2023–24 Real Zaragoza season

Real Zaragoza
2023–24 season
President	Jorge Mas
Head coach	Fran Escribá; (until 20 November); Julio Velázquez; (from 20 November to 11 March); Víctor Fernández; (from 11 March)
Stadium	La Romareda
Segunda División	15th
Copa del Rey	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Maikel Mesa (11); All: ; Maikel Mesa (11)
Highest home attendance	27,208 vs Racing Santander
Lowest home attendance	16,838 vs Villarreal B
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season was Real Zaragoza's 92nd season in existence and 11th consecutive in the Segunda División, the second division of association football in Spain. They also competed in the Copa del Rey.

Players

First-team squad

As of 23 August 2023

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	ARG	Cristian Álvarez (captain)
3	DF	POR	Jair Amador
5	MF	ESP	Jaume Grau
6	DF	ESP	Alejandro Francés
7	FW	ESP	Germán Valera (on loan from Atlético Madrid)
8	MF	ESP	Marc Aguado
9	FW	ESP	Iván Azón
10	MF	ESP	Sergio Bermejo
11	MF	ESP	Maikel Mesa
12	FW	TUR	Sinan Bakış
13	GK	FRA	Gaëtan Poussin
14	MF	ESP	Francho Serrano


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	URU	Santiago Mouriño (on loan from Atlético Madrid)
17	DF	ESP	Carlos Nieto
18	DF	ESP	Fran Gámez
19	FW	ESP	Manu Vallejo (on loan from Girona)
20	FW	ESP	Víctor Mollejo (on loan from Atlético Madrid)
21	MF	ESP	Toni Moya
22	DF	FRA	Quentin Lecoeuche
23	FW	ESP	Sergi Enrich
24	DF	ESP	Lluís López
27	DF	ESP	Marcos Luna
35	GK	ESP	Dani Rebollo

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	Player
26	MF	ESP	Alberto Vaquero
29	FW	ESP	Pau Sans
30	FW	ESP	Pablo Cortés


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
34	FW	ESP	Marcos Cuenca
31	DF	ESP	Juan Sebastián
38	DF	ESP	Andrés Borge

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
—	GK	ESP	Nico Rodríguez (at Teruel until 30 June 2024)
—	FW	ESP	Guillem Naranjo (at Sabadell until 30 June 2024)
—	FW	ESP	Luis Carbonell (at Tudelano until 30 June 2024)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ESP	Marcos Baselga (at Sabadell until 30 June 2024)
—	FW	ESP	Sabin Merino (at Racing Ferrol until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Competitions

Overall record

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 %
Segunda División	12 August 2023	2 June 2024	Matchday 1	15th	42	12	15	15	42	42	+0	028.57
Copa del Rey	14 November 2023		First round	First round	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Total					43	12	15	16	43	44	−1	027.91

Source: Soccerway

Segunda División

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Albacete	42	12	15	15	50	56	−6	51^[a]
14	Cartagena	42	14	9	19	37	51	−14	51^[a]
15	Zaragoza	42	12	15	15	42	42	0	51^[a]
16	Eldense	42	12	14	16	46	56	−10	50
17	Huesca	42	11	16	15	36	33	+3	49^[b]

Updated to match(es) played on 2 Jun 2024. Source: LaLiga HyperMotion
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)^[1]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Albacete finished ahead of Cartagena and Zaragoza on head-to-head points: Albacete 6 pts, Cartagena 5 pts, Zaragoza 4 pts
^ Huesca finished ahead of Mirandés on head-to-head points: Huesca 1–1 Mirandés, Mirandés 0–3 Huesca

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
42	12	15	15	42	42	0	51	7	6	8	25	23	+2	5	9	7	17	19	−2

Source: LALIGA HYPERMOTION

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	W	D
Position	4	2	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 2023. Source: LALIGA HYPERMOTION
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 28 June 2023.^[2]

12 August 2023 1	Zaragoza	2–0	Villarreal B	Zaragoza
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mesa 56' Serrano 63'	Report		Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 16,838 Referee: Alejandro Quintero González

18 August 2023 2	Zaragoza	1–0	Valladolid	Zaragoza
21:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Francés 31'	Report		Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 21,023 Referee: Rubén Ávalos Barrera

26 August 2023 3	Tenerife	0–1	Zaragoza	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)		Report	Amador 69'	Stadium: Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López Attendance: 18,801 Referee: Jon Ander González Esteban

3 September 2023 4	Zaragoza	2–0	Eldense	Zaragoza
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Azón 42' Sebastián 57' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 26,011 Referee: José Antonio López Toca

10 September 2023 5	Cartagena	1–3	Zaragoza	Cartagena
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Solà 31'	Report	Vallejo 16' Alcalá 39' (o.g.) Mollejo 90+2'	Stadium: Cartagonova Referee: Saúl Ais Reig

15 September 2023 6	Zaragoza	1–1	Racing Santander	Zaragoza
21:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Valera 45+2'	Report	Grenier 40'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 27,208 Referee: José Luis Guzmán Mansilla

25 September 2023 7	Racing Ferrol	v	Zaragoza	Ferrol
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Estadio Municipal da Malata Referee: Germán Cid Camacho

25 February 2024 28	Villarreal B	v	Zaragoza	Villarreal
18:30				Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica

3 March 2024 29	Zaragoza	v	Amorebieta	Valencia
18:30				Stadium: Estadi Ciutat de València

9 March 2024 30	Valladolid	v	Zaragoza	Valladolid
18:30

7 April 2024 34	Levante	v	Zaragoza	Valencia
				Stadium: Estadi Ciutat de València

Copa del Rey

References

^ "Reglamento General – Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
^ "Este es el calendario completo de Segunda división 2023-24". sport. June 28, 2023.

External links

Official website

[table_hth_ALB0.4908058869144-1] Albacete finished ahead of Cartagena and Zaragoza on head-to-head points: Albacete 6 pts, Cartagena 5 pts, Zaragoza 4 pts

[table_hth_HUE0.4908058869144-2] Huesca finished ahead of Mirandés on head-to-head points: Huesca 1–1 Mirandés, Mirandés 0–3 Huesca

[3] "Reglamento General – Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2021.

[4] "Este es el calendario completo de Segunda división 2023-24". sport. June 28, 2023.

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