2015–16 Granada CF season

Granada
2015–16 season
President	John Purdy
Head coach	José Ramón Sandoval
Stadium	Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes
La Liga	12th
Copa del Rey	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Youssef El-Arabi (16 goals); All: ; Youssef El-Arabi (17 goals)
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season was the 84th season in Granada's history and the 22nd in the top-tier.

Players

Current squad

As of 31 August 2015

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	CRO	Ivan Kelava
2	DF	ESP	David Lombán
3	DF	ITA	Cristiano Biraghi (on loan from Internazionale)
4	MF	ESP	Fran Rico
5	DF	ESP	Diego Mainz (captain)
6	DF	MTQ	Jean-Sylvain Babin
7	MF	ESP	Robert Ibáñez (on loan from Valencia)
8	MF	ESP	Javi Márquez
9	FW	MAR	Youssef El-Arabi
10	MF	ESP	Piti (vice-captain)
11	FW	NGA	Isaac Success
13	GK	ESP	Andrés Fernández (on loan from Porto)
14	DF	ESP	Salva Ruiz (on loan from Valencia)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	FW	URU	Nico López (on loan from Udinese)
16	FW	CGO	Thievy Bifouma (on loan from Espanyol)
17	MF	ESP	Édgar Méndez
20	MF	ESP	Rubén Pérez
21	MF	SVN	Rene Krhin
22	DF	FRA	Dimitri Foulquier
23	MF	ESP	Rubén Rochina
24	DF	GAB	Yrondu Musavu-King
25	DF	POR	Miguel Lopes (on loan from Sporting CP)
35	GK	MKD	Stole Dimitrievski
—	DF	BRA	Neuton (on loan from Udinese)
—	DF	BRA	Dória (on loan from Marseille)

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	Oier Olazábal (on loan at Real Sociedad)
—	DF	ESP	Aridane Hernández (on loan at Cádiz)
—	DF	ESP	Juanpe (on loan at Valladolid)
—	DF	ARG	Emanuel Insúa (on loan at Udinese)
—	DF	POR	Luís Martins (on loan at Osasuna)
—	MF	ESP	Álvaro García (on loan at Cádiz)
—	MF	ESP	Christian Arco (on loan at Algeciras)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	GHA	Mohammed Fatau (on loan at Almería)
—	MF	PER	Sergio Peña (on loan at Alianza Lima)
—	FW	COL	Jhon Córdoba (on loan at Mainz 05)
—	FW	COL	Wilson Cuero (on loan at Cádiz)
—	FW	VEN	Darwin Machís (on loan at Huesca)
—	FW	ECU	Kevin Mercado (on loan at Godoy Cruz)

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
La Liga	–
Copa del Rey	Round of 32

Updated to match played 8 September 2015
Source: Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
La Liga	38	10	9	19	46	69	−23	026.32
Copa del Rey	4	1	0	3	2	9	−7	025.00
Total	42	11	9	22	48	78	−30	026.19

Last updated: 14 May 2016
Source: Competitions

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Eibar	38	11	10	17	49	61	−12	43^[a]
15	Deportivo La Coruña	38	8	18	12	45	61	−16	42
16	Granada	38	10	9	19	46	69	−23	39^[b]
17	Sporting Gijón	38	10	9	19	40	62	−22	39^[b]
18	Rayo Vallecano (R)	38	9	11	18	52	73	−21	38	Relegation to Segunda División

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; 7) Play-off.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Espanyol finished ahead of Eibar on head-to-head goal difference; Eibar 2–1 Espanyol, Espanyol 4–2 Eibar.
^ ^a ^b Granada finished ahead of Sporting Gijón on head-to-head record; Granada 2–0 Sporting Gijón, Sporting Gijón 3–3 Granada.

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
38	10	9	19	46	69	−23	39	6	5	8	26	31	−5	4	4	11	20	38	−18

Last updated: 14 May 2016.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Result round 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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	D	D	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	L
Position	20	7	11	15	18	20	20	20	19	18	19	17	17	18	17	17	18	17	17	17	16	18	19	19	20	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16

Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 2016. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

24 August 2015 (2015-08-24) 1	Granada	1–3	Eibar	Granada
20:30 (UTC+2)	Rochina 50' Salva Ruiz 56' Mainz 89'	Report	Keko 21' Adrián 22', 45' Escalante 35', 64' García 55' Luna 61' Arruabarrena 67' Capa 90+4'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 14,833 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

28 August 2015 (2015-08-28) 2	Getafe	1–2	Granada	Madrid
22:30 (UTC+2)	Rochina 50' Ruiz 56' Mainz 89'	Report	Keko 21' Adrián 22', 45' Escalante 35', 64' García 55' Luna 61' Arruabarrena 67' Capa 90+4'	Stadium: Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 4,532 Referee: Prieto Iglesias

13 September 2015 (2015-09-13) 3	Granada	1–3	Villarreal	Granada
12:00 (UTC+2)	Babin 11' Lopes 65' Rico 74'	Report	Pina 14' Trigueros 49' Bakambu 51' Soldado 67' Baily 81' Areola 90' Samu 90+1'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 13,954 Referee: Gil Manzano

19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 4	Real Madrid	1–0	Granada	Madrid
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Isco 43' Benzema 55'	Report	Édgar 35' Márquez 70' Krhin 80'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 71,786 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

22 September 2015 (2015-09-22) 5	Granada	0–3	Real Sociedad	Granada
22:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Krhin 38' Dória 40' Success 46' Fernández 62' Lopes 81'	Report	Agirretxe 7', 33', 79' Granero 37' De la Bella 60' Vela 66' Pardo 90+3'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 12,711 Referee: Estrada Fernández

25 September 2015 (2015-09-25) 6	Valencia	1–0	Granada	Valencia
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mustafi 26', 34' Pérez 30' Orbán 71'	Report	Dória 31' Lopes 38' Uche 72'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 37,158 Referee: Clos Gómez

3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 7	Granada	1–1	Deportivo La Coruña	Granada
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Piti 65' Success 90+2'	Report	Fajr 25' Gutiérrez 62' Arribas 87' Riera 90'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 14,228 Referee: Vicandi Garrido

19 October 2015 (2015-10-19) 8	Sporting Gijón	3–3	Granada	Gijón
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bernardo 8' Cases 71' Halilović 71' Álvarez 72'	Report	Piti 7', 21' Biraghi 39' Success 41', 64' Lopes 53' 81' Pérez 59' El-Arabi 73' Dória 89' 90+2'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 19,749 Referee: Álvarez Izquierdo

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 9	Granada	1–1	Real Betis	Granada
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Foulquier 3' Márquez 33' Pérez 39' Biraghi 78'	Report	Castro 40' (pen.) Varela 69' Portillo 78' Digard 84'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 18,358 Referee: Mateu Lahoz

1 November 2015 (2015-11-01) 10	Espanyol	1–1	Granada	Barcelona
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rober 57' 68' Roco 83' Caicedo 90+4'	Report	Márquez 35' Lombán 36' Babin 58', 87' Biraghi 62' Rochina 70' Pérez 84'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 16,684 Referee: Hernández Hernández

7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) 11	Rayo Vallecano	2–1	Granada	Madrid
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Guerra 3', 10' Castro 13' 19' Tito 46' Trashorras 90+3'	Report	Piti 45+2' Babin 53' Krhin 63' Pérez 70'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 9,921 Referee: Gil Manzano

22 November 2016 12	Granada	2–0	Athletic Bilbao	Granada
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Laporte 5' (o.g.) Peñaranda 6' Robert 59' Success 59', 60' Pérez 86' Fernández 90+1'	Report	Susaeta 23' Aduriz 24' Etxeita 36'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 13,031 Referee: Carlos del Cerro (Madrid)

28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) 13	Málaga	2–2	Granada	Málaga
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tissone 37' 53' Charles 45' Rosales 51' Fornals 57' Torres 65'	Report	Lombán 27' Lopes 56' Ibáñez 65' Márquez 75' El-Arabi 83' Rochina 86', 90+2' Foulquier 90'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 22,931 Referee: Estrada Fernández

5 December 2015 14	Granada	0–2	Atlético Madrid	Granada
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Foulquier 19' Rico 28'	Report	Godín 20' Saúl 40' Griezmann 76'	Stadium: Los Cármenes Attendance: 15,872 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 15	Levante	1–2	Granada	Valencia
18:15 (UTC+1)	Simão Mate 59', 66' Verza 72'	Report	Peñaranda 50', 88' Rico 65' Fernández 78'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 12,284 Referee: Vicandi Garrido

20 December 2015 (2015-12-20) 16	Granada	0–2	Celta Vigo	Granada
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rochina 44' Success 54' Pérez 56' Uche 90+1'	Summary	Aspas 18', 45' Orellana 21' Planas 54'	Stadium: Los Cármenes Attendance: 14,537 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

30 December 2015 (2015-12-30) 17	Las Palmas	4–1	Granada	Las Palmas
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tana 32' Araujo 50' Mesa 63' Gómez 72' Viera 80' (pen.) Wakaso 87'	Report	Peñaranda 41', 56' Márquez 63' Biraghi 67' 86' Ibáñez 78' Rochina 85'	Stadium: Estadio Gran Canaria Attendance: 18,932 Referee: Jaime Latre

3 January 2016 18	Granada	2–1	Sevilla	Granada
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Success 17', 89' Peñaranda 37' Édgar 43'	Report	Vitolo 45+1' Rami 56' 86' Mariano 59'	Stadium: Los Cármenes Attendance: 13,469 Referee: Undiano Mallenco

9 January 2016 19	Barcelona	4–0	Granada	Barcelona
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Messi 8', 14', 58' Vidal 63' Neymar 83'	Report	Rochina 29' Méndez 56' Lombán 57' Dória 60'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 70,720 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

18 January 2016 (2016-01-18) 20	Eibar	5–1	Granada	Eibar
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Capa 22' Inui 35' Enrich 38', 68' Borja 74', 79'	Report	Pérez 9' Uche 10' Peñaranda 14' El-Arabi 65' Biraghi 86'	Stadium: Ipurua Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

23 January 2016 (2016-01-23) 21	Granada	3–2	Getafe	Granada
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rico 27', 77' El-Arabi 36' Kelava 76' Rochina 77', 79'	Report	Šćepović 71', 89' Gómez 74' Wanderson 81' Lacen 89'	Stadium: Los Cármenes Attendance: 15,448 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

30 January 2016 (2016-01-30) 22	Villarreal	1–0	Granada	Villarreal
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Costa 8' Bruno 55' (pen.) Mario 85' Castillejo 89'	Report	Rico 11' Lombán 16' Babin 54'	Stadium: El Madrigal Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

7 February 2016 23	Granada	1–2	Real Madrid	Granada
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lopes 19' Pérez 32' El-Arabi 60', 61'	Report	Benzema 30' Ramos 62' Carvajal 83' Modrić 85'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 17,052 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

14 February 2016 (2016-02-14) 24	Real Sociedad	3–0	Granada	San Sebastián
12:00 (UTC+1)	Oyarzabal 21', 61' Jonathas 45'	Report	Foulquier 18' Doucouré 85'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 19,591 Referee: José Luis González González

21 February 2016 25	Granada	1–2	Valencia	Granada
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pérez 52' Success 86' Édgar 90+3'	Report	Parejo 22', 55' Cancelo 84' Alves 86' Mina 90'	Stadium: Los Cármenes Attendance: 14,197 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

28 February 2016 (2016-02-28) 26	Deportivo	0–1	Granada	A Coruña
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Juanfran 23' Navarro 32' Lux 90+3'	Report	El-Arabi 24' (pen.) Édgar 85' Costa 88' Fernández 90+3'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 23,616 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

3 March 2016 27	Granada	2–0	Sporting Gijón	Granada
20:00	Costa 33' Lopes 47' Peñaranda 67' El-Arabi 72' (pen.), 90' Babin 85' Pérez 90+2' Success 90+3', 90+4'	Report	Meré 15' Lora 24' Mascarell 45+1' Álvarez 78' 84'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 15,441 Referee: Estrada Fernández

3 March 2016 (2016-03-03) 28	Real Betis	2–0	Granada	Seville
20:00 (UTC+1)	Pezzella 12' Vargas 41' 53' Bruno 71' Molina 79' N'Diaye 85' Castro 90+5'	Report	Peñaranda 20' Pérez 40' Success 47' Lopes 47' Barral 69' Costa 76' Rochina 87' Fernández 90+3'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 43,174 Referee: Iglesias Villanueva

13 March 2016 (2016-03-13) 29	Granada	1–1	Espanyol	Granada
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Barral 5' 28' Rochina 40', 79' Biraghi 45' Lombán 54' Fernández 80' Pérez 89'	Report	Ó. Duarte 50' R. Duarte 58' Pérez 68' Lopes 82' (o.g.)	Stadium: Los Cármenes Attendance: 15,213 Referee: José Luis González González

19 March 2016 (2016-03-19) 30	Granada	2–2	Rayo Vallecano	Granada
18:15 (UTC+1)	El-Arabi 11', 54' (pen.) Success 17' 70' Costa 84'	Report	Crespo 24' Quini 38' Hernández 45' Juan Carlos 52' Castro 78', 87' Embarba 90'	Stadium: Los Cármenes Attendance: 18,848 Referee: Hernández Hernández

3 April 2016 (2016-04-03) 31	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	Granada	Bilbao
12:00 (UTC+1)	Aduriz 17' Lekue 28' Gurpegui 48'	Report	Foulquier 26' Pérez 41' Lombán 44' Peñaranda 46', 77' Rico 86'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 40,497 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

9 April 2016 (2016-04-09) 32	Granada	0–0	Málaga	Granada
20:30 (UTC+1)	Success 89'	Report	Albentosa 20' Ricca 49' Rosales 90+2'	Stadium: Los Cármenes Attendance: 18,979 Referee: Estrada Fernández

17 April 2016 33	Atlético Madrid	3–0	Granada	Madrid
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Koke 15' Gabi 50' Torres 59' Fernández 81' Correa 83' Óliver 88'	Report	Doucouré 28' Peñaranda 38' Biraghi 46' Barral 73' Rochina 74'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 47,656 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

20 April 2016 (2016-04-20) 34	Granada	5–1	Levante	Granada
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Success 25' El-Arabi 35' (pen.), 85' (pen.), 90', 86' Rochina 44', 57' Doucouré 58' Biraghi 63' Pérez 64' Costa 89'	Report	Rossi 15' Verza 34' Deyverson 42' Camarasa 84' Mariño 85' Simão Mate 85' 90'	Stadium: Los Cármenes Attendance: 19,843 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

24 April 2016 (2016-04-24) 35	Celta Vigo	2–1	Granada	Vigo
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Aspas 16' (pen.), 76', 77' Planas 70'	Report	Lopes 29' El-Arabi 69' Ibáñez 79'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 18,241 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

30 April 2016 (2016-04-30) 36	Granada	3–2	Las Palmas	Granada
22:05 (UTC+1)	Rochina 13' El-Arabi 22' Peñaranda 52' Costa 70', 72' Pérez 75'	Report	Viera 3', 12' Wakaso 20' Tana 85'	Stadium: Los Cármenes Attendance: 21,291 Referee: José Luis González González

8 May 2016 37	Sevilla	1–4	Granada	Seville
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Curro 40' Kolodziejczak 58' González 73' Carriço 79' Figueiras 85'	[www.laliga.es/directo/temporada-2015-2016/liga-bbva/37/sevilla_granada Report]	Doucouré 40' Cuenca 45', 89' Babin 79' El-Arabi 86'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 21,915 Referee: Undiano Mallenco

14 May 2016 38	Granada	0–3	Barcelona	Granada
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Doucouré 54' Pérez 62' Rico 65' Fernández 74'	Report	Busquets 19' Suárez 22', 38', 86' Piqué 74'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 21,692 Referee: Alejandro Hernández

External links

Club's official website

[table_hth_ESP0.86849228333146-1] Espanyol finished ahead of Eibar on head-to-head goal difference; Eibar 2–1 Espanyol, Espanyol 4–2 Eibar.

[table_hth_SPO0.86849228333146-2] Granada finished ahead of Sporting Gijón on head-to-head record; Granada 2–0 Sporting Gijón, Sporting Gijón 3–3 Granada.

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