2013–14 Valencia CF season

Valencia
2013–14 season
Chairman Amadeo Salvo
Manager

Miroslav Đukić (until 16 December 2013)

Juan Antonio Pizzi (from 26 December 2013)
La Liga 8th
Copa del Rey Round of 32
UEFA Europa League Semi-finals
Top goalscorer League:
Jonas (9)

All:
Alcácer (14)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

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 offense malfunctioned, and in December Đukić was let go 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 (Nicolás Estévez 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. José Sevilla Álvarez, 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. Position Player
1 Brazil GK Diego Alves
2 Argentina FW Pablo Piatti
3 Portugal DF Rúben Vezo
4 Switzerland DF Philippe Senderos
5 Spain DF Víctor Ruiz
6 Spain MF Oriol Romeu (on loan from Chelsea)
7 Brazil FW Jonas
8 Algeria MF Sofiane Feghouli
11 Mali MF Seydou Keita
12 Portugal DF João Pereira
13 Spain GK Vicente Guaita (2nd captain)
14 Spain MF Juan Bernat
No. Position Player
15 Spain MF Javi Fuego
16 Spain FW Paco Alcácer
17 Chile FW Eduardo Vargas (on loan from Napoli)
19 Spain DF Antonio Barragán
20 Portugal DF Ricardo Costa (Captain)
21 Spain MF Dani Parejo
22 France DF Jérémy Mathieu
24 Spain MF Míchel
25 Brazil FW Vinícius Araújo
28 Argentina MF Fede Cartabia
29 Spain MF Portu
31 Spain DF José Luis Gayà

From Valencia Mestalla

Main article: Valencia CF Mestalla

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

No. Position Player
26 Spain GK Jaume Domènech
Spain DF Carlos Delgado
Spain DF Salva Ruiz
No. Position Player
Spain FW Robert Ibáñez
Spain MF Mario Arqués
Spain DF Alberto Tendillo

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
3 France DF Aly Cissokho (at Liverpool until 30 June 2014)
Spain MF Carles Gil (at Elche until 30 June 2014)
Spain MF Jonathan Viera (at Rayo Vallecano until 30 June 2014)
4 France DF Adil Rami (at Milan until 30 June 2014)
11 Colombia FW Dorlan Pabón (at São Paulo until 30 June 2015)
18 Mexico MF Andrés Guardado (at Bayer Leverkusen until 30 June 2014)
9 Portugal FW Hélder Postiga (at Lazio until 30 June 2014)
10 Argentina MF Éver Banega (at Newell's Old Boys until 30 June 2014)
Argentina DF Nicolás Otamendi (at Atlético Mineiro until 30 June 2014)

Detailed squad information

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

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

Transfers

In

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Ref.
15 DM Spain Javi Fuego 29EU Rayo Vallecano Transfer Summer 2016 Free As.com
16 ST Spain Paco Alcácer 19EU Getafe Loan return Summer 2016 N/A Terra.es
5 DM Argentina Fernando Gago 26EU Vélez Sarsfield Argentina Loan return Summer 2016 N/A Clarín.com
24 AM Spain Míchel 24EU Levante Transfer Summer 2016 € 0.42M Superdeporte.es
6 DM Spain Oriol Romeu 21EU Chelsea England Loan Summer 2014 N/A ValenciaCF.com
GK Spain Yeray Gómez 21EU Mallorca B Loan Summer 2014 N/A Marca.com
28 MF Spain Fede Cartabia 20EU Valencia Mestalla Promoted Summer 2017 N/A Superdeporte.es
36 DF Spain José Luis Gayà 18EU Valencia Mestalla Promoted Summer 2018 N/A []
27 FW Spain Robert Ibáñez 20EU Valencia Mestalla Promoted Summer 2014 N/A Superdeporte.es
9 FW Portugal Hélder Postiga 31EU Zaragoza Transfer Summer 2016 € 3M Superdeporte.es
11 FW Colombia Dorlan Pabón 25Non-EU Monterrey Mexico Transfer Summer 2018 € 7.5M Superdeporte.es
17 FW Chile Eduardo Vargas 24Non-EU Napoli Italy Loan Winter 2014 € 0.5M Superdeporte.es

Total expenditure: Decrease €11.42 million

Out

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

Total income: Increase €42.7 million

Club

Technical staff

Position Staff
Head coach Juan Antonio Pizzi
Second coach Manuel Suárez
Physical trainer Alejandro Richino
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 roundCurrent
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
La Liga 17 August 201318 May 2014
Copa del Rey Round of 32Round of 16 7 December 2013
UEFA Europa League Group stage 19 September 2013

Last updated: 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

Main article: 2013–14 La Liga

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Atlético Madrid (C) 38 28 6 4 77 26+51 90 2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage
2 Barcelona 38 27 6 5 100 33+67 87 BAR 2–1 RMA
RMA 3–4 BAR
3 Real Madrid 38 27 6 5 104 38+66 87
4 Athletic Bilbao 38 20 10 8 66 39+27 70 2014–15 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
5 Sevilla 38 18 9 11 69 52+17 63 2014–15 UEFA Europa League group stage 2
6 Villarreal 38 17 8 13 60 44+16 59 2014–15 UEFA Europa League play-off round 1 VIL 5–1 RSO
RSO 1–2 VIL
7 Real Sociedad 38 16 11 11 62 55+7 59 2014–15 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round 1
8 Valencia 38 13 10 15 51 532 49 VAL 2–1 CEL
CEL 2–1 VAL
9 Celta de Vigo 38 14 7 17 49 545 49
10 Levante 38 12 12 14 35 438 48
11 Málaga 38 12 9 17 39 467 45
12 Rayo Vallecano 38 13 4 21 46 8034 43
13 Getafe 38 11 9 18 35 5419 42 GET 0–0 ESP
ESP 0–2 GET
14 Espanyol 38 11 9 18 41 5110 42
15 Granada 38 12 5 21 32 5624 41
16 Elche 38 9 13 16 30 5020 40 ELC 1–0 ALM
ALM 2–2 ELC
17 Almería 38 11 7 20 43 7128 40
18 Osasuna (R) 38 10 9 19 32 6230 39 Relegation to 2014–15 Segunda División
19 Valladolid (R) 38 7 15 16 38 6022 36
20 Betis (R) 38 6 7 25 36 7842 25

Source: La Liga
Rules for classification: [1] 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points;
1 Since both the 2013–14 Copa del Rey champions (Real Madrid) and runners-up (Barcelona) qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League, the fifth-, sixth- and seventh-placed teams will qualify for the group stage, play-off round and third qualifying round of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League respectively.[2]
2 Sevilla automatically qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League group stage as the defending champions.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Matches

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

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Spain Valencia 6 4 1 1 12 7 +5 13
England Swansea City 6 2 2 2 6 4 +2 8
Russia Kuban Krasnodar 6 1 3 2 7 7 0 6
Switzerland St. Gallen 6 2 0 4 6 13 7 6

Pre-season and friendlies

Valencia began training on 8 July 2013.[3] The stage of pre-season was in Speyer, Germany, from Wednesday 10 July until Sunday 21 July,[4] all players were invited and Mestalla members invited were Fede Cartabia, Mario Arqués, Salva Ruiz, José Luis Gayà and Robert Ibáñez. 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.[5] 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.[6] Valencia presentations and the Orange Trophy were played on 10 August.[3]

Last updated: 11 August 2013.
Source: Valencia CF

References

  1. "Reglamento General RFEF – Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos. (page 104)" (PDF). RFEF. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  2. "Regulations of the UEFA Europa League 2013/14, article 2.04" (PDF). Nyon: UEFA. March 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Presentación el 10 de agosto ante Olympiakos" (in Spanish). Levante-EMV. 24 June 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  4. "El Valencia CF 2013/14 realizará el 'stage' de pretemporada en Speyer (Alemania)" (in Spanish). Valencia CF. 15 May 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  5. "Primer día de trabajo del Valencia de Djukic" (in Spanish). Superdeporte. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  6. "El Valencia CF disputará la Guinness International Champions Cup en USA con los mejores clubes del mundo" (in Spanish). Valencia CF. 30 May 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  7. http://www.inter.it/it/news/63173

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