2018–19 Valencia CF season

Valencia CF
2018–19 season
Chairman	Peter Lim
Manager	Marcelino
Stadium	Mestalla
La Liga	14th
Copa del Rey	Round of 32
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
	← 2017–18

The 2018–19 season Valencia CF season is the club's 99th in its history and 84th in La Liga. Valencia has qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the first time since 2015–16, entering in the group stage. Valencia will also compete in the Copa del Rey, entering at the round of 32.

Current squad

As of 10 September 2018^[1]

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	ESP	Jaume Domènech
3	DF	POR	Rúben Vezo
4	DF	COL	Jeison Murillo
5	DF	BRA	Gabriel
6	MF	FRA	Geoffrey Kondogbia
7	MF	POR	Gonçalo Guedes
8	MF	ESP	Carlos Soler
9	FW	FRA	Kevin Gameiro
10	MF	ESP	Dani Parejo (captain)
11	MF	RUS	Denis Cheryshev (on loan from Villarreal)
12	DF	FRA	Mouctar Diakhaby
13	GK	BRA	Neto


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	DF	ESP	José Luis Gayà
15	DF	ESP	Toni Lato
17	MF	FRA	Francis Coquelin
18	MF	DEN	Daniel Wass
19	FW	ESP	Rodrigo
20	MF	ESP	Ferran Torres
21	DF	ITA	Cristiano Piccini
22	FW	ESP	Santi Mina
23	FW	BEL	Michy Batshuayi (on loan from Chelsea)
24	DF	ARG	Ezequiel Garay
26	MF	SRB	Uroš Račić

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
—	DF	TUN	Aymen Abdennour (at Marseille until 30 June 2019)
—	DF	BRA	Aderlan Santos (at Vitória until 31 December 2018)
—	MF	ESP	Nacho Gil (at Elche until 30 June 2019)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ESP	Álvaro Medrán (at Rayo Vallecano until 30 June 2019)
—	MF	ESP	Fran Villalba (at Numancia until 30 June 2019)
—	FW	ITA	Simone Zaza (at Torino until 30 June 2019)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
4	DF	Jeison Murillo	26	Non-EU	Internazionale	Transfer	Summer	2019	€12,000,000	ElDesmarque
6	MF	Geoffrey Kondogbia	25	EU	Internazionale	Transfer	Summer	2022	€25,000,000	Valencia
7	FW	Gonçalo Guedes	21	EU	Paris Saint-Germain	Transfer	Summer	2023	€40,000,000	Valencia
12	DF	Mouctar Diakhaby	21	EU	Lyon	Transfer	Summer	2022	€15,000,000	Valencia
18	MF	Daniel Wass	29	EU	Celta Vigo	Transfer	Summer	2022	€6,000,000	Valencia
21	DF	Cristiano Piccini	25	EU	Sporting CP	Transfer	Summer	2022	€7,000,000	Valencia
23	FW	Michy Batshuayi	24	EU	Chelsea	Loan	Summer	2019	€3,000,000	Valencia
26	MF	Uroš Račić	20	Non-EU	Red Star Belgrade	Transfer	Summer	2022	€2,200,000	Valencia
31	MF	Nacho Gil	22	EU	Las Palmas	Loan return	Summer		Free
	DF	João Cancelo	24	EU	Internazionale	Loan return	Summer		Free
	MF	Álvaro Medrán	24	EU	Alavés	Loan return	Summer	2020	Free
	MF	Denis Cheryshev	27	EU	Villarreal	Loan	Summer	2019	Free	Valencia
	MF	Fabián Orellana	32	Non-EU	Eibar	Loan return	Summer		Free
	MF	Nani	31	EU	Lazio	Loan return	Summer		Free
	MF	Zakaria Bakkali	22	EU	Deportivo La Coruña	Loan return	Summer		Free
	FW	Kevin Gameiro	31	EU	Atlético Madrid	Transfer	Summer	2021	€16,000,000	Valencia

Total Spending: €126,200,000

Out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
6	MF	Nemanja Maksimović	23	Non-EU	Getafe	Transfer	Summer	€5,000,000	Getafe
7	MF	Gonçalo Guedes	21	EU	Paris Saint-Germain	Loan return	Summer	Free
8	MF	Luciano Vietto	24	EU	Atlético Madrid	Loan return	Summer	Free
9	FW	Simone Zaza	27	EU	Torino	Loan	Summer	€2,000,000	Valencia
11	MF	Andreas Pereira	22	EU	Manchester United	Loan return	Summer	Free
16	MF	Nacho Gil	23	EU	Elche	Loan	Summer	Free	Valencia
21	DF	Martín Montoya	27	EU	Brighton & Hove Albion	Transfer	Summer	€7,000,000	Brighton
23	MF	Álvaro Medrán	24	EU	Rayo Vallecano	Loan	Summer	Free	Valencia
30	DF	Nacho Vidal	23	EU	Osasuna	Transfer	Summer	Free	Osasuna
	DF	João Cancelo	24	EU	Juventus	Transfer	Summer	€40,400,000	Juventus
	MF	Fabián Orellana	32	Non-EU	Eibar	Transfer	Summer	€2,000,000	Eibar
	MF	Nani	31	EU	Sporting CP	Transfer	Summer	Free	Sporting
	MF	Zakaria Bakkali	22	EU	Anderlecht	Transfer	Summer	€1,500,000	Anderlecht

Total Income: €57,900,000

Net Income: €68,300,000

Competitions

Overall

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
La Liga	20 August 2018	May 2019	Matchday 1	8	1	6	1	6	7	−1	012.50
Copa del Rey			Round of 32	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Champions League	19 September 2018		Group stage	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Total				10	1	7	2	6	9	−3	010.00

Last updated: 7 October 2018
Source: Competitions

La Liga

League table

Template:2018–19 La Liga table

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
8	1	6	1	6	7	−1	9	0	4	0	3	3	0	1	2	1	3	4	−1

Last updated: 7 October 2018.
Source: Competitive matches

Result round by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	D	D	D	D	W	D
Position	11	15	17	17	15	15	14	14

Updated to match(es) played on 7 October 2018. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

20 August 2018 1	Valencia	1–1	Atlético Madrid	Valencia
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Garay 45' Rodrigo 56', 70'	Report	Savić 13' Correa 26' Juanfran 52' Filipe Luís 63'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 46,174 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

26 August 2018 2	Espanyol	2–0	Valencia	Cornellà
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hermoso 48' Granero 62' Iglesias 68'	Report	Diakhaby 30'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 18,714 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

2 September 2018 3	Levante	2–2	Valencia	Valencia
12:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Roger 13', 33' Coke 45' 76' Chema 48' Morales 90+4'	Report	Cheryshev 16' Parejo 52' (pen.) Torres 90+3' Mina 90+4'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 22,550 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

15 September 2018 4	Valencia	0–0	Real Betis	Valencia
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Torres 16' Parejo 31' Piccini 62' Gabriel 74' Diakhaby 76' Batshuayi 90+2'	Report	Sanabria 36' Guardado 77' López 81'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 40,050 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

23 September 2018 5	Villarreal	0–0	Valencia	Villarreal
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Costa 38' Layún 63' Funes Mori 84' Mario Gaspar 90'	Report	Diakhaby 22' Parejo 58'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 18,373 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

26 September 2018 6	Valencia	1–1	Celta Vigo	Valencia
22:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Batshuayi 25', 56'	Report	Aspas 45', 82' Mallo 48' Beltrán 75'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 35,495 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

29 September 2018 7	Real Sociedad	0–1	Valencia	San Sebastián
13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zubeldia 63' Elustondo 80' Sandro 90+4'	Report	Lato 9' Gameiro 36' Cheryshev 45' Gabriel 70' Neto 90+2' Vezo 90+4'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 23,577 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

7 October 2018 8	Valencia	1–1	Barcelona	Valencia
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Garay 2' Soler 43' Parejo 58'	Report	Messi 23' Suárez 41' Coutinho 58'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 46,249 Referee: José Luis González González

20 October 2018 9	Valencia	v	Leganés	Valencia
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Mestalla

27 October 2018 10	Athletic Bilbao	v	Valencia	Bilbao
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: San Mamés

4 November 2018 11	Valencia	v	Girona	Valencia
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Mestalla

11 November 2018 12	Getafe	v	Valencia	Getafe
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez

25 November 2018 13	Valencia	v	Rayo Vallecano	Valencia
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Mestalla

2 December 2018 14	Real Madrid	v	Valencia	Madrid
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

9 December 2018 15	Valencia	v	Sevilla	Valencia
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Mestalla Stadium

16 December 2018 16	Eibar	v	Valencia	Eibar
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Ipurua

22 December 2018 17	Valencia	v	Huesca	Valencia
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Mestalla

6 January 2019 18	Alavés	v	Valencia	Vitoria-Gasteiz
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Mendizorrotza

13 January 2019 19	Valencia	v	Valladolid	Valencia
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Mestalla

20 January 2019 20	Celta Vigo	v	Valencia	Vigo
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Abanca-Balaídos

27 January 2019 21	Valencia	v	Villarreal	Valencia
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Mestalla

3 February 2019 22	Barcelona	v	Valencia	Barcelona
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Camp Nou

10 February 2019 23	Valencia	v	Real Sociedad	Valencia
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Mestalla

17 February 2019 24	Valencia	v	Espanyol	Valencia
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Mestalla

24 February 2019 25	Leganés	v	Valencia	Leganés
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Municipal de Butarque

3 March 2019 26	Valencia	v	Athletic Bilbao	Valencia
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Mestalla

10 March 2019 27	Girona	v	Valencia	Girona
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Montilivi

17 March 2019 28	Valencia	v	Getafe	Valencia
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Mestalla

31 March 2019 29	Sevilla	v	Valencia	Seville
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán

3 April 2019 30	Valencia	v	Real Madrid	Valencia
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Mestalla

7 April 2019 31	Rayo Vallecano	v	Valencia	Madrid
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Vallecas

14 April 2019 32	Valencia	v	Levante	Valencia
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Mestalla

21 April 2019 33	Real Betis	v	Valencia	Seville
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Benito Villamarín

24 April 2019 34	Atlético Madrid	v	Valencia	Madrid
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano

28 April 2019 35	Valencia	v	Eibar	Valencia
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Mestalla

5 May 2019 36	Huesca	v	Valencia	Huesca
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: El Alcoraz

12 May 2019 37	Valencia	v	Alavés	Valencia
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Mestalla

19 May 2019 38	Valladolid	v	Valencia	Valladolid
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: José Zorrilla

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Template:2018–19 UEFA Champions League group table

19 September 2018 1	Valencia	0–2	Juventus	Valencia, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Parejo 43' Murillo 50' Vezo 54'	Report	Ronaldo 29' Pjanić 45' (pen.), 51' (pen.) Alex Sandro 59' Rugani 90+6'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 46,067 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

2 October 2018 2	Manchester United	0–0	Valencia	Manchester, England
21:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lukaku 86'	Report	Coquelin 21' Rodrigo 32' Parejo 45' Piccini 85' Gayà 87' Kondogbia 90+2'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 73,569 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
Note: The match, originally scheduled for 21:00 CEST, was delayed to 21:05 CEST due to late team arrival caused by heavy traffic.^[2]

23 October 2018 3	Young Boys	v	Valencia	Bern, Switzerland
18:55 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Suisse

7 November 2018 4	Valencia	v	Young Boys	Valencia, Spain
18:55 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Mestalla

27 November 2018 5	Juventus	v	Valencia	Turin, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Allianz Stadium

12 December 2018 6	Valencia	v	Manchester United	Valencia, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Mestalla

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 23 September 2018

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey		UEFA Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ESP	Jaume Domènech	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK	BRA	Neto	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
3	DF	POR	Rúben Vezo	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	DF	COL	Jeison Murillo	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	DF	BRA	Gabriel	6	0	5	0	0	0	1	0
12	DF	FRA	Mouctar Diakhaby	5	0	4+1	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF	ESP	José Luis Gayà	6	0	5	0	0	0	1	0
15	DF	ESP	Toni Lato	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	ITA	Cristiano Piccini	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	ARG	Ezequiel Garay	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	FRA	Geoffrey Kondogbia	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	POR	Gonçalo Guedes	3	0	0+2	0	0	0	1	0
8	MF	ESP	Carlos Soler	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
10	MF	ESP	Dani Parejo	6	1	5	1	0	0	1	0
11	MF	RUS	Denis Cheryshev	5	1	3+1	1	0	0	0+1	0
17	MF	FRA	Francis Coquelin	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	DEN	Daniel Wass	5	0	3+1	0	0	0	1	0
20	MF	ESP	Ferran Torres	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	SRB	Uroš Račić	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	FRA	Kevin Gameiro	6	0	3+2	0	0	0	0+1	0
19	FW	ESP	Rodrigo	5	1	4	1	0	0	1	0
22	FW	ESP	Santi Mina	5	0	3+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
23	FW	BEL	Michy Batshuayi	6	0	1+4	0	0	0	1	0
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have been loaned out or transferred
16	MF	ESP	Nacho Gil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

References

^ "Primer equipo" [First team] (in Spanish). Valencia CF. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
^ "PREVIEW Man United vs Valencia DELAYED: Live stream, TV channel, kick off time and team news in Champions League match". The Sun. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.

External links

Club's official website

[1] "Primer equipo" [First team] (in Spanish). Valencia CF. Retrieved 1 February 2016.

[2] "PREVIEW Man United vs Valencia DELAYED: Live stream, TV channel, kick off time and team news in Champions League match". The Sun. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.

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