2016–17 Real Zaragoza season

The 2016–17 season is the 85th season in Real Zaragoza ’s history and the 20th in the second-tier.

Real Zaragoza

2016–17 season
Chairman	Christian Lapetra
Manager	Luis Milla (1-11) Raúl Agné (12-30) César Láinez (31-42)
Stadium	La Romareda
Segunda División	16th
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Squad

As of 4 February 2017

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 Xabi Irureta 2 DF  ESP Fran Rodríguez 3 DF  ESP Jorge Casado 4 DF  URU Leandro Cabrera (3rd captain) 5 FW  GRE Georgios Samaras 6 MF  POL Cezary Wilk 7 FW  CMR Jean Marie Dongou 8 MF  ESP Cani (2nd captain) 9 FW  ESP Ángel (4th captain) 10 MF  ESP Javi Ros 11 MF  ESP Edu García 12 MF  ESP Manuel Lanzarote 13 GK  ARG Sebastián Saja

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 DF  URU Marcelo Silva 15 DF  CMR Frank Bagnack 16 DF  ESP Isaac Carcelén 17 MF  ESP Jordi Xumetra 19 DF  ESP José Enrique 20 MF  ESP Álex Barrera 21 MF  ESP Alberto Zapater (captain) 22 DF  ESP Jesús Valentín 23 DF  VEN Rolf Feltscher (on loan from Getafe) 24 MF  ESP Edu Bedia 26 MF  ESP Jorge Pombo 30 GK  ESP Álvaro Ratón 37 MF  ESP Xiscu Martínez

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Final position
Segunda División	16th
Copa del Rey	2nd round

Liga

Main article: 2016–17 Segunda División

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
14	Gimnàstic	42	12	16	14	47	51	−4	52
15	Almería	42	14	9	19	44	49	−5	51
16	Zaragoza	42	12	14	16	50	52	−2	50[a]
17	Numancia	42	11	17	14	40	49	−9	50[a]
18	Alcorcón	42	13	11	18	32	43	−11	50[a]

Source: La Liga
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored^[1]
Notes:

1. Zaragoza and Numancia finished ahead of Alcorcón on head-to-head points: Zaragoza 7 pts, Numancia 7 pts, Alcorcón 2 pts. Zaragoza finished ahead of Numancia on head-to-head goal difference: Numancia 2–1 Zaragoza, Zaragoza 3–0 Numancia

Copa del Rey

Main article: 2016–17 Copa del Rey