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About Valencia CF
Valencia CF (also known as Club de Futbol, Valencia C.F. or Valencia or Los Che) is a professional Spanish football club based in Valencia, Spain. Valencia CF play in La Liga and is one of the biggest and most successful football clubs in Spain. Valencia's home matches are held at the Estadio Mestalla stadium since 1923; the club has plans to the bigger Nou Mestalla stadium in 2011. Valencia CF has won many titles and trophies including Copa del Rey trophies, La Liga titles, UEFA Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Super Cup, Spanish Super Cups and more.
The football seasons between 1999 and 2004 were the most successful seasons in Valencia CF's history. During these seasons Valencia won one UEFA Cup, 2 La Liga titles, one UEFA Super Cup and one UEFA Cup.
In the summer of 2004 Valencia's coach Rafa Benítez decided to leave the club and the team had trouble to keep its ranking; several months later, Valencia was ranked at the 7th place and knocked out of the Champions League group phase. The 2004/05 season ended with Valencia outside of the UEFA Cup spots.
In the following season with Quique Sánchez Flores as the new manager, Valencia CF finished at the 3rd place and gained its placement in the Champions League.
During the 2006/07 season Valencia experienced various difficulties, many of the team's key players were injured and there were also many arguments between the club's management and the new Sporting Director Amedeo Carboni. Valencia finished the season in the 4th place and was eliminated from the Champions League at the quarter-finals stage. Eventually, the club's Sporting Director was replaced and the club's future looked brighter.
In the following 2007/08 season, Valencia CF's manager was replaced but the club's performance got worst rather than the expected improvement. Valencia dropped to the 15th place; just 2 points from the relegation zone. The new manager was dismissed and Voro was hired as the new manager and Valencia avoided the relegation zone and finished the season at the 10th place. By the end of that season, Valencia's manager was replaced and the 2008/09 season looked promising.
Valencia CF began the 2008/09 season with great performance, won 4 out of the first 5 matches and easily reached the top of the La Liga table. Unfortunately for Valencia, in the rest of the season the club was not as successful as it was in the beginning of the season. Valencia players were not paid for weeks and reports regarding massive debts of the club emerged. Valencia was knocked out of the UEFA Cup and hardly gained only 5 points in La Liga before it was announced that the club has secured a loan to cover the players expenses until the end of that year.
Following the announcing of the loan Valencia won six of the next eight games and finished at the 6th position of the table. Valencia CF News
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