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, holding home games at Ciudad Deportiva Villarreal CF, with a 5,000-seat capacity.

Villarreal B
Full nameVillarreal Club de Fútbol S.A.D. "B"
Nickname(s)El Mini Submarino
(Mini Submarine)
Founded1999
GroundCiudad Deportiva, Villarreal,
Valencia, Spain
Capacity5,000
PresidentFernando Roig
Head coachMiguel Álvarez
LeagueSegunda División
2021–22Primera División RFEF – Group 2, 2nd of 20 (promoted via play-offs)

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[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
1999–2000 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 2ª B 11th
2008–09 3 2ª B 2nd
2009–10 2 2ª 7th
2010–11 2 2ª 17th
2011–12 2 2ª 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 2ª

Players

Current squad
As of 27 January 2023.[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  ESP Migue Leal
3 DF  ESP Dani Tasende
4 DF  ESP Adrián de la Fuente (captain)
5 DF  ESP Sergio Carreira (on loan from Celta Vigo)
6 MF  ESP Alberto del Moral
7 MF  ESP Diego Collado
8 MF  ESP Carlo Adriano
9 FW  ESP Álex Millán
10 MF  ESP Javi Ontiveros
11 FW  ESP Fer Niño
12 MF  ESP Iker Goujón
13 GK  AND Iker Álvarez
14 FW  FRA Haissem Hassan
15 MF  RUS Nikita Iosifov
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF  ESP Ramon Terrats (on loan from Girona)
17 FW  ESP Álex Forés
18 DF  ESP Carlos Romero
19 DF  ESP Pablo Íñiguez
20 MF  ESP Antonio Pacheco
21 MF  ESP Sergio Lozano
22 MF  ARG Tiago Geralnik
23 DF  SEN Mamadou Fall (on loan from Los Angeles FC)
24 MF  ECU Liberman Torres
25 GK  ESP Gianni Cassaro
27 DF  ESP Abraham Rando
28 DF  ESP Hugo Pérez
32 FW  ARG Thiago Ojeda

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

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
31 GK  ESP Rubén Gómez
34 MF  ESP Álex Jiménez
No. Pos. Nation Player
35 MF  ESP Dani Clavijo
36 DF  ESP Fran Tafalla

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 Antonio Espigares (at Real Unión until 30 June 2023)
— DF  ESP Lanchi (at San Fernando until 30 June 2023)
— MF  ESP Aitor Gelardo (at Linares until 30 June 2023)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  ESP Antonio Jesús (at Amorebieta until 30 June 2023)
— MF  ESP Jony Arriba (at Chaves until 30 June 2023)
— MF  ESP Rodri Alonso (at Albacete until 30 June 2023)

Coaching staff
Position Staff
Head coach Miguel Álvarez
Assistant Head Coach Igor Taševski
Fitness Coach Fernando Martínez
David Pérez
Goalkeeping Coach Marc Ramírez
Mariano Barbosa
Analyst Javier Prats
Pepe Alcaide
Delegate Pablo Godoy
Field delegate Miguel Escorihuela
Doctor Enrique Soriano
Physiotherapist Jaume Cases
Ferran Romero
Diego Manero
Rehab fitness coach Enrique Lli
Psychologist Bernardo Vert
Nutritionist Antonio Castellanos
Equipment Manager José Luis Duarte

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. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
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