2020–21 Albacete Balompié season

Albacete Balompié
2020–21 season
Owner	Skyline International
President	Georges Kabchi
Head coach	Lucas Alcaraz
Stadium	Estadio Carlos Belmonte
Segunda División	Preseason
Copa del Rey	Preseason
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 Albacete Balompié season is the club's 81st season in existence and the fourth consecutive season in the second division of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Albacete will participate in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey. The season covers the period from 21 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players[]

First-team squad[]

As of 9 February 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ESP	Bernabé Barragán
2	DF	ESP	Álvaro Arroyo
3	DF	ESP	Fran García
4	DF	ARG	Nico Gorosito
5	MF	COL	Dani Torres
6	DF	ESP	Alberto Benito
8	FW	ESP	Manu Fuster
10	FW	UKR	Roman Zozulya
11	MF	ESP	Álvaro Jiménez
12	MF	ESP	Tana
13	GK	ESP	Tomeu Nadal (captain)
14	DF	ESP	Diego Caballo


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	SEN	Pape Maly Diamanka (on loan from Girona)
18	DF	ESP	Javi Jiménez (on loan from Valencia)
19	FW	ESP	Alfredo Ortuño
20	MF	AZE	Eddy Silvestre
21	MF	ESP	Álvaro Peña
23	DF	MNE	Ivan Kecojević
24	MF	CMR	Jean Jules
26	DF	ESP	Carlos Isaac (on loan from Alavés)
27	MF	ESP	Cedric Teguia (on loan from Atlético Madrid)
29	FW	ESP	Diego Vargas
35	FW	URU	Emiliano Gómez (on loan from Sassuolo)
37	DF	FRA	Flavien Enzo Boyomo

Reserve team[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation
28	MF	ESP
30	MF	GHA
32	FW	ESP
33	GK	ESP


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
34	FW	ESP
38	MF	ESP
39	MF	ECU	(on loan from Boston River)

Out on loan[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ESP	(on loan at Villarrobledo until 30 June 2021)
—	MF	ESP	David del Pozo (on loan at Las Rozas until 30 June 2021)
—	MF	ESP	Liberto Beltrán (on loan at UCAM Murcia until 30 June 2021)
—	MF	ESP	Pedro Sánchez (on loan at Hércules until 30 June 2021)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ESP	Chema Núñez (on loan at Real Betis B until 30 June 2021)
—	MF	VEN	Yaimil Medina (on loan at Recreativo until 30 June 2021)
—	FW	ESP	Miguel Ángel (on loan at Getafe B until 30 June 2021)
—	FW	ESP	Alfon (on loan at Celta B until 30 June 2021)

Transfers[]

In[]

Date	Player	From	Type	Fee	Ref
15 August 2020	Bernabé Barragán	Gimnàstic de Tarragona	Transfer	Free	^[1]
29 September 2020	Diamanka	Girona FC	Loan		^[2]
13 August 2020	Javi Jiménez	Valencia CF	Loan		^[3]

Out[]

Date	Player	To	Type	Fee	Ref
4 August 2020	José Antonio Caro	NK Osijek	Transfer	Free	^[4]
4 August 2020	Jon Erice	Hércules CF	Transfer	Free	^[5]
4 August 2020	Diego Barri	CD Badajoz	Transfer	Free	^[6]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

22 August 2020 Friendly	Albacete	Cancelled	Levante	Albacete, Spain
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Estadio Carlos Belmonte

28 August 2020 Friendly	Albacete	1–1	Castellón	Albacete, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva Andrés Iniesta Attendance: 0

5 September 2020 Friendly	Albacete	0–0	Leganés	Albacete, Spain
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva Andrés Iniesta Attendance: 0

Competitions[]

Overview[]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Segunda División	12 September 2020	23 May 2021	Matchday 1	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Copa del Rey	16 December 2020		First round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00

Last updated: 12 September 2020
Source: Soccerway

Segunda División[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
18	Lugo	42	11	14	17	38	53	−15	47
19	Sabadell (R)	42	11	13	18	40	48	−8	46	Relegation to Primera División RFEF
20	UD Logroñés (R)	42	11	11	20	28	53	−25	44
21	Castellón (R)	42	11	8	23	35	54	−19	41
22	Albacete (R)	42	9	11	22	30	53	−23	38

Source: LaLiga
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored^[7]
(R) Relegated

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: September 2020.
Source: La Liga

Results by round[]

Round	1
Ground	A
Result	L
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 12 September 2020. Source: La Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

The league fixtures were announced on 31 August 2020.^[8]^[9]

12 September 2020 1	Espanyol	3–0	Albacete	Cornellà de Llobregat
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Melendo 14' Wu Lei 25' Embarba 90+1' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: RCDE Stadium Referee: Saúl Ais Reig

22 October 2020 7	Mallorca	0–0	Albacete	Palma
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sedlar 32' Cufré 45+1' Amath 51'	Report	Álvaro Jiménez 32' Arroyo 87'	Stadium: Visit Mallorca Stadium Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Juan Pulido Santana

25 October 2020 8	Albacete	2–1	Rayo Vallecano	Albacete
20:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Carlos Belmonte Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Daniel Jesús Trujillo Suárez

6 November 2020 11	Albacete	0–0	Leganés	Albacete
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Israfilov 24' Zozulya 26' Benito 73' Peña 77' Diamanka 84'	Report	Pérez 90+1'	Stadium: Carlos Belmonte Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

23 November 2020 13	Albacete	1–2	Almería	Albacete
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gorosito 15' Boyomo 53' Azamoum 70' Álvaro Jiménez 78' (pen.), 83' Nadal 90+6'	Report	Corpas 16' (pen.) Cuenca 26', 84' Morlanes 34' Makaridze 77' Costa 82' Balliu 87' Akieme 90+1' Ramazani 90+2'	Stadium: Carlos Belmonte Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Juan Luis Pulido Santana

6 December 2020 17	Albacete	0–2	Girona	Albacete
18:15 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Carlos Belmonte Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: David Gálvez Rascón

26 January 2021 21	Alcorcón	1–2	Albacete	Alcorcón
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fraile 42' José Carlos 45' Gómez 52' José León 68'	Report	Israfilov 30' Sepp Mvondo 59' Jiménez 69' (pen.) Boyomo 78'	Stadium: Santo Domingo Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Juan Luis Pulido Santana

5 February 2021 24	Albacete	0–1	Mallorca	Albacete
21:00 CET (UTC+2)	Gorosito 12' 37' Sepp Mvondo 71'	Report	Prats 44' De Galarreta 45' Amath 59' Russo 90+3'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Belmonte Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Álvaro Moreno Aragón

14 February 2021 25	Leganés	3–1	Albacete	Leganés
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Pardo 18' Ibáñez 23' Merino 81'	Report	Jiménez 71'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Butarque Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: José Antonio López Toca

28 March 2021 31	Girona	2–1	Albacete	Girona
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Couto 13' Gumbau 52' Terrats 57' Sylla 90+2' Juanpe 90+4' Stuani 90+5'	Report	Ortuño 68' Benito 81'	Stadium: Montilivi Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: David Gálvez Rascón

4 April 2021 33	Albacete	0–3	Espanyol	Albacete
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Torres 24' Diamanka 30'	Report	Pedrosa 13' De Tomás 39', 39', 90+5' Calero 49', 64'	Stadium: Carlos Belmonte Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: José Antonio López Toca

26 April 2021 36	Rayo Vallecano	2–2	Albacete	Madrid
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Saveljich 2' Suárez 32' 61' Trejo 36' Isi 67' Montiel 84' Bebé 85', 87' Qasmi 90+7'	Report	Jiménez 62' (pen.) Fuster 73' Torres 84'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Daniel Ocón Arráiz

3 May 2021 37	Albacete	0–1	Alcorcón	Albacete
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Peña 53' Israfilov 68' García 82' Isaac 90' Fuster 90+5'	Report	Xisco 3' Gómez 82'	Stadium: Carlos Belmonte Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Jon Ander González Esteban

15 May 2021 39	Almería	1–1	Albacete	Almería
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lazo 28', 43' Akieme 90'	Report	Ortuño 19' Jiménez 23' Peña 69' Noguerol 70' Kecojević 72' Isaac 90+3' Bernabé 90+5' Torres 90+7'	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias

Copa del Rey[]

16 December 2020 First round	Córdoba	1–0	Albacete	Córdoba
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gorosito 63' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Nuevo Arcángel Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

Notes[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.^[10]

References[]

^ "Bernabé Barragán, nuevo jugador del Albacete Balompié". La Cerca. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
^ "Pape Maly Diamanka, nuevo jugador del Albacete Balompié". La Cerca. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
^ "Javi Jiménez, nuevo jugador del Albacete Balompié". La Cerca. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
^ "El exbético José Antonio Caro ficha por el Osijek croata". La Vanguardia. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
^ "Jon Erice y Javi Pérez afrontan con la máxima motivación su llegada al Hércules". Alicante Plaza. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "El ex del Alba, Diego Barri, ficha por el Badajoz para las dos próximas temporadas". 5maseldescuento. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
^ "Reglamento General RFEF - Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos" (PDF). RFEF. 1 May 2015. p. 104. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
^ "Este será el calendario de Segunda División para la temporada 2020/21". rfef.es (in Spanish). 31 August 2020.
^ "Calendario de LaLiga Smartbank 2020/21". laliga.com (in Spanish). 31 August 2020.
^ "La Liga pins hopes on the unpredictable as Spanish football returns without heavyweights". Yahoo Sports. 11 September 2020.

External links[]

Official website

[Covid-11] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.^[10]

[1] "Bernabé Barragán, nuevo jugador del Albacete Balompié". La Cerca. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.

[2] "Pape Maly Diamanka, nuevo jugador del Albacete Balompié". La Cerca. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.

[3] "Javi Jiménez, nuevo jugador del Albacete Balompié". La Cerca. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.

[4] "El exbético José Antonio Caro ficha por el Osijek croata". La Vanguardia. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.

[5] "Jon Erice y Javi Pérez afrontan con la máxima motivación su llegada al Hércules". Alicante Plaza. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}

[6] "El ex del Alba, Diego Barri, ficha por el Badajoz para las dos próximas temporadas". 5maseldescuento. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.

[7] "Reglamento General RFEF - Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos" (PDF). RFEF. 1 May 2015. p. 104. Retrieved 30 June 2020.

[8] "Este será el calendario de Segunda División para la temporada 2020/21". rfef.es (in Spanish). 31 August 2020.

[9] "Calendario de LaLiga Smartbank 2020/21". laliga.com (in Spanish). 31 August 2020.

[10] "La Liga pins hopes on the unpredictable as Spanish football returns without heavyweights". Yahoo Sports. 11 September 2020.

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