2018–19 Valencia CF season

Valencia CF
2018–19 season
OwnerPeter Lim
PresidentAnil Murthy
Head coachMarcelino
StadiumMestalla
La Liga4th
Copa del ReyWinners
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
UEFA Europa LeagueSemi-final
Top goalscorerLeague: Dani Parejo (9)
All: Rodrigo (15)

The 2018–19 Valencia CF season was the club's 99th in its history and 84th in La Liga. Valencia qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the first time since 2015–16, entering and being eliminated at the group stage. Valencia competed at the UEFA Europa League, entering at the round of 32 and eliminated at the semi-finals. Valencia competed and won the Copa del Rey achieving its 8th title overall, and the first since 2008 after entering at the round of 32.

Current squad

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As of 27 January 2019[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Spain ESP Jaume Domènech
4 DF Argentina ARG Facundo Roncaglia (on loan from Celta Vigo)
5 DF Brazil BRA Gabriel
6 MF Central African Republic CAF Geoffrey Kondogbia
7 MF Portugal POR Gonçalo Guedes
8 MF Spain ESP Carlos Soler
9 FW France FRA Kevin Gameiro
10 MF Spain ESP Dani Parejo (captain)
11 MF Russia RUS Denis Cheryshev (on loan from Villarreal)
12 DF France FRA Mouctar Diakhaby
13 GK Brazil BRA Neto
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF Spain ESP José Luis Gayà
15 DF Spain ESP Toni Lato
16 MF South Korea KOR Lee Kang-in
17 MF France FRA Francis Coquelin
18 MF Denmark DEN Daniel Wass
19 FW Spain ESP Rodrigo
20 MF Spain ESP Ferran Torres
21 DF Italy ITA Cristiano Piccini
22 FW Spain ESP Santi Mina
23 FW Spain ESP Rubén Sobrino
24 DF Argentina ARG Ezequiel Garay

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF Portugal POR Rúben Vezo (at Levante UD until 30 June 2019)
4 DF Colombia COL Jeison Murillo (at FC Barcelona until 30 June 2019)
DF Tunisia TUN Aymen Abdennour (at Marseille until 30 June 2019)
DF Brazil BRA Aderlan Santos (at Vitória until 31 December 2018)
MF Spain ESP Nacho Gil (at Elche until 30 June 2019)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Spain ESP Álvaro Medrán (at Rayo Vallecano until 30 June 2019)
MF Spain ESP Fran Villalba (at Numancia until 30 June 2019)
FW Italy ITA Simone Zaza (at Torino until 30 June 2019)
MF Serbia SRB Uroš Račić (at Tenerife until 30 June 2019)

Transfers

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In

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

Decrease Total Spending: €126,200,000

Out

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N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
6 MF Serbia Nemanja Maksimović 23 Non-EU Getafe Transfer Summer €10,000,000** Getafe
7 MF Portugal Gonçalo Guedes 21 EU France Paris Saint-Germain Loan return Summer Free
8 MF Argentina Luciano Vietto 24 EU Atlético Madrid Loan return Summer Free
9 FW Italy Simone Zaza 27 EU Italy Torino Loan Summer €2,000,000 Valencia
11 MF Brazil Andreas Pereira 22 EU England Manchester United Loan return Summer Free
16 MF Spain Nacho Gil 23 EU Elche Loan Summer Free Valencia
21 DF Spain Martín Montoya 27 EU England Brighton & Hove Albion Transfer Summer €7,000,000 Brighton
23 MF Spain Álvaro Medrán 24 EU Rayo Vallecano Loan Summer Free Valencia
30 DF Spain Nacho Vidal 23 EU Osasuna Transfer Summer Free Osasuna
DF Portugal João Cancelo 24 EU Italy Juventus Transfer Summer €40,400,000 Juventus
MF Chile Fabián Orellana 32 Non-EU Eibar Transfer Summer €2,000,000 Eibar
MF Portugal Nani 31 EU Portugal Sporting CP Transfer Summer Free Sporting
MF Belgium Zakaria Bakkali 22 EU Belgium Anderlecht Transfer Summer €1,500,000 Anderlecht
4 DF Colombia Jeison Murillo 26 EU FC Barcelona Loan Winter €1,200,000 FCBarcelona.com
3 DF Portugal Rúben Vezo 24 EU Levante UD Loan Winter UD [1]
23 FW Belgium Michy Batshuayi 25 EU England Chelsea FC Loan Return Winter UD

Increase Total Income: €62,900,000**

Net Income: Decrease €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]

Club

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Kits

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Supplier: Adidas / Sponsor: BLU Products

Home
Home alt.
Away
Away alt.

Kit information

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

Competitions

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Overall

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
La Liga 20 August 2018 19 May 2019 Matchday 1 4th 38 15 16 7 51 35 +16 039.47
Copa del Rey 30 October 2018 25 May 2019 Round of 32 Winners 9 6 1 2 15 8 +7 066.67
Champions League 19 September 2018 12 December 2018 Group stage Group stage 6 2 2 2 6 6 +0 033.33
Europa League 14 February 2019 9 May 2019 Round of 32 Semi-finals 8 5 1 2 14 10 +4 062.50
Total 61 28 20 13 86 59 +27 045.90

Last updated: 25 May 2019
Source: Competitions

La Liga

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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 beating Real Sociedad, they were winless again for a further four games before beating Getafe, 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 over Real Valladolid on the last day of the season.[5]

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Atlético Madrid 38 22 10 6 55 29 +26 76 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3 Real Madrid 38 21 5 12 63 46 +17 68
4 Valencia 38 15 16 7 51 35 +16 61
5 Getafe 38 15 14 9 48 35 +13 59[a] Qualification for the Europa League group stage[b]
6 Sevilla 38 17 8 13 62 47 +15 59[a]
Source: La Liga, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[6]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Getafe finished ahead of Sevilla on head-to-head points: Sevilla 0–2 Getafe, Getafe 3–0 Sevilla.
  2. ^ Since the winners of the 2018–19 Copa del Rey, Valencia, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team and the spot awarded to the sixth-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 15 16 7 51 35  +16 61 7 10 2 24 12  +12 8 6 5 27 23  +4

Last updated: 18 May 2019.
Source: Competitive matches

Result round by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA
ResultDLDDDDWDDDLWWLDDWLDWWDDDDWWDWWLWWLLWWW
Position11151717151513141414151511141514812119788997776566566544
Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2019. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

20 August 2018 1 Valencia 1–1 Atlético Madrid Valencia
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)
  • Garay Yellow card 45'
  • Rodrigo 56', Yellow card 70'
Report
Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 46,174
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano
26 August 2018 2 Espanyol 2–0 Valencia Cornellà
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: RCDE Stadium
Attendance: 18,714
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande
2 September 2018 3 Levante 2–2 Valencia Valencia
12:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Ciutat de València
Attendance: 22,550
Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández
15 September 2018 4 Valencia 0–0 Real Betis Valencia
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 40,050
Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández
23 September 2018 5 Villarreal 0–0 Valencia Villarreal
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: La Cerámica
Attendance: 18,373
Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre
26 September 2018 6 Valencia 1–1 Celta Vigo Valencia
22:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 35,495
Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea
29 September 2018 7 Real Sociedad 0–1 Valencia San Sebastián
13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Anoeta
Attendance: 23,577
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano
7 October 2018 8 Valencia 1–1 Barcelona Valencia
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 46,249
Referee: José Luis González González
20 October 2018 9 Valencia 1–1 Leganés Valencia
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 35,597
Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva
27 October 2018 10 Athletic Bilbao 0–0 Valencia Bilbao
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: San Mamés
Attendance: 39,261
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco
3 November 2018 11 Valencia 0–1 Girona Valencia
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 38,745
Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas
11 November 2018 12 Getafe 0–1 Valencia Getafe
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez
Attendance: 10,001
Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea
24 November 2018 13 Valencia 3–0 Rayo Vallecano Valencia
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 37,814
Referee: Pablo González Fuertes
1 December 2018 14 Real Madrid 2–0 Valencia Madrid
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu
Attendance: 69,653
Referee: José Luis González González
8 December 2018 15 Valencia 1–1 Sevilla Valencia
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 40,057
Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández
15 December 2018 16 Eibar 1–1 Valencia Eibar
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Ipurua
Attendance: 4,491
Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega
23 December 2018 17 Valencia 2–1 Huesca Valencia
12:00 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 36,547
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano
5 January 2019 18 Alavés 2–1 Valencia Vitoria-Gasteiz
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Mendizorrotza
Attendance: 18,304
Referee: David Medié Jiménez
12 January 2019 19 Valencia 1–1 Valladolid Valencia
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 36,912
Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva
19 January 2019 20 Celta Vigo 1–2 Valencia Vigo
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Balaídos
Attendance: 15,668
Referee: José Luis González González
26 January 2019 21 Valencia 3–0 Villarreal Valencia
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 37,685
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande
2 February 2019 22 Barcelona 2–2 Valencia Barcelona
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 76,789
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco
10 February 2019 23 Valencia 0–0 Real Sociedad Valencia
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 38,885
Referee: Mario Melero López
17 February 2019 24 Valencia 0–0 Espanyol Valencia
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 39,564
Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea
24 February 2019 25 Leganés 1–1 Valencia Leganés
12:00 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Municipal de Butarque
Attendance: 11,425
Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández
3 March 2019 26 Valencia 2–0 Athletic Bilbao Valencia
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 39,041
Referee: David Medié Jiménez
10 March 2019 27 Girona 2–3 Valencia Girona
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Montilivi
Attendance: 11,502
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande
17 March 2019 28 Valencia 0–0 Getafe Valencia
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 41,778
Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez
31 March 2019 29 Sevilla 0–1 Valencia Seville
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Attendance: 38,450
Referee: José Luis González González
3 April 2019 30 Valencia 2–1 Real Madrid Valencia
21:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 44,274
Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre
6 April 2019 31 Rayo Vallecano 2–0 Valencia Madrid
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Vallecas
Attendance: 11,320
Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas
14 April 2019 32 Valencia 3–1 Levante Valencia
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 42,220
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco
21 April 2019 33 Real Betis 1–2 Valencia Seville
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Benito Villamarín
Attendance: 42,508
Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez
24 April 2019 34 Atlético Madrid 3–2 Valencia Madrid
19:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano
Attendance: 43,531
Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández
28 April 2019 35 Valencia 0–1 Eibar Valencia
12:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 35,393
Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández
5 May 2019 36 Huesca 2–6 Valencia Huesca
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: El Alcoraz
Attendance: 6,378
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande
12 May 2019 37 Valencia 3–1 Alavés Valencia
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 37,744
Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández
18 May 2019 38 Valladolid 0–2 Valencia Valladolid
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: José Zorrilla
Attendance: 23,455
Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

Copa del Rey

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Round of 32

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30 October 2018 First leg Ebro 1–2 Valencia Zaragoza
19:30 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: La Romareda
Attendance: 9,911
Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández
Note: Ebro played their home match at La Romareda, the home stadium of Real Zaragoza, instead of their regular stadium La Almozara, in the same city, due to its low capacity.[7]
4 December 2018 Second leg Valencia 1–0
(3–1 agg.)
Ebro Valencia
19:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report
Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 23,272
Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

Round of 16

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8 January 2019 First leg Sporting Gijón 2–1 Valencia Gijón
21:30 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: El Molinón
Attendance: 9,870
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco
15 January 2019 Second leg Valencia 3–0
(4–2 agg.)
Sporting Gijón Valencia
21:30 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 33,149
Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

Quarter-finals

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22 January 2019 First leg Getafe 1–0 Valencia Getafe
21:30 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez
Attendance: 7,021
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano
29 January 2019 Second leg Valencia 3–1
(3–2 agg.)
Getafe Valencia
21:30 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 34,140
Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

Semi-finals

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7 February 2019 First leg Real Betis 2–2 Valencia Seville
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Benito Villamarín
Attendance: 57,123
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande
28 February 2019 Second leg Valencia 1–0
(3–2 agg.)
Real Betis Valencia
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 45,222
Referee: José Luis González González

Final

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25 May 2019 Final Barcelona 1–2 Valencia Seville
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Benito Villamarín
Attendance: 53,698
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

UEFA Champions League

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Group stage

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JUV MU VAL YB
1 Italy Juventus 6 4 0 2 9 4 +5 12 Advance to knockout phase 1–2 1–0 3–0
2 England Manchester United 6 3 1 2 7 4 +3 10 0–1 0–0 1–0
3 Spain Valencia 6 2 2 2 6 6 0 8 Transfer to Europa League 0–2 2–1 3–1
4 Switzerland Young Boys 6 1 1 4 4 12 −8 4 2–1 0–3 1–1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
19 September 2018 1 Valencia Spain 0–2 Italy Juventus Valencia, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 46,067
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
2 October 2018 2 Manchester United England 0–0 Spain Valencia Manchester, England
21:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
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]
23 October 2018 3 Young Boys Switzerland 1–1 Spain Valencia Bern, Switzerland
18:55 CEST (UTC+02:00)