2008–09 Valencia CF season

Valencia
2008–09 season
Chairman Vicente Soriano
Manager Unai Emery
La Liga 6th
Copa del Rey Quarter-finals
UEFA Cup Round of 32
Top goalscorer League:
David Villa (28)

All:
David Villa (31)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

Squad

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

No. Position Player
1 Spain GK César Sánchez
2 Spain DF Curro Torres
3 Netherlands MF Hedwiges Maduro
4 Spain DF Raúl Albiol (vice-captain)
5 Spain DF Carlos Marchena (captain)
6 Spain MF David Albelda
7 Spain FW David Villa
8 Spain MF Rubén Baraja
9 Spain FW Fernando Morientes
10 Spain FW Miguel Ángel Angulo
11 Spain DF Asier del Horno
13 Brazil GK Renan Brito
14 Spain MF Vicente
15 Brazil DF Carleto
No. Position Player
16 Spain FW Juan Mata
17 Spain MF Joaquín
18 Portugal MF Manuel Fernandes
19 Spain MF Pablo Hernández
20 Spain DF Alexis
21 Spain MF David Silva
22 Brazil MF Edu
23 Portugal DF Miguel
24 Italy DF Emiliano Moretti
25 Portugal MF Hugo Viana
30 Spain FW Míchel
33 Spain GK Vicente Guaita
36 Spain DF Jaume Costa

Transfers

In

#PosPlayerFromFeeDate
19 MFSpain Pablo Hernández Getafe €1M 05-06-2008
GKFrance Ludovic Butelle Real Valladolid Loan return 01-07-2008
11 DFSpain Asier del Horno Athletic Bilbao Loan return 01-07-2008
18 MFPortugal Manuel Fernandes Everton Loan return 01-07-2008
DFSpain David Navarro Mallorca Loan return 01-07-2008
MFUruguay Mario Regueiro Real Murcia Loan return 01-07-2008
2 DFSpain Curro Torres Real Murcia Loan return 01-07-2008
25 MFPortugal Hugo Viana Osasuna Loan return 01-07-2008
13 GKBrazil Renan Brito Internacional €4M 27-08-2008
MFUruguay Ignacio María González Danubio Undisclosed 01-09-2008
15 DFBrazil Carleto Santos €2M 26-11-2008
1 GKSpain César Sánchez Tottenham Hotspur Free 20-01-2009

Out

# Pos Player To Fee Date
1 GKSpain Santiago Cañizares Unattatched Released 19 May 2008
DFPortugal Marco Caneira Sporting CP €1.5M 25 June 2008
GKSpain Juan Mora Levante Free 1 July 2008
MFSpain Jordi Alba (from Valencia B) Gimnàstic Tarragona Undisclosed 24 July 2008
MFSpain Sisi Recreativo Huelva Undisclosed 1 August 2008
FWSpain Javier Arizmendi Real Zaragoza €3.5M 12 August 2008
1 GKGermany Timo Hildebrand 1899 Hoffenheim Free 10 December 2008

Loaned out

# Pos Player To Start End
MFSpain Ángel Montoro (from Valencia B) Real Murcia 17 June 2008
DFSpain Lillo (from Valencia B) Real Murcia 17 June 2008
MFSpain Sunny Osasuna 27-06-2008 1 July 2009
DFSpain David Navarro Mallorca 20 July 2008 01-07-2009
FWVenezuela Miku (from Valencia B) Salamanca 26 August 2008
DFSpain Carlos Bellvís (from Valencia) Numancia 28 August 2008
MFArgentina Éver Banega Atlético Madrid 28-08-2008 1 July 2009
GKFrance Ludovic Butelle Lille 01-09-2008 1 July 2009
MFUruguay Nacho González Newcastle United 1 September 2008 1 July 2009
MFSpain Aarón Ñíguez Rangers 13 August 2008 01-07-2010
12 FWSerbia Nikola Žigić Racing Santander 26 December 2008

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 24 Jan 2009.
No. Pos Nat Player TotalLa Liga UEFA Cup Copa del Rey
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Spain César Sánchez 20 0 18+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF Spain Curro Torres 3 0 0+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
3 MF Netherlands Hedwiges Maduro 32 1 18+4 1 5+1 0 3+1 0
4 DF Spain Raúl Albiol 42 2 33+1 2 5+1 0 1+1 0
5 DF Spain Carlos Marchena 36 1 24+2 1 7+0 0 3+0 0
6 MF Spain David Albelda 37 0 26+4 0 4+1 0 2+0 0
7 FW Spain David Villa 42 31 33+0 29 1+4 1 2+2 1
8 MF Spain Rubén Baraja 34 5 22+6 3 1+3 1 2+0 1
9 FW Spain Fernando Morientes 31 6 7+13 1 7+0 3 3+1 2
10 FW Spain Miguel Ángel Angulo 15 1 5+6 0 2+0 0 2+0 1
11 DF Spain Asier del Horno 20 2 6+3 0 8+0 2 3+0 0
12 FW Serbia Nikola Žigić 3 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+1 2
13 GK Brazil Renan Brito 24 0 19+0 0 3+0 0 2+0 0
14 MF Spain Vicente 36 9 6+21 6 3+2 0 4+0 3
15 DF Spain Iván Helguera 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
15 DF Brazil Carleto 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 FW Spain Juan Mata 44 12 35+2 10 3+3 1 0+1 1
17 MF Spain Joaquín 37 6 26+5 4 1+3 1 1+1 1
18 MF Portugal Manuel Fernandes 37 2 20+7 2 5+3 0 1+1 0
19 MF Spain Pablo Hernández 30 5 13+8 3 6+0 1 3+0 1
20 DF Spain Alexis 26 1 24+0 1 2+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF Spain David Silva 24 5 17+2 4 2+1 1 1+1 0
22 MF Brazil Edu 27 1 9+12 1 3+0 0 2+1 0
23 DF Portugal Miguel 33 0 26+1 0 3+1 0 2+0 0
24 DF Italy Emiliano Moretti 29 0 25+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
25 MF Portugal Hugo Viana 5 0 0+0 0 4+0 0 1+0 0
26 DF Spain David Lombán (from B team) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 MF Spain Carles Martínez (from B team) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 FW Spain Daniel Olcina (from B team) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 DF Spain Arturo (from B team) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 FW Spain Míchel (from B team) 15 1 4+9 0 0+0 0 1+1 1
31 MF Spain Ximo Navarro (from B team) 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
32 MF Spain Tímor (from B team) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 GK Spain Vicente Guaita (from B team) 4 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
34 GK Spain Sergio Garabato (from B team) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
35 GK Spain Salva (from B team) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
36 DF Spain Jaume (from B team) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
37 DF Spain Alexis (from B team) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
38 DF Spain Castells (from B team) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
39 FW Spain Morgado (from B team) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
40 MF Spain Ximo (from B team) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Goal scorers

Position Nation Number Name La Liga UEFA Cup Copa del Rey Total
1 Spain 7 David Villa 29 1 1 31
2 Spain 16 Juan Mata 10 1 1 12
3 Spain 14 Vicente 6 0 3 9
4 Spain 9 Joaquín 4 1 1 6
= Spain 9 Fernando Morientes 1 3 2 6
6 Spain 21 David Silva 4 1 0 5
= Spain 8 Rubén Baraja 3 1 1 5
= Spain 19 Pablo Hernández 3 1 1 5
9 Spain 4 Raúl Albiol 2 0 0 2
= Portugal 18 Manuel Fernandes 2 0 0 2
= Spain 11 Asier del Horno 0 2 0 2
= Serbia 12 Nikola Žigić 0 0 2 2
13 Netherlands 3 Hedwiges Maduro 1 0 0 1
= Spain 5 Carlos Marchena 1 0 0 1
= Spain 20 Alexis 1 0 0 1
= Brazil 15 Edu 1 0 0 1
= Spain 10 Miguel Ángel Angulo 0 0 1 1
= Spain 30 Míchel 0 0 1 1
/ / / TOTALS 38 11 14 63

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
La Liga 4th 30 August 200831 May 2009
UEFA Cup First roundRound of 32 18 September 200826 February 2009
Copa del Rey Round of 32Quarter-finals Quarter-finals 29 October 200828 January 2009

Last updated: 24 Jan
Source: Competitions

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Barcelona (Q) 34 27 4 3 100 28+72 85 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Real Madrid (Q) 34 25 3 6 79 41+38 78
3 Sevilla 34 18 6 10 48 38+10 60
4 Valencia 34 16 8 10 62 50+12 56 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
5 Atlético Madrid 34 16 7 11 69 54+15 55 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round VILL 4–4 ATM
ATM 3–2 VILL
6 Villarreal 34 15 10 9 49 46+3 55
7 Deportivo La Coruña 34 15 8 11 44 43+1 53
8 Málaga 34 14 9 11 52 531 51
9 Mallorca 34 12 9 13 45 527 45
10 Almería 34 12 7 15 42 5210 43
11 Athletic Bilbao (Q) 34 11 8 15 44 5511 41 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round 1 ATH 2–0 VLD
VLD 2–1 ATH
12 Valladolid 34 12 5 17 42 5210 41
13 Racing Santander 34 10 9 15 44 440 39
14 Espanyol 34 9 11 14 37 469 38
15 Betis 34 9 10 15 47 558 37
16 Osasuna 34 8 12 14 38 435 36
17 Getafe 34 8 10 16 44 5410 34 SPG 1–2 GET
GET 5–1 SPG
18 Sporting Gijón 34 11 1 22 40 7333 34 Relegation to Segunda División
19 Recreativo 34 8 9 17 32 5119 33
20 Numancia 34 9 4 21 37 6629 31

Updated to games played on 3 May 2009.
Source: Yahoo! Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
1Athletic Bilbao play Barcelona in the Copa del Rey final and are guaranteed to play in the Europa League as losing finalists at least. Should they win the final, they will enter in the Playoff round and the 6th placed team will enter the 3rd qualifying round.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
Barcelona 15 15 9 6 5 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Real Madrid 13 8 6 3 3 5 5 3 3 4 4 2 4 5 6 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Sevilla 10 4 7 5 4 3 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Valencia 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 3 4 3 3 2 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 8 8 6 5 4 4 4 4 4
Atlético Madrid 1 7 5 4 7 7 8 10 6 7 6 6 6 6 5 3 5 5 6 6 7 6 6 7 5 7 5 5 6 6 5 7 6 5
Villarreal 9 6 3 2 2 2 3 4 2 2 2 3 2 2 4 6 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 5 5 6
Deportivo La Coruña 4 10 11 12 13 10 11 12 9 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 8 8 6 8 8 8 8 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 7
Málaga 20 19 19 19 17 12 7 6 8 9 11 11 9 11 10 9 8 8 7 7 8 7 7 6 7 5 6 8 7 7 7 6 7 8
Mallorca 19 18 18 13 9 11 12 8 13 11 15 15 15 17 18 17 19 19 19 18 20 20 18 18 16 17 16 12 15 12 12 10 9 9
Almería 3 3 2 7 6 6 6 9 11 13 8 12 14 14 15 16 14 14 15 13 14 15 13 13 10 10 12 13 11 16 11 14 11 10
Athletic Bilbao 18 17 10 10 12 15 17 19 19 19 18 18 16 16 14 12 13 11 9 10 9 10 9 9 11 11 13 15 12 15 16 13 11 11
Valladolid 17 11 13 9 11 13 13 15 14 16 13 9 8 8 8 8 9 10 12 12 11 9 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 12
Racing Santander 11 14 17 18 19 14 14 17 15 10 14 10 13 13 13 14 11 12 10 9 10 11 11 11 12 12 10 10 10 10 13 11 13 13
Espanyol 6 1 4 8 10 9 10 11 10 12 16 16 17 18 17 18 18 18 18 19 19 19 20 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 19 18 16 14
Betis 16 16 16 17 18 20 16 14 16 15 10 8 11 9 11 13 15 16 13 16 16 14 15 16 15 16 15 17 16 13 10 12 14 15
Osasuna 12 13 15 15 14 16 19 20 20 20 20 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 18 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 14 11 14 15 15 16
Getafe 5 5 8 11 8 8 9 7 7 8 12 14 12 10 9 10 10 13 14 11 13 13 12 12 14 15 17 14 17 14 15 16 17 17
Sporting Gijón 14 20 20 20 20 19 15 13 12 14 9 13 10 12 12 11 12 9 11 14 12 12 14 14 17 13 11 11 13 17 17 17 18 18
Recreativo 7 12 14 14 16 18 18 18 18 17 19 20 20 19 19 19 17 17 16 15 15 16 16 15 13 14 14 16 18 18 18 19 19 19
Numancia 8 9 12 16 15 17 20 16 17 18 17 17 18 15 16 15 16 15 17 17 17 18 19 20 20 19 19 19 19 19 20 20 20 20

Last updated: 3 May 2009
Source: kicker.de (German)

Leader
2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage
2009–10 UEFA Champions League play-off round
2009–10 UEFA Europa League play-off round
2009–10 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round
Relegation to Segunda División

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Result W D W W W W W D L W L D W L W L W D L L W L D D L L D W W W W W D L W L L W
Position 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 3 4 3 3 2 4 2 4 4 5

Last updated: 24 Jan.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

UEFA Cup

Overall

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
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6 3 3 0 11 5  +6 12 1 2 0 4 3  +1 2 1 0 7 2  +5

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
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Result W W D W D D
Position 1 1 2 2 2 2

Last updated: 24 Jan.
Source: UEFA Cup 2008-09
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

First round

First leg

Second leg

Group stage

Table - Group G

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
France Saint-Étienne 422094+58
Spain Valencia 413084+46
Denmark Copenhagen 41214515
Belgium Club Brugge 40312313
Norway Rosenborg 40221872

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
4 1 3 0 8 4  +4 6 0 2 0 2 2  0 1 1 0 6 2  +4

Matches

Round of 32

First leg

Second leg

Dynamo Kyiv 33 Valencia on aggregate. Dynamo Kyiv won on away goals.

Copa del Rey

Overall

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
6 4 1 1 15 7  +8 13 3 0 0 9 3  +6 1 1 1 6 4  +2

Results by round

Round12345678910
GroundAH//AH//HA//HA//H/
Result W W D W W L
Position 1 1 1 1 1 2

Last updated: 30 Jan.
Source: Copa del Rey Cup 2008-09
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Round of 32

First leg

Second leg

Round of 16

First leg

Second leg

Quarter-final

First leg

Second leg

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