2017–18 Deportivo Alavés season

The 2017–18 Deportivo Alavés season sees the club participating in La Liga and the Copa del Rey.

Deportivo Alavés

2017–18 season
President	Alfonso Fernández
Head coach	Abelardo
Stadium	Mendizorrotza
La Liga	14th
Copa del Rey	Quarter-final
Top goalscorer	League: Munir (10) All: Munir (14)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Current squad

As of 6 February 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 Fernando Pacheco 2 DF  ESP Carlos Vigaray 3 DF  ESP Rubén Duarte 4 DF  ESP Alexis 5 DF  ESP Víctor Laguardia (2nd captain) 6 DF  CHI Guillermo Maripán 7 FW  ESP Rubén Sobrino 9 FW  VEN Christian Santos 10 FW  SWE John Guidetti (on loan from Celta Vigo) 11 MF  ESP Ibai 12 DF  BRA Rodrigo Ely 13 GK  ESP Antonio Sivera 14 FW  ESP Burgui 15 FW  ESP Bojan (on loan from Stoke City)

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  COL Daniel Torres 17 MF  ESP Alfonso Pedraza (on loan from Villarreal) 18 MF  ESP Tomás Pina (on loan from Club Brugge) 19 MF  ESP Manu García (Captain) 20 DF  ESP Héctor (on loan from Real Sociedad) 21 MF  PAR Hernán Pérez (on loan from Espanyol) 22 MF  GHA Mubarak Wakaso 23 MF  ESP Álvaro Medrán (on loan from Valencia) 24 FW  ESP Munir (on loan from Barcelona) 26 DF  ESP Adrián Diéguez 28 MF  ESP Víctor López 29 FW  BIH Ermedin Demirović 32 DF  ESP Martín Aguirregabiria

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 Antonio Cristian (on loan to Rudeš until 30 June 2018) — DF  ESP Einar Galilea (on loan to Rudeš until 30 June 2018) — MF  ESP Juanan Entrena (on loan to Rudeš until 30 June 2018) — MF  ESP Sergio Llamas (on loan to Real Unión until 30 June 2018)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ESP Nando (on loan to Lorca until 30 June 2018) — MF  SRB Aleksandar Katai (on loan to Chicago Fire until 30 June 2018) — FW  ANG Anderson Emanuel (on loan to Rudeš until 30 June 2018)

Pre-season and friendlies

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Alavés	0–0	Toulouse
Logroñés	0–1	Alavés
Alavés	3–0	Mirandés
Numancia	1–1	Alavés
Trabzonspor	2–0	Alavés
Levante	1–1	Alavés
Leganés	1–1	Alavés
Alavés	2–2	Athletic Bilbao

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Final position
La Liga	14th
Copa del Rey	Quarter-finals

La Liga

Main article: 2017–18 La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Real Sociedad	38	14	7	17	66	59	+7	49[a]
13	Celta Vigo	38	13	10	15	59	60	−1	49[a]
14	Alavés	38	15	2	21	40	50	−10	47
15	Levante	38	11	13	14	44	58	−14	46
16	Athletic Bilbao	38	10	13	15	41	49	−8	43[b]

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)^[2]
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Espanyol 8, Real Sociedad 4, Celta Vigo 4 (Espanyol 2–1 Real Sociedad, Real Sociedad 1–1 Espanyol, Espanyol 2–1 Celta Vigo, Celta Vigo 2–2 Espanyol, Real Sociedad 1–2 Celta Vigo, Celta Vigo 2–3 Real Sociedad).
2. Athletic Bilbao finished ahead of Leganés on head-to-head goal difference: Athletic Bilbao 2–0 Leganés, Leganés 1–0 Athletic Bilbao.

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Leganés v Alavés

18 August 2017 1	Leganés	1–0	Alavés	Leganés
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gabriel 24'	Report	Wakaso  23'	Stadium: Butarque Attendance: 9,231 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

Alavés v Barcelona

26 August 2017 2	Alavés	0–2	Barcelona	Vitoria-Gasteiz
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Wakaso  36' Ely  38'	Report	Umtiti  32' Roberto  41' Piqué  45' Messi 55', 66'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 19,356 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

Celta Vigo v Alavés

10 September 2017 3	Celta Vigo	1–0	Alavés	Vigo
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gómez 34',  90+3' Jonny  44' Aspas  52' Jozabed  68'	Report	Vigaray  66' Torres  80' Alexis  86' Ibai  89'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 6,133 Referee: Mario Melero López

Alavés v Villarreal

17 September 2017 4	Alavés	0–3	Villarreal	Vitoria-Gasteiz
12:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sobrino  80' Pedraza  90+3'	Report	Bakambu 32', 62' Rodri  45' Bacca 52' Ruiz  67'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 18,124 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

Deportivo La Coruña v Alavés

20 September 2017 5	Deportivo La Coruña	1–0	Alavés	A Coruña
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Luisinho 45'	Report	Vigaray  50' Maripán  62'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 18,611 Referee: David Medié Jiménez

Alavés v Real Madrid

23 September 2017 6	Alavés	1–2	Real Madrid	Vitoria-Gasteiz
16:15	Vigaray  14' García 40',  67' Ely  45' Medrán  61' Torres  87'	Report	Ceballos 10', 43' Carvajal  32' Nacho  88'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 19,559 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

Levante v Alavés

30 September 2017 7	Levante	0–2	Alavés	Valencia
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bardhi  61' Boateng  78'	Report	Maripán  2' Munir 33' Vigaray  67' García  71' Medrán 81'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 18,528 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

Alavés v Real Sociedad

15 October 2017 8	Alavés	0–2	Real Sociedad	Vitoria-Gasteiz
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Duarte  90+1'	Report	Oyarzabal 77' Elustondo 81' Llorente  44'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 19,840 Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

Real Betis v Alavés

21 October 2017 9	Real Betis	2–0	Alavés	Seville
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sanabria 13' García  30' Amat  74' Alexis 75' (o.g.)	Report	Munir  39' Wakaso  77'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 49,304 Referee: Daniel Trujillo Suárez

Alavés v Valencia

28 October 2017 10	Alavés	1–2	Valencia	Vitoria-Gasteiz
13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vigaray  23' Santos  35' Alexis 49' Ely  65' Diéguez  76' García  86'	Report	Gabriel  17' Zaza 34' Rodrigo 66' (pen.)	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 16,638 Referee: José González González

Alavés v Espanyol

4 November 2017 11	Alavés	1–0	Espanyol	Vitoria-Gasteiz
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Santos 1',  79' Diéguez  15' Pedraza  26' Pina  51' Ely  58' Medrán  74' García  77'	Report	Hermoso  21'  39'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 14,785 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

Getafe v Alavés

18 November 2017 12	Getafe	4–1	Alavés	Getafe
13:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bergara 6' Molina 9' (pen.) Djené  18' Antunes  32' Ángel 53', 64' Jiménez  90+1'	Report	Diéguez  9' Alexis  41' Wakaso  63' Santos 81'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 9,893 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

Alavés v Eibar

25 November 2017 13	Alavés	1–2	Eibar	Vitoria-Gasteiz
13:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Santos  24'  45' Ely  37' Munir  45' Vigaray  71' M. García  75' Pacheco  81' Burgui 90+1'	Report	Jordán 33' D. García  42' Capa  45' Juncà  67' Charles 69',  83'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 19,272 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

Girona v Alavés

4 December 2017 14	Girona	2–3	Alavés	Girona
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Stuani 59' Juanpe 62' Bounou  87'	Report	Martín  27' Duarte  57' Ibai 71', 87' (pen.), 90+3'	Stadium: Montilivi Attendance: 7,316 Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

Alavés v Las Palmas

8 December 2017 15	Alavés	2–0	Las Palmas	Vitoria-Gasteiz
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ibai 23' Munir 55',  69' Pina  57'	Report		Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 18,567 Referee: David Medié Jiménez

Atlético Madrid v Alavés

17 December 2017 16	Atlético Madrid	1–0	Alavés	Madrid
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Thomas  18' Savić  34' Godín  67' Torres 74'	Report	Maripán  35' Pina  55' Duarte  61' Alexis  86'	Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano Attendance: 49,937 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

Alavés v Málaga

21 December 2017 17	Alavés	1–0	Málaga	Vitoria-Gasteiz
21:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	García  20' Duarte  28' Burgui  57' Munir 60'	Report	Ontiveros  28' Hernández  28' Miquel  56' Recio  70'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 18,733 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

Athletic Bilbao v Alavés

7 January 2018 18	Athletic Bilbao	2–0	Alavés	Bilbao
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Etxeita 8',  79' Susaeta  53' Aduriz 64' (pen.)	Report	Pedraza  12' Martín  24' Alexis  62' Munir  64'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 41,070 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

Alavés v Sevilla

14 January 2018 19	Alavés	1–0	Sevilla	Vitoria-Gasteiz
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Duarte  24'  83' M. García 52',  90+2' Pina  55' Ely  90+3'	Report	Lenglet  65' Kjær  72'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 14,920 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

Alavés v Leganés

21 January 2018 20	Alavés	2–2	Leganés	Vitoria-Gasteiz
12:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Munir 46' Pedraza 52' Ely  56'  87' Pina  89'	Report	Eraso  22' Mantovani  61' Gabriel 75' (pen.) Zaldúa 90' Amrabat  90+3'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 15,002 Referee: Daniel Trujillo Suárez

Barcelona v Alavés

28 January 2018 21	Barcelona	2–1	Alavés	Barcelona
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	L. Suárez 72' Messi 84'	Report	Wakaso  22' Guidetti 23' Duarte  27'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 62,369 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

Alavés v Celta Vigo

3 February 2018 22	Alavés	2–1	Celta Vigo	Vitoria-Gasteiz
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pedraza 4' Munir 18' Sobrino  48' Alexis  77' Aguirregabiria  89'	Report	Radoja  21' Jozabed  87' Aspas 90+1'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 19,437 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

Villarreal v Alavés

11 February 2018 23	Villarreal	1–2	Alavés	Villarreal
13:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bacca  18', 77' Castillejo  63' Costa  70' Raba  90+3'	Report	Laguardia  29' Ely 39' Duarte  54' Guidetti  64' Ibai 71' Pacheco  84'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 14,984 Referee: Daniel Trujillo Suárez

Alavés v Deportivo La Coruña

18 February 2018 24	Alavés	1–0	Deportivo La Coruña	Vitoria-Gasteiz
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)	Munir 61'	Report		Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 15,820 Referee: Mario Melero López

Real Madrid v Alavés

24 February 2018 25	Real Madrid	4–0	Alavés	Madrid
16:15	Ronaldo 44', 61' Bale 46' Llorente  82' Benzema 89' (pen.)	Report	Pérez  5' Sobrino  20'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 65,228 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

Alavés v Levante

28 February 2018 26	Alavés	1–0	Levante	Vitoria-Gasteiz
21:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Munir  30'  72' Manu García Laguardia 90'	Report	Chema  30'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 16,812 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

Real Sociedad v Alavés

4 March 2018 27	Real Sociedad	2–1	Alavés	San Sebastián
21:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Moreno 5' Illarra 10'	Report	Alfonso Pedraza 38'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 21,334 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

Alavés v Real Betis

12 March 2018 28	Alavés	1–3	Real Betis	Vitoria-Gasteiz
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sobrino 67'	[Report]	Loren 23', 78' García 44'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 17,239 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

Valencia v Alavés

17 March 2018 29	Valencia	3–1	Alavés	Valencia
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rodrigo 19' Zaza 33' Laguardia 54' (o.g.)	[Report]	Sobrino 49'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 35,413 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

Espanyol v Alavés

1 April 2018 30	Espanyol	0–0	Alavés	Cornellà de Llobregat
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		[Report]		Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 15,1000 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

Alavés v Getafe

7 April 2018 31	Alavés	2–0	Getafe	Vitoria-Gasteiz
13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Laguardia 48' Munir 75'	[Report]		Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 13,255 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

Eibar v Alavés

15 April 2018 32	Eibar	0–1	Alavés	Eibar
12:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Guidetti 5'	Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 5,754 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

Alavés v Girona

19 April 2018 33	Alavés	1–2	Girona	Vitoria-Gasteiz
19:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pina 90'	[Report]	García 59' Stuani 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 14,109 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

Las Palmas v Alavés

22 April 2018 34	Las Palmas	0–4	Alavés	Las Palmas
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		[Report]	Munir 51' (73) Medrán 79' Sobrino 90+1'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 7,083 Referee: Mario Melero López

Alavés v Atlético Madrid

29 April 2018 35	Alavés	0–1	Atlético Madrid	Vitoria-Gasteiz
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)		[Report]	Gameiro 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 18,944 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

Málaga v Alavés

6 May 2018 36	Málaga	0–3	Alavés	Málaga
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)		[Report]	García 3' Demirović 68' Ibai 70'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 14,024 Referee: José González González

Alavés v Athletic Bilbao

12 May 2018 37	Alavés	3–1	Athletic Bilbao	Vitoria-Gasteiz
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Maripán  32' Munir  35' 60' Guidetti 43' Ibai 77'	Report	Beñat  27' Saborit  34' Yeray  58' San José  73' Muniain 79' Martínez  90+3'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 19,458 Referee: Javier Estrada (Catalonia)

Sevilla v Alavés

19 May 2018 38	Sevilla	1–0	Alavés	Seville
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ben Yedder 28'	[Report]		Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 22,513 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

Copa del Rey

Main article: 2017–18 Copa del Rey

Round of 32

Getafe v Alavés

24 October 2017 First leg	Getafe	0–1	Alavés	Getafe
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mora  62' Arambarri  85' Fajr  90+2'	Report	Pina  22' Diéguez  24' Sobrino  37' Duarte  61' Santos 87' Katai  90+1' Sivera  90+2'	Stadium: Coliseum Attendance: 7,731 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

Alavés v Getafe

30 November 2017 Second leg	Alavés	3–0 (4–0 agg.)	Getafe	Vitoria-Gasteiz
19:00	Munir 3', 69' Torres  13' Bojan 31',  80' Ely  47'	Report	Gorosito  42' Portillo  44'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 9,128 Referee: José González González

Round of 16

Formentera v Alavés

3 January 2018	Formentera	1–3	Alavés	Sant Francesc Xavier
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rosa 57'	Report	Demirović 36', 65' Munir 81'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

Alavés v Formentera

10 January 2018	Alavés	2–0 (5–1 agg.)	Formentera	Vitoria-Gasteiz
19:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Demirović 55' Pedraza 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 8,467 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

Quarter-finals

Valencia v Alavés

17 January 2018	Valencia	2–1	Alavés	Valencia
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Guedes  53', 73' Rodrigo 82' Mina  86' Kondogbia  90+2'	Report	Pina  41' Sobrino 66' Diéguez  67'  77'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 31,338 Referee: José González González

Alavés v Valencia

24 January 2018	Alavés	2–1 (3–3 agg.) (2–3 p)	Valencia	Vitoria-Gasteiz
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Torres  48' Pedraza  66' Munir 73',  80' Sobrino 86' Pina  90+6' Duarte  90+7'	Report	Maksimović  50' Vezo  61' Mina 77',  90+13' Kondogbia  79' Parejo  85' Guedes  90+3'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 19,127 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo
	Penalties
	Pina Pedraza Pérez Munir Sobrino		Rodrigo Mina Kondogbia Gayà

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 19 May 2018

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ESP	Fernando Pacheco	38	0	37+1	0	0	0
13	GK	ESP	Antonio Sivera	7	0	1	0	6	0
Defenders
2	DF	ESP	Carlos Vigaray	13	0	9+3	0	1	0
3	DF	ESP	Rubén Duarte	26	0	24	0	2	0
4	DF	ESP	Alexis	30	1	25+3	1	2	0
5	DF	ESP	Víctor Laguardia	19	2	17	2	2	0
6	DF	CHI	Guillermo Maripán	22	0	17+2	0	3	0
12	DF	BRA	Rodrigo Ely	36	1	30+1	1	5	0
20	DF	ESP	Héctor	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
26	DF	ESP	Adrián Diéguez	11	0	6	0	5	0
32	DF	ESP	Martín Aguirregabiria	25	0	20+1	0	3+1	0
Midfielders
11	MF	ESP	Ibai	38	7	26+8	7	3+1	0
16	MF	COL	Daniel Torres	23	0	14+4	0	5	0
17	MF	ESP	Alfonso Pedraza	37	4	27+6	3	2+2	1
18	MF	ESP	Tomás Pina	33	1	28+2	1	3	0
19	MF	ESP	Manu García	32	3	27+3	3	0+2	0
22	MF	GHA	Mubarak Wakaso	24	0	12+9	0	3	0
23	MF	ESP	Álvaro Medrán	21	2	9+8	2	4	0
28	MF	ESP	Víctor López	3	0	1	0	2	0
Forwards
7	FW	ESP	Rubén Sobrino	33	5	15+13	3	5	2
9	FW	VEN	Christian Santos	12	3	5+5	2	0+2	1
14	FW	ESP	Burgui	25	1	12+11	1	1+1	0
10	FW	SWE	John Guidetti	19	3	15+2	3	2	0
15	FW	ESP	Bojan	15	1	4+9	0	2	1
21	FW	PAR	Hernán Pérez	12	0	4+6	0	1+1	0
24	FW	ESP	Munir	37	14	28+5	10	1+3	4
29	FW	BIH	Ermedin Demirović	6	4	2+1	1	2+1	3
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
27	DF	ESP	Einar Galilea	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	SRB	Aleksandar Katai	4	0	0+3	0	0+1	0
10	MF	PAR	Óscar Romero	5	0	2+3	0	0	0
12	MF	ESP	Sergio Llamas	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	SRB	Nenad Krstičić	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	FRA	Enzo Fernández	4	0	1+1	0	1+1	0

Cards

Accounts for all competitions. Last updated on 26 December 2017.

No.	Pos.	Name
1	GK	Fernando Pacheco	1	0
2	DF	Carlos Vigaray	6	0
3	DF	Rubén Duarte	5	0
4	DF	Alexis	4	0
6	DF	Guillermo Maripán	3	0
7	FW	Rubén Sobrino	2	0
8	MF	Aleksandar Katai	1	0
9	FW	Christian Santos	2	0
11	MF	Ibai	1	0
12	DF	Rodrigo Ely	6	0
13	GK	Antonio Sivera	1	0
14	FW	Burgui	1	0
15	FW	Bojan	1	0
16	MF	Daniel Torres	3	0
17	MF	Alfonso Pedraza	2	0
18	MF	Tomás Pina	4	0
19	MF	Manu García	6	0
22	MF	Mubarak Wakaso	4	0
23	MF	Álvaro Medrán	1	0
24	FW	Munir	3	0
26	DF	Adrián Diéguez	4	0
32	DF	Martin Aguirregabiria	1	0

Clean sheets

Last updated on 26 December 2017.

Number	Nation	Name	Matches Played	La Liga	Copa del Rey	Total
1		Fernando Pacheco	16	3	0	3
13		Antonio Sivera	2	0	2	2
TOTALS				3	2	5