2022–23 Real Zaragoza season

Real Zaragoza
2022–23 season
PresidentJorge Mas
Head coachJuan Carlos Carcedo
(until 6 November)
Fran Escribá
(from 7 November)
StadiumLa Romareda
Segunda División13th
Copa del ReyFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Giuliano Simeone (9)
All:
Giuliano Simeone (9)

The 2022–23 season was the 91st season in the history of Real Zaragoza and their 10th consecutive season in the second division. The club participated in the Segunda División and the Copa del Rey.

Players

As of 20 September 2022

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 Argentina ARG Cristian Álvarez (captain)
2 DF Colombia COL Gabriel Fuentes (on loan from Atlético Junior)
3 DF Portugal POR Jair Amador
4 MF Serbia SRB Radosav Petrović
5 MF Spain ESP Jaume Grau
6 DF Spain ESP Alejandro Francés
7 FW Spain ESP Miguel Puche
8 MF Spain ESP Eugeni Valderrama
9 FW Spain ESP Iván Azón
10 MF Spain ESP Sergio Bermejo
11 MF Argentina ARG Valentín Vada
12 FW Spain ESP Gaizka Larrazabal
13 GK Spain ESP Álvaro Ratón
14 MF Spain ESP Francho Serrano
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF Bolivia BOL Jairo Quinteros
16 DF Spain ESP Dani Lasure
17 DF Spain ESP Carlos Nieto
18 DF Spain ESP Fran Gámez
19 FW Senegal SEN Makhtar Gueye (on loan from Oostende)
20 FW Argentina ARG Giuliano Simeone (on loan from Atlético Madrid)
21 MF Spain ESP Alberto Zapater
22 DF Spain ESP Carlos Vigaray
23 MF Spain ESP Manu Molina
24 DF Spain ESP Lluís López
27 DF Spain ESP Marcos Luna
28 FW Spain ESP Víctor Mollejo (on loan from Atlético Madrid)
35 GK Spain ESP Dani Rebollo

Reserve team

Main article: Deportivo Aragón

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
30 DF Spain ESP Miguel Operé
33 FW Spain ESP Guillem Naranjo

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
— MF Spain ESP Marc Aguado (at Andorra until 30 June 2023)
— MF Nigeria NGA James Igbekeme (at Columbus Crew until 31 December 2022)
— FW Spain ESP Luis Carbonell (at Teruel until 30 June 2023)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Spain ESP Marcos Baselga (at Calahorra until 30 June 2023)
— FW Spain ESP Sabin Merino (at Atlético San Luis until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

In

Date Player From Type Fee Ref.
1 July 2022 Spain Manu Molina Ibiza Transfer Free [1][2]
4 July 2022 Argentina Giuliano Simeone Atlético Madrid Loan [3]

Out

Date Player To Type Fee Ref.
1 July 2022 Spain Marc Aguado Andorra Loan [4]
5 August 2022 Equatorial Guinea Federico Bikoro Norway Sandefjord Transfer Undisclosed [5]
27 August 2022 Spain Enrique Clemente Las Palmas Transfer Undisclosed [6]
31 August 2022 Spain Pep Chavarría Rayo Vallecano Transfer Undisclosed [7]
1 September 2022 Colombia Juanjo Narváez Valladolid Transfer Undisclosed [8]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

23 July 2022 Friendly Lleida Esportiu Spain 1–3 Spain Zaragoza Lleida
19:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Camp d'Esports
27 July 2022 Friendly Teruel Spain 0–0 Spain Zaragoza Teruel
CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Estadio de Pinilla
Attendance: 800
Referee: Aranda Anquela
29 July 2022 XIII Trofeo Ciudad de Tarragona Gimnàstic Tarragona Spain 3–3
(4–3 p)		 Spain Zaragoza Tarragona
CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Nou Estadi de Tarragona
31 July 2022 Friendly Zaragoza Spain 2–1 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
CEST (UTC+2)
3 August 2022 Friendly Real Betis Spain 2–2 Spain Zaragoza
CEST (UTC+2)
7 August 2022 Friendly Girona Spain 1–1 Spain Zaragoza
CEST (UTC+2)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Segunda División 13 August 2022 26 May 2023 Matchday 1 13th 42 12 17 13 40 39 +1 028.57
Copa del Rey 13 November 2022 First round First round 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00
Total 43 12 17 14 40 40 +0 027.91

Source: Soccerway

Segunda División

Main article: 2022–23 Segunda División

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
11 Burgos 42 13 15 14 33 35 −2 54[a]
12 Racing Santander 42 14 12 16 39 40 −1 54[a]
13 Zaragoza 42 12 17 13 40 39 +1 53[b]
14 Leganés 42 14 11 17 37 42 −5 53[b]
15 Huesca 42 11 19 12 36 36 0 52[c]
Source: LaLiga SmartBank
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored[9]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Burgos finished ahead of Racing Santander on head-to-head points: Racing Santander 0–1 Burgos, Burgos 2–1 Racing Santander.
  2. ^ a b Zaragoza finished ahead of Leganés on head-to-head goal difference: Leganés 2–1 Zaragoza, Zaragoza 3–0 Leganés.
  3. ^ Huesca finished ahead of Mirandés on head-to-head points: Mirandés 1–1 Huesca, Huesca 1–0 Mirandés.

Notes

  1. ^
    Reserve teams are not eligible for promotion to the same league as the first 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
42 12 17 13 40 39  +1 53 8 10 3 25 16  +9 4 7 10 15 23  −8

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH
ResultDDLLWWLDDLWLWLLDDWDWLDWLDWLLDDWDDDWWDDLWLD
Position111416191613171717181314131417171615161416161417161414151617151514141210121313141413
Source: LaLiga SmartBank
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 23 June 2022.[10]

Copa del Rey

Main article: 2022–23 Copa del Rey

References

  1. ^ "COMUNICADO OFICIAL MANU MOLINA" (in Spanish). UD Ibiza. 24 May 2022.
  2. ^ "¡Bienvenido, Manu Molina!" (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 19 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Acuerdo con el Atlético de Madrid para la cesión de Giuliano Simeone" (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 4 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Marc Aguado seguirà a l'Andorra" (in Catalan). FC Andorra. 1 July 2022.
  5. ^ "VELKOMMEN TIL SANDEFJORD, FEDERICO BIKORO!" (in Norwegian). Sandefjord Fotball. 5 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Enrique Clemente, nuevo jugador de la UD Las Palmas" (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. 27 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Pep Chavarría nuevo jugador del Rayo Vallecano". Rayo Vallecano (in Spanish). 31 August 2022.
  8. ^ "NARVÁEZ COMPLETA EL PUZZLE" (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 1 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Reglamento General RFEF - Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos" (PDF). RFEF. 1 May 2015. p. 104. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  10. ^ "Calendario de LaLiga Smartbank 2022/23: Todas las jornadas y fechas de los partidos de la Segunda División". sport. June 23, 2022.