Valencia C.F. Thread

ceh · Emo Kid !

Valencia C.F. Thread
Valencia Club de Fútbol

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Mestalla Stadium

Foundation Valencia C.F.

Year 1919. In the center of Turia river capital, in the Torino Bar, the idea of creating a football team was put into action. The first president of Valencia Football Club, Octavio Augusto Milego Díaz, was elected by chance: a coin tossed into the air helped deciding between himself or Gonzalo Medina Pernás, who finally got the department of the constituent and festivities commission.

Milego and Medina worked side by side in a small establishment on Barcelona Street which, at first, also acted as a location for the new club. That first Valencian board of directors was also with them, the Pascual brothers and Julio Gascó, Andrés Bonilla, José Llorca, Fernando Marzal and Adolfo Moya.

Nevertheless, the decision of these Valencian pioneers did not have any repercussion neither in the society nor in the media, since the newspapers at that time hardly dealt with sports and, moreover, the socio-political situation of Spain was uncertain. Before the founding of Valencia Football Club, there was already football in the city although there was no dominant club. It seems that football arrived in Valencia thanks to those people in the citrus fruits export business who had visited Great Britain, the cradle of football. That was the case of Francisco Sinisterra or Ramón Leonarte. In the same way, it was pretty common to see British sailors at Valencian ports playing with a ball. Already in 1908, there were several teams in Valencia like Levante, Gimnástico, Hispania or Hispano.

Once the club was set up, the first match played by Valencia was away from home. It took place in Castellón, on the 21st of May of 1919. Valencia’s rival was the Valencian Gimnástico, who won 1-0. The first Valencian line-up in history was: Marco, Peris, Julio Gascó, Marzal, Llobet, Ferré, Fernández, Umbert, Martínez Ibarra, Aliaga and Gómez Juaneda.

The first pitch of Valencia’s own was the non-existent Algirós, opened on the 7th of December of 1919. Algirós was the setting for all the club’s matches until 1923, when they started playing in the Mestalla pitch. On the opening day of the first Valencian domain the guest team was the Castellón Castalia and the result was a goalless draw. Both teams played again the following day and Valencia won 1-0.

Little by little, the crowd finally decided to go to Algirós in order to see the football show. Back then, entry tickets were 25 cents and the takings at the gate started to be enough to cover expenses.

During the twenties, the revenge spirit and sports tension were increasing every time the different teams in the Regional Championship had to meet. In 1923, Valencia became regional champion and could participate, for the first time in their history, in the Spain Cup. The progress in the results of the team proved that they were able to become leaders of the football within the Valencian capital. Three or four years after their founding, Valencia was already the most fearsome enemy for the rest of teams and their fans were becoming more and more numerous.

The importance of the Valencian team was reinforced due to the fact that they had very good players like Montes or Cubells, who wanted something more than regional football. The fans split up between the staunch supporters for one and those for the other player, like if it all was about two bullfighters: on one hand, there were the cubellistas, and on the other, the montistas. Such rivalry was good for the team, since both players had a common objective: defending the colours of Valencia Club de Fútbol.

Arturo Montesinos, Montes, due to his physical characteristics (he was 1’90 m tall), was a more aggressive player than Cubells. Eduardo Cubells, much more technical than the aformentioned player, was the first international player provided by Valencia and the second one in the Valencian Community, after Agustín Sancho, a player from Cabanes who played in F.C. Barcelona.

Returning to the first participation of Valencia in the Spanish Cup, the whole Turia river capital was full of excitement. The rival team was Sporting Gijón. The first match was played in the Algirós pitch, which had a historic record of attendants. The result was 1-0 for the local team, goal scored by Montes. A month later, the return match was a big defeat (6-1) for Valencia in Gijón, although since the competition was accounted by points a third match had to be played, which took place in Oviedo, in which Sporting won again 2-0.

Despite the defeat, Valencia took advantage of the fact that they played an important team at a domestic level, since the number of supporters of the “Che” team increased. This progressive increase of the interest in Valencia made the Valencian managers start to look for land that was up for sale in order to build a new stadium for the team. They found one located by the Mestalla irrigation channel.

Club Honours

6 LEAGUES
Season 1941/42
Season 1943/44
Season 1946/47
Season 1970/71
Season 2001/02
Season 2003/04
6 CUPS
1941
VALENCIA 3 - ESPAÑOL 1

1949
VALENCIA 1 - ATHLETIC BILBAO 0

1954
VALENCIA 3 - FC BARCELONA 0

1967
VALENCIA 2 - ATHLETIC BILBAO 0

1979
VALENCIA 2 - REAL MADRID 0

1999
VALENCIA 3 - ATLÉTICO MADRID 0

1 SPANISH SUPER CUP
1999
First-leg: VALENCIA 1 - FC BARCELONA 0
Second-leg: FC BARCELONA 3 - VALENCIA 3

1 UEFA CUP
2003/04
VALENCIA 2 - OLYMPIQUE DE MARSELLA 0

2 FAIRS CUP (UEFA)
1961/62
First-leg: VALENCIA 6 - FC BARCELONA 2
Second-leg: FC BARCELONA 1 - VALENCIA 1

1962/63
First-leg: DINAMO DE ZAGREB 1 - VALENCIA 2
Second-leg: VALENCIA 2 - DINAMO DE ZAGREB 0

1 WINNERS CUP
1979/80
ARSENAL 0 - VALENCIA 0
Penalties: Arsenal 4 - Valencia 5

2 EUROPEAN SUPER CUP
1980/81
First-leg: NOTTINGHAM FOREST 2 - VALENCIA 1
Second-leg: VALENCIA 1 - NOTTINGHAM FOREST 0

2004/05
OPORTO 1 - VALENCIA C.F. 2

2005-2006 Kits

Home Shirt

Away Shirt

Valencia C.F. Squad

Goalkeepers
1. Santiago Cañizares Ruiz
13. Juan Luis Mora
25. Ludovic Butelle

Defenders
2. Manuel Ruz Baños
4. Roberto Fabián Ayala
12. Marco Antonio Simoes Caneira
17. David Navarro Pedrós
24. Emiliano Moretti
3. Fabio Aurelio Rodrigues
5. Carlos Marchena López
15. Amedeo Carboni
23. Crístobal Emilio Torres Ruiz
29. Pedro López Muñoz

Midfielders
6. David Albelda Aliques
11. Mario Ignacio Regueiro
16. Raúl Albiol Tortajada
19. Francisco Joaquín Pérez Rufete
8. Rubén Baraja Vegas
14. Vicente Rodríguez Guillén
18. Eduardo César Daud Gaspar
31. Juan Luis Hens Lorite

Forwards
7. David Villa Sánchez
10. Miguel Angel Angulo
21. Pablo César Aimar
9. Patrick Kluivert
20. Miguel Ángel Ferrer
22. Marco Di Vaio

Official Transfers

Transfers In
Quique Sánchez Flores (Getafe)
Albiol (Getafe)
Edu (Arsenal)
Jorge López (Mallorca)
De los Santos (Mallorca)
Parri (Racing de Santander)
P. López (Racing de Santander)
Salva (Atlético de Madrid)
Mora (Levante)
Kluivert (Newcastle)
Regueiro (Racing)
Villa (Zaragoza)
Miguel (Benfica)
Hugo Viana (Newcastle)

Transfers Out
Antonio López (Entr.)
Palop (Sevilla)
Xisco (Betis)
Silva (Celta)
Gavilán (Getafe)
Redondo (Getafe)
Sissoko (Liverpool)
Fabián Estoyanoff (Fénix)
Fiore (Fiorentina)
Salva (Málaga)
Canobbio (Celta)
Valle (Hércules)
Parri (Albacete)
Corradi (Parma)
José Enrique (Celta)

Coach: Quique Sánchez Flores
2nd Coach: Francisco Escribá Segura
Sports Director: Javier Subirats Hernández
Physical Preinn: Francisco de Miguel Moren
Goalkeeper Coach: Emilio Álvarez
Doctor: Dr. Rafael Llombart
Delegation: Salvador González Marco
Director of Coordination: Manuel Maciá Martínez
Fysiotherapist: Joaquín Villodre & Juan Ángel Ballesteros

Stadium: Mestalla
Adress: -Antiqua Senda de Senent 11
Telephone: 0034 96 337 2626
Fax: 0034 96 337 2335
Email: valencia@combios.es
Website: www.valenciacf.es

gohawks13 · Moderator

Ouch! Valencia Lose Edu For Six Months

gohawks13 · Moderator

ceh · Emo Kid !

damnet damnet, this sux, I always hate to see Valencia lose Crying or Very sad

damnet no European matches for Valencia, that has to be a real bummer for all the players Sad

Se7eN · Division 1 Rookie

Nice thread. Well Valencia have a very good team, way better than the one last season ago, Kluivert, Miguel and Hugo Viana will be important players for them and they have chances to win the league, since they have an well balanced squad. And Aimar wants to extend his contract, read below.

ceh · Emo Kid !

Thanx Se7eN, you're the best

Wonderful news for Valencia, too bad he doesnt play that much, but now he's back in business, he's just the best playmaker there is in my eyes, you guys all see it different I know, but he's my favorite player... Very Happy

Se7eN · Division 1 Rookie

And we're gonna extend Fabio Aurelio's contract, he's good and young

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Here's the link

Good thing that the clubs are getting smarter, extending contracts of the good players (like Barcelona with Ronaldinho, Juventus with Emerson, etc.)

ceh · Emo Kid !

Profile: Pablo Aimar

Complete Name: Pablo César Aimar
Nationality: Argentinian
Place of Birth: Rio Cuarto, Argentina
Date of Birth: 03/11/1979
Height: 170 cm
Weight: 63 kg
National Team: Argentina- A, U21
Current Club: CF Valencia (Spain)
Position: Attacking Midfielder

Honours
96-97 River Plate (-)
97-98 River Plate 4 Goals, 15 Games (-)
98-99 River Plate 3 Goals, 21 Games (-)
99-00 River Plate 12 Goals, 30 Games (-) 2 Games
00-01(déc) River Plate 2 Goals, 16 Games (-) 1 Goals, 6 Games
00-01 Valence CF 2 Goals, 10 Games 8 Games (Champions League) 1 Goals, 6 Games
01-02 Valence CF 5 Goals, 32 Games 2 Goals, 6 Games (UEFA Cup) 8 Games
02-03 Valence CF 8 Goals, 31 Games 3 Goals, 11 Games (Champions League)
03-04 Valence CF 4 Goals, 25 Games 8 Games (UEFA Cup)
04-05 Valence CF 4 Goals, 31 Games 1 + 1 Goals, 3 + 2 Games (Champions League + UEFA Cup)
05-06 Valence CF 1 Goals, 1 Games (-)

Biography

Pablo Aimar (born November 3, 1979 in Rio Cuarto, Argentina) is an Argentinian football player, who currently plays central midfielder for Valencia of the Spanish Liga.

Aimar began his ascent to stardom with River Plate, whose first team he joined for the 1997/8 season after rejecting a place at medical school, and with whom he quickly established himself as one of the best young players in Argentina.

Valencia signed Aimar in 2001, at a price of 24 million Euros. The purchase proved justified, however, as Aimar helped lead the team to a first-place finish in the 2001/2 Spanish season, as well as to a 2001 Champions League final, in which they were defeated by Bayern Munich. Aimar also has won the UEFA Cup with Valencia, defeating Olympique Marseille in 2004.

Aimar played for Argentina in the 2002 World Cup. He is nicknamed "El Payaso", the Clown. Other nicknames include "El Cai", "El Pibe" and "El Mago".