They will be four finally the Spanish teams that will be in the draw of the phase of groups of this next Thursday in the Forum Grimaldi of Monaco, where will decide how remain configured all and each one of the groups of the UEFA Champions League 2016-17.
The Villarreal could not trace back the eliminatory this past Tuesday against the Monaco in the Stade Louis II and fell defeated (1-0), by what will have to play this campaign the UEFA Europe League and will not have presence in the maximum continental competition, something that yes will have Monaco, Port wine, Celtic, Legia and Ludogorets, that classified this past Tuesday for the draw of the phase of groups.
The past season there were four Spanish clubs in UEFA Champions League (FC Barcelona, Athletic, Real Madrid, Seville and Valencia), since the Seville classified when winning the previous season the UEFA Europe League and Valencia himself had surpassed the previous round to access to the phase of groups.
This season 2016-17 will not be possible the "quintet" of Spanish clubs, although they will be four of them those that try to carry the European glory (FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, Athletic of Madrid and Seville), without representatives of the Comunitat Valencian.
The last participation of the Villarreal in Champions dated of the season 2011/12, when it remained placed in the group of the death with Bayern, City and Naples. The yellow did not attain to mark and fell deleted in a season that was really disappointing, since this same campaign would finish descending to Second Division.