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96-521: Valencia Basket was founded on 27 September 1986, after Valencia CF decided to fold its basketball section. On 4 May 1988, while in its second season in the Primera División B, which was the second-tier league of Spanish basketball at that time, the team won its first promotion to the Spanish top-tier level ACB , where the team remained until the 1994–95 season . In 1995, Valencia was relegated to

192-401: A 'closed league' and ignoring the principle of meritocracy . In July 2019, EuroLeague announced that from the 2019–20 season there will be no direct access to the league through domestic leagues anymore. On 26 July 2010, Turkish Airlines and Euroleague Basketball announced a €15 million strategic agreement to sponsor the top European basketball competition across the globe. According to

288-502: A club. A restructuring of Mestalla resulted in an increase in spectator capacity to 45,000, while the club had a number of Spanish and foreign stars. Players such as Spanish international Antonio Puchades and Dutch forward Faas Wilkes graced the pitch at Mestalla. In the 1952–53 season, the club finished as runners-up in La Liga, and in the following season, won the Copa del Rey, then known as

384-469: A comeback in the second half saw them win 3–2. In the second part of the season, Benítez's team suffered a temporary setback after losing 1–0 at the Santiago Bernabéu to Real Madrid, but in the coming six matches they recovered from this defeat and achieved four victories and two draws. [REDACTED] In one of these crucial games against Espanyol, Valencia were trailing 1–0 at half-time and down

480-417: A disappointing season, Valencia was in 17th place and faced relegation with seven games left to play. Koldo Aguirre replaced Miljanić as coach, and Valencia barely avoided relegation that year, relying on favorable results from other teams to ensure their own survival. In the 1983–84 and 1984–85 seasons, the club was heavily in debt under the presidency of Vicente Tormo. The club finally hit rock bottom when it

576-423: A dramatic final week where they defeated Granada 4–0. On 2 July 2015, Amadeo Salvo resigned from his post as the executive president of Valencia, citing personal reasons. He was a popular figure among the fans. On 10 August 2015, Nicolás Otamendi was sold to Manchester City for £32 million and Aymen Abdennour was signed from Monaco for £22 million as his replacement. Valencia defeated Monaco in

672-458: A five-game playoff series against a single opponent. The regular season standings are used to determine which teams play each other, and in each pairing the higher placed team has home-court advantage in the series, playing three of the five games at home. The winners of each of the four playoff series advance to the Final Four , held at a predetermined site. The Final Four features two semi-finals,

768-626: A last minute goal completing a hat-trick from Rivaldo , resulting in Barcelona qualifying for the Champions League ahead of their side. Valencia president D. Pedro Cortés resigned for personal reasons and left the club in July, with the satisfaction of overseeing the club win the Copa del Rey and Spanish Super Cup, as well as reaching two successive Champions League finals. D. Jaime Ortí replaced Cortés as president and expressed his intention of maintaining

864-623: A player as well following the dismissal of Carboni. However, after a second half brace from Rubén Baraja , they would achieve a 2–1 comeback win. Furthermore, Real Madrid's defeat at the Anoeta to Real Sociedad left Valencia with a three-point lead at the top of the table. Valencia's final game of the season was on 5 May 2002 at La Rosaleda against Málaga , a day that has gone down in Valencia's history. The team shut itself away in Benalmádena , close to

960-537: A score of 81–71, in Lyon , France. Continuing on with some of the club's best years, the 2001–02 ACB season was historic for the club, as it reached the Spanish ACB League finals, where they could not win any games in their series against FC Barcelona . Before this first success in reaching the finals of the Spanish league's playoffs, Pamesa Valencia won its first European-wide title, by defeating Krka Novo Mesto in

1056-505: A score of 89–75, in the final of the 1998 Copa del Rey , which was played in Valladolid . One year later, on 13 April 1999, the club played in the final of the 1998–99 FIBA Saporta Cup , but was defeated by Benetton Treviso , 64–60, in the final played in Zaragoza . Three years later, the club repeated the same success, but Montepaschi Siena won the final of the 2001–02 FIBA Saporta Cup , by

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1152-420: A string of disappointing performances, and caretaker manager Óscar Fernández took over on a temporary basis until a full-time manager was found, rumoured to be either Marcello Lippi or José Mourinho . A day later, Dutch manager Ronald Koeman announced he would be leaving PSV Eindhoven to sign for Valencia. However, Koeman's appointment failed to lead to improvement; in fact, Valencia even went on to drop to

1248-459: A third consecutive Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final in the following season , but this time were defeated 2–1 by fellow Spanish club Zaragoza . Former two-time European Footballer of the Year award winner Alfredo Di Stéfano was hired as Valencia coach in 1970, and immediately inspired his new club to their fourth La Liga championship and first since 1947. This secured Valencia its first qualification for

1344-556: A third place game, and the championship game , all on the same weekend. Each team plays a maximum 41 games per season: 34 in the regular season, a maximum of 5 during the playoffs, and 2 in the Final Four. Currently (and since the suspension of Russian teams because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine ), 12 out of the 18 EuroLeague places are held by licensed clubs that have long-term licenses with Euroleague Basketball , and are members of

1440-486: A true league format, with 16 teams playing each other team in the regular season followed by the playoffs. The A-licensed clubs were assured of participation for the following ten years in the new format. After the new format of the EuroLeague and FIBA implementing national team windows, a conflict between the two organizations emerged. EuroLeague has been criticised by FIBA as well as several national federations for creating

1536-528: Is a European men's professional basketball club competition. The league is widely recognised as the top-tier men's league in Europe. The league consists of 18 teams, of which 16 are given long-term licences and wild cards, making the league a semi-closed league . The league was first organized by FIBA in 1958, subsequently by ULEB in 2000 and then solely the Euroleague Basketball . The competition

1632-831: Is a Spanish professional football club based in Valencia , Spain, that currently plays in La Liga , the top flight of the Spanish league system . Valencia was founded in 1919 and has played its home games at the 49,430-seater Mestalla since its opening. Valencia has won six Spanish League titles, eight Copa del Rey titles, one Supercopa de España , and one Copa Eva Duarte . In European competitions, they have won two Inter-Cities Fairs Cups , one UEFA Cup , one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup , two UEFA Super Cups , and one UEFA Intertoto Cup . They have also reached two consecutive UEFA Champions League finals ( 2000 and 2001 ). Valencia were also members of

1728-606: The 2002–03 ULEB Cup , which would then also allow the club to make its debut in the European top-tier level EuroLeague . In its first EuroLeague participation, Pamesa Valencia qualified for the Top 16 , but was eliminated there, after not contesting its game at Nokia Arena against Maccabi Tel Aviv , adducing security issues in Israel . On 18 April 2010, Power Electronics Valencia won its second European title, by beating Alba Berlin , 67–44, in

1824-571: The 2010 EuroCup Finals , which was played in Vitoria-Gasteiz . This allowed the club to come back to the top level EuroLeague, seven years after its first participation in the tournament. This time, Valencia reached the EuroLeague quarterfinals , where it was eliminated by Real Madrid , who won the playoff series by a 3–2 margin. The club's third European-wide 2nd-tier level EuroCup title arrived on 7 May 2014, when Valencia beat UNICS Kazan , in

1920-412: The 2016–17 season , the EuroLeague operates under a league format. Starting with the 2016–17 season , the EuroLeague is made up of 18 teams, with each playing every other team twice (once at home and once away) in a double round robin league regular season , for a total of 34 games played by each team. The top eight placed teams at the end of the regular season advance to playoffs , each playing

2016-408: The 2016–17 season . Former Italy national team head coach Cesare Prandelli was hired as his replacement on 28 September. However, he resigned after just three months on 30 December, claiming the club had made him false transfer promises. Days later, on 7 January 2017, Valencia sporting director Jesús García Pitarch also resigned, saying he felt like he was being used as a shield for criticism by

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2112-508: The Champions League play-off round with a 4–3 aggregate victory. However, Valencia had a poor start to the 2015–16 league season , winning only five out of thirteen matches and failing to progress from the Champions League group stage . The fans were also increasingly concerned about the growing influence of Jorge Mendes in the club's activities. On 29 November, Nuno resigned as manager and former Manchester United defender Gary Neville

2208-461: The EuroCup . In November 2015, Euroleague Basketball and IMG agreed on a 10-year joint venture. Both Euroleague Basketball and IMG will manage the commercial operation, and the management of all global rights covering both media and marketing. The deal was worth €630 million guaranteed over 10 years, with projected revenues reaching €900 million. Along with the deal the league changed into

2304-514: 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 . In total, Valencia have reached seven major European finals, winning four of them. 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 at their peak,

2400-548: The Netherlands and Argentinian forward Mario Kempes , who was consecutively La Liga top scorer in 1976–77 and 1977–78. Valencia would go on to win the Copa del Rey again in the 1978–79 season, and also capture the European Cup Winners' Cup the next season, after beating English club Arsenal in the final, with Kempes spearheading their success in Europe. In 1982, the club appointed Miljan Miljanić as coach. After

2496-684: The Spanish Super Cup . Valencia finished third in the league, four points behind champions Deportivo La Coruña , and level on points with second-placed Barça. The biggest success for the club, however, was in the Champions League; for the first time in its history, Valencia reached the European Cup final. However, in the final played in Paris on 24 May 2000, Real Madrid would beat Valencia 3–0. The final would also be Claudio López's farewell, as he had agreed to sign for Italian side Lazio ; also leaving

2592-776: The UEFA Cup . Guus Hiddink was appointed as head coach in the 1991–92 season, and the club finished fourth in the League and reached the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey. In 1992, Valencia officially became a Sporting Limited Company, and retained Hiddink as their coach until 1993. Brazilian coach Carlos Alberto Parreira , fresh from winning the 1994 FIFA World Cup with the Brazil national team , became manager at Mestalla in 1994. Parreira immediately signed Spanish goalkeeper Andoni Zubizarreta , Russian forward Oleg Salenko , and Predrag Mijatović , but failed to produce results expected of him. He

2688-502: The double-legged finals . During its first season of existence, the team played its home games at the La Canaleta Sports Complex in the municipality of Mislata . Since 1987 Valencia Basket plays its home games at the 8,500 seat Font de Sant Lluís arena. The arena is better known as La Fonteta . The club is expected to move to a new 15,600-seat arena called Roig Arena (previously proposed as Casal España Arena), with

2784-451: The double-legged finals . On 5 June 2017, Valencia Basket qualified for its second Spanish Liga ACB Finals series, after defeating Baskonia in the semifinals of the 2017 national league playoffs . This time, the club won its first ever Spanish national domestic league championship, on 16 June 2017, by defeating Real Madrid with a 3–1 series score in the ACB league's finals. In the same season,

2880-563: The 15th position in the league, just two points above the relegation zone. Despite their poor league form, Valencia would still go on to lift the Copa del Rey on 16 April 2008, following a 3–1 victory over Getafe at the Vicente Calderón . This was the club's seventh Copa title. Five days later, one day after a devastating 5–1 league defeat in Bilbao, Valencia fired Koeman and replaced him with Voro , who would guide Valencia as caretaker manager for

2976-473: The 1986–87 season. Di Stéfano stayed on as coach until the 1987–88 season, when the team finished in 14th position in La Liga. Bulgarian forward Luboslav Penev joined the club in 1989, as Valencia aimed to consolidate their place in La Liga. In the 1988–89 La Liga season, Valencia finished third, which would signal their competitiveness going into the 1990s. In the 1989–90 La Liga season, Valencia finished as runners-up to Real Madrid, and thus qualified for

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3072-504: The 2000–01 season. The SuproLeague , which was organized by FIBA , and the Euroleague , which was organized by Euroleague Basketball . The EuroLeague operated under a tournament system, from its inaugural 1958 season , through the 2015–16 season . *There were two competitions during the 2000–01 season. The SuproLeague , which was organized by FIBA , and the Euroleague , which was organized by Euroleague Basketball . Starting with

3168-494: The 28th of February and the 3 of June. Also, they achieve a spot to participate in the playoffs, losing against Perfumerías Avenida on the semifinals, but achieving the opportunity to play his first European tournament the next season. Valencia CF Valencia Club de Fútbol ( Spanish: [baˈlenθja ˈkluβ ðe ˈfuðβol] ; Valencian : València Club de Futbol [vaˈlensi.a ˈklub de fubˈbɔl] ), commonly referred to as Valencia CF (or simply Valencia ),

3264-490: The Copa del Generalísimo. While managing average league form in the early 1960s, Valencia had its first European success in the form of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (the forerunner to the UEFA Cup ), defeating Barcelona in the final of the 1961–62 edition . The following edition of the tournament pitted Valencia against Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb in the final, which the Spanish side also won. Valencia reached

3360-597: The EuroCup makes it to the playoffs, it keeps the place for the following year. These are the teams that participate in the 2024–25 EuroLeague season: Since the beginning of the 2000–01 season ( Euroleague Basketball era): All averages include playoffs and Final Four games. This list shows the averages attendances of each team since the 16-team regular season was established in 2016. All averages include playoffs games. Note: Match between Panathinaikos and Barcelona on 18 April 2013, at OAKA Sports Center ,

3456-642: The FIBA SuproLeague and Kinder Bologna of the Euroleague. Both organizations realized the need to come up with a unified competition and Euroleague Basketball negotiated terms and dictated proceedings which FIBA agreed to their terms. As a result, European club competition was fully integrated under Euroleague Basketball's umbrella and teams that competed in the FIBA SuproLeague during the 2000–01 season joined it as well. The authority in European professional basketball

3552-472: The Shareholders Executive Board. These twelve licensed clubs are: The remaining six EuroLeague places are held by associated clubs that have annual licences, of which one has a two-year wild card , three have one-year wild-cards and two are the finalists of the previous season's 2nd-tier European competition , the EuroCup . From the 2020–21 season, however, if the better of the two teams from

3648-486: The Spanish 2nd-tier level EBA League , after falling in the league's relegation playoff against Somontano Huesca . In the next season, after being the runner-up in Liga EBA, in a non-promoting season, Valencia BC bought Amway Zaragoza 's ACB place to join the top league, where it has remained until nowadays. On 2 February 1998, Pamesa Valencia won its first Spanish national title, after beating Pinturas Bruguer Badalona , by

3744-520: The UEFA Cup by Dynamo Kyiv on away goals. After a run where Valencia took only five points from ten games in La Liga, an announcement was made that the club had secured a loan that would cover the players' expenses until the end of the year. This announcement coincided with an upturn in form, and the club won six of its next eight games to surge back into the critical fourth place Champions' League spot. However, Los Che were then pushed down to sixth place in

3840-605: The United States through the ESPN family of networks since 2023, starting with the playoffs of the 2022-2023 season. It was also televised in the United States and Canada on NBA TV and available online through ESPN3 (in English) and ESPN Deportes (in Spanish) until the 2017–2018 season. Starting with the 2017-2018 Final Four playoffs, and continuing into the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 seasons,

3936-538: The Year All-EuroLeague Second Team All-EuroCup First Team All-EuroCup Second Team Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA -sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed. To appear in this section a player must have either: The women's team of Valencia Basket was created in 2014 and promoted to Liga Femenina in 2018, winning

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4032-708: The agreement, starting with the 2010–11 season, the top European competition would be named Turkish Airlines Euroleague Basketball. Similarly, the EuroLeague Final Four would be named the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four, whereby the new league title would appear in all media accordingly. This title partnership was set to run for five seasons, with the option of extending it to an additional five. On 23 October 2013, Turkish Airlines and Euroleague Basketball agreed to extend their partnership, up until 2020. *There were two competitions during

4128-403: The assistant coach just one month prior. Valencia finished the season in twelfth place. In the summer of 2016, André Gomes and Paco Alcácer were both sold to Barcelona and Shkodran Mustafi was sold to Arsenal, while Ezequiel Garay and former Manchester United player Nani were brought in. Pako Ayestarán was sacked on 21 September 2016 after four straight defeats at the beginning of

4224-407: The books. In the first season of the new decade, Valencia returned to the Champions League for the first time since the 2007–08 campaign, as they finished comfortably in third place in the 2009–10 La Liga standings. However, in the summer of 2010, due to financial reasons, David Villa and David Silva were sold to Barcelona and Manchester City , respectively, to reduce the club's massive debt. Despite

4320-463: The championship on the right foot and were top of the league after ten games. After the Christmas break, however, Valencia started to pay for the top demand that such a draining competition like the Champions League requires. After passing the two mini-league phases, Héctor Cúper 's team eliminated English sides Arsenal in the quarter-finals and Leeds United in the semi-finals, reaching the final for

4416-585: The club also reached the finals of both the Copa del Rey (Spanish Cup), and the EuroCup , but they lost those finals to Real Madrid, and fellow Spanish side, Unicaja , respectively. By winning the Spanish League championship, Valencia also sealed their return to the next season's top-tier level EuroLeague competition, for the 2017–18 season . The club's fourth European-wide 2nd-tier level EuroCup title arrived on 16 April 2019, when Valencia beat Alba Berlin , in

4512-607: The club and that he could not defend something he no longer believed in. Voro was named caretaker manager for the fifth time until the end of season, with Valencia in 17th position and in danger of relegation. However, results improved under Voro and he steered Valencia clear off relegation, ultimately finishing the season in 12th place. On 27 March, Mateu Alemany was named the new director general of Valencia. The club also announced club president Lay Hoon Chan had submitted her resignation and that she would be replaced by Anil Murthy . After rumors arose of Lim's attempts at selling

4608-406: The club began to decline in the mid-2010s. Singaporean billionaire Peter Lim acquired the team in 2014. 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 Raúl Albiol , Javier Farinos , David Albelda , Vicente Rodríguez , Gaizka Mendieta and David Silva . Current stars of

4704-459: The club was a disappointment, however, as Valencia harboured realistic hopes of retaining their La Liga crown but, by February, found themselves in seventh place. Valencia had also been knocked out of the Champions League group phase, with Ranieri being sacked promptly in February. The 2004–05 season ended with Valencia outside of the UEFA Cup spots. In the summer of 2005, Getafe coach Quique Flores

4800-487: The club winning four out of its first five games, a surge that saw the team rise to the top position of the La Liga table. Despite looking impressive in Europe, Los Che then hit a poor run of form in the league that saw them dip as low as seventh in the standings. Amid the slump emerged reports of a massive internal debt at the club exceeding 400 million euros, as well as that the players had been unpaid for weeks. The team's problems were compounded when they were knocked out of

4896-646: The club's owner. Peter Lim's sons became club directors and Lay Hoon Chan returned as the club President. Valencia played its first years at the Algirós stadium, but moved to the Mestalla in 1923. In the 1950s, the Mestalla was restructured, which resulted in a capacity increase to 45,000 spectators. Today it holds 49,430 seats, making it the fifth largest stadium in Spain. It is also renowned for its steep terracing and for being one of

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4992-472: The club), an agreement was reached in August 2014. Juan Antonio Pizzi was unexpectedly sacked as head coach and replaced by Nuno Espírito Santo on 2 July 2014. Later, Salvo revealed in an interview that hiring Nuno was one of the conditions Lim had insisted on when buying the club. This raised eyebrows in the media because of Nuno's close relationship with the football agent Jorge Mendes , whose first-ever client

5088-465: The club, Murthy assured the fans and local media that Valencia was a long-term project for both him and Lim, and they would not consider selling the club. For the following season, former Villarreal coach Marcelino was named the new manager on 12 May. After a successful first season under Marcelino, the club secured fourth place in La Liga and a return to the Champions League. In Marcelino's second season, Valencia again finished fourth and also reached

5184-477: The competition is Real Madrid , with eleven titles. The FIBA European Champions Cup was originally established by FIBA and it operated from 1958 until the summer of 2000, concluding with the 1999–00 season . Euroleague Basketball was created after the end of the FIBA European Champions Cup. FIBA had previously used the flying pigeon name for the competition since 1996 but had never trademarked

5280-445: The domestic Copa del Rey cup competition for the first time in its history. The Spanish Civil War halted the progress of the Valencia team until 1941, when it won the Copa del Rey, beating RCD Espanyol in the final. In the 1941–42 season, the club won its first Spanish La Liga championship title, although winning the Copa del Rey was more reputable than the championship at that time. The club maintained its consistency to capture

5376-404: The end of the 2004 season, Valencia had one of their most successful periods in the club's history. With a total of two La Liga titles, a UEFA Cup , a Copa del Rey, and a UEFA Super Cup in those six years, no less than five first class titles and two Champions League finals had been achieved. That first match against fellow title rivals Real Madrid produced a significant and important victory. This

5472-478: The final game against Real Club Celta de Vigo in Valencia. This access to the first division and the relegation of CB Estudiantes made Valencia Basket the only club with masculine and feminine representation in the first division in the 2018–2019 season. In the first season competing on the first division, Valencia Basket achieved a ticket to their first Copa de la Reina de baloncesto , celebrated in Vitoria between

5568-465: The game to have graduated in recent years include Isco , Jordi Alba , Juan Bernat , José Gayà , Carlos Soler , Ferran Torres , and Lee Kang-in . The club was established on 5 March 1919 and officially approved on 18 March 1919, with Octavio Augusto Milego Díaz as its first president; incidentally, the presidency was decided by a coin toss . The club played its first competitive match away from home on 21 May 1919 against Valencia Gimnástico, and lost

5664-565: The good form that had made the club so admired on the European circuit. There were also some changes in the team and staff. Rafael Benítez , after helping Tenerife to promotion, replaced Héctor Cúper after the latter became the new coach at Inter in Italy . Among the playing squad, Gaizka Mendieta , Didier Deschamps , Luis Milla , and Zlatko Zahovič left, while Carlos Marchena , Mista , Curro Torres , Francisco Rufete , Gonzalo de los Santos , and Salva Ballesta all arrived. From 1999 up until

5760-608: The inauguration scheduled for 2024. Valencia Basket has had several sponsorship names over the years: Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA -sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed. Notes: Blue † – homegrown player ; Red * – overseas player ; Green ‡ – youth player ACB Most Valuable Player ACB Finals MVP Spanish Cup MVP Spanish Supercup MVP All-ACB First Team All-ACB Second Team ACB Slam Dunk Champion EuroCup Finals MVP EuroCup Rising Star Award EuroCup Coach of

5856-420: The league following defeats to top four rivals Atlético Madrid and Villarreal in two of their final three games, meaning they failed to qualify for the Champions League for a second successive season. No solution had yet been found to address the massive debt Valencia was faced with, and rumors persisted that top talents such as David Villa , Juan Mata , and David Silva could leave the club to help balance

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5952-429: The league title again in the 1943–44 season, as well as the 1946–47 league edition. They would conclude their decade of success by winning the 1949 Copa del Rey; this meant Valencia ended the decade with a record of three La Liga and two Copa del Rey titles. This success would help cement the club's name in Spanish football. In the 1950s, Valencia failed to emulate the success of the previous decade, even though it grew as

6048-460: The loss of two of the club's most important players, the team was able to finish comfortably in third place again in the 2010–11 La Liga for the second season running, although they would be eliminated from the Champions League by German side Schalke 04 in the round of 16. In the summer of 2011, then-captain Juan Mata was sold to Chelsea to further help Valencia's precarious financial situation. It

6144-510: The managers of the time to carry out the first alterations of Mestalla in 1927. The stadium's total capacity increased to 25,000 before it became severely damaged during the Civil War; the Mestalla was used as a concentration camp and a junk warehouse. It would only keep its structure, since the rest was a lonely plot of land with no terraces and a stand broken during the war. Once the Valencian pitch

6240-524: The match 1–0. Valencia moved into the Mestalla Stadium in 1923, having played its home matches at the Algirós ground since 7 December 1919. The first match at Mestalla pitted the home side against Castellón Castalia and ended in a 0–0 draw. In another match the day after, Valencia won 1–0 against the same opposition. Valencia CF won the Regional Championship in 1923, and was eligible to play in

6336-519: The match went to a penalty shoot-out, where a Mauricio Pellegrino miss gave Bayern Champions League glory and dealt Valencia a second-straight defeat in the final. Valencia went on to slip to fifth place in La Liga and out of the Champions League positions for the 2001–02 season. Going into the final league match, Valencia only needed a draw at the Camp Nou against Barcelona to seal Champions League qualification. However, Los Che lost to Barcelona 3–2, with

6432-504: The most intimidating atmospheres in Europe. On 20 May 1923, the Mestalla pitch was inaugurated with a friendly match between Valencia and Levante UD . A long history has taken place on the Mestalla field since its very beginning, when the Valencia team was not yet in the Primera División . Back then, this stadium could hold 17,000 spectators, and at that time, the club started to show its potential in regional championships, which led

6528-745: The name. As FIBA had no legal recourse on the usage of the name, it started a new league named the FIBA SuproLeague . The following 2000–2001 season started with two top European professional club basketball competitions: FIBA SuproLeague (renamed from FIBA EuroLeague) and Euroleague. Top clubs were split between the two leagues: Panathinaikos , Maccabi Tel Aviv , CSKA Moscow and Efes Pilsen stayed with FIBA, while Olympiacos , Kinder Bologna , Real Madrid Teka , FC Barcelona , Paf Wennington Bologna , Žalgiris Kaunas , Benetton Treviso , AEK and Tau Cerámica joined Euroleague Basketball . In May 2001, Europe had two continental champions, Maccabi of

6624-491: The playing squad was cut significantly in terms of quality and Lim's ownership has faced strong criticism in Valencia. In the 2021–22 season, José Bordalás was hired as head coach, following his five-season tenure with Getafe. Valencia reached the Copa del Rey final final in Bordalás' first season in charge, but lost to Real Betis on penalties following a 1–1 draw. In June 2022, Anil Murthy left after reportedly insulting

6720-459: The prestigious European Cup , contested by the various European domestic champions. Valencia reached the third round of the 1971–72 competition before losing both legs to Hungarian champions Újpesti Dózsa . In 1972 the club also finished runners-up both in La Liga and the domestic cup, losing to Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid, respectively. The most notable players of the 1970s era include Austrian midfielder Kurt Jara , forward Johnny Rep of

6816-416: The quarter-finals of the Champions League by Inter Milan on away goals. The 2003–04 season saw Valencia trailing longtime leaders Real Madrid. In February, with 26 matches played, Madrid were eight points clear at the top of the table. However, their form severely declined in the late stage of the season, and consecutive losses in their last five games of the campaign allowed Valencia to overtake them and claim

6912-440: The remainder of the season. He went on to win the first match since the sacking of Koeman, beating Osasuna 3–0. Voro would eventually drag Valencia from the relegation battle to a safe mid-table finish of tenth place, finally ending a disastrous league campaign for Los Che . Highly rated Unai Emery was announced as the new head coach of Valencia on 22 May 2008. The start of the young manager's career looked to be promising, with

7008-441: The scene of the game, in order to gain focus. An early goal from Roberto Ayala and another close to half-time from Fábio Aurélio secured Valencia a fifth La Liga crown, 31 years after their last title win. The 2002–03 season was a disappointing one for Valencia, as they failed in their attempt to retain the La Liga title and ended up outside of the Champions League spots in fifth, behind Celta Vigo . They were also knocked out in

7104-433: The season in fourth place and were knocked out of the Champions League in the quarter-finals by Chelsea 3–2 on aggregate, after they had knocked out Italian champions Inter in the second round. In the summer of 2007, the internal fight between Flores and Carboni was settled, with Carboni being replaced by Ángel Ruiz as the new sporting director of Valencia. On 29 October 2007, the Valencia board of directors fired Flores after

7200-502: The second consecutive year. In the final match against Bayern Munich , played in Milan at the San Siro on 23 May, Gaizka Mendieta gave Valencia the lead by scoring from the penalty spot right at the start of the match. Goalkeeper Santiago Cañizares then stopped a penalty from Mehmet Scholl , but Stefan Effenberg drew Bayern level after the break thanks to another penalty. After extra time,

7296-547: The semi-finals of the UEFA Europa League , where they lost to eventual winners Sevilla on away goals, and finished eighth in La Liga despite a disastrous start to the season. In May 2014, Singaporean businessman Peter Lim was designated by the Fundación Valencia CF as the buyer of 70.4% of the shares owned by the club's foundation. After months of negotiations between Lim and Bankia (the main creditor of

7392-434: The semi-finals of the UEFA Europa League . On 25 May 2019, Valencia won the Copa del Rey , their first trophy since 2008, upsetting league winners Barcelona 2–1 in the final . Both Marcelino and sporting director Mateu Alemany , who were credited as the architects of this success, were fired on 11 September 2019 after the former publicly criticized Lim. He was replaced by the ultimately unsuccessful Albert Celades , who

7488-523: The title after a close fought race. Valencia would struggle for the next two seasons, but the 1998–99 La Liga season would signal the start of one of the club's most successful periods in their history; they lifted their first trophy in nineteen years by winning the 1998–99 Copa del Rey under Claudio Ranieri , and also qualified for the UEFA Champions League . Valencia started the 1999–2000 season by winning another title, beating Barcelona in

7584-426: The title, their second in three seasons. The club also added the UEFA Cup to this success, defeating Marseille 2–0 in the final . In the summer of 2004, manager Benítez decided to depart Valencia, stating he had had problems with the club president; he would soon become head coach of Liverpool . He was replaced by former Valencia coach Claudio Ranieri , who had recently been sacked by Chelsea . His second reign at

7680-595: The world, with an average attendance of 10,383 for league matches in the 2023–24 season . This was the fifth-highest of any professional indoor sports league in the world (the highest outside the United States), and the second-highest of any professional basketball league in the world, only behind the National Basketball Association (NBA). The EuroLeague title has been won by 22 clubs, 14 of which have won it more than once. The most successful club in

7776-421: Was relegated at the end of the 1985–86 season, and riven with internal problems such as unpaid player and staff wages, as well as poor morale. The club was relegated for the first time after 55 years in Spanish top-flight football. Arturo Tuzón was named the new club president, and he helped steer Valencia back to La Liga. Alfredo Di Stéfano returned as coach in 1986 and Valencia won promotion again following

7872-437: Was Farinós for Inter Milan and Gerard for Barcelona. The notable signings of that summer were John Carew , Rubén Baraja , Roberto Ayala , Vicente Rodríguez , and Brazilian left-back Fábio Aurélio . That season Valencia also bought Pablo Aimar in the winter transfer window. Baraja, Aimar, Vicente, and Ayala would soon become a staple of Valencia's dominance of the early 2000s in La Liga. [REDACTED] Valencia started

7968-549: Was Nuno. Lim and Mendes were also close friends and business partners. Regardless, Nuno's first season was a successful one. Notable signings included Álvaro Negredo , André Gomes and Enzo Pérez , who had just won the Player of the Year in the Portuguese Primeira Liga . Valencia finished the 2014–15 season in fourth place, achieving Champions League qualification with 77 points, just one point ahead of Sevilla after

8064-399: Was also sold to Manchester City for a price deemed half his market value. Overall, Valencia sold players worth 85 million euros in order to rebalance the club's books. At the beginning of the season, the club was unable to pay the salaries to the remaining players. After six seasons under Peter Lim 's ownership, Valencia had accumulated losses of 323 million euros, In the following years,

8160-402: Was announced by club president Manuel Llorente that the club's debt had been decreased and that the work on the new stadium would restart as soon as possible, sometime in 2012. During the 2012–13 season , Ernesto Valverde was announced as the new manager, but after failing to qualify for the Champions League, he stepped down and was replaced by Miroslav Đukić . On 5 July 2013, Amadeo Salvo

8256-474: Was appointed as the new manager of Valencia and ended the season in third place, which in turn gained Valencia a place in the Champions League after a season away from the competition. The 2006–07 season was one with many difficulties; a campaign which started with realistic hopes of challenging for the title was disrupted with a huge list of injuries to key players, as well as internal arguments between Flores and new sporting director Amedeo Carboni . Valencia ended

8352-631: Was divided over club-country lines. FIBA stayed in charge of national team competitions (like the FIBA EuroBasket , the FIBA World Cup , and the Summer Olympics ), while Euroleague Basketball took over the European professional club competitions. From that point on, FIBA's Korać Cup and Saporta Cup competitions lasted one more season and then Euroleague Basketball launched the ULEB Cup, now known as

8448-497: Was followed by a record of eleven consecutive wins, breaking their existing record set in the 1970–71 season, which was also the club's La Liga title win under Alfredo Di Stéfano . After a defeat in A Coruña against Deportivo on 9 December 2001, the team had to overcome Espanyol at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys to avoid further backsliding behind the league leaders. at half-time, Valencia were 2–0 down, but

8544-440: Was hired as his replacement on 2 December. Valencia went winless for nine matches before earning their first win under Neville in a 2–1 victory at home against Espanyol. On 30 March 2016, Neville was sacked after recording the lowest win percentage in La Liga history for a Valencia manager with minimum of five matches, winning just three out of sixteen games. He was replaced by Pako Ayestarán , who had been brought in by Neville as

8640-488: Was inaugurated during the 1959 Fallas festivities. During the 1960s, the stadium kept the same appearance, while the urban view around it was quickly being transformed. Moreover, the ground held its first European matches, with Nottingham Forest being the first foreign team to play at the Mestalla, on 15 September 1961. EuroLeague The EuroLeague , officially the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague ,

8736-542: Was introduced in 1958 as the FIBA European Champions Cup (renamed the FIBA EuroLeague in 1996), which operated under FIBA's umbrella until Euroleague Basketball was created for the 2000–01 season. The FIBA European Champions Cup and the EuroLeague are considered to be the same competition, with the change of name being simply a re-branding. The EuroLeague is one of the most popular indoor sports leagues in

8832-475: Was named as the new president of the club. Almost a month after Salvo was named president, on 1 August, Valencia sold star striker Roberto Soldado to English club Tottenham Hotspur for a reported fee of €30 million. Đukić was sacked six months into the 2013–14 season after just six wins in his first sixteen matches, Valencia's worst start to a season in fifteen years. He was replaced by Juan Antonio Pizzi on 26 December 2013. Under Pizzi, Valencia reached

8928-618: Was renovated, the Mestalla stadium in which the team managed to bring home their first title in 1941. During the 1950s, the Valencia ground experienced the deepest change in its whole history. That project resulted in a stadium with a capacity of 45,500 spectators, that eventually saw destruction by a flood in October 1957 that arose from the overflowing of the Turia River . Nevertheless, the Mestalla not only returned to normality, but also some more improvements were added, like artificial light, which

9024-431: Was replaced by new coach José Manuel Rielo . The club's earlier successes continued to elude it, although it was not short of top coaching staff like Luis Aragonés and Jorge Valdano , as well as foreign star forwards like Brazilian Romário , Claudio López , Ariel Ortega from Argentina, and Adrian Ilie from Romania. In the 1995–96 La Liga season, Valencia finished second to Atlético Madrid , being unable to capture

9120-513: Was sacked due to poor results, while sporting director César Sánchez resigned that same season, making it six different managers and another six sporting directors by 2020. For the 2020–21 season, manager Javi Gracia was hired. He was put in charge of a team full of prospects and reserves after the club failed to sign any players during the summer transfer window, but sold key players such as captain Dani Parejo . Local wonderkid Ferran Torres

9216-500: Was supposedly watched by about 30,000 spectators. However, it is not included in the table as the official data is 18,300. As of 4/4/2023 Partizan holds 10 games in top 10 most attended games. The EuroLeague season is broadcast on television, and can be seen in up to 201 countries and territories. It can be seen by up to 245 million (800 million via satellite) households weekly in China. EuroLeague basketball has been televised in

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