Congratulations, that is your club
Welcome to Villarreal.
Nothing is binding here and nobody is checking. Plenty of people follow more than one club, and plenty change their mind in the first season. Everything below is what to know as you start.
A small-town club in yellow that reached a Champions League semi-final and consistently overachieves relative to its size.
Club facts
- League
- La Liga
- Position
- 3rd, 72 points
- Founded
- 1923
- Stadium
- Estadio de la Cerámica
- Colours
- Yellow / Blue
- Nickname
- El Submarino Amarillo
Last season
Villarreal finished 3rd in the La Liga with 72 points from 38 matches: 22 won, 6 drawn, 10 lost. That is inside the places that qualify for the Champions League, which is the competition every club in Europe is trying to reach. That is the 2025-26 season; 2026-27 has only just kicked off.
When they next play
The first question most new supporters have. Kickoff times are shown as dates here; exact times shift for television.
- Sun, Aug 16Away against Santander
- Sun, Aug 23Away against Atleti
- Fri, Aug 28Away against Alavés
- Sun, Sep 6Home against Deportivo
- Sun, Sep 13Home against Real Betis
Fixture list retrieved 2026-08-04. Matches move.
What to know before you follow them
Villarreal will never feel like Madrid. The appeal is smart recruitment and European nights in a town most tourists skip.
The squad
16 players. 7 played at the 2026 World Cup.
Goalkeeper
Defender
Midfielder
Forward
What next
Identity, table and squad from football-data.org. Club description and culture notes are ours and have not been editorially verified. Terms of use.