CF Villanovense

Villanovense
Full name	Club de Fútbol Villanovense
Founded	1992
Ground	Estadio Romero Cuerda,; Villanueva de la Serena, Extremadura, Spain
Capacity	5,000
President	José María Tapia
Head coach	José González Barrantes
League	Segunda Federación – Group 4
2023–24	Segunda Federación – Group 5, 11th of 18
Home colours	Away colours

Club de Fútbol Villanovense is a Spanish football team based in Villanueva de la Serena, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 1992 it plays in Segunda Federación – Group 4, holding home matches at Estadio Romero Cuerda, with a capacity of 5,000 seats.

History

CF Villanovense was founded in 1992 with the aim to replace dissolved CD Villanovense. In the 2014–15 season, the club played for the first time the promotion play-offs to Segunda División, being eliminated in the first round by Bilbao Athletic.^[2]

The following season, the team reached the last 32 of the Copa del Rey, where they faced reigning league, cup and European champions Barcelona. Despite holding the Catalans to a goalless draw in the first leg at home, they lost 6–1 on aggregate.^[3]

In the 2016–17 season, Villanovense qualified again for the promotion play-offs, but after beating Fuenlabrada in the first round, they were eliminated by Racing de Santander 4–2 on aggregate despite winning the first leg.^[4]

Villanovense again made the last 32 of the Copa del Rey in 2018–19, losing by a single André Silva goal to top-flight Sevilla.^[5] The league campaign ended with relegation to the Tercera División, bouncing back immediately in July 2020 with a playoff victory over Cacereño; despite a 1–1 draw in the final, they advanced as seeds having won the group.^[6]

Season to season

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Copa del Rey
1992–93	5	Reg. Pref.	6th
1993–94	5	Reg. Pref.	14th
1994–95	5	Reg. Pref.	3rd
1995–96	5	Reg. Pref.	1st
1996–97	4	3ª	16th
1997–98	4	3ª	5th
1998–99	4	3ª	12th
1999–2000	4	3ª	4th
2000–01	4	3ª	6th
2001–02	4	3ª	4th
2002–03	4	3ª	3rd
2003–04	3	2ª B	19th
2004–05	4	3ª	2nd
2005–06	4	3ª	1st
2006–07	3	2ª B	19th	First round
2007–08	4	3ª	3rd
2008–09	4	3ª	3rd
2009–10	3	2ª B	17th
2010–11	4	3ª	1st
2011–12	3	2ª B	9th	Second round

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Copa del Rey
2012–13	3	2ª B	16th
2013–14	4	3ª	1st
2014–15	3	2ª B	4th	Second round
2015–16	3	2ª B	12th	Round of 32
2016–17	3	2ª B	3rd
2017–18	3	2ª B	6th	First round
2018–19	3	2ª B	18th	Round of 32
2019–20	4	3ª	1st
2020–21	3	2ª B	4th / 3rd	First round
2021–22	4	2ª RFEF	8th
2022–23	4	2ª Fed.	6th
2023–24	4	2ª Fed.	11th	Second round
2024–25	4	2ª Fed.

11 seasons in Segunda División B
4 seasons in Segunda Federación/Segunda División RFEF
14 seasons in Tercera División

Current squad

As of 22 July 2023^[7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	ESP	José Tapia (captain)
4	DF	ESP	Javi Sánchez
5	DF	ESP	Javi Lobato
6	MF	ESP	Ángel Pajuelo
7	FW	ESP	Álvaro Méndez
8	MF	ESP	Álvaro Clausí
9	FW	ESP	José Rivera
11	FW	ESP	Jesús Sillero
12	DF	ESP	Samuel Hurtado
13	GK	ESP	Sergio Tienza


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	FW	ESP	Israel Cano (on loan from Betis B)
16	MF	ESP	Roger Colomina
18	DF	ESP	Adrián Escudero
19	DF	ESP	Moisés Rodríguez
20	FW	ESP	Seth Airam (on loan from Cádiz)
21	FW	ESP	Óscar Muñoz
22	DF	ESP	José Antonio Espín
—	MF	ESP	Lolo Garrido
—	MF	ESP	David Sánchez

Honours

Tercera División: (4) 2005–06, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2019–20

References

^ Domeque, Estrella (12 December 2022). "José González 'Gus' toma las riendas del Villanovense" [José González 'Gus' takes the reins of Villanovense]. Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 May 2023.
^ "El Bilbao Athletic avanza a la siguiente ronda" [Bilbao Athletic advance to the next round]. El Correo (in Spanish). 1 June 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
^ "Barcelona 6–1 Villanovense". BBC Sport. 2 December 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
^ "El Racing se mete en la final del playoff con una goleada" [Racing put themselves in the playoff final with a thrashing]. ABC (in Spanish). 11 June 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
^ "Andre Silva strikes gold". Marca. 5 December 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
^ Galeano, Paco (26 July 2020). "El Villanovense se lleva el ascenso extremeño a Segunda B" [Villanovense take the Extremaduran promotion to Segunda B]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 May 2023.
^ "Plantilla – Web Oficial C.F. Villanovense" (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 April 2021.

External links

Official website (in Spanish)
Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
Official forum (in Spanish) (archived)
Club & stadium history Estadios de España (in English)

38°58′29″N 5°47′10″W / 38.974739°N 5.786171°W / 38.974739; -5.786171

[1] Domeque, Estrella (12 December 2022). "José González 'Gus' toma las riendas del Villanovense" [José González 'Gus' takes the reins of Villanovense]. Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 May 2023.

[2] "El Bilbao Athletic avanza a la siguiente ronda" [Bilbao Athletic advance to the next round]. El Correo (in Spanish). 1 June 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2017.

[3] "Barcelona 6–1 Villanovense". BBC Sport. 2 December 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2017.

[4] "El Racing se mete en la final del playoff con una goleada" [Racing put themselves in the playoff final with a thrashing]. ABC (in Spanish). 11 June 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2023.

[5] "Andre Silva strikes gold". Marca. 5 December 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2023.

[6] Galeano, Paco (26 July 2020). "El Villanovense se lleva el ascenso extremeño a Segunda B" [Villanovense take the Extremaduran promotion to Segunda B]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 May 2023.

[7] "Plantilla – Web Oficial C.F. Villanovense" (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 April 2021.

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