2016–17 Levante UD season

Levante UD

2016–17 season
President	Quico Catalán
Head coach	Juan Muñiz
Stadium	Ciutat de València
Segunda División	1st (promoted)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2016–17 season is the 97th season in Levante UD ’s history and the 43rd in the second-tier.

Squad

As of 1 February 2017

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	Raúl Fernández
2	DF	ESP	Iván López
3	DF	ESP	Toño García
4	DF	ESP	Róber (on loan from Deportivo La Coruña)
6	MF	ESP	Javier Espinosa
7	MF	ESP	Verza (2nd captain)
8	MF	COL	Jefferson Lerma
9	FW	ESP	Roger Martí
10	MF	ESP	Rubén García (3rd captain)
11	MF	ESP	José Luis Morales (4th captain)
12	DF	MNE	Esteban Saveljich

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	GK	ESP	Oier Olazábal (on loan from Granada)
14	FW	ESP	Juan Muñoz (on loan from Sevilla)
15	DF	ESP	Sergio Postigo
16	DF	ESP	Chema Rodríguez
18	FW	ESP	Víctor Casadesús
19	DF	ESP	Pedro López (Captain)
20	MF	ESP	Paco Montañés (on loan from Espanyol)
21	MF	ESP	Natxo Insa
22	DF	ESP	Abraham (on loan from Zaragoza)
23	MF	ESP	Jason
24	MF	ESP	José Campaña

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Final position
Segunda División	1st
Copa del Rey	2nd round

Liga

Main article: 2016–17 Segunda División

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Levante (C, P)	42	25	9	8	57	32	+25	84	Promotion to La Liga
2	Girona (P)	42	20	10	12	65	45	+20	70
3	Getafe (O, P)	42	18	14	10	55	43	+12	68	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Tenerife	42	16	18	8	50	37	+13	66
5	Cádiz	42	16	16	10	55	40	+15	64

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
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Matches

Kickoff times are in CET.   Win   Draw   Loss

Match	Opponent	Venue	Result
1	Numancia	A	0–1
2	Alcorcón	H	2–0
3	G. Tarragona	A	1–1
4	Zaragoza	H	4–2
5	Córdoba	A	1–0
6	Sevilla At.	H	1–0
7	Elche	A	0–1
8	Valladolid	H	3–2
9	Almería	A	2–2
10	Mallorca	H	2–1
11	Mirandés	A	0–3
12	Getafe	H	1–1
13	Reus	A	0–1
14	Cádiz	H	0–0
15	Oviedo	A	2–0
17	Girona	A	2–1
18	Tenerife	H	1–0
16	Rayo	H	1–0
20	Lugo	H	1–0
19	UCAM	A	0–2
21	Huesca	A	0–2

Match	Opponent	Venue	Result
22	Numancia	H	1–0
23	Alcorcón	A	2–0
24	G. Tarragona	H	2–1
25	Zaragoza	A	0–1
26	Córdoba	H	3–1
27	Sevilla At.	A	1–1
28	Elche	H	2–1
29	Valladolid	A	0–4
30	Almería	H	1–0
31	Mallorca	A	1–1
32	Mirandés	H	2–1
33	Getafe	A	2–0
34	Reus	H	0–0
35	Cádiz	A	1–1
36	Oviedo	H	1–0
37	Rayo	A	2–1
38	Girona	H	2–1
39	Tenerife	A	0–0
40	UCAM	H	3–1
41	Lugo	A	1–0
42	Huesca	H	1–2

Copa del Rey

Main article: 2016–17 Copa del Rey