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Villarreal Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. ( Valencian : Vila-real Club de Futbol, S.A.D. ), normally abbreviated to Villarreal CF or simply Villarreal, is a professional football clubhouse based in Villarreal, Spain that plays in La Liga, the top escape of spanish football.

Founded in 1942, the club spent much of its history in the lower divisions of spanish football and made their La Liga debut only in 1998. In the twenty-first hundred, Villarreal gained some league stability, and the club made its first appearance in the UEFA Champions League in 2005. The club besides appeared in the UEFA Europa League during this time, but sustained delegating in 2012, rebounding the adjacent class and then remaining in the top class to date. Villarreal won its first major honor in 2021, by defeating Manchester United in the 2021 UEFA Europa League Final. The club is nicknamed El Submarí Groguet or El Submarino Amarillo ( Yellow Submarine ) due to its yellow home kit, and due to being a low-profile team compared to Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atlético Madrid, and regional rivals Valencia. They play their home games at the Estadio de la Cerámica, [ 1 ] and have been touted as an exemplar of a small but successful club. [ 2 ]

history [edit ]

1923–29 : early years [edit ]

Villarreal CF was founded as Club Deportivo Villarreal on 10 March 1923 “ to promote all sports particularly Football. ” The stadium was rented for 60 pesetas a calendar month and ticket prices were set at half a peseta for men and a draw of a peseta for children. Women were granted rid admission. [ 3 ] On 17 June 1923, Castellón, a modern rival of the club, played the first gear equal against a club named after Miguel de Cervantes. On 21 October of that class, Villarreal played their first bet on always, playing against Castellón. [ 3 ] Villarreal started off with a kit out of white shirts and bootleg shorts, reflected in their first badge. [ 4 ]

1929–98 : time in lower divisions [edit ]

Villarreal entered regional competitions within the spanish football pyramid from 1929 to 1930 onwards. The 1934–35 season saw the team lose to Cartagena when a succeed would have seen them promoted to the countrywide Second Division. [ 3 ] The following season saw Villarreal win the First Division of the area before the outbreak of the spanish Civil War. [ 3 ] When the war finished in 1939, the club played again in the Second Division of the region. [ 3 ] however, CD Villarreal was dissolved in the early 1940s, and in 1942, CA Foghetecaz, an acronym for the club ‘s founders ( Fo national trust, G illinois, He rrero, Te uler, Ca talá and Z aragoza ), was one of several clubs established in its place. In 1946, the newfangled club joined the Valencian Football Federation and renamed itself as CAF Villarreal, where the F stood for Foghetecaz. [ 4 ] The name changed again to the current Villarreal CF in 1954, with a badge similar to the present matchless. [ 4 ] They finished seventh and then fourthly twice in the First regional league before being promoted to the Tercera Liga ( Third Nationwide ) as champions in 1956. They were relegated in 1960–61 after finishing 14th. [ 3 ] The cabaret adopted their present badge in the middle of 1966. [ 4 ] In 1966–67, Villarreal returned to the Tercera as champions. In 1970, they reached the national Segunda for the inaugural clock. [ 3 ] After narrowly avoiding relegation in their first season, they were relegated the following temper. In 1975–76, they were relegated from the Tercera to the Regionals, but were promoted rear again the next temper. In 1986–87, Villarreal were promoted to the Segunda Liga B. [ 3 ] In 1990, they finished 18th and were relegated back to the Tercera. There were back-to-back promotions as the club returned to Segunda B and finished second base, earning promotion to Segunda A for the first meter. From 1992 to 1993, Villarreal were often in low or mid-table positions, but reached the play-offs in 1997–98 by finishing one-fourth. [ 5 ] The two-legged play-off was against Compostela. Villarreal hosted the first peg which was a 0–0 draw, but the irregular leg at the family of the Galician team was a 1–1 draw, frankincense Villarreal were promoted on the away goals rule .

1998–2012 : La Liga and European debuts [edit ]

Villarreal ‘s La Liga debut started with a match against reigning european champions very Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium on 31 August 1998. The foremost home game was against Celta de Vigo [ 5 ] the week after. Because of a difficult season, Villarreal were relegated to the Segunda División for the 1999–2000 season, but by finishing third, they were then promoted back to the Primera División .
After finishing one-seventh on their return to the Primera, Villarreal finished in 15th plaza for two-straight seasons. [ 5 ] Villarreal competed in the UEFA Intertoto Cup in the middle of 2002, defeating FH of Iceland, Torino of Italy, and Troyes of France. They lost in the final to compatriots Málaga, 2–1 on aggregate. [ 6 ] In the middle of 2003, they defeated the Dutch team Heerenveen in the final of the Intertoto Cup, thereby qualifying for the UEFA Cup. In their major european debut, Villarreal reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup, losing to neighbours and eventual champions Valencia. In the league, Villarreal finished in eighth target. In the center of 2004, Villarreal retained the Intertoto Cup, beating compatriots Atlético Madrid on penalties after the concluding finished 2–2 on aggregate. This qualified them to the UEFA Cup. They lost in the quarter-finals of the 2004–05 UEFA Cup to Dutch side AZ, losing 3–2 on aggregate. During the lapp season, Villarreal finished in third base place in La Liga, earning the club their inaugural direct reservation to a european tournament, the Champions League. The club ‘s centre-forward Diego Forlán won the Pichichi Trophy for top scorer in the league, with 25 goals. Villarreal defeated the English Premier League ‘s Everton in a play-off for the Champions League group stages. The group saw Villarreal go undefeated, drawing both games against Manchester United and achieving a draw and a succeed each against Lille of France and Benfica of Portugal. The succeed over Benfica was away and both teams advanced to the stopping point 16. [ 7 ] The club then drew 3–3 against Rangers of Scotland in the concluding 16, advancing on away goals due to a 2–2 hook at Ibrox. In the quarter-finals, Villarreal beat Internazionale on away goals after finishing 2–2 on aggregate. The club bowed out in the semi-finals against Arsenal, losing 1–0 away at Highbury. Juan Román Riquelme had a penalty saved by Jens Lehmann in the home crippled, which finished 0–0. Arsenal went on to lose in the final in Paris to another spanish cabaret, Barcelona. Villarreal finished seventh in La Liga, which entirely earned an Intertoto Cup position. Villarreal contested the Intertoto Cup in the center of 2006 and was knocked out in its first game, to Maribor of Slovenia. The first leg was lost 2–1 at family and the away game was a 1–1 withdraw. [ 8 ] The team finished 5th in La Liga and qualified for the UEFA Cup. Villarreal gained their best-ever league status in 2008, finishing moment to Real Madrid by eight points, and besides reached the last 32 in that season ‘s UEFA Cup. After defeating BATE Borisov of Belarus in a play-off, the team won Group C unbeaten. [ 9 ] Their group opponents were Fiorentina of Italy, Mladá Boleslav of Czech Republic, IF Elfsborg of Sweden, and AEK Athens of Greece. In the last 32, Villarreal were defeated by eventual champions Zenit Saint Petersburg, losing the first gear leg 1–0 in Russia to a Pavel Pogrebnyak goal. The second leg was won 2–1 by Villarreal at El Madrigal, but Zenit advanced on away goals. The club automatically qualified for the 2008-09 UEFA Champions League, due to them finishing second gear in La Liga the former season. They drew Manchester United, for the second consecutive campaign, Celtic, and Aalborg BK. They made a good get down by holding stream european champions Manchester United to a goal-less draw at Old Trafford, a one-third 0–0 draw in a course against the english giants. A first gear win was sealed on 30 September by beating Gordon Strachan ‘s celtic 1–0 at El Madrigal, courtesy of a Marcos Senna free-kick. On 21 October, during a Champions League couple against Aalborg, they scored six goals to three. The Spaniards went through to the knock-out stagecoach after drawing 2–2 with Aalborg in Denmark and drawing scoreless once again against Manchester United. In the last group-stage match, they lost to an already-eliminated Celtic. In the knock-out stage, they faced Panathinaikos, who left Villarreal with a 1–1 away advantage, despite this the Greeks were to lose 1–2 in Athens. Villarreal reached the quarter-finals for the second time in two tries, and were once again paired with Arsenal. The first leg saw a 1–1 draw by a free-kick by Marcos Senna, equalised by an Emmanuel Adebayor fusillade. Theo Walcott, Emmanuel Adebayor, and Robin van Persie secured a 3–0 succeed for Arsenal on the return, knocking Villarreal out of the tournament .
Despite finishing outside of a european qualify spot in the domestic league, Villarreal was given a station in the qualifying round of the 2010–11 Europa League after UEFA determined that Mallorca ‘s fiscal irregularities precluded them from taking partially in the tournament. A 5–0 home succeed and a 2–1 away win against Dnepr Mogilev qualified them for the group stage. Villarreal suffered an early reverse following a shock 2–0 personnel casualty in their away fixture against Dinamo Zagreb. Despite this, however, late wins against Dinamo, Club Brugge and PAOK saw them top their group. After beating Napoli, Bayer Leverkusen and Twente in the hard phases, Villarreal qualified for the semi-finals to face tournament favourites Porto. After taking a 0–1 lead at the Estádio do Dragão, Porto made a remarkable turnaround that ended in a 5–1 get the better of for Villarreal. Although Villarreal won the second base leg with a 3–2 acquire, Porto ‘s beginning leg finish full saw them advance to the concluding on aggregate, where they beat Braga to be crowned champions. Giuseppe Rossi finished as the tournament ‘s moment top goalscorer with 11 goals, behind Porto ‘s Radamel Falcao .

2012–2021 : delegating and european glory [edit ]

end match of the 2012–13 temper bet on against UD Almería. ultimately, Villarreal won and were promoted to La Liga. On 13 May 2012, Villarreal were relegated from La Liga after get the better of to Atlético Madrid. Following a awful season, the club suffered a shatter calamity when Manolo Preciado, appointed as Villarreal ‘s new coach on 6 June 2012, died of a heart attack by and by that day. [ 10 ] Following their delegating, there was a aggregate exodus of players at the club, with star players such as Borja Valero, Diego López, Giuseppe Rossi and Nilmar leaving the side. [ 11 ] After one year in the Segunda División, Villarreal were promoted binding to La Liga on the concluding day of the season after finishing the year moment after champions Elche. The team began its modern tenure in the top escape by winning its first base three games ; the acquire stripe ended with a tie against substantial Madrid at El Madrigal, though the team was undefeated until falling to Real Betis 1–0 in the one-seventh matchday of the season. The yellow Submarine finished the 2013–14 political campaign in sixth, therefore qualifying them for next season ‘s Europa League. In 2014–15, Villarreal again finished the year in one-sixth, enough to secure aim qualification to the Europa League group phase. In the 2015–16 season, Villarreal led La Liga for the beginning clock during the sixth and one-seventh weeks, before falling to fifth space the following week. The club ended the season in 4th plaza and frankincense advanced to the 2016-17 UEFA Champions League playoff round off. The baseball club progressed to the semifinal of the Europa League, but were knocked out by Liverpool. Villarreal won the first leg 1–0, but lost 3–0 in Liverpool to lose 3–1 on aggregate. [ 12 ] In 2019–20, Villarreal finished 5th, earning a set in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League. The team advanced to the 2021 UEFA Europa League Final, where the club achieved a 1–1 consequence after extra time and beat prefer Manchester United 11–10 on penalties. [ 13 ] This was the first major continental trophy won by the team. With the winnings, Villarreal switched the future year ‘s participation from the inaugural address 2021–22 Europa Conference League to the 2021–22 Champions League. [ 14 ] On December 9th 2021 Villareal qualified into the Champions League Round-of-16 for the third fourth dimension in their history .

Rivalries [edit ]

Villarreal has supported a long competition with Castellón for geographic reasons, since both are from the province of Castellón. They besides rival Valencia, since the two had been the most competitive teams of the Valencian Community ; this collide is called the “ Derbi de la Comunitat. ”

Records [edit ]

Club colours [edit ]

El Madrigal The club ‘s celebrated yellow kit dates back to 1947. With the new season fast set about, the son of the then Villarreal president travelled to Valencia to purchase replacements of the club ‘s official kit of white shirts and black shorts. Discovering that the denounce had neither in livestock, he alternatively bought the only color that they did have, which happened to be yellow. The players agreed that the shirts were desirable, although they were n’t keen on the black shorts, so the president of the united states ‘s son travelled to Castellón and purchased a batch of white shorts. The players voted that they should be dyed bluing. [ 17 ] After remaining as the club ‘s official kit for some time, the yellow shirts and amobarbital sodium shorts combination was last worn in the 2002–03 temper, and the club has since sported all yellow kits. [ 18 ] Away colours have been dark blue blue. From 2005 to 30 June 2011, the shirt sponsor was “ Aeroport Castello ”, an airport. The current shirt patron is Pamesa, a ceramics company. From the 2016–17 season, the kit is made by Joma, having previously been produced by the chinese company Xtep and Puma of Germany among others .

Honours [edit ]

domestic [edit ]

european [edit ]

Season to temper [edit ]

In Europe [edit ]

The team bus

Accurate as of 11 August 2021
Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD W%
UEFA Champions League 34 9 12 13 31 40 −9 0 26.47
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League 126 72 30 24

225 125 +100 0 57.14
UEFA Intertoto Cup 24 12 8 4 32 16 +16 0 50.00
UEFA Super Cup 1 0 1 0 1 1 +0 00 0.00
total 185 93 51 41 289 182 +107 0 50.27

UEFA cabaret coefficient ranking [edit ]

As of 29 May 2021[19]

nickname and mascot [edit ]

The team is nicknamed El Submarino Amarillo ( the Yellow Submarine ) because of their scandalmongering clean. The mascot ( named Groguet, “ little Yellow ” ) is characterised as an anthropomorphic submarine. He made his debut on 26 October 2001 and was named on 13 December that year by a local anesthetic 12-year-old, Javier Fuster Almela, following a province-wide competition loose to under-15s. [ 20 ]

Players [edit ]

stream squad [edit ]

As of 4 October 2021[21]

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

Reserve team [edit ]

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Out on loan [edit ]

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player records [edit ]

current technical staff [edit ]

As of 10 August 2021

[ 22 ]

Coaches [edit ]

See besides [edit ]

References [edit ]