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 , 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 SeasonTierDivisionPlace1999–200072ª Reg.2nd2000–0161ª Reg.1st2001–025Reg. Pref.5th2002–035Reg. Pref.1st2003–0443ª3rd2004–0543ª5th2005–0643ª1st2006–0743ª2nd2007–0832ª B11th2008–0932ª B2nd2009–1022ª7th2010–1122ª17th2011–1222ª12th2012–1332ª B9th2013–1432ª B11th2014–1532ª B10th2015–1632ª B2nd2016–1732ª B6th2017–1832ª B2nd2018–1932ª B3rdSeasonTierDivisionPlace2019–2032ª B6th2020–2132ª B / 2021–2231ª RFEF2022–2322ª18th2023–2422ª22nd2024–2531ª Fed.11th2025–2631ª Fed.4th2026–2731ª Fed.
5 seasons in Segunda División 4 seasons in Primera Federación/Primera División RFEF 11 seasons in Segunda División B 4 seasons in Tercera División 4 seasons in Categorías Regionales
Players Current squad
Reserve team
Coaching staff
See also Villarreal CF – First team Villarreal CF C – Third team
References
External links
Futbolme team profile