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
2022–23Segunda División, 18th of 22

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 18th
2023–24 2 2ª

Players

Current squad
As of 1 September 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
1 GK Andorra AND Iker Álvarez
2 DF Spain ESP Adrià Altimira
3 DF Spain ESP Dani Tasende
4 DF Spain ESP Hugo Pérez
5 DF Spain ESP Abraham Rando
6 MF Spain ESP Alberto del Moral
7 MF Spain ESP Diego Collado
8 MF Spain ESP Carlo Adriano (captain)
9 FW Spain ESP Álex Forés
10 MF Spain ESP Javi Ontiveros
11 FW Spain ESP Jorge Pascual
12 DF Serbia SRB Stefan Leković (on loan from Red Star Belgrade)
13 GK Spain ESP Miguel Ángel Morro (on loan from Rayo Vallecano)
14 MF Spain ESP Aitor Gelardo
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF Spain ESP Marcos Sánchez
16 DF Spain ESP Lanchi
17 FW Spain ESP Fabio Blanco
18 DF Spain ESP Carlos Romero
19 DF Spain ESP Pablo Íñiguez
20 FW Spain ESP Ilias Akhomach
21 MF Spain ESP Rodri Alonso
22 MF Argentina ARG Tiago Geralnik
23 FW Spain ESP Víctor Moreno
24 FW Uruguay URU Andrés Ferrari
25 MF Spain ESP Jordi Ortega
29 DF Spain ESP Antonio Espigares
35 GK Spain ESP Rubén Gómez

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
27 MF Spain ESP Dani Requena
33 DF Spain ESP Pau Navarro

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