2023–24 Granada CF season

Granada CF
2023–24 season
PresidentSophia Yang
Head coachPaco López
(until 26 November)
Alexander Medina
(from 27 November to 19 March)
José Ramón Sandoval
(from 19 March)
StadiumNuevo Estadio de Los Cármenes
La Liga20th (relegated)
Copa del ReyFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Myrto Uzuni (11)
All:
Myrto Uzuni (11)
Average home league attendance16,350
Biggest winGranada 3–0 Osasuna
Biggest defeatGirona 7–0 Granada

The 2023–24 season was Granada Club de Fútbol's 93rd season in existence and first season back in La Liga. They also competed in the Copa del Rey.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 February 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 Spain ESP Raúl Fernández
2 DF Uruguay URU Bruno Méndez
3 DF France FRA Faitout Maouassa (on loan from Club Brugge)
4 DF Spain ESP Miguel Rubio
5 DF Spain ESP Jesús Vallejo (on loan from Real Madrid)
6 MF Cameroon CMR Martin Hongla
7 FW Argentina ARG Lucas Boyé
8 FW Uruguay URU Matías Arezo
9 FW Spain ESP José Callejón
10 FW Spain ESP Antonio Puertas
11 FW Albania ALB Myrto Uzuni
12 DF Spain ESP Ricard Sánchez
13 GK Spain ESP Marc Martínez
14 DF Spain ESP Ignasi Miquel
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF Spain ESP Carlos Neva (vice-captain)
16 DF Spain ESP Víctor Díaz (captain)
17 FW Canada CAN Theo Corbeanu
18 FW Poland POL Kamil Jóźwiak
19 FW Uruguay URU Facundo Pellistri (on loan from Manchester United)
20 MF Spain ESP Sergio Ruiz
21 MF Spain ESP Óscar Melendo
22 DF Poland POL Kamil Piątkowski (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg)
23 MF Spain ESP Gerard Gumbau
24 MF Spain ESP Gonzalo Villar
25 GK Argentina ARG Augusto Batalla (on loan from River Plate)
28 DF Spain ESP Raúl Torrente
31 GK Spain ESP Adri López

Reserve team

Main article: Club Recreativo Granada

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
27 MF Spain ESP Mario González
32 DF Spain ESP Miki Bosch
33 FW Spain ESP Pablo Sáenz
34 GK Spain ESP Pol Tristán
No. Pos. Nation Player
35 GK Spain ESP Fran Árbol
36 MF Ivory Coast CIV Lass Sangaré
37 FW Nigeria NGA Eghosa Bello

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
— GK Portugal POR André Ferreira (on loan at Valladolid until 30 June 2024)
— DF Senegal SEN Alpha Diounkou (on loan at AEK Larnaca until 30 June 2024)
— MF Spain ESP Alberto Soro (on loan at Vizela until 30 June 2024)
— MF Spain ESP Víctor Meseguer (on loan at Valladolid until 30 June 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Serbia SRB Njegoš Petrović (on loan at Vojvodina until 30 June 2024)
— FW Senegal SEN Famara Diédhiou (on loan at Cardiff City until 30 June 2024)
— FW Israel ISR Shon Weissman (on loan at Salernitana until 30 June 2024)
— FW Spain ESP Bryan Zaragoza (on loan at Bayern Munich until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
FW Senegal Famara Diédhiou Turkey Alanyaspor €500,000 1 July 2023 [2]
MF Spain Jesús Vallejo Spain Real Madrid Loan 15 July 2023 [3]
MF Spain Gerard Gumbau Spain Elche Free 27 July 2023 [4]
MF Spain Gonzalo Villar Italy Roma €1,800,000 4 August 2023 [5]
DF Portugal Wilson Manafá Portugal Porto Free 7 August 2023 [6]
FW Argentina Lucas Boyé Spain Elche €7,000,000 30 August 2023 [7]
MF Spain Álvaro Carreras England Manchester United Loan 1 September 2023 [8]
DF Uruguay Bruno Méndez Brazil Corinthians Free 1 January 2024 [9]
GK Argentina Augusto Batalla Argentina River Plate Loan 3 January 2024 [10]
DF Poland Kamil Piątkowski Austria Red Bull Salzburg Loan 5 January 2024 [11]
MF Cameroon Martin Hongla Italy Hellas Verona Undisclosed 12 January 2024 [12]
MF Uruguay Facundo Pellistri England Manchester United Loan 31 January 2024 [13]

Out

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
FW Spain Jorge Molina Retired 1 July 2023
DF Spain Quini Greece Olympiacos Free 11 July 2023
MF Spain Isma Ruiz Spain Córdoba Free 9 August 2023 [14]
FW Spain Samu Omorodion Spain Atlético Madrid €6,000,000 21 August 2023 [15]
FW Spain Antoñín Spain Lugo Free 28 August 2023 [16]
MF Spain Alberto Soro Portugal Vizela Loan 31 August 2023 [17]
DF Senegal Alpha Dionkou Cyprus AEK Larnaca Loan 1 September 2023 [18]
MF France Yann Bodiger Spain Tenerife Free 1 September 2023 [19]
MF Spain Álvaro Carreras England Manchester United Loan return 14 January 2024 [20]
DF Portugal Wilson Manafá China Shanghai Shenhua €150,000 28 January 2024 [21]
MF Spain Bryan Zaragoza Germany Bayern Munich Loan (€4,000,000) 1 February 2024 [22]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

19 July 2023 Friendly Granada Spain 3–1 Spain San Fernando Granada
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva Granada CF
Attendance: 0
22 July 2023 Friendly Granada Spain 8–0 Spain El Ejido Granada
10:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva Granada CF
Referee: Pedro Rubio
26 July 2023 Friendly Atlético Sanluqueño Spain 0–1 Spain Granada Sanlúcar de Barrameda
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Estadio El Palmar
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Mario Melero López
29 July 2023 Friendly Granada Spain 2–0 Spain AD Ceuta Cádiz
09:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Montecastillo
2 August 2023 Friendly Granada Spain 2–1 Spain Getafe Puertollano
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de Puertollano
5 August 2023 Friendly Almería Spain 1–0 Spain Granada Almería
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Power Horse Stadium
Attendance: 7,810
Referee: Sánchez Martínez

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
La Liga 14 August 2023 24 May 2024 Matchday 1 20th 38 4 9 25 38 79 −41 010.53
Copa del Rey 2 November 2023 First round First round 1 0 0 1 0 3 −3 000.00
Total 39 4 9 26 38 82 −44 010.26

Source: Soccerway

La Liga

Main article: 2023–24 La Liga

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
16 Las Palmas 38 10 10 18 33 47 −14 40[a]
17 Rayo Vallecano 38 8 14 16 29 48 −19 38
18 Cádiz (R) 38 6 15 17 26 55 −29 33 Relegation to Segunda División
19 Almería (R) 38 3 12 23 43 75 −32 21[b]
20 Granada (R) 38 4 9 25 38 79 −41 21[b]
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)[23]
(R) Relegation
Notes:
  1. ^ Mallorca finished ahead of Las Palmas on head-to-head points: Las Palmas 1–1 Mallorca, Mallorca 1–0 Las Palmas.
  2. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head points. Almería finished ahead of Granada on overall goal difference.

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 4 9 25 38 79  −41 21 4 6 9 24 32  −8 0 3 16 14 47  −33

Source: La Liga

Results by round

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GroundAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHA
ResultLLWLLLDDDLLLDLLDLLWLLLDDDLLLLLWDWLLLLL
Position1720151618191919191919191919191919191919191919191919191919191919191919191920
Source: La Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 22 June 2023.[24]

14 August 2023 1 Atlético Madrid 3–1 Granada Madrid
21:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Cívitas Metropolitano
Attendance: 56,164
Referee: Juan Luis Pulido Santana
21 August 2023 2 Granada 0–2 Rayo Vallecano Granada
21:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes
Attendance: 17,338
Referee: Pablo González Fuertes
26 August 2023 3 Granada 3–2 Mallorca Granada
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes
Attendance: 16,368
Referee: Francisco José Hernández Maeso
2 September 2023 4 Real Sociedad 5–3 Granada San Sebastián
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Reale Arena
Attendance: 25,335
Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández
18 September 2023 5 Granada 2–4 Girona Granada
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes
Attendance: 17,323
Referee: Isidro Díaz de Mera Escuderos
24 September 2023 6 Las Palmas 1–0 Granada Las Palmas
17:30 WEST (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Estadio Gran Canaria
Attendance: 24,848
Referee: Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea
28 September 2023 7 Granada 1–1 Real Betis Granada
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes
Attendance: 18,936
Referee: Víctor García Verdura
1 October 2023 8 Almería 3–3 Granada Almería
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Power Horse Stadium
Attendance: 14,264
Referee: Pablo González Fuertes
8 October 2023 9 Granada 2–2 Barcelona Granada
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes
Attendance: 20,354
Referee: César Soto Grado
20 October 2023 10 Osasuna 2–0 Granada Pamplona
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: El Sadar
Attendance: 19,739
Referee: Mateo Busquets Ferrer
30 October 2023 11 Granada 2–3 Villarreal Granada
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes
Attendance: 16,638
Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva
5 November 2023 12 Valencia 1–0 Granada Valencia
16:15 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 44,922
Referee: Víctor García Verdura
11 November 2023 13 Granada 1–1 Getafe Granada
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes
Attendance: 18,103
Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz
24 November 2023 14 Alavés 3–1 Granada Vitoria-Gasteiz
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Mendizorrotza
Attendance: 15,705
Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas
2 December 2023 15 Real Madrid 2–0 Granada Madrid
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu
Attendance: 70,685
Referee: Pablo González Fuertes
10 December 2023 16 Granada 1–1 Athletic Bilbao Granada
16:15 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes
Attendance: 12,849
Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias
Note: The match was abandoned after 18 minutes due to the death of a spectator in the stadium, and resumed the following day.[25]
16 December 2023 17 Celta Vigo 1–0 Granada Vigo
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Balaídos
Attendance: 18,027
Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez
19 December 2023 18 Granada 0–3 Sevilla Granada
21:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes
Attendance: 16,534
Referee: Mateo Busquets Ferrer
3 January 2024 19 Granada 2–0 Cádiz Granada
17:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes
Attendance: 17,732
Referee: Juan Luis Pulido Santana
13 January 2024 20 Real Betis 1–0 Granada Seville
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Benito Villamarín
Attendance: 50,197
Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández
22 January 2024 21 Granada 0–1 Atlético Madrid Granada
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes
Attendance: 18,704
Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera
29 January 2024 22 Getafe 2–0 Granada Getafe
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Coliseum
Attendance: 10,382
Referee: Víctor García Verdura
3 February 2024 23 Granada 1–1 Las Palmas Granada
16:15 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes
Attendance: 17,941
Referee: Mateo Busquets Ferrer
11 February 2024 24 Barcelona 3–3 Granada Barcelona
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Attendance: 41,901
Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias
18 February 2024 25 Granada 1–1 Almería Granada
16:15 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes
Attendance: 18,756
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano
3 March 2024 27 Villarreal 5–1 Granada Villarreal
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica
Attendance: 15,896
Referee: Juan Luis Pulido Santana
9 March 2024 28 Granada 2–3 Real Sociedad Granada
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes
Attendance: 9,214
Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera
16 March 2024 29 Mallorca 1–0 Granada Palma
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Estadi Mallorca Son Moix
Attendance: 16,477
Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea
29 March 2024 30 Cádiz 1–0 Granada Cádiz
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Nuevo Mirandilla
Attendance: 15,422
Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández
4 April 2024 26 Granada 0–1 Valencia Granada
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes
Attendance: 15,107
Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 24 February 2024, but was postponed due to the Valencia residential complex fire.[26]
14 April 2024 31 Granada 2–0 Alavés Granada
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes
Attendance: 13,398
Referee: Víctor García Verdura
19 April 2024 32 Athletic Bilbao 1–1 Granada Bilbao
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: San Mamés
Attendance: 45,917
Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva
28 April 2024 33 Granada 3–0 Osasuna Granada
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes
Attendance: 13,825
Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz
5 May 2024 34 Sevilla 3–0 Granada Seville
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Attendance: 32,668
Referee: Mateo Busquets Ferrer
11 May 2024 35 Granada 0–4 Real Madrid Granada
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes
Attendance: 20,058
Referee: Pablo González Fuertes
15 May 2024 36 Rayo Vallecano 2–1 Granada Madrid
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas
Attendance: 12,738
Referee: Isidro Díaz de Mera Escuderos
19 May 2024 37 Granada 1–2 Celta Vigo Granada
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes
Attendance: 11,473
Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas
24 May 2024 38 Girona 7–0 Granada Girona
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Montilivi
Attendance: 12,813
Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz

Copa del Rey

Main article: 2023–24 Copa del Rey
2 November 2023 First round Arosa 3–0 (awd.) Granada Vilagarcía de Arousa
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: A Lomba
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea
Note: Arosa were awarded a 3–0 win after Granada fielded ineligible player Adri López during the match. Granada originally won the match 3–0.[27]

Statistics

Goalscorers

Position Players LaLiga Copa del Rey Total
FW Albania Myrto Uzuni 11 0 11
FW Argentina Lucas Boyé 6 0 6
DF Spain Ricard Sánchez 3 0 3
DF Uruguay Bruno Méndez 2 0 2
MF Uruguay Facundo Pellistri 2 0 2
MF Canada Theo Corbeanu 1 0 1
DF Spain Ignasi Miquel 1 0 1
DF Spain Miguel Rubio 1 0 1
MF Spain Gonzalo Villar 1 0 1

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