Fiesta Centenario Villareal C.F. | El campeón de la UEFA Europa League 2020/21

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Fiesta Centenario Villareal C.F. | El campeón de la UEFA Europa League 2020/21

Vibrant, beautiful, emotional, historic… Nearly 20,000 fans enjoyed the Villarreal CF Centenary Party to the full in a packed and enthusiastic Estadio de la Cerámica, which recalled all the eras of the club and the town, in a celebration that included the participation of seven associations, seven music bands from the province and seven individual artists, which meant a total of 600 people on stage. An unprecedented show that will remain in the memory of all Yellows forever. Incredible!

The ‘Centenary Party’ on 10th March was an artistic representation of the 100 years of history of the club and the city, with socio-cultural nods to the club through different theatrical, musical and audiovisual components. The event began by showing the roots, the social context of the 1920s – the time of the founding of CD Villarreal – with a tribute to a Vila-real icon like Francisco Tàrrega with two local musicians (cellist Alfonso Rochera and guitarist Sara Mezquita), who will be part of the show that the club will also organise on this centenary at the end of 2023 in honour of Tàrrega. It was followed by the ‘Ball de l’Anguila‘ as a leisure tradition of the time through the Associació Cultural El Trull, and artists playing the dolçaine and tabelete and the El Raval dance group, also accompanied by the giants of Vila-real: Pasqualet, Marigracieta, Jaumet and Pinella.

Renowned theatre company from Vila-real, Xarxa Teatre, accompanied the organisation and took part in the different performances that took place on the pitch. Once the setting was represented, the historical part of the entity began, with the biography of the founder and important figure of CD Villarreal, José Calduch. A pharmacist, visionary and passionate about sport, Calduch would bring football to his city -white kit, black shorts-, generating a huge following among the youngsters of the time. After the break forced by the war, the club was re-founded under the name of Club Atlético Foghetecaz: in the 1940s, a strange acronym that corresponded to the initials of its founders (the two dots symbolised an ‘etcetera’) and which would later recover the name of the city under the name CAF Villarreal. That decade would end with the change of colour from white to yellow in the kit, which would become the distinguishing mark of the club forever. The final name of the club, Villarreal Club de Fútbol, was adopted in 1954.

The arrival of Pascual Font de Mora marked a turning point for the club. A player, director and president, he is considered the great saviour of the era by professionalising the club, converting it into a sports PLC. With Font de Mora came the club’s first major milestone: promotion to the Second Division after a final against Bilbao Athletic at the Santiago Bernabéu in 1970. At that time, a song became the battle cry and emblem of the fans. El Submarino Amarillo by Los Mustang – a cover version of The Beatles – would change the club’s history with a new identity. The singer, Santi Carulla, who had already performed at the then Madrigal after that achievement, returned to La Cerámica to perform it at the centenary party. The fans once again sang the hit live and the inflatable yellow submarine of modern great deeds, accompanied by a yellow tide of fans and Groguet, the mascot, returned to the pitch.

José Manuel Llaneza would undoubtedly be a decisive director in the club’s modern era. The man from Puçol arrived at Villarreal in 1994 and held various executive positions, being one of the great architects of the club’s institutional growth. Llaneza was the key player in the transition of the transfer of power for the arrival of Fernando Roig in 1997, which would be the definitive turning point for the project to establish itself in the highest category of Spanish football and become a successful management model, looking to the future with the construction of the Training Ground and the firm and clear commitment to the academy. Roig achieved what nobody imagined: promotion to the First Division in his first year. And then the whole town celebrated in the streets, in the square. Endless joy. Then the club’s official anthem was born, to which Toni Pitarch wrote the lyrics and the Sant Jaume Choir, directed by Alfredo Sanz, composed the music. Accompanied by the Violincheli Brothers (Alejandro and Pablo Turlo), they performed the anthem in front of the crowd. And the crowd went wild, as they do before every match.

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