Valencia CF

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Valencia Club de Fútbol (also known as Valencia CF or just Valencia or Los Ches) is a football team in the first division of the Spanish Football League. Founded in 1919, Valencia CF is based in the city of Valencia, Spain. The team's home stadium is the 53,000 seat Mestalla, which was opened in 1923. However the team is scheduled to move to a new stadium in the north west of the city in 2009 [1] Valencia CF won the Spanish title for the sixth time in May 2004, their second in three years. Based on income for the 2004-5 season, Valencia CF is the 19th richest club in the world. [2]

They are regular contenders for the Champions League, but missed out last season due to poor form in the second half of the season which left them in seventh place, only a place in the UEFA Inter-Toto Cup and even then failed to qualify for the UEFA Cup as they lost to SV Hamburg in the Inter-Toto Cup final. Their main rivals are Villarreal CF and their matches in La Liga are billed as derbies.

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History

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The Early Years

The club was first established in 1919 with the first president as Octavio Augusto Milego Díaz, incidentally the presidency was decided by a coin toss. The club played their first competitive match away from home on 21 May 1919 with Valencia Gimnástico and lost the match 1-0.

Valencia CF moved into the Mestalla pitch (not the actual stadium site) in 1923 having played their home matches at the Algirós ground since 7 December 1919. The first match at the Mestalla pitted the home side against Castellón Castalia and drew 0-0. In another match the day after, Valencia won against the same opposition 1-0. Valencia CF won the Regional Championship in 1923 and was eligible to play in the Copa del Rey for the first time in its history.

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The First Cup Success

The Spanish Civil War halted the progress of the Valencia team until 1941 when they won the Spain Cup, beating Espanyol. In the 1941/1942 season, the club won its first Spanish First Division title (although winning the Copa del Rey was more reputable than the league back then). The club maintained its consistency to capture the league title again in the 1943/1944 season and also later in the 1946/1947 league edition.

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The 1950s

The 50s signify an era of interesting development at the club although they failed to emulate their success of the 1940s. The restructuring of the Mestalla stadium has resulted in an increment to 45,000 spectator capacity, whereas players such as Antonio Puchades and Jacinto Quincoces graced the pitch at the Mestalla along with other well-known players like Servaas Wilkes and Sócrates. In the 1952/1953 season, the club attained runners-up spot in the league whereas in the following season, the club won the Generalísimo Cup.

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The 1960s and 1970s, European Success

While managing indifferent league form in the early 1960s, the club had its first European successes in the form of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (now known as the UEFA Cup in the 1961/1962 season, beating the formidable FC Barcelona in the Cup final of the first success. The next season's Cup final pitted Valencia CF against Dinamo Zagreb which the Valencians won after 2 legs. Valencia CF was again present in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final in the 1963/1964 after a decent run but was defeated by Real Zaragoza in a 2-1 scoreline.

Alfredo di Stéfano signed for the club in 1970 and immediately inspired his new club to their fourth league Championship and paved way for Valencia CF's debut in the European Cup of which they fared moderately well, losing in the 3rd round of the competition to Ujpest Dosza. Other notable players of the 1970s era are the Austrian Kurt Jara, Johnny Rep of the Netherlands and Mario Kempes who became the Spanish League's topscorer for two consecutive seasons, beginning in the 1976/1977 season. Valencia would go on to win the Copa del Rey again in the 1978/1979 season and also capture the European Cup Winners Cup the next season after beating Arsenal FC in the final, with Kempes spearheading Valencia's success in Europe.

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The 1980s and 1990s- Relegation to the Second Division and Subsequent Revival

In 1982, the club appointed Miljan Miljanic as coach but after an appalling season by Valencia's standards, Koldo Aguirre replaced him with seven games left to play. In fact Valencia barely avoided relegation that year, relying on favorable results from other teams to ensure their own survival. In the 1983/1984 season and the 1984/1985 season, the club was heavily in debt under the presidency of Vicente Tormo. The club finally hit rock bottom when they were relegated at near the end of the 1985/1986 season strifed with internal problems such as unpaid player and staff wages as well as poor team spirit. It would be the first time in the history of the club that it would be relegated after an illustrious 55 years in top-flight football.

Arturo Tuzón was named as new president of the club and helped Valencia CF steer back to the First Division together with coach, di Stéfano. Di Stéfano himself stayed on as coach until the 1987/1988 season of which the team finished in 14th position. The Bulgarian forward, Luboslav Penev joined the club in 1989 as part of Valencia's consolidation programme.

Guus Hiddink was assigned as head coach in the 1991/1992 season but the club could only manage to finish 4th in the League and bow out in the Copa del Rey in the quarterfinals stage. In 1992, Valencia CF officially became a Sporting Limited Company and retained Hiddink as their coach until 1993.

Carlos Alberto Parreira, fresh from his success in the World Cup 1994 with Brazil, took the hotseat at the Mestalla in 1994 and immediately signed the Spanish goalkeeper Andoni Zubizarreta and the Russian forward Oleg Salenko but failed to produce results expected of him and was replaced by new coach José Manuel Rielo. In the mid-1990s, the club's previous successes continue to elude them, although they were not short of top coaching staff like Luis Aragonés and Jorge Valdano as well as star players like Claudio López, Ariel Ortega and Romario, however it was Claudio Ranieri who led the team to victory in the Copa del Rey of the 1998/1999 season.


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Recent Successes

Héctor Cúper replaced Ranieri after the King's Cup success and immediately introduced a new brand of attacking football in the team, culminating in Valencia's first Champions League final in the 1999/2000 season although they ended up 3-0 losers in Paris against rivals Real Madrid CF. Cúper subsequently led the team to another Champions League final in the next season, this time losing to Bayern Munich on penalties after extra-time.

Rafa Benítez was the new coach to lead the club to another league title after Cúper's exit from the Mestalla and in the 2001/2002 season, the club won its first league title after 31 years and has set the road to a double success in the 2003/2004 season, winning both the Primera Liga title as well as the UEFA Cup.


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Honors or Trophies

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Players

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Current squad 2005/06

The numbers are established according to the official website:www.valenciacf.es and www.lfp.es

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Squad changes during 2005/06 season

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Famous players

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Famous Coaches

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Sponsorships

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External links

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