Villarreal CF B

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.

Villarreal B

Full name	Villarreal Club de Fútbol S.A.D. "B"
Nickname(s)	El Submarino Amarillo (Yellow Submarine)
Founded	1999
Ground	Ciudad Deportiva, Villarreal, Valencia, Spain
Capacity	5,000
President	Fernando Roig
Head coach	Miguel Álvarez
League	2ªB – Group 3
2018–19	2ªB – Group 3, 3rd
Home colours Away colours

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 3rd

Season Tier Division Place 2019/20 3 2ªB

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• 3 seasons in Segunda División
• 10 seasons in Segunda División B
• 4 seasons in Tercera División
• 4 seasons in Categorías Regionales

Players

Current squad

As of 7 July 2020

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ESP Diego Fuoli 2 MF  ROU Andrei Rațiu 3 DF  ESP Edu Adell 4 DF  ESP Pepe Castaño 5 DF  ESP Carlos Blanco 6 DF  ESP Ramón Bueno (captain) 7 MF  ESP Iván Martín 9 FW  ESP Edu Espiau (on loan from Las Palmas) 10 MF  USA Mukwelle Akale 11 MF  ESP Álex Baena 12 DF  ESP José Manuel

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 GK  ESP Josele Martínez 14 DF  ESP Goyo Medina 15 DF  ESP Javi Fernández (on loan from Oviedo) 16 FW  ESP Diego Collado 17 FW  ARG Juan Agüero 18 MF  URU Ramiro Guerra 19 FW  ESP Álex Millán 20 FW  ESP Simón Moreno 21 MF  ESP Sergio Lozano 22 DF  ESP Migue Leal 27 FW  ESP Fer Niño

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ESP José Manuel Copete (at Peña Deportiva until 30 June 2020) — MF  ROU Andi Bogdan (at Guijuelo until 30 June 2020) — MF  ESP Carlos Beitia (at Sabadell until 30 June 2020)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  NGA Jack Ipalibo (at Strømsgodset until 30 June 2020) — FW  ESP Nacho Díaz (at Calahorra until 30 June 2020)

See also

• Villarreal CF – First team
• Villarreal CF C – Third team

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.

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)