Editing Villarreal CF (section)

===1929–98: time in lower divisions===
Villarreal entered regional competitions within the Spanish football pyramid from 1929 to 1930 onwards. The 1934–35 season saw the team lose to [[Cartagena CF|Cartagena]] when a win would have seen them promoted to the nationwide Second Division.<ref name="autogenerated4" /> The following season saw Villarreal win the First Division of the region before the outbreak of the [[Spanish Civil War]].<ref name="autogenerated4" />

When the war finished in 1939, the club played again in the Second Division of the region.<ref name="autogenerated4" /> However, CD Villarreal was dissolved in the early 1940s, and in 1942, CA Foghetecaz, an acronym for the club's founders ('''Fo'''nt, '''G'''il, '''He'''rrero, '''Te'''uler, '''Ca'''talá and '''Z'''aragoza), was one of several clubs established in its place. On 25 August 1947, the new club joined the Valencian Football Federation and in 1950 renamed itself as CAF Villarreal, where the F stood for Foghetecaz.<ref name="autogenerated1" />

The name changed again to the current Villarreal CF in June 1954, with a badge similar to the present one.<ref name="autogenerated1" /> They finished seventh and then fourth twice in the First regional league before being promoted to the Tercera Liga (Third Nationwide) as champions in 1956. They were relegated in 1960–61 after finishing 14th.<ref name="autogenerated4" />

The club adopted their present badge in the middle of 1966.<ref name="autogenerated1" /> In 1966–67, Villarreal returned to the Tercera as champions. In 1970, they reached the national Segunda for the first time.<ref name="autogenerated4" /> After narrowly avoiding relegation in their first season, they were relegated the following season. In 1975–76, they were relegated from the Tercera to the Regionals, but were promoted back again the next season. In 1986–87, Villarreal were promoted to the Segunda Liga B.<ref name="autogenerated4" /> In 1990, they finished 18th and were relegated back to the Tercera.

There were back-to-back promotions as the club returned to Segunda B and finished second, earning promotion to Segunda A for the first time. From 1992 to 1997, Villarreal were often in low or mid-table positions, but reached the play-offs in 1997–98 by finishing fourth.<ref name="autogenerated3">{{cite web|url=http://www.villarrealcf.es/principal_n.php?nombreModulo=contenido&idcontenido=18&idmenu=106&idsubmenu=110|title=Villarreal C.F.&nbsp;– Web Oficial<!-- Bot generated title -->|access-date=4 October 2011|archive-date=24 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111024233013/http://www.villarrealcf.es/principal_n.php?nombreModulo=contenido&idcontenido=18&idmenu=106&idsubmenu=110|url-status=live}}</ref> The two-legged play-off was against [[SD Compostela|Compostela]]. Villarreal hosted the first leg which was a 0–0 draw, but the second leg at the home of the [[Galicia (Spain)|Galician]] team was a 1–1 draw, thus Villarreal were promoted on the [[away goals rule]].