Valencia football Club – Wikipedia

The Valencia Soccer Club , simply known as Valencia , is a Spanish football club based in the city of Valencia, militant in the Primera División (Maximum Spanish series), since 1987. He has played his home games at the Mestalla stadium, a 49 677 -seated system.

Founded in 1919, the club is one of the most prestigious and titled in Spain, having won six Spanish championships, eight king’s cups and a Spanish super cup. Internationally, however, he won a Cup Cup, an UEFA Cup, two European Super Cups, two Fairs Cups and one Intertoto Cup; In his history he also played two consecutive Champions League finals, however leaving defeated on both occasions. It is the only European club to have won both the Fairs Cup and the UEFA Cup. ^[2]

The club was a member of the G-14 from 2002 to 2008 and is one Sports Anonymous Society Since 1992.

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The club was founded on March 18, 1919 with the name of Valencia Foot-ball Club And he had as the first president Octavio Augusto Milego Díaz who was elected with the launch of a coin. The first official game was played away on May 21, 1919 against Valencia Gimnástico, who won 1-0. The club began to play the regional championships of the Valencian community. The Valencia CF moved to the Mestalla stadium in 1923 after playing its home games in the Algirós stadium starting December 7, 1919. The first game at the Mestalla, the one between Valencia and Castellón Castalia, ended with the result of 0-0. The following day the same challenge saw Valencia’s victory for 1-0. The team won the regional championship in 1923, thus earning access to the King’s Cup for the first time.

In 1928 the Spanish national championship was created and Valencia began playing in the Segunda División: he won the championship in 1931 and this earned him the promotion in First division . The Spanish civil war stopped the advance of Valencia until 1941 when the club won the King’s Cup by beating the Espanyol in the final: the club changed its name to the current Valencia Soccer Club . In the 1941-1942 season he conquered Liga for the first time. The team maintained its value for several years, exceling Liga in the seasons 1943-1944 and 1946-1947 and winning another King’s Cup in 1949 against Athletic Bilbao.

In the 1950s, Valencia was unable to repeat the successes of the previous decade, even if it grew its sequel to significantly. The renovation of the Mestalla determined an increase in his capacity, which passed to 45,000 spectators, while Spanish and foreign players of great thickness arrived in the team, including the Spanish national team Antonio Puchades and the Dutch striker Faas Wilkes. In the 1952-1953 season the club placed second in the Liga and in the following season he won the King’s Cup, known at the time as Cup of the Generalissimo .

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Despite a poor performance in the championship in the early 1960s, it was precisely in this period that Valencia gained its first European successes: the Fairs Cup. He arrived in the final three consecutive times: in the Coppa delle Fiere 1961-1962 Barcelona beat in the final (6-2 and 1-1), in the 1962-1963 edition he defeated the Croatians of Dinamo Zagreb (2-1 and 2-0 ) and in 1963-1964 it was exceeded 2-1 by Real Zaragoza. In 1967 another success in the King’s Cup against Athletic Bilbao arrived. Between 1963 and 1965 the first Derby of Valencia in Primera División were played.

In 1970, the famous Alfredo di Stéfano, former footballer of Real Madrid and twice elected football ball, capable of immediately leading his new team to the fourth victory of the national title in 1970-1971 was appointed. King’s Cup final against Barcelona). Thanks to this success, Valencia qualified for the first time in its history at the Champions Cup, contested among the various national champions of European tournaments. In the 1971-1972 edition of the tournament, the Valencian club reached the third round, where he was ousted from the Hungarian champions of the Lujpest Te, while at home he arrived in the championship and suffered a new defeat in the Cup final. The best players of the seventies of Valencia were the German midfielder Rainer Bonhof, the Dutch striker Johnny Rep and the Argentine striker Mario Kemtes, who graduated top scorer of the Liga ( Pichichi ) for two seasons in a row, 1976-1977 and 1977-1978. In the 1978-1979 season, the team still won the King’s Cup and in the following year his first cup cup, thanks to a ride in which he eliminated important teams such as Rangers and Barcelona and success in the Brussels final on the British of ‘Arsenal to penalty shots, after the game had ended 0-0. The following year he won the European Super Cup by beating Brian Clough’s Nottingham Forest in the double comparison thanks to the rule of goals outside the home. These European victories from Valencia bear the signature of Kempes.

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In 1982 the club appointed coach Miljan Miljanić; The team found itself in 17th place in the Liga seven days from the end, with the risk of falling into Segunda División. Koldo Aguirre took over Miljanic, who managed to avoid relegation, thanks above all to the favorable results of games that involved other teams fighting to avoid relegation. In the seasons 1983-1984 and 1984-1985 the company found itself with enormous debts under the presidency of Vicente Tormo. The lowest point touched by Valencia coincided with the relegation into the second division towards the end of the 1985-1986 season (last place in the Liga), to which were accompanied by a series of internal problems such as missed payments of salaries to players and team spirit deficiency . The club relegated for the first time, after 55 years of militancy in the Spanish first division tournament.

The new president Arturo Tuzón was able to bring Valencia back to the Liga. In 1986 Alfredo di Stéfano returned to the bench and the team centrified the promotion at the end of the 1986-1987 season. The following year, still under the guidance of Di Stéfano, he ended with 14th place in Liga, in 1989 the Bulgarian striker Luboslav Penv was purchased. The management thus laid the foundations to consolidate his place in the first series, arriving second behind Real Madrid in 1989-1990.

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In the 1991-1992 season, the Dutch coach Guus Hiddink was hired, who led Valencia to 4th place in the Liga and the quarterfinals of the King’s Cup thanks also to the contribution of the Stella Romário. In 1992 Valencia became one Sports Anonymous Society (Sad). Hiddink left his role in 1993.

In 1994 he became the Brazilian Carlos Alberto Parreira, a fresh world champion 1994 with the Brazilian national team. The Valencia-ancest campaign was on the prominent: the Spanish goalkeeper Andoni Zubizarta, the Russian striker Oleg Salentko, also protagonist at the 1994 World Cup, and Yugoslav Predrag Mijatović. Nonetheless, the disappointed and Parreira team was replaced by José Manuel Rielo. Not even these managed to bring the expected results, despite the help of a level staff, made up of Luis Aragonés and Jorge Valdano, and important players such as the Brazilian Romário and the Argentines Claudio López and Ariel Ortega could be availed, in 1995 the Valencia reached the King’s Cup final where the Coruña was defeated by the Deportivo while the following year the Liga ended in second place behind Atlético Madrid.

It was the Italian coach Claudio Ranieri who stopped the fasting of trophies that had lasted for 19 years, winning the King’s Cup in 1999 thanks to the support of players such as Adrian Ilie, Gaizka Mendieta, Santiago Cañizares, Kily González, Jocelyn Angloma and Amedeo Carboni. In the following season on the Valencia bench the Argentine arrived Héctor Cúper, who in 1999-2000 won the Spanish Super Cup and led the team to the Champions League final after eliminating Lazio in the quarterfinals and Barcelona in the semifinal, losing 3- 0 against Real Madrid in Paris. In 2000-2001 the club repeated, reaching the Champions League final by eliminating Arsenal and Leeds United in order, but against Bayern Munich in Milan was again defeated, this time to penalties.

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In 2001 Mendieta was sold to Lazio for 47 million euros and Cúper signed with Inter and was replaced by Rafa Benítez, who in 2001-2002 brought the title of Liga to Valencia after 31 years. The team still won La Liga in the 2003-2004 season, putting the second first division title on the bulletin board in three years and accompanying the national success to the UEFA Cup victory after defeating Gothenburg’s Olympique Marseille in the Gothenburg final for 2-0. In the 2004-2005 season, Ranieri’s Valencia, returned to the team bench in the summer of 2004, despite the victory of the UEFA Super Cup on the port for 2 – 1 below expectations, as evidenced by the 7th final place in the championship, which qualified However, the team for the Intertoto Cup (concluded in second place), gradually came players such as David Villa, David Silva, Patrick Kluivert and Vicente. In the next year, under the guidance of the former Valencia Quique Sánchez Flores player, the club regained a place among the best formations of Europe qualifying for the Champions League thanks to 3rd place in Liga. In the 2006-2007 edition of the maximum continental football tournament reached the quarterfinals, where it was eliminated by Chelsea.

In the next year, after a start under the expectations, on 29 October 2007 Flores was exempted and temporarily replaced by óscar Rubén Fernández, who then gave way to Ronald Koeman. The Dutch technician on April 16, 2008 conquered the King Cup by beating the Getafe with the score of 3-1 in the Madrid final, but this did not avoid his exemption, which took place on April 21 given the worrying 15th place in the standings, with Only 2 points ahead of the relegation zone. However, the team obtained salvation, placing itself in tenth place.

For Valencia on 2008-2009 is below expectations. The season begins with the defeat in the Spanish Super Cup against Real Madrid for 6-5. The performance of the training coached by Una Emery in the championship allows you to obtain sixth place, valid for qualifying for the new Europa League.

It is the financial crisis that most worries the supporters of the club. At the end of the season, President Vicente Sorian, unable to sell, as promised, the metastol to restore breath to the corporate coffers, ^[3] He resigns. The junta, directed by delegated councilor Javier Gómez, launches a capital increase of 92 million euros and makes a debt of 547 million euros. ^{[ without source ]} On June 7, a new Board of Directors is elected, with Manuel Llorente Martín as president. ^{[ without source ]} To overcome the serious crisis, the Club undertakes a practicability plan that included, among other things, the sale of David Villa to Barcelona for 40 million euros.

The subsequent three championships are closed in third place, with Valencia who always hit the qualification for the Champions League.

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In the 2011-2012 season, Valencia, after the elimination from the Champions League to the groups, reaches the semifinals of the Europa League, where it is eliminated by the compatriots of Atlético Madrid, then winners of the trophy. In the same year he ranks fifth in the championship, thus accessing the same European competition for the following vintage.

In the summer of 2012, the relationship between Valencia and Emery is stopped. Mauricio Pellegrino takes over from the latter, strongly desired by President Llorente in contrast to the management and the Board of Directors. In December, after a disappointing season start, Pellegrino was exonerated and replaced by Ernesto Valverde, who leads Valencia to European qualification, but not to the Champions League. In the Champions League, Valencia surpasses the group, but is eliminated in the round of 16 by the French of Paris Saint-Germain.

The financial crisis that grips the club in the following months leads to Manuel Llorente’s resignation. Amadeo Salvo takes over from him, while Valverde is turned, in June 2013, by Miroslav đukić, who before the end of the year gives way to Juan Antonio Pizzi. The new coach leads Valencia to the eighth square in the 2013-2014 championship. The Valencia also reaches the semifinals of the Europa League, where it is eliminated by the compatriots of Seville, then winners of the trophy.

In February 2014 the auction for the purchase of Valencia started ^[4] , which ends on May 17 with the passage of the club to the Sincecorian entrepreneur Peter Lim of Meriton Holding Ltd., which buys 70% of the company for 420 million euros ^{[5] [6]} . The entrepreneur officially detects the club in October 2014.

The ambitious owner does not skimp investments in the shopping campaign of summer 2014, redocting the staff to bring Valencia back to the UEFA Champions League. The new coach is the Portuguese Nuno Espírito Santo, who is driving a team with 15 new faces and a very contained average age (23.6 years), the lowest in the championship. A contract with Adidas is signed and club marketing strategies are rethought. On the field, Valencia behaves well, even going so far as to lead the Liga and still keeping itself in valid positions for a European qualification. The team, advantaged by the absence of the commitment to the European front, disputes an excellent championship. The defense is solid and has in Nicolás Otamendi and Shkodran Mustafi his cornerstones and in José Luis Gayà an excellent prospectus; goalkeeper Diego Alves is one of the best in the championship; Daniel Perojo is one of the midfielder-ruling of the Liga. Reinforced by the arrival, in January, of Enzo Pérez, Valencia concludes La Liga Quarto, unbeaten with the top seven of the ranking with the exception of Barcelona. Thus qualifies to the Champions League for the following vintage.

On 1 July 2015, the executive president Amadeo Salvo resigns for contrasts with the coach, who enjoys the total trust of the president and his collaborator, the agent Jorge Mendes. The Valencia, called to the qualitative leap, does not keep the expectations on the field. Without the defensive leader Otamendi, sold to Manchester City, the Valenciano delude and Espírito saint partnership is exonerated during the season to make room for Gary Neville, but the team does not improve its performance and continues to fight in order not to retreat. In the cup of the king he arrives in the semifinal, where he suffers a golead against Barcelona. In January 2016 he became assistant to Neville Paco Ayestarán, who on March 30, after the fourth defeat in five games, took the place of English on the Valencian bench, with the thirteenth team in the Liga ^[7] . With three wins in eight days, Valencia grabs the twelfth place, closing a trod season with salvation.

Ayestarán is surprisingly confirmed for the following season, which started with important sales (André Gomes, Mustafi and Paco Alcácer). Having to cover an expansion of capital of 100 million, Lim does not invest in the purchasing campaign and the young Rosa del Valencia effort in Liga 2016-2017, collecting many goals. After four consecutive defeats Ayestarán leaves the place, in early October, to the Italian Cesare Prandelli, but the change does not serve to reverse the course. On December 30, after 8 games (1 victory, 3 draws and 4 defeats), Prandelli resigns, asking for the termination of the contract because he would not have been satisfied in the winter purchasing campaign ^[8] . He takes over from him, with the team in the seventeenth place, in the middle of the relegation area. The results with the new technician improve, to the point of bringing Valencia to the twelfth final place.

In the 2017-2018 season Il Valencia, under the guidance of Marcelino and pushed by the goals of Santi Mina, Rodrigo and Simone Zaza, takes place fourth, just three points from the Real Madrid third, thus qualifying for the UEFA Champions League with two days of advance compared to the end of the championship.

In the following season, Valencia takes fourth in the championship and won the Spanish Cup by beating Barcelona in the final 2-1 at the Benito Villamarín stadium in Seville. Engaged in the phase in groups of the Champions League, the group with Juventus, Manchester Utd and Young Boys, closes in third place, with a budget of 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats (both against Juventus). Pass in the Europa League, the Celtic, Krasnodar and the quarters of the Villarreal compatriots, eliminates the Celtic, to the round of 16, and then suffered the elimination in the semifinal against Arsenal.

After three days of the 2019-2020 championship, the technician Marcelino is exonerated following contrasts with President Lim for some market choices ^[9] . Albert Celardes replaces him. In the Champions League, Valencia wins the group in front of Chelsea, Ajax and Lilla, and then eliminated in the round of 16 by Atalanta, while in the championship a negative spiral that removes the club from fourth place, combined with friction between technician and players, leads, Six days from the end of the tournament, to the Jean of Celades, replaced by Voro. ^[ten]

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The 2020-2021 season will also be worse, with Valencia with several traits very close to the relegation zone and with many criticism from the fans, even if with 43 points, at +9 on the last third last, they will be able to save themselves. In 2022 the club loses the king’s cup final against Betis ^[11] .

The colors of Valencia have always been black and white. At the beginning of its history, the white color was chosen for the shirt, while both for the shorts and the socks the black was adopted for the socks. From 1924 to 1960, the shorts became white. Subsequently, a completely white uniform was used until 1994 in the real Madrid style. In the present day, the jacket is white with black shorts, while the socks have been alternated, first black (until 1999) and then white.

In the team’s coat of arms, a bats is depicted: the history of this symbol dates back to the thirteenth century, when the city of Valencia and the Balearic islands were conquered by Giacomo I of Aragon. After the conquest, the king gave them the status of independent kingdoms, of which the sovereign remained anyway (but they were independent of the laws of the Catalans and the Aragonese). A shield was chosen as a symbol, with two letters L, above which a crown was placed. The reason for this choice was because the city had a double loyalty towards the king, therefore this representation was chosen. The affixing of the bats is explained with various theories: according to a hypothesis, the origin would be linked to the wide diffusion of this mammal in the Valencian region. The second dates back to October 2, 1238, when Giacomo entered the city, regaining her from the Moors: a bats landed over one of his flags and he played him as a good sign. After the conquest of the city, the bats was added to the symbol.

The nickname The Che , on the other hand, derives from the frequent use of the intercalary That by the Valencians, very common also in some South American countries, to recall the attention of the interlocutor, express anger or emphasize a concept. In Valenciano we write car .

Evolution of the uniform [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

Stadium [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

Valencia plays home games in the Mestalla ecodium, which can contain 55,000 spectators. The plant was inaugurated in 1923 and was renovated in 1973. In the summer of 2009 the transfer of the team was scheduled in a new property system, the Nou Mestalla, located north-west of Valencia, ^[twelfth] However, the structure has not yet been completed due to financial problems.

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Winners of titles [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

World champions

Below is the list of players who won the World Football Championship during the militancy period in Valencia:

European champions

National competitions [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

1941-1942, 1943-1944, 1946-1947, 1970-1971, 2001-2002, 2003-2004

1941, 1948-1949, 1954, 1966-1967, 1978-1979, 1998-1999, 2007-2008, 2018-2019

1999

1949

1930-1931, 1986-1987

Regional competitions [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

1923, 1925, 1927

1926, 1927, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1938, 1939

International competitions [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

1979-1980

2003-2004

1980, 2004

1998

1961-1962, 1962-1963

1966

Youth competitions [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

2006-2007

Individual prizes of players [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

Edmundo Suárez (1941-1942, 1943-1944), Ricardo de la Virgen (1957-1958), Waldo Machado (1966-1967), Mario Kempes (1976-1977, 1977-1978)

Ignacio Eizaguire (1943-1944, 1944-1945), Gregorio Vergel (1977-1958), Ángel Abellardo (1970-1971), José Luis Manzado (1978-1989), José Manuel Ochotorna (1988-1989), Ávanza. -2001, 2001-2002, 2003-2004)

Participation in the championships and international tournaments [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

National championships [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

From the 1928-1929 season to 2022-2023 the club has obtained the following participations in the national championships:

International tournaments [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

In the 2021-2022 season, the club has obtained the following participations in international tournaments ^[14] :

Individual statistics [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

The player with more appearances in European competitions is David Albelda at 101, while the best scorer is David Villa with 17 goals ^[14] .

Team statistics [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

At international level, the best victory is the 7-0 obtained against Genk in the groups of the UEFA Champions League 2011-2012 groups, while the worst defeat is represented by another 7-0, immediately this time by the Karlsruhe in the round of 32 of the UEFA Cup 1993-1994 ^[14] .

Rosa 2022-2023 [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

Rosa and numbering updated to 11 July 2022

Technical staff [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

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