{"id":216564,"date":"2020-02-23T21:17:48","date_gmt":"2020-02-23T20:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/a-historic-villarreal-made-in-spain\/"},"modified":"2020-02-23T21:17:48","modified_gmt":"2020-02-23T20:17:48","slug":"a-historic-villarreal-made-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/en\/a-historic-villarreal-made-in-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"A historic Villarreal \u2018made in Spain\u2019"},"content":{"protected":false,"blocks":[{"type":"image","url":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/08eb67defe5565a84846cd3ad651f02a.jpg","alt":"||||||","width":819,"height":460,"srcset":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/08eb67defe5565a84846cd3ad651f02a.jpg 819w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/08eb67defe5565a84846cd3ad651f02a.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/08eb67defe5565a84846cd3ad651f02a.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/08eb67defe5565a84846cd3ad651f02a.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/08eb67defe5565a84846cd3ad651f02a-32x18.jpg 32w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/08eb67defe5565a84846cd3ad651f02a-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/08eb67defe5565a84846cd3ad651f02a.jpg 1920w","sizes":"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"For the first time in their 20 years in the top flight of Spanish football, the Yellow Submarine have named a starting lineup made up of 11 Spaniards"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"A starting lineup for the record books. This evening, against Atl\u00e9tico Madrid, Villarreal CF began the game with 11 players from Spain on the pitch. That is something that had never happened in the Yellows\u2019 previous 20 seasons in the top flight of Spanish football.Today, Sunday 23rd February 2020, Javi Calleja named the following team to start the match at the Wanda Metropolitano and it is one that will go down in Villarreal history: Asenjo; Rub\u00e9n Pe\u00f1a, Albiol, Pau, Alberto Moreno; Cazorla, Iborra, Trigueros, Moi G\u00f3mez; Gerard, Paco Alc\u00e1cer.Of those 11 Spanish players, five of them are from the Comunidad Valenciana."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Promotion against Compostela was with 11 Spaniards"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The last time Villarreal started with 11 Spanish players in league competition was when the Yellows were playing in the Second Division in the 1997\/98 season. It was a special day for the Yellow Submarine, 24th May 1998, as it was the second leg of the promotion playoffs against Santiago de Compostela (1-1). On that day, Villarreal clinched promotion to the top flight and set up with the following starting XI: Palop; Pascual, Serer, Roberto, Arregi; \u00c1ngel Luis, Antonio D\u00edaz, Alberto Saavedra, Javi Prats, I\u00f1aki; Paco Salillas.The first ever starting lineup in LaLiga had 10 Spanish players in itVillarreal\u2019s first top-flight match was at the Santiago Bernab\u00e9u against Real Madrid, on 31st August 1998. Jos\u00e9 Antonio Irulegi, the manager, lined up with a starting XI with just one footballer born outside of Spain. That was Gica Craioveanu, who became the man to score Villarreal\u2019s first goal in the top division of Spanish football.The line-up on the day was: Palop; Pascual, Serer, Robert, Arregi; Gerardo, Albelda, Antonio D\u00edaz, Alfaro; Mois\u00e9s, Craioveanu.Since then, there had been a number of times when ten Spaniards had started in the starting XI, but never 11. Until now."}],"structured":{"summary":{"text":"For the first time in their 20 years in the top flight of Spanish football, the Yellow Submarine have named a starting lineup made up of 11 Spaniards A starting lineup for the record books. This evening, against Atl\u00e9tico Madrid, Villarreal CF began the game with 11 players from Spain on the pitch. That is something that had never happened in the Yellows\u2019 previous 20 seasons in the top flight of Spanish football.Today, Sunday 23rd February 2020, Javi Calleja named the following team to start the match at the Wanda Metropolitano and it is one that will go down in Villarreal history: Asenjo; Rub\u00e9n Pe\u00f1a, Albiol, Pau, Alberto Moreno; Cazorla, Iborra, Trigueros, Moi G\u00f3mez; Gerard, Paco Alc\u00e1cer.Of those 11 Spanish players, five of them are from the Comunidad Valenciana. Promotion against Compostela was with 11 Spaniards The last time Villarreal started with 11 Spanish players in league competition was when the Yellows were playing in the Second Division in the 1997\/98 season. It was a special day for the Yellow Submarine, 24th May 1998, as it was the second leg of the promotion playoffs against Santiago de Compostela (1-1). On that day, Villarreal clinched promotion to the top flight and set up with the following starting XI: Palop; Pascual, Serer, Roberto, Arregi; \u00c1ngel Luis, Antonio D\u00edaz, Alberto Saavedra, Javi Prats, I\u00f1aki; Paco Salillas.The first ever starting lineup in LaLiga had 10 Spanish players in itVillarreal\u2019s first top-flight match was at the Santiago Bernab\u00e9u against Real Madrid, on 31st August 1998. Jos\u00e9 Antonio Irulegi, the manager, lined up with a starting XI with just one footballer born outside of Spain. That was Gica Craioveanu, who became the man to score Villarreal\u2019s first goal in the top division of Spanish football.The line-up on the day was: Palop; Pascual, Serer, Robert, Arregi; Gerardo, Albelda, Antonio D\u00edaz, Alfaro; Mois\u00e9s, Craioveanu.Since then, there had been a number of times when ten Spaniards had started in the starting XI, but never 11. 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This evening, against Atl\u00e9tico Madrid, Villarreal CF began the game with 11 players from Spain on the pitch. That is something that had never happened in the Yellows\u2019 previous 20 seasons in the top flight of Spanish football.Today, Sunday 23rd February 2020, Javi Calleja named the following team to start the match at the Wanda Metropolitano and it is one that will go down in Villarreal history: Asenjo; Rub\u00e9n Pe\u00f1a, Albiol, Pau, Alberto Moreno; Cazorla, Iborra, Trigueros, Moi G\u00f3mez; Gerard, Paco Alc\u00e1cer.Of those 11 Spanish players, five of them are from the Comunidad Valenciana. Promotion against Compostela was with 11 Spaniards The last time Villarreal started with 11 Spanish players in league competition was when the Yellows were playing in the Second Division in the 1997\/98 season. It was a special day for the Yellow Submarine, 24th May 1998, as it was the second leg of the promotion playoffs against Santiago de Compostela (1-1). On that day, Villarreal clinched promotion to the top flight and set up with the following starting XI: Palop; Pascual, Serer, Roberto, Arregi; \u00c1ngel Luis, Antonio D\u00edaz, Alberto Saavedra, Javi Prats, I\u00f1aki; Paco Salillas.The first ever starting lineup in LaLiga had 10 Spanish players in itVillarreal\u2019s first top-flight match was at the Santiago Bernab\u00e9u against Real Madrid, on 31st August 1998. Jos\u00e9 Antonio Irulegi, the manager, lined up with a starting XI with just one footballer born outside of Spain. That was Gica Craioveanu, who became the man to score Villarreal\u2019s first goal in the top division of Spanish football.The line-up on the day was: Palop; Pascual, Serer, Robert, Arregi; Gerardo, Albelda, Antonio D\u00edaz, Alfaro; Mois\u00e9s, Craioveanu.Since then, there had been a number of times when ten Spaniards had started in the starting XI, but never 11. 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On that day, Villarreal clinched promotion to the top flight and set up with the following starting XI: Palop; Pascual, Serer, Roberto, Arregi; \u00c1ngel Luis, Antonio D\u00edaz, Alberto Saavedra, Javi Prats, I\u00f1aki; Paco Salillas.The first ever starting lineup in LaLiga had 10 Spanish players in itVillarreal\u2019s first top-flight match was at the Santiago Bernab\u00e9u against Real Madrid, on 31st August 1998. Jos\u00e9 Antonio Irulegi, the manager, lined up with a starting XI with just one footballer born outside of Spain. That was Gica Craioveanu, who became the man to score Villarreal\u2019s first goal in the top division of Spanish football.The line-up on the day was: Palop; Pascual, Serer, Robert, Arregi; Gerardo, Albelda, Antonio D\u00edaz, Alfaro; Mois\u00e9s, Craioveanu.Since then, there had been a number of times when ten Spaniards had started in the starting XI, but never 11. 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That was Gica Craioveanu, who became the man to score Villarreal\u2019s first goal in the top division of Spanish football.The line-up on the day was: Palop; Pascual, Serer, Robert, Arregi; Gerardo, Albelda, Antonio D\u00edaz, Alfaro; Mois\u00e9s, Craioveanu.Since then, there had been a number of times when ten Spaniards had started in the starting XI, but never 11. Until now."}]}],"hero":{"id":"section-1","title":"","text":"For the first time in their 20 years in the top flight of Spanish football, the Yellow Submarine have named a starting lineup made up of 11 Spaniards A starting lineup for the record books. This evening, against Atl\u00e9tico Madrid, Villarreal CF began the game with 11 players from Spain on the pitch. That is something that had never happened in the Yellows\u2019 previous 20 seasons in the top flight of Spanish football.Today, Sunday 23rd February 2020, Javi Calleja named the following team to start the match at the Wanda Metropolitano and it is one that will go down in Villarreal history: Asenjo; Rub\u00e9n Pe\u00f1a, Albiol, Pau, Alberto Moreno; Cazorla, Iborra, Trigueros, Moi G\u00f3mez; Gerard, Paco Alc\u00e1cer.Of those 11 Spanish players, five of them are from the Comunidad Valenciana. Promotion against Compostela was with 11 Spaniards The last time Villarreal started with 11 Spanish players in league competition was when the Yellows were playing in the Second Division in the 1997\/98 season. It was a special day for the Yellow Submarine, 24th May 1998, as it was the second leg of the promotion playoffs against Santiago de Compostela (1-1). 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On that day, Villarreal clinched promotion to the top flight and set up with the following starting XI: Palop; Pascual, Serer, Roberto, Arregi; \u00c1ngel Luis, Antonio D\u00edaz, Alberto Saavedra, Javi Prats, I\u00f1aki; Paco Salillas.The first ever starting lineup in LaLiga had 10 Spanish players in itVillarreal\u2019s first top-flight match was at the Santiago Bernab\u00e9u against Real Madrid, on 31st August 1998. Jos\u00e9 Antonio Irulegi, the manager, lined up with a starting XI with just one footballer born outside of Spain. That was Gica Craioveanu, who became the man to score Villarreal\u2019s first goal in the top division of Spanish football.The line-up on the day was: Palop; Pascual, Serer, Robert, Arregi; Gerardo, Albelda, Antonio D\u00edaz, Alfaro; Mois\u00e9s, Craioveanu.Since then, there had been a number of times when ten Spaniards had started in the starting XI, but never 11. 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It was a special day for the Yellow Submarine, 24th May 1998, as it was the second leg of the promotion playoffs against Santiago de Compostela (1-1). On that day, Villarreal clinched promotion to the top flight and set up with the following starting XI: Palop; Pascual, Serer, Roberto, Arregi; \u00c1ngel Luis, Antonio D\u00edaz, Alberto Saavedra, Javi Prats, I\u00f1aki; Paco Salillas.The first ever starting lineup in LaLiga had 10 Spanish players in itVillarreal\u2019s first top-flight match was at the Santiago Bernab\u00e9u against Real Madrid, on 31st August 1998. Jos\u00e9 Antonio Irulegi, the manager, lined up with a starting XI with just one footballer born outside of Spain. That was Gica Craioveanu, who became the man to score Villarreal\u2019s first goal in the top division of Spanish football.The line-up on the day was: Palop; Pascual, Serer, Robert, Arregi; Gerardo, Albelda, Antonio D\u00edaz, Alfaro; Mois\u00e9s, Craioveanu.Since then, there had been a number of times when ten Spaniards had started in the starting XI, but never 11. Until now."}]}},"sections":[{"id":"section-1","title":"","text":"For the first time in their 20 years in the top flight of Spanish football, the Yellow Submarine have named a starting lineup made up of 11 Spaniards A starting lineup for the record books. This evening, against Atl\u00e9tico Madrid, Villarreal CF began the game with 11 players from Spain on the pitch. That is something that had never happened in the Yellows\u2019 previous 20 seasons in the top flight of Spanish football.Today, Sunday 23rd February 2020, Javi Calleja named the following team to start the match at the Wanda Metropolitano and it is one that will go down in Villarreal history: Asenjo; Rub\u00e9n Pe\u00f1a, Albiol, Pau, Alberto Moreno; Cazorla, Iborra, Trigueros, Moi G\u00f3mez; Gerard, Paco Alc\u00e1cer.Of those 11 Spanish players, five of them are from the Comunidad Valenciana. Promotion against Compostela was with 11 Spaniards The last time Villarreal started with 11 Spanish players in league competition was when the Yellows were playing in the Second Division in the 1997\/98 season. It was a special day for the Yellow Submarine, 24th May 1998, as it was the second leg of the promotion playoffs against Santiago de Compostela (1-1). On that day, Villarreal clinched promotion to the top flight and set up with the following starting XI: Palop; Pascual, Serer, Roberto, Arregi; \u00c1ngel Luis, Antonio D\u00edaz, Alberto Saavedra, Javi Prats, I\u00f1aki; Paco Salillas.The first ever starting lineup in LaLiga had 10 Spanish players in itVillarreal\u2019s first top-flight match was at the Santiago Bernab\u00e9u against Real Madrid, on 31st August 1998. Jos\u00e9 Antonio Irulegi, the manager, lined up with a starting XI with just one footballer born outside of Spain. That was Gica Craioveanu, who became the man to score Villarreal\u2019s first goal in the top division of Spanish football.The line-up on the day was: Palop; Pascual, Serer, Robert, Arregi; Gerardo, Albelda, Antonio D\u00edaz, Alfaro; Mois\u00e9s, Craioveanu.Since then, there had been a number of times when ten Spaniards had started in the starting XI, but never 11. 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