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Rivals	Levante & Villareal
Club Profile	Club Website Twitter: @ValenciaCF Facebook: @ValenciaCF.en Address: Mestalla Stadium, Av. de Suècia, s/n, 46010 València, Spain Nickname: Los Ches
Stadium	Opened in 1923, Valencia’s Mestalla is the oldest stadium of Spain’s top division. It has logically transformed a lot over the years and its current capacity of 55,000 makes it the fifth-largest in the division. With one very steep north stand, the atmosphere can be special when it is full. Despite having a great and historical stadium, Valencia have been planning to move to a Nou Mestalla. They have been planning this for some time now and building work on the new venue broke ground in 2007. However, this was just before the financial crash and the club’s regular systemic financial struggles have meant that the Nou Mestalla has never been completed. Various club presidents and directors over the years have promised to finish the stadium and the current administration is making similar promises, but for now the club’s home is Mestalla and the new ground doesn’t look like it’ll be finished any time soon.
Recent History	Valencia started the 21st century in style by winning LaLiga in 2001/02 and 2004/04. They’d even reached back-to-back Champions League finals in 2000 and 2001. There was a Copa del Rey win in 2007/08 too, but it took them a long time to win silverware again after that. What followed was a decade where they tended to lose one or more of their best players every summer in order to raise funds. Financial instability really hurt this club and is still a bit of an issue, even under the new ownership of Singaporean businessman Peter Lim. They eventually won something again under Marcelino as they won the Copa del Rey in 2019, but Marcelino was sacked shortly afterwards for disagreements with the club hierarchy.
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Season Guide

2024/2025

Valencia

In

Dani Gomez (att), loan from Levante. Stole Dimitrievski (gk), transfer from Rayo Vallecano. Rafa Mir (att), loan from Sevilla. Eray Comert (def), loan expired. Cesar Tarrega (def), loan expired. Samu Castillejo (mid), loan expired.

Out

Eray Comert (def), loan to Real Valladolid. Cristian Rivero (gk), loan to Albacete. Roman Yaremchuk (att), loan expired. Peter Federico (mid), loan expired. Selim Amallah (mid), loan expired.

Finishing 9th for this club would have been considered a colossal failure twenty years ago. Nowadays though, it's about as much as they could have realistically hoped for. A season without the threat of relegation was most welcome for this sleeping giant of Spanish football after a torrid decade or so. Quite remarkably, the club has not yet sacked boss Baraja. Their general approach is to do so whenever their unrealistic targets are not met, and failing to make it into Europe this season falls into that category. However, they've opted to keep the former holding midfielder at the helm, and that continuity/stability could help them this season. Defence likely to be a problem, at least for their season opening phase due to injuries sustained by Gaya and Diakhaby, as well as a likely period of rest for Mosquera following his participation at the Olympics. This could result in a slow start with Gaya and Diakhaby not due back for a while yet. The rest of their squad looks average but familiar. They know each other well enough by now. As critical as people can be of this club (and rightly so), they've actually attempted to quash the chaos that typically engulfs them by keeping the same personnel where possible. Therefore, another push for Europe next season is on the agenda. It's unlikely they'll manage it because the squad simply isn't good enough, to be frank. Their transfer business has been underwhelming, to say the least, and what is already at the club is not enough to guarantee European football. It's not unfair to say that their best transfer business was keeping hold of key Georgian GK Giorgi Mamardashvili. This was a necessary to make the club more financially stable though, even if it meant missing out on the likes of Bryan Zaragoza and Carlos Vicente pre-season. However, they're making slow, steady improvements (despite the continuous anti-owner/Peter Lim demonstrations by the fans), and it's not inconceivable that they'll make it into the Conference League if Lady Luck is on their side. They must improve their wing positions, though - they're very weak there.

Target

They want to be back in Europe next season. It's possible, given the gradual steps toward sanity and stability that they've taken, but by no means is it guaranteed. Should be safe from the relegation battle though, which was not often the case in recent years.