Club Colours
The club's famous yellow kit dates back to 1947. With the new season fast approaching, the son of the then Villarreal president travelled to Valencia to purchase replacements of the club's official kit of white shirts and black shorts. Discovering that the shop had neither in stock, he instead bought the only colour that they did have, which happened to be yellow. The players agreed that the shirts were suitable, although they weren't keen on the black shorts, so the president's son travelled to Castellón and purchased a batch of white shorts. The players voted that they should be dyed blue. After remaining as the club's official kit for some time, the yellow shirts and blue shorts combination was last worn in the 2002–03 season, and the club has since sported all yellow kits. Away colours have often been navy blue.
From 2005 to 30 June 2011, the shirt sponsor was "Aeroport Castello", an airport. Since that date, they have worn unsponsored shirts. The kit is made by the Chinese company Xtep, having previously been produced by Puma of Germany.
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