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Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (May 2008) | Valencia Club de Fútbol (also known as Valencia or Los Che) are a Spanish professional football club based in Valencia. They play in La Liga and are one of the most successful and biggest clubs in Spanish football. Valencia have won six La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey trophies, one UEFA Cup, two Fairs Cups, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, two UEFA Super Cup's and two Spanish Super Cup's. They have also been UEFA Champions League final runners-up on two different occasions in 2000 and 2001, losing to La Liga rivals Real Madrid in 2000 and German club Bayern Munich in 2001. Valencia are also members of the G-14 group of leading European football clubs. In the historic classification of the La Liga table, Valencia is 4th most successful behind Real Madrid, FC Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao. In terms of international titles Valencia is 3rd most successful behind Real Madrid and Barcelona. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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History -
Foundation
 Octavio Augusto Milego, founder and the first president of Valencia Club de Futbol In 1919, the centre of the Turia River capital, in the Torino Bar, the idea of creating a football club was put into action. The first president of Valencia Football Club, Octavio Augusto Milego, was elected by chance: a coin tossed into the air helped deciding between himself or Gonzalo Medina Pernás, who finally got the department of the constituent and festivities commission. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Milego and Medina worked side by side in a small establishment on Barcelona Street which, at first, also acted as a location for the new club. The first Valencian board of directors was also with them, the Pascual brothers and Julio Gascó, Andrés Bonilla, José Llorca, Fernando Marzal and Adolfo Moya.
Nevertheless, the decision of these Valencian pioneers did not have any repercussion neither in the society nor in the media, since the newspapers at that time hardly dealt with sports and, moreover, the socio-political situation of Spain was uncertain. Before the founding of Valencia Football Club, there was already football in the city although there was no dominant club. It seems that football arrived in Valencia thanks to those people in the citrus fruits export business who had visited Great Britain, the cradle of football. That was the case of Francisco Sinisterra or Ramón Leonarte. In the same way, it was pretty common to see British sailors at Valencian ports playing with a ball. Already in 1908, there were several teams in Valencia like Levante, Gimnástico, Hispania or Hispano.
Once the club was set up, the first match played by Valencia was away from home. It took place in Castellón on 21 May 1919. Valencia’s rival was the Valencian Gimnástico, who won 1-0. The first Valencian line-up in history was: Marco, Peris, Julio Gascó, Marzal, Llobet, Ferré, Fernández, Umbert, Martínez Ibarra, Aliaga and Gómez Juaneda. is the 141st day of the year (142nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The first stadium of Valencia was the Algirós, opened on 7 December 1919. Algirós was the setting for all the club’s matches until 1923, when they started playing in the Estadio Mestalla. On the opening day of the first Valencia game at the Mestalla was the Castellón Castalia and the result was a goalless draw. Both teams played again the following day and Valencia won 1-0. is the 341st day of the year (342nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Little by little, the crowd finally decided to go to Algirós in order to see Valencia. Back then, entry tickets were 25 cents and the takings at the gate started to be enough to cover expenses.
During the 1920s the revenge spirit and sports tension were increasing every time the different teams in the Regional Championship had to meet. In 1923 Valencia became regional champions and could participate in the Copa del Rey for the first time in their history. The progress in the results of the team proved that they were able to become leaders of the football within the Valencian capital. Three or four years after their founding, Valencia was already the most fearsome enemy for the rest of teams and their fanbase was becoming more popular. Copa del Rey won by FC Barcelona in 1978. ...
The importance of the Valencia team was reinforced due to the fact that they had very good players like Montes or Cubells, who wanted something more than regional football. The fans split up between the staunch supporters for one and those for the other player, like if it all was about two bullfighters: on one hand, there were the cubellistas, and on the other, the montistas. Such rivalry was good for the team, since both players had a common objective: defending the colours of Valencia Club de Fútbol.
Arturo Montesinos, Montes, due to his physical characteristics (he was 1.90 m tall), was a more aggressive player than Cubells. Eduardo Cubells, much more technical than the aforementioned player, was the first international player provided by Valencia and the second one in the Valencian Community, after Agustín Sancho, a player from Cabanes who played in F.C. Barcelona.
Returning to the first participation of Valencia in the Copa del Rey, the whole Turia river capital was full of excitement. The rival team was Sporting Gijón. The first match was played in the Algirós pitch, which had a record capacity. The result was 1-0 for Valencia, goal scored by Montes. A month later, the return match was a big defeat (6-1) for Valencia in Gijón, although since the competition was accounted by points a third match had to be played, which took place in Oviedo, in which Sporting won again 2-0.
Despite the defeat, Valencia took advantage of the fact that they played an important team at a domestic level, since the number of supporters of the “Che” team increased. This progressive increase of the interest in Valencia made the Valencian managers start to look for land that was up for sale in order to build a new stadium for the team. They found one located by the Mestalla irrigation channel.
Mestalla and Valencia promotion Ramón Leonarte was the President of Valencia who signed the deed for purchasing the land where Mestalla stands in January 1923. It cost 316.439 pesetas, a considerable amount for the time, which was raised thanks to several loans. The seating capacity of the pitch was to be 17.000 spectators and the project was given to two men bound to the Valencian entity: the architect was Francisco Almenar, future president, and the builder Ramón Ferré, also a member of the club. Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The opening of the new stadium took place on 20 May of 1923 and the guest team was Levante U.D. The final result was 1-0 for Valencia and the first player who had the honour to score in Mestalla was Montes. A Scottish team, Dundee United, visited Mestalla a week later. They played two days in a row and won on both occasions 0-3 and 0-1, respectively. is the 140th day of the year (141st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Up until 1923 the figure of the coach did not practically exist. It was just before the start of the 23-24 season when the club hired a Czech manager, Anton Fivber, who was the responsible for giving an international prestige to the Mestalla club. The coach did a good job as he made a point of promoting young players, right in a moment when professionalism was little by little dominating the sport.
At that time, the creation of a domestic league that would include the best teams in the country was being promoted in Spain. Valencia’s objective was to participate in such a competition. However, given that they were a young entity and did not have a large curriculum, it was necessary to wait for three years before they could form part of the First Division. At the end of the twenties Luis Colina arrived at the Valencia club and he acted as technical secretary from 1928 to 1956. His work was essential to establish the successes of the club. Besides creating school, Colina was known for having a good eye for signing up new players.
The League was split into First and Second Division. The six champions of the Spanish Cup guaranteed their participation in the First Division: Athletic Bilbao, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Real Sociedad, Real Unión de Irún and Arenas Getxo. The three runner-ups of such championship, Atlético Madrid, Español and Europa joined them as well. There were nine teams and they needed one more in order to create a League that would have ten teams. This one would be the winner of a tournament played by Valencia, Betis, Sevilla and Racing Santander. The Cantabrian team won the right to participate in the First Division, whilst Valencia had to play in the silver category.
The first league championship in which Valencia participated, was in the 28-29 season, ten teams who finally classified in the following order: Sevilla, Iberia Zaragoza, Deportivo Alavés, Sporting Gijón, Valencia, Real Betis, Real Oviedo, Deportivo La Coruña, Celta Vigo and Racing Madrid.
The historic debut of Valencia in the league was on 17 February of 1929 in Mestalla, playing Oviedo, with a Valencian victory by 4-2. Pedret, Torregaray, Moliné, Salvador, Molina, Amorós, Pérez, Imossi, Navarro, Silvino and Sánchez played that day. Imossi and Navarro scored one goal each, whilst Silvino scored two goals. is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
In their third season in the Second Division, Valencia got the promotion they had longed for to the First Division. It was the 1930-31 season and the team led by Fivber showed great superiority. The football players who formed part of the team that got promoted were Cano, Villarroya, Conde I, Melenchón, Torregaray, Pasarín, Torres, Amorós, Arilla, Conde II, Imossi, Molina, Salvador, Costa, Navarro, Octavio, Perona, Picolín, Ricart, Rino, Sánchez, Torredeflot and Vilanova. This promotion closed the first great stage in the life of the club, and opened another one full of glory and victories. After five seasons of getting used to the new league and the big break caused by the Civil War, the best decade in the history of the “Che” team was to arrive.
The forties After the Civil War, Valencia had to adjust to the new reality. Many of the football players who belonged to the team in 1936 left the “Che” team three years later. The military also intervened in football as in many other aspects of daily life. In the case of Valencia, in June 1939 Major Alfredo Giménez Buesa was appointed president and Luis Casanova vice-president. One of the objectives of the new regime was the elimination of the professionalism, which was considered a republican reminiscence. Another mainstay of Valencianism, which suffered the consequences of the civil war, was Mestalla, smashed by the continuous air raids. The stadium was redesigned and enlarged thus gaining a capacity of 22.000 spectators.
Due to the transfer of Major Giménez, the presidency of the club was passed on to Luis Casanova. Under him the club lived its best years. Within ten seasons, Valencia won three Leagues and two Cups, the latter called Generalísimo Cup back then. This success was possible for several reasons: the fact that the main players of the team before the war continued in the team; the wonderful 'electric forwards' formed by Epi, Amadeo, Mundo, Asensi and Gorostiza; the personality of the president Luis Casanova; the performance of the people on the bench like Cubells, Moncho Encinas, Pasarín and Jacinto Quincoces; the recovery of the Mestalla stadium and the creation of the reserve team: the Club Deportivo Mestalla.
But there is no doubt that Valencia had a great team, possibly one of the best ever, with Ignacio Eizaguirre as goalkeeper, two defenders that perfectly understood each other (Álvaro and Juan Ramón) and the electric forwards, formed by two Valencian and three Basque players. This team would conquer the first great national title for the club: the 1941 Cup, versus Español. It was the first victory after two decades of existence, and the celebration in the Turia river capital was tremendous.
One Cup, a third position in the League, several international players in the team and a great future for the club allowed Valencia to be positioned among the ‘big teams’ of Spanish football.
The culmination was when the Mestalla club won the League championship for the first time in its history in the season 41-42. The ironic thing is that back then the Cup was much more important than the League. But it would be unfair to forget that as far as regularity is concerned, Valencia’s season was wonderful. They had a fantastic goal record (85 in 26 matches), Mestalla became a real fortress (only Atlético Madrid won there) and Valencia became a tough team. Moreover, Valencia’s centre forward Edmundo Suárez, Mundo, was the top goalscorer with 27 goals. Club Atlético de Madrid is a Spanish football club based in Madrid. ...
After a break of one season, in the 43-44 season, Valencia won the League again. This time, Valencia was on top of the table from the beginning of the championship. This season Barça was the only team to win in Valencia (3-4) in the second match of the League. Mundo was again the high goal scoring pichichi, with 27 goals. The superiority of Valencia even played down the excitement of the League, although Valencia’s supporters were delighted, watching their team getting their third title within four seasons. But in the forties there were also troubles for the Valencian interests. In fact, the Mestalla club is the only one within Spanish football that has lost three finals in a row. Valencia was the Cup runner-up in 1944, 1945 and 1946, and again in 1970, 1971 and 1972. The odd thing is that the three finals lost in the forties had the same setting: the Olympic Stadium in Montjuïc. The stadium of Barcelona was considered jinxed by the Valencia supporters of the time. In the first final Valencia lost 2-0 versus Atlético Bilbao, 3-2 again versus the Bilbao club in 1945 and 3-1 versus Real Madrid in 1946.
In the 46-47 season Valencia won their third league title in a row. On this occasion, Valencia had to suffer till the end in order to get the victory. The start of the championship was poor and in the eighth round the “Che” club was only two points above the last team. The last round arrived and nothing was still decided, with the feeling that Atlético Bilbao was going to be the champions, although Atlético Madrid (Atlético Aviación's new name since January 1947) and Valencia also had a chance. In the last match, the team, trained by Pasarín, beat Gijón 6-0. The other rivals failed. Bilbao drew 3-3 in La Coruña and Atlético Madrid lost at home versus their eternal rival, Real Madrid, 2-3. Valencia were champions thanks to their goal advantage between them and the Basque team, who was beaten by Valencia both in San Mamés and in Mestalla. Since there were neither electronic scoreboards nor radio broadcasting, the securing of the third title was communicated by telephone.
The end of the forties reflected the generation change experienced by the club, where players like Puchades and Vicente Seguí were starting to stand out.
Valencia had lost its three previous finals played in Barcelona. The Cup final of 1949, played in the Spanish capital by Atlético Bilbao and Valencia, was a very difficult match that ended with a goal by Epi, putting an end to a decade of players who had been very profitable for Valencia Club de Fútbol.
The Puchades period Although it was not possible to repeat the victories obtained during the previous decade, in the fifties, especially during the first half of the decade, the football performed by the Mestalla club was again worth mentioning. The quality of the football players was good, but the influence of a series of circumstances decreased the efficiency of the team. Foreign players arrived to Spanish football within this decade, which made some clubs become stronger, such like Real Madrid of Di Stéfano and Barcelona of Kubala. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 685 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1184 × 1036 pixel, file size: 134 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ...
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The best football player of Valencia in the fifties was, without any doubt, Antonio Puchades. The player from Sueca became very soon the banner of the team and up until his retirement, he was a key player in the club.
Works of redesign and enlargement of the stadium were undertaken in this decade: the creation of the Big Mestalla. The challenge for the club was creating the setting where there could be played the matches corresponding to the importance of the team, of the city and of the large number of Valencian supporters. The aim was achieved, but the enormous economic effort had negative consequences for the team, which sometimes could not be reinforced in the way it was necessary.
The redesign, which allowed Mestalla to have a capacity of 45.000 spectators, meant an investment close to one hundred million pesetas, a very high amount for the time. But the Valencia home stadium became one of the best in Spain, which made it to be seat of the domestic team during the World Championship in 1982 which took place in Spain, as well as in the Olympic Games of Barcelona ’92.
Another player worth mentioning during the fifties in Valencia is Jacinto Quincoces. A new Valencia became stronger with him, with the youngest players of the former decade like Monzó, Pasieguito, Puchades or Seguí, and the new players (Wilkes, Santacatalina, Buqué, Sendra, Mañó, Mangriñán, Quincoces II, Pla, Sócrates, Gago, Badenes, Quique, Fuertes or Taltavull, among others). The continuity of Quincoces as a coach lasted from 1948 to 1954.
The 50-51 season was the first in which 16 teams took part. Valencia’s play in the championship was very uneven. The big and best-classified teams failed in Mestalla, but they were beaten by Deportivo and Celta and could not do anything else but drawing with teams like Santander or Real Sociedad. Valencia ended up third in the classification and they were beaten by Real Madrid at the very beginning of the Generalísimo Cup. The president resigned, although Luis Casanova was convinced to continue in his position, which he did not leave until 1959.
Valencia reached two finals of the Cup, both playing Barcelona. The first one was in 1952. That year the league was not bad, since the team was classified in fifth position of the season that would end up being the worst one of Quincoces as Che coach. In the Cup, after beating Sevilla and Zaragoza, the team reached the semi-finals, where they played Real Madrid, also beaten by Valencia. The last obstacle in order to get the title was Fútbol Club Barcelona, who played Valencia in Chamartín on 25 May of 1952. Badenes put Valencia ahead on two occasions and put the Valencian team on the right path in the final. But the real ‘slap’ was to arrive: just before the break, the blaugrana team managed to reduce the difference. In the second half there were nothing but misfortunes for the team led by Quincoces and the recovery of Barça was complete, achieving a final score of 4-2. is the 145th day of the year (146th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
The 52-53 season was good for Valencia. They played very well and managed to be runner-up with a team renewed with players from Mestalla, like Sendra, Mañó, Mangriñán and Sócrates. Barcelona was the champion and Valencia lost all their hopes in the last month of the championship. Moreover, the same Barça also eliminated Valencia in the Cup.
The following league went by almost unnoticed, although it is true that Quincoces players ended up in the third position, behind Madrid and Barça. The best of that year was the attainment of the Generalísimo Cup. The rival was again Barcelona, but this time the Catalan team were beaten 3-0, thus taking the Mestalla club their deserved revenge since the final match of 1952. That 20 June of 1954, Quincoces selected Quique, Monzó, Puchades, Badenes, Pasieguito, Seguí, Sócrates, Juan Carlos Quincoces (nephew of the coach), Mañó, Fuertes and Buqué as the first eleven players. The goals were scored by Fuertes, in two occasions, and Badenes. This one was a historic victory in Chamartín and the picture of the final was the goalkeeper Quique sitting on top of the longitudinal post, representing the superiority of Valencia. is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
With this Cup title, Valencia closed the chapter of victories under the presidency of Luis Casanova. After the Cup, there was a transition stage that displeased the supporters. Although until the end of this decade there were still good quality players, the Mestalla club was neither in position for winning the League nor reaching a Cup final in any occasion.
Besides Puchades, other big players belonged to the Valencia team during the second half of the decade. One of the best ones was Servaas Wilkes, a Dutchman coming from Italy who was a real dribbler with the ball at his feet and dazzled the supporters throughout his three seasons as a Valencia player.
For eleven seasons, the Navarra player Juan Carlos Quincoces wore the white shirt and proved to be an effective and very reliable defender, who played all the official matches from the 54-55 season until the 58-59 one (120 matches of the League in a row, plus the Cup matches).
In January of 1956 Manolo Mestre made his debut with Valencia, a football player born in Oliva, who became the Valencia player who won most caps in League matches until Ricardo Arias surpassed him in the nineties.
The flood that affected Valencia in 1957 also hindered the club in the Avenida Suecia. Years of austerity and average results followed this disaster. The president who most years has been in the club, Luis Casanova, left indefinitely the presidency of the club after almost two decades. The president never denied that the passing of his close collaborator Luis Colina, was one of the facts that caused his decision. Vicente Iborra replaced him. With him, but especially with his substitute Julio de Miguel, Valencia would enter into the sixties, dominating the Fairs Cup UEFA Cup logo The UEFA Cup is a football competition for European club teams. ...
Valencia makes mark in Europe On 2 July 1961, while the city of Valencia was still in shock over the death of the Brazilian, Walter, in a traffic accident that occurred on the road to El Saler, Julio de Miguel Martínez de Bujanda became president of the club. Thus started another ten good years in the history of Valencia. At the same time, there was a new necessity in Spanish football: competing in the continental tournaments and demonstrating the power measuring up to other European teams. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 600 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1037 × 1036 pixel, file size: 106 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ...
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One of the first successes of the new president was the fact that Valencia was accepted in Fairs Cup, competition that back then was exclusively entered by invitation, and not by way of a good position in the league (The Fairs Cup is the predecessor of the UEFA Cup. Moreover, De Miguel managed to sign up a great player: the Brazilian Waldo Machado, who gave great evenings of football in Mestalla and who would become one of the top goalscorers in the “Che” history. His free kicks, his unbelievable shots and his happy football left a mark in Spain as well as in Europe. The ideal partner for Waldo was Vicente Guillot, whose path was parallel to the Brazilian’s, understanding each other perfectly. The UEFA Cup (also known as European Cup 3, CE3 or C3) is a football competition for European club teams, organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). ...
Valencia’s European successes were accompanied, in general, by mediocre leagues. That happened during the 61-62 season, in which Valencia assured home victories, but away they could not gain any positive points. They ended up twelve points behind Real Madrid, in seventh position.
In the Fairs Cup, the first rival who Valencia had to beat was Nottingham Forest, one of the biggest clubs in English football at the time. The first match, at the City Ground , ended up with a spectacular 1-5 to Valencia. After qualifying by beating the English team, the next team was Lausana. Valencia was already in quarter finals and this time the rival was the powerful Inter Milan, which was beaten in Mestalla 2-0 and a draw 3-3 in Milan. History Nottingham Forest F.C. are an English football club, based at the City Ground, which is just outside the official boundary of Nottingham on the south side of the River Trent. ...
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Valencia beat MTK Budapest in the semi-finals, 3-0 in Valencia and 3-7 in Budapest, in one of Valencia’s high goal scoring games in Europe. MTK Budapest is a football club from Budapest, Hungary. ...
An old sparring partner was awaiting Valencia in the final: Futbol Club Barcelona. The victory was historic. Due to the 6-2 result that Valencia managed against Barça in a European final. The thousands of Valencian supporters who filled Mestalla on 12 September 1962 went crazy. The final was sentenced and in the return match, in Nou Camp, the result was a one-one draw. Zamora, Piquer, Quincoces, Mestre, Sastre, Chicao, Héctor Núñez, Guillot, Waldo, Ribelles and Yosu participated in both matches of the final. Futbol Club Barcelona, known familiarly as Barça (IPA: baɾsa), is a Catalan sports club based in Barcelona, Spain. ...
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The champion of the Fairs Cup would repeat their title the following season. The first obstacles were three Scottish teams: Celtic, Dunfermline and Hibernian. In the semi-finals Valencia had to play AS Roma. 3-0 in Mestalla and a tight defeat by 1-0 in the Rome Olympic stadium gave Valencia the passport to a new final. Current season Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football team based in Glasgow, who currently play in the Scottish Premier League. ...
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The rival in the final was Dynamo Zagreb. The first match was played in the then Yugoslavian town and Valencia started losing, but then they recovered thanks to Waldo and José Antonio Urtiaga. The return match took place on 26 June 1963 in Mestalla, where 50.000 spectators could witness the superiority of Valencia, who beat the Balkan team by 2-0, with goals scored by Mañó and Héctor Núñez. Dinamo is the largest and the most accomplished football club from Zagreb, Croatia. ...
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In the following season Valencia once more got through to the Fairs Cup final, this time after beating the top Irish club Shamrock Rovers, Rapid Vienna, the Hungarian club Ujpest and in the semifinals, the Germans' Cologne. After a great effort to beat the Germans, another Spanish team was waiting for them in the final: Zaragoza. Unlike the previous final this time the victory was for the team from Aragon, who won the Cup by 2-1. The two goals of Zaragoza were scored by Villa and Marcelino, whilst Urtiaga scored the only goal for Valencia. Shamrock Rovers FC is a Irish football club playing in the Football League of Ireland. ...
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The Che team received a strong setback in the final with Zaragoza. That defeat gave way to three years of uncertainty, until July of 1967, when a new title was achieved, but this time the Copa del Rey. Copa del Rey won by FC Barcelona in 1978. ...
Valencia kept on renewing itself. It was the turn for players like Juan Cruz Sol and Pepe Claramunt. The incorporation of these two men was key for the Mestalla club to achieve an important place within Spanish football again. The Spanish football league (La Liga) is divided into divisions. ...
With them, and with football players like Waldo or the Asturian goalkeeper Abelardo, Valencia reached the Cup final in 1967. The road was long and difficult, although the first qualifying rounds, with Cadiz and Betis as rivals, were easily won. In the quarterfinals Valencia had to get rid of Real Madrid and in the semi-finals another historic club in the Valencian Community, Elche, had to be taken care of. Valencia was again in a Cup final and had to face an old rival: Athletic Bilbao. Athletic Club is a Spanish football club from Bilbao in Biscay, Basque Country, Spain. ...
Roberto Gil held up the fourth Cup in the history of Valencia, beating the Basque team by 2-1 in Madrid, goals scored by the Paraguayan Anastasio Jara and Paquito. This new Generalísimo Cup meant a new present for the thousands of Valencian supporters.
In the following season Valencia made its debut in the Cup Winners Cup. A competition where Valencia managed to win two qualifying rounds beating Crusaders form Northern Ireland and Steaua Bucarest, before being eliminated by Bayern Munich, which had already legendary players like Sepp Maier and Franz Beckenbauer. The Cup Winners Cup was a football club competition between the winners of the European domestic league cups. ...
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Franz Anton Beckenbauer (born September 11, 1945) is a German football coach, manager, and former player, nicknamed der Kaiser (the emperor) because of his elegant style, his leadership qualities, his first name Franz (reminiscent of the Austrian emperors), and his dominance on the football pitch. ...
After that Cup in 1967, Valencia had three modest years, until the beginning of the seventies, when titles would return to Valencia.
The Alfredo di Stefano period Alfredo Di Stéfano landed in Valencia in April of 1970, in a bad time for the Mestalla club, replacing the pair formed by Enrique Buqué and Salvador Artigas. In that season, Valencia lost a Cup final Barcelona again, this time playing Real Madrid (3-1). Montjuïc was again a jinxed stadium for Valencia’s interests, who had everything in their favour in that final: Madrid was in one of the worst league positions in their history and in the first half Grosso and Amancio were injured, but nevertheless, Madrid finally got the victory. Alfredo Di Stéfano (born July 4, 1926 in Barracas, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine-born former footballer and coach. ...
Di Stéfano's first season leading the team is one of the most intense and exciting ones in the history of the Valencia and it meant the last league championship up until the noughties. Di Stéfano created a new team, sound and strong in defence with players like Sol, Aníbal, Jesús Martínez and Antón, helping a reliable goalkeeper in Abelardo. Smart and precise football in the centre of midfield, where the reference player was Pepe Claramunt; and agile and fast forwards, perfect for the counterattack with Forment, Valdez, Sergio and Pellicer as key players.
The 70-71 season was the last one in which 16 teams would participate, and after the first matches Valencia was already in a dangerous position where they could even be descended from the Primera Division Little by little the results started improving and Valencia consolidated to mid-table. The big match of that championship was the one played at the Nou Camp, Valencia beat Barcelona 2-0, with goals from Claramunt and Valdez, and a penalty stopped by Abelardo. It was the push Valencia needed to try and fight for the title.
What is most remembered about that season is the last match of the season, played in Sarriá. Valencia was the leader, with 43 points, where as Barcelona and Atlético Madrid, who were rivals, had 42 and 41 respectively. Di Stéfano's team needed only a point which they did not get, since they were beaten by Españyol 1-0, but since colchoneros and culés drew, the title was heading back to Valencia. Many analysts agree that Valencia won their fourth league thanks to the solidity in defence and thanks to Abelardo the goalkeeper.
Once the league season ended, Valencia faced the Cup final convinced they could get both titles as in 1944. The “Che” team arrived to the final, eliminating Mallorca, Betis, Málaga and once in semi-finals, Sevilla. They arrived to the final without losing any match, having scored eighteen goals in eight matches, as league champions and in very high spirits. The setting was Santiago Bernabéu and the rival, a sore Barcelona. The victory was for the Catalan team, which beat Valencia 4-3 in a great match. Valencia could not culminate one of the best seasons in their history.
The winning of the League title gave them the opportunity to make their debut in the European Cup, the top competition within continental football. Valencia’s path in this competition was brief, since they beat Luxemburgo and Hajduk Split but lost in the third round with Újpesti Dózsa. Hajduk is one of the most famous and successful Croatian football clubs. ...
Although Valencia’s team was possibly better than the one who won the League championship, in the 71-72 season they could only manage to be runner-up. Valencia was the current champions and all the teams had it in for them. The signing up of Quino, Adorno and Lico improved the potential of the team, although it was not enough to repeat the success of last season and the champion was Real Madrid.
Once more, Valencia lost a Cup final, this time against Atlético Madrid 2-1. Salcedo scored first, Valdez drew level and José Eulogio Gárate scored the goal that gave the victory to Madrid. This defeat meant a new setback for more than 20.000 Valencian supporters who were present at the match. Salcedo is a province of the Dominican Republic, and also the name of its capital city. ...
José Eulogio Gárate Ormaechea (born September 20, 1944 in SarandÃ, Buenos Aires) was a Spanish footballer. ...
In 1973 the president Julio de Miguel resigned, one year after the decease in Mestalla of the manager Vicente Peris, his right hand man. After the president left, Valencia continued the League without distinction. In the first staging of the UEFA Cup competition that replaced the Fairs Cup (its predecessor), Valencia made their debut playing Manchester City, but they were beaten in the next round by Estrella Roja Belgrado. Manchester City F.C. is a football club based in Manchester, United Kingdom. ...
Francisco Ros Casares replaced Julio de Miguel, with a conflicting board of directors whose biggest success was the purchase of the land in Paterna, where the future “Ciudad Deportiva” Valencia’s training facility was to be located. Location Coordinates : Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Paterna (Valencian) Spanish name Paterna Administration Country Spain Autonomous Community Valencian Community Province Valencia Comarca Horta Oest Geography Land Area 35. ...
Spanish football opened its borders, which allowed each team to sign two foreign players up, ending up with the problem of those non-Spanish footballers whose mother or father were Spanish. One of the first players to arrive in Mestalla was Salif Keita, a forward from Mali who came from his success in French football. The other player that signed up was the Austrian Kurt Jara. The season was bad and Valencia did not even participate in any European competition, which had not happened since their debut in 1961. Salif Keïta (born December 12, 1946 in Bamako) is a former Malian football player. ...
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Although this season was very difficult, there were great players in the Valencia team, like Johnny Rep, a wonderful Dutch outside right winger, who came from one of the best European teams at the time: Ajax Amsterdam. Nicholaas (Johnny) Rep (born November 25, 1951 in Zaandam, Noord-Holland) is a former Dutch football striker. ...
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After the Ros Casares period it was the turn for José Ramos Costa, elected president in January of 1976. Under his presidency, the Mestalla club lived a sporting career marked by the Cup title in 1979 and the Cup Winners Cup title in 1980, although from the economic point of view Valencia started to get into debt mainly due to the redesigning works in Mestalla so that it could be ready for the World Cup in 1982. José Ramos Costa, born in Valencia (1926-1989), President of Valencia CF (1976-1984). ...
Don't say "Kempes", say "goal!"  Kempes for Argentina in the World Cup of 1978 With the start of the 76-77 season, Valencia began a completely different era. The Paraguayan Heriberto Herrera arrived in Valencia as a coach and the new players Castellanos, Diarte, Carrete, Botubot, Arias and Mario Kempes, the Argentina Superstar, joined Valencia, among others.
Kempes is the most successful footballer to have played for Valencia, due to his international successes (he was part of Argentina’s team that won the World Cup in 1978) as well as to his performance with Valencia Club de Fútbol. Kempes was the top goalscorer of the Spanish League in two occasions, in the 76-77 (24 goals) and 77-78 (28 goals) seasons, top goalscorer in the World Cup that took place in his country in 1978 and key player in winning the 1979 Copa del Rey and the 1980 European Cup Winners Cup. His charisma, his free kicks and his scoring ability made an Argentinean journalist baptise him with the nickname of ‘Matador’ and the whole of Mestalla would shout ‘Don’t say Kempes, say goal’ every Sunday. This article is about world cups in general. ...
A dismissed coach (Heriberto Herrera), a crack like Kempes in the team, players from Valencia who were getting better like Enrique Saura or Ricardo Arias, a good performance of the new signed up players Castellanos, Carrete and Botubot, all those were the keys of the first season of Ramos Costa as president.
Another important name in Valencia in that time was Ricardo Arias, the player who had the most caps throughout the history of Valencia. For sixteen seasons, the footballer from Catarroja was the main character of the most brilliant and saddest moments in the lifetime of Valencia.
The Spanish-French Marcel Domingo replaced Heriberto Herrera at the head of the season and he was in charge of returning Valencia to Europe, after a five-year period of absence. Domingo, who came from training Burgos, brought three players with him, the goalkeeper Manzanedo standing out among them.
Throughout the seasons, Valencia never lacked good quality players. Other footballers who arrived within these years were Daniel Solsona and Rainer Bonhof, international German player who had been world champion in 1974. Daniel Solsona, on his side, has been one of the most technical footballers to have played in Valencia.
The 78-79 season stood out for the performance in the cup competitions. The competition was not easy. The team managed by Pasieguito, who had replaced Domingo, had to test out against Barça. The outward match had an illuminating result: Barcelona 4 - Valencia 1. The qualifying round seemed sentenced and few people believed in the Valencian recovery. But in the match played in Mestalla, Valencia turned the qualifying round completely and beat the blaugrana team 4-0, result that allowed Valencia to continue in the Cup... and go all the way to the final.
After Barça, the rivals came from the Second Division, and Valencia comfortably beat Alavés as well as Valladolid. They arrived in to the final to face Real Madrid. The setting was the Vicente Calderón. In the terraces, 25.000 Valencian supporters waved the Valencian flag the senyeras in the Spanish capital, celebrating one of the best victories in the history of the club. Valencia, who played with the senyera kit, was formed by Manzanedo, Carrete, Arias, Botubot, Cerveró, Bonhof, Castellanos, Solsona, Saura, Kempes and Darío Felman and Tendillo took part as well. Valencia won 2-0, both goals by the Argentinean star of the “Che” team. Together with Kempes, the most outstanding man in that final was Arias.
The celebration in the town of Turia was complete. But it would still be bigger the following season, again in a European competition. After the King’s Cup title, Valencia played the European Cup Winners Cup. Pasieguito was again the technical secretary and Alfredo di Stéfano was again in charge of the winning in Europe. Thanks to the European title, the League and the Cup that stood in the background, the 79-80 season was one of the most successful seasons for Valencia. The Mestalla team had to beat quality rivals such Copenhagen, Glasgow Rangers, Barcelona, the French team Nantes and in the final the Londoners Arsenal.
Around 7,000 Valencian people went to Brussels to attend the European final opposite the gunners from Arsenal, who were lower than the English supporters present at the Heysel stadium. The team was composed by Pereira, Carrete, Arias, Tendillo, Botubot, Solsona, Bonhof, Subirats, Saura, Kempes and Pablo. Already in the extra time, Castellanos replaced Subirats. The team was modest and with a lot of tension. After 120 minutes of play and with 0-0 the score, the final had to be solved by penalties. It was the turn for Valencia and for Kempes, who missed the first penalty. The things did not start right. But Ian Brady, also missed his. The following eight in a row were scored (Solsona, Pablo, Castellanos and Bonhof scored for Valencia) and gave way to a sudden death. Ricardo Arias beat Pat Jennings and Pereira became the hero of the final when he stopped Rix's penalty. Euphoria erupted and Saura was in charge of picking up the European Cup Winners' Cup.
Early to mid-1980s: Downfall and Relegation to the Second Division The 1980-81 season began with the European Super Cup. No Spanish team up until that year had won this competition, that brings the winner of the European Cup and the winner of the Cup Winners' Cup. Some of Valencia’s footballers of the time complained on several occasions because the title was not considered to have any special meaning in Spain until Barcelona got it in 1992, a decade after Valencia did.
Valencia’s rival was an old acquaintance, Nottingham Forest, current European and Super Cup champions and a team with great potential. The competition was played on two legs. The English won the first leg, in the mythical City Ground, 2-1, the Valencian goal being scored by the Argentinean Felman. Everything was still to be decided at the Luis Casanova. Valencia played with Sempere, Cerveró, Botubot, Arias, Tendillo, Castellanos, Saura, Solsona, Morena, Kempes and Felman. The Uruguayan Fernando Morena scored the only goal of the match and the double value of the away goal scored at the City Ground gave Valencia their first European Super Cup title.
As far as the League was concerned, in that season Valencia had a chance of winning the championship, although they did not manage to pull it off. They were fourth in the table, three points behind the leaders: Real Sociedad. One of the reasons for the average performance in the final stage of the league season played by Valencia was the departure of two of the stars of the team, Mario Alberto Kempes and Fernando Morena, who returned to their countries of origin in order to play in River Plate and in Peñarol respectively.
From that point, the social and sporting situation of Valencia Club Fútbol started to get worse. The celebration of the World Cup in Spain was a large financial burden for the club, since the upgrading work on the stadium were born by the club. In the 81-82 season, Valencia had a secondary role and ended up in fifth position in the league. After Kempes and Morena's departure, a great player entered the team, the Danish Frank Arnesen, who was only able to put in a good performance in the first year, since injuries kept him away from the field of play for a long time. A young footballer from Betxí, who would become a symbol of his time also made his debut that year - Roberto Fernández Bonillo. Roberto Fernández Bonillo (born 9 July 1962), nicknamed Roberto, is a former Spanish footballer. ...
In the 1982-83 season, the disaster that was on its way started to be visible. The economic situation was getting worse. With Miljan Miljanic as coach, the only joys of the season were the victory in Mestalla against Diego Maradona’s Barça, Kempes's return to the team after his short stay in River and the elimination of Manchester United, Banik Ostrava and Spartak Moscú in the UEFA Cup. The rest were nothing but problems and anxiety. With only seven left to play before the end of the season and Valencia was in a desperate situation in the table, Koldo Aguirre replaced Miljanic, who had been dismissed after losing 5-2 in Sarriá.
Valencia had to win the last match of the season and wait for the results of its rivals in order to avoid relegation to the Second Division and continue in the first division. In Mestalla, Valencia had to play Real Madrid, who was risking their League title. Valencia won 1-0, with a goal scored by Tendillo. The other results of that round of matches were also favourable for them: Atlético beat Racing Santander in Madrid and Celta Vigo lost in Valladolid, both by 3-1, whilst Las Palmas was beaten 1-5 at the San Mames by Athletic Bilbao, who became champions of La Liga. Valencia had amazingly survived relegation.
The two following seasons (83-84 and 84-85) were a transition to even worse times. Ramos Costa had left the presidency, which was now taken by the cardiologist Vicente Tormo. The club’s debt amounted to more than 2,000 million pesetas and the number of members had decreased a lot. In the face of the bad situation of the club, many footballers from the youth team started to play, among them it is worth mentioning a man who gave everything for Valencia: Fernando Gómez Colomer.
The situation became complicated to unexpected limits. Many footballers did not get paid and the club was up to its neck in debt. The responsibility for training the team fell on Óscar Rubén Valdez. The new signings did not turn out well, since Muñoz Pérez as well as Sánchez Torres went through Valencia without distinction. The relegation to the Second Division culminated in this fateful season: 85-86. The team did not have a bad start but the situation became more and more complicated. In the 22nd round of matches Valencia lost 6-0 in Atocha, which caused the dismissal of Valdez and the return of Di Stéfano to the Valencian bench. With only four games left, Valencia were already relegated to the Second Division, although a victory in Sánchez Pizjuán in Sevilla (0-2) and home against Hércules (3-1) gave some hope of returning to La Liga next season. The team confirmed the relegation by losing 3-0 at the Nou Camp and two draws with Cádiz and Betis. That draw put an end to 55 consecutive seasons in the elite of the Spanish football, with four League titles, five Copa del Reys, two European Fairs Cups, one Cup Winners' Cup, one Super Cup and a history full of great footballers of international standard. The relegation was the saddest day in the history of Valencia CF. (Professional Football League), commonly known as the Primera División or simply La Liga, is the top professional football league in Spain. ...
Mid to late-80s: Resurgence and Back in the Big League In hindsight, Valencia's relegation was a blessing in disguise. Footballers, managers and many supporters agree that the relegation to the Second Division helped Valencia to recover from their problems and to get back on course. Fifteen years later, the relegation is forgotten about and Valencia rubs shoulders with the best Spanish and European teams once again.
The president of Valencia after the relegation was Arturo Tuzón. The supporters, very much upset about playing in the Second Division, did not abandon Valencia and showed their love for the Mestalla club. In fact the number of members increased. Valencia were champions of the Second Division and returned to the First Division only one year after the relegation.
The core of good Valencia players for the following years was created in the Second Division, with Fernando, Quique, Giner, Voro, Revert, Arroyo, Fenoll, Bossio and the players left from the relegated Valencia: Sempere, Subirats and Arias. Quique Sanchez Flores (born 2 February 1965) is a Spanish football coach and former player. ...
After the promotion Valencia focused on consolidating their position in La Liga. In the 87-88 season, Algerian Rabah Madjer played for six months, signed from FC Porto, it was a transition period and the team ended up in fourteenth position. That was the last season for Alfredo di Stéfano on the Valencia bench, at his third spell as the “Che” coach. (Professional Football League), commonly known as the Primera División or simply La Liga, is the top professional football league in Spain. ...
Madjer scores the equalizer with his back-heel for FC Porto in the 1987 European Cup final Rabah Madjer (Arabic: ‎) (born February 15, 1958 in Hussein Dey) is a Algerian footballer, playing as a striker, who reached stardom as a FC Porto player during the 1980s, and is considered the...
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In order to face the following season, the board of directors led by Tuzón thought of Víctor Espárrago, who was currently managing Cádiz. The Uruguayan was a responsible man who transmitted his personality to the team, with him Valencia got back to contending for the La Liga crown, finishing third in 1989 and then second in 1990. (Professional Football League), commonly known as the Primera División or simply La Liga, is the top professional football league in Spain. ...
The 1989-90 season was brilliant for Valencia. The team played a wonderful league campaign and put in an acceptable Copa del Rey performance, plus they played two rounds of the UEFA Cup, against Victoria Bucarest and FC Porto led by Rabah Madjer, which saw Valencia unfairly eliminated. The start of the league season was disappointing, although the team started improving as the season went on. When the league had already started the Bulgarian forward Luboslav Mladenov Penev arrived at Valencia from CSKA Sofia known for his goal scoring. Moreover, this season saw the farewell of Javier Subirats, after twelve years at Valencia. Copa del Rey won by FC Barcelona in 1978. ...
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The next season, the board of directors led by Arturo Tuzón bet on the same team that had got them second place the previous season, with the reinforcement of Roberto, who returned after playing in Barcelona. Nevertheless, in this season Valencia only got seventh position. In the UEFA Cup, Roma eliminated the “Che” team in the quarter finals with a controversial refereeing decision that had an influence on the final result of the match. Valencia also lost in the Copa del Rey quarterfinals to Mallorca. Copa del Rey won by FC Barcelona in 1978. ...
In the 1991-92 season, Valencia invested heavily on reinforcing the team. After Víctor Espárrago's departure, Dutch coach Guus Hiddink arrived at Valencia, he had been European champion whilst managing PSV Eindhoven in the late 80's. In regards to the signings, the most remarkable ones were the Panamanian forward Rommel Fernández and the highly talented Brazilian Leonardo. In the league, Hiddink's team ended up fourth, whilst in the Copa del Rey, Real Madrid eliminated Valencia in the quarterfinals. Guus Hiddink (born 8 November 1946 in Varsseveld) is a Dutch football manager. ...
Rommel Fernández Gutiérrez (born January 15, 1966 – May 6, 1993) was a Panamanian football (soccer) player who played for the Spanish clubs CD Tenerife, Valencia CF, and Albacete, as well as for the Panama national team. ...
Leonardo Nascimento de Araujo, known simply as Leonardo (born September 5, 1969 in Niterói, Brazil), is a football midfielder, who played for Brazil, playing on the teams that won the 1994 FIFA World Cup (although he was suspended for the latter part of the tournament), and placed second in...
There was a great hope for the possibilities of the new Valencia, which in that season lived important events, such as the opening of the “Ciudad Deportiva” training facilities in Paterna, the transformation of the club to a Sporting Limited Company and the presence of the Spanish Olympic football team that played their matches in Mestalla.
That season Ricardo Arias, the footballer that had played most seasons and more official matches with Valencia in all its history, retired. The Valencian supporters lost one of the most reliable and classiest footballers of its history, but he was well replaced by another Valencian defender, Paco Camarasa.
The nineties A new period for the Mestalla club started in 1992, when it became a Sporting Limited Company. There was a big social commotion during the following five years. After the indisputable success in the economic management led by Arturo Tuzón, the defeat in Karslruhe meant the beginning of the end of his period as president of Valencia. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (960x1280, 281 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Valencia CF Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to...
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The 93-94 season started well for Valencia, who soon was first in the league and started the UEFA Cup eliminating the French team Nantes, who had players like Loko, Makelele, Karembeu and Pedros. That summer, Valencia bought Predrag Mijatovic, who became one of the best players of Valencia in that decade, but left the club in a shocking way to rivals Real Madrid. As leader of the league on 2 November 1993, Valencia played in Germany in the return match of the UEFA Cup second round. In the first match, Hiddink's team won 3-1, so it seemed likely that they would qualiy for the next round. But a large defeat by 7-0 meant for Valencia the worst European defeat in its history. Guus Hiddink was sacked after losing in Gijón the following weekend. The UEFA Cup (also known as European Cup 3, CE3 or C3) is a football competition for European club teams, organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). ...
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Francisco Real, who up until that moment was member of the technical team of the club, replaced Guus Hiddink. He could raise neither the morale nor the results of the team and after five games was replaced by Héctor Núñez, an Uruguayan forward who had played for Valencia in the sixties. Meanwhile, the board of directors led by Arturo Tuzón started to crack. The resignations and internal scandals caused Tuzón's resignation, who was temporally replaced by Melchor Hoyos. An election process was opened that would bring Francisco Roig to the presidency, after beating the other candidate, Ramón Romero, in the polls. Meanwhile, Lubo Penev, the star of the team, was diagnosed with cancer of the testicles that kept him away from football for a year, but from which he fortunately recovered completely. A very young Gaizka Mendieta started to play his first matches as well, he had signed coming from Castellón and became the big star of Valencia. Another personal tragedy happened in Valencia in September of 1993: the Panamanian forward Rommel Fernández, on loan to Albacete, was killed in a car accident. Guus Hiddink (born 8 November 1946 in Varsseveld) is a Dutch football manager. ...
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On 9 March 1994 Roig was elected president, his first decision, only hours after winning the election, was dismissing Héctor Núñez as coach and appointing Jesús Martínez as technical secretary. While they were deciding who would be the substitute for Núñez, the second coach José Manuel Rielo became main coach. Roig's decision for coach was surprising: Guus Hiddink was again chosen, only five months after his dismissal. Valencia straightened out their path, played better football and got better results at the end of the season. is the 68th day of the year (69th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Francisco Roig took advantage of the World Cup in 1994, which took place in the United States, to hire the person who would become coach of the world champions, the Brazilian Carlos Alberto Parreira. Other outstanding people that signed up for Valencia were Andoni Zubizarreta, the no.1 goalkeeper of the Spanish national team, and the Russian forward Oleg Salenko, who would end up being the top goalscorer of the World Cup but who did not shine in Valencia as much as he did in the United States. In the 94-95 season, Valencia reached the final of the Kings Cup, having previously dismissed the coach. Parreira was dismissed in the Cup semi-finals, against Albacete, and Rielo was in charge of the team again. In the Cup Final Valencia played Deportivo, on 24 June 1995, the game was postponed due to a heavy downpour with the score at 1-1. They had to play the remaining time three days later, a goal scored by Alfredo prevented Valencia from getting the victory. The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the mens national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the...
Carlos Alberto Gomes Parreira (born February 27, 1943, in Rio de Janeiro) is a football manager. ...
Andoni Zubizarreta Urreta (born October 23, 1961 in Vitoria-Gasteiz (Araba) is a former Spanish football goalkeeper, and the all-time most capped player for the Spanish national team. ...
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The 1995-96 season started with a new coach, the veteran Luis Aragonés who took Valencia to second place in the league within 4 points of the title with a team in which Zubizarreta, Camarasa, Fernando and Mijatovic stood out. Atlético Madrid, who had hired Lubo Penev, were the champions that season along with the King's cup to achieve the league and cup double. ‘Pedja’ Mijatovic the Valencia star at the time, signed for Real Madrid who paid the minimum release clause in his contract, which was met with resentment from the Valencia faithful. José Luis Aragonés Suárez Martinez (born July 28, 1938, Hortaleza, Madrid), sometimes referred to as simply Luis, is a former Spanish footballer and current manager. ...
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In the summer of 96, Francisco Roig carried out his will of signing Romario. Nevertheless, the brilliant and rebellious Brazilian forward clashed with Aragonés and was sold to Flamengo. His signing coincided with the signing of the Argentinean winger Claudio López, another future idol of the Valencia supporters. The bad results obtained in the league caused the dismissal of the coach from Madrid and he was replaced by Jorge Valdano. The Argentinean coach made his debut in November of 1996 and finished the new season without any titles, having been eliminated from the Cup by Las Palmas and beaten in the UEFA Cup by the German side Schalke 04, who would end up winning the competition. In December of the same year, Valencia signed another South American star, the Argentinean Ariel Ortega. Categories: Brazil-related stubs | 1966 births | Brazilian footballers | People stubs ...
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Claudio Javier López (born July 17, 1974 in RÃo Tercero, Córdoba, Argentina) is an Argentine football striker, who currently plays for the Kansas City Wizards in Major League Soccer. ...
Jorge Alberto Valdano (born October 4, 1955 in Las Parejas, Santa Fe Province) is an Argentine former football player. ...
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Ariel Arnaldo Ortega (born March 4, 1974 in Libertador General San MartÃn, Jujuy) is an Argentinian footballer, who currently plays for Club Atlético River Plate as a midfielder. ...
Valdano started the 97-98 season, but he was dismissed after three matches, after losing to Mallorca, Barcelona and Racing Santander. Jesús Martínez had also been dismissed as technical secretary, position that was now taken up by the Valencian Javier Subirats. Jorge Valdano's substitute was the Italian Claudio Ranieri, who quickly clashed with Romario - who was back from his loan to Flamengo - and Ortega whose form was inconsistent. So much chaos caused the resignation of Francisco Roig as president, Pedro Cortés, vice-president up until that moment, accepted the club management on 2 December of 1997. Valencia was in the relegation zone in the league and also had modest results in the Cup competitions. Valencia finished the league in ninth position, thus getting the right to participate in the Intertoto Cup, a new competition through which it was possible to enter the UEFA Cup competition. The only signing in the middle of the season was the Romanian forward Adrian Ilie, whose first months as a Valencia player were spectacular. Claudio Ranieri (born October 20, 1951 in Rome) is a former Italian football player and manager, current manager of Juventus. ...
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Adrian Ilie (born April 20, 1974 in Craiova) is a former Romanian football (soccer) forward and currently a businessman with interests in tourism and football. ...
Claudio Ranieri started the 98-99 season with the qualification of Valencia, through the Intertoto, for the UEFA Cup, where they were eliminated by Liverpool. In the league, Valencia finished fourth, qualifying for the UEFA Champions League. But the great success of this season happened in the King’s Cup: Valencia won the competition, in the Olympic stadium of Sevilla, by beating Atlético Madrid 3-0 on 26 June of 1999, with a great goal by Mendieta and two by ‘Piojo’ López. The euphoria that the Valencia supporters experienced was indescribable, and the well-deserved festivities are still remembered. The heroes of the cup winning team were Cañizares, Angloma, Djukic, Roche, Carboni, Mendieta, Milla, Farinós, Vlaovic, Ilie and Claudio López. Juanfran, Angulo and Björklund also played. UEFA Champions League, which replaced the European Champions Cup, is a seasonal club football competition organised by UEFA since 1992 for the most successful football clubs in Europe. ...
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But Ranieri did not continue managing Valencia, the Roman coach had committed himself to Atlético Madrid in the spring of 1999, the same team he had beaten in the Copa del Rey. In order to replace him, the Argentine Héctor Cúper was chosen, who had arrived in Mallorca two seasons before offering an incredible performance for the Balearic club: one Spanish Super Cup, one King’s Cup final and one Cup winners' Cup final. The most notable signing that summer was of the Argentine left winger Kily González. Copa del Rey won by FC Barcelona in 1978. ...
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The new millennium: Valencia returns to the top of Spanish and European football  Mestalla in the title game of 2004 La Liga Valencia started the 1999-2000 season by winning another title, the Spanish Super Cup, beating FC Barcelona. Valencia finished third in the league, behind the champions, Deportivo and level on points with second placed Barcelona. But the biggest success was in the UEFA Champions League, for the first time in its history Valencia reached the European Cup final. Unfortunately, in the final played in Paris on 24 May 2000, Real Madrid beat Valencia 3-0. The Supercopa de España (Spanish Super Cup) is a Spanish football trophy created in 1982, played by the winners of the First Division and the Copa del Rey (Kings Cup). ...
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It was also Claudio López's farewell, who had agreed to sign for the Italian side Lazio, also leaving was Farinós for Inter and Gerard for Barcelona. The notable signings of that summer were the Uruguayan Diego Alonso, the Norwegian John Carew, Rubén Baraja from Atletico Madrid, the Argentinean Roberto Ayala and the Brazilian left back Fabio Aurelio. For the football club, see S.S. Lazio Lazio (Latium in Latin) is a regione of central Italy, bordered by Tuscany, Umbria, Abruzzi, Marche, Molise, Campania and the Tyrrhenian Sea. ...
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Rubén Baraja Vegas (born July 11, 1975 in Valladolid) is a Spanish professional football (soccer) player, who currently plays for Valencia CF in the Spanish La Liga. ...
Roberto Fabián El Raton Ayala (born 14 April 1973 in Paraná) is an Argentinian football player, who currently plays for the Spanish team Real Zaragoza. ...
Fábio Aurélio Rodrigues (born 24 September 1979 in São Carlos) is a Brazilian soccer player, who currently plays for the Spanish team Valencia. ...
Valencia started the championship on the right foot and were top after 10 games, after the Christmas break Valencia started to pay for the top demand that such an absorbing competition like the Champions League requires. After passing the two mini-league phases, Cúper's team eliminated Arsenal FC in quarter finals and Leeds United in the semi-finals, and got ready to face Bayern Munich in the big final, Valencia had now reached two European Cup finals in a row. This time the final was to be played in Milan and 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, Cañizares then stopped a penalty from Mehmet Scholl, but Stefan Effenberg drew level after the break thanks to another penalty. After extra time, it was a penalty shoot-out to decide who would be European champions Valencia or Bayern Munich. Mauricio Pellegrino was the man who missed to give Bayern European glory and Valencia heartbreak for the second season running in the biggest game in club football. For Valencia it was difficult to recover from the blow in Milan, it culminated in Valencia finishing 5th in La Liga and out of the Champions League for the 2001-2002 season. Arsenal F.C. (also known as Arsenal, The Arsenal or The Gunners) is a north London football team founded in 1886. ...
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Gaizka Mendieta Zabala (born 27 March 1974 in Bilbao) is a Spanish football player of Basque origin. ...
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The president D. Pedro Cortés left the club in July, who resigned due to personal reasons and left with the satisfaction of having won the King’s Cup, one Spanish Super Cup and two Champions League finals in a row. D. Jaime Ortí replaced him as president, who expressed his intention on keeping the good path that had made the club so admired on the European circuit. There were also some changes in the team and staff, Rafa Benítez, after helping Tenerife to promotion, replaced Héctor Cúper as coach who became the new coach at Inter Milan. Among the footballers, Mendieta, Deschamps, Milla, Zahovic and Gerardo left, and Marchena, Mista, Curro Torres, Rufete, De los Santos and Salva arrived. The Supercopa de España (Spanish Super Cup) is a Spanish football trophy created in 1982, played by the winners of the First Division and the Copa del Rey (Kings Cup). ...
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From 1999 up until the end of the 2004 season, Valencia had one of the their most successful periods in the clubs history. With a total of 2 La Liga titles, 1 UEFA Cup, 1 Copa del Rey and 1 UEFA Super Cup, in these six years, no less than five first class titles and two UEFA Champions League finals had been achieved. (Professional Football League), commonly known as the Primera División or simply La Liga, is the top professional football league in Spain. ...
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Copa del Rey won by FC Barcelona in 1978. ...
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The 2001/02 season brought Valencia a La Liga title, thirty-one years after the last title crown. There were new incorporations to the team, the manager Rafa Benítez and the new players; Marchena, Mista, Curro Torres, Rufete, De los Santos and Salva.
That first game against fellow title rivals Real Madrid, produced a significant and important victory. This was followed by a record of eleven games won consecutively, breaking the existing one set in the 1970/01 season, the season they had last won the La Liga title under Alfredo Di Stefano. Real Madrid redirects here. ...
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After a defeat in La Coruña against Deportivo on the 9 December 2001, the team had to win against Espanyol in the Montjuic stadium to prevent falling further behind the league leaders. Valencia were 2-0 down at half time, but a comeback in the second half saw Valencia win 3-2. is the 343rd day of the year (344th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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In the second part of the season, Benítez's team suffered a small setback after losing 1-0 in the Santiago Bernabéu to Real Madrid, but they recovered from this setback and achieved four victories and two draws in the following six games. The games against Las Palmas, Athletic de Bilbao, Alavés, Real Zaragoza and Barcelona.
And in one of these crucial games they would come up against Espanyol, Valencia were trailing 1-0 half-time and a man down too with the dismissal of Carboni, but after two goals from Baraja, Valencia achieved a 2-1 victory. Furthermore, Real Madrid's defeat in Anoeta to Real Sociedad left Valencia with a three-point lead at the top of the table. Real Sociedad is a Spanish football club from the Basque city of San Sebastián/Donostia in Guipúzcoa/Gipuzkoa. ...
The final game of the season was at La Rosaleda to face Malaga, on 5 May 2002, a date that has gone down in Valencia’s history. The team shut itself away in Benal mádena, close to the scene of the game, in order to gain focus. An early goal from Ayala and another close to half-time from Fabio Aurelio, assured them their fifth La Liga title. Thirty-one years after their last title win. is the 125th day of the year (126th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Fábio Aurélio Rodrigues (born 24 September 1979 in São Carlos) is a Brazilian soccer player, who currently plays for the Spanish team Valencia. ...
The 2002-2003 season was a disappointing one for Valencia, they failed in their attempt to retain the La Liga title and ended up outside of the Champions League spots in 5th behind Celta Vigo, they were also knocked out in the quarter-finals of the Champions League by Inter Milan on away goals. However, in the 2003-2004 season Valencia were champions again beating Real Madrid once again to the title. Valencia had now been La Liga champions twice in three seasons. Real Club Celta de Vigo are a Spanish football team from Vigo in Galicia. ...
In the summer of 2004, coach Rafa Benitez decided to leave the club stating he had problems with the club president, he would soon become manager of Liverpool FC. He was replaced by former Valencia coach Claudio Ranieri who had recently been sacked by Chelsea FC. However, his second reign at the club was a disappointment, Valencia harboured realistic hopes of retaining their La Liga crown but by February found themselves in 7th place, Valencia had also been knocked out of the Champions League group phase, Ranieri was promptly sacked in February. The 2004-2005 season ended with Valencia outside of the UEFA Cup spots. {{Football club infobox | clubname = Liverpool FC | image = fullname = Liverpool FC | nickname = The Reds | founded = 1892 | ground = Anfield | capacity = 45,000 | chairman = D.R.Moores | Chief Executive Officer = R.N.Parry | manager = Rafael Benitez | league = FA Premiership | season = 2005-06 | position = FA premiership, 5th | pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1=| leftarm1=FFFFFF|body1=FF0000...
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In the summer of 2005, Getafe coach Quique Sanchez Flores was appointed as the new manager of Valencia, he ended the season in 3rd place, which in turn gained Valencia a place in the Champions League after a season away from the competition. The 2006/2007 season was a season with many difficulties, a season which started with realistic hopes of challenging for La Liga was disrupted with a huge list of injuries to key players and internal arguments between Flores and new Sporting Director, Amedeo Carboni. Valencia ended the season in 4th place and were knocked out of the Champions League at the quarter-finals stage by Chelsea 3-2 on aggregate, after knocking out Italian champions Inter Milan in the second round. In the summer of 2007, the internal fight between Flores and Carboni was settled with Carboni being replaced by Angel Ruiz as the new Sporting Director of Valencia. Quique Sanchez Flores (born 2 February 1965) is a Spanish football coach and former player. ...
Amedeo Carboni (born 6 April 1965 in Arezzo) is a former Italian professional footballer and current sporting director of Spanish football club Valencia Club de Fútbol, where he played for nine years between 1997 and 2006. ...
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On 29 October 2007, the Valencia board of directors fired Flores after a string of disappointing performances and caretaker manager Óscar Rubén Fernández took over on a temporary basis until a full-time manager was found, rumoured to be either Marcello Lippi or Jose Mourinho. A day later, Dutch manager Ronald Koeman announced he would be leaving PSV Eindhoven to sign for Valencia. But there was still no improvement, in fact, Valencia even went on to drop to the 15th position in the league, where they currently are only two points above the relegation zone. Although on 16th April 2008, Valencia lifted the Copa del Rey with a 3-1 victory over Getafe CF at the Vicente Calderon, this was the club's 7th Copa title. Five days later, one day after a devastating 5-1 league defeat in Bilbao, Valencia fired Ronald Koeman and replaced him with Voro who would guide Valencia as Caretaker Manager for the rest of the season, he went on to win the first game since the sacking of Koeman, beating Osasuna 3-0 in his first game in charge. Voro would eventually drag Valencia from the relegation battle to a safe mid-table finish of 10th place, finally ending a disastrous league campaign for Los Che. Highly-rated Unai Emery was announced as the new manager of Valencia on 22 May 2008. is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Valencia played its first years at the Algirós stadium but moved to the Mestalla in 1923. In the 1950s, Mestalla was restructured, which resulted in a capacity increase to 45,000 spectators. Today it holds 55,000 seats. However, Valencia is scheduled to move to a new stadium in the north-west of the city Valencia in 2009. The Nou Mestalla, as it will be called, will hold around 75,000 spectators and will be given a 5 star status by FIFA. It ranks as the fifth largest stadium in Spain. It is also renowned for its steep terracing and being one of the most intimidating atmospheres in all of Europe to play at. Estadio Mestalla is a football stadium in Valencia, Spain. ...
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Nou Mestalla is a multi-use stadium near Valencia, Spain that is in the planning stages. ...
Nou Mestalla is a multi-use stadium near Valencia, Spain that is in the planning stages. ...
On 20 May 1923, the Mestalla pitch was inaugurated with a friendly match that brought Valencia CF and Levante UD face to face. It was the beginning of a new era that meant farewell to the old place, Algirós, which will always remain in the memories of the Valencians as first home of the club. A long history has treaded on the Mestalla field since its very beginning, when the Valencia team was not yet in the Primera División. Back then, this stadium could hold 17,000 spectators, and in that time the club started to show its potential in regional championships, which led the managers of that 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. Levante Unión Deportiva (Spanish), also known as Llevant Unió Esportiva (Valencian), is a Spanish football club based in Valencia. ...
Valencian (valencià ) is the historical, traditional, and official name used in the Valencian Community (Spain) to refer to the language spoken therein, also known as Catalan (català ) in the Spanish Autonomous Communities of Catalonia, Aragon and the Balearic Islands; in the country of Andorra; in the southern French region of...
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Mestalla was used as concentration camp and 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, Mestalla saw how the team managed to bring home their first title, the 1941 Cup. An overwhelming team was playing on the grass of the redesigned Valencian stadium in that decade, team that conquered three League titles and two Cups with the legendary ‘electric forwards’ of Epi, Amadeo, Mundo, Asensi and Guillermo Gorostiza. Those years of sporting success also served as support to recover little by little the Mestalla ground. A pitch is an open outdoor area for various activities. ...
Guillermo Gorostiza Paredes (born in Santurtzi, Vizcaya, February 15, 1909; died August 23, 1966), commonly referred to as Gorostiza, was a Spanish/Basque footballer who played as a forward. ...
During the decade of the fifties, the Valencia ground experienced the deepest change in its whole history. That project resulted in a stadium with a capacity of 45,500 spectators. It was a dream that was destroyed by the flood that flooded Valencia in October 1957 after the overflowing of the Turia River. Nevertheless, Mestalla not only returned to normality, but also some more improvements were added, like artificial light, which was inaugurated during the 1959 Fallas festivities. This was the beginning of a new change for the Mestalla. Flooding near Key West, Florida, United States from Hurricane Wilmas storm surge in October 2005 For other uses, see Flood (disambiguation). ...
The River Turia (Valencian: Riu Túria; Spanish: Río Turia) is a waterway running through the Valencian Country and reaching the sea at the City of Valencia. ...
Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A Falla prior to being burned Falles (in Catalan/Valencian) or Fallas (in Spanish) is a Valencian tradition which celebrates Saint Josephs Day (March 19th) in Valencia, Spain. ...
During the sixties, the stadium kept the same appearance, whilst the urban view around it was quickly being transformed. Moreover, the Valencian domain became from that moment on, the setting of big European feats. Nottingham Forest was the first foreign team that played an official match in Mestalla with the "Che" club. They played on the 15th of September of 1961 and it was the first clash of a golden age full of continental successes, reinforced with the Fairs Cup won in 1962 and 1963. Mestalla had just entered the European competitions as a stadium where the most important events were taking place. Cities with at least a million inhabitants in 2006 An urban area is an area with an increased density of human-created structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. ...
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From 1969, the expression "Anem a Mestalla" (Let’s go to Mestalla), so common among the supporters, started to fall into oblivion. The reason was the change of name that meant a big tribute that the club paid to his most symbolic president that lasted for a quarter of a century. Luis Casanova Giner admitted that he was completely overwhelmed by such honour, and the president himself requested in 1994 that his name was again replaced by the name of Mestalla, as it happened. At the beginning of the seventies, the local bench of the back-then-called Luis Casanova stadium was occupied by Alfredo Di Stéfano, whose results were the winning of one League competition, one second place in the League and two Cup finals lost by the minimum difference. Moreover, Valencia participated for the first time in the European Cup and made their debut in the UEFA Cup. It all was a series of events that made that every match in the stadium located in Suecia Avenue turned into a big party. Also: 1969 (number) 1969 (movie) 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ...
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Alfredo Di Stéfano (born July 4, 1926 in Barracas, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine-born former footballer and coach. ...
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The UEFA Cup (also known as European Cup 3, CE3 or C3) is a football competition for European club teams, organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). ...
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 worth mentioning trophy hall, which held the foundation flag of the club. In the summer of 1973 there was another new thing, the goal seats, which meant the elimination of fourteen rows of standing terraces providing more comfort and an adjustment to the new times. Valencia's management started to consider the possibility of moving Mestalla from its present location to some land in the outskirts of the town, but finally the project was turned down and some years later. A work similar to Marcel Duchamps Fountain Avant garde (written avant-garde) is a French phrase, one of many French phrases used by English speakers. ...
For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ...
A terrace or terracing in sporting terms refers to the traditional standing area of a sports stadium, particularly in the United Kingdom and Ireland. ...
At that time, Mario Kempes was the best footballer in the world[citation needed] and was playing for Valencia. With the Matador in its team, Valencia won the Copa del Rey, the Cup Winners Cup and European Super Cup in consecutive years. The "Che" team became continental superchampion in the last European final played in Mestalla. It was in 1980 against Nottingham Forest, which oddly enough was the first foreign team that had played an official match in the Valencian stadium. Mario Alberto Kempes (born July 15, 1954 in Bell Ville, Córdoba) is an Argentine former football striker. ...
Copa del Rey won by FC Barcelona in 1978. ...
The Cup Winners Cup was a football club competition between the winners of the European domestic league cups. ...
The European Super Cup (UEFA Super Cup) is at stake in an annual football game between the reigning champions of the UEFA Cup(formally UEFA Cup Winners Cup) and the Champions League. ...
Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ...
Mestalla, which in 1925 had held the first match of the Spain national football team in Valencia, was chosen as the setting for the debut of Spain in the 1982 World Cup, although the performance of the combined national team was not finally what was expected. Ten years later, the Olympic team would look for support in the Valencian stadium, this time with a very different result, since the selected young footballers finally got the gold medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona. Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
First international Spain 1 - 0 Denmark (Brussels, Belgium; 28 August 1920) Biggest win Spain 13 - 0 Bulgaria (Madrid, Spain; 21 May 1933) Biggest defeat Italy 7 - 1 Spain (Amsterdam, Netherlands; 4 June 1928) England 7 - 1 Spain (London, England; 9 December 1931) World Cup Appearances 12 (First in 1934) Best...
The 1982 Football World Cup was held in Spain. ...
The 92 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were held in 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ...
Location Coordinates : Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Barcelona (Catalan) Spanish name Barcelona Nickname Ciutat Comtal (City of Counts) Postal code 08001–08080 Area code 34 (Spain) + 93 (Barcelona) Website http://www. ...
Mestalla has been the setting for important international matches, has held several Cup finals, has been seat for Levante UD, home of the Spanish national team and exile for Castellón and Real Madrid in the European Cup. Club Deportivo Castellón is a Spanish football team formed in 1922 and based in Castellón. ...
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a Spanish sports club most widely known for its professional football team based in Madrid. ...
2008-2009 will officially be the last season at the Mestalla, Valencia will then move to their new 75,000-seater stadium Nou Mestalla in time for the 2009-2010 season. Nou Mestalla is a multi-use stadium near Valencia, Spain that is in the planning stages. ...
Kit and colours Originally the kit was comprised of white shirts, black shorts and socks of the same color. Although through the years these two have gone from alternating between white and black. - 'First kit:' White shirts with orange and black trim, black shorts, white socks.
- 'Second kit:' Orange shirts, blue shorts and orange socks.
- 'Third Kit:' Shirts, shorts and black socks with orange and white trim.
- 'Fourth Kit:' Blue shorts with orange trim, orange shorts and blue socks.
Hymn The club assigned D. Pablo Sanchez Torella who composed the music of Valencia's anthem, named the "Pasodoble". the hymn was written by Ramon Gimeno Gil. The anthem was premiered and had it's official presentation at the 75th anniversary of Valencia Club de Futbol on September 21, 1993.
Valencia anthem Es un equipo de primera nuestro Valencia Club de Futbol
que lucha por defender en todo lugar nuestros colores
En el Campo del Algirós ya comenzamos a demostrar
que era una buena manera para a Valencia representar
Arriba Valencia, Viva el Valencia, es el mejor
Arriba Valencia, Viva el Valencia de nuestro corazón
Unidos como siempre los valencianistas te seguiremos
en cada estadio para que triunfes te animaremos
En la capital del Túria es el Valencia quien viste de blanco
y defiende la camiseta lleno de coraje para ganar
En Mestalla continuaremos siempre esforzándonos para triunfar
y las glorias llegarán y con competencia continuarán
Arriba Valencia, Viva el Valencia, es el mejor
Arriba Valencia, Viva el Valencia de nuestro corazón
Unidos como siempre los valencianistas te seguiremos
en cada estadio para que triunfes te animaremos
És un equip de primera
nostre València Club de Futbol
que lluita per a defendre en totes bandes nostres colors
En el Camp de l´Algirós ja començàrem a demostrar
que era una bona manera per a València representar
Amunt València, Visca el València, és el millor
Amunt València, Visca el València del nostre cor
Units com sempre els valencianistes et seguirem
en cada estadi per a què triomfes t´animarem
En la capital del Túria és el València qui vist de blanc
i defén la camiseta ple de coratge per a guanyar
En Mestalla continuarem sempre esforçant-se per a triomfar
i les glòries arribaren i en competència continuaran
Amunt València, Visca el València, és el millor
Amunt València, Visca el València, del nostre cor.
Units com sempre els valencianistes et seguirem,
en cada estadi perquè triomfes t´animarem
Amunt València, Visca el València es el millooooooooor
The story of the bat
 Coat of arms of the city of Valencia. 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 Catalan or Aragonese laws and institutions). The arms of Valencia show those of James I, as Count of Barcelona and king of Aragon. Image File history File links Escudo_de_Valencia_2. ...
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The now-extinct title of Count of Barcelona was, through much of its history, merged with that of King of Aragon; see also List of Aragonese Monarchs. ...
Here is a list of the rulers of Aragon, now a region of north-eastern Spain. ...
The unique crowned letters L besides the shield were granted by King Jaume. 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 and the subsequent nicknaming of Valencia as "Los Che"; one is that bats are simply quite common in the area. The second theory is that on October 9, 1238, when James I was about to enter the city, re-conquering it from the Moors, one bat landed on the top of his flag, and he interpreted it as a good sign. As he conquered the city, the bat was added to the arms. is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Events In the Iberian peninsula, James I of Aragon captures the city of Valencia September 28 from the Moors; the Moors retreat to Granada. ...
Current squad - The numbers are established according to the official website:www.valenciacf.es and www.lfp.es
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Stephen Obayan Sunday (born 17 September 1988 in Lagos) is a Nigerian-born Spanish footballer nicknamed Sunny. ...
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Hedwiges Maduro (born February 13, 1985 in Almere) is a rising Dutch football midfield star currently with AFC Ajax Amsterdam. ...
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Raúl Albiol Tortajada (born 4 September 1985 in Valencia) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a central defender/defensive midfielder for Valencia CF. // Albiols father was a famous player for the Spanish football club Benidorm CD. Whilst his father still had contacts at Benidorm, Albiol joined the...
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Carlos Marchena López, popularly known as Marchena born 31 July 1979 in Seville is a Spanish footballer who currently plays centre back for Valencia CF and the Spain. ...
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David Albelda Aliqués (born September 1, 1977, Alzira, Spain) is a Spanish football player. ...
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David Villa Sánchez (born 3 December 1981 in Langreo, Asturias, Spain), nicknamed El Guaḥe (The Kid in Asturian) is a Spanish football player, who currently plays for Valencia. ...
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Rubén Baraja Vegas (born July 11, 1975 in Valladolid) is a Spanish professional football (soccer) player, who currently plays for Valencia CF in the Spanish La Liga. ...
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Fernando Morientes Sánchez (born 5 April 1976 in Cilleros, Cáceres) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Valencia. ...
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Miguel Ãngel Angulo Valderrey (born 23 June 1977 in Oviedo, Asturias) is a Spanish footballer who currently plays for Valencia CF. He plays predominantly as an attacking midfielder although he is highly versatile, being able to play as a right winger and right back. ...
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Éver Banega (born June 29, 1988 in Rosario, Santa Fe) is an Argentine professional footballer currently playing for Valencia. ...
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Timo Hildebrand (born April 5, 1979 in Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) is a goalkeeper for VfB Stuttgart and the German national squad. ...
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Vicente RodrÃguez Guillén, more commonly known simply as Vicente, (born July 16, 1981 in Valencia) is a Spanish football (soccer) midfielder who currently plays for Valencia CF. He started his professional career at rival club Levante UD and made his debut for the club in the 1997/1998...
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Iván Helguera BujÃa (born March 28, 1975 in Santander, Cantabria) is a Spanish football (soccer) defender, who currently plays for Real Madrid of La Liga. ...
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Juan Manuel Mata GarcÃa (born 28 April 1988 in Burgos) is the Spanish football striker, who currently plays for Real Madrid Castilla. ...
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JoaquÃn, full name JoaquÃn Sánchez RodrÃguez, (born July 21, 1981 in El Puerto de Santa MarÃa, Cádiz) is a Spanish footballer, currently playing for Valencia. ...
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Nikola Žigić (Serbian Cyrillic: Ðикола Жигић; born 25 September 1980 in BaÄka Topola, Vojvodina, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian football player who currently plays for Valencia CF. A striker, he has been voted Serbias Player of the Year three times (in 2003, 2005 and 2006). ...
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Ãngel Javier Arizmendi de Lucas (born 3 March 1984 in Madrid, Spain), is a professional footballer who currently plays as a striker or winger for Valencia, although more recently Arizmendi has been playing as a right-back due to injuries to other defenders. ...
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Alexis Ruano Delgado (born August 4, 1985 in Málaga), simply known as Alexis, is a Spanish professional footballer. ...
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David Josué Jiménez Silva (born January 8, 1986 in Arguineguin, Spain), is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Valencia CF and the Spanish national football team. ...
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Eduardo Cesar Daud Gaspar (born May 15, 1978 in Sao Paulo, Brazil), known by the nickname Edu, is a Brazilian football player who currently plays for Valencia. ...
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Emiliano Moretti (born 11 June 1981 Roma) is an Italian football defender, currently plays for Valencia CF. Moretti start his career on native club Lodigiani, and transferd to AC Fiorentina in 2000. ...
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Ludovic Butelle born April 3, 1983 is a French football goalkeeper, who currently plays for Valencia CF. Standing at 1. ...
Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club. ...
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David Navarro Pedrós de Rocky (born May 25, 1980 in Valencia) is a Spanish football player who currently plays centre back for Valencia CF. Navarro was involved in a controversial on-pitch brawl that occurred during a Champions League Last 16 tie between Valencia and Inter Milan on March...
Real Club Deportivo Mallorca is a Spanish football team from Palma. ...
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Cristóbal Emilio Torres Ruiz (born December 27, 1976 in Ahlen, Germany) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a defender. ...
Real Murcia is a Spanish football club based in Murcia, they were founded in 1908. ...
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Club Polideportivo Ejido is a Spanish football team from El Ejido in AlmerÃa. ...
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Asier del Horno Cosgaya (born January 19, 1981 in Barakaldo, Spain) is a Biscain professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Athletic Bilbao on loan from Valencia CF and also represents Spain. ...
Athletic Club is a Spanish football club from Bilbao in Biscay, Basque Country, Spain. ...
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Miguel Pallardó González (born June 5, 1986) is a Spanish football player, who currently plays for Valencia CF. 1. ...
Getafe Club de Fútbol is a Spanish Primera División football club based in Getafe, a city in the metropolitan area of South Madrid, founded in 1946 and refounded in 1983. ...
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Manuel Henriques Tavares Fernandes (born 5 February 1986 in Lisbon), called Manuel Fernandes (pron. ...
Everton Football Club is an English football club located in the city of Liverpool. ...
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Club Atlético Osasuna, usually known as Osasuna, is a Spanish Primera División football club based in Pamplona in Navarra, founded in 1920. ...
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Pablo Hernández DomÃnguez is a Spanish footballer who currently plays for Cádiz CF on loan from Valencia CF for this season. ...
Getafe Club de Fútbol is a Spanish Primera División football club based in Getafe, a city in the metropolitan area of South Madrid, founded in 1946 and refounded in 1983. ...
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Mario Regueiro Mario Ignacio Regueiro (born 9 September 1978 in Montevideo, Uruguay), is a professional footballer who plays Left Winger, for his club Valencia CF. After spending 5 seasons with Racing de Santander, Mario Ignacio Regueiro was transferred to Valencia CF in the 2005 summer. ...
Real Murcia is a Spanish football club based in Murcia, they were founded in 1908. ...
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Sisinio González MartÃnez aka Sisi (born 22 February 1986 in Albacete, Castile-La Mancha) is a Spanish football player who currently plays for Real Valladolid of the Spanish La Liga. ...
Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club. ...
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Jaime Gavilán (full name Jaime Gavilán MartÃnez) is a Spanish footballer. ...
Getafe Club de Fútbol is a Spanish Primera División football club based in Getafe, a city in the metropolitan area of South Madrid, founded in 1946 and refounded in 1983. ...
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Gimnà stic de Tarragona is a Spanish Catalan sports club based in the city of Tarragona, Catalonia. ...
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Aarón ÑÃguez (full name-Aarón ÑÃguez Escalapez), (born 26/04/1989) in Elche, Spain is a Spanish footballer who currently plays for Valencia C.F. 2006 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship Aarón played in the 2006 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship for the Spain U...
Iraklis FC is a football club based in Thessaloniki, Greece. ...
Kit providers and sponsors | Years | Sponsors | | 1984–1989 | Edesa | | 1989–1994 | Mediterraneo | | 1994–1995 | Cip | | 1995–1998 | Ford | | 1998–2001 & 2002-2003 | Terra Mitica | | 2001-2002 | Metrored | | 2003–2008 | Toyota | | 2008–present | Valencia Experience | | | | Years | Kit providers | | 1980–1982 | Adidas | | 1982–1989 | Ressy | | 1989–1993 | Puma | | 1993–2000 | Luanvi | | 2000–present | Nike | | Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...
Ford may mean a number of things: A ford is a river crossing. ...
Terra Mitica is a theme park in the holiday resort of Benidorm, Spain. ...
Toyota Motor Corporation ) is a multinational corporation headquartered in Japan, and currently is the worlds largest automaker. ...
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Jack Greenwell (born County Durham, England) is a former English footballer and manager. ...
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Jacinto Quincoces López (born 17 July 1905 at Barakaldo; died 10 May 1997 at Valencia) was a Spanish football player and manager. ...
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Domènec Balmanya Perera (born Girona, December 29, 1914; died Barcelona, February 14, 2001), also referred to as Domingo Balmanya, is a former Spanish Catalan footballer and manager who spent most of his playing career at FC Barcelona. ...
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Alejandro Scopelli Casanova (born 12 May 1908; died 23 October 1987 in Mexico City) was an Argentine football player and coach. ...
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Alfredo Di Stéfano (born July 4, 1926 in Barracas, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine-born former footballer and coach. ...
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VÃctor Rodolfo Espárrago (born October 6, 1944 in Uruguay) is a Uruguayan football coach and former player. ...
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Guus Hiddink (born 8 November 1946 in Varsseveld) is a Dutch football manager. ...
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José Luis Aragonés Suárez Martinez (born July 28, 1938, Hortaleza, Madrid), sometimes referred to as simply Luis, is a former Spanish footballer and current manager. ...
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Jorge Alberto Valdano (born October 4, 1955 in Las Parejas, Santa Fe Province) is an Argentine former football player. ...
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Héctor Raúl Cúper (born November 16 1955 in Chabas, Santa Fe Province, Argentina) is a former football defender and current coach. ...
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Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
For the rap album, see 1924 (album). ...
For the rap album, see 1924 (album). ...
For the rap album, see 1924 (album). ...
Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ...
For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ...
Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Year 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
For the Jimi Hendrix song, see 1983. ...
For the Jimi Hendrix song, see 1983. ...
For the Jimi Hendrix song, see 1983. ...
Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ...
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Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ...
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Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ...
Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ...
For the band, see 1997 (band). ...
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Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
Juan Bautista Soler Luján is a Spanish businessman and current president of Valencia Club de Fútbol. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
Technical staff - Coach: Unai Emery
- Assistant coach: Juan Carlos Carcedo
- Goalkeeping coach: José Manuel Ochotorena
- Physical coach: Miguel Villagrasa
- Delegator: Jesús Paniagua
- Head of Medical: Antonio Giner Marco
- Club Doctor: Miguel Frasquet
- Assistants: Bernardo España, Vicente Ventura Deval, Jorge Vicente Ramón Donat, Vicente Navarro Navarro, José Manuel López.
- Physiotherapists: José de los Santos, Andreu Gramaje, Ximo Galindo, Álvaro Ortiz, Luis Baraja, David Ponce, Jordi Sorli.
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Statistics and records -
- Average Attendance: 46,894
- Socios: 45,116
- Seasons in First Division: 73
- Seasons in Second Division: 4
- Historical classification in La Liga: 4th place.
- Highest position in League: 1st place
- Lowest position in League: 16th place
- Games played: 2,284
- Games won: 1,017
- Games drawn: 529
- Games lost: 738
- Goals for: 3,810
- Goals against: 2,973
- Goal difference: 837
- Overall points: 2,789
- Biggest home win: Valencia 8-0 Sporting Gijon (29/11/1953)
- Biggest away win: UE Lleida 1-6 Valencia (04/02/1951) and Malaga CF 1-6 Valencia (31/01/2004)
- Biggest home defeat: Valencia 1-5 Athletic Bilbao (15/01/1933) and Valencia 1-5 Real Madrid CF (31/10/2007)
- Biggest defeat: Sevilla FC 10-3 Valencia (13/10/1940)
- Pichici's won: Edmundo Suarez (2): 1941/42 - 27 goals, 1943/44 - 27 goals; Ricardo Alos: 1957/58 - 19 goals; Waldo Machado: 1966/67 - 24 goals; Mario Kempes (2): 1976/77 - 24 goals, 1977/78 - 28 goals.
- Zamora's won: Ignacio Eizaguirre (2): 1943/44 - 32 goals conceded, 1944/45 - 28 goals conceded; Goyo: 1957/58 - 28 goals conceded; Angel Abelardo: 1970/71 - 19 goals conceded; Jose Luis Manzanedo: 1978/79 - 26 goals conceded; Jose Manuel Ochotorena: 1988/89 - 25 goals conceded; Santiago Canizares (3): 2000/01 - 34 goals conceded, 2001/02 - 23 goals conceded, 2003/04 - 25 goals conceded.
- Most games played: Fernando (542), Arias (500), Santiago Canizares (416), Miguel Angel Angulo (411)
- Most goals scored: Mundo (260), Waldo (147), Mario Kempes (145), Fernando (140)
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Honours For more details on this topic, see Valencia CF honours
Domestic - La Liga
- Winners (6): 1941-42, 1943-44, 1946-47, 1970-71, 2001-02, 2003-04
- Runners-up (6): 1947-48, 1948-49, 1952-53, 1971-72, 1989-90, 1995-96
- Copa del Rey
- Winners (7): 1940-41, 1948-49, 1953-54, 1966-67, 1978-79, 1998-99, 2007-08
- Runners-up (10): 1933-34, 1936-37, 1943-44, 1944-45, 1945-46, 1951-52, 1969-70, 1970-71, 1971-72, 1994-95
- Supercopa de España
- Winners (2): 1949, 1999
- Runners-up (3): 1947, 2002, 2004
- Segunda División
- Winners (2): 1930-31, 1986-87
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First international Andorra 1 - 6 Estonia (Andorra la Vella, Andorra; November 13, 1996) Biggest win Andorra 2 - 0 Belarus (Andorra la Vella, Andorra; April 26, 2000) Andorra 2 - 0 Albania (Andorra la Vella, Andorra; April 17, 2002) Biggest defeat Czech Republic 8 - 1 Andorra (Liberec, Czech Republic; June 4, 2005...
First international Andorra 24 -3 Luxembourg (1st July 1987) Largest win Andorra 76 - 3 Norway (4th September 2004) Worst defeat Andorra 3 - 62 Spain (8th November 1997) Images are copyright of the Federacio Andorrana de Rugby and are used with their permission The Andorra national rugby union team, nicknamed Els...
Catalan Football Federation manages the Catalonia national football team. ...
First international France 7 - 0 Catalonia (Paris, France; February 21, 1912) Biggest win Catalonia 9 - 0 Brussels XI (Barcelona, Spain; 16 June 1927) Biggest defeat France 7 - 0 Catalonia (Paris, France; February 21, 1912) Catalonia 0 - 7 Spain (Barcelona, Spain; 13 March 1924) Catalonia national football team is the official...
Futbol Club Barcelona (Spanish IPA: , Catalan IPA: ), known familiarly as Barça (Spanish IPA: , Catalan IPA: ), is a sports club based in Barcelona, Spain. ...
RCD Espanyol de Barcelona (Catalan: ) is a Spanish sports club based in Barcelona. ...
Centre dEsports Sabadell is a Catalan football team based in Sabadell in the nation of Catalonia. ...
Gimnà stic de Tarragona is a Spanish Catalan sports club based in the city of Tarragona, Catalonia. ...
Real Club Deportivo Mallorca is a Spanish football team from Palma. ...
Levante Unión Deportiva (Spanish), also known as Llevant Unió Esportiva (Valencian), is a Spanish football club based in Valencia. ...
Villarreal Club de Fútbol SAD, usually abbreviated to Villarreal, is a Spanish Primera División football club based in Vila-real, a small town in the province of Castellon. ...
FC Barcelona BÃ squet, known for sponsorship reasons as AXA FC Barcelona, is a Spanish basketball team. ...
Club Joventut Badalona is a basketball team based in the city of Badalona in Catalonia. ...
Club Name CB Girona Image Founded 1962 Arena Palau Girona-Fontajau Capacity 5. ...
Club Name Bà squet Manresa Image Founded 1931 Arena Pavelló Nou Congost, Manresa, Catalonia, Spain. ...
Club Name Valencia Basket Club Image Founded 1986 Arena Fuente San Luis, Valencia, Land of Valencia, Spain. ...
Club Name CB Lucemtum Alicante Image Founded 1994 Arena Centro De Tecnificacion, Alicante, Land of Valencia, Spain. ...
Club Name Club Menorca Basquet Image Founded 1950 Arena Pabellon Menorca, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. ...
Union Sportive Arlequins Perpignan (French) or Unió Esportiva Arlequins Perpinyà (Catalan), generally abbreviated as USAP, is a French rugby union club that plays in the city of Perpignan. ...
The Catalans Dragons (sometimes referred to as Les Catalans, Les Cats or the Dragons) are a professional rugby league club based in Perpignan, in Northern Catalonia. ...
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