Valencia Club de Fútbol (Spaingie: [baˈlenθja ˈkluβ ðe ˈfuðβol], Valencian: València Club de Futbol [vaˈlensia ˈklub de fubˈbɔɫ];[1] kent as Valencia CF, Valencia or Los Che an aw) are a Spaingie fitbaw club based in Valencia. They play in La Liga an are ane o the maist successful an biggest clubs in Spaingie fitbaw an European fitbaw. Valencia hae wan sax La Liga titles, seiven Copa del Rey trophies, twa Fairs Cups (which wis the predecessor tae the UEFA Cup), ane UEFA Cup, ane UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, an twa UEFA Super Cups. They reached twa UEFA Champions League feenals in a row an aw, luisin tae La Liga rivals Real Madrid in 2000 an then tae German club Bayern Munich on penalties efter a 1–1 draw in 2001. Valencia wur an aa members o the G-14 group o leadin European fitbaw clubs. In total, Valencia hae reached seiven major European feenals, winnin fower o thaim.

Valencia
Full nameValencia Club de Fútbol, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)Los Che
Els Taronges (The Oranges)
Valencianistas
Los Murciélagos (The Bats)
Foondit18 Mairch 1919; 105 years ago (1919-03-18)
GroundMestalla
Ground Capacity55,000
AwnerPeter Lim
PresesAnil Murthy
ManagerRubén Baraja
LeagueLa Liga
2022–23La Liga, 16t o 20
WabsteidClub wabsteid
Current saison

In the aw-time La Liga table, Valencia is in third position ahint Real Madrid an FC Barcelona. In terms o continental titles, Valencia is again the third-maist successful ahint the twa.

Honours

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Domestic competeetions

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Winners (6): 1941–42, 1943–44, 1946–47, 1970–71, 2001–02, 2003–04
Runners-up (6): 1947–48, 1948–49, 1952–53, 1971–72, 1989–90, 1995–96
Winners (8): 1941, 1949, 1954, 1967, 1979, 1999, 2008, 2019
Runners-up (10): 1934, 1937, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1952, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1995
Winners (1): 1999
Runners-up (3): 2002, 2004, 2008
Winners (1): 1949
Runners-up (1): 1947

Major European competeetions

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Runners-up (2): 1999–00, 2000–01
Winners (1): 1979–80
Winners (1): 2003–04
Winners (2): 1961–62, 1962–63
Runners-up (1): 1963–64
Winners (2): 1980, 2004
Winners (1): 1998
Runners-up (1): 2005

References

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