Valencia CF Mestalla

Valencia Club de Fútbol B, also named Mestalla, is the reserve team of Valencia CF, a Spanish football club based in Valencia, in the namesake community. Founded in 1944, and currently plays in Segunda División B – Group 3, holding home games at Ciudad Deportiva de Paterna, with a 4,000-seat capacity.

Valencia Mestalla
Full nameValencia Club de Fútbol, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)Los Che
Els Taronges (The Oranges)
Valencianistes
Los Murciélagos (The Bats)
Mestalleta
Founded1944
Ground Estadio Antonio Puchades, Paterna, Valencia,
Valencian Community, Spain
Capacity2,300
OwnerPeter Lim[1][2]
PresidentAnil Murthy
Head coachÓscar Fernández
League2ªB – Group 3
2018–192ªB – Group 3, 13th

Unlike in England, reserve teams in Spain play in the same football pyramid as their senior team rather than a separate league. However, reserve teams cannot play in the same division as their senior team. Therefore, the team is ineligible for promotion to La Liga, the division in which the main side plays. Reserve teams are also no longer permitted to enter the Copa del Rey.

The team is officially known as Valencia CF Mestalla on the club's official promotion and website, but Professional Football League rules prohibit B teams from having different names than their parent team.

History

Founded in 1944 as Club Deportivo Mestalla, an independent club, Valencia B managed to play in more than 20 second division seasons from 1947 to 1973. In the 1951–52 campaign, the team finished in a best-ever second position in the league, but was ineligible for La Liga promotion as the first team was also playing in that category.

In the following decades, Valencia B – who merged with the Che organization in 1991 – played mainly in the fourth level, but also appeared 16 times in the third, eight of those consecutive (1992–2000), with three appearances in the promotion playoffs.

Season to season
  • As CD Mestalla
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1944/45 — Regional —
1945/46 — Regional —
1946/47 3 3ª 2nd
1947/48 2 2ª 8th
1948/49 2 2ª 12th
1949/50 2 2ª 6th
1950/51 2 2ª 8th
1951/52 2 2ª 2nd
1952/53 2 2ª 6th
1953/54 2 2ª 15th
1954/55 3 3ª 2nd
1955/56 2 2ª 6th
1956/57 2 2ª 17th
1957/58 3 3ª 1st
1958/59 3 3ª 2nd
1959/60 2 2ª 11th
1960/61 2 2ª 10th
1961/62 2 2ª 12th
1962/63 2 2ª 9th
1963/64 2 2ª 4th
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1964/65 2 2ª 8th
1965/66 2 2ª 6th
1966/67 2 2ª 9th
1967/68 2 2ª 8th
1968/69 2 2ª 17th
1969/70 3 3ª 2nd
1970/71 3 3ª 1st
1971/72 2 2ª 13th
1972/73 2 2ª 20th
1973/74 3 3ª 2nd
1974/75 3 3ª 5th
1975/76 3 3ª 18th
1976/77 4 Reg. Pref. 3rd
1977/78 4 3ª 6th
1978/79 4 3ª 10th
1979/80 4 3ª 5th
1980/81 4 3ª 8th
1981/82 4 3ª 3rd
1982/83 4 3ª 1st
1983/84 4 3ª 3rd
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1984/85 4 3ª 1st
1985/86 4 3ª 5th
1986/87 4 3ª 5th
1987/88 3 2ªB 16th
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1988/89 4 3ª 3rd
1989/90 4 3ª 2nd
1990/91 4 3ª 4th
Season Tier Division Place
1991/92 4 3ª 1st
1992/93 3 2ªB 12th
1993/94 3 2ªB 13th
1994/95 3 2ªB 3rd
1995/96 3 2ªB 4th
1996/97 3 2ªB 14th
1997/98 3 2ªB 14th
1998/99 3 2ªB 10th
1999/00 3 2ªB 17th
2000/01 4 3ª 2nd
2001/02 3 2ªB 2nd
2002/03 3 2ªB 6th
2003/04 3 2ªB 17th
2004/05 4 3ª 1st
2005/06 4 3ª 2nd
2006/07 3 2ªB 16th
2007/08 4 3ª 2nd
2008/09 3 2ªB 12th
2009/10 3 2ªB 18th
2010/11 4 3ª 1st
Season Tier Division Place
2011/12 3 2ªB 13th
2012/13 3 2ªB 16th
2013/14 3 2ªB 16th
2014/15 3 2ªB 14th
2015/16 3 2ªB 8th
2016/17 3 2ªB 3rd
2017/18 3 2ªB 11th
2018/19 3 2ªB 13th
2019/20 3 2ªB

Players

Current squad
As of 12 December 2019[3]

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 Cristian Rivero
2 DF  ESP Javier Jiménez
3 DF  ESP Adrià Guerrero (Vice-captain)
4 DF  ESP Guillem Molina
5 MF  ESP Hugo Guillamón
6 MF  ESP Adri Gómez
7 FW  ESP Jordi Escobar
8 MF  ESP Carlos Pérez
9 MF  ESP Jordi Sánchez (on loan from Numancia)
10 MF  ESP Vicente Esquerdo
11 MF  ESP Antonio García
12 DF  ESP Marc Ferris (Captain)
13 GK  ESP Emilio Bernad
14 DF  ESP Fran Cortijo
15 DF  ESP David Castro
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  ESP Pascu
18 FW  ESP Pablo Jiménez
19 MF  FRA Koba Lein
20 FW  ESP Sergio Moreno (on loan from Rayo Vallecano)
21 MF  ESP Carlos González
22 MF  ESP Alfred Planas (on loan from Alcorcón)
23 MF  ENG Yunus Musah
24 FW  FRA Noha Ndombasi
25 GK  ARG Joaquín Blázquez (on loan from Talleres)
26 DF  ESP José Menargues
27 DF  ESP Jesús Vázquez
28 MF  ESP Pedro Alemañ
29 MF  ESP Hugo González
30 MF  ESP Nacho Muñoz

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
— FW  ESP Fran Navarro (at Lokeren until 30 June 2020)
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References
  1. Goal.com (17 May 2014). "Peter Lim new owner of Valencia".
  2. "Singapore businessman Peter Lim buys Valencia". Today. 17 May 2014.
  3. https://www.valenciacf.com/en/sports/en-valencia-cf-mestalla-01/team?team=players
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