Villarreal CF B

Villarreal B
Full name Villarreal Club de Fútbol B
Nickname(s) El Submarino Amarillo
(Yellow Submarine)
Founded 1999
Ground Ciudad Deportiva, Villarreal,
Valencia, Spain
Capacity 5,000
Chairman Fernando Roig
Manager Miguel Álvarez
League 2ªB – Group 3
2017–18 2ªB – Group 3, 2nd

Villarreal Club de Fútbol B is a Spanish football team based in Villarreal, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1999, it is the reserve team of Villarreal CF and plays in Segunda División B – Group 3, holding home games at Ciudad Deportiva Villarreal CF, with a 5,000-seat capacity.

Background

Unlike in England, reserve teams in Spain play in the same football pyramid as their senior team rather than a separate league. However, reserve teams cannot play in the same division as their senior team. Therefore, the team is ineligible for promotion to the division in which the main side plays. Also, if the main team is relegated to the division in which its reserve side played in the prior season (which happened in 2011–12[1]), the reserve team is automatically relegated to the division below the main team. Reserve teams are also no longer permitted to enter the Copa del Rey.

Premier League International Cup

Villarreal successfully applied to compete in the 2014–15, 2015–16 and 2016–17 versions of the England-based Premier League International Cup. They won the tournament in 2016, beating PSV in the final. Most of Villarreal's players in this Under-23 tournament have been drawn from the B side with some additions from C Team and the Juvenil group.

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place
1999/00 7 2ª Reg. 2nd
2000/01 6 1ª Reg. 1st
2001/02 5 Pref. 5th
2002/03 5 Pref. 1st
2003/04 4 3ª 3rd
2004/05 4 3ª 5th
2005/06 4 3ª 1st
2006/07 4 3ª 2nd
2007/08 3 2ªB 11th
2008/09 3 2ªB 2nd
2009/10 2 2ª 7th
2010/11 2 2ª 17th
2011/12 2 2ª 12th
2012/13 3 2ªB 9th
2013/14 3 2ªB 11th
2014/15 3 2ªB 10th
2015/16 3 2ªB 2nd
2016/17 3 2ªB 6th
2017/18 3 2ªB 2nd
2018/19 3 2ªB

Current squad

As of 5 September 2018

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

No. Position Player
— Spain GK Diego Fuoli
— Spain GK Joan Femenías
— Spain DF Carlos Blanco
— Spain DF Enric Franquesa
— Spain DF Ramón Bueno
— Spain DF Roger Riera
— Spain DF Xavi Quintillá
— Spain MF Adrián Riera
— Romania MF Andrei Ratiu
— Ghana MF Emmanuel Lomotey (on loan from Extremadura)
— Spain MF Fran Alvarez
No. Position Player
— Spain MF Iván Martín
— Spain MF Manu Morlanes
— United States MF Mukwelle Akale
— Spain MF Pedrito
— Nigeria MF Samu Chukwueze
— Spain MF Sergio Lozano
— Spain FW Villa
— Spain FW Mario González
— Montenegro FW Nikola Vujnović
— Spain FW Rubén Mesa
— Spain FW Simón

See also

References

  1. ↑ "El filial se ve obligado a descender a Segunda B tras el descenso del Villarreal" [Reserves forced to relegate after Villarreal relegation] (in Spanish). Vavel. 14 May 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
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