Valencia CF

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 largest 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.

Valencia were founded in 1919, and have played their home games at the 53,469-seater Estadio Mestalla since 1923. They are soon to move into the 75,000-seater Nou Mestalla in the north-west portion of the city in 2009. Valencia have a long-standing rivalry with Levante, also located in Valencia, and with another club in the Valencian Community region, Villarreal.

Valencia is the third most popular football team in Spain (5,3), only behind Real Madrid (32, 8 ) and FC Barcelona (25,7). It is also one of the biggest clubs in the world in terms of number of associates (registered paying supporters), with more than 45,000 and another 20,000+ on the waiting list.



Estadio Mestalla is a football stadium in Valencia, Spain. The stadium is the home ground of Valencia C.F. With a capacity of 55,000 seats, 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.

In 2009, the team is expected to move into the Nou Mestalla, a state of the art stadium with a seat capacity of 75,000, located in Valencia.

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
  
  Supercopa de España:
  
• Winners (2): 1949, 1999
  
  Segunda División:
  
• Winners (2): 1930-31, 1986-87

European:

Fairs Cup:

• Winners (2): 1961-62, 1962-63
  
  UEFA Cup:
  
• Winners (1): 2003-04
  
  UEFA Cup Winners' Cup:
  
• Winners (1): 1979-80
  
  UEFA Super Cup:
  
• Winners (2): 1980, 2004
  
  UEFA Intertoto Cup:
  
• Winners (1): 1998
  
  UEFA Champions League
  
• Runners-up (2): 1999-00, 2000-01.

This team has been piss poor recently. It's quite likely they will lose big player's like Villa and Silva...Who know's might be heading United's way.

I have a soft spot for Valencia. I hope they pick up form and pick up the pieces next season. Actually, Valencia was very close to relegation for some time. Thankfully they ended in 10th place, making the leap when it was needed most. Good for them, I hope they come out on top, and I would love Villa at United, but I wouldn't blame him for staying over there. Such a talented player, he is easily my favourite Spanish player.

do they still have zigic. he is the best thing in spanish football. that man is a giant lol.

I think they do. He is a good player but with Villa and Sillva in there team he must find it hard to get in. I wouldn't mind him at Benfica to be honest...

isn't silva a winger? zigic and villa. now that is a beasty strike force. pace and hieght. you carn't go wroung.

yeah Silva is a winger


Both Silva and Villa stated at the end final weeks over the La Liga season that they want to play for Arsenal one day

Villa is absolutely amazing. What really disgusts me is that Valencia have so much talent and yet this past season has been such an utter disgrace, and waste of talent. I really hate the management. I really hope Valencia picks up form.

i read on a few different sites that Miguel wants to leave Valencia. I wonder where he'll end up.

With his recent performance for Portugal I can't see many teams wanting to sign him...