2025–26 Villarreal CF season

Villarreal
2025–26 season
President	Fernando Roig
Head coach	Marcelino
Stadium	Estadio de la Cerámica
La Liga	3rd
Copa del Rey	Round of 32
UEFA Champions League	League phase
Top goalscorer	League: ; Alberto Moleiro (6); All: ; Alberto Moleiro (6)
Biggest win	Home:; Villarreal 5–0 Girona ; Away:; Ciudad Lucena 0–6 Villarreal
Biggest defeat	Home:; Villarreal 0–2 Manchester City; Away:; Borussia Dortmund 4–0 Villarreal
	All statistics correct as of 30 November 2025.

The 2025–26 Villarreal Club de Fútbol season is the club's 103rd season and their 13th consecutive in the top flight. In addition to the domestic league, Villarreal will participate in this season's editions of the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Champions League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2025, until 30 June 2026.

Players

Current squad

As of 1 September 2025^[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	BRA	Luiz Júnior
2	DF	CPV	Logan Costa
3	DF	ESP	Adrià Altimira
4	DF	ESP	Rafa Marín (on loan from Napoli)
5	DF	FRA	Willy Kambwala
6	FW	ISR	Manor Solomon (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
7	FW	ESP	Gerard Moreno (vice-captain)
8	DF	ARG	Juan Foyth (3rd captain)
9	FW	GEO	Georges Mikautadze
10	MF	ESP	Dani Parejo (captain)
11	FW	MAR	Ilias Akhomach
12	DF	POR	Renato Veiga
13	GK	ESP	Diego Conde


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	ESP	Santi Comesaña
15	DF	URU	Santiago Mouriño
16	MF	GHA	Thomas Partey
17	MF	CAN	Tajon Buchanan
18	MF	SEN	Pape Gueye
19	FW	CIV	Nicolas Pépé
20	MF	ESP	Alberto Moleiro
21	FW	CAN	Tani Oluwaseyi
22	FW	ESP	Ayoze Pérez
23	DF	ESP	Sergi Cardona
24	DF	ESP	Alfonso Pedraza (4th captain)
25	GK	ESP	Arnau Tenas
26	DF	ESP	Pau Navarro

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
27	DF	CIV	Jean Ives Valou
28	FW	MLI	Mahamoud Barry
29	DF	ESP	Ismael Sierra (on loan from Estoril)
30	DF	ESP	Daniel Budesca


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
31	GK	ESP	Rubén Gómez
32	MF	ESP	Hugo López
33	FW	ESP	Pau Cabanes
36	FW	ESP	Víctor Moreno

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	Carlos Romero (at Espanyol until 30 June 2026)
—	MF	ESP	Dani Requena (at Córdoba until 30 June 2026)
—	MF	ESP	Ramon Terrats (at Espanyol until 30 June 2026)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ARG	Thiago Ojeda (at Cultural Leonesa until 30 June 2026)
—	FW	ESP	Álex Forés (at Oviedo until 30 June 2026)
—	FW	ESP	Toni Tamarit (at Mirandés until 30 June 2026)

Transfers

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date
DF	Rafa Marín	Napoli	Loan	3 July 2025
FW	Tajon Buchanan	Inter	Undisclosed	29 July 2025
DF	Santiago Mouriño	Atlético Madrid	Undisclosed	1 August 2025
MF	Thomas Partey	Arsenal	Free	7 August 2025

Pre-season and friendlies

19 July 2025 1	Basel	3-3	Villarreal	Altach, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Carlos 65' Ajeti 27' Shaqiri 12'	Report	Danjuma 87' Perez 33' Ajeti 24' (OG)	Stadium: Stadion Schnabelholz Referee: Matthias Gächter

22 July 2025 2	St. Gallen	2-2	Villarreal	St. Gallen, Switzerland
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vandermersch 83' Geubbels 15'	Report	Comesaña 89' Eyong 76'	Stadium: Kybunpark

25 July 2025 3	Sporting CP	1-0	Villarreal	Oeiras, Portugal
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hjulmand 8' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estádio Nacional

31 July 2025 4	Villarreal	1-3 45-minute match	Genoa	Oviedo, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kambwala 15'	Report	Grønbæk 40' (pen.) Vitinha 26' (pen.) Norton-Cuffy 7'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Tartiere
Note: Villarreal-Genoa-Oviedo triangular series

31 July 2025 5	Real Oviedo	0-0 45-minute match	Villarreal	Oviedo, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Estadio Carlos Tartiere
Note: Villarreal-Genoa-Oviedo triangular series

2 August 2025 6	Leeds United	1-1	Villarreal	Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Piroe 67'	Report	Eyong 62'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 35,273

6 August 2025 7	Arsenal	2-3	Villarreal	London, England
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ødegaard 76' Nørgaard 36'	Report	Danjuma 68' Eyong 33' Pepe 16'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,355

10 August 2025 8	Villarreal	0-2	Aston Villa	Villarreal, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Buendía 49' Watkins 24'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica
Note: Match held for the Trofeo de la Cerámica

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
La Liga	15 August 2025	24 May 2026	Matchday 1	15	11	2	2	31	13	+18	073.33
Copa del Rey	29 October 2025		First round	2	1	1	0	7	1	+6	050.00
UEFA Champions League	16 September 2025		League phase	6	0	1	5	4	13	−9	000.00
Total				23	12	4	7	42	27	+15	052.17

Last updated: 10 December 2025
Source: Soccerway

La Liga

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Real Madrid	18	13	3	2	36	16	+20	42	Qualification for the Champions League league phase
3	Atlético Madrid	18	11	4	3	33	16	+17	37
4	Villarreal	16	11	2	3	31	15	+16	35
5	Espanyol	17	10	3	4	22	17	+5	33	Qualification for the Europa League league phase^[a]
6	Real Betis	17	7	7	3	29	19	+10	28	Qualification for the Conference League play-off round

Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2025. 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)^[2]
Notes:

^ The 2025–26 Copa del Rey winners also qualify for the Europa League league phase. If the Copa del Rey winners finish in the top four of La Liga, the Europa League spot will be passed to the fifth-placed team. If the Copa del Rey winners finish in the top six of La Liga, the Conference League spot will be passed to the seventh-placed 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
15	11	2	2	31	13	+18	35	7	1	0	20	4	+16	4	1	2	11	9	+2

Last updated: 6 December 2025.
Source: La Liga

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	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	3	1	3	6	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 6 December 2025. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 1 July 2025.^[3]

15 August 2025 1	Villarreal	2–0	Oviedo	Villarreal
19:30 (UTC+02:00)	Gueye 36' Eyong 29' Junior 13'	Report	Campos 17' 27'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 18,333 Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz

24 August 2025 2	Villarreal	5–0	Girona	Villarreal
17:30 (UTC+02:00	Mouriño 56' Marín 25' Buchanan 16', 28', 64' Pepe 7'	Report	Krejci 59' Reis 53'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 18,195 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

13 September 2025 4	Atletico Madrid	2–0	Villarreal	Madrid
19:00 (UTC+02:00)	Ruggeri 73' González 52' Alvarez 32' Barrios 9'	Report	Pedraza 90+4' Mouriño 83' Veiga 65' Parejo 24'	Stadium: Metropolitano Stadium Attendance: 63,312 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

20 September 2025 5	Villarreal	2–1	Osasuna	Villarreal
16:30 (UTC+02:00)	Comesaña 87' Gueye 84' Mikautadze 69' Navarro 41'	Report	Budimir 45+6' Torro 39' Rosier 33' 39'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 17,542 Referee: Isidro Díaz de Mera

23 September 2025 6	Sevilla	1–2	Villarreal	Seville
19:30 (UTC+02:00)	Oso 90+3' Gudelj 70' Sow 51'	Report	Solomon 85' Marín 85' Pedraza 47' Gueye 42' Oluwaseyi 17'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán Stadium Attendance: 38,145 Referee: César Soto Grado

27 September 2025 7	Villarreal	1–0	Athletic Bilbao	Villarreal
21:00 (UTC+02:00)	Parejo 90+2' Buchanan 83' Moleiro 77'	Report		Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 18,908 Referee: Miguel Sesma Espinosa

4 October 2025 8	Real Madrid	3–1	Villarreal	Madrid
21:00 (UTC+02:00)	Tchouaméni 33' Mastantuono 45+1' Vinícius 47', 69' Mbappé 69' (pen.)	Report	Cardona 12' Mouriño 21' 77' Gueye 69' Mikautadze 73'	Stadium: Bernabéu Attendance: 75,216 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

18 October 2025 9	Villarreal	2–2	Real Betis	Villarreal
16:30 (UTC+02:00)	Moleiro 64' Buchanan 44', 90'	Report	Amrabat 90' Antony 65', 90+4'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 19,238 Referee: Francisco José Hernández Maeso

25 October 2025 10	Valencia	0–2	Villarreal	Valencia
19:00 (UTC+02:00)	Tarrega 90' Copete 42'	Report	Pepe 83' Comesaña 57', 69' Moreno 45' Gueye 15' Mouriño 15'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 45,560 Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

1 November 2025 11	Villarreal	4–0	Rayo Vallecano	Villarreal
13:00 (UTC+01:00)	Perez 65' Comesaña 58' Moleiro 28', 56' Moreno 22'	Report	Rațiu 53'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 17,022 Referee: Iosu Galech Apezteguía

9 November 2025 12	Espanyol	0–2	Villarreal	Barcelona
20:00 (UTC+01:00)		Report	Navarro 81' Buchanan 61' Moleiro 57' Moreno 43'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 29,540 Referee: Alejandro José Hernández

23 November 2025 13	Villarreal	2–1	Mallorca	Villarreal
20:00 (UTC+01:00)	Buchanan 90+4' Júnior 89' Oluwaseyi 82' Moreno 6'	Report	Mojica 74' Bergstrom 67' Costa 8'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 16,854 Referee: José Luis Guzmán Mansilla

30 November 2025 14	Real Sociedad	2–3	Villarreal	San Sebastian
14:00 (UTC+01:00)	Barrenetxea 70', 87' Martin 69' Soler 60' Sadiq 42'	Report	Foyth 90' Júnior 73' Mouriño 73' Pedraza 67' Moleiro 48', 57' Perez 31', 45+2' Gueye 20'	Stadium: Reale Arena Attendance: 30,140 Referee: César Soto Grado

6 December 2025 15	Villarreal	2–0	Getafe	Villarreal
14:00 (UTC+01:00)	Buchanan 45+5' Maciá 62' Mikautadze 64' Pépé 71'		Nyom 22' M. Martín 45+3' Milla Arambarri 57' Rico 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica

14 December 2025 16	Levante	v	Villarreal	Valencia
18:30 (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Estadi Ciutat de València

21 December 2025 17	Villarreal	0-2	Barcelona	Villarreal
16:15 (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica

4 January 2026 18	Elche	v	Villarreal	Elche
TBA				Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero

11 January 2026 19	Villarreal	v	Alavés	Villarreal
TBA				Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica

18 January 2026 20	Real Betis	v	Villarreal	Seville
TBA				Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarín

25 January 2026 21	Villarreal	v	Real Madrid	Villarreal
TBA				Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica

1 February 2026 22	Osasuna	v	Villarreal	Pamplona
TBA				Stadium: El Sadar Stadium

8 February 2026 23	Villarreal	v	Espanyol	Villarreal
TBA				Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica

15 February 2026 24	Getafe	v	Villarreal	Getafe
TBA				Stadium: Estadio Coliseum

22 February 2026 25	Villarreal	v	Valencia	Villarreal
TBA				Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica

1 March 2026 26	Barcelona	v	Villarreal	Barcelona
TBA				Stadium: Camp Nou

8 March 2026 27	Villarreal	v	Elche	Villarreal
TBA				Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica

15 March 2026 28	Alavés	v	Villarreal	Vitoria-Gasteiz
TBA				Stadium: Mendizorrotza Stadium

22 March 2026 29	Villarreal	v	Real Sociedad	Villarreal
TBA				Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica

5 April 2026 30	Girona	v	Villarreal	Girona
TBA				Stadium: Estadi Montilivi

12 April 2026 31	Athletic Bilbao	v	Villarreal	Bilbao
TBA				Stadium: San Mames

19 April 2026 32	Villarreal	v	Celta Vigo	Villarreal
TBA				Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica

22 April 2026 33	Oviedo	v	Villarreal	Oviedo
TBA				Stadium: Estadio Carlos Tartiere

3 May 2026 34	Villarreal	v	Levante	Villarreal
TBA				Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica

10 May 2026 35	Mallorca	v	Villarreal	Palma
TBA				Stadium: Estadi Mallorca Son Moix

13 May 2026 36	Villarreal	v	Sevilla	Villarreal
TBA				Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica

17 May 2026 37	Rayo Vallecano	v	Villarreal	Madrid
TBA				Stadium: Vallecas Stadium

24 May 2026 38	Villarreal	v	Atlético Madrid	Villarreal
TBA				Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica

Copa del Rey

Villarreal entered the competition at the first round.^[4]^[5]

30 October 2025 First round	CD Lucena	0–6	Villarreal	Lucena
19:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Comesaña 84' Mikautadze 81' Akhomach 60' Oluwaseyi 15', 17', 71'	Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de Lucena Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

3 December 2025 Second round	Atlético Antoniano	1–1 (3–5 p)	Villarreal	Lebrija
21:00 (UTC+01:00)	García 109'	Report	Pérez 102'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Lebrija Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Francisco José Hernández Maeso

17 December 2025 Round of 32	Racing Santander	2–1	Villarreal	Santander
19:00 (UTC+01:00)	Carlos Arana 6', 28'	Report	Pérez 86'	Stadium: El Sardinero Attendance: 20,768 Referee: Isidro Díaz De Mera Escuderos

UEFA Champions League

League phase

The league phase draw was held on 28 August 2025.^[6]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
32	Bodø/Glimt (Z)	6	0	3	3	9	13	−4	3
33	Slavia Prague (Z)	6	0	3	3	2	11	−9	3
34	Ajax (Z)	6	1	0	5	5	18	−13	3
35	Villarreal (Z)	6	0	1	5	4	13	−9	1
36	Kairat (Z)	6	0	1	5	4	15	−11	1

Updated to match(es) played on 10 December 2025. Source: UEFA^[7]
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
(Z) Cannot advance directly to the round of 16, but may still qualify via the play-offs (unseeded)


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
5	0	1	4	2	10	−8	1	0	1	1	2	4	−2	0	0	3	0	6	−6

Last updated: 26 November 2025.
Source: UEFA

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	L	D	L	L	L	L
Position	27	26	31	32	34	35

Updated to match(es) played on 26 November 2025. Source: UEFA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

16 September 2025 1	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Villarreal	London, England
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	van de Ven 84' Kolo Muani 78' Richarlison 33' Simons 30' Júnior 4' (OG)	Report	Veiga 53' Mouriño 36' Comesaña 35'	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 54,755 Referee: Rade Obrenović

1 October 2025 2	Villarreal	2–2	Juventus	Villarreal, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Veiga 90' Akhomach 85' Mikautadze 18'	Report	Cambiaso 77' Conceicao 56', 90+6' Gatti 49' Cabal 6'	Stadium: Estadio de la Ceramica Attendance: 20,087 Referee: István Kovács

21 October 2025 3	Villarreal	0–2	Manchester City	Villarreal, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Moleiro 85' Gueye 90' Mouriño 45' Pedraza 11'	Report	Dias 65' Silva 22', 40' Haaland 17'	Stadium: Estadio de la Ceramica Attendance: 20,539 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

5 November 2025 4	Pafos	1–0	Villarreal	Limassol, Cyprus
17:45 EET (UTC+02:00)	Luckassen 45', 68'	Report	Gueye 90' Veiga 75'	Stadium: Alphamega Stadium Attendance: 6,314 Referee: Sven Jablonski

26 November 2025 5	Borussia Dortmund	4–0	Villarreal	Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Svensson 90+5' Adeyemi 58', 70' Guirassy 45+2', 54'	Report	Foyth 51'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,365 Referee: Davide Massa

10 December 2025 6	Villarreal	2–3	Copenhagen	Villarreal, Spain
17:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pedraza 77' Comesaña 47' Oluwaseyi 56' Akhomach 58' Gueye 89'	Report	Elyounoussi 2' Achouri 48', 83' Cornelius 77', 90'	Stadium: Estadio de la Ceramica Referee: Ivan Kružliak

21 January 2026 7	Villarreal	v	Ajax	Villarreal, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Estadio de la Ceramica

29 January 2026 8	Bayer Leverkusen	v	Villarreal	Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: BayArena

References

^ "First team squad". Villarreal CF. 5 September 2022. Archived from the original on 1 January 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
^ "Reglamento General de LaLiga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional" [General Regulations of the National Professional Football League] (PDF) (in Spanish). La Liga. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
^ "Calendario completo de Primera División, temporada 2025/26" [Complete Primera División calendar, 2025/26 season] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 2025-07-01. Retrieved 2025-11-30.
^ "The Yellow Submarine's Copa del Rey journey begins!". Villarreal CF. Retrieved 2025-12-02.
^ "CD Ciudad de Lucena, Villarreal CF's first opponent in the Copa del Rey". Villareal CF. Retrieved 2025-12-02.
^ "Champions League league phase draw: All 36 teams learn their opponents". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 28 August 2025. Archived from the original on 28 August 2025. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
^ "League phase table". UEFA. Retrieved 5 November 2025.

[table_note_res_ELLS0.31287996112969-2] The 2025–26 Copa del Rey winners also qualify for the Europa League league phase. If the Copa del Rey winners finish in the top four of La Liga, the Europa League spot will be passed to the fifth-placed team. If the Copa del Rey winners finish in the top six of La Liga, the Conference League spot will be passed to the seventh-placed team.

[1] "First team squad". Villarreal CF. 5 September 2022. Archived from the original on 1 January 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2024.

[3] "Reglamento General de LaLiga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional" [General Regulations of the National Professional Football League] (PDF) (in Spanish). La Liga. Retrieved 8 June 2025.

[4] "Calendario completo de Primera División, temporada 2025/26" [Complete Primera División calendar, 2025/26 season] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 2025-07-01. Retrieved 2025-11-30.

[5] "The Yellow Submarine's Copa del Rey journey begins!". Villarreal CF. Retrieved 2025-12-02.

[6] "CD Ciudad de Lucena, Villarreal CF's first opponent in the Copa del Rey". Villareal CF. Retrieved 2025-12-02.

[7] "Champions League league phase draw: All 36 teams learn their opponents". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 28 August 2025. Archived from the original on 28 August 2025. Retrieved 28 August 2025.

[UCL_table-8] "League phase table". UEFA. Retrieved 5 November 2025.

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31 August 2025 3	[[RC Celta de Vigo \|Celta Vigo]]	1–1	Villarreal	Vigo
17:00 (UTC+02:00)	Iglesias 90+4' (pen.) Román 67'	Report	Gueye 70' Pepe 53'	Stadium: Estadio Balaidos Attendance: 20,172 Referee: Alejandro Quintero González