Football Season Guide

The 2018/19 season was the best in Leganes’ history as they finished 13th. It was the first season under Mauricio Pellegrino and expectations weren’t high, but by the end of the year the coach had his team playing a tough-to-beat brand of football and Leganes comfortably finished in midtable. Pellegrino has stayed on, which is good news for Leganes. Consolidating what they had has been the theme of the summer. Their squad was very large and they had lots of loan players, so they’ve worked to sign some of the best loanees to permanent deals, while shipping out those on the fringes of the squad. In terms of players they didn’t really want to lose but who did go, they’ve lost striker Guido Carillo and right-back Allan Nyom. But they’ve been replaced by Juan Munoz and Roberto Rosales. Overall, the Leganes squad appears to be in good health and they have a coach who the players believe in. Leganes were an especially tough team to beat when they played at home last season, losing just four times all season and avoiding defeat when Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid came to town. They always have good deals on tickets, leading to a regularly full stadium, and this should spur the team on again. On the other hand, their weakness is their away form. They managed just four away wins in the league last season and three them came at clubs within a two-hour drive. When they have to travel further, they struggle.