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Valencia Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. |
- Valencia Club de Fútbol (Spanish: [baˈlenθja ˈkluβ ðe ˈfuðβol], Valencian: València Club de Futbol [vaˈlensia ˈklub de fubˈbɔl]),commonly referred to as Valencia CF (or simply Valencia) is a professional football club based in Valencia, Spain, that currently plays in La Liga, the top flight of the Spanish league system.
- Valencia were founded in 1919 and have played their home games at the 55,000-seater Mestalla since 1923.
- Valencia has won six Spanish League titles, eight Copa del Rey titles, one Supercopa de España, and one Copa Eva Duarte.
- In European competitions, they have won two Inter-Cities Fairs Cups, one UEFA Cup, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, two UEFA Super Cups, and one UEFA Intertoto Cup.
- They also reached two UEFA Champions League finals in a row (2000 and 2001).
- Valencia were also members of the G-14 group of leading European football clubs and since its end has been part of the original members of the European Club Association.
- In total, Valencia have reached seven major European finals, winning four of them.
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