Villarreal gained their best-ever league position in 2008, finishing second to Real Madrid by eight points, and also reached the last 32 in that seasons UEFA Cup.

In the 21st century, Villarreal gained some league stability, and the club made its first appearance in the UEFA Champions League in 2005.

The club also appeared in the UEFA Europa League during this time, but sustained relegation in 2012, quickly rebounding and becoming a stable top division club.

Football. The stadium was rented for 60 pesetas a month and ticket prices were set at half a peseta for men and a quarter of a peseta for children.

On 21 October of that year, Villarreal played their first game ever, playing against Castelln.

Villarreal started off with a kit of white shirts and black shorts, reflected in their first badge.

The 193435 season saw the team lose to Cartagena when a win would have seen them promoted to the nationwide Second Division.

The following season saw Villarreal win the First Division of the region before the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.

The F stood for Foghetcaz, an athletics club and supporter of the team.

In 1970, they reached the national Segunda for the first time.

After narrowly avoiding relegation in their first season, they were relegated the following season.

In 197576, they were relegated from the Tercera to the Regionals, but were promoted back again the next season.

In 198687, Villarreal were promoted to the Segunda Liga B.

In 1990, they finished 18th and were relegated back to the Tercera.

From 1992 to 1993, Villarreal were often in low or mid-table positions, but reached the play-offs in 199798 by finishing fourth.

The two-legged play-off was against Compostela.

Villarreal hosted the first leg which was a 00 draw, but the second leg at the home of the Galician team was a 11 draw, thus Villarreal were promoted on the away goals rule.

Because of a difficult season, Villarreal were relegated to the Segunda Divisin for the 19992000 season, but by finishing third, they were then promoted back to the Primera Liga.

After finishing seventh on their return to the Primera, Villarreal finished in 15th place for two-straight seasons.

Villarreal competed in the UEFA Intertoto Cup in the middle of 2002, defeating FH of Iceland, Torino of Italy, and Troyes of France.

They lost in the final to compatriots Mlaga, 21 on aggregate.

In their major European debut, Villarreal reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup, losing to neighbours and eventual champions Valencia.

In the middle of 2004, Villarreal retained the Intertoto Cup, beating compatriots Atltico Madrid on penalties after the final finished 22 on aggregate.

The clubs centre-forward Diego Forln won the Pichichi Trophy for top scorer in the league, with 25 goals.

The win over Benfica was away and both teams advanced to the last 16.

In the quarter-finals, Villarreal beat Internazionale on away goals after finishing 22 on aggregate.

The club bowed out in the semi-finals against Arsenal, losing 10 away at Highbury.

Juan Romn Riquelme had a penalty saved by Jens Lehmann in the home game, which finished 00.

Arsenal went on to lose in the final in Paris to another Spanish club, Barcelona.

Tipografia Villarreal Cf 2014