Valencia CF Mestalla

Spanish football team

Football club

Valencia MestallaFull name| Valencia Club de Fútbol Mestalla

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Nickname(s)| Los Che
Els Taronges (The Oranges)
Valencianistes
Los Murciélagos (The Bats)
Mestalleta
Founded| 1944
Ground| Ciudad Deportiva de Paterna, Valencia,
Valencian Community, Spain
Capacity| 2,300
Owner| Peter Lim[1][2]
President| Layhoon Chan
Head coach| Miguel Ángel Angulo
League| Segunda Federación – Group 3
2022–23| Segunda Federación – Group 3, 3rd of 18

Home colours

Away colours

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Valencia Club de Fútbol Mestalla, shortened to Valencia Mestalla, is the reserve team of Valencia CF, a Spanish football club based in Valencia, in the namesake community. Founded in 1944, and currently plays in Segunda Federación – Group 3, holding home games at Ciudad Deportiva de Paterna, with a 4,000-seat capacity.

Unlike in England, reserve teams in Spain play in the same football pyramid as their senior team rather than a separate league. However, reserve teams cannot play in the same division as their senior team. Therefore, the team is ineligible for promotion to La Liga, the division in which the main side plays. Reserve teams are also no longer permitted to enter the Copa del Rey.

## History[edit]

1958 Team, leader of the IX Group in 1957–58 Tercera División.

Founded in 1944 as Club Deportivo Mestalla, the club spent 21 seasons in the Segunda División in the period between 1947 and 1973, including a best ever finish of second place in the southern section in 1951–52; they went on to finish top of the promotion play-off group, but were ineligible for promotion to La Liga as the reserve team of Valencia CF, who were already playing in that division.

In 1972–73, the club finished bottom of the Segunda División and was relegated to the Tercera División; three years later, they were relegated again to the Valencian Regional Preferente, the top division of regional football in Spain. However, their stay was shortlived as a reorganisation of the Spanish league saw them reinstated to the Tercera División, now the fourth tier of the national football pyramid. They were briefly promoted back to the Segunda División B for the 1987–88 season, but were relegated again after finishing just one point from safety. In 1991, after three more seasons in the Tercera División, they merged fully with Valencia CF, officially becoming the club's B team.

In their first season as Valencia B, they finished top of their Tercera División and were promoted back to the Segunda División B. Since then, they have played all but five seasons in the Segunda División B, reaching a peak of second place in their group in 2001–02.

## Season-by-season[edit]

* As CD Mestalla

| Season  | Tier  | Division  | Place  | Copa del Rey

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1944–45  | 5  | 2ª Reg. | 1st  |
1945–46  | 4  | 1ª Reg. |  |
1946–47 | 3  | 3ª | 2nd  |
1947–48 | 2  | 2ª | 8th  |
1948–49 | 2  | 2ª | 12th  |
1949–50 | 2  | 2ª | 6th  |
1950–51 | 2  | 2ª | 8th  |
1951–52 | 2  | 2ª | 2nd  |
1952–53 | 2  | 2ª | 6th  |
1953–54 | 2  | 2ª | 15th  |
1954–55 | 3  | 3ª | 2nd  |
1955–56 | 2  | 2ª | 6th  |
1956–57 | 2  | 2ª | 17th  |
1957–58 | 3  | 3ª | 1st  |
1958–59 | 3  | 3ª | 2nd  |
1959–60 | 2  | 2ª | 11th  |
1960–61 | 2  | 2ª | 10th  |
1961–62 | 2  | 2ª | 12th  |
1962–63 | 2  | 2ª | 9th  |
1963–64 | 2  | 2ª | 4th  |
| Season  | Tier  | Division  | Place  | Copa del Rey

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1964–65 | 2  | 2ª | 8th  |
1965–66 | 2  | 2ª | 6th  |
1966–67 | 2  | 2ª | 9th  |
1967–68 | 2  | 2ª | 8th  |
1968–69 | 2  | 2ª | 17th  |
1969–70 | 3  | 3ª | 2nd  |
1970–71 | 3  | 3ª | 1st  |
1971–72 | 2  | 2ª | 13th  |
1972–73 | 2  | 2ª | 20th  |
1973–74 | 3  | 3ª | 2nd  |
1974–75 | 3  | 3ª | 5th  |
1975–76 | 3  | 3ª | 18th  |
1976–77  | 4  | Reg. Pref. | 3rd  |
1977–78 | 4  | 3ª | 6th  |
1978–79 | 4  | 3ª | 10th  |
1979–80 | 4  | 3ª | 5th  |
1980–81 | 4  | 3ª | 8th  |
1981–82 | 4  | 3ª | 3rd  |
1982–83 | 4  | 3ª | 1st  |
1983–84 | 4  | 3ª | 3rd  |
| Season  | Tier  | Division  | Place  | Copa del Rey

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1984–85 | 4  | 3ª | 1st  |
1985–86 | 4  | 3ª | 5th  |
1986–87 | 4  | 3ª | 5th  |
1987–88 | 3  | 2ª B | 16th  |
1988–89 | 4  | 3ª | 3rd  |
1989–90 | 4  | 3ª | 2nd  |
1990–91 | 4  | 3ª | 4th  |

* Merged with Valencia

| Season  | Tier  | Division  | Place

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1991–92 | 4  | 3ª | 1st
1992–93 | 3  | 2ª B | 12th
1993–94 | 3  | 2ª B | 13th
1994–95 | 3  | 2ª B | 3rd
1995–96 | 3  | 2ª B | 4th
1996–97 | 3  | 2ª B | 14th
1997–98 | 3  | 2ª B | 14th
1998–99 | 3  | 2ª B | 10th
1999–2000 | 3  | 2ª B | 17th
2000–01 | 4  | 3ª | 2nd
2001–02 | 3  | 2ª B | 2nd
2002–03 | 3  | 2ª B | 6th
2003–04 | 3  | 2ª B | 17th
2004–05 | 4  | 3ª | 1st
2005–06 | 4  | 3ª | 2nd
2006–07 | 3  | 2ª B | 16th
2007–08 | 4  | 3ª | 2nd
2008–09 | 3  | 2ª B | 12th
2009–10 | 3  | 2ª B | 18th
2010–11 | 4  | 3ª | 1st
| Season  | Tier  | Division  | Place

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2011–12 | 3  | 2ª B | 13th
2012–13 | 3  | 2ª B | 16th
2013–14 | 3  | 2ª B | 16th
2014–15 | 3  | 2ª B | 14th
2015–16 | 3  | 2ª B | 8th
2016–17 | 3  | 2ª B | 3rd
2017–18 | 3  | 2ª B | 11th
2018–19 | 3  | 2ª B | 13th
2019–20 | 3  | 2ª B | 16th
2020–21 | 3  | 2ª B | 10th / 8th
2021–22 | 5  | 3ª RFEF | 1st
2022–23 | 4  | 2ª Fed. | 3rd
2023–24 | 4  | 2ª Fed. |

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* 21 seasons in Segunda División
* 25 seasons in Segunda División B
* 2 seasons in Segunda Federación
* 28 seasons in Tercera División
* 1 season in Tercera División RFEF

## Players[edit]

### Current squad[edit]

As of 1 October 2023.[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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1  | GK |  BUL | David Vassilev
2  | DF |  ESP | Carlos Alemán
3  | DF |  ESP | Diego Moreno
4  | DF |  ESP | Álex Serradell
5  | DF |  ESP | Iván Muñoz
6  | MF |  ESP | Javi Navarro
7  | MF |  ESP | Hugo González
8  | MF |  ESP | Pedro Alemañ
9  | FW |  ESP | Mario Domínguez
10  | MF |  ESP | Martín Tejón
11  | MF |  ESP | Marco Camus
12  | FW |  ENG | Declan Frith
13  | GK |  ESP | Nil Ruiz
14  | MF |  GHA | Ali Fadal
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15  | DF |  ESP | Rubén Iranzo (vice-captain)
16  | MF |  ESP | César Moreno (on loan from Hércules)
17  | MF |  ESP | Borja Calvo
18  | MF |  ESP | Pablo Gozálbez (captain)
19  | FW |  ESP | Joselu Pérez
20  | FW |  BRA | Rodrigo Farofa
21  | MF |  ESP | Ismael Santana
22  | FW |  ESP | Diego Aznar (on loan from Huesca)
23  | DF |  ESP | Yarek Gąsiorowski
26  | FW |  ESP | David Otorbi
27  | DF |  ESP | Iker Córdoba
28  | FW |  NOR | Alexander Gurendal
-- | DF |  ESP | Simón Luca Pérez

### From Youth Academy[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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24  | DF |  ESP | Alejandro Panach
29  | MF |  ESP | Lucas Núñez
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31  | MF |  ESP | Jaume Durá

### Out on loan[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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-- | DF |  ESP | César Tárrega (at Valladolid until 30 June 2024)

## References[edit]

1. ^ Goal.com (17 May 2014). "Peter Lim new owner of Valencia".
2. ^ "Singapore businessman Peter Lim buys Valencia". Today. 17 May 2014.
3. ^ "Valencia Club de Fútbol". www.valenciacf.com.

## External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Valencia CF Mestalla.

* Official website
* Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
* La Futbolteca team profile (in Spanish)
* Fútbol regional team profile (in Spanish)

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Valencia Club de Fútbol

* Founded 18 March 1919
* Based in Valencia, Valencian Community

General|

* Players
* Managers
* Records and Statistics
* Honours
* Seasons
* Current season

History|

* History
* Europe

Departmens|

| Active|

* Valencia CF Mestalla
* Valencia Juvenil
* Valencia Féminas
* Valencia CF Esports

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Dissolved|

* Valencia CF Basket
* Valencia CF Athletics
* Valencia CF C

Facilities|

| Stadiums|

* Campo de Algirós (1919-1923)
* Mestalla (1923-present)
* Nou Mestalla (future)

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Training ground|

* Ciudad Deportiva de Paterna

Tournaments|

* Orange Trophy (1959-present)

Rivalries|

* Valencia derby
* Derbi de la Comunitat

Supporters|

* Curva Nord Mario Alberto Kempes
* Ultras Yomus
* Gol Gran
* VCF Sud

Related subjects|

* Los Che
* Valencia CF Foundation
* Manolo el del bombo

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