Valencia CF

2018–19 season
Dani Parejo receives the trophy following Valencia'sfinal victory
Owner	Peter Lim
President	Anil Murthy
Head coach	Marcelino
Stadium	Mestalla
La Liga	4th
Copa del Rey	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Europa League	Semi-final
Top goalscorer	League:Dani Parejo (9) All:Rodrigo (15)
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The2018–19Valencia CF season was the club's 99th in its history and 84th inLa Liga. Valencia qualified for theUEFA Champions League for the first time since2015–16, entering and being eliminated at thegroup stage. Valencia competed at theUEFA Europa League, entering at theround of 32 and eliminated at the semi-finals.Valencia competed and won theCopa del Rey achieving its 8th title overall, and the first since2008 after entering at the round of 32.

As of 27 January 2019^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ESP Jaume Domènech 4 DF  ARG Facundo Roncaglia(on loan fromCelta Vigo) 5 DF  BRA Gabriel 6 MF  CTA Geoffrey Kondogbia 7 MF  POR Gonçalo Guedes 8 MF  ESP Carlos Soler 9 FW  FRA Kevin Gameiro 10 MF  ESP Dani Parejo(captain) 11 MF  RUS Denis Cheryshev(on loan fromVillarreal) 12 DF  FRA Mouctar Diakhaby 13 GK  BRA Neto

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 DF  ESP José Gayà 15 DF  ESP Toni Lato 16 MF  KOR Lee Kang-in 17 MF  FRA Francis Coquelin 18 MF  DEN Daniel Wass 19 FW  ESP Rodrigo 20 MF  ESP Ferran Torres 21 DF  ITA Cristiano Piccini 22 FW  ESP Santi Mina 23 FW  ESP Rubén Sobrino 24 DF  ARG Ezequiel Garay

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  POR Rúben Vezo(atLevante until 30 June 2019) 4 DF  COL Jeison Murillo(atBarcelona until 30 June 2019) — DF  TUN Aymen Abdennour(atMarseille until 30 June 2019) — DF  BRA Aderlan Santos(atVitória until 31 December 2018) — MF  ESP Nacho Gil(atElche until 30 June 2019)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ESP Álvaro Medrán(atRayo Vallecano until 30 June 2019) — MF  ESP Fran Villalba(atNumancia until 30 June 2019) — FW  ITA Simone Zaza(atTorino until 30 June 2019) — MF  SRB Uroš Račić(atTenerife until 30 June 2019)

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
4	DF		Jeison Murillo	26	Non-EU	Internazionale	Transfer	Summer	2019	€12,000,000	ElDesmarque
6	MF		Geoffrey Kondogbia	25	EU	Internazionale	Transfer	Summer	2022	€25,000,000	Valencia
7	FW		Gonçalo Guedes	21	EU	Paris Saint-Germain	Transfer	Summer	2023	€40,000,000	Valencia
12	DF		Mouctar Diakhaby	21	EU	Lyon	Transfer	Summer	2022	€15,000,000	Valencia
18	MF		Daniel Wass	29	EU	Celta Vigo	Transfer	Summer	2022	€6,000,000	Valencia
21	DF		Cristiano Piccini	25	EU	Sporting CP	Transfer	Summer	2022	€7,000,000	Valencia
23	FW		Michy Batshuayi	24	EU	Chelsea	Loan	Summer	2019	€3,000,000	Valencia
26	MF		Uroš Račić	20	Non-EU	Red Star Belgrade	Transfer	Summer	2022	€2,200,000	Valencia
31	MF		Nacho Gil	22	EU	Las Palmas	Loan return	Summer		Free
	DF		João Cancelo	24	EU	Internazionale	Loan return	Summer		Free
	MF		Álvaro Medrán	24	EU	Alavés	Loan return	Summer	2020	Free
	MF		Fabián Orellana	32	Non-EU	Eibar	Loan return	Summer		Free
	MF		Nani	31	EU	Lazio	Loan return	Summer		Free
	MF		Zakaria Bakkali	22	EU	Deportivo La Coruña	Loan return	Summer		Free
11	MF		Denis Cheryshev	27	EU	Villarreal	Loan	Summer	2019	Free	Valencia
9	FW		Kevin Gameiro	31	EU	Atlético Madrid	Transfer	Summer	2021	€16,000,000	Valencia
23	FW		Rubén Sobrino	26	EU	Deportivo Alavés	Transfer	Winter	2021	UD	Valencia
4	DF		Facundo Roncaglia	31	EU	RC Celta de Vigo	Season loan	Winter	2019	UD	Valencia

Total Spending: €126,200,000

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
6	MF		Nemanja Maksimović	23	Non-EU	Getafe	Transfer	Summer	€10,000,000**	Getafe
7	MF		Gonçalo Guedes	21	EU	Paris Saint-Germain	Loan return	Summer	Free
8	MF		Luciano Vietto	24	EU	Atlético Madrid	Loan return	Summer	Free
9	FW		Simone Zaza	27	EU	Torino	Loan	Summer	€2,000,000	Valencia
11	MF		Andreas Pereira	22	EU	Manchester United	Loan return	Summer	Free
16	MF		Nacho Gil	23	EU	Elche	Loan	Summer	Free	Valencia
21	DF		Martín Montoya	27	EU	Brighton & Hove Albion	Transfer	Summer	€7,000,000	Brighton
23	MF		Álvaro Medrán	24	EU	Rayo Vallecano	Loan	Summer	Free	Valencia
30	DF		Nacho Vidal	23	EU	Osasuna	Transfer	Summer	Free	Osasuna
	DF		João Cancelo	24	EU	Juventus	Transfer	Summer	€40,400,000	Juventus
	MF		Fabián Orellana	32	Non-EU	Eibar	Transfer	Summer	€2,000,000	Eibar
	MF		Nani	31	EU	Sporting CP	Transfer	Summer	Free	Sporting
	MF		Zakaria Bakkali	22	EU	Anderlecht	Transfer	Summer	€1,500,000	Anderlecht
4	DF		Jeison Murillo	26	EU	FC Barcelona	Loan	Winter	€1,200,000	FCBarcelona.com
3	DF		Rúben Vezo	24	EU	Levante UD	Loan	Winter	UD	[1]
23	FW		Michy Batshuayi	25	EU	Chelsea FC	Loan Return	Winter	UD

Total Income: €62,900,000^**

Net Income: €63,300,000

^**Valencia originally received €5,000,000 for Maksimović on 16 July 2018, with the club retaining a buy-back option for 3 years. At the end of the season, Getafe paid Valencia an additional €5,000,000 to retain the player, with Valencia rescinding their buy-back rights and instead receiving 30% of any future transfer.^[2]

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Adidas supplied their last kit forValencia this season, which saw an end to 5 years of contract. Puma became the club's new kit supplier starting in July 2019.

Valencia made a very poor start to the season with five draws and a loss in their first six matches, leaving them perilously close to the relegation places.^[3] After beatingReal Sociedad, they were winless again for a further four games before beatingGetafe, and at the mid-point of the season they had only amassed 23 points.^[4] Thereafter, they made a remarkable comeback, going 12 consecutive matches undefeated to put themselves in contention for a place in the Champions League.^[4] They clinched fourth place with a victory overReal Valladolid on the last day of the season.^[5]

  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		JUV	MUN	VAL	YB
1	Juventus	6	4	0	2	9	4	+5	12	Advance toknockout phase		—	1–2	1–0	3–0
2	Manchester United	6	3	1	2	7	4	+3	10			0–1	—	0–0	1–0
3	Valencia	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	8	Transfer toEuropa League		0–2	2–1	—	3–1
4	Young Boys	6	1	1	4	4	12	−8	4			2–1	0–3	1–1	—

Valencia vJuventus

19 September 20181	Valencia	0–2	Juventus	Valencia,Spain
21:00CEST (UTC+02:00)	Parejo 43' Murillo 50' Vezo 54'	Report	Ronaldo 29' Pjanić 45' (pen.),51' (pen.) Alex Sandro 59' Rugani 90+6'	Stadium:Mestalla Attendance: 46,067 Referee:Felix Brych (Germany)

Manchester United v Valencia

2 October 20182	Manchester United	0–0	Valencia	Manchester,England
21:05CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lukaku 86'	Report	Coquelin 21' Rodrigo 32' Parejo 45' Piccini 85' Gayà 87' Kondogbia 90+2'	Stadium:Old Trafford Attendance: 73,569 Referee:Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
Note: The match, originally scheduled for 21:00 CEST, was delayed to 21:05 CEST due to late team arrival caused by heavy traffic.[8]

Young Boys v Valencia

23 October 20183	Young Boys	1–1	Valencia	Bern,Switzerland
18:55CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mbabu 42' Hoarau 55' (pen.)	Report	Gabriel 8' Batshuayi 26' Soler 77'	Stadium:Stade de Suisse Attendance: 31,120 Referee:Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

Valencia vYoung Boys

7 November 20184	Valencia	3–1	Young Boys	Valencia,Spain
18:55CET (UTC+01:00)	Mina 14',42', 22' Gayà 30' Soler 56', 81'	Report	Ngamaleu 18' Mbabu 35' Assalé 37' Benito 38' Lauper 57' Von Bergen 67' Sanogo 77'	Stadium:Mestalla Attendance: 36,480 Referee:István Kovács (Romania)

Juventus v Valencia

27 November 20185	Juventus	1–0	Valencia	Turin,Italy
21:00CET (UTC+01:00)	Bentancur 13' Mandžukić 59' Cuadrado 60' Matuidi 83'	Report	Gayà 31' Kondogbia 43' Diakhaby 62' Guedes 69' Batshuayi 74'	Stadium:Allianz Stadium Attendance: 39,070 Referee:Willie Collum (Scotland)

Valencia vManchester United

12 December 20186	Valencia	2–1	Manchester United	Valencia,Spain
21:00CET (UTC+01:00)	Soler 17' Lato 29' Jones 47' (o.g.)	Report	Valencia 11' Bailly 30' Rashford 82', 87'	Stadium:Mestalla Attendance: 36,544 Referee:Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)