2011–12 Villarreal CF season

Villarreal
2011–12 season
President	Fernando Roig
Head coach	Juan Carlos Garrido; (until 21 December); José Francisco Molina; (from 22 December to 18 March); Miguel Ángel Lotina; (from 19 March);
Stadium	El Madrigal
La Liga	18th (relegated)
Copa del Rey	Round of 32
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Marco Ruben (9); All: Marco Ruben (9)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 season was Villarreal Club de Fútbol's 89th season in existence and the club's 12th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. It covered a period from 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012.

Villarreal competed in La Liga and participated in the UEFA Champions League, entering in the play-off round due to their fourth-place finish in the 2010–11 La Liga. They entered the Copa del Rey in the Round of 32. This season would end Villarreal's streak in La Liga; on the final day of the season they lost 1–0 to Atlético Madrid, sending them down to 18th and relegating the side to the second division for the first time since the 1999–2000 season.

Players

Squad information

As of 1 September 2011

The numbers are established according to the official website:www.villarrealcf.es and www.lfp.es

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	César
2	DF	ARG	Gonzalo Rodríguez (vice-captain)
3	DF	ESP	Joan Oriol
4	DF	ARG	Mateo Musacchio
5	DF	ESP	Carlos Marchena
6	DF	ESP	Ángel
7	FW	BRA	Nilmar
8	MF	NED	Jonathan de Guzmán
9	FW	ARG	Marco Ruben
10	MF	ESP	Cani
11	MF	PAR	Hernán Pérez
12	DF	COL	Cristián Zapata
13	GK	ESP	Diego López


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	DF	ESP	Mario
15	DF	ESP	José Catalá
17	MF	ESP	Javier Camuñas
18	MF	GHA	Wakaso Mubarak
19	MF	ESP	Marcos Senna (captain)
20	MF	ESP	Borja Valero
21	MF	ESP	Bruno
22	FW	ITA	Giuseppe Rossi
23	FW	ARG	Alejandro Martinuccio
24	GK	ESP	Diego Mariño
27	FW	ESP	Gerard Bordas
38	DF	FRA	Florian Lejeune
41	FW	ESP	Joselu

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
18	MF	Cristóbal	27	EU	Elche	Loan return	Summer		N/A
12	ST	Jozy Altidore	21	Non-EU	Bursaspor	Loan return	Summer	2014	N/A
23	LW	Jefferson Montero	21	Non-EU	Levante	Loan return	Summer		N/A	Marca.com
	CB	Iván Marcano	24	EU	Getafe	Loan return	Summer		N/A
1	GK	César	39	EU	Valencia	Transfer	Summer	2012	Free	AS.com
17	LW	Javier Camuñas	31	EU	Osasuna	Transfer	Summer	2014	€2.3M	AS.com
12	CB	Cristián Zapata	24	EU	Udinese	Transfer	Summer	2016	€7M	marca.com
8	MF	Jonathan de Guzmán	23	EU	Mallorca	Transfer	Summer	2016	€8M	marca.com
23	ST	Gerard Bordas	29	EU	Youth system	Promoted	Summer		Youth system

Total expenditure: €9.3 million

Out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
	CB	Iván Marcano	24	EU	Olympiacos	Loan	Summer	N/A	AS.com
17	MF	Javier Matilla	22	EU	Betis	Transfer	Summer	€1.2M	AS.com
23	LW	Jefferson Montero	21	Non-EU	Betis	Loan	Summer	N/A	marca.com
24	RB	Cicinho	31	EU	Roma	Loan return	Summer	N/A	marca.com
8	MF	Santi Cazorla	26	EU	Málaga	Transfer	Summer	€19M	malagacf.com
11	LB	Joan Capdevila	33	EU	Benfica	Transfer	Summer	Free	villarrealcf.es
12	ST	Jozy Altidore	21	Non-EU	AZ	Transfer	Summer	Free	sun-sentinel.com
18	CM	Cristóbal	27	EU	Karpaty Lviv	Transfer	Summer	Free	AS.com
25	GK	Juan Carlos	23	EU	Elche	Loan	Summer	N/A	elchecf.org^{[permanent dead link‍]}
1	GK	Xavi Oliva	35	EU		End of contract	Summer	Free

Total income: €20.2 million

Statistics

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Juan Carlos Garrido
Assistant coach	Raúl Garrido
Physical trainers	Carlos Corberán, Javi Ramos
Team delegate	Enrique Basauri
Representative	Iñaki Morán
Medical services	Manuel Tello
Physiotherapists	Víctor Salinas, Fernando Granell, Alfonso Calvo
Pitch delegate	Juan Ansuátegui Roca
Kit managers	Pasqualet, Jorge Garrido, Adrián Ortells

Source: Villarrealcf.es

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Postponed

16 July 2011 Friendly	UCD Dublin	4–3	Villarreal	Dublin, Ireland
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	O'Connor 21' Leahy 21' Boyle 62' Oriol 80' (o.g.)	Report	Valero 13' Ruben 48' Cazorla 69'	Stadium: UCD Bowl Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Damien Hancock

19 July 2011 Friendly	Aberdeen	0–1	Villarreal	Aberdeen, Scotland
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Rossi 52'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Allan Crawford

24 July 2011 Friendly	Wolfsburg	2–2	Villarreal	Wolfsburg, Germany
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mandžukić 52' Lakić 79'	Report	Camuñas 30' Rossi 47'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 17,000

31 July 2011 Trofeo de la Cerámica	Villarreal	3–1	Lazio	Villarreal, Spain
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rossi 14' Cani 20' Wakaso 74'	Report	Cissé 45'	Stadium: El Madrigal Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

5 July 2011 Friendly	Everton	0–1	Villarreal	Liverpool, England
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Rossi 63'	Stadium: Goodison Park

7 August 2011 Friendly	Wigan Athletic	1–0	Villarreal	Wigan, England
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Moses 44'	Report		Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: John Moss

10 August 2011 Friendly	Elche	0–2	Villarreal	Elche, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Zapata 45' Gullón 88'	Stadium: Manuel Martínez Valero

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 %
La Liga	29 August 2011	21 May 2012	Matchday 1	18th	38	9	14	15	39	53	−14	023.68
Copa del Rey	13 December 2011	21 December 2011	Round of 32	Round of 32	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	000.00
UEFA Champions League	17 August 2011	7 December 2011	Play-off round	Group stage	8	1	0	7	5	15	−10	012.50
Total					48	10	15	23	45	71	−26	020.83

Source: Competitions

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Zaragoza	38	12	7	19	36	61	−25	43^[a]
17	Granada	38	12	6	20	35	56	−21	42
18	Villarreal (R)	38	9	14	15	39	53	−14	41	Relegation to the Segunda División
19	Sporting Gijón (R)	38	10	7	21	42	69	−27	37
20	Racing Santander (R)	38	4	15	19	28	63	−35	27

Source: ESPN
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ RVA 0–0 ZAR; ZAR 1–2 RVA

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
37	7	15	15	36	51	−15	36	6	11	3	26	20	+6	1	4	12	10	31	−21

Last updated: 13 May 2012.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	D	L	W	D	D	D	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	W	D	D	D	D	L	L
Position	19	17	19	13	13	12	14	16	18	13	13	12	13	15	17	17	18	19	17	18	17	15	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	16	17	17	16	16	18

Source: La Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

20 August 2011 1	Villarreal	v	Sporting de Gijón	Villarreal
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: El Madrigal
Note: Postponed to 22 January due to AFE strike after failing to reach a collective bargaining agreement with the LFP.^[1]

29 August 2011 2	Barcelona	5–0	Villarreal	Barcelona
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Thiago 25' Mascherano 33' Fàbregas 35', 45' Sánchez 47', 48' Messi 52', 74'	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Zapata 21' Wakaso 84' Marchena 88'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 95,000 Referee: Javier Turienzo Álvarez

10 September 2011 3	Villarreal	2–2	Sevilla	Villarreal
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	D. López 22' Rossi 35' (pen.) Ruben 72' De Guzmán 75' César 79'	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Negredo 24' 24', 28' Manu 42' Kanouté 61' Alexis 76', 86'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

17 September 2011 4	Granada	1–0	Villarreal	Granada
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Martins 6' Yebda 17' Moisés 27' Mainz 51' Uche 56' M. Rico 76' Diakhaté 78' Nyom 90'	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Catalá 36' Rossi 79' Musacchio 90'	Stadium: Los Cármenes Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Javier Estrada Fernández

20 September 2011 5	Villarreal	2–0	Mallorca	Villarreal
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rossi 8' Nilmar 52'	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Pina 42' Tissone 44' Flores 90'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 20,000 Referee: José Luis González

24 September 2011 6	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	Villarreal	Bilbao
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gabilondo 43' Ekiza 45' 81' Amorebieta 56' Martínez 60' Muniain 87'	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Nilmar 53' Musacchio 58'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

1 October 2011 7	Villarreal	2–2	Real Zaragoza	Villarreal
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rossi 40', 41' (pen.) Pérez 84'	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Juárez 24' Lanzaro 27' 80' García 35' Barrera 45' Paredes 66' Roberto 87'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 19,500 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

15 October 2011 8	Getafe	0–0	Villarreal	Getafe
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sarabia 35' Valera 48' Pérez 62' Míchel 77'	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Gonzalo 14' Valero 57' Catalá 59' Rossi 71' Marchena 75'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 12,500 Referee: José Teixeira Vitienes

23 October 2011 9	Villarreal	0–3	Levante	Villarreal
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ruben 72' Rossi 76'	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Juanlu 16', 43' Torres 22' Koné 58'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Carlos Delgado Ferreiro

26 October 2011 10	Real Madrid	3–0	Villarreal	Madrid
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Benzema 5' Kaká 11', 53' Alonso 21' Di María 30'	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Musacchio 16' Catalá 46' Ruben 54'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Miguel Ángel Pérez Lasa

29 October 2011 11	Villarreal	2–0	Rayo Vallecano	Villarreal
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bruno 20', 71' Senna 39' Valero 67' Catalá 73' D. López 85'	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Jordi 20' Arribas 34' Piti 34' Fuego 38' Michu 72'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Javier Turienzo Álvarez

6 November 2011 12	Espanyol	0–0	Villarreal	Cornellà de Llobregat
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vilà 41' Forlín 64' 75'	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}	De Guzmán 62' Gonzalo 72' Bruno 88'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 29,500 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

19 November 2011 13	Villarreal	1–0	Real Betis	Villarreal
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Valero 21', 77' Bruno 38' Ruben 43' Musacchio 69' D. López 90'	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Isidoro 6' Castro 40'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 17,500 Referee: César Muñiz Fernández

28 November 2011 14	Málaga	2–1	Villarreal	Málaga
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Toulalan 5', 65' 75' Isco 40' Caballero 79' Buonanotte 88'	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Ruben 16', 45' Ángel 33' Bruno 36' Gonzalo 72' Pérez 87'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 27,500 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

3 December 2011 15	Racing de Santander	1–0	Villarreal	Santander
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Stuani 27' Adrián 38' Toño 66'	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Musacchio 69' Mario 80' De Guzmán 90'	Stadium: El Sardinero Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Pedro Pérez Montero

11 December 2011 16	Villarreal	1–1	Real Sociedad	Villarreal
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Zapata 58' Oriol 61' Ruben 71'	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}	González 2' Zurutuza 11' Elustondo 34' 62' Aranburu 52'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

18 December 2011 17	Osasuna	2–1	Villarreal	Pamplona
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sergio 5', 81' Ibrahima 74' Timor 80'	Report	Camuñas 63' Ruben 63', 90'	Stadium: Reyno de Navarra Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Carlos Delgado Ferreiro

8 January 2012 18	Villarreal	2–2	Valencia	Villarreal
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ruben 14', 74' Gonzalo 18' Soriano 22' Cani 22' Zapata 33' Oriol 36'	Summary	Jonas 25' Soldado 35' Feghouli 41' Banega 70' Miguel 74' Aduriz 87'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 18,000 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

15 January 2012 19	Atlético Madrid	3–0	Villarreal	Madrid
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Falcao 40', 52' (pen.) Turan 59' Tiago 62' Diego 71', 80'	Summary	D. López 50' Gonzalo 51'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Javier Turienzo Álvarez

23 January 2012 1	Villarreal	3–0	Sporting de Gijón	Villarreal
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Musacchio 15' Ruben 57' Valero 59' Bruno 90+1'	Summary	Borral 26' Botía 80' Canella 90+2'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

28 January 2012 21	Villarreal	0–0	Barcelona	Villarreal
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Musacchio 30' Ruben 41' Senna 69' Joselu 77' Gonzalo 84'	Summary	Thiago 89' Alves 90+2'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 20,000 Referee: José Teixeira Vitienes

5 February 2012 22	Sevilla	1–2	Villarreal	Seville
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Coke 28' Bruno 34' (o.g.) Escudé 52'	Summary	Valero 22' Bruno 54' Gonzalo 56' Camuñas 66' Cani 75' Camuñas 81' Oriol 90' 90+2'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

12 February 2012 23	Villarreal	3–1	Granada	Villarreal
19:45 CET (UTC+1)	Ruben 16' Cani 53' Valero 64' Júlio César 73' (o.g.) Marchena 90+1'	Summary	Ighalo 30' Jara 32' López 50' Diakhaté 71' 88'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Miguel Pérez Lasa

19 February 2012 24	Mallorca	4–0	Villarreal	Palma
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tissone 31' Nunes 33', 68' Crespí 36' Víctor 41', 65' Martí 52' Pina 87'	Summary	Senna 15' D. López 39'	Stadium: Iberostar Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

26 February 2012 25	Villarreal	2–2	Athletic Bilbao	Villarreal
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Senna 11', 18' Nilmar 68'	Summary	Aurtenetxe 50' Llorente 62' Pérez 64' Susaeta 66' Toquero 66' Iturraspe 75'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias

4 March 2012 26	Real Zaragoza	2–1	Villarreal	Zaragoza
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	García 85' Paredes 89' Apoño 90+3' Abraham 90+3'	Summary	Martinuccio 16', 42' Nilmar 29' Marchena 90+2'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 24,000 Referee: José González González

12 March 2012 27	Villarreal	1–2	Getafe	Villarreal
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gonzalo 26' Nilmar 45' (pen.) Bruno 54'	Report	Castro 6' Míchel 17' Alexis 28' Díaz 45' Barrada 72'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Pedro Pérez Montero

18 March 2012 28	Levante	1–0	Villarreal	Valencia
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Valdo 14' Venta 45' Juanfran 85' Torres 90+2'	Report	Zapata 6' Castellani 45+1' Martinuccio 75' Pérez 84' Nilmar 86' Marchena 89' 90'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

22 March 2012 29	Villarreal	1–1	Real Madrid	Villarreal
22:00 CET (UTC+1)	Senna 20', 83' Mario 32' Ángel 34' Ruben 55' De Guzmán 76'	Report	Diarra 5' Alonso 38' Pepe 45+1' Ramos 53' 85' Ronaldo 62' Özil 85' Khedira 88' Higuaín 90+5'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 20,000 Referee: José Luis Paradas Romero

25 March 2012 30	Rayo Vallecano	0–2	Villarreal	Madrid
19:45 CET (UTC+1)	Casado 4' Arribas 54' Tito 60'	Report	Ruben 29' Bruno 63' Ángel 85'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Miguel Pérez Lasa

2 April 2012 31	Villarreal	0–0	Espanyol	Villarreal
21:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Zapata 42'	Summary	Weiss 15' Uche 28' Gómez 54' Casilla 88'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 17,000 Referee: José González González

8 April 2012 32	Real Betis	3–1	Villarreal	Seville
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Paulão 21' Santa Cruz 35' Castro 38' Pereira 42' Montero 58' Beñat 59' Fabricio 90+3'	Summary	Ángel 16' 66' Oriol 38' Ruben 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

12 April 2012 33	Villarreal	2–1	Málaga	Villarreal
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Senna 83' (pen.) Pérez 90+4'	Report	Duda 33' Eliseu 58' Cazorla 65' Kameni 81' Camacho 90+3' Van Nistelrooy 90+5'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

15 April 2012 34	Villarreal	1–1	Racing de Santander	Villarreal
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: El Madrigal

22 April 2012 35	Real Sociedad	1–1	Villarreal	San Sebastián
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Anoeta

29 April 2012 36	Villarreal	1–1	Osasuna	Villarreal
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)	Bruno 44'		García 73'	Stadium: El Madrigal

1 May 2012 20	Sporting de Gijón	2–3	Villarreal	Gijón
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)	Lora 40' Álex Gálvez 85'		Mario 19' Senna 43' (pen.) Pérez 56'	Stadium: El Molinón

6 May 2012 37	Valencia	1–0	Villarreal	Valencia
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)	Jonas 90+1'			Stadium: Mestalla

13 May 2012 38	Villarreal	0–1	Atlético Madrid	Villarreal
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)			Falcao 88'	Stadium: El Madrigal

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

13 December 2011 First Leg	Mirandés	1–1	Villarreal	Miranda de Ebro
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Arroyo 26', 45' Iribas 38'	Report	Pérez 22' Musacchio 40' Bruno 60' Valero 85'	Stadium: Estadio Anduva Attendance: 4,100 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

21 December 2011 Second Leg	Villarreal	0–2 (1–3 agg.)	Mirandés	Villarreal
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Musacchio 58' 89'	Report	Asier 35' Blanco 38' Infante 60', 87'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Miguel Pérez Lasa

UEFA Champions League

Play-off round

17 August 2011 First leg	Odense	1–0	Villarreal	Odense, Denmark
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Gíslason 13' Høegh 49' Andreasen 84' Johansson 89'	Report	Musacchio 13' Valero 31' Oriol 54' Bruno 71'	Stadium: TRE-FOR Park Attendance: 13,002 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

23 August 2011 Second leg	Villarreal	3–0 (3–1 agg.)	Odense	Villarreal, Spain
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Musacchio 36' Senna 41' Rossi 50', 66' Cani 59' Camuñas 73' Valero 76' Marchena 82' Gonzalo 86'	Report	Traoré 16' Kadrii 18' 70' Mendy 59' Johansson 77' Djemba-Djemba 78'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

Group stage

Times up to 29 October 2011 (matchdays 1–3) are CEST (UTC+02:00), thereafter (matchdays 4–6) times are CET (UTC+01:00).

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAY	NAP	MCI	VIL
1	Bayern Munich	6	4	1	1	11	6	+5	13	Advance to knockout phase	—	3–2	2–0	3–1
2	Napoli	6	3	2	1	10	6	+4	11	Advance to knockout phase	1–1	—	2–1	2–0
3	Manchester City	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	10	Transfer to Europa League	2–0	1–1	—	2–1
4	Villarreal	6	0	0	6	2	14	−12	0		0–2	0–2	0–3	—

Source: Soccerway

14 September 2011 1	Villarreal	0–2	Bayern Munich	Villarreal, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Marchena 56'	Report	Kroos 7' Tymoshchuk 53' Rafinha 76' Schweinsteiger 78'	Stadium: El Madrigal Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

27 September 2011 2	Napoli	2–0	Villarreal	Naples, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Aronica 5' Hamšík 15' Cavani 17' (pen.) Cannavaro 57'	Report	Gonzalo 16' Cani 85' Rossi 85'	Stadium: San Paolo Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

18 October 2011 3	Manchester City	2–1	Villarreal	Manchester, England
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Marchena 43' (o.g.) Agüero 90+3'	Report	Cani 4' Catalá 32' Rossi 68' Mario 90+2' D. López 90+4'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

2 November 2011 4	Villarreal	0–3	Manchester City	Villarreal, Spain
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Wakaso 27' Catalá 39' Musacchio 45+2' Marchena 45+3' Pérez 68'	Report	Y. Touré 30', 71' Balotelli 27', 45+3' (pen.)	Stadium: El Madrigal Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

22 November 2011 5	Bayern Munich	3–1	Villarreal	Munich, Germany
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Ribéry 3', 69' Gómez 24'	Report	Valero 20' Ruben 42' De Guzmán 50' Ángel 61'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (Sweden)

7 December 2011 6	Villarreal	0–2	Napoli	Villarreal, Spain
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	De Guzmán 4' Zapata 22' Pérez 38' Ángel 90'	Report	Inler 65' Hamšík 76' Campagnaro 90'	Stadium: El Madrigal Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

Last updated: 10 August 2011.
Source: Villarreal CF

Notes and references

^ "LFP and AFE to continue talks". LFP.es. 19 August 2011. Archived from the original on 28 June 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2011.

External links

Official website (in Catalan, English, and Spanish)

[table_hth_RVA0.375506736513-1] RVA 0–0 ZAR; ZAR 1–2 RVA

[2] "LFP and AFE to continue talks". LFP.es. 19 August 2011. Archived from the original on 28 June 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2011.

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