Last update 16 November, 2012 by Julio Muñoz
Ponferradina, with his victory for 0-2 against Villarreal in the first round of the Second Division in the current season, has signed the last disappointment of the Castellón team in this competition, in which he has been eliminated in the early rounds in recent years.
The precedents were already bad, Well, teams like Mirandés, Polideportivo Ejido or Girona are on the list of lower category rivals that have recently eliminated Villarreal.
in the current campaign, the team coached by Julio Velázquez has fallen after losing by 0-2 at home against a team that also plays in the Second Division and that this weekend they had been able to win at their stadium with a goal from Walter Pandiani.
Last season it was Mirandés, then in Second B, the one who added his name to the list of recent executioners of Villarreal, since it was imposed in the return match played in El Madrigal by 0-2, with two goals from Pablo Infante.
The current is the fourth time in the last five seasons in which Villarreal falls to the first change. The only exception occurred in the campaign 2010-11 when, after eliminating Polideportivo Ejido and Valencia, succumbed to Sevilla in the quarterfinals.
In the last decade it has been eliminated several times by lower category teams and has also received some of the biggest goals in its history.
La eliminación más sonada de todas fue la que sufrió a manos del Poli Ejido en la temporada 2008-2009 cuando perdió por 5-0 en el partido de ida de los dieciseisavos de final.
Esta serie de debacles coperas comenzaron en la temporada 2002-2003 cuando cayó en treintaidosavos de final ante el Hércules, equipo de Segunda división, by 2-1 en una eliminatoria que se disputó a partido único.
Esta misma circunstancia se volvió a repetir en la temporada 2004-2005 y en aquella ocasión el verdugo fue el Girona de Segunda división B que venció por 2-1.
También difícil explicación tuvo la eliminación sufrida a manos del Celta en la campaña 2009-10 o frente al Valladolid en la temporada 2006-2007 por un global de 3-1, aunque en esta ocasión, ambos equipos eran de Primera División.