Valencia Club de Fútbol (Spanish: [baˈlenθja kluβ ðe ˈfuðβol], Valencian: València Club de Futbol, pronounced: [vaˈlensia ˈklub de fubˈbɔɫ]; also known as Valencia C.F., Valencia or Los Che) is a Spanish football club based in Valencia, Spain. They play in La Liga and are one of the most successful and biggest clubs in Spanish Football and European Football. Valencia have won six La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey trophies, two Fairs Cups which was the predecessor to the UEFA Cup, one UEFA Cup, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and two UEFA Super Cups. They have also reached two UEFA Champions League finals in a row, losing to La Liga rivals Real Madrid in 2000 and then to German club Bayern Munich on penalties after a 1–1 draw in 2001. Valencia were also members of the G-14 group of leading European football clubs. In total, Valencia have reached seven major European finals, winning four of them.
In the all-time La Liga table, Valencia is in 3rd position behind FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. In terms of continental titles, Valencia is again the 3rd-most successful behind the two, with these three being the only Spanish clubs to have won five or more continental trophies.
In the all-time La Liga table, Valencia is in 3rd position behind FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. In terms of continental titles, Valencia is again the 3rd-most successful behind the two, with these three being the only Spanish clubs to have won five or more continental trophies.
Valencia were founded in 1919 and have played their home games at the 55,000-seater Estadio Mestalla since 1923. They are due to move into the new 75,000-seater Nou Mestalla in the north-west of the city in 2013. Valencia have a long-standing rivalry with Levante, also located in Valencia, and with two others club in the Valencian Community region, Hércules and Villarreal.
