2022–23 Levante UD season

The 2022–23 season is the 114th season in the history of Levante UD and their first season back in the second division. The club are participating in Segunda División and the Copa del Rey.

Levante UD
2022–23 season
PresidentQuico Catalán
Head coachMehdi Nafti
(until 10 October)
Felipe Miñambres
(caretaker, 10–16 October)
Javier Calleja
(from 16 October)
StadiumEstadi Ciutat de València
Segunda División2nd
Copa del ReySecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Mohamed Bouldini (3)
All:
Roberto Soldado (4)
All statistics correct as of 3 December 2022.

Players
As of 29 October 2022.[1]

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 Spain ESP Dani Cárdenas
2 DF Spain ESP Son
3 DF Spain ESP Enric Franquesa
4 DF Spain ESP Róber Pier
5 DF Germany GER Shkodran Mustafi
6 MF Spain ESP Pablo Martínez
7 FW Brazil BRA Wesley Moraes (on loan from Aston Villa)
8 MF Spain ESP Pepelu
9 FW Spain ESP Roberto Soldado
10 MF Spain ESP Vicente Iborra (vice-captain; on loan from Villarreal)
11 FW Spain ESP Álex Cantero
13 GK Spain ESP Joan Femenías
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF Portugal POR Rúben Vezo
15 DF Spain ESP Sergio Postigo (captain)
16 DF Spain ESP Álex Muñoz
17 FW Spain ESP Roger Brugué
18 MF Spain ESP Jorge de Frutos
19 MF Spain ESP Rober Ibáñez
20 MF Spain ESP Joni Montiel (on loan from Rayo Vallecano)
21 FW Belgium BEL Charly Musonda Jr.
22 FW Morocco MAR Mohamed Bouldini
23 DF Uruguay URU Marcelo Saracchi
24 MF Spain ESP José Campaña
29 DF Spain ESP Marc Pubill

Reserve team
Main article: Atlético Levante UD

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 GK Spain ESP Pablo Cuñat
31 DF Spain ESP Carlos Giménez
33 FW Spain ESP José Cambra
No. Pos. Nation Player
35 MF Spain ESP Hugo Redón
39 DF Spain ESP Mario Climent

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 Spain ESP Toni Herrero (at Amorebieta until 30 June 2023)
— DF Spain ESP Antonio Leal (at Unionistas until 30 June 2023)
— MF Spain ESP Álex Blesa (at Cultural Leonesa until 30 June 2023)
— MF Georgia (country) GEO Giorgi Kochorashvili (at Castellón until 30 June 2023)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Sweden SWE Omar Faraj (at Degerfors until 31 December 2022)
— FW Spain ESP Dani Gómez (at Espanyol until 30 June 2023)
— FW Brazil BRA Fabrício (at Castellón until 30 June 2023)
— FW Spain ESP Joan Pulpón (at Alzira until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

In
Date Player From Type Fee Ref
1 July 2022Spain Joan FemeníasOviedoTransferFree[2]
8 July 2022Spain Álex MuñozTenerifeTransferUndisclosed[3]
14 July 2022Spain Joni MontielRayo VallecanoLoan[4]
22 July 2022Brazil WesleyEngland Aston VillaLoan[5]
29 July 2022Spain Vicente IborraVillarrealLoan[6]
10 August 2022Spain Robert IbáñezOsasunaTransferFree[7][8]
16 August 2022Belgium Charly MusondaEngland ChelseaTransferFree[9]
23 August 2022Morocco Mohamed BouldiniPortugal Santa ClaraTransferUndisclosed[10]

Out
Date Player To Type Fee Ref
1 July 2022Spain José Luis MoralesVillarrealTransferFree
2 July 2022Spain Aitor FernándezOsasunaTransferFree
6 July 2022Russia Edgar SevikyanRussia Pari Nizhny NovgorodTransferUndisclosed[11]
19 July 2022Spain Jorge MiramónLeganésTransferFree[12]
21 July 2022Spain Carlos ClercElcheTransferFree[13]
21 July 2022Sweden Omar FarajSweden DegerforsLoan[14]
4 August 2022Spain Roger MartíElcheTransferUndisclosed[15]
12 August 2022North Macedonia Enis BardhiTurkey TrabzonsporTransferUndisclosed[16]
12 August 2022Martinique Mickaël MalsaReal ValladolidTransferUndisclosed[17]
19 August 2022Spain Álex BlesaCultural LeonesaLoan[18]
22 August 2022Spain Dani GómezEspanyolLoan[19]
25 August 2022Spain Antonio LealUnionistas de SalamancaLoan[20]
30 August 2022Georgia (country) Giorgi KochorashviliCastellónLoan[21]
1 September 2022Spain CokeIbizaTransferFree
1 September 2022Spain Gonzalo MeleroAlmeríaTransferUndisclosed[22]
19 January 2023Spain Enric FranquesaLeganésLoan[23]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

21 July 2022 Friendly Levante Spain 2–1 England Wolverhampton Wanderers
CEST (UTC+2)
24 July 2022 Friendly Levante Spain 0–0 Spain Getafe
CEST (UTC+2)
30 July 2022 Friendly Levante Spain 4–0 Spain Castellón
CEST (UTC+2)
3 August 2022 Friendly Villarreal Spain 3–1 Spain Levante
CEST (UTC+2)

Competitions

Overall record
Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Segunda División 12 August 2022 Matchday 1 18 8 7 3 20 13 +7 044.44
Copa del Rey 12 November 2022 First round 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 100.00
Total 19 9 7 3 24 13 +11 047.37

Last updated: 4 December 2022
Source: Soccerway

Segunda División
Main article: 2022–23 Segunda División

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Alavés (X) 40 18 13 9 45 32 +13 67[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for promotion play-offs
4 Eibar (X) 40 18 13 9 42 34 +8 67[lower-alpha 1]
5 Levante (X) 40 16 18 6 41 27 +14 66
6 Albacete 40 16 15 9 55 45 +10 63
7 Cartagena 40 16 10 14 45 42 +3 58
Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2023. Source: LaLiga SmartBank
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored[24]
(X) Assured of promotion playoff, but may still win the group
Notes:
  1. Alavés are ahead of Eibar on head-to-head points: Eibar 0–0 Alavés, Alavés 2–0 Eibar

Notes

  1. ^
    Reserve teams are not eligible for promotion to the same league as the first team.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: November 2022.
Source: LaLiga SmartBank

Results by round
Round1
Ground
Result
Position
Updated to match(es) played on November 2022. Source: LaLiga SmartBank
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 23 June 2022.[25]

13 August 2022 1 Levante v Valencia
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Estadi Ciutat de València

Copa del Rey
Main article: 2022–23 Copa del Rey

References
  1. "Plantilla" [Squad] (in Spanish). Levante UD. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  2. "Joan Femenías, nueva incorporación del Levante UD" (in Spanish). Levante UD. 1 July 2022.
  3. "El Levante UD acuerda con Álex Muñoz su incorporación a la entidad levantinista" (in Spanish). Levante UD. 8 July 2022.
  4. "Joni Montiel jugará cedido en el Levante UD" (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. 14 July 2022.
  5. "Wesley joins Levante on loan". BBC Sport. 22 July 2022.
  6. "VICENTE IBORRA, CEDIDO AL LEVANTE UD" (in Spanish). Villarreal CF. 29 July 2022.
  7. "Osasuna finaliza su relación contractual con Rober Ibáñez" (in Spanish). CA Osasuna. 10 August 2022.
  8. "Rober Ibáñez, nueva incorporación del Levante UD" (in Spanish). Levante UD. 10 August 2022.
  9. "Charly Musonda se convierte en nuevo jugador del Levante UD" (in Spanish). Levante UD. 16 August 2022.
  10. "Mohamed Bouldini se convierte en nuevo jugador del Levante UD" (in Spanish). Levante UD. 23 August 2022.
  11. "Эдгар Севикян: из «Леванте» – в Нижний" (in Russian). FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod. 6 July 2022.
  12. "Jorge Miramón regresa a Butarque para reforzar la banda derecha" (in Spanish). CD Leganés. 19 July 2022.
  13. "OFICIAL | Carlos Clerc, nuevo jugador del Elche C.F." (in Spanish). Elche CF. 21 July 2022.
  14. "El delantero Omar Faraj se marcha cedido al equipo sueco Degerfors IF tras el acuerdo con el Levante UD" (in Spanish). Levante UD. 21 July 2022.
  15. "OFICIAL | Roger Martí, segundo fichaje del Elche C.F." (in Spanish). Elche CF. 4 August 2022.
  16. "El Levante UD y el Trabzonspor llegan a un acuerdo para el traspaso de Bardhi" (in Spanish). Levante UD. 12 August 2022.
  17. "¡BIENVENIDO, MALSA!" (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 12 August 2022.
  18. "Álex Blesa jugará cedido en la Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa tras el acuerdo alcanzado hasta final de temporada" (in Spanish). Levante UD. 19 August 2022.
  19. "DANI GÓMEZ, NOVA INCORPORACIÓ" (in Catalan). RCD Espanyol. 22 August 2022.
  20. "El Levante UD y el Unionistas de Salamanca pactan la cesión de Antonio Leal" (in Spanish). Levante UD. 25 August 2022.
  21. "El Levante UD y el CD Castellón acuerdan la cesión de Giorgi Kochorashvili hasta final de temporada" (in Spanish). Levante UD. 30 August 2022.
  22. "Gonzalo Melero, otro fichaje de garantías para reforzar la medular" (in Spanish). UD Almería. 1 September 2022.
  23. "El Levante UD y el CD Leganés acuerdan la cesión de Enric Franquesa" (in Spanish). Levante UD. 19 January 2023.
  24. "Reglamento General RFEF - Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos" (PDF). RFEF. 1 May 2015. p. 104. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  25. "Calendario de LaLiga Smartbank 2022/23: Todas las jornadas y fechas de los partidos de la Segunda División". sport. June 23, 2022.
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