{"id":222460,"date":"2021-12-29T06:36:49","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T05:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/the-yellows-academy-signs-off-a-very-special-2021\/"},"modified":"2021-12-29T06:36:49","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T05:36:49","slug":"the-yellows-academy-signs-off-a-very-special-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/en\/the-yellows-academy-signs-off-a-very-special-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"The Yellows Academy signs off a very special 2021"},"content":{"protected":false,"blocks":[{"type":"image","url":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/62ac1f5c67d50ada30f1e7759102fb13.jpg","alt":"||||","width":819,"height":460,"srcset":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/62ac1f5c67d50ada30f1e7759102fb13.jpg 819w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/62ac1f5c67d50ada30f1e7759102fb13.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/62ac1f5c67d50ada30f1e7759102fb13.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/62ac1f5c67d50ada30f1e7759102fb13.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/62ac1f5c67d50ada30f1e7759102fb13-32x18.jpg 32w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/62ac1f5c67d50ada30f1e7759102fb13-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/62ac1f5c67d50ada30f1e7759102fb13.jpg 1920w","sizes":"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The Yellows once more won LaLiga Promises, and normality returned to Miralcamp"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The Yellows Academy ends 2021 with the pride of having carried out a great job on a sporting level, without losing sight of the values and the methodology that characterise it. The success of the men\u2019s first team, who won their first-ever title, the UEFA Europa League, in Gdansk, and the women\u2019s first team\u2019s promotion to the top flight of Spanish football are not the only successes for the Yellows this year."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Among the main achievements for the Yellows\u2019 youth set-up, winning the LaLiga Promises competition for the third time stands out. Villarreal won the 2020 edition, which took place in 2020, with their U13s, who beat Sevilla FC 2-0 in the final. The last time the Yellows won the U12 tournament was in 2016 against Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid. Four editions later, the Submarine were able to repeat that achievement, confirming the Yellows Academy as one of the leading youth set-ups in Spain."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The main academy team, Villarreal B, also had an impressive year. Last season, they sealed their place in the newly-formed Primera RFEF, in which they have finished the calendar year in second place, just one point behind Albacete, but with a. game in hand."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Villarreal C and the U19s (Juvenil A) also had great 2020\/21 campaigns. Villarreal C, led by Miguel \u00c1ngel Tena before he was replaced by Igor Tasevski when he was named Villarreal director of football, finished fourth in the girst stage of the season, but were finally unable to seal promotion to Segunda RFEF. The team, now managed by Pere Mart\u00ed, are continuing to compete well in Tercera RFEF. The U19s came close to winning the Divisi\u00f3n de Honor title they had lifted in the two previous campaigns."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Both teams have a number of players who make up the UEFA Youth League team, which has qualified for the play-offs to the Round of 16. Mart\u00ed\u2019s side will face AZ Alkmaar, the Dutch national champions, in a one-legged tie away from home to try and get into the best 16 U19 teams in Europe. They finished second in their group, just like the first team, behind Manchester United and ahead of Atalanta and Young Boys."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Villarreal\u2019s youth set-up also had ten league champions in 2020\/21. Mini C, Mini B, Mini A, Benjam\u00edn C, Benjam\u00edn B, Benjam\u00edn A, Alev\u00edn Femenino, Alev\u00edn C, Alev\u00edn B and Alev\u00edn A. The Alev\u00edn A side also took part in LaLiga Promises 2021, but were knocked out by Sevilla FC, who finished runners-up, in the Round of 16."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"New affiliated clubs and the return of Primer Toque"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"During the current calendar year, Villarreal CF managed to expand its youth football brand throughout Spain, with UCD La Ca\u00f1ada Atl\u00e9tico and Escola de Futbol Gav\u00e0 becoming part of the affiliated clubs in the formative programme of youngsters organised by the Yellows. During the month of November, the club renewed ties with other clubs it was already working with, such as Benicarl\u00f3 CF, CE Vila d\u2019Onda and UD Vall de Ux\u00f3, with Primer Toque CF also rejoining the alliance after having previously worked with the Yellows for five seasons."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"During the past campaign, the club also lanched new academies in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia and Russia, as well as working with the Juan Manuel Pe\u00f1a Soccer School in Bolivia, led by the former Yellows defender. And at the start of this current season, the club announced the opening of a new academy in Israel, Villarreal Israel Academy."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The team with intellectual disabilities ended last season in Tarragona"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Another great piece of news from 2021 was the return to action of the team with intellectual disabilities, known in Spanish as EDI. In an event which took place in Tarragona in November, the Yellows won the three games which they played and ended a season which, the previous year, had been postsponed by the pandemic."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"A tribute to a decade in yellow"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"During the month of April, Villarreal had a traditional ceremony in the Estadio de la Cer\u00e1mica, hosted by Fernando Roig, paying tribute to the hard work and passion of 13 players who in 2021 reached a decade in Yellow."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Among the prize-winners was first-team player, Jaume Costa, along with the following 12 players who also received the distinguished award from the club: Sergio Lozano (Villarreal B), Yolanda Palomino (Villarreal Women) Albeta L\u00f3pez (Villarreal Women), Laura Jarque (Villarreal Women B), H\u00e9ctor Contreras (Villarreal U19s), \u00c1ngel S\u00e1nchez (Villarreal U17s), Xavier Capdevila (Villarreal U17s), Santi Mulet (Villarreal U17s), H\u00e9ctor Rodr\u00edguez (Villarreal U15s), Iv\u00e1n Tasevski (Villarreal U15s), Fernando Broch (Villarreal U15s) and Alba L\u00f3pez (Villarreal Women U16s)."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The Training Ground reopened"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Without a doubt, one of the most positive pieces of news of 2021 was returning to see people in the stands after some of the toughest moments of the pandemic. It happened in May, when fans returned to the Estadio de la Cer\u00e1mica to enjoy the game against Sevilla (4-0), however it also happened at the Villarreal CF Training Ground (Ciudad Deportiva). In October, Villarreal CF opened Miralcamp up to family members and people accompanying youth players, so they could attend training sessions and matches at the training ground."}],"structured":{"summary":{"text":"The Yellows once more won LaLiga Promises, and normality returned to Miralcamp The Yellows Academy ends 2021 with the pride of having carried out a great job on a sporting level, without losing sight of the values and the methodology that characterise it. The success of the men\u2019s first team, who won their first-ever title, the UEFA Europa League, in Gdansk, and the women\u2019s first team\u2019s promotion to the top flight of Spanish football are not the only successes for the Yellows this year. Among the main achievements for the Yellows\u2019 youth set-up, winning the LaLiga Promises competition for the third time stands out. Villarreal won the 2020 edition, which took place in 2020, with their U13s, who beat Sevilla FC 2-0 in the final. The last time the Yellows won the U12 tournament was in 2016 against Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid. Four editions later, the Submarine were able to repeat that achievement, confirming the Yellows Academy as one of the leading youth set-ups in Spain. The main academy team, Villarreal B, also had an impressive year. Last season, they sealed their place in the newly-formed Primera RFEF, in which they have finished the calendar year in second place, just one point behind Albacete, but with a. game in hand. Villarreal C and the U19s (Juvenil A) also had great 2020\/21 campaigns. Villarreal C, led by Miguel \u00c1ngel Tena before he was replaced by Igor Tasevski when he was named Villarreal director of football, finished fourth in the girst stage of the season, but were finally unable to seal promotion to Segunda RFEF. The team, now managed by Pere Mart\u00ed, are continuing to compete well in Tercera RFEF. The U19s came close to winning the Divisi\u00f3n de Honor title they had lifted in the two previous campaigns. Both teams have a number of players who make up the UEFA Youth League team, which has qualified for the play-offs to the Round of 16. Mart\u00ed\u2019s side will face AZ Alkmaar, the Dutch national champions, in a one-legged tie away from home to try and get into the best 16 U19 teams in Europe. They finished second in their group, just like the first team, behind Manchester United and ahead of Atalanta and Young Boys. Villarreal\u2019s youth set-up also had ten league champions in 2020\/21. Mini C, Mini B, Mini A, Benjam\u00edn C, Benjam\u00edn B, Benjam\u00edn A, Alev\u00edn Femenino, Alev\u00edn C, Alev\u00edn B and Alev\u00edn A. The Alev\u00edn A side also took part in LaLiga Promises 2021, but were knocked out by Sevilla FC, who finished runners-up, in the Round of 16. New affiliated clubs and the return of Primer Toque During the current calendar year, Villarreal CF managed to expand its youth football brand throughout Spain, with UCD La Ca\u00f1ada Atl\u00e9tico and Escola de Futbol Gav\u00e0 becoming part of the affiliated clubs in the formative programme of youngsters organised by the Yellows. During the month of November, the club renewed ties with other clubs it was already working with, such as Benicarl\u00f3 CF, CE Vila d\u2019Onda and UD Vall de Ux\u00f3, with Primer Toque CF also rejoining the alliance after having previously worked with the Yellows for five seasons. During the past campaign, the club also lanched new academies in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia and Russia, as well as working with the Juan Manuel Pe\u00f1a Soccer School in Bolivia, led by the former Yellows defender. And at the start of this current season, the club announced the opening of a new academy in Israel, Villarreal Israel Academy. The team with intellectual disabilities ended last season in Tarragona Another great piece of news from 2021 was the return to action of the team with intellectual disabilities, known in Spanish as EDI. In an event which took place in Tarragona in November, the Yellows won the three games which they played and ended a season which, the previous year, had been postsponed by the pandemic. A tribute to a decade in yellow During the month of April, Villarreal had a traditional ceremony in the Estadio de la Cer\u00e1mica, hosted by Fernando Roig, paying tribute to the hard work and passion of 13 players who in 2021 reached a decade in Yellow. Among the prize-winners was first-team player, Jaume Costa, along with the following 12 players who also received the distinguished award from the club: Sergio Lozano (Villarreal B), Yolanda Palomino (Villarreal Women) Albeta L\u00f3pez (Villarreal Women), Laura Jarque (Villarreal Women B), H\u00e9ctor Contreras (Villarreal U19s), \u00c1ngel S\u00e1nchez (Villarreal U17s), Xavier Capdevila (Villarreal U17s), Santi Mulet (Villarreal U17s), H\u00e9ctor Rodr\u00edguez (Villarreal U15s), Iv\u00e1n Tasevski (Villarreal U15s), Fernando Broch (Villarreal U15s) and Alba L\u00f3pez (Villarreal Women U16s). The Training Ground reopened Without a doubt, one of the most positive pieces of news of 2021 was returning to see people in the stands after some of the toughest moments of the pandemic. It happened in May, when fans returned to the Estadio de la Cer\u00e1mica to enjoy the game against Sevilla (4-0), however it also happened at the Villarreal CF Training Ground (Ciudad Deportiva). 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The success of the men\u2019s first team, who won their first-ever title, the UEFA Europa League, in Gdansk, and the women\u2019s first team\u2019s promotion to the top flight of Spanish football are not the only successes for the Yellows this year. Among the main achievements for the Yellows\u2019 youth set-up, winning the LaLiga Promises competition for the third time stands out. Villarreal won the 2020 edition, which took place in 2020, with their U13s, who beat Sevilla FC 2-0 in the final. The last time the Yellows won the U12 tournament was in 2016 against Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid. Four editions later, the Submarine were able to repeat that achievement, confirming the Yellows Academy as one of the leading youth set-ups in Spain. The main academy team, Villarreal B, also had an impressive year. Last season, they sealed their place in the newly-formed Primera RFEF, in which they have finished the calendar year in second place, just one point behind Albacete, but with a. game in hand. Villarreal C and the U19s (Juvenil A) also had great 2020\/21 campaigns. Villarreal C, led by Miguel \u00c1ngel Tena before he was replaced by Igor Tasevski when he was named Villarreal director of football, finished fourth in the girst stage of the season, but were finally unable to seal promotion to Segunda RFEF. The team, now managed by Pere Mart\u00ed, are continuing to compete well in Tercera RFEF. The U19s came close to winning the Divisi\u00f3n de Honor title they had lifted in the two previous campaigns. Both teams have a number of players who make up the UEFA Youth League team, which has qualified for the play-offs to the Round of 16. Mart\u00ed\u2019s side will face AZ Alkmaar, the Dutch national champions, in a one-legged tie away from home to try and get into the best 16 U19 teams in Europe. They finished second in their group, just like the first team, behind Manchester United and ahead of Atalanta and Young Boys. Villarreal\u2019s youth set-up also had ten league champions in 2020\/21. Mini C, Mini B, Mini A, Benjam\u00edn C, Benjam\u00edn B, Benjam\u00edn A, Alev\u00edn Femenino, Alev\u00edn C, Alev\u00edn B and Alev\u00edn A. The Alev\u00edn A side also took part in LaLiga Promises 2021, but were knocked out by Sevilla FC, who finished runners-up, in the Round of 16. New affiliated clubs and the return of Primer Toque During the current calendar year, Villarreal CF managed to expand its youth football brand throughout Spain, with UCD La Ca\u00f1ada Atl\u00e9tico and Escola de Futbol Gav\u00e0 becoming part of the affiliated clubs in the formative programme of youngsters organised by the Yellows. During the month of November, the club renewed ties with other clubs it was already working with, such as Benicarl\u00f3 CF, CE Vila d\u2019Onda and UD Vall de Ux\u00f3, with Primer Toque CF also rejoining the alliance after having previously worked with the Yellows for five seasons. During the past campaign, the club also lanched new academies in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia and Russia, as well as working with the Juan Manuel Pe\u00f1a Soccer School in Bolivia, led by the former Yellows defender. And at the start of this current season, the club announced the opening of a new academy in Israel, Villarreal Israel Academy. The team with intellectual disabilities ended last season in Tarragona Another great piece of news from 2021 was the return to action of the team with intellectual disabilities, known in Spanish as EDI. In an event which took place in Tarragona in November, the Yellows won the three games which they played and ended a season which, the previous year, had been postsponed by the pandemic. A tribute to a decade in yellow During the month of April, Villarreal had a traditional ceremony in the Estadio de la Cer\u00e1mica, hosted by Fernando Roig, paying tribute to the hard work and passion of 13 players who in 2021 reached a decade in Yellow. Among the prize-winners was first-team player, Jaume Costa, along with the following 12 players who also received the distinguished award from the club: Sergio Lozano (Villarreal B), Yolanda Palomino (Villarreal Women) Albeta L\u00f3pez (Villarreal Women), Laura Jarque (Villarreal Women B), H\u00e9ctor Contreras (Villarreal U19s), \u00c1ngel S\u00e1nchez (Villarreal U17s), Xavier Capdevila (Villarreal U17s), Santi Mulet (Villarreal U17s), H\u00e9ctor Rodr\u00edguez (Villarreal U15s), Iv\u00e1n Tasevski (Villarreal U15s), Fernando Broch (Villarreal U15s) and Alba L\u00f3pez (Villarreal Women U16s). The Training Ground reopened Without a doubt, one of the most positive pieces of news of 2021 was returning to see people in the stands after some of the toughest moments of the pandemic. It happened in May, when fans returned to the Estadio de la Cer\u00e1mica to enjoy the game against Sevilla (4-0), however it also happened at the Villarreal CF Training Ground (Ciudad Deportiva). In October, Villarreal CF opened Miralcamp up to family members and people accompanying youth players, so they could attend training sessions and matches at the training ground.","headings":[],"texts":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"The Yellows once more won LaLiga Promises, and normality returned to Miralcamp"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The Yellows Academy ends 2021 with the pride of having carried out a great job on a sporting level, without losing sight of the values and the methodology that characterise it. The success of the men\u2019s first team, who won their first-ever title, the UEFA Europa League, in Gdansk, and the women\u2019s first team\u2019s promotion to the top flight of Spanish football are not the only successes for the Yellows this year."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Among the main achievements for the Yellows\u2019 youth set-up, winning the LaLiga Promises competition for the third time stands out. Villarreal won the 2020 edition, which took place in 2020, with their U13s, who beat Sevilla FC 2-0 in the final. The last time the Yellows won the U12 tournament was in 2016 against Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid. Four editions later, the Submarine were able to repeat that achievement, confirming the Yellows Academy as one of the leading youth set-ups in Spain."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The main academy team, Villarreal B, also had an impressive year. Last season, they sealed their place in the newly-formed Primera RFEF, in which they have finished the calendar year in second place, just one point behind Albacete, but with a. game in hand."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Villarreal C and the U19s (Juvenil A) also had great 2020\/21 campaigns. Villarreal C, led by Miguel \u00c1ngel Tena before he was replaced by Igor Tasevski when he was named Villarreal director of football, finished fourth in the girst stage of the season, but were finally unable to seal promotion to Segunda RFEF. The team, now managed by Pere Mart\u00ed, are continuing to compete well in Tercera RFEF. The U19s came close to winning the Divisi\u00f3n de Honor title they had lifted in the two previous campaigns."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Both teams have a number of players who make up the UEFA Youth League team, which has qualified for the play-offs to the Round of 16. Mart\u00ed\u2019s side will face AZ Alkmaar, the Dutch national champions, in a one-legged tie away from home to try and get into the best 16 U19 teams in Europe. They finished second in their group, just like the first team, behind Manchester United and ahead of Atalanta and Young Boys."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Villarreal\u2019s youth set-up also had ten league champions in 2020\/21. Mini C, Mini B, Mini A, Benjam\u00edn C, Benjam\u00edn B, Benjam\u00edn A, Alev\u00edn Femenino, Alev\u00edn C, Alev\u00edn B and Alev\u00edn A. The Alev\u00edn A side also took part in LaLiga Promises 2021, but were knocked out by Sevilla FC, who finished runners-up, in the Round of 16."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"New affiliated clubs and the return of Primer Toque"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"During the current calendar year, Villarreal CF managed to expand its youth football brand throughout Spain, with UCD La Ca\u00f1ada Atl\u00e9tico and Escola de Futbol Gav\u00e0 becoming part of the affiliated clubs in the formative programme of youngsters organised by the Yellows. During the month of November, the club renewed ties with other clubs it was already working with, such as Benicarl\u00f3 CF, CE Vila d\u2019Onda and UD Vall de Ux\u00f3, with Primer Toque CF also rejoining the alliance after having previously worked with the Yellows for five seasons."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"During the past campaign, the club also lanched new academies in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia and Russia, as well as working with the Juan Manuel Pe\u00f1a Soccer School in Bolivia, led by the former Yellows defender. And at the start of this current season, the club announced the opening of a new academy in Israel, Villarreal Israel Academy."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The team with intellectual disabilities ended last season in Tarragona"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Another great piece of news from 2021 was the return to action of the team with intellectual disabilities, known in Spanish as EDI. In an event which took place in Tarragona in November, the Yellows won the three games which they played and ended a season which, the previous year, had been postsponed by the pandemic."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"A tribute to a decade in yellow"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"During the month of April, Villarreal had a traditional ceremony in the Estadio de la Cer\u00e1mica, hosted by Fernando Roig, paying tribute to the hard work and passion of 13 players who in 2021 reached a decade in Yellow."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Among the prize-winners was first-team player, Jaume Costa, along with the following 12 players who also received the distinguished award from the club: Sergio Lozano (Villarreal B), Yolanda Palomino (Villarreal Women) Albeta L\u00f3pez (Villarreal Women), Laura Jarque (Villarreal Women B), H\u00e9ctor Contreras (Villarreal U19s), \u00c1ngel S\u00e1nchez (Villarreal U17s), Xavier Capdevila (Villarreal U17s), Santi Mulet (Villarreal U17s), H\u00e9ctor Rodr\u00edguez (Villarreal U15s), Iv\u00e1n Tasevski (Villarreal U15s), Fernando Broch (Villarreal U15s) and Alba L\u00f3pez (Villarreal Women U16s)."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The Training Ground reopened"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Without a doubt, one of the most positive pieces of news of 2021 was returning to see people in the stands after some of the toughest moments of the pandemic. It happened in May, when fans returned to the Estadio de la Cer\u00e1mica to enjoy the game against Sevilla (4-0), however it also happened at the Villarreal CF Training Ground (Ciudad Deportiva). 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The success of the men\u2019s first team, who won their first-ever title, the UEFA Europa League, in Gdansk, and the women\u2019s first team\u2019s promotion to the top flight of Spanish football are not the only successes for the Yellows this year."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Among the main achievements for the Yellows\u2019 youth set-up, winning the LaLiga Promises competition for the third time stands out. Villarreal won the 2020 edition, which took place in 2020, with their U13s, who beat Sevilla FC 2-0 in the final. The last time the Yellows won the U12 tournament was in 2016 against Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid. Four editions later, the Submarine were able to repeat that achievement, confirming the Yellows Academy as one of the leading youth set-ups in Spain."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The main academy team, Villarreal B, also had an impressive year. Last season, they sealed their place in the newly-formed Primera RFEF, in which they have finished the calendar year in second place, just one point behind Albacete, but with a. game in hand."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Villarreal C and the U19s (Juvenil A) also had great 2020\/21 campaigns. Villarreal C, led by Miguel \u00c1ngel Tena before he was replaced by Igor Tasevski when he was named Villarreal director of football, finished fourth in the girst stage of the season, but were finally unable to seal promotion to Segunda RFEF. The team, now managed by Pere Mart\u00ed, are continuing to compete well in Tercera RFEF. The U19s came close to winning the Divisi\u00f3n de Honor title they had lifted in the two previous campaigns."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Both teams have a number of players who make up the UEFA Youth League team, which has qualified for the play-offs to the Round of 16. Mart\u00ed\u2019s side will face AZ Alkmaar, the Dutch national champions, in a one-legged tie away from home to try and get into the best 16 U19 teams in Europe. They finished second in their group, just like the first team, behind Manchester United and ahead of Atalanta and Young Boys."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Villarreal\u2019s youth set-up also had ten league champions in 2020\/21. Mini C, Mini B, Mini A, Benjam\u00edn C, Benjam\u00edn B, Benjam\u00edn A, Alev\u00edn Femenino, Alev\u00edn C, Alev\u00edn B and Alev\u00edn A. The Alev\u00edn A side also took part in LaLiga Promises 2021, but were knocked out by Sevilla FC, who finished runners-up, in the Round of 16."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"New affiliated clubs and the return of Primer Toque"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"During the current calendar year, Villarreal CF managed to expand its youth football brand throughout Spain, with UCD La Ca\u00f1ada Atl\u00e9tico and Escola de Futbol Gav\u00e0 becoming part of the affiliated clubs in the formative programme of youngsters organised by the Yellows. During the month of November, the club renewed ties with other clubs it was already working with, such as Benicarl\u00f3 CF, CE Vila d\u2019Onda and UD Vall de Ux\u00f3, with Primer Toque CF also rejoining the alliance after having previously worked with the Yellows for five seasons."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"During the past campaign, the club also lanched new academies in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia and Russia, as well as working with the Juan Manuel Pe\u00f1a Soccer School in Bolivia, led by the former Yellows defender. And at the start of this current season, the club announced the opening of a new academy in Israel, Villarreal Israel Academy."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The team with intellectual disabilities ended last season in Tarragona"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Another great piece of news from 2021 was the return to action of the team with intellectual disabilities, known in Spanish as EDI. 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It happened in May, when fans returned to the Estadio de la Cer\u00e1mica to enjoy the game against Sevilla (4-0), however it also happened at the Villarreal CF Training Ground (Ciudad Deportiva). In October, Villarreal CF opened Miralcamp up to family members and people accompanying youth players, so they could attend training sessions and matches at the training ground."}]}],"hero":{"id":"section-1","title":"","text":"The Yellows once more won LaLiga Promises, and normality returned to Miralcamp The Yellows Academy ends 2021 with the pride of having carried out a great job on a sporting level, without losing sight of the values and the methodology that characterise it. The success of the men\u2019s first team, who won their first-ever title, the UEFA Europa League, in Gdansk, and the women\u2019s first team\u2019s promotion to the top flight of Spanish football are not the only successes for the Yellows this year. Among the main achievements for the Yellows\u2019 youth set-up, winning the LaLiga Promises competition for the third time stands out. Villarreal won the 2020 edition, which took place in 2020, with their U13s, who beat Sevilla FC 2-0 in the final. The last time the Yellows won the U12 tournament was in 2016 against Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid. Four editions later, the Submarine were able to repeat that achievement, confirming the Yellows Academy as one of the leading youth set-ups in Spain. The main academy team, Villarreal B, also had an impressive year. Last season, they sealed their place in the newly-formed Primera RFEF, in which they have finished the calendar year in second place, just one point behind Albacete, but with a. game in hand. Villarreal C and the U19s (Juvenil A) also had great 2020\/21 campaigns. Villarreal C, led by Miguel \u00c1ngel Tena before he was replaced by Igor Tasevski when he was named Villarreal director of football, finished fourth in the girst stage of the season, but were finally unable to seal promotion to Segunda RFEF. The team, now managed by Pere Mart\u00ed, are continuing to compete well in Tercera RFEF. The U19s came close to winning the Divisi\u00f3n de Honor title they had lifted in the two previous campaigns. Both teams have a number of players who make up the UEFA Youth League team, which has qualified for the play-offs to the Round of 16. Mart\u00ed\u2019s side will face AZ Alkmaar, the Dutch national champions, in a one-legged tie away from home to try and get into the best 16 U19 teams in Europe. They finished second in their group, just like the first team, behind Manchester United and ahead of Atalanta and Young Boys. Villarreal\u2019s youth set-up also had ten league champions in 2020\/21. Mini C, Mini B, Mini A, Benjam\u00edn C, Benjam\u00edn B, Benjam\u00edn A, Alev\u00edn Femenino, Alev\u00edn C, Alev\u00edn B and Alev\u00edn A. The Alev\u00edn A side also took part in LaLiga Promises 2021, but were knocked out by Sevilla FC, who finished runners-up, in the Round of 16. New affiliated clubs and the return of Primer Toque During the current calendar year, Villarreal CF managed to expand its youth football brand throughout Spain, with UCD La Ca\u00f1ada Atl\u00e9tico and Escola de Futbol Gav\u00e0 becoming part of the affiliated clubs in the formative programme of youngsters organised by the Yellows. During the month of November, the club renewed ties with other clubs it was already working with, such as Benicarl\u00f3 CF, CE Vila d\u2019Onda and UD Vall de Ux\u00f3, with Primer Toque CF also rejoining the alliance after having previously worked with the Yellows for five seasons. During the past campaign, the club also lanched new academies in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia and Russia, as well as working with the Juan Manuel Pe\u00f1a Soccer School in Bolivia, led by the former Yellows defender. And at the start of this current season, the club announced the opening of a new academy in Israel, Villarreal Israel Academy. The team with intellectual disabilities ended last season in Tarragona Another great piece of news from 2021 was the return to action of the team with intellectual disabilities, known in Spanish as EDI. In an event which took place in Tarragona in November, the Yellows won the three games which they played and ended a season which, the previous year, had been postsponed by the pandemic. A tribute to a decade in yellow During the month of April, Villarreal had a traditional ceremony in the Estadio de la Cer\u00e1mica, hosted by Fernando Roig, paying tribute to the hard work and passion of 13 players who in 2021 reached a decade in Yellow. Among the prize-winners was first-team player, Jaume Costa, along with the following 12 players who also received the distinguished award from the club: Sergio Lozano (Villarreal B), Yolanda Palomino (Villarreal Women) Albeta L\u00f3pez (Villarreal Women), Laura Jarque (Villarreal Women B), H\u00e9ctor Contreras (Villarreal U19s), \u00c1ngel S\u00e1nchez (Villarreal U17s), Xavier Capdevila (Villarreal U17s), Santi Mulet (Villarreal U17s), H\u00e9ctor Rodr\u00edguez (Villarreal U15s), Iv\u00e1n Tasevski (Villarreal U15s), Fernando Broch (Villarreal U15s) and Alba L\u00f3pez (Villarreal Women U16s). The Training Ground reopened Without a doubt, one of the most positive pieces of news of 2021 was returning to see people in the stands after some of the toughest moments of the pandemic. It happened in May, when fans returned to the Estadio de la Cer\u00e1mica to enjoy the game against Sevilla (4-0), however it also happened at the Villarreal CF Training Ground (Ciudad Deportiva). In October, Villarreal CF opened Miralcamp up to family members and people accompanying youth players, so they could attend training sessions and matches at the training ground.","headings":[],"texts":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"The Yellows once more won LaLiga Promises, and normality returned to Miralcamp"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The Yellows Academy ends 2021 with the pride of having carried out a great job on a sporting level, without losing sight of the values and the methodology that characterise it. The success of the men\u2019s first team, who won their first-ever title, the UEFA Europa League, in Gdansk, and the women\u2019s first team\u2019s promotion to the top flight of Spanish football are not the only successes for the Yellows this year."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Among the main achievements for the Yellows\u2019 youth set-up, winning the LaLiga Promises competition for the third time stands out. Villarreal won the 2020 edition, which took place in 2020, with their U13s, who beat Sevilla FC 2-0 in the final. The last time the Yellows won the U12 tournament was in 2016 against Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid. Four editions later, the Submarine were able to repeat that achievement, confirming the Yellows Academy as one of the leading youth set-ups in Spain."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The main academy team, Villarreal B, also had an impressive year. 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Mart\u00ed\u2019s side will face AZ Alkmaar, the Dutch national champions, in a one-legged tie away from home to try and get into the best 16 U19 teams in Europe. They finished second in their group, just like the first team, behind Manchester United and ahead of Atalanta and Young Boys."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Villarreal\u2019s youth set-up also had ten league champions in 2020\/21. Mini C, Mini B, Mini A, Benjam\u00edn C, Benjam\u00edn B, Benjam\u00edn A, Alev\u00edn Femenino, Alev\u00edn C, Alev\u00edn B and Alev\u00edn A. 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During the month of November, the club renewed ties with other clubs it was already working with, such as Benicarl\u00f3 CF, CE Vila d\u2019Onda and UD Vall de Ux\u00f3, with Primer Toque CF also rejoining the alliance after having previously worked with the Yellows for five seasons."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"During the past campaign, the club also lanched new academies in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia and Russia, as well as working with the Juan Manuel Pe\u00f1a Soccer School in Bolivia, led by the former Yellows defender. And at the start of this current season, the club announced the opening of a new academy in Israel, Villarreal Israel Academy."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The team with intellectual disabilities ended last season in Tarragona"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Another great piece of news from 2021 was the return to action of the team with intellectual disabilities, known in Spanish as EDI. 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Mart\u00ed\u2019s side will face AZ Alkmaar, the Dutch national champions, in a one-legged tie away from home to try and get into the best 16 U19 teams in Europe. They finished second in their group, just like the first team, behind Manchester United and ahead of Atalanta and Young Boys."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Villarreal\u2019s youth set-up also had ten league champions in 2020\/21. Mini C, Mini B, Mini A, Benjam\u00edn C, Benjam\u00edn B, Benjam\u00edn A, Alev\u00edn Femenino, Alev\u00edn C, Alev\u00edn B and Alev\u00edn A. The Alev\u00edn A side also took part in LaLiga Promises 2021, but were knocked out by Sevilla FC, who finished runners-up, in the Round of 16."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"New affiliated clubs and the return of Primer Toque"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"During the current calendar year, Villarreal CF managed to expand its youth football brand throughout Spain, with UCD La Ca\u00f1ada Atl\u00e9tico and Escola de Futbol Gav\u00e0 becoming part of the affiliated clubs in the formative programme of youngsters organised by the Yellows. 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In an event which took place in Tarragona in November, the Yellows won the three games which they played and ended a season which, the previous year, had been postsponed by the pandemic."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"A tribute to a decade in yellow"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"During the month of April, Villarreal had a traditional ceremony in the Estadio de la Cer\u00e1mica, hosted by Fernando Roig, paying tribute to the hard work and passion of 13 players who in 2021 reached a decade in Yellow."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Among the prize-winners was first-team player, Jaume Costa, along with the following 12 players who also received the distinguished award from the club: Sergio Lozano (Villarreal B), Yolanda Palomino (Villarreal Women) Albeta L\u00f3pez (Villarreal Women), Laura Jarque (Villarreal Women B), H\u00e9ctor Contreras (Villarreal U19s), \u00c1ngel S\u00e1nchez (Villarreal U17s), Xavier Capdevila (Villarreal U17s), Santi Mulet (Villarreal U17s), H\u00e9ctor Rodr\u00edguez (Villarreal U15s), Iv\u00e1n Tasevski (Villarreal U15s), Fernando Broch (Villarreal U15s) and Alba L\u00f3pez (Villarreal Women U16s)."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The Training Ground reopened"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Without a doubt, one of the most positive pieces of news of 2021 was returning to see people in the stands after some of the toughest moments of the pandemic. It happened in May, when fans returned to the Estadio de la Cer\u00e1mica to enjoy the game against Sevilla (4-0), however it also happened at the Villarreal CF Training Ground (Ciudad Deportiva). In October, Villarreal CF opened Miralcamp up to family members and people accompanying youth players, so they could attend training sessions and matches at the training ground."}]}},"sections":[{"id":"section-1","title":"","text":"The Yellows once more won LaLiga Promises, and normality returned to Miralcamp The Yellows Academy ends 2021 with the pride of having carried out a great job on a sporting level, without losing sight of the values and the methodology that characterise it. The success of the men\u2019s first team, who won their first-ever title, the UEFA Europa League, in Gdansk, and the women\u2019s first team\u2019s promotion to the top flight of Spanish football are not the only successes for the Yellows this year. Among the main achievements for the Yellows\u2019 youth set-up, winning the LaLiga Promises competition for the third time stands out. Villarreal won the 2020 edition, which took place in 2020, with their U13s, who beat Sevilla FC 2-0 in the final. The last time the Yellows won the U12 tournament was in 2016 against Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid. Four editions later, the Submarine were able to repeat that achievement, confirming the Yellows Academy as one of the leading youth set-ups in Spain. The main academy team, Villarreal B, also had an impressive year. Last season, they sealed their place in the newly-formed Primera RFEF, in which they have finished the calendar year in second place, just one point behind Albacete, but with a. game in hand. Villarreal C and the U19s (Juvenil A) also had great 2020\/21 campaigns. Villarreal C, led by Miguel \u00c1ngel Tena before he was replaced by Igor Tasevski when he was named Villarreal director of football, finished fourth in the girst stage of the season, but were finally unable to seal promotion to Segunda RFEF. The team, now managed by Pere Mart\u00ed, are continuing to compete well in Tercera RFEF. The U19s came close to winning the Divisi\u00f3n de Honor title they had lifted in the two previous campaigns. Both teams have a number of players who make up the UEFA Youth League team, which has qualified for the play-offs to the Round of 16. Mart\u00ed\u2019s side will face AZ Alkmaar, the Dutch national champions, in a one-legged tie away from home to try and get into the best 16 U19 teams in Europe. They finished second in their group, just like the first team, behind Manchester United and ahead of Atalanta and Young Boys. Villarreal\u2019s youth set-up also had ten league champions in 2020\/21. Mini C, Mini B, Mini A, Benjam\u00edn C, Benjam\u00edn B, Benjam\u00edn A, Alev\u00edn Femenino, Alev\u00edn C, Alev\u00edn B and Alev\u00edn A. The Alev\u00edn A side also took part in LaLiga Promises 2021, but were knocked out by Sevilla FC, who finished runners-up, in the Round of 16. New affiliated clubs and the return of Primer Toque During the current calendar year, Villarreal CF managed to expand its youth football brand throughout Spain, with UCD La Ca\u00f1ada Atl\u00e9tico and Escola de Futbol Gav\u00e0 becoming part of the affiliated clubs in the formative programme of youngsters organised by the Yellows. During the month of November, the club renewed ties with other clubs it was already working with, such as Benicarl\u00f3 CF, CE Vila d\u2019Onda and UD Vall de Ux\u00f3, with Primer Toque CF also rejoining the alliance after having previously worked with the Yellows for five seasons. During the past campaign, the club also lanched new academies in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia and Russia, as well as working with the Juan Manuel Pe\u00f1a Soccer School in Bolivia, led by the former Yellows defender. And at the start of this current season, the club announced the opening of a new academy in Israel, Villarreal Israel Academy. The team with intellectual disabilities ended last season in Tarragona Another great piece of news from 2021 was the return to action of the team with intellectual disabilities, known in Spanish as EDI. In an event which took place in Tarragona in November, the Yellows won the three games which they played and ended a season which, the previous year, had been postsponed by the pandemic. A tribute to a decade in yellow During the month of April, Villarreal had a traditional ceremony in the Estadio de la Cer\u00e1mica, hosted by Fernando Roig, paying tribute to the hard work and passion of 13 players who in 2021 reached a decade in Yellow. Among the prize-winners was first-team player, Jaume Costa, along with the following 12 players who also received the distinguished award from the club: Sergio Lozano (Villarreal B), Yolanda Palomino (Villarreal Women) Albeta L\u00f3pez (Villarreal Women), Laura Jarque (Villarreal Women B), H\u00e9ctor Contreras (Villarreal U19s), \u00c1ngel S\u00e1nchez (Villarreal U17s), Xavier Capdevila (Villarreal U17s), Santi Mulet (Villarreal U17s), H\u00e9ctor Rodr\u00edguez (Villarreal U15s), Iv\u00e1n Tasevski (Villarreal U15s), Fernando Broch (Villarreal U15s) and Alba L\u00f3pez (Villarreal Women U16s). 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