Villarreal CF - Return to La Liga

[southernmetalhead]

Villarreal CF did not break into Spain's top division of La Liga until the 1998/99 season. They finished 18th in their opening campaign and were relegated, only to return again in 2000/01. This time The Yellow Submarine lasted for 12 seasons in the Spanish top flight, finishing as high as 2nd in 2007/08. 2010/11 once again saw Villarreal qualify for the UEFA Champions League with a 4th place La Liga finish, but after an injury to star forward Giuseppe Rossi in October 2011, Villarreal collapsed in the 2011/12 campaign finishing 18th to once again be relegated. This is a dynasty hoping to lead Villarreal back into La Liga and prominence on the European stage.

Dynasty Info

Rosters: Default
Sliders: Orion's with tweaks
Half Length: 15 minutes
Board Strictness: Lenient

[southernmetalhead]

Villarreal Hire Luis Enrique

VILLARREAL - Villarreal CF announced they have hired former AS Roma manager Luis Enrique to the same position as the club seeks to make the jump back into Spain's football top flight of La Liga after being relegated due to an 18th place finish in the 2011/12 season.

Enrique spent 1 season in charge of the Giallorossi where the club finished in 7th place in Serie A with a record of 16-8-14. After not qualifying for any European competition, Enrique stepped down from his post with one year remaining on his contract. Enrique had previously been the manager of Barcelona B from 2008-11 after succeeding Pep Guardiola.

A native of Gijón, Spain, Enrique is a former midfielder/striker for Real Madrid (1991-96) and Barcelona (1996-2004). He also represented Spain 62 times from 1991-2002 scoring 12 goals.

In his introductory press conference after being named Villarreal manager, Enrique stated the club's goals as follows: "The number one objective is to gain promotion back to La Liga. That is what I was brought here to do. How will we achieve that? I believe Villarreal will finish in 1st place in Liga Adelante. Nothing else should be expected."

Enrique continued, "After promotion back to La Liga, we will focus once again on European competition. However, we must take this process one step at a time. We are still in the Segunda División at the moment, so we must not get ahead of ourselves."

Now head boss of Villarreal, Enrique will also oversee the selling of top forward Giuseppe Rossi. The Italian international has a price tag of around €20 million and has asked for a transfer after Villarreal's relegation, not wanting to play in the Spanish 2nd division. Rossi would preferably like to be moved to a team in Italy, but many top clubs from around Europe will be vying for his services.

[Fedal180]

Good luck with this, will be watching. I started a Villarreal one earlier but for some reason stopped it. I think it's cuz of my love of Celtic. Hopefully you can check out my Celtic one too but I look forward to see how this goes for you

[southernmetalhead]

Quote: Originally Posted by Fedal180

Good luck with this, will be watching. I started a Villarreal one earlier but for some reason stopped it. I think it's cuz of my love of Celtic. Hopefully you can check out my Celtic one too but I look forward to see how this goes for you

Yes, I'm glad to see your Celtic dynasty back. I am following.

Thanks for following this.

[4EverBlowingBubbles]

La Liga. Awesome, mate! Best of luck on your new career. It's good to see people playing other leagues too.

[pfeifere1]

I hope the money you get from selling Rossi can lead you to the promise land!! Best of luck. Definitely following.

[southernmetalhead]

Quote: Originally Posted by 4EverBlowingBubbles

La Liga. Awesome, mate! Best of luck on your new career. It's good to see people playing other leagues too.

Thanks, this will be my first major venture into La Liga. Down the line I may add an Italy one too, but for now I want to get this kick started.

Quote: Originally Posted by pfeifere1

I hope the money you get from selling Rossi can lead you to the promise land!! Best of luck. Definitely following.

Ya the Rossi money will be nice, though I will probably try to save most of it until I get into La Liga. The side I have right now should be a force in Liga Adelante with minimal additions.

[southernmetalhead]

Current Squad

2012-13 Villarreal CF
#	NAME	POS	HT	WT	AGE	NATION
22	Giuseppe Rossi (82)	CF	5'8	161	25	Italy
9	Fernando Cavenaghi (73)	ST	5'11	172	28	Argentina
8	Ikechukwu Uche (71)	ST	5'9	161	28	Nigeria
12	Walter Pandiani (71)	ST	6'0	165	36	Uruguay
32	Gerard Moreno (61)	ST	5'10	165	20	Spain
30	Pablo Gonzalez (59)	CF	5'8	143	19	Spain

#	NAME	POS	HT	WT	AGE	NATION
21	Bruno (80)	CDM	6'0	163	28	Spain
10	Cani (76)	RM	5'11	165	30	Spain
19	Marcos Senna (76)	CM	5'10	167	35	Spain
20	Hector Canteros (73)	CM	5'9	176	23	Argentina
11	Hernan Perez (70)	RM	5'11	169	23	Paraguay
23	Gerard Bordas (67)	LM	5'10	154	30	Spain
7	Dani Toribio (66)	CDM	5'8	161	23	Spain
14	Manu Trigueros (65)	CAM	5'10	154	20	Spain
27	Moi Gomez (60)	CAM	5'7	136	17	Spain

#	NAME	POS	HT	WT	AGE	NATION
6	Olof Mellberg (78)	CB	6'1	183	34	Sweden
4	Mateo Musacchio (74)	CB	5'11	161	21	Argentina
17	Javi Venta (71)	RB	5'11	163	36	Spain
3	Joan Oriol (69)	LB	5'9	152	25	Spain
2	Mario Gaspar (69)	RB	5'10	156	21	Spain
18	Jaume Costa (66)	LB	5'8	147	24	Spain
28	Florian Lejeune (65)	CB	6'2	178	21	France
5	Truyols (63)	CB	5'10	154	22	Spain
44	Nicolas Pandiani (55)	CB	6'2	167	18	Uruguay

#	NAME	POS	HT	WT	AGE	NATION
1	Diego Marino (72)	GK	6'1	165	22	Spain
25	Juan Carlos (68)	GK	5'11	172	24	Spain
52	Adrian Ortola (63)	GK	6'4	167	18	Spain