The club, who were recently relegated from La Liga, have been searching for a new boss following the departure of Miguel Angel Lotina.
Preciado, 54, was sacked as coach of Gijon last season after six years in charge.
Villarreal were last demoted to the Segunda Division in 1999.
Restore Data
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS | |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 32 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 70 | 22 | 48 | 81 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 32 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 64 | 37 | 27 | 70 |
| 3 | GironaGirona | 32 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 67 | 40 | 27 | 68 |
| 4 | Atletico MadridAtletico | 32 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 59 | 38 | 21 | 61 |
| 5 | Athletic Bilbao | 32 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 52 | 30 | 22 | 58 |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 32 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 46 | 34 | 12 | 51 |
| 7 | Real BetisBetis | 32 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 40 | 38 | 2 | 48 |
| 8 | Valencia | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 35 | 34 | 1 | 47 |
| 9 | Villarreal | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 51 | 55 | -4 | 42 |
| 10 | Getafe | 32 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 38 | 44 | -6 | 40 |
| 11 | Osasuna | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 37 | 46 | -9 | 39 |
| 12 | Sevilla | 32 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 41 | 45 | -4 | 37 |
| 13 | Las PalmasLas Palmas | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 39 | -9 | 37 |
| 14 | AlavesAlaves | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 38 | -10 | 35 |
| 15 | Rayo Vallecano | 32 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 27 | 39 | -12 | 34 |
| 16 | Celta Vigo | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 37 | 47 | -10 | 31 |
| 17 | Mallorca | 32 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 38 | -12 | 31 |
| 18 | CadizCadiz | 32 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 22 | 45 | -23 | 25 |
| 19 | Granada | 32 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 33 | 61 | -28 | 18 |
| 20 | Almeria | 32 | 1 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 64 | -33 | 14 |
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