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Football club
Villarreal B
Full nameVillarreal Club de Fútbol S.A.D. "B"
Nickname(s)El Mini Submarino
(Mini Submarine)
Founded1999
GroundEstadio de la Cerámica
Capacity23,008
PresidentFernando Roig
Head coachMiguel Álvarez
LeaguePrimera Federación – Group 2
2023–24Segunda División, 22nd of 22 (relegated)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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 Primera Federación – Group 2, holding home games at Estadio de la Cerámica, with a 23,008-seat capacity.

Background

Unlike in other nations such as 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), 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
1999–2000 7 2ª Reg. 2nd
2000–01 6 1ª Reg. 1st
2001–02 5 Reg. Pref. 5th
2002–03 5 Reg. Pref. 1st
2003–04 4 3rd
2004–05 4 5th
2005–06 4 1st
2006–07 4 2nd
2007–08 3 2ª B 11th
2008–09 3 2ª B 2nd
2009–10 2 7th
2010–11 2 17th
2011–12 2 12th
2012–13 3 2ª B 9th
2013–14 3 2ª B 11th
2014–15 3 2ª B 10th
2015–16 3 2ª B 2nd
2016–17 3 2ª B 6th
2017–18 3 2ª B 2nd
2018–19 3 2ª B 3rd
Season Tier Division Place
2019–20 3 2ª B 6th
2020–21 3 2ª B 3rd / 6th
2021–22 3 1ª RFEF 2nd
2022–23 2 18th
2023–24 2 22nd
2024–25 3 1ª Fed.

Players

Current squad

As of 10 September 2024.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Andorra AND Iker Álvarez
2 DF Spain ESP Pau Navarro
3 DF Spain ESP Cristo Romero
4 DF Spain ESP Antonio Espigares
5 DF Spain ESP Arnau Solà (on loan from Almería)
6 DF Spain ESP Hugo Pérez
7 FW Spain ESP Víctor Moreno
8 MF Spain ESP Rodri Alonso
9 FW Spain ESP Álex Forés
10 MF Argentina ARG Tiago Geralnik
11 MF Spain ESP Dani Requena
12 DF Mali MLI Ayouba Koné
13 GK Spain ESP Rubén Gómez
14 FW Cameroon CMR Etta Eyong
15 DF Spain ESP Joseda Menargues
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF Spain ESP Brais Val
17 FW Spain ESP Fabio Blanco
18 FW Spain ESP Pau Cabanes
19 MF Colombia COL Luis Quintero
20 MF Argentina ARG Thiago Ojeda
22 MF Argentina ARG Facundo Viveros
23 MF Spain ESP Jordi Ortega
25 GK Spain ESP Alex Quevedo
27 DF Ivory Coast CIV Jean Ives Valou
28 MF Senegal SEN Alassane Diatta
30 FW Mali MLI Douga Fofana
31 DF Spain ESP Fran Gil
32 DF Spain ESP Daniel Budesca
35 GK Spain ESP Kike Bartual
DF Spain ESP Carlos Jiménez (on loan from Al-Qadsiah)

Reserve team

Main articles: Villarreal CF C and Villarreal CF (youth)

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Russia RUS Anton Efremov (at Sestao River until 30 June 2025)
MF Ecuador ECU Liberman Torres (at Atlético Ottawa until 31 December 2024)

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head coach Spain Miguel Álvarez
Assistant Head Coach Serbia Igor Taševski
Spain David Cifuentes
Goalkeeping Coach Argentina Mariano Barbosa
Delegate Spain Pablo Godoy
Fitness Coach Spain Fernando Martínez
Spain David Pérez
Technical assistant Spain Adrián Sabater
Analyst Spain Jordi Benavent
Doctor Spain Enrique Soriano
Physiotherapist Spain Diego Manero
Spain Ferran Donoso
Spain Jorge Ten
Psychologist Spain Cristian Segovia
Equipment Manager Spain Brian Porcar
Field delegate Spain Miguel Escorihuela

Last updated: September 2022
Source: Villarreal CF

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.
  2. "Plantilla Villarreal B" [Squad] (in Spanish). Villarreal CF. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2022.

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