Cricket team

Rayo Vallecano

Club · Spain · La Liga

«Franjirrojos»

281 Matches

101 wins

79 draws

101 losses

346–349 Goals

−3 Difference

1.2 Scored per game

Form W L L D L W

The club first reached La Liga in 1977/78, promoted from the Second Division, and has been relegated and promoted in roughly equal measure since — down in 1980, 1992, 1996, 2003, 2016 and 2019, back up in 1989, 1992, 1995, 1999, 2011, 2018 and 2021. The best league finish came earlier, eighth place in 2012/13 under Paco Jémez. In 1991 the Ruiz-Mateos family turned the club into a Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, the ownership structure it has carried since.

None of that prepared Vallecas for 2025/26. Rayo went through the season into the final of the UEFA Europa Conference League, its first European final of any kind, and lost 0-1 to Crystal Palace in Leipzig on 27 May 2026. It was the closest the club had come to a major trophy since finishing runner-up in the Copa Federación de España in 2021, beaten 0-1 by Betis Deportivo.

It began on 29 May 1924, when a group in Puente de Vallecas founded a club called Agrupación Deportiva El Rayo — the name it has carried, in one form or another, ever since.

Latest results

All matches

12 Sep	La Liga	Real Madrid A
5 Sep	La Liga	Racing Santander H	3:2	W
31 Aug	La Liga	Barcelona A	2:5	L
20 Aug	La Liga	Alavés H	1:1	D
15 Aug	La Liga	Sevilla FC A	1:2	L
8 Aug	Friendlies Clubs	Ipswich A	0:3	L

Standing

La Liga

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
14	Getafe	5	1	2	2	3:6	5
15	Celta de Vigo	6	0	4	2	3:6	4
16	Rayo Vallecano	5	1	1	3	8:14	4
17	Malaga	5	0	3	2	2:8	3
18	Villarreal	5	0	2	3	7:10	2

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted: 281

281 Matches

101 wins

79 draws

101 losses

346–349 Goals

−3 Difference

1.2 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 281

101 79 101

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	281	116	165
Scored	346	156	190
Conceded	349	128	221
Scored per game	1.2	1.3	1.2
Conceded per game	1.2	1.1	1.3
Difference	−3	+28	−31

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Florian Lejeune Defender 50 Matches

Óscar Valentín Martín Luengo Midfielder 50 Matches

Jorge de Frutos Forward 49 Matches

Dani Cárdenas Goalkeeper 48 Matches

Andrei Rațiu Defender 48 Matches

Iván Balliu Campeny Defender 48 Matches

Augusto Martín Batalla Barga Goalkeeper 48 Matches

Gerard Gumbau Midfielder 47 Matches

Squad of Rayo Vallecano

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Age	Matches
24	Florian Lejeune	Defender		50
23	Óscar Valentín Martín Luengo	Midfielder		50
19	Jorge de Frutos	Forward		49
1	Dani Cárdenas	Goalkeeper		48
2	Andrei Rațiu	Defender		48
20	Iván Balliu Campeny	Defender		48
13	Augusto Martín Batalla Barga	Goalkeeper		48
15	Gerard Gumbau	Midfielder		47
4	Pedro Díaz Fanjul	Midfielder		46
10	Sergio Camello	Forward		46
8	Unai López Cabrera	Midfielder		45
9	Alexandre Zurawski	Forward		45
18	Álvaro García Rivera	Midfielder		45
22	Pacha	Defender	23	45
3	Josep Chavarría	Defender		45
7	Isaac Palazón Camacho	Midfielder		43
21	Francisco Pérez Martínez	Forward		42
6	Pathé Ismaël Ciss	Midfielder		41
8	Óscar Guido Trejo	Midfielder		40
32	Nobel Mendy	Defender		38
33	Jozhua Vertrouwd	Defender		36
30	Adrian Mollà	Goalkeeper		26
11	Randy Nteka	Midfielder		25
5	Luiz Felipe Ramos Marchi	Defender		24
28	Samu Becerra	Midfielder		21
12	Ilias Akhomach Chakkour	Forward		19
14	Carlos Martín Domínguez	Forward	24	19
26	Marco de las Sias	Defender		13
16	Abdul Mumin	Defender		10
30	Juanpe	Goalkeeper		8
22	Pelayo Fernández Balboa	Defender		4
14	Giorgi Tsitaishvili	Forward		3
36	G. Bouare	Midfielder		2
17	Adrià Giner Pedrosa	Defender		2
31	Marco Román	Midfielder		2
27	Sergio Lozano	Defender		2
34	Ivan Alonso Martin	Defender		2
15	Mujaid Sadick Aliu	Defender		1
37	R. Belaïd	Forward		1
25	Emil Audero	Goalkeeper		1