	Ruben 72' Rossi 76'	Report	Torres 22' Juanlu 16', 43' Koné 58'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 18,900 Referee: Carlos Delgado Ferreiro (Basque Country)

26 October 2011 10	Levante	3–2	Real Sociedad	Valencia
22:00	Koné 19' Valdo 38', 69' Nano 56' Suárez 90+3' Juanfran 90+4'	Report	Estrada 4' De la Bella 77' I. Martínez 86'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 12,347 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva (Galicia)
Note: Juanfran was sent off after being substituted.

30 October 2011 11	Osasuna	2–0	Levante	Pamplona
16:00	Cejudo 40', 41' 59' Nino 44' García 62'	Report	Iborra 49' Del Horno 83' Valdo 87'	Stadium: Reyno de Navarra Attendance: 15,399 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Basque Country)

5 November 2011 12	Levante	0–2	Valencia	Valencia
22:00	Iborra 36' Ballesteros 40' Munúa 40' Torres 42' Nano 49' Aranda 62'	Report	Venta 31' (o.g.) Alba 38' T. Costa 50' Rami 51' Piatti 90+2'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 19,114 Referee: del Cerro Grande (Community of Madrid)

20 November 2011 13	Atlético Madrid	3–2	Levante	Madrid
20:00	Turan 15' Adrián 40', 74' Domínguez 52' Pizzi 68' Diego 83'	Report	El Zhar 34' Torres 72' Iborra 89' Suárez 90+2'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Pérez Montero (Andalusia)

27 November 2011 14	Levante	4–0	Sporting Gijón	Valencia
16:00	Barkero 20', 70' Juanlu 42', 47' Venta 44' Koné 52', 62'	Report	Botía 28' Novo 66'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 11,287 Referee: Paradas Romero (Andalusia)

3 December 2011 15	Barcelona	5–0	Levante	Barcelona
20:00	Fàbregas 3', 32', 45' Cuenca 36' Messi 53' Sánchez 59' Valdés 90'	Report	Venta 26' Ballesteros 32' Del Horno 42'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 79,361 Referee: Teixeira Vitienes (Cantabria)

10 December 2011 16	Levante	1–0	Sevilla	Valencia
18:00	Juanlu 45+2' Nano 56' Ballesteros 62'	Report	Trochowski 39' Navarro 45+2' Navas 74' Spahić 90+2'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 11,131 Referee: Alvarez Izquierdo (Catalan)

18 December 2011 17	Granada	2–1	Levante	Granada
16:00	Siqueira 35' (pen.) Abel 45' Jara 74'	Report	Venta 32' Barkero 33' Juanfran 39' Koné 60' Farinós 80' Nano 90+2' 90+5'	Stadium: Los Cármenes Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Community of Madrid)

7 January 2012 18	Levante	0–0	Mallorca	Valencia
18:00	P. López 24' Farinós 68'	Report	Pina 57' Cendrós 62' Pereira 90+4'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 10,660 Referee: Undiano Mallenco (Navarre)

15 January 2012 19	Athletic Bilbao	3–0	Levante	Bilbao
18:00	Amorebieta 11' Llorente 40' Aurtenetxe 46' Herrera 64' San José 90'	Report	Torres 21' Juanfran 61' 89' Del Horno 67' Farinós 75' Ballesteros 90+3'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Velasco Carballo (Community of Madrid)

22 January 2012 1	Levante	0–0	Zaragoza	Valencia
20:45		Report		Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 10,065 Referee: Fernández Borbalán (Andalusia)

29 January 2012 21	Levante	1–2	Getafe	Valencia
16:00	Del Horno 86' Suárez 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Güiza 32', 52' Masilela 61' Castro 82' Lopo 90'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 13,230 Referee: Teixeira Vitienes (Cantabria)

4 February 2012 22	Levante	1–1	Racing Santander	Valencia
18:00	Koné 23' Torres 34' Juanfran 90'	Summary	González 38' Arana 61'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 7,658 Referee: Carlos Delgado Ferreiro

12 February 2012 23	Real Madrid	4–2	Levante	Madrid
21:30	Ramos 36' Ronaldo 45' (pen.), 50' (57) Pepe 49' Benzema 66' Arbeloa 84'	Summary	Cabral 5' Serrano 34' Iborra 37' 43' Koné 63' Cabral 86'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 71,000 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

19 February 2012 24	Levante	3–5	Rayo Vallecano	Valencia
19:45	Koné 41' Farinós 41' Barkero 50' (pen.) Del Horno 65' Suárez 79', 90+2' Torres 83' Cabral 83'	Summary	Tito 11' Bangoura 35', 70', 28' Pulido 49' Costa 62', 63', 67' Delibašić 85'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 9,457 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Basque Country)

26 February 2012 25	Espanyol	1–2	Levante	Cornellà de Llobregat
21:00	Weiss 51' Uche 75'	Summary	Juanfran 13' Valdo 24' Munúa 52' Barkero 58' Torres 59' Suárez 89' Farinós 90+2'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

5 March 2012 26	Levante	3–1	Real Betis	Valencia
21:00	P. López 12' Barkero 34' Ballesteros 36' Torres 42' Koné 51' Iborra 67' Valdo 72' Juanfran 85'	Summary	Molina 44' Sevilla 46' Fabricio 57' Pereira 64'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

10 March 2012 27	Málaga	1–0	Levante	Málaga
18:00	Rondón 51'	Report		Stadium: La Rosaleda

18 March 2012 28	Levante	1–0	Villarreal	Valencia
18:00	Valdo 14' Venta 45' Juanfran 85' Torres 90+2'	Summary	Zapata 6' Castellani 45+1' Martinuccio 75' Pérez 84' Nilmar 86' Marchena 89' 90'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

21 March 2012 29	Real Sociedad	1–3	Levante	San Sebastián
20:00	Vela 6' Elustondo 28' 57' Estrada 53' González 90+1'	Summary	Barkero 12' (pen.) 85' Navarro 41' Koné 45' Farinós 54' Botelho 59' P. López 76' Juanfran 77' Torres 90+4'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 20,722 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

25 March 2012 30	Levante	0–2	Osasuna	Valencia
16:00	Torres 62' Venta 70'	Summary	García 16' 59' Nino 79' Rovérsio 83'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

1 April 2012 31	Valencia	1–1	Levante	Valencia
18:00	Feghouli 18' Hernández 25' Parejo 34' Jonas 35' Aduriz 90+4'	Summary	Cabral 25' Juanfran 52' Koné 54' Barkero 66'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 40,000 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

8 April 2012 32	Levante	2–0	Atlético Madrid	Valencia
16:00	Valdo 1', 86' Koné 9', 41' Ballesteros 34' Juanfran 45'	Summary	Turan 34' Diego 34' Salvio 49' Suárez 68' Miranda 72' 83' Gabi 90+4'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias

11 April 2012 33	Sporting Gijón	3–2	Levante	Gijón
20:00	Trejo 22' Lora 30', 74' Barral 37' Botía 51' Órfila 62' Cases 78' Sangoy 84'	Summary	Valdo 16' Koné 63'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Miguel Pérez Lasa

14 April 2012 34	Levante	1–2	Barcelona	Valencia
22:00	Barkero 23' (pen.) Botelho 45' Iborra 67' Cabral 69' Valdo 70' Juanfran 71'	Summary	Busquets 23' Adriano 39' Messi 64', 72' (pen.)	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 25,000 Referee: José Antonio Teixeira Vitienes

21 April 2012 35	Sevilla	1–1	Levante	Seville
22:30	Escudé 20' Negredo 21' Medel 40' Manu 89'	Summary	Iborra 19' Koné 29', 29' Venta 86' Valdo 89' El Zhar 90+3'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

28 April 2012 36	Levante	3–1	Granada	València
18:00 CET (UTC+01)	Koné 46', 47' Torres 73' Valdo 84'	Summary	Geijo 45+2' López 50' Ighalo 67' Júlio César 83'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 15,000 Referee: José Luis González González

2 May 2012 20	Zaragoza	1–0	Levante	Zaragoza
20:00 CET (UTC+01)	Oriol 11' Álvarez 27' Lafita 61' Postiga 78' Roberto 86' García 86'	Summary	Iborra 55' Cabral 73' Botelho 78' Valdo 88' Torres 90+3'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

5 May 2012 37	Mallorca	1–0	Levante	Palma
21:00 CET (UTC+01)	Pina 54' Pereira 90+3'	Summary	Iborra 60' Munúa 83' Botelho 90+4'	Stadium: Son Moix Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias

13 May 2012 38	Levante	3–0	Athletic Bilbao	Valencia
20:00 CET (UTC+01)	Ghezzal 45', 45', 67' Farinós 88' (pen.)	Report	Amorebieta 87'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

Copa del Rey

Kickoff times are in CET.

Round of 32

13 December 2011 First Leg	Deportivo	3–1	Levante	A Coruña
21:00	Álvarez 13' Saúl 36', 80' Vázquez 90+2'	Report	Rodas 73' 84' Aranda 78'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández (Catalan)

21 December 2011 Second Leg	Levante	4–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 agg.)	Deportivo	Valencia
21:00	El Zhar 14', 118' Ballesteros 38', 40' Suárez 80', 94' Koné 101' Navas 110'	Report	Álvarez 24' (pen.), 26' Saúl 32' 36' Bodipo 40' Lux 55' Borja 60' 119' Aythami 69' Seoane 104' Valerón 110'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 8,500 Referee: José Paradas Romero (Andalusia)

Round of 16

3 January 2012 First Leg	Alcorcón	2–1	Levante	Alcorcón
21:00	Borja 13', 36' Expósito 33' Nagore 52' Rueda 59'	Report	Pallardó 24' Nano 37' El Zhar 76' Iborra 77' Cabral 87' Koné 90+3'	Stadium: Santo Domingo Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Pedro Pérez Montero (Andalusia)

11 January 2012 Second Leg	Levante	4–0 (5–2 agg.)	Alcorcón	Valencia
20:00	Barkero 23' Roger 45' Iborra 52', 63' Nano 54' Suárez 66' Venta 90'	Report	Abraham 32' Mora 50' Babin 77' Miguélez 80' Riera 86'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Álvarez Izquierdo (Catalonia)

Quarter-finals

19 January 2012 First Leg	Valencia	4–1	Levante	Valencia
21:30	Jonas 24', 82' Soldado 31', 73' Piatti 45+2' Feghouli 74' Alves 83' T. Costa 90+3', 90+4'	Report	Torres 33' Koné 37' Cabral 54' Roger 56' El Zhar 79' Juanfran 80' Iborra 90+1'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 40,000 Referee: José Paradas Romero (Andalusia)

26 January 2012 Second Leg	Levante	0–3 (1–7 agg.)	Valencia	Valencia
21:30	Botelho 22' Serrano 38' 72' Ballesteros 45+1' Del Horno 57' Iborra 60' Torres 87'	Report	Aduriz 25' Piatti 30', 85' Banega 74'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 12,100 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva (Galicia)

References

^ "Levante Squad" (in Spanish). LevanteUD.com. 3 October 2011. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
^ "Player's brawl suspends NAC-Levante pre-season match" (in Spanish). LevanteUD.com. 26 July 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
^ "LFP and AFE to continue talks". LFP.es. 19 August 2011. Archived from the original on 28 June 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2011.

External links

Levante UD official website

[table_note_res_ELGS0.84334370998821-3] Atlético Madrid won the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League and thus secured the title holder spot in the group stage of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.

[table_note_res_ELPR0.84334370998821-4] Athletic Bilbao qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League as runners-up of the 2011–12 Copa del Rey to Barcelona, who have qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League. Consequently, Levante entered the play-off round.

[1] "Levante Squad" (in Spanish). LevanteUD.com. 3 October 2011. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2011.

[2] "Player's brawl suspends NAC-Levante pre-season match" (in Spanish). LevanteUD.com. 26 July 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2011.

[5] "LFP and AFE to continue talks". LFP.es. 19 August 2011. Archived from the original on 28 June 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2011.

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