Valencia CF

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Valencia CF
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Basic data
Surname Valencia Club de Fútbol
Seat Valencia , Spain
founding March 18, 1919
Colours black and white
owner Peter Lim
president Anil Murthy
Website valenciacf.es
First soccer team
Head coach Voro
Venue Estadio Mestalla
Places 55,000
league Primera Division
2019/20 9th place
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The Valencia Club de Fútbol ( baˈlenθja ˈkluβ ðe ˈfuðβol ), known in German-speaking countries as FC Valencia , is a Spanish football club from Valencia . The team plays in the Primera División , the highest Spanish division.

The club colors are black and white (nickname (Valencian): "Blanquinegros") and the mascot is the bat, which is also shown in the city arms of Valencia. The home games have been played in the Mestalla Stadium (55,000 seats) since 1923 , which will be replaced over the next few years by the new multifunctional arena Nou Mestalla in the north-west of the city.

history

The early years

The first presidential election of Valencia CF was decided by a coin toss on March 5, 1919 in the Bar Torino on Calle Barcelona. The lucky winner and thus the first president of the association was Octavio Augusto Milego Diaz and Gonzalo Medina Pernas was appointed head of the constituent commission and the festive committee. On March 18, 1919, the founding of the club was officially confirmed. The team's first game was lost on May 21, 1919 against Valencia Gimnástico with 0: 1. The first team of Valencia CF at that time consisted of: Marco, Peris, Julio Gascó, Marzal, Llobet, Ferré, Fernández, Umbert, Martínez Ibarra, Aliaga and Gómez Juaneda.

The first home games were played at Camp del Algirós for four years. The Mestalla Stadium was inaugurated in 1923 under President Ramón Leonarte with a game against city rivals Levante UD , which ended 1-0. The cost of the stadium at that time was 316,439 pesetas (today approx. 1,900 euros ) and it had a capacity of 17,000 seats. Before the start of the 1923/24 season, the Czech coach Anton Fivber was hired, making him the first official coach of Valencia CF. In 1923 they won the regional championship and were therefore entitled to take part in the Copa del Rey for the first time .

At the end of the 1920s , the first and second divisions of Spain ( Primera División and Segunda División ) were founded. The leagues each consisted of 10 teams. After three years in the second division, Valencia made it into the Primera División for the first time in the 1930/31 season.

Successes after the civil war

In the next few years the team established itself in the first division. After the Spanish Civil War set the club back and required the rebuilding of the 22,000-seat stadium, the 1940s were a real blessing for the club: The first cup win in 1941 against Espanyol Barcelona , as well as the first win of the championship in the 1941/42 season . A goal record of 85 goals in 26 games was also set. The successes continued with championship titles in 1943/44 and 1946/47, as well as four finals and a victory in the Spanish Cup ( Copa del Rey ) in 1944, 1945, 1946 and 1949. The success had many factors, on the one hand the core of the team that had survived the civil war, the so-called "Delantera Electrica" (a series of attacks consisting of Epi, Amadeo, Mundo, Asensi and Gorostiza) and the establishment of the reserve team Club Deportivo Mestalla under President Luis Casanova .

In the 1950s the Mestalla stadium was enlarged again, which meant an investment of almost a million pesetas. With 45,000 seats, Mestalla became one of the largest stadiums in Spain. The 50s were an era full of interesting developments, but the success of the 1940s could not be matched. Many well-known players, such as Antonio Puchades , Juan Carlos Díaz Quincoces , Servaas Wilkes or Socrates , were part of a large team at the time. In the 1952/53 season they reached the championship runner-up and in the following season Valencia won the Generalísimo Cup .

European success

While performance in the league in the early 1960s was rather inconsistent, the club first drew international attention in 1961. With a win against FC Barcelona in the final of the Messestädte Cup , the team won their first international title. In the next season this feat succeeded again, this time they prevailed against the Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb in two games. In the 1963/64 season, Valencia was again in the final of the Messestädte Cup, but at that time they lost 2-1 to league rivals Real Saragossa .

The Argentine striker legend Alfredo Di Stéfano signed in 1970 as coach at Valencia CF and was able to lead his team straight away to their fourth championship success, the first since 1947. This paved the way for the club to the European Cup , where, however, in the third round against the Hungarian master Újpest Dózsa was eliminated. Well-known players in the 1970s included the Austrian Kurt Jara , the German Rainer Bonhof , the Dutch Johnny Rep and the Argentine Mario Kempes , the two-time top scorer in the Spanish league (1976–1978). In the 1978/79 season you could win the Spanish Cup and a year later the European Cup Winners' Cup in the final against Arsenal .

The unsuccessful 1990s

After Valencia had to relegate to the Segunda División in 1985/86 after 55 years in the top division due to internal and financial problems , Arturo Tuzón took over the office of president in 1987 . Together with coach Alfredo Di Stéfano , he was promoted back to the Primera División. Valencia ended the 1987/88 season in 14th place. In 1989, inter alia Bulgarian striker Lyuboslaw Penew signed , who immediately fitted in and scored many important goals for the club in his career.

In the 1991/92 season, Valencia signed the successful Dutch coach Guus Hiddink . Under his leadership, the club reached fourth place in the championship and the quarter-finals in the Copa del Rey. In February 1992 the Ciudad Deportiva de Paterna training center was opened. The appearance in the UEFA Cup ended in a fiasco. After the team had won the first leg against Karlsruher SC 3-1, Valencia lost the second leg in the Wildparkstadion 7-0 , the club's historically highest defeat. National you could only reach seventh place in the table at the end of the season. In 1994 the Brazilian world champion coach Carlos Alberto Parreira , the Spanish goalkeeper Andoni Zubizarreta and the Russian striker Oleg Salenko and the Yugoslav striker Predrag Mijatović were committed. However, the sporting success was limited. This was followed by the Spanish coaches José Manuel Rielo and Luis Aragonés and the Argentine Jorge Valdano , as well as striker legends such as Romário , Claudio López , Ariel Ortega and Adrian Ilie .

Return to the top European class

It was not until the 1998/99 season that Valencia celebrated its first title in 19 years by beating FC Barcelona in the Copa del Rey . The championship was finished in third place in the table, tied with FC Barcelona and 4 points behind Deportivo La Coruña. This was followed by successful international appearances under the head coach Héctor Cúper . In the 1999/2000 season, FC Valencia made it to the final of the UEFA Champions League for the first time , which they lost 3-0 to Real Madrid on May 24, 2000 in Paris .

The promising newcomers John Carew , Rubén Baraja , Roberto Ayala , Vicente Rodríguez , Fábio Aurélio and Pablo Aimar quickly developed into important pillars of the team and so the club made a dream start in the championship in the following season 2000/01. After two top English clubs, Arsenal FC and Leeds United, were eliminated in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, respectively, the club reached the UEFA Champions League final for the second time in a row , which, however, on May 23, 2001 in Milan on penalties against Bayern Munich was lost 4: 5. In a first-class game, Gaizka Mendieta gave the Valencians the lead with a penalty shortly after the start of the game. Goalkeeper Santiago Cañizares was able to save a penalty from Mehmet Scholl before being beaten by another penalty from Stefan Effenberg . After a goalless extension, Mauricio Pellegrino missed the decisive penalty. The season ended in a disappointing fifth place, not least because of the double burden.

In July 2001, Pedro Cortés resigned from the presidency for personal reasons. He could look back on a successful era with a Cup and Supercup victory, as well as two Champions League finals. The coaching team around Hector Cúper and the team also experienced some changes. Rafael Benítez took over as coach and while Gaizka Mendieta , Didier Deschamps , Luis Milla and Zlatko Zahovič left the team, high-quality newcomers were signed with Carlos Marchena , Mista , Curro Torres , Francisco Rufete , Gonzalo de los Santos and Salva Ballesta . In the 2001/02 season , the club won the Spanish championship title after 31 years. The following season, however, was disappointing again, because they did not get beyond a 5th place in the championship. In the Champions League you had to admit defeat to Inter Milan in the quarter-finals due to the away goals rule.

2003/04 was probably the most successful season in the club's history so far. Valencia CF won the Spanish championship after being 8 points behind Real Madrid after 26 rounds . With a 2-0 win in the final against Olympique Marseille , the UEFA Cup also went to the Spaniards. In addition, they booked the third trophy, the UEFA Super Cup with a 2-1 win over Champions League winners FC Porto . In the summer of 2004, Rafael Benítez resigned due to problems with the president and signed with Liverpool FC

Internal unrest and cup win

In the 2004/05 season it was enough under the coach Claudio Ranieri , among other things because of 16 draws in 38 games, only to seventh place in the championship, which was a big disappointment for the club, because after the successful previous years they were significantly more expected. The club missed direct qualification for the major international competitions. In the UI Cup, qualifying for the UEFA Cup failed in two final games against Hamburger SV . Coach Claudio Ranieri was fired and in the summer of 2005 a new coach was signed with Quique Flores . The 2005/06 season was also very mixed at the beginning. However, they still reached third place (behind FC Barcelona and Real Madrid ) and thus entered the third qualifying round for the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League .

The 2006/07 season started successfully despite short-term internal unrest. Former player and sports director Amedeo Carboni publicly expressed his displeasure with coach Quique Sánchez Flores and his transfer policy. High achievers such as Francisco Rufete , Pablo Aimar and Mista were given away at low cost for unclear reasons. Equivalent replacement was created shortly before the start of the season through the commitments of Fernando Morientes from Liverpool FC and Joaquín from Betis Sevilla . These players proved to be the pillars of the team over the course of the season. Also came Asier del Horno from Chelsea and the previously loaned David Silva , who became one of the discoveries of the season and soon became a regular for the Levantines. With a clear win against Red Bull Salzburg (0-1 A / 3-0 H), Valencia qualified for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League for the fifth time. This year the club reached the quarter-finals of the competition, which was lost to Chelsea 1: 1 away and 1: 2 at home. As a negative highlight of this season, fights between the players of FC Valencia and Inter Milan should be mentioned. According to TV recordings, some players from both teams were subsequently punished with severe bans by UEFA and FIFA. In the championship, the club played for the championship title for a long time, but in the end it was only enough for fourth place. In the summer of 2007, the internal dispute between Carboni and Flores ended with the fact that Carboni was replaced by Angel Ruiz as sports director.

For the 2007/08 season , the contract of goalkeeper Santiago Cañizares was extended and another goalkeeper was signed in Timo Hildebrand . Defender and supporter Roberto Ayala left the club and eventually signed a deal with league rivals Real Zaragoza . Iván Helguera was signed by Real Madrid as a replacement . On October 29, 2007 , after a series of failures in the championship as well as in the Champions League and a nightly meeting of the executive committee, coach Quique Sánchez Flores was dismissed with immediate effect and Óscar Rubén Fernández was promoted as interim coach of the B-team. A short time later, a new coach, the Dutchman Ronald Koeman , was hired and given a three-year contract. The hoped-for turnaround did not materialize for the time being and they were eliminated as bottom group in the Champions League preliminary round. In mid-December Koeman deleted long-time regular goalkeeper Santiago Cañizares and captain David Albelda from the current season's squad. A premature change of the former national team could not be carried out. In the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey 2007/08 , Valencia reached the final of the Spanish Cup for the first time since winning the Cup in 1999 with a 1-1 draw in the first leg at Camp Nou and a 3-2 win at home. In the final on April 16, 2008 , Valencia beat Getafe 3-1. Four days later, Valencia lost a league game against Athletic Bilbao 5-1. As a result, only two points away from the relegation ranks, Ronald Koeman was dismissed the following day and replaced by interim coach Voro .

For the 2008/09 season Unai Emery took over the post of head coach from Voro. After goalkeeper Cañizares was ousted by Timo Hildebrand in the preseason, he announced his retirement at the end of the 2007/08 season. In order to still be able to put pressure on Hildebrand, a young goalkeeper, the Brazilian Renan Brito , was committed as a competitor. Since he was still with the Brazilian national team at the Olympic Games , Hildebrand was still in the goal of the whites in the lost final of the Spanish Supercup at the beginning of the season . After Renan's arrival in Valencia, he was preferred to the German goalkeeper and called up in the first league game of the 2008/09 season in the starting lineup. After the bad pre-season, apart from the cup success, the Valencians were able to establish themselves among the top five teams until the end of the first half of the season and again ensured more sporting successes. In the winter, the disappointed Hildebrand moved back to Germany and signed with TSG 1899 Hoffenheim .

Financial crisis, player sales and debts

Since the 2008/09 season, the club has suffered from immensely high debts due to, among other things. the real estate crisis and negative speculation. The club's financial crisis is linked to the strict transfer requirements, so the mountain of debt in 2008 totaled 650 million euros. By the beginning of 2009 the association was able to reduce the debt to 550 million euros and by the beginning of March 2009 again to 450 million euros. This made Valencia CF at that time the club with the highest debts in Spain. In the context of the ongoing financial crisis, the financial expert Javier Gómez was promoted to the new president and Agustín Morera , who had been acting as president until then, was dismissed. However, the debt reduction of 200 million euros within one year meant that the construction of the new Nou Mestalla stadium was interrupted and there were delays in the payments of players' salaries. The club's management announced in March 2009 that it was unclear how long the “difficult situation” would last for Valencia CF. The then market value of the entire squad was estimated at around 195–215 million euros. (Status: 05/2009) At the end of the 2008/09 season, the debts of FC Valencia increased again, in June 2009 they amounted to 547 million euros.

In order to pay off some of the debts, they parted ways with several top performers such as David Villa (FC Barcelona), David Silva (Manchester City), Carlos Marchena and Alexis before the 2010/11 season . A year later, Juan Mata was sold to Chelsea and again a year later, Jordi Alba was sold to FC Barcelona. Roberto Soldado from Getafe and Aritz Aduriz from Mallorca were signed to replace the offensive forces Villa and Silva . Since the 2008/09 season, the club's transfer balance sheet shows expenses of around 96 million euros and income of 179 million euros, which means that the transfer has made a profit of 83 million euros. The championship season was mixed and in the cup they failed early at FC Villarreal . However, the last sixteen of the Champions League could be reached, where they were eliminated against the later semi-finalists Schalke 04 . Despite high defeats such as a 3-6 against Real Madrid in their own stadium, they were able to achieve third place and thus the direct qualification for the Champions League.

With an annual turnover of 116.8 million euros in 2011, Valencia CF was ranked 19th among the football clubs worldwide, 57% of turnover was generated through broadcasting rights. Valencia CF benefited from the “decentralized” marketing system for television broadcasting rights in the Spanish league, with 42 million euros in 2011, together with Atletico Madrid (42 million euros) after the two big ones FC Barcelona (183 million euros) and Real Madrid (142 million euros) ranked third and fourth respectively. The financial situation is still tense and they are trying to get some top earners off the payroll and instead rely on younger and cheaper players.

In the 2011/12 season they could again reach third place behind the champions from Madrid and FC Barcelona. In the Champions League they were eliminated in the group stage, but the team was able to advance in the Europa League to the semi-finals, in which they failed at the eventual winner Atlético Madrid . At the end of the season it was announced that the expiring contract of coach Emery would not be renewed. In his place, the former player Mauricio Pellegrino took over the team for the new season.

On December 3, 2012, the club announced that Ernesto Valverde would succeed Mauricio Pellegrino, who had been dismissed two days earlier. At a press conference on April 5, 2013, President Manuel Llorente and Vice-President José Antonio García Moreno announced their resignation. The entrepreneur Amadeo Salvo was elected as the new club president on June 4, 2013 . As Valencia failed to qualify for the UEFA Champions League at the end of the 2012/13 season , coach Valverde was sacked and replaced by Miroslav Đukić . As the success also failed under Đukić, the Argentine Juan Antonio Pizzi was hired as the new coach at the beginning of 2014 during the season and at the end of the winter transfer window, part of the team was also rebuilt. While Banega, Postiga, Guardado, Pabón and Canales were loaned or sold to various clubs, Seydou Keita , Vinicius Araujo, Eduardo Vargas and Philippe Senderos were hired . On January 24, 2014, President Salvo called a general assembly for all members in the Mestalla Stadium, where he explained the current situation regarding the possible sale of the club to foreign investors in front of almost 8,000 spectators. In the away game against FC Barcelona on February 1, 2014, they fought a historic 2: 3 victory and were the first team since April 2012 to win a championship game at Camp Nou . Valencia's last win in Barcelona was ten years ago in 2004. However, what followed was a mixed season in the league. In the Europa League, FC Valencia prevailed against FC Basel in the quarter-finals after winning the second leg in front of their own audience 5-0 after a 3-0 defeat in the first leg.

Deportivo La Coruña vs. Valencia CF.

However, Valencia was eliminated in the semifinals against league rivals and later title holder Sevilla FC . On May 17, 2014, the sale of the association to Peter Lim , an investor from Singapore , was decided unanimously.

With a 2-1 win over FC Barcelona , Valencia won the Copa del Rey on May 25, 2019, the last time it was victorious in 2008.

Achievements and titles

Current squad

As of February 1, 2019

No. Nat. Surname birthday in the team since Contract until
goal
01 SpainSpain Jaume Doménech 05/11/1990 2015 2022
13th BrazilBrazil Neto 07/19/1989 2017 2021
Defense
05 BrazilBrazil Gabriel Paulista 11/26/1990 2017 2022
12th FranceFrance Mouctar Diakhaby 12/19/1996 2018 2023
14th SpainSpain José Gayà 05/25/1995 2014 2023
15th SpainSpain Toni Lato 11/21/1997 2017 2021
21 ItalyItaly Cristiano Piccini 09/26/1992 2018 2022
24 ArgentinaArgentina Ezequiel Garay 10/10/1986 2016 2020
ItalyItaly Alessandro Florenzi 03/11/1991 2020 2020
midfield
06th Central African RepublicCentral African Republic Geoffrey Kondogbia 02/15/1993 2018 2022
07th PortugalPortugal Gonçalo Guedes 11/29/1996 2017 2023
08th SpainSpain Carlos Soler 01/02/1997 2017 2021
10 SpainSpain Dani Parejo (C)Captain of the crew 04/16/1989 2011 2022
11 RussiaRussia Denis Cheryshev December 26, 1990 2018 2022
16 Korea SouthSouth Korea Kang-in Lee 02/19/2001 2019 2022
17th FranceFrance Francis Coquelin 05/13/1991 2018 2022
18th DenmarkDenmark Daniel Wass 05/31/1989 2018 2022
20th SpainSpain Ferrán Torres 02/29/2000 2018 2021
Storm
09 FranceFrance Kevin Gameiro 05/09/1987 2018 2021
19th SpainSpain Rodrigo 03/06/1991 2015 2022
22nd SpainSpain Santi Mina 07/12/1995 2015 2021
23 SpainSpain Rubén Sobrino 06/01/1992 2019 2022

Trainer

Term of office Nat. Trainer
1960–1962 SpainSpain Domènec Balmanya
1962-1963 ArgentinaArgentina ItalyItaly Alejandro Scopelli
- - -
1976-1977 ParaguayParaguay Heriberto Herrera
- - -
1991-1993 NetherlandsNetherlands Guus Hiddink
1994-1995 BrazilBrazil Carlos Alberto Parreira
- - -
1996-1997 SpainSpain Luis Aragonés
- - -
2005-2007 SpainSpain Quique Sánchez Flores
2007-2008 NetherlandsNetherlands Ronald Koeman
2008 SpainSpain Voro
2008–2012 SpainSpain Unai Emery
2012 ArgentinaArgentina Mauricio Pellegrino
2012-2013 SpainSpain Ernesto Valverde
2013 SerbiaSerbia Miroslav Đukić
2013-2014 ArgentinaArgentina SpainSpain Juan Antonio Pizzi
2014-2015 PortugalPortugal Nuno Espírito Santo
2015 SpainSpain Voro
2015-2016 EnglandEngland Gary Neville
2016 SpainSpain Pako Ayestarán
2016 SpainSpain Voro
2016 ItalyItaly Cesare Prandelli
2016-2017 SpainSpain Voro
2017-2019 SpainSpain Marcelino García
2019-2020 SpainSpain Albert Celades
2020 SpainSpain Voro
2020-2021 SpainSpain Javi Gracia
2021– SpainSpain Voro

player

goalkeeper Defender midfield player striker

Top 10 in terms of appearances and goals

(As of May 18, 2018; all competitive games and goals are given)

Calls
1 SpainSpain Fernando Gomez 1983-1998 552
2 SpainSpain Ricardo Arias 1976-1992 501
3 SpainSpain Miguel Ángel Angulo 1996-2009 428
4th SpainSpain Santiago Cañizares 1998-2008 418
5 SpainSpain David Albelda 1996-2013 411
6th SpainSpain José Claramunt 1966-1988 381
7th ItalyItaly Amedeo Carboni 1997-2006 375
8th SpainSpain Manuel Mestre 1956-1969 374
9 SpainSpain Enrique Saura 1975-1985 372
10 SpainSpain Fernando Giner 1982-1995 366
* = still active for Valencia CF.
Gates
1 SpainSpain Mundo 1939-1950 238
2 BrazilBrazil Waldo Machado 1961-1970 160
3 ArgentinaArgentina Mario Kempes 1976-1981
1982-1983
146
4th SpainSpain Fernando Gomez 1983-1998 143
5 SpainSpain David Villa 2005-2010 129
6th SpainSpain Manuel Badenes 1950-1956 102
7th SpainSpain Silvestre Igoa 1948-1954 93
8th SpainSpain Vicente Seguí 1946-1959 91
9 BulgariaBulgaria Lyuboslav Penew 1989-1995 88
10 SpainSpain Epi Fernández 1940-1949 87
* = still active at Valencia CF.

Sponsors

season Outfitter Main sponsor
1980-1982 Adidas No sponsor
1982-1985 Ressy
1985-1990 Rasan Caja Ahorros Valencia
1990-1992 puma
1992-1993 Mediterrania
1993-1994 Luanvi
1994-1995 Cip
1995-1998 ford
1998-2000 Terra Mitica
2000-2001 Nike
2001-2002 Metrored
2002-2003 Terra Mitica
2003-2008 Toyota
2008-2009 Valencia Experience
2009-2011 Kappa Unibet
2011-2014 Joma JinkoSolar
2014-2019 Adidas
2019– puma

Second team

As FC Valencia Mestalla called the second team of the club plays in the season 2020/21 in the Segunda División B and plays its home games in the Ciudad Deportiva de Paterna out.

Valencia CF women

mascot

The club has a mascot called "Super Rat", a bat after the club. This is also known as batscot , a mixture of bat and mascot.

Web links

Commons : Valencia CF  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  2. Real estate crisis and 2.1 billion euros in debt , from: goal.com, April 2, 2009 , accessed on May 8, 2009
  3. Valencia on the ground: rescue still possible? - sportlive.at  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.sportlive.at  
  4. sport1.de: Real will probably also bring Villa
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  6. rp-online: deThe clubs with the highest sales in Europe 10/11
  7. kicker.de : uprising of the "little ones" against Real and Barça
  8. kicker.de: Pellegrino replaces Emery
  9. Valencia makes Valverde Pellegrino's successor . In: kicker online . December 3, 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
  10. Dimisión del presidente del Valencia CF, Manuel Llorente ( Spanish ) Valencia CF. April 5, 2013. Archived from the original on April 11, 2013. Retrieved on May 16, 2013.
  11. Amadeo Salvo, nuevo presidente ( Spanish ) El Mundo . June 4, 2013. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
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  14. Official website of UEFA, Art .: Seville with last-minute goal in the final
  15. ^ Peter Lim compra el Valencia CF.
  16. Messi goal is too little - disappointing Barcelona are subject to Valencia. In: Spiegel Online . May 25, 2019, accessed January 20, 2020.
  17. en.valenciacf.com
  18. Note in: RevierSport 32/2012, p. 46.