Third colours
History
Early years
Villarreal CF was founded as
Villarreal CD on 10 March 1923 "to promote all sports especially Soccer." The stadium was rented for 60
pesetas
a month and ticket prices were set at half a peseta for men and a
quarter of a peseta for children. Women were granted free admission.
[3] On 17 June 1923,
Castellón, a modern rival of the club, played the first match against a club named after
Cervantes. On 21 October of that year, Villarreal played their first game ever, playing against Castellón.
[3] Villarreal started off with a kit of white shirts and black shorts, reflected in their first badge.
[4]
1929–1998
Villarreal entered regional competitions within the Spanish football
pyramid from 1929–30 onwards. The 1934–35 season saw the team lose to
Cartagena when a win would see them promoted to the nationwide Second Division.
[3] The following season saw Villarreal win the First Division of the region before the outbreak of the
Spanish Civil War.
[3]
When the war finished in 1939, the club played again in the Second
Division of the region before promotion in 1950–51 to the first.
[3]
In 1942, the club changed their name to CAF Villarreal, with a new
badge in the yellow colour of their new shirts. The "F" stood for
Foghetcaz, an athletics club and supporter of the team.
[4]
The name changed again to the current Villarreal CF in 1954, with a badge similar to the present one.
[4]
They finished seventh and then fourth twice in the First regional
league before being promoted to the Tercera Liga (Third Nationwide) as
champions in 1956. They were relegated in 1960–61 after finishing 14th.
[3]
The club adopted their present badge in the summer of 1966.
[4] In 1966–67, Villarreal returned to the Tercera as champions. In 1970, they reached the national Segunda for the first time.
[3]
After narrowly avoiding relegation in their first season, they were
relegated the following. In 1975–76, they were relegated from the
Tercera to the Regionals, but were promoted back again the next season.
In 1986–87, Villarreal were promoted to the Segunda Liga B.
[3] In 1990, they finished 18th and were relegated back to the Tercera.
There were back-to-back promotions as the club returned to Segunda B
and finished second, earning promotion to Segunda A for the first time.
From 1992–93, Villarreal were often in low or mid-table positions, but
reached the play-offs in 1997–98 by finishing fourth.
[5] The two-legged play-off was against
Compostela. Villarreal hosted the first leg which was a 0–0 draw, but the second leg at the home of the
Galician team was a 1–1 draw, thus Villarreal were promoted on the away goals rule.
Primera Liga debut
Villarreal's
Primera Liga debut started with a match against reigning
European champions Real Madrid at the
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium on 31 August 1998. The first home game was against
Celta de Vigo[5] the week after. Because of a difficult season, Villarreal were relegated to the
Segunda División for the
1999–2000 season, but by finishing third, they were then promoted back to the Primera Liga.
European qualifications
After finishing seventh on their return to the Primera, Villarreal finished in 15th place
[5] for two-straight seasons.
2002–03
Villarreal competed in the
UEFA Intertoto Cup in the summer of 2002, defeating
FH of
Iceland,
Torino of
Italy, and
Troyes of France. They lost in the final to compatriots
Málaga, 2–1 on aggregate.
[6]
2003–04
In the summer of 2003, they defeated the
Dutch team
Heerenveen in the final of the Intertoto Cup, thereby qualifying for the
UEFA Cup
of the upcoming season. In their major European debut, Villarreal
reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup, losing to neighbours and
eventual champions
Valencia. In the league, Villarreal finished in eighth place.
2004–05
In the summer of 2004, Villarreal retained the Intertoto Cup, beating compatriots
Atlético Madrid
on penalties after the final finished 2–2 on aggregate. This qualified
them to the UEFA Cup. They lost in the quarter-finals of the
2004–05 UEFA Cup to Dutch side
AZ,
losing 3–2 on aggregate. During the same season, Villarreal finished in
third place in La Liga, earning the club their first direct
qualification to a European tournament, the
Champions League. The club's centre-forward
Diego Forlán won the
Pichichi Trophy for top scorer in the league, with 25 goals.
2005–06
Villarreal defeated the Premier League's
Everton in a play-off for the Champions League group stages. The group saw Villarreal go undefeated, drawing both games against
Manchester United and achieving a draw and a win each against
Lille of France and
Benfica of
Portugal. The win over Benfica was away and both teams advanced to the last 16.
[7]
The club then drew 3–3 against
Rangers of
Scotland in the Last 16, advancing on away goals due to a 2–2 draw at
Ibrox. In the quarter-finals, Villarreal beat
Internazionale on away goals after finishing 2–2 on aggregate. The club bowed out in the semi-finals against
Arsenal, losing 1–0 away at
Highbury.
Juan Román Riquelme had a penalty saved by
Jens Lehmann in the home game, which finished 0–0. Arsenal went on to lose in the final in
Paris to another Spanish club,
Barcelona.
Villarreal finished seventh in La Liga, which only earned an Intertoto Cup position.
2006–07
Villarreal contested the Intertoto Cup in the summer of 2006 and was knocked out in its first game, to
Maribor of
Slovenia. The first leg was lost 2–1 at home and the away game was a 1–1 draw.
[8] The team finished 5th in La Liga and qualified for the
UEFA Cup.
2007–08
Villarreal gained their best-ever league position in 2008, finishing
second to Real Madrid by eight points, and also reached the last 32 in
that season's UEFA Cup. After defeating
BATE Borisov of
Belarus in a play-off, the team won Group C unbeaten.
[9] Their group opponents were
Fiorentina of
Italy,
Mladá Boleslav of
Czech Republic,
IF Elfsborg of
Sweden, and
AEK Athens of
Greece.
In the last 32, Villarreal were defeated by eventual champions
Zenit Saint Petersburg, losing the first leg 1–0 in
Russia to a
Pavel Pogrebnyak goal. The second leg was won 2–1 by Villarreal at
El Madrigal, but Zenit advanced on away goals.
2008–09
The club automatically qualified for the
2008-09 UEFA Champions League,
due to them finishing second in La Liga the previous season. They drew
Manchester United, for the second consecutive campaign,
Celtic, and
Aalborg BK. They made a good start by holding current European champions Manchester United to a goal-less draw at
Old Trafford, a third 0–0 draw in a row against the English giants. A first win was sealed on 30 September by beating
Gordon Strachan's Celtic 1–0 at
El Madrigal, courtesy of a
Marcos Senna
free-kick. On 21 October, during a Champions League match against
Aalborg, they scored six goals to three. The Spaniards went through to
the knock-out stage after drawing 2–2 with Aalborg in Denmark and
drawing goalless once again against the Lancastrian "Red Devils," on the
last group-stage match, they lost to an already-eliminated Celtic.
In the knock-out stage, they faced
Panathinaikos, who left Villarreal with a 1–1 away advantage, despite this the Greeks were to lose 1–2 in
Athens.
Villarreal reached the quarter-finals for the second time in two tries,
and were once again paired with Arsenal. The first leg saw a 1–1 draw
by a free-kick by
Marcos Senna, equalised by an
Emmanuel Adebayor volley.
Theo Walcott,
Emmanuel Adebayor, and
Robin van Persie secured a 3–0 win for Arsenal on the return, knocking Villarreal out of the tournament.
2010–11
Despite finishing outside of a European qualifying spot in the
domestic league, Villarreal was given a place in the qualifying round of
the 2010–11
Europa League after UEFA determined that
Mallorca's financial irregularities precluded them from taking part in the tournament.
A 5–0 home win and a 2–1 away win against
Dnepr Mogilev
qualified them for the group stage. Villarreal suffered an early
setback following a shock 2–0 loss in their away fixture against
Dinamo Zagreb. Despite this, however, later wins against Dinamo,
Club Brugge and
PAOK saw them top their group.
After beating
Napoli,
Bayer Leverkusen and
Twente in the knockout phases, Villarreal qualified for the semi-finals to face tournament favourites
Porto. After taking a 0–1 lead at the
Estádio do Dragão,
Porto made a remarkable turnaround that ended in a 5–1 defeat. Although
Villareal won the second leg with a 3–2 win, Porto's first leg goal
total saw them advance to the final on aggregate, where they beat
Braga to be crowned champions.
Giuseppe Rossi finished as the tournament's second top goalscorer with 11 goals, behind Porto's
Radamel Falcao.
Relegation and promotion
On 13 May, Villarreal were relegated from the Primera Liga after defeat to
Atlético Madrid. Following a horrendous season, the club suffered a shattering tragedy when
Manolo Preciado, appointed as Villarreal's new manager on 6 June, died of a
heart attack later that day.
[10] Following their relegation, there was a mass exodus of players at the club, with star players such as
Borja Valero,
Diego López, Giuseppe Rossi and
Nilmar leaving the side.
[11]
After one year in the Segunda División, Villarreal were promoted back to La Liga on the
final day of the season after finishing the year in second after champions
Elche.
The team began its new tenure in the top-flight by winning its first
three games; the winning streak ended with a tie against Real Madrid at
El Madrigal, though the team was undefeated until falling to
Real Betis 1–0 in the seventh matchday of the season. The Yellow Submarine finished the
2013–14 campaign in sixth, thus qualifying them for next season's
Europa League.
In
2014–15, Villarreal again finished the year in sixth, enough to secure direct qualification to the
Europa League group stage.
In
2015–16, Villarreal led La Liga for the first time.
Rivalries
Villarreal has supported a long rivalry with
Castellón for geographical reasons, since both are from the province of
Castellón. They also rival
Valencia, since the two had been the most competitive teams of the
Valencian Community; this clash is called the "Derby de la Comunitat."
Records
- Villarreal's biggest league win at home has been achieved three times. The score of 5–0 was the result against Salamanca (1998–99 in Segunda), Celta de Vigo (2002–03 in Primera), and Tenerife (2009–10 in Primera). The most goals in a game was six, at home to Racing de Santander (2003–04 in Primera).[12]
- The largest away win was at Las Palmas by 5–1 (2000–01 in Primera) and 4–0 at Real Sociedad in the same league during the 2004–05 season.[12]
Club colours
The club's famous yellow kit dates back to 1947. With the new season
fast approaching, the son of the then Villarreal president travelled to
Valencia to purchase replacements of the club's official kit of white
shirts and black shorts. Discovering that the shop had neither in stock,
he instead bought the only colour that they did have, which happened to
be yellow. The players agreed that the shirts were suitable, although
they weren't keen on the black shorts, so the president's son travelled
to Castellón and purchased a batch of white shorts. The players voted
that they should be dyed blue.
[13] After remaining as the club's official kit for some time, the yellow shirts and blue shorts combination was last worn in the
2002–03 season, and the club has since sported all yellow kits.
[14] Away colours have often been navy blue.
From 2005 to 30 June 2011, the shirt sponsor was "Aeroport Castello",
an airport. Since that date, they have worn unsponsored shirts. The kit
is made by the Chinese company
Xtep, having previously been produced by
Puma of Germany.
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