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Rayo Vallecano

Spain · LaLiga · Manager: Benat San Jose (#321 in the world) since Aug 2026

#106 World rank · club rating

1,864 Club rating

11th in LaLiga

Rayo Vallecano have had 9 managers since 2015/16. Michel (Mar 2017 – Mar 2019) had the best points per game of them (1.42 in 85 matches), while the club rating fell from 1,824 to 1,804.

Rayo Vallecano managers

27 spells since 1995 · newest first

Manager Period MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Club rating Coach ratingCoach Vs expected

Benat San Jose #321 now Aug 2026 – present · PPG 1.08 current Aug 2026 – present 12 3-4-5 1.08 1,969 → 1,896 −73 −11.8 −0.06

Iñigo Pérez #352 now Feb 2024 – May 2026 · PPG 1.41 Feb 2024 – May 2026 111 41-34-36 1.41 1,863 → 1,977 +115 +35.4 +0.13

Jaime Ramos Feb 2024 · PPG 0.00 caretaker Feb 2024 2 0-0-2 0.00 1,917 → 1,873 −44 −8.9 −0.40

Francisco Rodriguez Aug 2023 – Jan 2024 · PPG 1.12 Aug 2023 – Jan 2024 25 6-10-9 1.12 1,920 → 1,935 +14 +0.9 +0.11

Jaime Ramos Aug 2023 · PPG 3.00 caretaker Aug 2023 1 1-0-0 3.00 1,860 → 1,910 +50 +10.1 +0.67

Andoni Iraola #31 now Sep 2020 – Jun 2023 · PPG 1.42 Sep 2020 – Jun 2023 134 53-31-50 1.42 1,921 → 1,857 −64 +12.9 +0.07

Iñigo Pérez (stand-in) 10 Nov 2022 – 29 Dec 2022 10 Nov 2022 – 29 Dec 2022 2 0-2-0 −0.4

Paco Jemez Mar 2019 – Jul 2020 · PPG 1.32 Mar 2019 – Jul 2020 56 16-26-14 1.32 1,782 → 1,895 +113 +10.3 +0.09

Michel #60 now Mar 2017 – Mar 2019 · PPG 1.42 Mar 2017 – Mar 2019 85 33-22-30 1.42 1,824 → 1,804 −20 +6.7 −0.01

Ruben Baraja Nov 2016 – Mar 2017 · PPG 1.00 Nov 2016 – Mar 2017 17 4-5-8 1.00 1,800 → 1,724 −75 −16.3 −0.24

Jose Ramon Sandoval Aug 2016 – Nov 2016 · PPG 1.27 Aug 2016 – Nov 2016 15 5-4-6 1.27 1,942 → 1,766 −176 −35.2 −0.21

Paco Jemez Aug 2012 – May 2016 · PPG 1.18 Aug 2012 – May 2016 164 55-29-80 1.18 1,781 → 1,948 +167 +15.6 +0.10

Before 2015/16 · 16 spells, Sep 1995 – May 2012

Manager Period MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Club rating Coach ratingCoach Vs expected

Jose Ramon Sandoval Sep 2010 – May 2012 · PPG 1.23 Sep 2010 – May 2012 43 16-5-22 1.23 1,668 → 1,791 +123 +22.5 0.00

Pepe Mel Sep 2008 – Jan 2010 · PPG 1.45 Sep 2008 – Jan 2010 20 8-5-7 1.45 1,632 → 1,713 +81 −1.9 −0.03

Antonio Iriondo Ortega Apr 2003 – Jun 2003 · PPG 0.56 caretaker Apr 2003 – Jun 2003 9 0-5-4 0.56 1,689 → 1,614 −76 −12.5 −0.10

Gustavo Benítez Feb 2003 – Apr 2003 · PPG 0.90 caretaker Feb 2003 – Apr 2003 10 2-3-5 0.90 1,691 → 1,682 −9 −5.2 +0.01

Jose Luis Martin Jan 2003 · PPG 0.00 caretaker Jan 2003 1 0-0-1 0.00 1,676 → 1,650 −26 −5.2 −0.52

Fernando Vazquez Sep 2002 – Jan 2003 · PPG 1.06 Sep 2002 – Jan 2003 17 5-3-9 1.06 1,725 → 1,646 −79 −7.1 −0.02

Gustavo Benítez (stand-in) 29 Sep 2002 29 Sep 2002 1 0-0-1 −1.9

Gregorio Manzano Sep 2001 – May 2002 · PPG 1.44 Sep 2001 – May 2002 34 13-10-11 1.44 1,608 → 1,815 +207 +42.5 +0.10

Andoni Goikoetxea Aug 2001 – Sep 2001 · PPG 0.00 caretaker Aug 2001 – Sep 2001 4 0-0-4 0.00 1,632 → 1,612 −19 −19.9 −0.52

Juande Ramos Aug 1999 – Jun 2001 · PPG 1.25 Aug 1999 – Jun 2001 76 25-20-31 1.25 1,521 → 1,574 +53 −2.3 +0.16

Máximo Hernández Mar 1997 – Jun 1997 · PPG 1.15 Mar 1997 – Jun 1997 13 5-0-8 1.15 1,468 → 1,478 +10 +2.0 +0.02

Fernando Zambrano Feb 1997 – Mar 1997 · PPG 1.00 caretaker Feb 1997 – Mar 1997 6 2-0-4 1.00 1,474 → 1,450 −24 −5.3 −0.02

Paquito García Sep 1996 – Feb 1997 · PPG 1.04 Sep 1996 – Feb 1997 23 6-6-11 1.04 1,452 → 1,446 −6 −6.0 −0.01

Fernando Zambrano May 1996 · PPG 2.00 caretaker May 1996 3 2-0-1 2.00 1,413 → 1,447 +34 +6.9 +0.28

Marcos Alonso Peña Oct 1995 – May 1996 · PPG 1.10 Oct 1995 – May 1996 31 9-7-15 1.10 1,430 → 1,364 −66 −14.0

Paco Baena Oct 1995 · PPG 1.00 caretaker Oct 1995 1 0-1-0 1.00 1,401 → 1,415 +14 +2.8

Pedro Maria Zabalza Sep 1995 – Oct 1995 · PPG 0.43 Sep 1995 – Oct 1995 7 1-0-6 0.43 1,500 → 1,348 −152 −31.4

Before 2015/16 the source names the manager on fewer matches, so these rows can miss games.

Paco Jemez is the longest-serving: 164 matches over 3 years (Aug 2012 – May 2016). Gregorio Manzano added the most coach rating: +42.5 over 34 matches.

Club rating - the club's rating at the manager's first rated match → after the last. Coach rating - what the spell added to the manager's coach rating. Vs expected - average result per match above what the club rating predicted. Stand-in - a caretaker who covered a few matches during another manager's spell, folded under that spell. Every competition we hold, lower divisions included.

Club rating

since 2015/16 · line by manager

1,864Club ratingWeek 46, 2026

#106World rankof 943 active clubs

#11LaLigaof 20 clubs

2,052Peak since 2015/16Feb 2025 · low 1,740, Jan 2016

Colour changes with each manager (8 since 2015/16) · hover a point for the name

Rayo Vallecano's club rating peaked at 2,052 in February 2025, under Iñigo Pérez, its highest since 2015/16; the low was 1,740 in January 2016, under Paco Jemez.

One point per month: the club's rating before its last rated match of the month, the manager's part left out. World rank among the 943 clubs with a match in the last 12 months and 30+ rated matches. The rating describes results so far - it doesn't predict the next game. How the club rating works ›

Next matches

next 14 days · UK time

Sat 21 Nov · 15:15 LaLiga H v Valencia

Preview Rayo Vallecano v Valencia ›

Club rating chances on league games only (home / draw / away), calibrated on 85,718 league matches. This week's matches ›

Cards and corners

a game · by season

Season GP Cards Agst Lg 2nd half Corners Agst Lg

2026/27 11 2.64 2.45 2.41 72% 5.27 5.82 4.86

2025/26 36 2.97 2.42 2.40 70% 5.83 5.00 4.85

2024/25 38 2.61 2.16 2.35 64% 5.32 5.03 4.76

2023/24 38 2.95 2.92 2.51 67% 4.45 4.55 4.67

2022/23 38 2.55 2.55 2.70 63% 4.97 4.74 4.76

3 earlier seasons, 2015/16 – 2021/22

Season GP Cards Agst Lg 2nd half Corners Agst Lg

2021/22 38 2.76 2.97 2.72 62% 5.00 4.66 4.71

2018/19 38 3.03 1.95 2.67 77% 4.89 4.82 4.79

2015/16 38 3.32 2.45 2.94 62% 5.97 5.05 5.06

Rayo Vallecano won 5.97 corners a game in 2015/16, their most in any season since 2015/16 and 18% above LaLiga's average side (5.06).

League matches only (LaLiga), from 2015/16 - European and cup games carry no card or corner data. Lg = the league's average side that season. Bold green / red = 15%+ above / below it. LaLiga cards table › · corners table ›

Half-time / full-time

275 league matches since 2015/16

FT winFT W FT drawFT D FT lossFT L

HT winHT W 4316% 228% 104%

HT drawHT D 3011% 4416% 4015%

HT lossHT L 21% 166% 6825%

Points won from behindPts from behind

losing at half-time in 86 matches

Points dropped from aheadPts dropped

winning at half-time in 75 matches

1st half · W 75 · D 114 · L 86 GD −21

2nd half · W 72 · D 93 · L 110 GD −83

League matches since 2015/16. Each half scored as its own match: 2nd half = goals after the break only.

Referees at Rayo Vallecano

23 referees with 5+ matches · most matches first

Referee MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Cards/g Club avg +/−

Mario Melero Lopez 18 3-5-10 0.78 2.72 2.87 −5%

Alejandro Hernandez 17 2-7-8 0.76 4.00 2.88 +39%

José Luis Munuera Montero 17 6-3-8 1.24 2.41 2.80 −14%

Juan Martinez Munuera 15 3-7-5 1.07 3.40 2.81 +21%

Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz 13 1-7-5 0.77 2.85 2.77 +3%

Isidro Diaz de Mera Escuderos 12 5-2-5 1.42 4.08 2.76 +48%

Javier Alberola Rojas 12 4-5-3 1.42 2.00 2.86 −30%

Jesus Gil Manzano 12 5-1-6 1.33 2.83 2.88 −2%

Pablo Gonzalez Fuertes 12 3-3-6 1.00 1.83 2.78 −34%

Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea 12 2-4-6 0.83 2.92 2.87 +2%

13 more referees with 5+ matches

Referee MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Cards/g Club avg +/−

Antonio Mateu Lahoz 11 3-4-4 1.18 2.36 2.91 −19%

Adrian Cordero Vega 10 4-0-6 1.20 2.80 2.84 −1%

Jorge Figueroa Vazquez 10 4-4-2 1.60 2.60 2.75 −6%

Victor Garcia Verdura 9 3-4-2 1.44 2.11 2.82 −25%

Francisco Hernandez Maeso 7 1-1-5 0.57 2.57 2.76 −7%

Alejandro Quintero Gonzalez 6 3-3-0 2.00 3.17 2.76 +15%

César Soto Grado 6 1-1-4 0.67 3.00 2.77 +8%

Juan Luis Pulido Santana 6 3-1-2 1.67 3.17 2.70 +17%

Santiago Jaime Latre 6 3-0-3 1.50 3.17 3.04 +4%

Guillermo Cuadra Fernandez 5 1-3-1 1.20 1.60 2.84 −44%

Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva 5 3-0-2 1.80 3.40 3.17 +7%

Jose Luis Gonzalez Gonzalez 5 1-2-2 1.00 2.80 3.17 −12%

José María Sánchez Martínez 5 0-0-5 0.00 3.20 2.97 +8%

Under Isidro Diaz de Mera Escuderos, Rayo Vallecano picked up 4.08 cards a game, 48% above their own average in the same seasons (12 matches).

League matches since 2015/16 with the referee named (273). Cards = Rayo Vallecano's own yellows and reds. Club avg = their cards a game in the same seasons with every referee. Under 10 matches the gap is grey: too few to call. Referees aren't drawn at random - the big games go to the senior ones - so a gap here describes, it doesn't prove a bias.

Quick answers

4 questions · from the tables on this page

Who is Rayo Vallecano's manager?

Benat San Jose, #321 in this week's coach world ranking, since August 2026 - 12 matches, 3 won (1.08 points per game).

How many managers has Rayo Vallecano had since 2015?

9, counting 1 caretaker. Plus 1 stand-in: a caretaker for a few matches during another manager's spell.

Who is Rayo Vallecano's longest-serving manager?

Paco Jemez: 164 matches from August 2012 to May 2016.

How many cards a game do Rayo Vallecano get?

2.64 a game in LaLiga in 2026/27, against 2.41 for the league's average side.

The coach rating describes, it doesn't predict. It measures what a manager's teams did against what was expected of them. Match chances come from the club rating, calibrated on 85,718 league matches. How the rating works ›

Source: spells, ratings and ranks from the weekly ranking (Week 46, 2026); season stats updated nightly; next matches refreshed every hour.