Villarreal CF C

Villarreal Club de Fútbol "C" is the third team of Villarreal CF, a Spanish football team based in Villarreal, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 2002, and plays in Tercera Federación – Group 6, holding home games at Ciudad Deportiva Villarreal CF, with a capacity of 5,000 seats.

Villarreal C

Full name	Villarreal Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. "C"
Nickname(s)	El Submarino Amarillo (Yellow Submarine)
Founded	2002
Ground	Ciudad Deportiva José Manuel Llaneza "Mini Estadi", Villarreal, Valencia, Spain
Capacity	5,000
President	Fernando Roig
Head coach	David Albelda
League	Tercera Federación – Group 6
2023–24	Tercera Federación – Group 6, 8th of 18
Home colours Away colours

The team must play at least one division below Villarreal CF B, who must themselves play one division lower than the main Villarreal club. Neither reserve team can enter the Copa del Rey.

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place 2002–03 7 2ª Reg. 1st 2003–04 6 1ª Reg. 1st 2004–05 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd 2005–06 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd 2006–07 5 Reg. Pref. 1st 2007–08 4 3ª 8th 2008–09 4 3ª 9th 2009–10 4 3ª 4th 2010–11 4 3ª 6th 2011–12 4 3ª 11th 2012–13 4 3ª 7th 2013–14 4 3ª 14th 2014–15 4 3ª 4th 2015–16 4 3ª 5th 2016–17 4 3ª 7th 2017–18 4 3ª 8th 2018–19 4 3ª 10th 2019–20 4 3ª 4th 2020–21 4 3ª 4th / 1st 2021–22 5 3ª RFEF 9th

Season Tier Division Place 2022–23 5 3ª Fed. 8th 2023–24 5 3ª Fed. 8th 2024–25 5 3ª Fed. 6th

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• 14 seasons in Tercera División
• 4 seasons in Tercera Federación/Tercera División RFEF

Players

Current squad

As of 24 December 2024.^[1]

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  ESP Enrique Bartual 2 DF  ESP Daniel Budesca 3 DF  SEN Baye Mbaye 4 DF  ESP Kevin Jesús Martel 5 DF  ESP Francisco Gil 6 MF  ESP Joan Ruiz (captain) 7 FW  ESP Celso José Bermejo 8 MF  ESP Adrián Ruiz 9 FW  ESP Eduardo Joel Sánchez 10 MF  ESP Sergio Hinojosa 11 MF  ESP Mario Linares 12 MF  ESP José Manuel Pedrosa 13 GK  ESP Rodrigo Rocafort

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  GNB Vique Domingos Gomes 15 MF  SEN Alassane Diatta 16 MF  UKR Mykyta Alexandrov 17 FW  ESP Jaime Fernández 18 MF  SEN Alassane Diatta 19 FW  MLI Douga Fofana 20 MF  ESP Mario Gil 21 MF  ESP Unax del Cura 22 FW  ESP Toni Tamarit 23 DF  CIV Jean Ives Valou 24 FW  IRL Caden McLoughlin 25 GK  ESP Adrián Suárez

From Youth Academy

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 26 MF  ESP Carlos Jiménez 28 DF  ESP César Bonafé 30 FW  ESP Javier Aznar — DF  ESP Teo Bou

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ESP Pedro Luque — MF  ESP Roberto Owono — FW  ESP Paco Fernández — FW  ESP Sergio Vinatea

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	David Albelda
Assistant coach	Jacint Guimerà
Goalkeeping coach	Joel Garzón
Delegate	Alexandre Sánchez
Fitness Coach	Alejandro Valle Raúl Tabernero
Technical assistant	Édgar Chumillas
Analyst	Gyeonghoon Kang
Doctor	Santiago Pina Miguel Piera Gerard Manzanet
Physiotherapist	Albert Feliu
Rehab fitness coach	Eduardo Alija
Psychologist & Equipment Manager	Neus Ramos

Last updated: September 2022
Source: FFCV