Editing Valencia CF (section)

{{Short description|Association football club in Spain}}
{{Other uses|Valencia Football Club (disambiguation){{!}}Valencia Football Club}}
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| nickname = {{lang|es|Ches}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.laliga.com/en-GB/news/why-are-the-valencia-players-called-ches|title=Why are the Valencia players called 'Ches'?|access-date=21 January 2022|website=[[La Liga]]|archive-date=9 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109220501/https://www.laliga.com/en-GB/news/why-are-the-valencia-players-called-ches|url-status=live}}</ref><br>''Blanquinegros'' <small>(The Black and Whites)</small><br>''Murciélagos'' <small>(The Bats)</small><br>''Valencianistas'' <small>(Supporters)</small>
| short name = Valencia, VCF, VAL
| ground = [[Mestalla Stadium| Mestalla]]
| capacity = 49,430<ref name="mestalla">{{cite web |url=https://www.valenciacf.com/en/club/facilities/mestalla |title=About Mestalla |website=Valencia CF |date=11 March 2019 |access-date=21 July 2019 |archive-date=2 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702002543/https://www.valenciacf.com/en/club/facilities/mestalla |url-status=live }}</ref>
| clubname = Valencia
| image = Valenciacf.svg
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| fullname = Valencia Club de Fútbol, [[Sociedad Anónima Deportiva|S.A.D.]]
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1919|3|18}} (as ''Valencia Foot-ball Club'')
| owner = [[Peter Lim]]
| chrtitle = President
| chairman = [[Kiat Lim]]
| mgrtitle = Head coach
| manager = [[Carlos Corberán]]
| league = {{Spanish football updater|Valencia}}
| season = {{Spanish football updater|Valencia2}}
| position = {{Spanish football updater|Valencia3}}
| current = 2024–25 Valencia CF season
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'''Valencia Club de Fútbol, S. A. D.''' ({{IPA|es|baˈlenθja ˈkluβ ðe ˈfuðβol|lang}}; {{langx|ca-valencia|València Club de Futbol}} {{IPA|ca|vaˈlensi.a ˈklub de fubˈbɔl|}}),<ref>[http://www.valenciacf.com/va/ElClub/ClubHistoria.html Valencia CF history in Valencian (named València CF in article)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111127091803/http://www.valenciacf.com/va/ElClub/ClubHistoria.html |date=27 November 2011 }},</ref> commonly referred to as '''Valencia CF''' or simply '''Valencia''', is a Spanish professional [[Association football|football]] club based in [[Valencia]], Spain, that currently plays in [[La Liga]], the top tier of the [[Spanish football league system|Spanish league system]]. Valencia was founded in 1919 and has played its home games at the 49,430-seater [[Mestalla Stadium|Mestalla]] since his opening in 1923.<ref name="mestalla"/>

Valencia has won six La Liga titles, eight [[Spanish Cup|Copa del Rey]] titles, one [[Spanish Super Cup|Supercopa de España]], and one [[Copa Eva Duarte]]. In European competitions, they have won two [[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup]]s, one [[UEFA Cup]], one [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]], two [[UEFA Super Cup]]s, and one [[UEFA Intertoto Cup]]. They have also reached two consecutive [[UEFA Champions League]] finals ([[2000 UEFA Champions League Final|2000]] and [[2001 UEFA Champions League Final|2001]]). The [[IFFHS]] named [[IFFHS World's Best Club|World’s Best Club]] to Valencia in 2004. Valencia were also members of the [[G-14]] group of leading European football clubs and since its end has been part of the original members of the [[European Club Association]].

Five former members of the club have been inducted into the FIFA International Football Hall of Fame, a project dedicated to preserving the memory of important figures in football history. These include [[Alfredo Di Stéfano]], [[Mario Alberto Kempes]], [[Romário]], [[Jorge Valdano]] and [[Didier Deschamps]]. Valencia also has four personalities in the [[FIFA 100]], its induction taking place in 2004 as part of the centenary celebrations of FIFA's creation. The ''ches'' club is the team with the most [[Zarra Trophy]] winners (5), the fourth in the [[Zamora Trophy]] (9) and fifth in the [[Pichichi Trophy]] (6) at the national level, at the international level it’s the third Spanish team with the most [[FIFA World Player]] nominees (9) and the fourth in the [[Ballon d'Or]] (23), it has ten nominations for the [[Golden Boy Award]], one for the 2019 [[Kopa Trophy]] with [[Lee Kang-in]] and one for the 2024 [[Yashin Trophy]] with [[Giorgi Mamardashvili]]. It has been included three times in the [[UEFA Team of the Year]], with [[Santiago Cañizares]] and [[Kily González]] in 2001 and [[David Villa]] in 2010, the last repeating in the [[FIFPro World XI]] in the same year.

Four Valencia players were part of the [[Spanish football national team|Spanish national team]] that won the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]]: David Villa, who won the Silver Boot as the second-highest scorer, tied with [[Thomas Müller]] on five goals and the Bronze Ball as the third best player in the final phase of the championship, [[Carlos Marchena]],  [[David Silva]] and [[Juan Mata]]. Seven of its members have managed to win [[Olympic Games]] medals throughout its history: [[David Albelda]] and [[Miguel Ángel Angulo]], silver in Sydney 2000; [[Fabián Ayala]], gold in Athens 2004; [[Éver Banega]], gold in Beijing 2008; [[Carlos Soler (footballer)|Carlos Soler]], silver in Tokyo 2020; [[Cristhian Mosquera]] and [[Diego López (footballer, born May 2002)|Diego López]], gold in Paris 2024.

Over the years, the club has achieved a global reputation for their prolific youth academy, or ''"Acadèmia''." Products of their academy include world-class talents such as [[Miguel Tendillo]], [[Ricardo Arias (footballer)|Ricardo Arias]], [[Fernando Gómez Colomer|Fernando Gómez]], [[Andrés Palop]], [[Javier Farinos]], [[Raúl Albiol]], David Albelda, [[Vicente Rodríguez]], [[Gaizka Mendieta]] and David Silva. Current stars of the game to have graduated in recent years include [[Isco]], [[Jordi Alba]], [[Paco Alcácer]], [[Juan Bernat]], [[José Gayà]], Carlos Soler, [[Ferran Torres]], and [[Lee Kang-in]].

Historically one of the biggest clubs in the world in terms of number of associates (registered paying supporters), with around 50,000 season ticket holders<ref>{{Cite web |last=EFE |date=11 November 2008 |title=El club roza los 50.000 socios tras la nueva campaña de abonos |url=https://www.superdeporte.es/valencia-cf/2008/11/11/club-roza-50-000-socios-53739312.html |access-date=9 February 2023 |website=Superdeporte |language=es |archive-date=9 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209134915/https://www.superdeporte.es/valencia-cf/2008/11/11/club-roza-50-000-socios-53739312.html |url-status=live }}</ref> at their peak, the club began to decline in the mid-2010s. Singaporean billionaire [[Peter Lim]] acquired the team in 2014.<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Baillif |first=Elias |title=Institution bafouée et résistance : Valence est-il (ir)récupérable ? |url=https://www.eurosport.fr/football/liga/2020-2021/institution-bafouee-et-resistance-valence-est-il-ir-recuperable_sto8087754/story.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305101120/https://www.eurosport.fr/football/liga/2020-2021/institution-bafouee-et-resistance-valence-est-il-ir-recuperable_sto8087754/story.shtml |archive-date=5 March 2021 |access-date=5 February 2021 |website=[[Eurosport]] |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title='An abandoned club' - the staggering decline of Valencia |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/64545162 |access-date=9 February 2023 |archive-date=9 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209125313/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/64545162 |url-status=live }}</ref>