Valencia FC: history

Valencia FC: History - World Sport News Notes

An idea to form a football club blaze away at a meeting in Torino Bar, 1919. The first president of Valencia Football Club, Octavio Augusto Milego, was selected after throwing a coin toss to decide between himself or Gonzalo Medina Pernas who led the new club. Pernas finally hold positions in the department of constituents. The first party club played in Castellon, May 21, 1919, when Valencia was conquered host Valencian Gimnastico, 1-0.

December 1919, Valencia have a stadium first, Algiros, which used up to four years later. Since 1923 until now, Valencia Mestalla stadium use. Little by little club is growing. After becoming a regional champion who made them qualify to the Copa del Rey in the same year, Valencia began competing in the Segunda Division. Acting three seasons, Valencia won promotion to the Primera Liga. Post-Civil War, Valencia entered a golden period when the president Luis Casanova led the club to pick up three league titles and two Cups.

Valencia Football continues to be taken into account in the middle period of Real Madrid with Alfredo di Stefano and Barcelona with Ladislao Kubala. If two top Spanish clubs have a two star, Antonio Valencia has Puchades, which became a key player for the club until his retirement. Several times Valencia to compete with Madrid or Barcelona in the league and the Copa del Rey. Valencia cusp also occurred in the 1970s when the club brought Di Stefano as a coach. The first season Di Stefano passed with success, when the Los Ches dramatically won the league last week with a strict difference in points of Barcelona and Atletico Madrid.
There is also a low point. Economic problems that hit the club make the 1982/83 season Valencia almost slammed into the Segunda division. Had not helped the results of other matches on the last weekend, Valencia went down caste season. However, problems were mounting and some players began to get no salary. 1985/86 season, went up to Valencia degradation while still leaving a four-week competition. History as repetitive. After successfully winning the La Liga season 2001/02 and 2003/04, Valencia again facing financial problems. Will the story end the same as two decades ago


Note Achievement: Champion Cup Winners Cup (1979/80), UEFA Cup winners three times (1961/62, 1962/63, 2003/04), two times European Super Cup champion (1980, 2004), the Primera Liga champions six times (1941 / 42, 1943/44, 1946/47, 1970/71, 2001/02, 2003/04), Seven-time champion Copa del Rey (1940/41, 1948/49, 1953/54, 1966/67, 1978/79 , 1998/99, 2007/08), two-time champion Spanish Super Cup (including the Copa Eva Duerte) (1949, 1999), Two-time champion Segunda Division (1930/31, 1986/87), Intertoto Cup Champion (1998).


Founded: 1919
Address: L'Antiga Senda de Senet, 11 Spain

Phone: (+34) 96 337 26 26 -

E-mail address: prensa@valenciacf.es

Official: http://www.valenciacf.es
Chair: Manuel Llorente

Director: Fernando Gómez

Stadium: Estadio MestallaList of Current Players & Coaches
1. Diego Alves 10. Ever Banega
13. Guaita 16. Canales
36. Saul 17. Jordi Alba
43. Cristiano Pereira 18. Manuel Fernandes
2. Bruno 19. Pablo Hernández
4. Adil Rami 21. Parejo
12. Barragán 24. Tino Costa
15. Dealbert 28. Juan Bernat
18; Víctor Ruiz Torre 34. Montoro
20. Ricardo Costa - Iván Rubio
22. Jérémy Mathieu 7. Jonas Striker
23. Miguel Brito 9. Roberto Soldado
3. Hedwiges Maduro 11. Aritz Aduriz Zubeldia
5. Mehmet Topal 14. Pablo Piatti
6. Albelda 27. Paco Alcacer
8. Sofiane Feghouli - Unai Emery Manager / Coach