2013–14 Valencia CF season

Valencia
2013–14 season
Owner	Peter Lim
President	Amadeo Salvo
Head coach	Miroslav Đukić; (until 16 December 2013); Juan Antonio Pizzi; (from 26 December 2013)
Stadium	Mestalla
La Liga	8th
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
UEFA Europa League	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Jonas (9); All: Paco Alcácer (14)
	← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The 2013–14 season was Valencia Club de Fútbol's 96th in existence and the club's 27th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.

Valencia endured its worst domestic season since 2007–08, following a serious hamstring injury to star goalkeeper Diego Alves. Contrary to the previous four seasons under the guidance of Unai Emery, Mauricio Pellegrino, Ernesto Valverde and Miroslav Đukić, Valencia's offence malfunctioned, and in December, Đukić was fired by the club, with successful former San Lorenzo coach Juan Antonio Pizzi taking over.

With Pizzi at the helm, Valencia managed to salvage some respectability by reaching the semi-finals of the UEFA Europa League, where they were eliminated by eventual champions Sevilla. Following that narrow defeat, Valencia failed to qualify to Europe for the next season for the first time since 1997–98 due to a lowly eighth-place finish in La Liga. In June 2014, the club was sold to Singaporean consortium Peter Lim.

Season summary[]

Valencia continued its increasingly frustrating run without the league title, which was extended to ten years following a chaotic season. Coach Miroslav Đukić was fired when the side did not perform to the expected level, and the season saw a further two coaches ( and Juan Antonio Pizzi) trying to lead Valencia without much success. Under Pizzi's reign, Valencia recorded a surprise 3–2 victory over Barcelona at Camp Nou in February and a 2–2 draw against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in May. Despite the chaos, the side managed to reach the semi-finals of the UEFA Europa League, where it lost to eventual champions Sevilla.

Another worry was the injury problems affecting goalkeeper Diego Alves, who only played in 26 of the 38 league matches.

After the season, Valencia signed Rodrigo De Paul from Racing Club for a fee of €4.6 million to help out with the goalscoring, while successful ex-Rio Ave coach Nuno Espírito Santo was appointed in the hope he could help Valencia return to winning ways. , owner of Bankia, sold the club to Singaporean Peter Lim to help Valencia clear its debt.

Players[]

The numbers are established according to the official website: www.valenciacf.com

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	BRA	Diego Alves
2	FW	ARG	Pablo Piatti
3	DF	POR	Rúben Vezo
4	DF	SUI	Philippe Senderos
5	DF	ESP	Víctor Ruiz
6	MF	ESP	Oriol Romeu (on loan from Chelsea)
7	FW	BRA	Jonas
8	MF	ALG	Sofiane Feghouli
11	MF	MLI	Seydou Keita
12	DF	POR	João Pereira
13	GK	ESP	Vicente Guaita (2nd captain)
14	MF	ESP	Juan Bernat


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	ESP	Javi Fuego
16	FW	ESP	Paco Alcácer
17	FW	CHI	Eduardo Vargas (on loan from Napoli)
19	DF	ESP	Antonio Barragán
20	DF	POR	Ricardo Costa (Captain)
21	MF	ESP	Dani Parejo
22	DF	FRA	Jérémy Mathieu
24	MF	ESP	Míchel
25	FW	BRA	Vinícius Araújo
28	MF	ARG	Fede Cartabia
29	MF	ESP	Portu
31	DF	ESP	José Luis Gayà

From Valencia Mestalla[]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
26	GK	ESP	Jaume Domènech
—	DF	ESP	Carlos Delgado
—	DF	ESP	Salva Ruiz


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ESP	Robert
—	MF	ESP	Mario Arqués
—	DF	ESP

Out on loan[]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	FRA	Aly Cissokho (at Liverpool until 30 June 2014)
—	MF	ESP	Carles Gil (at Elche until 30 June 2014)
—	MF	ESP	Jonathan Viera (at Rayo Vallecano until 30 June 2014)
4	DF	FRA	Adil Rami (at Milan until 30 June 2014)
11	FW	COL	Dorlan Pabón (at São Paulo until 30 June 2015)
18	MF	MEX	Andrés Guardado (at Bayer Leverkusen until 30 June 2014)
9	FW	POR	Hélder Postiga (at Lazio until 30 June 2014)
10	MF	ARG	Éver Banega (at Newell's Old Boys until 30 June 2014)
—	DF	ARG	Nicolás Otamendi (at Atlético Mineiro until 30 June 2014)

Detailed squad information[]

Num	Pos	Name	Date of birth (Age)	Place of birth	Date signed	Signed from	Contract expires	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Vicente Guaita	(1987-02-18) 18 February 1987 (age 34)	Torrent, Spain	2 October 2008 (d)	Youth system, signed from	30 June 2015	Originally from youth system
13	GK	Diego Alves	(1985-06-24) 24 June 1985 (age 36)	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	4 June 2011	São Paulo	30 June 2015
–	GK		(1992-06-10) 10 June 1992 (age 29)	Selva, Spain	11 July 2013	Mallorca B	30 June 2014	On loan from Mallorca B, Valencia Mestalla member
Defenders
4	CB	Adil Rami	(1985-12-27) 27 December 1985 (age 35)	Bastia, France	3 January 2011	Lille	30 June 2014
5	CB	Víctor Ruiz	(1989-01-25) 25 January 1989 (age 32)	Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain	30 August 2011	Napoli	30 June 2016
12	RB	João Pereira	(1984-02-25) 25 February 1984 (age 37)	Lisbon, Portugal	24 May 2012	Sporting CP	30 June 2015
19	RB	Antonio Barragán	(1987-06-12) 12 June 1987 (age 34)	Pontedeume, Spain	30 August 2011	Real Valladolid	30 June 2015
20	CB	Ricardo Costa	(1981-08-27) 27 August 1981 (age 40)	Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal	17 May 2010	VfL Wolfsburg	30 June 2015
22	LB	Jérémy Mathieu	(1983-10-29) 29 October 1983 (age 37)	Luxeuil-les-Bains, France	10 June 2009	Toulouse	30 June 2017
Midfielders
6	DM	Oriol Romeu	(1991-09-24) 24 September 1991 (age 29)	Ulldecona, Spain	12 July 2013	Chelsea	31 June 2014	On loan from Chelsea
8	AM	Sofiane Feghouli	(1989-12-26) 26 December 1989 (age 31)	Levallois-Perret, France	23 May 2010	Grenoble	30 June 2016
10	CM	Éver Banega	(1988-06-29) 29 June 1988 (age 33)	Rosario, Argentina	5 January 2008	Boca Juniors	30 June 2015
11	LW	Pablo Piatti	(1989-03-31) 31 March 1989 (age 32)	Ucacha, Argentina	6 July 2011	Almería	30 June 2016
14	LW	Juan Bernat	(1993-03-01) 1 March 1993 (age 28)	Cullera, Spain	27 August 2011 (d)	Youth system, since beginnings	30 June 2015	Originally from youth system
15	DM	Javi Fuego	(1984-01-04) 4 January 1984 (age 37)	Pola de Siero, Spain	1 July 2013	Rayo Vallecano	30 June 2017
17	AM	Jonathan Viera	(1989-10-21) 21 October 1989 (age 31)	Las Palmas de G.C., Spain	6 May 2012	Las Palmas	30 June 2017
18	LW	Andrés Guardado	(1986-09-28) 28 September 1986 (age 34)	Guadalajara, Mexico	28 May 2012	Deportivo La Coruña	30 June 2016
21	CM	Dani Parejo	(1989-04-16) 16 April 1989 (age 32)	Coslada, Spain	14 June 2011	Getafe	30 June 2016
23	AM	Sergio Canales	(1991-02-16) 16 February 1991 (age 30)	Santander, Spain	30 July 2011	Real Madrid	30 June 2017
24	AM	Míchel	(1988-07-29) 29 July 1988 (age 33)	Burjassot, Spain	29 October 2008 (d)	Levante	30 June 2016	Originally from youth system
Forwards
7	SS	Jonas	(1984-04-01) 1 April 1984 (age 37)	Bebedouro, Brazil	24 January 2011	Grêmio	30 June 2015	Without European Union citizenship
16	ST	Paco Alcácer	(1993-08-30) 30 August 1993 (age 28)	Torrent, Spain	11 November 2010 (d)	Youth system, signed from	30 June 2016

Notes: (d), debut in first team in an official match

Transfers[]

In[]

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
15	DM	Javi Fuego	29	EU	Rayo Vallecano	Transfer	Summer	2016	Free	As.com
16	ST	Paco Alcácer	19	EU	Getafe	Loan return	Summer	2016	N/A	Terra.es
5	DM	Fernando Gago	26	EU	Vélez Sarsfield	Loan return	Summer	2016	N/A	Clarín.com
24	AM	Míchel	24	EU	Levante	Transfer	Summer	2016	€ 0.42M	Superdeporte.es
6	DM	Oriol Romeu	21	EU	Chelsea	Loan	Summer	2014	N/A	ValenciaCF.com
	GK		21	EU	Mallorca B	Loan	Summer	2014	N/A	Marca.com
28	MF	Fede Cartabia	20	EU	Valencia Mestalla	Promoted	Summer	2017	N/A	Superdeporte.es
36	DF	José Luis Gayà	18	EU	Valencia Mestalla	Promoted	Summer	2018	N/A	[]
27	FW	Robert	20	EU	Valencia Mestalla	Promoted	Summer	2014	N/A	Superdeporte.es
9	FW	Hélder Postiga	31	EU	Zaragoza	Transfer	Summer	2016	€ 3M	Superdeporte.es
11	FW	Dorlan Pabón	25	Non-EU	Monterrey	Transfer	Summer	2018	€ 7.5M	Superdeporte.es
17	FW	Eduardo Vargas	24	Non-EU	Napoli	Loan	Winter	2014	€ 0.5M	Superdeporte.es

Total expenditure: €11.42 million

Out[]

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
24	MF	Tino Costa	28	EU	Spartak Moscow	Transfer	Summer	€ 7M	Superdeporte.es
6	MF	David Albelda	35	EU		End of contract	Summer	Free	Superdeporte.es
26	GK		25	EU	Deportivo La Coruña	End of loan	Summer	N/A	Riazor.org
	CM	Carles Gil	20	EU	Elche	Loan	Summer	N/A	ValenciaCF.com
16	ST	Nelson Valdez	29	EU	Al Jazira	Transfer	Summer	€ 3M	Marca.com
5	MF	Fernando Gago	27	EU	Boca Juniors	Transfer	Summer	€ 1.7M	Superdeporte.es
9	ST	Roberto Soldado	27	EU	Tottenham Hotspur	Transfer	Summer	€ 30M	ESPN
3	DF	Aly Cissokho	25	EU	Liverpool	Loan	Summer	€ 1M	Superdeporte.es
	DF	Salva Ruiz	18	EU	Tenerife	Loan	Summer	N/A	Superdeporte.es

Total income: €42.7 million

Club[]

Technical staff[]

Position	Staff
Head coach	Juan Antonio Pizzi
Second coach
Physical trainer
Goalkeeping trainer	José Manuel Ochotorena
Delegate	Salvador González 'Voro'
Kit manager	Bernardo España Edo 'Españeta'
Kit manager	José Manuel López
Kit manager	Vicente Navarro Navarro 'Serreta'
Kit manager	Iván Montero Rodríguez
Kit manager	Vicente Ventura Deval

Source: Valencia CF Official Website

Competitions[]

Overall[]

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	First match	Last match
La Liga	—	—	17 August 2013	18 May 2014
Copa del Rey	Round of 32	Round of 16	7 December 2013
UEFA Europa League	Group stage	—	19 September 2013

Updated to match played 9 July 2013
Source: Competitions

Overall friendly trophies[]

Trophy	Organizer	Type	Result	Place	First match	Last match
International Champions Cup	International Champions Cup	Tournament		Mestalla, Valencia (Spain) MetLife Stadium, NYC (United States) Sun Life Stadium, Miami (United States)	27 July 2013	6/7 August 2013
XLII Trofeu Taronja - Estrella Damm	Valencia CF	One match trophy		Mestalla, Valencia (Spain)	10 August 2013

Source: Pre-season and friendlies

La Liga[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Villarreal	38	17	8	13	60	44	+16	59^[a]	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round^[b]
7	Real Sociedad	38	16	11	11	62	55	+7	59^[a]	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[b]
8	Valencia	38	13	10	15	51	53	−2	49
9	Celta Vigo	38	14	7	17	49	54	−5	49
10	Levante	38	12	12	14	35	43	−8	48

Source: La Liga, ESPN
Rules for classification: ^[2] 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points;
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Villarreal finished ahead of Real Sociedad on head-to-head points: Villarreal 5–1 Real Sociedad, Real Sociedad 1–2 Villarreal.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Since both the 2013–14 Copa del Rey champions (Real Madrid) and runners-up (Barcelona) qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League, the 5th, 6th and 7th placed teams qualified for the group stage, play-off round and third qualifying round of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League respectively.^[1]

Matches[]

17 August 2013 1	Valencia	1–0	Málaga	showValencia
23:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Míchel 13' Pereira 53' Costa 65', 86'	Live TV: / Gol T / Gol Stadium	Chen 38' Antunes 46' Olinga 66' Darder 78'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 35.000 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

24 August 2013 2	Espanyol	3–1	Valencia	showCornellà de Llobregat
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	López 22', 32' Simão 45+2' Stuani 47' Bifouma 88' Abraham 90+2'	Live TV: / Gol T / Gol Stadium	Postiga 10' Rami 45+2' Banega 52' Costa 80'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 18,121 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

1 September 2013 3	Valencia	2–3	Barcelona	showValencia
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pereira 16' Banega 44' Postiga 45', 45+3'	Summary	Messi 11', 39', 41' Alba 29' Alves 65' Neymar 75'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 45.000 Referee: José Teixeira Vitienes

15 September 2013 4	Betis	3–1	Valencia	showSeville
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Molina 9' Sevilla 22', 34'	Summary	Parejo 64' Costa 67'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 31,412 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

22 September 2013 5	Valencia	3–1	Sevilla	showValencia
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jonas 32', 73', 38' Ruiz 82' Banega 90+1'	Report	Gameiro 52' Cala 89'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

25 September 2013 6	Granada	0–1	Valencia	showGranada
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Buonanotte 32' Nyom 33' Pereira 54' Angulo 58'	Report	Fuego 18' Jonas 28', 90+4'	Stadium: Los Cármenes Attendance: 13,060 Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

28 September 2013 7	Valencia	1–0	Rayo Vallecano	showValencia
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ruiz 14' Pereira 31' Jonas 37' Cartabia 62'	Report	Baena 10' Arbilla 42' Adrián 63' Saúl 76' Castro 80'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 35,000 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

6 October 2013 8	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	Valencia	showBilbao
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Saborit 27' Gurpegui 45+2' Rico 76'	Report	Feghouli 20' Guardado 38' Banega 43' (pen.)	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 36,651 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

19 October 2013 9	Valencia	1–2	Real Sociedad	showValencia
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Banega 40' Fuego 40' Ruiz 75' Pabón 90+3'	Report	De la Bella 3' Griezmann 41' Pardo 59'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

27 October 2013 10	Villarreal	4–1	Valencia	showVillarreal
15:00 CET (UTC+02:00)	Uche 17' Pérez 22' J. Costa 43' Dos Santos 49', 84' Dorado 51' Pina 87'	Report	Banega 49' Fuego 54' Canales 58' R. Costa 63'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 22,539 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

30 October 2013 11	Valencia	1–2	Almería	showValencia
18:00 (CET) (UTC+01:00)	Jonas 33' (pen.)	Report	Dubarbier 19' Barbosa 28' Pellerano 35' Torsiglieri 62' Vidal 70' Nélson 83' Suso 85'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 27,500 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

3 November 2013 12	Getafe	0–1	Valencia	showGetafe
10:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sarabia 35' Pedro León 79' Marica 81' Escudero 86' Mosquera 86' Alexis 90+3'	Report	Pabón 41' Alcácer 90' Guaita 90+3'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

10 November 2013 13	Valencia	2–2	Valladolid	showValencia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Alcácer 11' Pabón 29' Feghouli 76'	Report	Mariño 4' Guerra 9' Rubio 19' García 50' Rueda 55' Rossi 64' Sastre 69'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Carlos Delgado Ferreiro

24 November 2013 14	Elche	3–1	Valencia	showElche
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Fidel 57' Márquez 61' Herrera 84' Rivera 87'	Report	Costa 7' Bernat 90' Postiga 90'	Stadium: Martínez Valero Attendance: 30,076 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

1 December 2013 15	Valencia	3–0	Osasuna	showValencia
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Guardado 10' Jonas 45', 48', 53'	Report	Damià 12' Puñal 17'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

15 December 2013 16	Atlético Madrid	3–0	Valencia	showMadrid
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Juanfran 36' Costa 45', 59', 81' (pen.) García 64'	Report	Romeu 12' Feghouli 15' Parejo 45' Ruiz 74'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 46,200 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

22 December 2013 17	Valencia	2–3	Real Madrid	showValencia
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Piatti 34', 54' Mathieu 58', 62'	Report	Di María 28' Ronaldo 40' Nacho 41' Arbeloa 64' Jesé 82'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

4 January 2014 18	Valencia	2–0	Levante	showValencia
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Costa 40' Piatti 42' Mathieu 62' Feghouli 73' Banega 90'	Report	Simão Mate 64'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 40,000 Referee: César Muñiz Fernández

11 January 2014 19	Celta Vigo	2–1	Valencia	showVigo
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Charles 50', 78'	Report	Parejo 23' Guardado 44' Pereira 58'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 20,000 Referee: José González González

17 January 2014 20	Málaga	0–0	Valencia	showMálaga
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Eliseu 28' Sánchez 45+1'	Report	Mathieu 17' Romeu 43' Piatti 66' Alcácer 70'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 15,102 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

25 January 2014 21	Valencia	2–2	Espanyol	showValencia
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Alcácer 7' Romeu 9' Jonas 32', 56' Mathieu 45'	Report	Córdoba 3' García 45' (pen.)	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 35,000 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

1 February 2014 22	Barcelona	2–3	Valencia	showBarcelona
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sánchez 7' Alba 52' 78' Messi 54' (pen.) Mascherano 79'	Report	Parejo 44', 45+1' Piatti 48' Costa 53' Alcácer 59' Alves 90+4'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 66,969 Referee: Pedro Pérez Montero

8 February 2014 23	Valencia	5–0	Betis	showValencia
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mathieu 41' Alcácer 44', 68' Feghouli 62' Vargas 79'	Report	Reyes 23' Figueras 53'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

16 February 2014 24	Sevilla	0–0	Valencia	showSeville
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Coke 20' Vitolo 58' Cheryshev 69' 90+3'	Report	Costa 41' 50' Bernat 62' Senderos 62' Parejo 64' Vargas 77' Alves 90'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

23 February 2014 25	Valencia	2–1	Granada	showValencia
13:00 (UTC+01:00)	Keita 25' Cartabia 42' Alcácer 64', 69' Parejo 77' Míchel 77' Vezo 90+1'	Report	Piti 47' Murillo 56' Nyom 75' Iturra 77'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 37,700 Referee: José González González

2 March 2014 26	Rayo Vallecano	1–0	Valencia	showMadrid
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tito 19' Saúl 49' Larrivey 60' Trashorras 82'	Report	Portu 33' Barragán 62' 76'	Stadium: Campo de Vallecas Attendance: 9,720 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

9 March 2014 27	Valencia	1–1	Athletic Bilbao	showValencia
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Keita 5' Alcácer 23' Mathieu 31' Feghouli 51'	Report	De Marcos 27' Aduriz 53' (pen.) Iraola 71'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 36,000 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

16 March 2014 28	Real Sociedad	1–0	Valencia	showSan Sebastián
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Agirretxe 61' Bravo 90+2' José Ángel 90+3'	Report	Barragán 42' Bernat 64' Míchel 87' Senderos 90+2'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 23,845 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

23 March 2014 29	Valencia	2–1	Villarreal	showValencia
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Fuego 35', 44' Pereira 45' Cartabia 77'	Report	Pina 35' Cani 45' Óliver 61' Dos Santos 83'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 37,214 Referee: Pedro Pérez Montero

27 March 2014 30	Almería	2–2	Valencia	showAlmería
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Corona 9', 54' Vidal 25' Trujillo 39' Díaz 53', 57' Verza 86'	Report	Keita 1' Vargas 34' Pereira 81'	Stadium: Mediterráneo Attendance: 11,251 Referee: José Teixeira Vitienes

30 March 2014 31	Valencia	1–3	Getafe	showValencia
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vargas 6' Mathieu 63' 89' Parejo 70' Senderos 90'	Report	Escudero 21' Lafita 25', 85' Marica 27' López 33' Mosquera 73' Pedro León 88'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 28,500 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

6 April 2014 32	Valladolid	0–0	Valencia	showValladolid
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rubio 56'	Report	Fuego 70' Cartabia 90+1'	Stadium: José Zorrilla Attendance: 16,009 Referee: César Muñiz Fernández

13 April 2014 33	Valencia	2–1	Elche	showValencia
11:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Piatti 22', 70' Parejo 61', 84' Barragán 72' 90+3' Fuego 90+2'	Report	Coro 28' Pérez 53' Cisma 72'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 38,389 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

19 April 2014 34	Osasuna	1–1	Valencia	showPamplona
10:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Riera 19' Torres 21' Damià 45' Silva 67'	Report	Keita 56' Mathieu 74' Jonas 82'	Stadium: El Sadar Attendance: 16,975 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

27 April 2014 35	Valencia	0–1	Atlético Madrid	showValencia
11:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jonas 37' Fuego 86' Vargas 90'	Report	García 43' Godín 70' Juanfran 90+1'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

4 May 2014 36	Real Madrid	2–2	Valencia	showMadrid
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Di María 51' Ramos 59' Ronaldo 90+2'	Report	Mathieu 44' Parejo 65' Keita 70' Alves 80' Feghouli 90+4'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 71,897 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

10 May 2014 37	Levante	2–0	Valencia	showValencia
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Diop 44' Sissoko 45' Juanfran 56' Ángel 70' Ivanschitz 81' Simão Mate 85' López 88'	Report	Costa 40' Alcácer 54' Senderos 83' Vargas 85' Pereira 90+5'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 19,896 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

17 May 2014 38	Valencia	2–1	Celta Vigo	showValencia
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pereira 32' Feghouli 41' Piatti 55'	Report	Í. López 5' Aurtenetxe 34' Á. López 55' Nolito 80'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 25,860 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

Copa del Rey[]

Valencia began in the last 32, beating Segunda División B side Gimnàstic de Tarragona before losing to Atlético Madrid in the last 16.

UEFA Europa League[]

Group stage[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Valencia	6	4	1	1	12	7	+5	13	Advance to knockout phase
2	Swansea City	6	2	2	2	6	4	+2	8	Advance to knockout phase
3	Kuban Krasnodar	6	1	3	2	7	7	0	6
4	St. Gallen	6	2	0	4	6	13	−7	6

Source: Soccerway

19 September 2013 1	Valencia	0–3	Swansea City	showValencia, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rami 10' Fuego 45+1' Banega 77'	Report	Rangel 14' Bony 14' Michu 58' De Guzmán 62'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)

3 October 2013 2	Kuban Krasnodar	0–2	Valencia	showKrasnodar, Russia
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Khubulov 20' Kozlov 40' Melgarejo 86'	Report	Parejo 43' Barragán 47' Alcácer 73' Feghouli 81'	Stadium: Kuban Stadium Attendance: 29,300 Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)

24 October 2013 3	Valencia	5–1	St. Gallen	showValencia, Spain
21:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Alcácer 12' Cartabia 21', 30' Costa 33' Canales 71'	Report	Janjatović 27' Nater 74'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 26,645 Referee: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)

7 November 2013 4	St. Gallen	2–3	Valencia	showSt. Gallen, Switzerland
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Besle 37' Karanović 66'	Report	Piatti 30', 76' Canales 86'	Stadium: AFG Arena Attendance: 16,951 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

28 November 2013 5	Swansea City	0–1	Valencia	showSwansea, Wales
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rangel 5' Vázquez 45+1' Shelvey 87'	Report	Parejo 20', 70' Guardado 53' Jonas 61'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 17,896 Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)

12 December 2013 6	Valencia	1–1	Kuban Krasnodar	showValencia, Spain
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Fuego 55' Alcácer 67' Ruiz 90'	Report	Sosnin 48' Melgarejo 51', 84' Ignatyev 82'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 14,581 Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)

Knockout phase[]

20 February 2014 Round of 32 1st leg	Dynamo Kyiv	0 – 2	Valencia	showNicosia, Cyprus
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Silva 55'	Report	Jonas 77' Vargas 79' Feghouli 90+1'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 3,711^[3] Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)

27 February 2014 Round of 32 2nd leg	Valencia	0 – 0 (2 – 0 agg.)	Dynamo Kyiv	showValencia, Spain
22:05 EEST (UTC+3)	Cartabia 29' Parejo 62' Pereira 90'	Report	Lens 25' Vukojević 54' Husyev 90+4'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 26,261^[4] Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

13 March 2014 Round of 16 1st leg	Ludogorets Razgrad	0 – 3	Valencia	showSofia, Bulgaria
20:00 EET	Juninho 80'	Report	Barragán 5' Keita 24' Cartabia 33' Senderos 59'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 41,085^[5] Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

20 March 2014 Round of 16 2nd leg	Valencia	1 – 0 (4 – 0 agg.)	Ludogorets Razgrad	showValencia, Spain
20:00 EET	Alcácer 59'	Report		Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 18,429^[6] Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

3 April 2014 Quarter-finals 1st leg	Basel	3 – 0	Valencia	showBasel, Switzerland
21:05	Serey Die 13' Delgado 34' 38' Embolo 76' Stocker 90+1'	Report	19' Senderos	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 350 Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

10 April 2014 Quarter-finals 2nd leg	Valencia	5 – 0 (a.e.t.) (5 – 3 agg.)	Basel	showValencia, Spain
21:05	Feghouli 27' Alcácer 38' 70' 113' 114' Vargas 42' 104' Keita 98' Bernat 115' 118' Guaita 117'	Report	24' Safari 61' Elneny 65' Schär 74' 100' Díaz 104' 105' Gastón Sauro 106' Xhaka	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 33,152 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

24 April 2014 Semi-finals 1st leg	Sevilla	2 – 0	Valencia	showSeville, Spain
21:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mbia 33' Bacca 36' Marin 71'	Report	Alcácer 89' Mathieu 90+2'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 33,496^[7] Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

1 May 2014 Semi-finals 2nd leg	Valencia	3 – 1 (3 – 3(a) agg.)	Sevilla	showValencia, Spain
21:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Feghouli 14', 73' Beto 26' (o.g.) Bernat 53' Mathieu 69', 90+3' Alves 82'	Report	Carriço 86' Mbia 90+4' Jairo 90+4'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 45,938^[8] Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

Pre-season and friendlies[]

Valencia began training on 8 July 2013.^[9] The stage of pre-season was in Speyer, Germany, from Wednesday 10 July until Sunday 21 July,^[10] all players were invited and Mestalla members invited were Fede Cartabia, Mario Arqués, Salva Ruiz, José Luis Gayà and Robert. Players joining days later included Ricardo Costa, João Pereira, Adil Rami and Jérémy Mathieu on 9 July; Paco Alcácer on 10 July, Jonas, Éver Banega and Sofiane Feghouli on 13 July; Andrés Guardado, Juan Bernat and Gayà on 22 July; and Roberto Soldado on 27 July. Fernando Gago did not join the team.^[11] On 21 July, they returned to Valencia to participate in the International Champions Cup, which began in Valencia, then continued in the United States in August.^[12] Valencia presentations and the Orange Trophy were played on 10 August.^[9]

14 July 2013 Germany Tour	Karlsruher SC	2–1	Valencia	showKarlsruhe, Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Van der Biezen 6' Nazarov 87' (pen.)	VCF Report SD Report AS Report MARCA Report	Viera 10' Parejo 34' Rami 61'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 10,117 Referee: Raid (Germany)

17 July 2013 Germany Tour	Waldhof Mannheim	0–0	Valencia	showMannheim, Germany
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		VCF Report SD Report AS Report MARCA Report	Pereira 36'	Stadium: Carl-Benz-Stadion Attendance: 4,242 Referee: Marcel Göpferich (Germany)

20 July 2013 Germany Tour	VfB Stuttgart	1–0	Valencia	showLudwigsburg, Germany
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Schwaab 2'	VCF Report SD Report AS Report MARCA Report Live TV: Gol T / Gol Stadium	Jonas 81'	Stadium: Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany)

27 July 2013 ICC, Round 1	Valencia	1–2	Milan	showValencia, Spain
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Banega 43' Pereira 48' Parejo 53'	Report VCF Report SD Report AS Report MARCA Report Live TV: Gol Stadium	Robinho 21' Boateng 24' Nocerino 24' De Jong 38' Mexès 52' Cristante 90'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Carlos Alberto Carbonell Hernández (Spain, Valencian Committee)

5 August 2013 ICC, Round 2: Eastern losers	Valencia	4–0	Internazionale	showNew York, United States
16:00 EST (UTC−05:00)	Banega 7' Viera 33', 88' Costa 53' Jonas 55'	Report VCF Report SD Report AS Report MARCA Report Live TV: Gol T / Gol Stadium	Pereira 18' Juan 53' Olsen 83'	Stadium: MetLife Stadium Attendance: 39,764^[13] Referee: Mark Kadlecik (United States)

6 August 2013 ICC, Championship Round: 5th place	Everton	0–1	Valencia	showMiami, United States
21:00 EST (UTC−05:00)		Report VCF Report SD Report AS Report MARCA Report Live TV: Gol T / Gol Stadium	Barragán 8' Míchel 51'	Stadium: Sun Life Stadium Attendance: 38,513 Referee: Alan Chapman (United States)

10 August 2013 Trofeu Taronja - Trofeo Estrella Damm	Valencia	2–1	Olympiacos	showValencia, Spain
22:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Banega 4' Postiga 40'	VCF Report SD Report AS Report MARCA Report Live TV: Gol T / Gol Stadium	Fejsa 31' Fuster 84'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Mateu Lahoz (Spain, Valencian Committee)
Note: Orange Trophy winner: Valencia

6 September 2013 Ciudad de Valladolid	Valladolid	2–4	Valencia	showValladolid, Spain
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: José Zorrilla

Last updated: 11 August 2013.
Source: Valencia CF

Statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

Last updated on 17 May 2014

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Diego Alves	35	0	27	0	1	0	7	0
13	GK		Vicente Guaita	23	0	11+2	0	3	0	7	0
Defenders
3	DF		Rúben Vezo	8	1	5+3	1	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Philippe Senderos	11	1	7+1	0	0	0	2+1	1
5	DF		Víctor Ruiz	19	1	8+3	1	1	0	6+1	0
12	DF		João Pereira	38	0	23+2	0	2	0	11	0
14	DF		Juan Bernat	49	2	26+6	1	4	0	11+2	1
19	DF		Antonio Barragán	31	1	17+3	0	2	0	4+5	1
20	MF		Ricardo Costa	32	3	20	3	3	0	7+2	0
22	DF		Jérémy Mathieu	47	4	32	3	4	0	10+1	1
31	DF		José Luis Gayà	4	0	1	0	0	0	2+1	0
Midfielders
6	MF		Oriol Romeu	18	0	11+2	0	1	0	3+1	0
8	MF		Sofiane Feghouli	45	7	22+10	4	2+1	0	7+3	3
11	MF		Seydou Keita	18	1	9+2	1	0	0	7	0
15	MF		Javi Fuego	40	2	25+2	2	3	0	8+2	0
21	MF		Dani Parejo	46	5	28+3	4	4	0	10+1	1
24	MF		Míchel	27	0	13+6	0	2	0	5+1	0
28	MF		Fede Cartabia	40	3	16+9	0	3	0	10+2	3
29	MF		Portu	2	0	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
Forwards
2	FW		Pablo Piatti	29	7	13+4	5	0+3	0	3+6	2
7	FW		Jonas	40	10	23+8	10	1	0	4+4	0
16	FW		Paco Alcácer	37	14	17+6	6	1+2	1	8+3	7
17	FW		Eduardo Vargas	25	5	13+4	3	0	0	7+1	2
25	MF		Vinícius Araújo	6	0	0+6	0	0	0	0	0
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have been loaned out or transferred
4	DF		Adil Rami	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
10	MF		Éver Banega	22	1	14+4	1	1+1	0	2	0
17	MF		Jonathan Viera	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Andrés Guardado	22	0	12+4	0	3	0	3	0
23	MF		Sergio Canales	27	2	7+12	0	1+2	0	5	2
9	FW		Hélder Postiga	23	4	9+6	3	2+1	1	3+2	0
11	FW		Dorlan Pabón	18	3	11+2	3	0+2	0	1+2	0

References[]

^ "Regulations of the UEFA Europa League 2013/14, article 2.04" (PDF). Nyon: UEFA. March 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
^ "Reglamento General RFEF – Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos. (page 104)" (PDF). RFEF. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
^ "Dynamo Kyiv vs. Valencia". Soccerway. 20 February 2014.
^ "Valencia vs. Dynamo Kyiv". Soccerway. 27 February 2014.
^ "Ludogorets vs. Valencia". Soccerway. 13 March 2014.
^ "Valencia vs. Ludogorets". Soccerway. 20 March 2014.
^ "Sevilla vs. Valencia". Soccerway. 24 April 2014.
^ "Valencia vs. Sevilla". Soccerway. 1 May 2014.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Presentación el 10 de agosto ante Olympiakos" (in Spanish). Levante-EMV. 24 June 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
^ "El Valencia CF 2013/14 realizará el 'stage' de pretemporada en Speyer (Alemania)" (in Spanish). Valencia CF. 15 May 2013. Archived from the original on 9 June 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
^ "Primer día de trabajo del Valencia de Djukic" (in Spanish). . 8 July 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
^ "El Valencia CF disputará la Guinness International Champions Cup en USA con los mejores clubes del mundo" (in Spanish). Valencia CF. 30 May 2013. Archived from the original on 8 June 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
^ "Guinness International, Inter-Valencia 0-4".

External links[]

Official website (in Spanish, Catalan, English, Japanese, and French)

[table_hth_VIL0.56890485788179-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Villarreal finished ahead of Real Sociedad on head-to-head points: Villarreal 5–1 Real Sociedad, Real Sociedad 1–2 Villarreal.

[table_note_res_ELPR0.56890485788179-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Since both the 2013–14 Copa del Rey champions (Real Madrid) and runners-up (Barcelona) qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League, the 5th, 6th and 7th placed teams qualified for the group stage, play-off round and third qualifying round of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League respectively.^[1]

[EL-regulations-2] "Regulations of the UEFA Europa League 2013/14, article 2.04" (PDF). Nyon: UEFA. March 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2013.

[4] "Reglamento General RFEF – Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos. (page 104)" (PDF). RFEF. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.

[5] "Dynamo Kyiv vs. Valencia". Soccerway. 20 February 2014.

[6] "Valencia vs. Dynamo Kyiv". Soccerway. 27 February 2014.

[7] "Ludogorets vs. Valencia". Soccerway. 13 March 2014.

[8] "Valencia vs. Ludogorets". Soccerway. 20 March 2014.

[9] "Sevilla vs. Valencia". Soccerway. 24 April 2014.

[10] "Valencia vs. Sevilla". Soccerway. 1 May 2014.

[presentation-11] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Presentación el 10 de agosto ante Olympiakos" (in Spanish). Levante-EMV. 24 June 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2013.

[12] "El Valencia CF 2013/14 realizará el 'stage' de pretemporada en Speyer (Alemania)" (in Spanish). Valencia CF. 15 May 2013. Archived from the original on 9 June 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2013.

[13] "Primer día de trabajo del Valencia de Djukic" (in Spanish). . 8 July 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.

[14] "El Valencia CF disputará la Guinness International Champions Cup en USA con los mejores clubes del mundo" (in Spanish). Valencia CF. 30 May 2013. Archived from the original on 8 June 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2013.

[15] "Guinness International, Inter-Valencia 0-4".

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