2015–16 Rayo Vallecano season

Rayo Vallecano
2015–16 season
President	Raúl Martín Presa
Head coach	Paco Jémez
Stadium	Campo de Vallecas
La Liga	18th (relegated)
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	Javi Guerra (9 goals)
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season is the 91st season in Rayo’s history and the 17th in the top-tier.

Current squad

As of 15 August 2015^[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	David Cobeño (captain)
2	DF	ESP	Tito
3	DF	ESP	Nacho
4	DF	ESP	Antonio Amaya
5	DF	ESP	José Dorado
6	MF	MLI	Ousseynou Cissé
7	FW	VEN	Miku
8	MF	ESP	Raúl Baena
9	FW	ANG	Manucho
10	MF	ESP	Roberto Trashorras (vice-captain)
11	MF	ESP	Adri Embarba
12	MF	ARG	Luis Fariña (on loan from Benfica)
13	GK	ESP	Juan Carlos


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	ESP	Pablo Hernández (on loan from Al-Arabi)
15	DF	ROU	Răzvan Raț
16	MF	CHN	Zhang Chengdong (on loan from Beijing Guoan)
17	DF	ESP	Quini
18	DF	POR	Zé Castro
19	MF	GUI	Lass Bangoura
20	MF	GER	Patrick Ebert
21	MF	ESP	Jozabed
23	FW	POR	Bebé (on loan from Benfica)
24	FW	ESP	Javi Guerra
25	GK	ESP	Toño
27	DF	ESP	Diego Llorente (on loan from Real Madrid)

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 Valladolid)
—	MF	ESP	Álex Moreno (at Elche)
—	MF	ESP	Diego Aguirre (at Oviedo)

Staff

Head coach:
- Paco Jémez
Director of football:
- Felipe Miñambres

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
La Liga	–
Copa del Rey	Round of 32

Updated to match played 15 August 2015
Source: Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
La Liga	38	9	11	18	52	73	−21	023.68
Copa del Rey	4	1	1	2	4	7	−3	025.00
Total	42	10	12	20	56	80	−24	023.81

Last updated: 15 May 2016
Source: Competitions

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Granada	38	10	9	19	46	69	−23	39^[a]
17	Sporting Gijón	38	10	9	19	40	62	−22	39^[a]
18	Rayo Vallecano (R)	38	9	11	18	52	73	−21	38	Relegation to Segunda División
19	Getafe (R)	38	9	9	20	37	67	−30	36
20	Levante (R)	38	8	8	22	37	70	−33	32

Source: La Liga, Soccerway
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; 7) Play-off.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Granada finished ahead of Sporting Gijón on head-to-head record; Granada 2–0 Sporting Gijón, Sporting Gijón 3–3 Granada.

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	9	11	18	52	73	−21	38	8	4	7	29	29	0	1	7	11	23	44	−21

Last updated: 15 May 2016.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Result round 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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	W	D	W	D	D	D	L	L	D	D	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	W
Position	10	16	19	12	9	11	15	15	14	15	12	13	14	16	18	18	19	19	19	18	17	19	15	15	15	14	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	18

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

2 August 2015 (2015-08-02) 1	Rayo Vallecano	0–0	Valencia	Madrid
22:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tito 42' Manucho 49' Nacho 74'	Report	Mustafi 56'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 9,442 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 2	Celta Vigo	3–0	Rayo Vallecano	Vigo
22:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Nolito 11' (pen.), 50', 41' Fernández 41' Jonny 68' Fontàs 88'	Report	Toño 9' Manucho 61' Trashorras 87'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 16,344 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

14 September 2015 (2015-09-14) 3	Rayo Vallecano	1–3	Deportivo La Coruña	Madrid
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Embarba 27' Ebert 35' 77' Llorente 73'	Report	Borges 7' Luis Alberto 28' Laure 32' Arribas 45' Lucas 61'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 11,803 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

20 September 2015 (2015-09-20) 4	Las Palmas	0–1	Rayo Vallecano	Las Palmas
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hernán 43' Wakaso 62' Araujo 75'	Report	Baena 24' Embarba 28' Amaya 33' Guerra 42' Nacho 60' Raț 71'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 19,350 Referee: José González González

20 September 2015 (2015-09-20) 5	Rayo Vallecano	2–1	Sporting Gijón	Madrid
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Trashorras 40' (pen.) Guera 48' Baena 73' Nacho 84'	Report	Bernardo 37' 39' Jony 49' Canella 76'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 10,941 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 6	Sevilla	3–2	Rayo Vallecano	Seville
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Iborra 16' Gameiro 23' Nzonzi 45+1' Konoplyanka 86'	Report	Llorente 15' Amaya 16' 83' Bebé 51' Guerra 68' Trashorras 87'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 33,779 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

4 October 2015 (2015-10-04) 7	Rayo Vallecano	0–2	Real Betis	Madrid
12:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bangoura 52' Guerra 68' Bebé 89' Raț 90+3'	Report	Westermann 20' Rennella 37' Piccini 40' Castro 61'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 11,719 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 8	Barcelona	5–2	Rayo Vallecano	Barcelona
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Neymar 22' (pen.), 32' (pen.), 69', 70' Suárez 77' Piqué 79'	Report	Guerra 15' Llorente 21' Dorado 49' Jozabed 86'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 73,805 Referee: Pedro Pérez Montero

23 October 2015 (2015-10-23) 9	Rayo Vallecano	3–0	Espanyol	Madrid
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Castro 30' Trashorras 36' (pen.) Ebert 54' Tito 72' 90+2' Guerra 76', 78'	Report	Roco 35' Sánchez 41' 66'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 10,431 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

1 November 2015 (2015-11-01) 10	Eibar	1–0	Rayo Vallecano	Eibar
12:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Llorente 21' (o.g.) Enrich 69' García 81'	Report	Ebert 37' Bebé 58' Guerra 90+2'	Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 5,363 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) 11	Rayo Vallecano	2–1	Granada	Madrid
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Guerra 3', 10' Castro 13' 19' Tito 46' Trashorras 90+3'	Report	Piti 45+2' Babin 53' Krhin 63' Pérez 70'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 9,921 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

23 November 2015 (2015-11-23) 12	Getafe	1–1	Rayo Vallecano	Getafe
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vázquez 54' Vigaray 72' Šćepović 83' J. Rodríguez 89' Yoda 90+2'	Report	Baena 27' Guerra 35' Trashorras 50' Jozabed 73', 90+2'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 5,088 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

29 November 2015 (2015-11-29) 13	Rayo Vallecano	0–3	Athletic Bilbao	Madrid
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Baena 17' Trashorras 26' Nacho 59' Tito 90+2'	Report	Aduriz 1', 24' (pen.), 60' Laporte 64'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 13,100 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

6 December 2015 (2015-12-06) 14	Villarreal	2–1	Rayo Vallecano	Villarreal
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Dos Santos 35' Bakambu 69', 86'	Report	Baena 33' Jozabed 41' Castro 60' Miku 80' Quini 88'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 16,101 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

13 December 2015 (2015-12-13) 15	Rayo Vallecano	1–2	Málaga	Madrid
12:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Guerra 6', 90+5'	Report	Čop 31', 87' Albentosa 37' Charles 59'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 9,301 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

20 December 2015 (2015-12-20) 16	Real Madrid	10–2	Rayo Vallecano	Madrid
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Danilo 3', 72' Bale 25', 41', 61', 70' Ronaldo 30' (pen.), 53' Benzema 48', 79', 90+1'	Report	Amaya 10' Jozabed 12' Tito 14' Trashorras 15' Baena 19' 28' Nacho 27'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 61,564 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

30 December 2015 (2015-12-30) 17	Rayo Vallecano	0–2	Atlético Madrid	Madrid
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Yoel 33' Llorente 69' Castro 80'	Report	Torres 43' Gámez 72' Giménez 74' Correa 88' Griezmann 90'	Stadium: Vallecas

3 January 2016 (2016-01-03) 18	Rayo Vallecano	2–2	Real Sociedad	Madrid
12:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Llorente 15', 48' Jozabed 51' Quini 56' Castro 71'	Report	C. Martínez 19' Elustondo 27' Bergara 37' Bruma 63' Berchiche 70'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 10,756 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

9 January 2016 (2016-01-09) 19	Levante	2–1	Rayo Vallecano	Valencia
12:00 (UTC+1)	Feddal 34' Simão Mate 37' Deyverson 72', 72' Morales 81' Verza 85' Xumetra 90+3'	Report	Hernández 83' Guerra 89'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 10,589 Referee: Mario Melero López

17 January 2016 (2016-01-17) 20	Valencia	2–2	Rayo Vallecano	Valencia
22:05 (UTC+1)	Negredo 55' Paco 86', 88'	Report	Jozabed 15' Llorente 19', 69' Quini 78' Bangoura 81'	Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

23 January 2016 (2016-01-23) 21	Rayo Vallecano	3–0	Celta Vigo	Madrid
20:30 (UTC+1)	Miku 21' Tito 26' Jozabed 36' Dorado 80' Quini 88' Trashorras 90+2'	Report	Beauvue 19' Goldar 35' Orellana 39' Dražić 45+1'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 10,780 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

1 February 2016 (2016-02-01) 22	Deportivo La Coruña	2–2	Rayo Vallecano	A Coruña
20:30 (UTC+1)	Lucas 19' Fajr 46'	Report	Miku 8' Jozabed 23'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 19,055 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

7 February 2016 (2016-02-07) 23	Rayo Vallecano	2–0	Las Palmas	Madrid
18:15 (UTC+1)	Miku 3', 84' Llorente 28' Baena 39' Bebé 74'	Report	Castellano 45'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 11,565 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

14 February 2016 (2016-02-14) 24	Sporting Gijón	2–2	Rayo Vallecano	Gijón
20:30 (UTC+1)	Guerrero 5' Vranješ 27' Rachid 44' Halilović 45+1' Álvarez 63'	Report	Nacho 22' Quini 30' Miku 39' Jozabed 59' Iturra 62' Hernández 77'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 21,987 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

21 February 2016 (2016-02-21) 25	Rayo Vallecano	2–2	Sevilla	Madrid
12:00 (UTC+1)	Baena 16' Manucho 43' Jozabed 44' Miku 57', 62' Embarba 64' Llorente 75' Hernández 90+3'	Report	Nzonzi 10' Iborra 20' Coke 59' Banega 90+1'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 12,375 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

27 February 2016 (2016-02-27) 26	Real Betis	2–2	Rayo Vallecano	Gijón
18:15 (UTC+1)	Castro 14', 28' Ceballos 62' Petros 90+5'	Report	Manucho 48', 51' Trashorras 62' Llorente 71' Quini 76'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 35,666 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

3 March 2016 27	Rayo Vallecano	1–5	Barcelona	Madrid
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Llorente 42' Manucho 57' Iturra 67'	Report	Rakitić 22' Messi 23', 53', 72' Turan 78', 86' Neymar 87'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 14,430 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

6 March 2016 (2016-03-06) 28	Espanyol	2–1	Rayo Vallecano	Barcelona
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Abraham 12' Sánchez 24' 89' Pérez 77' López 81' Diop 89' Álvaro 90+1'	Report	Crespo 15' Embarba 31' Bebé 67' Baena 70' Guerra 89'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 22,638 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

13 March 2016 (2016-03-13) 29	Rayo Vallecano	1–1	Eibar	Madrid
22:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Castro 7' Özbiliz 33' Llorente 44' Miku 45+1' Piti 59' Embarba 76'	Report	Escalante 36' Radošević 67' 85' Ramis 80'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 10,567 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

19 March 2016 (2016-03-19) 30	Granada	2–2	Rayo Vallecano	Granada
18:15 (UTC+1)	El-Arabi 11', 54' (pen.) Success 17' 70' Costa 84'	Report	Crespo 24' Quini 38' Hernández 45' Juan Carlos 52' Castro 78', 87' Embarba 90'	Stadium: Los Cármenes Attendance: 18,848 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

3 April 2016 (2016-04-03) 31	Rayo Vallecano	2–0	Getafe	Madrid
20:30 (UTC+1)	Yoel 15' Guerra 15', 69' Baena 38' Miku 71' Tito 72' Manucho 90+1'	Report	J. Rodríguez 37' Vigaray 40' Sarabia 45+1' Cala 53' Vergini 90+1'	Stadium: Vallecas Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

10 April 2016 32	Athletic Bilbao	1–0	Rayo Vallecano	Bilbao
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	García 16' Williams 61'	Report	Nacho 2' Baena 16' Castro 52'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 37,597 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

17 April 2016 (2016-04-17) 33	Rayo Vallecano	2–1	Villarreal	Madrid
18:15 (UTC+1)	Guerra 7', 57' Amaya 68' Miku 81'	Report	Adrián 20' Ruiz 57' Marín 59' Mario 72' Matías Nahuel 80'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 12,628 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

20 April 2016 (2016-04-20) 34	Málaga	1–1	Rayo Vallecano	Málaga
20:45 (UTC+1)	Recio 66' Ricca 90+1'	Report	Llorente 29' Hernández 37' Baena 62' Trashorras 78'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 13,579 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

23 April 2016 35	Rayo Vallecano	2–3	Real Madrid	Madrid
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Embarba 7' Miku 14' Jozabed 53' Crespo 62' Iturra 68' Trashorras 73' Amaya 77' Raț 83'	Report	Bale 35', 81' Vázquez 52' Kovačić 67'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 13,134 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

30 April 2016 36	Atlético Madrid	1–0	Rayo Vallecano	Madrid
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Griezmann 55' Kranevitter 68'	Report	Bebé 35'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 49,263 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

8 May 2016 (2016-05-08) 37	Real Sociedad	2–1	Rayo Vallecano	San Sebastián
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Oyarzabal 12' Prieto 28' Bautista 50', 70' Granero 76'	Report	Crespo 60' Guerra 69'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 18,857 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

15 May 2016 (2016-05-15) 38	Rayo Vallecano	3–1	Levante	Madrid
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hernández 12' Trashorras 20' Amaya 59' Miku 73'	Report	Verza 60' (pen.), 90' Navarro 63' Deyverson 82'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 12,547 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

References

^ "Primer equipo" [First team] (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014.

[table_hth_SPO0.64511109778896-2] Granada finished ahead of Sporting Gijón on head-to-head record; Granada 2–0 Sporting Gijón, Sporting Gijón 3–3 Granada.

[1] "Primer equipo" [First team] (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014.

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