2018–19 Rayo Vallecano season

Rayo Vallecano
2018–19 season
President	Raúl Martín Presa
Head coach	Michel
Stadium	Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas
La Liga	20th (relegated)
Copa del Rey	Round of 32
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

During the 2018–19 season, Rayo Vallecano are participating in La Liga and Copa del Rey.

Players

As of 31 August 2018^[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	Alberto García (vice-captain)
2	DF	ESP	Tito
4	MF	ESP	Álvaro Medrán (on loan from Valencia)
5	DF	ESP	José Antonio Dorado
6	MF	ESP	Gorka Elustondo
7	DF	ESP	Álex Moreno
8	FW	ARG	Óscar Trejo
9	FW	ESP	Raúl de Tomás (on loan from Real Madrid)
10	MF	COD	Gaël Kakuta
11	MF	ESP	Adri Embarba (captain)
12	MF	FRA	Giannelli Imbula (on loan from Stoke City)
13	GK	MKD	Stole Dimitrievski (on loan from Gimnàstic)
14	FW	POR	Bebé


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	FW	ESP	Álex Alegría (on loan from Betis)
16	DF	ESP	Jordi Amat
17	DF	PER	Luis Advíncula (on loan from Tigres)
18	MF	ESP	Álvaro García
19	MF	GUI	Lass Bangoura
20	DF	URU	Emiliano Velázquez
21	DF	SEN	Abdoulaye Ba
22	MF	ESP	José Ángel Pozo
23	DF	ESP	Álex Gálvez
24	FW	ESP	Javi Guerra
26	DF	ESP	José León
27	MF	ESP	Santi Comesaña
28	DF	EQG	Sergio Akieme

Reserve team

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
29	FW	ESP	Sergio Moreno
30	GK	ESP	Miguel Morro


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
31	DF	ESP	Martín Pascual
32	MF	ESP	Javi Rubio

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	ESP	Mario Fernández (at Recreativo until 30 June 2019)
—	MF	ESP	Joni Montiel (at Deportivo Fabril until 30 June 2019)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ESP	Joselillo (at Antequera until 30 June 2019)
—	FW	ESP	Sergio Benito (at Barakaldo until 30 June 2019)

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Fee	Ref
29 May 2018	Alberto García	Getafe	Transfer	Free	^[2]
29 June 2018	Johan Mojica	Girona	Loan return		^[3]
30 June 2018	Lass Bangoura	Almería	Loan return		^[4]
30 June 2018	Nacho Monsalve	Recreativo	Loan return		^[5]
30 June 2018	Javi Noblejas	Córdoba	Loan return		^[6]
13 July 2018	Gaël Kakuta	Hebei China Fortune	Transfer	€3,000,000	^[7]
23 July 2018	Emiliano Velázquez	Atlético Madrid	Transfer	€1,000,000	^[8]
27 July 2018	José Ángel Pozo	Almería	Transfer	€1,500,000	^[9]
29 July 2018	Luis Advíncula	Tigres UANL	Loan		^[10]
29 July 2018	Tito	Leganés	Transfer	Free	^[11]
9 August 2018	Jordi Amat	Swansea City	Transfer	£900,000	^[12]
11 August 2018	Álvaro Medrán	Valencia	Loan		^[13]
23 August 2018	Álvaro García	Cádiz	Transfer	€5,000,000	^[14]
24 August 2018	Raúl de Tomás	Real Madrid	Loan		^[15]
25 August 2018	José León	Real Madrid Castilla	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[16]
24 August 2018	Giannelli Imbula	Stoke City	Loan		^[17]
31 August 2018	Álex Alegría	Betis	Loan		^[18]
31 August 2018	Bebé	Eibar	Transfer	€750,000	^[19]
31 August 2018	Stole Dimitrievski	Gimnàstic	Loan		^[20]
31 August 2018	Álex Gálvez	Eibar	Transfer	Free	^[21]

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Fee	Ref
29 May 2018	Alberto García	Getafe	Loan return		^[2]
12 June 2018	Diego Aguirre	Zaragoza	Transfer	Free	^[2]
28 June 2018	Baiano	Alanyaspor	Transfer	Free	^[22]
29 June 2018	Johan Mojica	Girona	Transfer	€5,000,000	^[3]
30 June 2018	Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhem	Al-Shabab	Loan return		^[23]
30 June 2018	Bebé	Eibar	Loan return		^[24]
30 June 2018	Francisco Cerro	TBD		Free	^[25]
30 June 2018	Alejandro Domínguez	TBD		Free	^[26]
30 June 2018	Manucho	TBD		Free	^[26]
30 June 2018	Emiliano Armenteros	TBD		Free	^[26]
30 June 2018	Raúl de Tomás	Real Madrid	Loan return		^[27]
30 June 2018	Unai López	Athletic Bilbao	Loan return		^[28]
30 June 2018	Emiliano Velázquez	Atlético Madrid	Loan return		^[29]
13 July 2018	Ernesto Galán	Rayo Majadahonda	Transfer	Free	^[30]
31 July 2018	Antonio Amaya	UCAM Murcia	Transfer	Free	^[31]
1 August 2018	Fran Beltrán	Celta Vigo	Transfer	€8,000,000	^[32]
3 August 2018	Mario Fernández	Cartagena	Transfer	Free	^[33]
3 August 2018	Nacho Monsalve	Twente	Transfer	Free	^[34]
20 August 2018	Javi Noblejas	Sporting Gijón	Transfer	Free	^[35]

Competitions

Overall

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
La Liga	19 August 2018	19 May 2019	Matchday 1	20th	38	8	8	22	41	70	−29	021.05
Copa del Rey	30 October 2018	4 December 2018	Round of 32	Round of 32	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Total					40	8	9	23	43	73	−30	020.00

Last updated: 18 May 2019
Source: Competitions

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Valladolid	38	10	11	17	32	51	−19	41^[a]
17	Celta Vigo	38	10	11	17	53	62	−9	41^[a]
18	Girona (R)	38	9	10	19	37	53	−16	37	Relegation to Segunda División
19	Huesca (R)	38	7	12	19	43	65	−22	33
20	Rayo Vallecano (R)	38	8	8	22	41	70	−29	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 (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)^[36]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Valladolid finished ahead of Celta Vigo on head-to-head points: Celta Vigo 3–3 Valladolid, Valladolid 2–1 Celta Vigo.

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	8	8	22	41	70	−29	32	5	6	8	25	32	−7	3	2	14	16	38	−22

Last updated: 18 May 2019.
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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	D
Position	18	20	20	18	19	19	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	19	19	19	20

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

19 August 2018 1	Rayo Vallecano	1–4	Sevilla	Madrid
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pozo 12' Embarda 85' (pen.)	Report	Vázquez 15' Silva 31', 45', 79'	Stadium: Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas Attendance: 11,482 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

25 August 2018 2	Atlético Madrid	1–0	Rayo Vallecano	Madrid
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Griezmann 63' Koke 88'	Report	García 29'	Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano Attendance: 52,568 Referee: José González González

14 September 2018 4	Huesca	0–1	Rayo Vallecano	Huesca
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ávila 79' Luisinho 90+3'	Report	Imbula 29' Amat 53'	Stadium: El Alcoraz Attendance: 6,502 Referee: David Medié Jiménez

22 September 2018 5	Rayo Vallecano	1–5	Alavés	Madrid
13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	De Tomás 30' Ba 35' Imbula 90+4'	Report	Navarro 8' Duarte 23' Ibai 34', 77' Calleri 56' Aguirregabiria 83' Burgui 90+5'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 12,011 Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

25 September 2018 6	Real Sociedad	2–2	Rayo Vallecano	San Sebastián
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bautista 5' Zubeldia 15' Moreno 77' Willian José 78' Merino 81' Zaldúa 89'	Report	Advíncula 31', 61' Trejo 36' (pen.), 90+1' Kakuta 62'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 21,459 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

28 September 2018 7	Rayo Vallecano	2–2	Espanyol	Madrid
21:00 CEST	De Tomás 6' Kakuta 47' (pen.) Bebé 58' Comesaña 64'	Report	Iglesias 19' Granero 45'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 12,102 Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

6 October 2018 8	Leganés	1–0	Rayo Vallecano	Leganés
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Carrillo 14' Óscar 43'	Report	Medrán 43' 82' Embarba 55' Ba 80'	Stadium: Municipal de Butarque Attendance: 11,539 Referee: David Medié Jiménez

21 October 2018 9	Rayo Vallecano	1–2	Getafe	Madrid
12:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Raúl de Tomás 74', 75' Santi Comesaña 77' Óscar Trejo 86' Jordi Amat 89'	Report	Cabrera 24' Arambarri 47' Foulquier 63' Sergio Akieme 67', o.g' Antunes 77' Suárez 81' Mata 84'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 11,856 Referee: Mario Melero López

24 October 2018 3	Rayo Vallecano	1–1	Athletic Bilbao	Madrid
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pozo 23' Imbula 59'	Report	Raúl García 53' Muniain 66'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 11,850 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández
Note: This match was originally scheduled to take place on 1 September, but later postponed because of Vallecas' safety concerns.^[37]

27 October 2018 10	Girona	2–1	Rayo Vallecano	Girona
13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Portu 34' (pen.), 45' Douglas Luiz 72' Lorzano 88'	Report	Gálvez 33', 61' Trejo 60' Álex Moreno 73'	Stadium: Montilivi Attendance: 6,618 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

3 November 2018 11	Rayo Vallecano	2–3	Barcelona	Madrid
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Amat 6' Pozo 35' De Tomás 49' García 57' García 89' Velazquez 90+1'	Report	Suarez 11', 90' Lenglet 17' Alba 70' Dembele 87'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 13,621 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

11 November 2018 12	Rayo Vallecano	2–2	Villarreal	Madrid
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Amat 44' De Tomás 46' García 66'	Report	Chukwueze 33' Gonzalez 61' 90+1' Sansone 80' Trigueros 87'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 11,630 Referee: José Luis González González

24 November 2018 13	Valencia	3–0	Rayo Vallecano	Valencia
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Diakhaby 28' Mina 35', 61' Soler 74' Gameiro 76'	Report	Advíncula 22' 87' Comesaña 41' Gálvez 51'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 37,949 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

30 November 2018 14	Rayo Vallecano	1–0	Eibar	Madrid
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	De Tomás 19' Imbula 46' Embarba 53' Elustondo 67' Trejo 75' Álex Moreno 80'	Report	Diop 38' Jordán 60' Peña 65'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 11,257 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

9 December 2018 15	Real Betis	2–0	Rayo Vallecano	Seville
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Carvalho 31' Barragán 58' Lo Celso 59' (pen.) Sidnei 76'	Report	Comesaña 33' Embarba 33' Medrán 61' Amat 90+3'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 40,218 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

15 December 2018 16	Real Madrid	1–0	Rayo Vallecano	Madrid
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Benzema 13'	Report	Gálvez 39' Bebé 64' Imbula 83'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 55,229 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

23 December 2018 17	Rayo Vallecano	2–1	Levante	Madrid
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Toño 23' (o.g.) De Tomás 67' Imbula 90' Dimitrievski 90+5'	Report	Postigo 58' Rochina 60', 80'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 11,206 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

5 January 2019 18	Valladolid	0–1	Rayo Vallecano	Valladolid
13:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Medrán 1' Embarba 56' Trejo 59' Bebé 65'	Stadium: José Zorrilla Attendance: 17,261 Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

11 January 2019 19	Rayo Vallecano	4–2	Celta Vigo	Madrid
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	De Tomás 4', 37', 77' Ba 16' Advíncula 71' Velázquez 80' Bebé 90+1', 90+2'	Report	Araujo 13' Gómez 18' (pen.) Méndez 19'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 11,465 Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

20 January 2019 20	Rayo Vallecano	2–2	Real Sociedad	Madrid
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Comesaña 22' Embarba 28' Velázquez 76' Dimitrievski 88'	Report	Moreno 39' Willian José 82' Llorente 87'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 12,562 Referee: David Medié Jiménez

28 January 2019 21	Alavés	0–1	Rayo Vallecano	Vitoria-Gasteiz
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Maripán 57' Pacheco 84'	Report	De Tomás 47' Moreno 69' Imbula 84' Comesaña 85' Medrán 89' Bebé 90+1'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 13,982 Referee: Mario Melero López

4 February 2019 22	Rayo Vallecano	1–2	Leganés	Madrid
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ba 1' Amat 8' Trejo 40' Medrán 49' Di Santo 73' García 83' Velázquez 90'	Report	Silva 13' Braithwaite 36' Bustinza 51' Recio 54' Nyom 58' En-Nesyri 85' Cuéllar 90+4'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 11,435 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

9 February 2019 23	Espanyol	2–1	Rayo Vallecano	Barcelona
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Iglesias 72' (pen.) Darder 90+5'	Report	Ba 33' Velázquez 71' Amat 77'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 22,104 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

16 February 2019 24	Rayo Vallecano	0–1	Atlético Madrid	Madrid
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Griezmann 74' Giménez 90+2'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 13,880 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

23 February 2019 25	Getafe	2–1	Rayo Vallecano	Getafe
13:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mata 28' Antunes 32' Molina 68' Suárez 82'	Report	De Tomás 58' Suárez 90'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 11,207 Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

1 March 2019 26	Rayo Vallecano	0–2	Girona	Madrid
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Suárez 6' Ba 60' Velázquez 75' Comesaña 89'	Report	Stuani 30', 85' Ramalho 64' García 77' Granell 84' Alcalá 90+2'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 12,087 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

9 March 2019 27	Barcelona	3–1	Rayo Vallecano	Barcelona
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Piqué 38' Messi 51' (pen.) Busquets 79' Suárez 82'	Report	De Tomás 24' Velázquez 68' Imbula 89'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 74,158 Referee: Mario Melero López

17 March 2019 28	Villarreal	3–1	Rayo Vallecano	Villarreal
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Funes Mori 44' Toko Ekambi 50', 52' Ruiz 79' Álvaro 82' Gerard 88'	Report	Suárez 20' Velázquez 51' Gálvez 66' Amat 82'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 17,117 Referee: José Luis González González

31 March 2019 29	Rayo Vallecano	1–1	Real Betis	Madrid
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Suárez 30' De Tomás 34' Tito 52' Medrán 61' Bebé 70' Amat 90' Di Santo 90+5'	Report	Emerson 50' Carvalho 57' Tello 81' Loren 87'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 12,105 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

3 April 2019 30	Eibar	2–1	Rayo Vallecano	Eibar
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Diop 51' Charles 64' León 73' Peña 74'	Report	Pozo 40' Moreno 76' Amat 86'	Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 3,940 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

6 April 2019 31	Rayo Vallecano	2–0	Valencia	Madrid
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	De Tomás 14', 32' Gálvez 55' Suárez 90+1'	Report	Torres 29' Roncaglia 76' Diakhaby 84'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 11,320 Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

14 April 2019 32	Athletic Bilbao	3–2	Rayo Vallecano	Bilbao
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Williams 2', 50', 90+5' García 72'	Report	Moreno 45' Advíncula 49' 52' Ba 68' De Tomás 85'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 38,732 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

20 April 2019 33	Rayo Vallecano	0–0	Huesca	Madrid
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Medrán 45' Tito 45' Pozo 66' De Tomás 86'	Report	Gallego 47' Melero 62'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 10,542 Referee: José Luis González González

25 April 2019 34	Sevilla	5–0	Rayo Vallecano	Seville
19:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Banega 31' Promes 55' Munir 57', 62' Ben Yedder 70' Gil 86'	Report	Gálvez 33' Pozo 52'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 32,636 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

28 April 2019 35	Rayo Vallecano	1–0	Real Madrid	Madrid
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Embarba 23' (pen.) Suárez 43' Uche 90+3'	Report	Vallejo 22' Modrić 28' Mariano 62' Carvajal 79' Marcelo 86'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 13,273 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

4 May 2019 36	Levante	4–1	Rayo Vallecano	Valencia
13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Campaña 14', 85' Vezo 43' Jason 85' Bardhi 90'	Report	Medrán 58' Suárez 68' García 71' Embarba 78' 82'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 19,868 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

12 May 2019 37	Rayo Vallecano	1–2	Valladolid	Madrid
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Moreno 69' Medrán 73' Pozo 76'	Report	Ünal 6' (pen.) Kiko 77' Guardiola 80' Calero 86'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 10,040 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

18 May 2019 38	Celta Vigo	2–2	Rayo Vallecano	Vigo
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Aspas 82', 90+2'	Report	Uche 4' Embarba 29' (pen.) García 39' Medrán 71' Catena 79' Dimitrievski 85'	Stadium: Abanca-Balaídos Attendance: 21,607 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

30 October 2018 First leg	Leganés	2–2	Rayo Vallecano	Leganés
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	En-Nesyri 31', 72'	Report	Medrán 15' Alegría 21' Ba 90+3'	Stadium: Butarque Attendance: 5,872 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

4 December 2018 Second leg	Rayo Vallecano	0–1 (2–3 agg.)	Leganés	Madrid
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tito 21' De Tomás 71'	Report	Velázquez 17' (o.g.) Tarín 35' Gumbau 50' Lunin 69' Omeruo 81'	Stadium: Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas Attendance: 8,372 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 8 March 2019.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ESP	Alberto García	12	0	11	0	1	0
13	GK	MKD	Stole Dimitrievski	16	0	15	0	1	0
30	GK	ESP	Miguel Morro	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ESP	Tito	7	0	4+2	0	1	0
5	DF	ESP	Catena	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	DF	ESP	Alexandre Moreno	25	0	25	0	0	0
16	DF	ESP	Jordi Amat	25	0	25	0	0	0
17	DF	PER	Luis Advíncula	24	1	22+1	1	1	0
20	DF	URU	Emiliano Velázquez	15	0	10+3	0	2	0
21	DF	SEN	Abdoulaye Ba	19	1	17+1	1	1	0
23	DF	ESP	Álex Gálvez	11	1	10	1	0+1	0
28	DF	ESP	Sergio Akieme	1	0	1	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF	ESP	Álvaro Medrán	13	1	6+6	1	1	0
6	MF	ESP	Gorka Elustondo	5	0	3+2	0	0	0
10	MF	COD	Gaël Kakuta	10	1	9+1	1	0	0
11	MF	ESP	Adri Embarba	26	3	21+5	3	0	0
12	MF	FRA	Giannelli Imbula	22	1	19+1	1	2	0
15	MF	ESP	Mario Suárez	4	0	2+2	0	0	0
18	MF	ESP	Álvaro García	25	4	10+13	3	1+1	1
22	MF	ESP	José Ángel Pozo	19	2	6+11	2	2	0
27	MF	ESP	Santi Comesaña	22	1	22	1	0	0
32	MF	ESP	Javi Rubio	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
8	FW	ARG	Óscar Trejo	24	1	22+1	1	1	0
9	FW	ESP	Raúl de Tomás	24	10	22+1	10	0+1	0
14	FW	POR	Bebé	18	1	3+13	1	2	0
24	FW	ESP	Javi Guerra	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
25	FW	ARG	Franco Di Santo	3	0	0+2	0	1	0
29	FW	ESP	Sergio Moreno	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
5	DF	ESP	José Antonio Dorado	3	0	1	0	2	0
15	FW	ESP	Álex Alegría	11	1	0+9	0	2	1
19	MF	GUI	Lass Bangoura	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
26	DF	ESP	José León	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

References

^ "Plantilla Rayo Vallecano de Madrid - Rayo - Web Oficial". Plantilla Rayo Vallecano de Madrid - Rayo - Web Oficial. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Diego Aguirre, nuevo refuerzo para el Real Zaragoza" [Diego Aguirre, new addition for Real Zaragoza] (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
^ ^a ^b El Girona FC y Mojica, juntos hasta 2022 (Girona FC and Mojica, together until 2022); Girona FC, 29 June 2018 (in Spanish)
^ "El Almería cierra el fichaje de Lass, un extremo derecho rápido y desequilibrante" [Almería complete the signing of Lass, a quick and destabilizing right winger] (in Spanish). UD Almería. 1 February 2018.
^ "El Rayo ficha a Nacho Monsalve y lo cede al Recreativo" [Rayo sign Nacho Monsalve and loan him to Recreativo] (in Spanish). Marca. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
^ "Javi Noblejas ficha dos temporadas por el Rayo y se va cedido al Córdoba" [Javi Noblejas signs two seasons for Rayo and is transferred to Córdoba] (in Spanish). La Vanguardia. 2 September 2017.
^ "Gaël Kakuta jugador del Rayo Vallecano" [Gaël Kakuta new Rayo Vallecano player] (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
^ "Velázquez nuevo jugador del Rayo Vallecano" [Velázquez new Rayo Vallecano player] (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
^ "José Ángel Pozo nuevo jugador del Rayo" [José Ángel Pozo new player of Rayo] (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
^ "Luis Advincula signe au Rayo Vallecano (officiel)" (in French). L'Équipe. 29 July 2018.
^ "Tito nuevo jugador del Rayo Vallecano" [Tito new Rayo Vallecano player] (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
^ "Amat Completes Vallecano Move". Swansea City. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
^ "Club Statement | Álvaro Medrán". Valencia CF. 11 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
^ "El Rayo Vallecano refuerza su ataque con Álvaro García". Europa Press. 23 August 2018.
^ "Raúl de Tomás nuevo jugador del Rayo Vallecano" (in Spanish). rayovallecano.es. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
^ José León nuevo jugador del Rayo Vallecano (José León new player of Rayo Vallecano); Rayo Vallecano, 25 August 2018 (in Spanish)
^ "Imbula Joins Rayo Vallecano". Stoke City FC. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
^ "Álex Alegría goes on loan to Rayo Vallecano". Real Betis. 1 September 2018. Archived from the original on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
^ "Bebé nuevo jugador del Rayo Vallecano" [Bebé new player of Rayo Vallecano]. www.rayovallecano.es (in Spanish). 31 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
^ "Stole Dimitrievski nuevo jugador del Rayo Vallecano" [Stole Dimitrievski new player of Rayo Vallecano] (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
^ de Vicente, Marcos; Barroso, Ander (31 August 2018). "Gálvez firma hasta 2019 con el Rayo". MARCA (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 August 2018.
^ "Baiano no continúa en el Rayo y ficha por el Alanyaspor" (in Spanish). AS. 28 June 2018.
^ "Abdulmajeed Al Sulaiheem nuevo jugador del Rayo Vallecano" (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. 21 January 2018.
^ "Vukasin Jovanovic in Spain to seal deadline day move to Eibar". AS. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
^ "Oficial | El Rayo Vallecano anuncia 3 bajas" (in Spanish). Fichajes.com. 5 June 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Este sábado acaban contrato cuatro jugadores del Rayo" (in Spanish). As.com. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
^ "Raúl de Tomás nuevo jugador del Rayo Vallecano 2017–18" [Raúl de Tomás new player of Rayo Vallecano 2017–18] (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
^ "Cesión de Unai López" [Unai López's loan] (in Spanish). Athletic Bilbao. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
^ "Emiliano Velázquez nuevo jugador del Rayo Vallecano" [Emiliano Velázquez new player of Rayo Vallecano] (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
^ "Ernesto Galán refuerza la zaga majariega" (in Spanish). Marca. 13 June 2018.
^ "Amaya, un líder para el UCAM Murcia" [Amaya, a leader for UCAM Murcia] (in Spanish). UCAM Murcia. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
^ "Celta sign Rayo's Fran Beltran". Football Espana. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
^ "Mario Fernández refuerza la portería del Cartagena" (in Spanish). AS. 3 August 2018.
^ "Nacho Monsalve tekent bij FC Twente: 'Een grote club, ook in Spanje'" (in Dutch). Tubantia. 3 August 2018.
^ "Javi Noblejas, nuevo fichaje rojiblanco" [Javi Noblejas, new Sporting sign] (in Spanish). Sporting de Gijón. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
^ "Reglamento General – Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
^ "Rayo's stadium closed amid safety fears". 27 August 2018.

[table_hth_VLD0.31959349956345-36] Valladolid finished ahead of Celta Vigo on head-to-head points: Celta Vigo 3–3 Valladolid, Valladolid 2–1 Celta Vigo.

[1] "Plantilla Rayo Vallecano de Madrid - Rayo - Web Oficial". Plantilla Rayo Vallecano de Madrid - Rayo - Web Oficial. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2018.

[Alberto_García-2] "Diego Aguirre, nuevo refuerzo para el Real Zaragoza" [Diego Aguirre, new addition for Real Zaragoza] (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.

[Johan_Mojica-3] El Girona FC y Mojica, juntos hasta 2022 (Girona FC and Mojica, together until 2022); Girona FC, 29 June 2018 (in Spanish)

[Lass_Bangoura-4] "El Almería cierra el fichaje de Lass, un extremo derecho rápido y desequilibrante" [Almería complete the signing of Lass, a quick and destabilizing right winger] (in Spanish). UD Almería. 1 February 2018.

[5] "El Rayo ficha a Nacho Monsalve y lo cede al Recreativo" [Rayo sign Nacho Monsalve and loan him to Recreativo] (in Spanish). Marca. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017.

[6] "Javi Noblejas ficha dos temporadas por el Rayo y se va cedido al Córdoba" [Javi Noblejas signs two seasons for Rayo and is transferred to Córdoba] (in Spanish). La Vanguardia. 2 September 2017.

[7] "Gaël Kakuta jugador del Rayo Vallecano" [Gaël Kakuta new Rayo Vallecano player] (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.

[Emiliano_Velázquez_transfer-8] "Velázquez nuevo jugador del Rayo Vallecano" [Velázquez new Rayo Vallecano player] (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.

[José_Ángel_Pozo-9] "José Ángel Pozo nuevo jugador del Rayo" [José Ángel Pozo new player of Rayo] (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.

[10] "Luis Advincula signe au Rayo Vallecano (officiel)" (in French). L'Équipe. 29 July 2018.

[Tito-11] "Tito nuevo jugador del Rayo Vallecano" [Tito new Rayo Vallecano player] (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

[12] "Amat Completes Vallecano Move". Swansea City. Retrieved 9 August 2018.

[Álvaro_Medrán-13] "Club Statement | Álvaro Medrán". Valencia CF. 11 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.

[Álvaro_García_Rivera-14] "El Rayo Vallecano refuerza su ataque con Álvaro García". Europa Press. 23 August 2018.

[Raúl_de_Tomás_2-15] "Raúl de Tomás nuevo jugador del Rayo Vallecano" (in Spanish). rayovallecano.es. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.

[16] José León nuevo jugador del Rayo Vallecano (José León new player of Rayo Vallecano); Rayo Vallecano, 25 August 2018 (in Spanish)

[17] "Imbula Joins Rayo Vallecano". Stoke City FC. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018.

[Álex_Alegría_2-18] "Álex Alegría goes on loan to Rayo Vallecano". Real Betis. 1 September 2018. Archived from the original on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.

[Bebé-19] "Bebé nuevo jugador del Rayo Vallecano" [Bebé new player of Rayo Vallecano]. www.rayovallecano.es (in Spanish). 31 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.

[Stole_Dimitrievski-20] "Stole Dimitrievski nuevo jugador del Rayo Vallecano" [Stole Dimitrievski new player of Rayo Vallecano] (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.

[Álex_Gálvez_2-21] Vicente, Marcos; Barroso, Ander (31 August 2018). "Gálvez firma hasta 2019 con el Rayo". MARCA (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 August 2018.

[22] "Baiano no continúa en el Rayo y ficha por el Alanyaspor" (in Spanish). AS. 28 June 2018.

[23] "Abdulmajeed Al Sulaiheem nuevo jugador del Rayo Vallecano" (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. 21 January 2018.

[Bebé,_Vukašin_Jovanović-24] "Vukasin Jovanovic in Spain to seal deadline day move to Eibar". AS. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.

[25] "Oficial | El Rayo Vallecano anuncia 3 bajas" (in Spanish). Fichajes.com. 5 June 2018.

[Rayo_Vallecano_Contracts_ended-26] "Este sábado acaban contrato cuatro jugadores del Rayo" (in Spanish). As.com. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.

[Raúl_de_Tomás-27] "Raúl de Tomás nuevo jugador del Rayo Vallecano 2017–18" [Raúl de Tomás new player of Rayo Vallecano 2017–18] (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.

[Unai_López-28] "Cesión de Unai López" [Unai López's loan] (in Spanish). Athletic Bilbao. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.

[Emiliano_Velázquez_loan-29] "Emiliano Velázquez nuevo jugador del Rayo Vallecano" [Emiliano Velázquez new player of Rayo Vallecano] (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.

[Ernesto_Galán-30] "Ernesto Galán refuerza la zaga majariega" (in Spanish). Marca. 13 June 2018.

[31] "Amaya, un líder para el UCAM Murcia" [Amaya, a leader for UCAM Murcia] (in Spanish). UCAM Murcia. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.

[Fran_Beltrán-32] "Celta sign Rayo's Fran Beltran". Football Espana. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.

[33] "Mario Fernández refuerza la portería del Cartagena" (in Spanish). AS. 3 August 2018.

[34] "Nacho Monsalve tekent bij FC Twente: 'Een grote club, ook in Spanje'" (in Dutch). Tubantia. 3 August 2018.

[35] "Javi Noblejas, nuevo fichaje rojiblanco" [Javi Noblejas, new Sporting sign] (in Spanish). Sporting de Gijón. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2018.

[37] "Reglamento General – Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.

[38] "Rayo's stadium closed amid safety fears". 27 August 2018.

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