Club de Fútbol Villanovense is a

Spanish football team The Spain national football team ( es, Selección Española de Fútbol) has represented Spain in international men's football competitions since 1920. It is governed by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football i ...

based in

Villanueva de la Serena Villanueva de la Serena is a city in the Province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. It has a population of 26,111 (2010) and forms part of a larger urban area with the neighbouring town of Don Benito. History Founded in the thirteenth century as ...

, in the autonomous community of

Extremadura Extremadura (; ext, Estremaúra; pt, Estremadura; Fala: ''Extremaúra'') is an autonomous community of Spain. Its capital city is Mérida, and its largest city is Badajoz. Located in the central-western part of the Iberian Peninsula, ...

. Founded in 1992 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – 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 Club Deportivo Villanovense was a Spanish football team based in Villanueva de la Serena, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 1951, it was dissolved in 1992 and subsequently replaced by CF Villanovense. Season to season --- ...

. Initially, the club was named Sport Club Villanueva de la Serena with players wearing blue and white vertically striped t-shirts. 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

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. The following season, the team reached the last 32 of the

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, where they faced reigning league, cup and European champions

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. Despite holding the

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to a goalless draw in the first leg at home, they lost 6–1 on aggregate. In the 2016–17 season, Villanovense qualified again for the

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, but after beating

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in the first round, they were eliminated by

Racing de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league syst ...

Season to season

---- *11 seasons in

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*1 season in Segunda División RFEF *14 seasons in

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Current squad

Honours

: (3) 2005–06, 2010–11, 2013–14

References

External links

Official website

Futbolme team profile

Official forum

Club & stadium history Estadios de España
{{DEFAULTSORT:Villanovense Football clubs in Extremadura Association football clubs established in 1992 1992 establishments in Spain Province of Badajoz