Full name | Valencia Club de FĂștbol, S.A.D. | |||
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Nickname(s) | Los Ches | |||
Short name | Valencia, VCF | |||
Founded | 18 March 1919; 105 years ago (1919-03-18) (as Valencia Foot-ball Club) | |||
Ground | Mestalla | |||
Capacity | 49,430 | |||
Owner | Peter Lim | |||
President | Lay Hoon Chan | |||
Head coach | Rubén Baraja | |||
League | La Liga | |||
2023â24 | La Liga, 9th of 20 | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Current season |
Valencia Club de FĂștbol (Spanish: [baËlenΞjaËkluÎČĂ°eËfuĂ°ÎČol]; Valencian: ValĂšncia Club de Futbol [vaËlensi.aËklubdefubËbÉl]), commonly referred to as Valencia CF (or simply Valencia), is a Spanish professional football club based in Valencia, Spain, that currently plays in La Liga, the top flight of the Spanish league system. Valencia was founded in 1919 and has played its home games at the 49,430-seater Mestalla since its opening.
Valencia has won six Spanish League titles, eight Copa del Rey titles, one Supercopa de España, and one Copa Eva Duarte. In European competitions, they have won two Inter-Cities Fairs Cups, one UEFA Cup, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, two UEFA Super Cups, and one UEFA Intertoto Cup. They have also reached two consecutive UEFA Champions League finals (2000 and 2001). Valencia were also members of the G-14 group of leading European football clubs and since its end has been part of the original members of the European Club Association. In total, Valencia have reached seven major European finals, winning four of them.
Historically one of the biggest clubs in the world in terms of number of associates (registered paying supporters), with around 50,000 season ticket holders at their peak, the club began to decline in the mid-2010s. Singaporean billionaire Peter Lim acquired the team in 2014.
Over the years, the club has achieved a global reputation for their prolific youth academy, or "AcadĂšmia." Products of their academy include world-class talents such as RaĂșl Albiol, Javier Farinos, David Albelda, Vicente RodrĂguez, Gaizka Mendieta and David Silva. Current stars of the game to have graduated in recent years include Isco, Jordi Alba, Juan Bernat, JosĂ© GayĂ , Carlos Soler, Ferran Torres, Lee Kang-in and Yunus Musah.
History
The club was established on 5 March 1919 and officially approved on 18 March 1919, with Octavio Augusto Milego DĂaz as its first president; incidentally, the presidency was decided by a coin toss. The club played its first competitive match away from home on 21 May 1919 against Valencia GimnĂĄstico, and lost the match 1â0.
Valencia moved into the Mestalla Stadium in 1923, having played its home matches at the AlgirĂłs ground since 7 December 1919. The first match at Mestalla pitted the home side against CastellĂłn Castalia and ended in a 0â0 draw. In another match the day after, Valencia won 1â0 against the same opposition. Valencia CF won the Regional Championship in 1923, and was eligible to play in the domestic Copa del Rey cup competition for the first time in its history.
1940s: Emergence as a giant in Spanish football
The Spanish Civil War halted the progress of the Valencia team until 1941, when it won the Copa del Rey, beating RCD Espanyol in the final. In the 1941â42 season, the club won its first Spanish La Liga championship title, although winning the Copa del Rey was more reputable than the championship at that time. The club maintained its consistency to capture the league title again in the 1943â44 season, as well as the 1946â47 league edition. They would conclude their decade of success by winning the 1949 Copa del Rey; this meant Valencia ended the decade with a record of three La Liga and two Copa del Rey titles. This success would help cement the club's name in Spanish football.
In the 1950s, Valencia failed to emulate the success of the previous decade, even though it grew as a club. A restructuring of Mestalla resulted in an increase in spectator capacity to 45,000, while the club had a number of Spanish and foreign stars. Players such as Spanish international Antonio Puchades and Dutch forward Faas Wilkes graced the pitch at Mestalla. In the 1952â53 season, the club finished as runners-up in La Liga, and in the following season, won the Copa del Rey, then known as the Copa del GeneralĂsimo.
1960s: European successes in the Fairs Cup
While managing average league form in the early 1960s, Valencia had its first European success in the form of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (the forerunner to the UEFA Cup), defeating Barcelona in the final of the 1961â62 edition. The following edition of the tournament pitted Valencia against Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb in the final, which the Spanish side also won. Valencia reached a third consecutive Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final in the following season, but this time were defeated 2â1 by fellow Spanish club Zaragoza.
1970s to early 1980s: More domestic and European glory
Former two-time European Footballer of the Year award winner Alfredo Di StĂ©fano was hired as Valencia coach in 1970, and immediately inspired his new club to their fourth La Liga championship and first since 1947. This secured Valencia its first qualification for the prestigious European Cup, contested by the various European domestic champions. Valencia reached the third round of the 1971â72 competition before losing both legs to Hungarian champions Ăjpesti DĂłzsa. In 1972 the club also finished runners-up both in La Liga and the domestic cup, losing to Real Madrid and AtlĂ©tico Madrid, respectively. The most notable players of the 1970s era include Austrian midfielder Kurt Jara, forward Johnny Rep of the Netherlands and Argentinian forward Mario Kempes, who was consecutively La Liga top scorer in 1976â77 and 1977â78. Valencia would go on to win the Copa del Rey again in the 1978â79 season, and also capture the European Cup Winners' Cup the next season, after beating English club Arsenal in the final, with Kempes spearheading their success in Europe.
Mid to late 1980s: Stagnation and relegation
In 1982, the club appointed Miljan MiljaniÄ as coach. After a disappointing season, Valencia was in 17th place and faced relegation with seven games left to play. Koldo Aguirre replaced MiljaniÄ as coach, and Valencia barely avoided relegation that year, relying on favorable results from other teams to ensure their own survival. In the 1983â84 and 1984â85 seasons, the club was heavily in debt under the presidency of Vicente Tormo. The club finally hit rock bottom when it was relegated at the end of the 1985â86 season, and riven with internal problems such as unpaid player and staff wages, as well as poor morale. The club was relegated for the first time after 55 years in Spanish top-flight football.
Arturo TuzĂłn was named the new club president, and he helped steer Valencia back to La Liga. Alfredo Di StĂ©fano returned as coach in 1986 and Valencia won promotion again following the 1986â87 season. Di StĂ©fano stayed on as coach until the 1987â88 season, when the team finished in 14th position in La Liga. Bulgarian forward Luboslav Penev joined the club in 1989, as Valencia aimed to consolidate their place in La Liga. In the 1988â89 La Liga season, Valencia finished third, which would signal their competitiveness going into the 1990s.
1990s: Re-emergence
In the 1989â90 La Liga season, Valencia finished as runners-up to Real Madrid, and thus qualified for the UEFA Cup.
Guus Hiddink was appointed as head coach in the 1991â92 season, and the club finished fourth in the League and reached the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey. In 1992, Valencia officially became a Sporting Limited Company, and retained Hiddink as their coach until 1993.
Brazilian coach Carlos Alberto Parreira, fresh from winning the 1994 FIFA World Cup with the Brazil national team, became manager at Mestalla in 1994. Parreira immediately signed Spanish goalkeeper Andoni Zubizarreta, Russian forward Oleg Salenko, and Predrag MijatoviÄ, but failed to produce results expected of him. He was replaced by new coach JosĂ© Manuel Rielo. The club's earlier successes continued to elude it, although it was not short of top coaching staff like Luis AragonĂ©s and Jorge Valdano, as well as foreign star forwards like Brazilian RomĂĄrio, Claudio LĂłpez, Ariel Ortega from Argentina, and Adrian Ilie from Romania. In the 1995â96 La Liga season, Valencia finished second to AtlĂ©tico Madrid, being unable to capture the title after a close fought race.
Valencia would struggle for the next two seasons, but the 1998â99 La Liga season would signal the start of one of the club's most successful periods in their history; they lifted their first trophy in nineteen years by winning the 1998â99 Copa del Rey under Claudio Ranieri, and also qualified for the UEFA Champions League.
2000s: Valencia returns to the top of Spanish and European football
Valencia started the 1999â2000 season by winning another title, beating Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup. Valencia finished third in the league, four points behind champions Deportivo La Coruña, and level on points with second-placed Barça. The biggest success for the club, however, was in the Champions League; for the first time in its history, Valencia reached the European Cup final. However, in the final played in Paris on 24 May 2000, Real Madrid would beat Valencia 3â0.
The final would also be Claudio LĂłpez's farewell, as he had agreed to sign for Italian side Lazio; also leaving was FarinĂłs for Inter Milan and Gerard for Barcelona. The notable signings of that summer were John Carew, RubĂ©n Baraja, Roberto Ayala, Vicente RodrĂguez, and Brazilian left-back FĂĄbio AurĂ©lio. That season Valencia also bought Pablo Aimar in the winter transfer window. Baraja, Aimar, Vicente, and Ayala would soon become a staple of Valencia's dominance of the early 2000s in La Liga.
Valencia started the championship on the right foot and were top of the league after ten games. After the Christmas break, however, Valencia started to pay for the top demand that such a draining competition like the Champions League requires. After passing the two mini-league phases, HĂ©ctor CĂșper's team eliminated English sides Arsenal in the quarter-finals and Leeds United in the semi-finals, reaching the final for the second consecutive year. In the final match against Bayern Munich, played in Milan at the San Siro on 23 May, Gaizka Mendieta gave Valencia the lead by scoring from the penalty spot right at the start of the match. Goalkeeper Santiago Cañizares then stopped a penalty from Mehmet Scholl, but Stefan Effenberg drew Bayern level after the break thanks to another penalty. After extra time, the match went to a penalty shoot-out, where a Mauricio Pellegrino miss gave Bayern Champions League glory and dealt Valencia a second-straight defeat in the final. Valencia went on to slip to fifth place in La Liga and out of the Champions League positions for the 2001â02 season. Going into the final league match, Valencia only needed a draw at the Camp Nou against Barcelona to seal Champions League qualification. However, Los Che lost to Barcelona 3â2, with a last minute goal completing a hat-trick from Rivaldo, resulting in Barcelona qualifying for the Champions League ahead of their side.
Valencia president D. Pedro CortĂ©s resigned for personal reasons and left the club in July, with the satisfaction of overseeing the club win the Copa del Rey and Spanish Super Cup, as well as reaching two successive Champions League finals. D. Jaime OrtĂ replaced CortĂ©s as president and expressed his intention of maintaining the good form that had made the club so admired on the European circuit. There were also some changes in the team and staff. Rafael BenĂtez, after helping Tenerife to promotion, replaced HĂ©ctor CĂșper after the latter became the new coach at Inter in Italy. Among the playing squad, Gaizka Mendieta, Didier Deschamps, Luis Milla, and Zlatko ZahoviÄ left, while Carlos Marchena, Mista, Curro Torres, Francisco Rufete, Gonzalo de los Santos, and Salva Ballesta all arrived.
From 1999 up until the end of the 2004 season, Valencia had one of their most successful periods in the club's history. With a total of two La Liga titles, a UEFA Cup, a Copa del Rey, and a UEFA Super Cup in those six years, no less than five first class titles and two Champions League finals had been achieved.
That first match against fellow title rivals Real Madrid produced a significant and important victory. This was followed by a record of eleven consecutive wins, breaking their existing record set in the 1970â71 season, which was also the club's La Liga title win under Alfredo Di StĂ©fano.
After a defeat in A Coruña against Deportivo on 9 December 2001, the team had to overcome Espanyol at the Estadi OlĂmpic LluĂs Companys to avoid further backsliding behind the league leaders. at half-time, Valencia were 2â0 down, but a comeback in the second half saw them win 3â2.
In the second part of the season, BenĂtez's team suffered a temporary setback after losing 1â0 at the Santiago BernabĂ©u to Real Madrid, but in the coming six matches they recovered from this defeat and achieved four victories and two draws.
In one of these crucial games against Espanyol, Valencia were trailing 1â0 at half-time and down a player as well following the dismissal of Carboni. However, after a second half brace from RubĂ©n Baraja, they would achieve a 2â1 comeback win. Furthermore, Real Madrid's defeat at the Anoeta to Real Sociedad left Valencia with a three-point lead at the top of the table.
Valencia's final game of the season was on 5 May 2002 at La Rosaleda against Målaga, a day that has gone down in Valencia's history. The team shut itself away in Benalmådena, close to the scene of the game, in order to gain focus. An early goal from Roberto Ayala and another close to half-time from Fåbio Aurélio secured Valencia a fifth La Liga crown, 31 years after their last title win.
The 2002â03 season was a disappointing one for Valencia, as they failed in their attempt to retain the La Liga title and ended up outside of the Champions League spots in fifth, behind Celta Vigo. They were also knocked out in the quarter-finals of the Champions League by Inter Milan on away goals. The 2003â04 season saw Valencia trailing longtime leaders Real Madrid. In February, with 26 matches played, Madrid were eight points clear at the top of the table. However, their form severely declined in the late stage of the season, and consecutive losses in their last five games of the campaign allowed Valencia to overtake them and claim the title, their second in three seasons. The club also added the UEFA Cup to this success, defeating Marseille 2â0 in the final.
In the summer of 2004, manager BenĂtez decided to depart Valencia, stating he had had problems with the club president; he would soon become head coach of Liverpool. He was replaced by former Valencia coach Claudio Ranieri, who had recently been sacked by Chelsea. His second reign at the club was a disappointment, however, as Valencia harboured realistic hopes of retaining their La Liga crown but, by February, found themselves in seventh place. Valencia had also been knocked out of the Champions League group phase, with Ranieri being sacked promptly in February. The 2004â05 season ended with Valencia outside of the UEFA Cup spots.
In the summer of 2005, Getafe coach Quique Flores was appointed as the new manager of Valencia and ended the season in third place, which in turn gained Valencia a place in the Champions League after a season away from the competition. The 2006â07 season was one with many difficulties; a campaign which started with realistic hopes of challenging for the title was disrupted with a huge list of injuries to key players, as well as internal arguments between Flores and new sporting director Amedeo Carboni. Valencia ended the season in fourth place and were knocked out of the Champions League in the quarter-finals by Chelsea 3â2 on aggregate, after they had knocked out Italian champions Inter in the second round. In the summer of 2007, the internal fight between Flores and Carboni was settled, with Carboni being replaced by Ăngel Ruiz as the new sporting director of Valencia.
On 29 October 2007, the Valencia board of directors fired Flores after a string of disappointing performances, and caretaker manager Ăscar FernĂĄndez took over on a temporary basis until a full-time manager was found, rumoured to be either Marcello Lippi or JosĂ© Mourinho. A day later, Dutch manager Ronald Koeman announced he would be leaving PSV Eindhoven to sign for Valencia. However, Koeman's appointment failed to lead to improvement; in fact, Valencia even went on to drop to the 15th position in the league, just two points above the relegation zone. Despite their poor league form, Valencia would still go on to lift the Copa del Rey on 16 April 2008, following a 3â1 victory over Getafe at the Vicente CalderĂłn. This was the club's seventh Copa title. Five days later, one day after a devastating 5â1 league defeat in Bilbao, Valencia fired Koeman and replaced him with Voro, who would guide Valencia as caretaker manager for the remainder of the season. He went on to win the first match since the sacking of Koeman, beating Osasuna 3â0. Voro would eventually drag Valencia from the relegation battle to a safe mid-table finish of tenth place, finally ending a disastrous league campaign for Los Che.
Highly rated Unai Emery was announced as the new head coach of Valencia on 22 May 2008. The start of the young manager's career looked to be promising, with the club winning four out of its first five games, a surge that saw the team rise to the top position of the La Liga table. Despite looking impressive in Europe, Los Che then hit a poor run of form in the league that saw them dip as low as seventh in the standings. Amid the slump emerged reports of a massive internal debt at the club exceeding 400 million euros, as well as that the players had been unpaid for weeks. The team's problems were compounded when they were knocked out of the UEFA Cup by Dynamo Kyiv on away goals. After a run where Valencia took only five points from ten games in La Liga, an announcement was made that the club had secured a loan that would cover the players' expenses until the end of the year. This announcement coincided with an upturn in form, and the club won six of its next eight games to surge back into the critical fourth place Champions' League spot. However, Los Che were then pushed down to sixth place in the league following defeats to top four rivals Atlético Madrid and Villarreal in two of their final three games, meaning they failed to qualify for the Champions League for a second successive season.
2010â2014: Debt issues and stability
No solution had yet been found to address the massive debt Valencia was faced with, and rumors persisted that top talents such as David Villa, Juan Mata, and David Silva could leave the club to help balance the books. In the first season of the new decade, Valencia returned to the Champions League for the first time since the 2007â08 campaign, as they finished comfortably in third place in the 2009â10 La Liga standings. However, in the summer of 2010, due to financial reasons, David Villa and David Silva were sold to Barcelona and Manchester City, respectively, to reduce the club's massive debt. Despite the loss of two of the club's most important players, the team was able to finish comfortably in third place again in the 2010â11 La Liga for the second season running, although they would be eliminated from the Champions League by German side Schalke 04 in the round of 16. In the summer of 2011, then-captain Juan Mata was sold to Chelsea to further help Valencia's precarious financial situation. It was announced by club president Manuel Llorente that the club's debt had been decreased and that the work on the new stadium would restart as soon as possible, sometime in 2012.
During the 2012â13 season, Ernesto Valverde was announced as the new manager, but after failing to qualify for the Champions League, he stepped down and was replaced by Miroslav ÄukiÄ. On 5 July 2013, Amadeo Salvo was named as the new president of the club. Almost a month after Salvo was named president, on 1 August, Valencia sold star striker Roberto Soldado to English club Tottenham Hotspur for a reported fee of âŹ30 million. ÄukiÄ was sacked six months into the 2013â14 season after just six wins in his first sixteen matches, Valencia's worst start to a season in fifteen years. He was replaced by Juan Antonio Pizzi on 26 December 2013. Under Pizzi, Valencia reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Europa League, where they lost to eventual winners Sevilla on away goals, and finished eighth in La Liga despite a disastrous start to the season.
In May 2014, Singaporean businessman Peter Lim was designated by the FundaciĂłn Valencia CF as the buyer of 70.4% of the shares owned by the club's foundation. After months of negotiations between Lim and Bankia (the main creditor of the club), an agreement was reached in August 2014. Juan Antonio Pizzi was unexpectedly sacked as head coach and replaced by Nuno EspĂrito Santo on 2 July 2014. Later, Salvo revealed in an interview that hiring Nuno was one of the conditions Lim had insisted on when buying the club. This raised eyebrows in the media because of Nuno's close relationship with the football agent Jorge Mendes, whose first-ever client was Nuno. Lim and Mendes were also close friends and business partners. Regardless, Nuno's first season was a successful one. Notable signings included Ălvaro Negredo, AndrĂ© Gomes and Enzo PĂ©rez, who had just won the Player of the Year in the Portuguese Primeira Liga. Valencia finished the 2014â15 season in fourth place, achieving Champions League qualification with 77 points, just one point ahead of Sevilla after a dramatic final week where they defeated Granada 4â0.
On 2 July 2015, Amadeo Salvo resigned from his post as the executive president of Valencia, citing personal reasons. He was a popular figure among the fans. On 10 August 2015, NicolĂĄs Otamendi was sold to Manchester City for ÂŁ32 million and Aymen Abdennour was signed from Monaco for ÂŁ22 million as his replacement. Valencia defeated Monaco in the Champions League play-off round with a 4â3 aggregate victory. However, Valencia had a poor start to the 2015â16 league season, winning only five out of thirteen matches and failing to progress from the Champions League group stage. The fans were also increasingly concerned about the growing influence of Jorge Mendes in the club's activities. On 29 November, Nuno resigned as manager and former Manchester United defender Gary Neville was hired as his replacement on 2 December. Valencia went winless for nine matches before earning their first win under Neville in a 2â1 victory at home against Espanyol. On 30 March 2016, Neville was sacked after recording the lowest win percentage in La Liga history for a Valencia manager with minimum of five matches, winning just three out of sixteen games. He was replaced by Pako AyestarĂĄn, who had been brought in by Neville as the assistant coach just one month prior. Valencia finished the season in twelfth place.
In the summer of 2016, AndrĂ© Gomes and Paco AlcĂĄcer were both sold to Barcelona and Shkodran Mustafi was sold to Arsenal, while Ezequiel Garay and former Manchester United player Nani were brought in. Pako AyestarĂĄn was sacked on 21 September 2016 after four straight defeats at the beginning of the 2016â17 season. Former Italy national team head coach Cesare Prandelli was hired as his replacement on 28 September. However, he resigned after just three months on 30 December, claiming the club had made him false transfer promises. Days later, on 7 January 2017, Valencia sporting director JesĂșs GarcĂa Pitarch also resigned, saying he felt like he was being used as a shield for criticism by the club and that he could not defend something he no longer believed in. Voro was named caretaker manager for the fifth time until the end of season, with Valencia in 17th position and in danger of relegation. However, results improved under Voro and he steered Valencia clear off relegation, ultimately finishing the season in 12th place. On 27 March, Mateu Alemany was named the new director general of Valencia.
The club also announced club president Lay Hoon Chan had submitted her resignation and that she would be replaced by Anil Murthy. After rumors arose of Lim's attempts at selling the club, Murthy assured the fans and local media that Valencia was a long-term project for both him and Lim, and they would not consider selling the club. For the following season, former Villarreal coach Marcelino was named the new manager on 12 May.
After a successful first season under Marcelino, the club secured fourth place in La Liga and a return to the Champions League. In Marcelino's second season, Valencia again finished fourth and also reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Europa League. On 25 May 2019, Valencia won the Copa del Rey, their first trophy since 2008, upsetting league winners Barcelona 2â1 in the final.
Both Marcelino and sporting director Mateu Alemany, who were credited as the architects of this success, were fired on 11 September 2019 after the former publicly criticized Lim. He was replaced by the ultimately unsuccessful Albert Celades, who was sacked due to poor results, while sporting director CĂ©sar SĂĄnchez resigned that same season, making it six different managers and another six sporting directors by 2020.
For the 2020â21 season, manager Javi Gracia was hired. He was put in charge of a team full of prospects and reserves after the club failed to sign any players during the summer transfer window, but sold key players such as captain Dani Parejo. Local wonderkid Ferran Torres was also sold to Manchester City for a price deemed half his market value. Overall, Valencia sold players worth 85 million euros in order to rebalance the club's books. At the beginning of the season, the club was unable to pay the salaries to the remaining players. After six seasons under Peter Lim's ownership, Valencia had accumulated losses of 323 million euros, In the following years, the playing squad was cut significantly in terms of quality and Lim's ownership has faced strong criticism in Valencia.
In the 2021â22 season, JosĂ© BordalĂĄs was hired as head coach, following his five-season tenure with Getafe. Valencia reached the Copa del Rey final final in BordalĂĄs' first season in charge, but lost to Real Betis on penalties following a 1â1 draw.
In June 2022, Anil Murthy left after reportedly insulting the club's owner. Peter Lim's sons became club directors and Lay Hoon Chan returned as the club President.
Stadium
Valencia played its first years at the AlgirĂłs stadium, but moved to the Mestalla in 1923. In the 1950s, the Mestalla was restructured, which resulted in a capacity increase to 45,000 spectators. Today it holds 49,430 seats, making it the fifth largest stadium in Spain. It is also renowned for its steep terracing and for being one of the most intimidating atmospheres in Europe.
On 20 May 1923, the Mestalla pitch was inaugurated with a friendly match between Valencia and Levante UD.
A long history has taken place on the Mestalla field since its very beginning, when the Valencia team was not yet in the Primera DivisiĂłn. Back then, this stadium could hold 17,000 spectators, and at that time, the club started to show its potential in regional championships, which led the managers of the time to carry out the first alterations of Mestalla in 1927. The stadium's total capacity increased to 25,000 before it became severely damaged during the Civil War; the Mestalla was used as a concentration camp and a junk warehouse. It would only keep its structure, since the rest was a lonely plot of land with no terraces and a stand broken during the war. Once the Valencian pitch was renovated, the Mestalla stadium in which the team managed to bring home their first title in 1941.
During the 1950s, the Valencia ground experienced the deepest change in its whole history. That project resulted in a stadium with a capacity of 45,500 spectators, that eventually saw destruction by a flood in October 1957 that arose from the overflowing of the Turia River. Nevertheless, the Mestalla not only returned to normality, but also some more improvements were added, like artificial light, which was inaugurated during the 1959 Fallas festivities.
During the 1960s, the stadium kept the same appearance, while the urban view around it was quickly being transformed. Moreover, the ground held its first European matches, with Nottingham Forest being the first foreign team to play at the Mestalla, on 15 September 1961.
From 1969, the expression "Anem a Mestalla" ("Let's go to the Mestalla"), so common among the supporters, began to fall into oblivion. The reason of this was due to a proposed name change of the stadium to honor Luis Casanova Giner, the club's most successful president. Giner admitted he was completely overwhelmed by such honour, but requested in 1994 that the original name of Mestalla remained.
In 1972, the head office of the club, located in the back of the numbered terraces, was inaugurated. It consisted of an office of avant-garde style with a trophy hall, which held the founding flag of the club. In the summer of 1973, more goal seats, which meant the elimination of fourteen rows of standing terraces, were added to provide comfort. Club management also considered the possibility of moving the Mestalla from its present location, to land on the outskirts of the town, before deciding against it.
Mestalla also hosted the Spain national football team for the first time in 1925. It was chosen as the national team's group venue when Spain staged the 1982 FIFA World Cup, and at the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona. All of Spain's matches up to the final were held at Mestalla, as they won Gold. Mestalla has been the setting for important international matches, has held several Cup finals, and has also been the home of Levante. The ground also provided a temporary home for CastellĂłn and Real Madrid for European games due to stadium development.
New stadium
The 2008â09 season was due to be the last season at the Mestalla, with the club intending to move to their new 75,000-seater stadium Nou Mestalla in time for the 2009â10 season. However, due to the club being in financial crisis, work on the new stadium has been heavily delayed.
Club identity
Kit
Originally, Valencia's kit was composed of white shirts, black shorts and socks of the same colour. Through the years, however, these colours have alternated between white and black. The away kit has been shades of orange in recent years while third alternate kits have featured colors from the club crestâyellow, blood orange and blue.
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Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
1980â1982 | Adidas | None |
1982â1985 | Ressy | |
1985â1990 | Rasan | Caja Ahorros Valencia |
1990â1992 | Puma | |
1992â1993 | MediterrĂĄnia | |
1993â1994 | Luanvi | |
1994â1995 | Cip | |
1995â1998 | Ford | |
1998â2000 | Terra MĂtica | |
2000â2001 | Nike | |
2001â2002 | Metrored | |
2002â2003 | Terra MĂtica | |
2003â2008 | Toyota / Panasonic Toyota Racing | |
2008â2009 | Valencia Experience | |
2009â2011 | Kappa | Unibet |
2011â2014 | Joma | Jinko Solar |
2014â2016 | Adidas | beIN Sports |
2016â2017 | ||
2017â2019 | BLU Products | |
2019â2020 | Puma | bwin |
2021âpresent | SOCIOS.com |
The team have also attracted smaller, local sponsors over the years. One example is Lamiplast, a Valencia-based furniture company.
Anthem
To celebrate the club's 75th anniversary the then president Arturo TuzĂłn commissioned Pablo SĂĄnchez Torella to compose an anthem for the club. This was a pasodoble whose lyrics were later written by RamĂłn Gimeno Gil in the Valencian language. The anthem had its official presentation on the anniversary of the club on 21 September 1993.
Crest
Valencia and the Balearic Islands were conquered by King James I of Aragon during the first half of the 13th century. After the conquest, the King gave them the status of independent kingdoms of whom he was also the king (but they were independent of Aragonese laws and institutions). The arms of Valencia show those of James I.
The unique crowned letters "L" besides the shield were granted by Peter IV. The reason for the letters was that the city had been loyal twice to the King, hence twice a letter "L" and a crown for the king.
There are several possible explanations for the bat; one is that bats are simply quite common in the area. The second theory is that on 9 October 1238, when James I was about to enter the city, re-conquering it from the Moors, a bat landed on the top of his flag, which he interpreted as a good omen. Following his victory, the bat were then added to the coat of arms.
In May 2013, it was reported that DC Comics had started a legal case against the club, claiming that the new bat image design was too similar to Batman. The club issued a statement clarifying that it had intended to use a revised version of its bat logo for a line of casual clothing and applied for permission from the Office of Harmonisation of the Internal Market but the application was dropped after DC Comics filed an objection, not a lawsuit. DC Comics again filed a complaint with the EU's office of IP opposing the trademark application made by Valencia for its centennial logo, claiming there is likely to be confusion with its Batmanâs symbol.
Players
Current squad
- As of 30 August 2024
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Reserve team
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Out on loan
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Position | Staff | ||||||||||||||||
Technical director | Miguel Ăngel Corona | ||||||||||||||||
Head coach | Rubén Baraja | ||||||||||||||||
Assistant head coach | Chema Sanz | ||||||||||||||||
First-team head coach | Patri | ||||||||||||||||
Technical coach | Toni Seligrat | ||||||||||||||||
Fitness coach | Juan Monar | ||||||||||||||||
Assistant fitness coach | Sergi Benet | ||||||||||||||||
Analyst | Fran Lapiedra Pablo PĂ©rez | ||||||||||||||||
Team Manager | Voro | ||||||||||||||||
Goalkeeping coach | José Manuel Ochotorena | ||||||||||||||||
Assistant goalkeeping coach | Andoni Ochotorena | ||||||||||||||||
Delegate | David Rangel | ||||||||||||||||
Chief of kit man | Chemanu LĂłpez | ||||||||||||||||
Physiotherapist | Zurdi JosĂ© Luis EstellĂ©s Mario Jarque Ălex Castillo Pascual Castell | ||||||||||||||||
Chief of medical services | Pedro LĂłpez | ||||||||||||||||
Rehab fitness coach | Jordi SorlĂ | ||||||||||||||||
Club doctor | Pascual Casany Juan Aliaga Antonio Maestro |
Last updated: February 2023
Source: Valencia CF
Notable coaches
The following coaches have all won at least one major trophy when in charge with club | ||||||||||||||
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Name | Period | Total | ||||||||||||
Domestic | International | |||||||||||||
LL | CdR | SC | UCL | UCWC | UEL | UIC | USC | |||||||
RamĂłn Encinas Dios | 1939â42 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | â | ||||
Eduardo Cubells | 1943â46 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | â | ||||
Luis Casas PasarĂn | 1946â48 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | â | ||||
Jacinto Quincoces | 1948â54 | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | â | ||||
Domingo Balmanya | 1960â62 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | â | ||||
Alejandro Scopelli | 1962â63 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | â | ||||
Edmundo SuĂĄrez | 1966â68 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | â | ||||
Alfredo Di StĂ©fano | 1970â74, 1979â80, 1986â88 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | â | ||||
Bernardino PĂ©rez | 1979, 1980â82 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||||
Claudio Ranieri | 1997â99, 2004â05 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | ||||
HĂ©ctor CĂșper | 1999â01 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | â | ||||
Rafael BenĂtez | 2001â04 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | â | ||||
Ronald Koeman | 2007â08 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | â | ||||
Marcelino | 2017â19 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | â | ||||
Total | 1919â | 23 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
LL. = La Liga; CdR = Copa del Rey; SC = Supercopa de España; UCL = UEFA Champions League; UCWC = UEFA Cup Winners' Cup; UEL = UEFA Europa League; UIC = UEFA Intertoto Cup; USC = UEFA Super Cup
Gallery
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Alejandro Scopelli, the first foreigner to win a trophy with Valencia, the 1962 Fairs Cup.
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Alfredo Di Stéfano had three successful spells as coach of the club.
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Claudio Ranieri coached Valencia on two occasions with mixed success.
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HĂ©ctor CĂșper tenure saw the club rise back to prominence in European football.
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Rafael BenĂtez, Valencia's most successful coach, with two league titles and one UEFA Cup over the period of three years
Presidents
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Player records
Rank | Player | Nationality | Apps | Years |
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1 | Fernando | 556 | 1983â1998 | |
2 | Ricardo Arias | 521 | 1976â1992 | |
3 | David Albelda | 485 | 1995â2013 | |
4 | Miguel Ăngel Angulo | 434 | 1996â2009 | |
5 | Manuel Mestre | 424 | 1956â1969 | |
6 | Santiago Cañizares | 416 | 1998â2008 | |
7 | Enrique Saura | 400 | 1975â1985 | |
8 | Dani Parejo | 383 | 2011â2020 | |
9 | JosĂ© Claramunt | 375 | 1966â1978 | |
10 | Carlos Arroyo | 373 | 1985â1996 |
Rank | Player | Nationality | Goals | Years |
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1 | Mundo |
238 |
1939â1950 | |
2 | Waldo Machado | 160 | 1961â1970 | |
3 | Mario Kempes | 149 | 1976â1981 1982â1984 | |
4 | Fernando | 143 | 1983â1998 | |
5 | David Villa | 130 | 2005â2010 | |
6 | Silvestre Igoa | 117 | 1941â1950 | |
7 | Manuel Badenes | 102 | 1950â1956 | |
8 | Vicente SeguĂ | 91 | 1946â1959 | |
9 | Luboslav Penev | 88 | 1989â1995 | |
10 | Epi FernĂĄndez | 87 | 1940â1949 |
Transfers
Record transfer fees paid by Valencia | ||||||||||||||
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Rank | Player | Fee (âŹ) | Paid to | Date | ||||||||||
1 | Gonçalo Guedes | 40,000,000 | Paris Saint-Germain | 2018 | ||||||||||
2 | Jasper Cillessen | 35,000,000 | Barcelona | 2019 | ||||||||||
3 | Rodrigo | 30,000,000 | Benfica | 2015 | ||||||||||
4 | Ălvaro Negredo | 28,000,000 | Manchester City | 2014 | ||||||||||
5 | JoaquĂn | 25,000,000 | Real Betis | 2006 | ||||||||||
Enzo PĂ©rez | Benfica | 2015 | ||||||||||||
Geoffrey Kondogbia | Internazionale | 2018 | ||||||||||||
8 | Pablo Aimar | 24,000,000 | River Plate | 2001 | ||||||||||
9 | Aymen Abdennour | 22,000,000 | Monaco | 2015 | ||||||||||
10 | Ezequiel Garay | 20,000,000 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2016 |
Record transfer fees received by Valencia | ||||||||||||||
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Pos. | Player | Fee (âŹ) | Received from | Date | ||||||||||
1 | Gaizka Mendieta | 48,000,000 | Lazio | 2001 | ||||||||||
2 | NicolĂĄs Otamendi | 45,000,000 | Manchester City | 2015 | ||||||||||
3 | Gonçalo Guedes | 41,500,000 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2022 | ||||||||||
4 | Shkodran Mustafi | 41,000,000 | Arsenal | 2016 | ||||||||||
5 | JoĂŁo Cancelo | 40,400,000 | Juventus | 2018 | ||||||||||
6 | David Villa | 40,000,000 | Barcelona | 2010 | ||||||||||
7 | André Gomes | 35,000,000 | Barcelona | 2016 | ||||||||||
8 | David Silva | 33,000,000 | Manchester City | 2010 | ||||||||||
9 | Claudio LĂłpez | 32,000,000 | Lazio | 2000 | ||||||||||
10 | Paco AlcĂĄcer | 30,000,000 | Barcelona | 2016 | ||||||||||
Roberto Soldado | Tottenham Hotspur | 2013 |
Seasons
- 90 seasons in La Liga
- 4 seasons in Segunda DivisiĂłn
Honours
League
Cups
- Copa del Rey
- Supercopa de España
- Winners (1): 1999
- Copa Eva Duarte (predecessor to the Supercopa de España)
- Winners (1): 1949
European
- European Cup Winners' Cup
- Winners (1): 1979â80
- UEFA Cup
- Winners (1): 2003â04
- European Super Cup/UEFA Super Cup
- Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
- UEFA Intertoto Cup
- Winners (1): 1998
Awards & recognitions
- IFFHS The World's Club Team of the Year: 2004
Valencia CF in international football
The Academy: Training Centre Foundation Valencia CF
Since May 2009, Valencia CF has had a training centre, this is the first multidisciplinary training center for a football club in Spain.
The Training Centre Foundation Valencia CF "The Academy" offers university education, classroom training, and online training related to sport and football (soccer).
Valencia CF is one of the few clubs in Spain that organises a Sport Management MBA, the MBA in International Sport Management, currently performs with Valencia Catholic University Saint Vincent Martyr.
On the 90th anniversary of Valencia CF, the academy opened with the University of Valencia the first university course that studied the history of a football club, Valencia CF is the first football club in Spain to be an object of study in college.
Motorsports involvement
Valencia CF were also involved in motorsports such as Formula One, Super GT, MotoGP, Moto2, Moto3, 250cc and Formula Nippon. Valencia CF was an official partner of Panasonic Toyota Racing in 2003 until 2008 to commemorate Toyota as their shirt sponsor. Valencia CF also sponsored all Toyota-engined Formula Nippon teams and also Toyota Super GT teams in GT500 and GT300 cars. In 2009, Valencia CF became an official partner of former 250cc team Stop And Go Racing Team and in 2014 of Aspar Team in MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3 classes, respectively.
Esports involvement
In June 2016, Valencia opened an esports division with presences in Hearthstone, Rocket League and League of Legends â in the last case, they joined BeĆiktaĆ, Santos, Schalke and PSG in acquiring League teams. They announced their League roster on 13 July, composed mostly of Spanish players, including some with European League of Legends Championship Series (EU LCS) experience.
In November 2020, Valencia CF eSports launched a team on Arena of Valor in Thailand. The team consist of six Thai players, competing in the RoV Pro League competitions. They joined the local club Buriram United FC, and after that, French club Paris Saint-Germain FC in acquiring AoV teams.
See also
- Valencia CF Mestalla
- Orange Trophy
- Richest football clubs
- European football records
- List of UEFA club competition winners
Sources
- Valencia Club de FĂștbol (1919â1969), Bodas de Oro (in Spanish), de JosĂ© Manuel HernĂĄndez Perpiñå. 1969, Talleres TipogrĂĄficos Vila, S.L.
- Historia del Valencia F.C. (in Spanish), de Jaime Hernåndez Perpiñå. 1974, Ediciones Danae, S.A. OCLC 2985617
- La Gran Historia del Valencia C.F. (in Spanish), de Jaime Hernåndez Perpiñå. 1994, Levante-EMV. ISBN 84-87502-36-9
- DVD Valencia C.F. (Historia TemĂĄtica). Un histĂłrico en la Liga. (in Spanish), 2003, Superdeporte. V-4342-2003
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External links
- Official website (in English, Spanish, French, and Japanese)
- Valencia CF at La Liga (in English and Spanish)
- Valencia CF at UEFA (in English and Spanish)
- Valencia CF
- La Liga clubs
- Football clubs in Valencia
- Copa del Rey winners
- G-14 clubs
- Football clubs in the Valencian Community
- Association football clubs established in 1919
- 1919 establishments in Spain
- European Regional League teams
- FIFA (video game series) teams
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winning clubs
- UEFA Europa League winning clubs
- UEFA Super Cup winning clubs
- UEFA Intertoto Cup winning clubs
- Inter-Cities Fairs Cup winning clubs
- Segunda DivisiĂłn clubs