Club Profile

Villarreal

An up-and-coming club in La Liga, based out of a coastal city famous for ceramics, Villarreal CF captured their first European Trophy since 2004‘s Intertoto Cup when they downed Man U in penalty kicks (11-10) and won the 2021 Europa League.

(Above photo by Millars, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.)

LOCATION: Villarreal, on the east coast of Spain

CONTACT: villarrealcf.es 

NICKNAMES: El Submarino Amarillo (the Yellow Submarine) for sporting all yellow at every home game.

History

Including the 2023-24 campaign, Villarreal CF have finished in the top eight of La Liga ten of the past eleven seasons, with five top-five finishes since 2016. In 2022 they made the semifinals of the Champions League, before going out 2-5 on aggregate against Liverpool. The club has not taken home a domestic trophy since 1970, when they earned…

Rivalries

Your biggest rival is usually the club you’re located closest to. As the only two professional clubs located in the province of Castellón, Villarreal CF’s geographically-closest rival is CD Castellón, which has bounced between the second and third divisions since 1992. But since Villarreal have become a La Liga fixture, Valencia offers the…

Women's Team

Villarreal has a women’s team that has been in operation since 2001 and recently made it to the top division in Spanish football for the first time in their

Songs

Stadium

The actual name is cool enough — Estadio de la Cerámica — but the nickname is also pretty sweet: Feudo Amarillo (Yellow Fief). Plus, the stadium is located only five kilometers from the Mediterranean Sea. The stadium originally opened in 1923, and has undergone multiple renovations, but has stood at its original location throughout the years….

Going to a Game at Villarreal

GETTING THERE: It’s just a 20-minute walk from the train station in the city center. And that station is just an hour from Valencia. PUBS and GRUB: Look mainly around Plaça Mayor in the city center. AROUND TOWN: We’ve not been there yet, but there is no indication on the Internet that there’s much to do in…

Villarreal Tickets

Tickets can be purchased directly from the club through their ticket page.

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