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Valencia

Champions League finalists two years running, in 2000 and 2001.

Valencia CF is a Spanish club that won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1979-80 after beating Arsenal in the final.

Quick Facts

Nickname
  • Ches; Blanquinegros (The Black and Whites)
  • Murciélagos (The Bats)
  • Valencianistas (supporters)
Short name
  • Valencia
  • VCF
  • VAL
Stadium
Mestalla
Capacity
49,430
Full name
Valencia Club de Fútbol, S. A. D.
Founded
18 March 1919 (as Valencia Foot-ball Club)
Owner
Peter Lim
Chairman
Kiat Lim

Lore & Background

An early league title first took Valencia into the European Cup. Its best Champions League era began after 1998-99: the club reached its first final in 2000 and returned in 2001, when it lost to Bayern Munich on penalties after Mauricio Pellegrino's miss - a second final defeat in a row.

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