El Submarino Amarillo (The Yellow Submarine), nicknamed CF Villarreal, playing in the third division Spanish on most of the 1980s and spent most of the 1990s in the second division.
Ceramics conglomerate Fernando Roig took over Villarreal in 1997 when the club was in the second division and has a large debt and a stadium with a capacity of only 3,500 people.
Currently, Roig ambitious to make Villarreal as a third force in Spain after Barcelona and Real Madrid.
Under coach Manuel Pellegrini, Villarreal qualified for the Champions League in 2006.
Relying seeds that they are educating themselves were dokombinasikan with some foreign players, Villarreal trying to make himself a great club that is respected in Spain and Europe.
Facts about the Villarreal CF
- Established: 1923
- Headquarters Stadium: El Madrigal, Villarreal (capacity 25,000)
- Nickname: El Submarino Amarillo (The Yellow Submarine)
- The color of the costume: yellow
- La Liga champions: never
- Winner of the Copa del Rey / Spanish Cup: never
- Winner of the European Cup / Champions League: never
- Winner of the Fairs Cup, the UEFA Cup, Europa League: never
Villarreal CF History
Established in 1923, Villarreal played in regional leagues until the Spanish Civil War that made the competition stops.
After the war, Villarreal returned to the regional league and finally gain promotion to the third division in 1956 where they remain until the 1960-1961 season when the Yellow Submarine degraded.
A few years later, Villarreal managed to return to the national third division in the 1966-67 season.
After a period of consolidation, Villarreal was promoted to the second division, but in the 1970s was a bad decade in which they go back down to the regional league.
Villarreal finally managed memujudkan dreams of playing in La Liga on May 24, 1998, after defeating Compostela in the play-offs.
They were immediately relegated, but regained the opportunity to compete in the major leagues.
Villarreal finished seventh in their debut season in La Liga and reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup in 2004.
Since then, Villarreal strengthened by great players like Juan Roman Riquelme, Diego Forlan, Juan Pablo Sorin and Robert Pires.
After finishing third in the 2004-05 season, the 2007-08 season when under Chilean coach Pellegrini, Villarreal finished the season in second place behind Barcelona.
Pellegrini also brought Villarreal to the semi-finals of the Champions League in 2006.
Money may still be the driving force behind skyrocketing Villarreal, but they also invest in the infrastructure and trying to print their own seedlings, instead of just buying star players.
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