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 Primera Federación – Group 2, holding home games at Estadio de la Cerámica, with a 23,008-seat capacity.

Villarreal B

Full name	Villarreal Club de Fútbol S.A.D. "B"
Nickname(s)	El Mini Submarino (Mini Submarine)
Founded	1999; 26 years ago (1999)
Ground	Estadio de la Cerámica
Capacity	23,008
President	Fernando Roig
Head coach	Miguel Álvarez
League	Primera Federación – Group 2
2023–24	Segunda División, 22nd of 22 (relegated)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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 Reg. Pref. 5th 2002–03 5 Reg. 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 22nd 2024–25 3 1ª Fed.

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• 5 seasons in Segunda División
• 2 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

As of 6 February 2025^[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AND Iker Álvarez 2 DF  ESP Pau Navarro 3 DF  ESP Cristo Romero 4 DF  ESP Antonio Espigares 5 DF  ESP Arnau Solà (on loan from Almería) 6 DF  ESP Hugo Pérez 7 FW  ESP Víctor Moreno 8 MF  ESP Rodri Alonso 9 FW  ESP Victor Valverde 10 MF  ARG Tiago Geralnik 11 MF  ESP Dani Requena 12 DF  MLI Ayouba Koné 13 GK  ESP Rubén Gómez 14 FW  CMR Etta Eyong

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  ESP Joseda Menargues 16 MF  ESP Brais Val 19 MF  COL Luis Quintero 20 MF  ARG Thiago Ojeda 21 FW  BUL Slavy (on loan from Eibar) 22 MF  ARG Facundo Viveros 23 MF  SEN Alassane Diatta 25 GK  ESP Alex Quevedo 27 DF  CIV Jean Ives Valou 30 FW  MLI Douga Fofana 31 DF  ESP Fran Gil 32 DF  ESP Daniel Budesca 35 GK  ESP Kike Bartual — MF  ECU Liberman Torres

Reserve team

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

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  RUS Anton Efremov (at Sestao River until 30 June 2025)

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Miguel Álvarez
Assistant Head Coach	Igor Taševski David Cifuentes
Goalkeeping Coach	Mariano Barbosa
Delegate	Pablo Godoy
Fitness Coach	Fernando Martínez David Pérez
Technical assistant	Adrián Sabater
Analyst	Jordi Benavent
Doctor	Enrique Soriano
Physiotherapist	Diego Manero Ferran Donoso Jorge Ten
Psychologist	Cristian Segovia
Equipment Manager	Brian Porcar
Field delegate	Miguel Escorihuela

Last updated: September 2022
Source: Villarreal CF

See also

• Villarreal CF – First team
• Villarreal CF C – Third team