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What Villareal has been able to do in such a short amount of time is a model for clubs to emulate around the world. Villarreal was founded in 1923, but the club wasn’t able to make it until league football until the mid-1950s. From there, they bounced around the third- and fourth-tier of Spanish Football until the early 1990s. That’s when things really took off for the club.

Villarreal made their Segunda Division debut during the 1992-93 campaign and languished there for six years until winning the promotion playoffs. They made their La Liga debut in the 1998-99 season, and the club has been incredibly competitive since that point. Villarreal have not been able to win a league title yet, but they have come close. The Yellow Submarine finished runners-up in 2007-08, and they have finished in the top seven in 12 of the last 14 seasons. It’s perhaps the biggest rags to riches success story in recent Spanish football history.

Incredibly, Villarreal has had a considerable amount of European success as well. Over the last two decades, Villarreal was able to make the semi-finals of the Champions League once, make the semi-finals of the Europa League thrice, and win two Intertoto Cups.

2018-19 Villarreal CF Betting Schedule

Villarreal picked up another top five finish last season in order to make it back into the Europa League. Carlos Bacca proved to be worth the price Villarreal paid to be a year’s rental, tallying 15 goals in 30 starts with the club. His presence was needed after Cedric Bakambu left for the Chinese Super League in the middle of the season, as no other player finished with more than six goals.

The question Villarreal have to answer this season is where the goals will be coming from. Bacca was recalled by AC Milan this offseason, and Villarreal spent over 50 million Euros on three forwards in an effort to replace his production. The club signed Gerard Moreno, Karl Toko Ekambi, and Roger Martinez to large deals this offseason, and manager Javier Calleja is hoping at least one will become a star. If that doesn’t happen, Villarreal could miss out on European football for the first time in six years.

Past Villarreal CF La Liga Results

2018-2019 Spanish La Liga Teams

• Alaves
• Athletic Bilbao
• Atletico Madrid
• Barcelona
• Celta Vigo
• Eibar
• Espanyol
• Getafe
• Girona
• Huesca
• Leganes
• Levante
• Rayo Vallecano
• Real Betis
• Real Madrid
• Real Sociedad
• Sevilla
• Valencia
• Valladolid
• Villarreal

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