2015–16 Valencia CF season

Valencia
2015–16 season
Owner	Peter Lim
President	Chan Lay Hoon
Head coach	Nuno Espírito Santo; (until 29 November 2015); Voro (caretaker); (starting 30 November 2015 until 5 December); Gary Neville; (starting 6 December 2015 until 30 March 2016); Pako Ayestarán; (from 30 March 2016)
Stadium	Mestalla
La Liga	12th
Copa del Rey	Semi-finals
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Europa League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Paco Alcácer (13); All: Paco Alcácer (15)

The 2015–16 season is Valencia Club de Fútbol's 96th in the club's history and their 81st in La Liga. The club qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the first time since 2012–13. They began in the play-off round, where a win over Monaco saw them qualify for the group stages, where they competed in Group H, finishing third and dropping into the round of 32 of the UEFA Europa League. Valencia also competed in the Copa del Rey, entering at the round of 32 and being eliminated by Barcelona 8–1 on aggregate in the semi-finals.

Players

As of 20 August 2015[1]

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	BRA	Diego Alves (3rd captain)
2	DF	POR	João Cancelo
3	DF	POR	Rúben Vezo
4	DF	BRA	Aderlan Santos
5	DF	GER	Shkodran Mustafi
6	DF	BRA	Guilherme Siqueira (on loan from Atlético Madrid)
7	FW	ESP	Álvaro Negredo (vice-captain)
8	MF	ALG	Sofiane Feghouli
9	FW	ESP	Paco Alcácer (captain)
10	MF	ESP	Dani Parejo
11	MF	ARG	Pablo Piatti
12	MF	BRA	Danilo (on loan from Braga)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	GK	ESP	Jaume Domènech
14	DF	ESP	José Luis Gayà
15	MF	ARG	Enzo Pérez
16	MF	BEL	Zakaria Bakkali
17	FW	ESP	Rodrigo
18	MF	ESP	Javi Fuego (4th captain)
19	DF	ESP	Antonio Barragán
21	MF	POR	André Gomes
22	FW	ESP	Santi Mina
23	DF	TUN	Aymen Abdennour
24	MF	RUS	Denis Cheryshev (on loan from Real Madrid)
25	GK	AUS	Mathew Ryan

From the Youth Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
28	FW	ESP	Rafa Mir [2]
29	MF	FRA	Wilfried Zahibo
30	MF	ESP	Fran Villalba [3]
31	DF	MLI	Ibrahim Diallo [3]

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
—	GK	ESP	Yoel (at Rayo Vallecano until 30 June 2016)
—	DF	ESP	Salva Ruiz (at Granada until 30 June 2016)
—	DF	ARG	Lucas Orbán (at Levante until 30 June 2016)
—	MF	ESP	Nando García (at Córdoba until 30 June 2016)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ESP	Robert (at Granada until 30 June 2016)
—	MF	ARG	Rodrigo De Paul (at Racing Club until 30 June 2016)
—	MF	ARG	Fede Cartabia (at Deportivo La Coruña until 30 June 2016)
—	FW	BRA	Vinícius Araújo (at Cruzeiro until 30 June 2016)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
7	ST	Álvaro Negredo	29	EU	Manchester City	Transfer	Summer	2020	€27,000,000	Valencia
2	RB	João Cancelo	21	EU	Benfica	Transfer	Summer	2021	€15,000,000	Valencia
21	MF	André Gomes	21	EU	Benfica	Transfer	Summer	2020	€15,000,000	Valencia
	FW	Rodrigo	24	EU	Benfica	Transfer	Summer	2019	€30,000,000	Valencia
	GK	Mathew Ryan	23	Non-EU	Club Brugge	Transfer	Summer	2021	€7,000,000
	FW	Santi Mina	19	EU	Celta Vigo	Transfer	Summer	2021	€10,000,000	Valencia
	AM	Zakaria Bakkali	19	EU	PSV	Transfer	Summer	2020	Free	Valencia
	DM	Danilo	19	Non-EU	Braga	Loan	Summer	2016		Valencia
	DF	Aderlan Santos	26	Non-EU	Braga	Transfer	Summer	2020	€9,000,000
	DF	Aymen Abdennour	26	Non-EU	Monaco	Transfer	Summer	2020	€22,000,000

Total spending: €128,000,000

Out

Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
ST	Vinícius Araújo	22	Non-EU	Cruzeiro	Loan	Summer	2016	N/A	Valencia
DM	Filipe Augusto	21	Non-EU	Rio Ave	Loan Return	Summer	2016	N/A	Valencia
CB	Víctor Ruiz	26	EU	Villarreal	Transfer	Summer		€2,700,000	Villareal
RW	Robert	22	EU	Granada	Loan	Summer	2016	N/A	Marca
LB	Salva Ruiz	20	EU	Granada	Loan	Summer	2016	N/A	Marca
LW	Fede Cartabia	22	Non-EU	Deportivo La Coruña	Loan	Summer	2016	N/A	Inside Spanish Football
CB	Nicolás Otamendi	27	Non-EU	Manchester City	Transfer	Summer		€45,000,000	BBC Sport

Total income: €47,700,000

Total expenditure: €80,300,000

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
La Liga	Matchday 1		22 August 2015
Copa del Rey	Round of 32		2 December 2015
UEFA Champions League	Group stage	3rd	16 September 2015	9 December 2015

Updated to match played August 2015
Source: Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
La Liga	38	11	11	16	46	48	−2	028.95
Champions League	8	3	0	5	9	12	−3	037.50
Europa League	4	3	0	1	12	2	+10	075.00
Copa del Rey	8	5	2	1	15	10	+5	062.50
Total	58	22	13	23	82	72	+10	037.93

Last updated: 13 May 2016

Source: Competitions

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Real Betis	38	11	12	15	34	52	−18	45
11	Las Palmas	38	12	8	18	45	53	−8	44[lower-alpha 1]
12	Valencia	38	11	11	16	46	48	−2	44[lower-alpha 1]
13	Espanyol	38	12	7	19	40	74	−34	43[lower-alpha 2]
14	Eibar	38	11	10	17	49	61	−12	43[lower-alpha 2]

Source: La Liga, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points; 7) Play-off.
Notes:

Las Palmas ahead of Valencia on head-to-head record; Valencia–Las Palmas 1–1, Las Palmas–Valencia 2–1.
Espanyol ahead of Eibar on head-to-head goal difference; Eibar–Espanyol 2–1, Espanyol–Eibar 4–2.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	11	11	16	48	50	−2	44	6	7	6	25	23	+2	5	4	10	23	27	−4

Last updated: 13 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	D	D	D	L	D	L	D	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	D	L	L	L
Position	15	10	8	7	10	8	9	8	9	7	7	8	9	8	8	9	10	10	11	11	11	12	13	12	11	11	9	11	12	14	15	14	12	8	8	9	11	12

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2016. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

22 August 2015 1	Rayo Vallecano	0–0	Valencia	Madrid
22:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tito 42' Manucho 49' Nacho 74'	Report	Mustafi 56'	Stadium: Campo de Vallecas Attendance: 9,442 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Navarre)

30 August 2015 2	Valencia	1–1	Deportivo La Coruña	Valencia
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Danilo 45' Negredo 45' Barragán 72' 84' De Paul 86'	Report	Lucas 39' Lux 78'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 40,734 Referee: José González González

12 September 2015 3	Sporting Gijón	0–1	Valencia	Gijón
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mascarell 45' P. Pérez 77'	Report	Parejo 30' E. Pérez 41' Fuego 81' Alcácer 90+1'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 23,206 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

19 September 2015 4	Valencia	0–0	Real Betis	Valencia
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Orbán 46' Mustafi 49' De Paul 78' Fuego 86'	Report	Ceballos 21' 48' Vargas 30' Adán 90+3'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 40,560 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

22 September 2015 5	Espanyol	1–0	Valencia	Cornellà de Llobregat
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Álvarez 18' Álvaro 23' Sánchez 26' H. Pérez 41' R. Duarte 53' Cañas 86'	Report	Rodrigo 38' Mina 39' Bakkali 50' Gayà 60' Danilo 70' Piatti 86' E. Pérez 86'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 18,231 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

25 September 2015 6	Valencia	1–0	Granada	Valencia
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mustafi 26', 34' Pérez 30' Orbán 71'	report	Dória 31' Lopes 38' Uche 72'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 37,158 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

4 October 2015 7	Athletic Bilbao	3–1	Valencia	Bilbao
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Laporte 34' Susaeta 60' Aduriz 69'	Report	Parejo 20', 33' Feghouli 58' Cancelo 58' Orbán 67'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 41,508 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández (Catalonia)

18 October 2015 8	Valencia	3–0	Málaga	Valencia
22:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Charles 19' (o.g.) Gomes 33' Fuego 62' Mina 64' Parejo 86', 89' (pen.)	Report	Angeleri 23' Rosales 60' Albentosa 88'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 35,819 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Las Palmas)

25 October 2015 9	Atlético Madrid	2–1	Valencia	Madrid
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Martínez 32' Carrasco 40', 52' Juanfran 80' Correa 87' Gabi 90+3'	Report	Mustafi 15' Parejo 53' Pérez 64' Alcácer 72' (pen.) Gomes 84'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 47,075 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

1 November 2015 10	Valencia	3–0	Levante	Valencia
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)	Pérez 28' Alcácer 64' (pen.) Gomes 66' Feghouli 72' Bakkali 80'	Report	García 36' Rubén 62'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 39,147 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

8 November 2015 11	Celta Vigo	1–5	Valencia	Vigo
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Fernández 24', 73'	Report	Alcácer 13', 46' Fuego 27' Gayà 37' Parejo 45', 65' Mustafi 50', 79'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 22,131 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

22 November 2015 12	Valencia	1–1	Las Palmas	Valencia
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Alcácer 8' Mustafi 26' Cancelo 56' Pérez 65'	Report	Viera 57' Momo 16' El Zhar 81' David Simón 89'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 32125 Referee: Pedro Pérez Montero

29 November 2015 13	Sevilla	1–0	Valencia	Seville
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rami 17' Escudero 50' Mariano 71' Vitolo 84'	Report	Cancelo 10' 35' Gayà 13' Abdennour 20' Fuego 57' 78'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 34,914 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Community of Madrid)

5 December 2015 14	Valencia	1–1	Barcelona	Valencia
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Parejo 70' Danilo 77' Mina 86' Gayà 87'	Report	Mascherano 16' Suárez 59'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 46,799 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre (Aragon)

13 December 2015 15	Eibar	1–1	Valencia	Eibar
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mauro 15' Enrich 45' Capa 69' Juncà 71' García 74' Ramis 90+2'	Report	De Paul 31' Orbán 47' 63' Mustafi 65' Fuego 84' Gomes 85'	Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 5,182 Referee: José González González

19 December 2015 16	Valencia	2–2	Getafe	Valencia
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Danilo 9' Alcácer 15' Mina 35' Barragán 81'	Report	Sarabia 10' Lago 14' Lafita 22', 90+3' Alexis 45+1' Pedro León 77' Suárez 79' J. Rodríguez 85'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 31,598 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

31 December 2015 17	Villarreal	1–0	Valencia	Villarreal
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bruno 64' Soldado 68'	Report	Gomes 16' Barragán 45' Villalba 90+2'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 18,526 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

3 January 2016 18	Valencia	2–2	Real Madrid	Valencia
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Parejo 45+1' (pen.) Barragán 57' Alcácer 83'	Report	Benzema 16' Pepe 45' Kovačić 68' Bale 82'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 47,185 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

10 January 2016 19	Real Sociedad	2–0	Valencia	San Sebastián
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jonathas 32', 79', 82' Pardo 63' Héctor 90+3'	Report	Abdennour 14' Cancelo 27' Pérez 56' Fuego 65'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 24,217 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

17 January 2016 20	Valencia	2–2	Rayo Vallecano	Valencia
12:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Negredo 55' Alcácer 86', 88'	Report	Jozabed 15' Llorente 19', 69' Quini 78' Bangoura 81'	Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

23 January 2016 21	Deportivo La Coruña	1–1	Valencia	A Coruña
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lucas 27' Juanfran 60' Lux 64' Arribas 81'	Report	Gomes 47' Mustafi 78' Vezo 79' Negredo 90+3'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 23,782 Referee: Mario Melero López

31 January 2016 22	Valencia	0–1	Sporting Gijón	Valencia
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Sanabria 50' (pen.) Hernández 59' Vranješ 70'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 35,277 Referee: José González González

7 February 2016 23	Real Betis	1–0	Valencia	Seville
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pezzella 11' Castro 49' Ceballos 70' Adán 74' Montoya 78'	Report	Mustafi 22' Gomes 27' Cheryshev 29' Parejo 35' Zahibo 58' Gayà 62' 85'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 40,228 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

14 February 2016 24	Valencia	2–1	Espanyol	Valencia
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pérez 33' Negredo 71' Cheryshev 76'	Report	Álvaro 13' Diop 43' Ó. Duarte 52' Abraham 58'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 34,689 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

21 February 2016 25	Granada	1–2	Valencia	Granada
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pérez 52' Success 86' Édgar 90+3'	Report	Parejo 22', 55' Cancelo 84' Alves 86' Mina 90'	Stadium: Los Cármenes Attendance: 14,197 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

28 February 2016 26	Valencia	0–3	Athletic Bilbao	Valencia
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gomes 43' Cancelo 54'	Report	Merino 73' Muniain 77' Aduriz 80'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 36,654 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Extremadura)

2 March 2016 27	Málaga	1–2	Valencia	Málaga
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Čop 14' Juanpi 32' Albentosa 62' Torres 63' Duda 64' Recio 66' Charles 77'	Report	Mustafi 19' Gayà 30' Cheryshev 35', 49' Kameni 41' (o.g.) Feghouli 63' Piatti 90+2'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 20,556 Referee: José González González

6 March 2016 28	Valencia	1–3	Atlético Madrid	Valencia
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cheryshev 28' Santos 57' 80' Feghouli 78'	Report	Griezmann 24' Vietto 64' Torres 72' Carrasco 85'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 40,857 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

13 March 2016 29	Levante	1–0	Valencia	Valencia
12:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Simão Mate 61' Rossi 65' López 90+2'	Report	Parejo 14' Abdennour 49' Fuego 77' Mustafi 84'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 18,191 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

20 March 2016 30	Valencia	0–2	Celta Vigo	Valencia
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)	Alcácer 74'	Report	Guidetti 80' Mallo 84'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 32.909 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

3 April 2016 31	Las Palmas	2–1	Valencia	Las Palmas
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Willian José 33' Mesa 36' Viera 50' (pen.) Mustafi 63' (o.g.)	Report	Rodrigo 3' Barragán 33' Piatti 37' Fuego 45' Mustafi 68'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 26,950 Referee: Pedro Pérez Montero

10 April 2016 32	Valencia	2–1	Sevilla	Valencia
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mustafi 32' Parejo 41' Pérez 88' Negredo 90+1'	Report	Llorente 56' Gameiro 86'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 41,569 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

17 April 2016 33	Barcelona	1–2	Valencia	Barcelona
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Piqué 35' Suárez 40' Messi 63' Neymar 86'	permanent dead link] Report	Barragán 15' Rakitić 26' (o.g.) Mina 45+1' Parejo 51' Gomes 68'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 88,667 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

20 April 2016 34	Valencia	4–0	Eibar	Valencia
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Alcácer 10', 28', 40' Cancelo 56' Abdennour 88'	Report	García 9' Escalante 60'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 34,312 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

24 April 2016 35	Getafe	2–2	Valencia	Getafe
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sarabia 26' Gómez 38' Medrán 59' Šćepović 68' Lacen 70' Suárez 86'	Report	Gomes 39' Parejo 48' Alcácer 84'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 11,637 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

1 May 2016 36	Valencia	0–2	Villarreal	Valencia
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Fuego 42'	Report	Samu 16' Musacchio 23' Adrián 33' Rodri 43'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 38,283 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

8 May 2016 37	Real Madrid	3–2	Valencia	Madrid
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ronaldo 28', 58' Benzema 42' Casemiro 52'	Report	Pérez 13' Siqueira 39' Gomes 43', 81' Rodrigo 55', 83' Fuego 69'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 68,903 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

15 May 2016 (2016-05-15) 38	Valencia	0–1	Real Sociedad	Valencia
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vezo 34' Gomes 70'	Report	Illarramendi 44' Bautista 55' Oyarzabal 90+4'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 27,777 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

2 December 2015 First leg	Barakaldo	1–3	Valencia	Barakaldo
21:00	Arroyo 16', 70' Cerrajería 30' Aguiar 38' Valens 89'	Report	Mir 13' Cancelo 19', 32' Diallo 36' Bakkali 43' Gayà 65' Parejo 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Lasesarre Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

16 December 2015 Second leg	Valencia	2–0 (5–1 agg.)	Barakaldo	Valencia
21:00	Mina 8' Negredo 31' De Paul 89'	Report	Pomares 18' Cusi 67'	Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Mario Melero López

Round of 16

6 January 2016	Valencia	4–0	Granada	Valencia
16:00	Negredo 8', 63' (pen.), 83' (pen.) Pérez 26' Rodrigo 35' Orbán 45+1'	Report	Biraghi 44' Dória 48' Édgar 75' Márquez 79'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 19,571 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

14 January 2016	Granada	0–3 (0–7 agg.)	Valencia	Granada
20:00	Uche 55' Babin 76'	Report	Orbán 31' Zahibo 42' Alcácer 63' Piatti 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Los Cármenes Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

Quarter-finals

21 January 2016	Valencia	1–1	Las Palmas	Valencia
20:00	Danilo 17' Zahibo 37' Alcácer 61' Gayà 69'	Report	Zahibo 38' (o.g.) Araujo 40' Wakaso 77' Culio 87' Nauzet 89'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 15,400 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

28 January 2016	Las Palmas	0–1 (1–2 agg.)	Valencia	Las Palmas
21:00	Viera 40' Mesa 44' Culio 45+1' Aythami 53'	Report	Rodrigo 20', 87' Piatti 34' Barragán 39' Gomes 71' Mustafi 89'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 18,206 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

Semi-finals

3 February 2016	Barcelona	7–0	Valencia	Barcelona
21:00	Suárez 7', 12', 83', 88' Iniesta 14' Piqué 24' Messi 29', 59', 74' Turan 84'	Report	Mustafi 45+2' Feghouli 65' Cheryshev 79'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 60,635 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

10 February 2016	Valencia	1–1 (1–8 agg.)	Barcelona	Valencia
20:00	Diallo 35' Negredo 39' Santos 41' Gayà 63' Salvador 88'	Report	Munir 54' Samper 73' Kaptoum 84'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 16,296 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

UEFA Champions League

Play-off round

19 August 2015 First leg	Valencia	3–1	Monaco	Valencia, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rodrigo 4' Parejo 59', 88' Mustafi 78' Feghouli 86', 90+4'	Report	Silva 2' Pašalić 49', 58' Dirar 66' Raggi 90+3'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 45,633 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

25 August 2015 Second leg	Monaco	2–1 (3–4 agg.)	Valencia	Monaco
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Raggi 17' Pašalić 38' Toulalan 56' Echiéjilé 72', 75'	Report	Negredo 4' Vezo 52' Pérez 73' Piatti 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 13,165 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ZEN	GNT	VAL	LYO
1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	5	0	1	13	6	+7	15	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–1	2–0	3–1
2	Gent	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10	Advance to knockout phase	2–1	—	1–0	1–1
3	Valencia	6	2	0	4	5	9	−4	6	Transfer to Europa League	2–3	2–1	—	0–2
4	Lyon	6	1	1	4	5	9	−4	4		0–2	1–2	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

16 September 2015 1	Valencia	2–3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Valencia, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Alcácer 52' Cancelo 55' Gomes 73', 90+6' Mustafi 90+4'	Report	Hulk 9', 44', 90+6' Smolnikov 16' Witsel 61', 76'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 28,005 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

29 September 2015 2	Lyon	0–1	Valencia	Lyon, France
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gonalons 61' Kalulu 67' Ferri 90+2'	Report	Feghouli 42' Fuego 52' Pérez 63' Domènech 90+1'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 33,534 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

20 October 2015 3	Valencia	2–1	Gent	Valencia, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Feghouli 15' Parejo 18' Mina 46' Cancelo 55' Mitrović 72' (o.g.) Gayà 90'	Report	Asare 22' Foket 40', 70' Sayef 66' Simon 86'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 38,207 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

4 November 2015 4	Gent	1–0	Valencia	Ghent, Belgium
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kums 49' (pen.) Raman 73'	Report	Feghouli 30' Mustafi 62' Gomes 72' Pérez 85'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 19,452 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

24 November 2015 5	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–0	Valencia	Saint Petersburg, Russia
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Shatov 15' Criscito 17' Yusupov 71' Dzyuba 74' Witsel 78'	Report	Mir 45' Vezo 80'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,002 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

9 December 2015 6	Valencia	0–2	Lyon	Valencia, Spain
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Abdennour 24' Mustafi 38' Mina 44'	Report	Cornet 37' Tolisso 68' Lacazette 76'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 32,494 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

UEFA Europa League

Knockout phase

Round of 32

18 February 2016 (2016-02-18)	Valencia	6–0	Rapid Wien	Valencia, Spain
21:05	Mina 4', 25' Parejo 10' Negredo 29' Gomes 35' Cancelo 70' Rodrigo 89'	Report	Schwab 57' Grahovac 65' Petsos 76'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 28,831 Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)

25 February 2016 (2016-02-25)	Rapid Wien	0–4 (0–10 agg.)	Valencia	Vienna, Austria
21:05	Pavelić 37' Hofmann 56'	Report	Rodrigo 59' Feghouli 64' Piatti 72' Vezo 88'	Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion Attendance: 39,800 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

Round of 16

10 March 2016 First leg	Athletic Bilbao	1–0	Valencia	Bilbao, Spain
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	R. García 20'	Report	Fuego 63' Danilo 66' Mustafi 71'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 35,765 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

17 March 2016 (2016-03-17)	Valencia	2–1 (2–2 (a) agg.)	Athletic Bilbao	Valencia, Spain
19:00	Mina 13', 40' Santos 37' Fuego 42' Gomes 74' Vezo 83'	Report	Aduriz 76' R. García 45+2' Laporte 77'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 31,681 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 15 May 2016

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey		Champions League		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Diego Alves	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK		Jaume Domènech	24	0	17	0	1	0	6	0	0	0
25	GK		Mathew Ryan	21	0	8	0	7	0	2	0	4	0
Defenders
2	DF		João Cancelo	39	3	25+3	1	3+1	1	5+1	1	1	0
3	DF		Rúben Vezo	27	1	10+5	0	5+1	0	3	0	3	1
4	DF		Aderlan Santos	28	1	17	0	6	0	2+1	0	2	1
5	DF		Shkodran Mustafi	44	2	30	2	4	0	7	0	3	0
6	DF		Guilherme Siqueira	15	0	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF		José Luis Gayà	36	1	15+5	0	4+1	1	7	0	4	0
19	DF		Antonio Barragán	35	0	19+5	0	5	0	3	0	2+1	0
23	DF		Aymen Abdennour	29	0	22	0	2	0	4	0	1	0
31	DF		Ibrahim Diallo	4	0	0	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0
36	DF		Toni Lato	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Midfielders
8	MF		Sofiane Feghouli	33	5	13+8	1	0+2	0	7	3	1+2	1
10	MF		Dani Parejo	50	11	30+3	8	6	1	8	1	2+1	1
11	MF		Pablo Piatti	37	2	9+12	0	5+1	1	2+5	0	3	1
12	MF		Danilo	34	0	16+3	0	5+1	0	1+4	0	4	0
15	MF		Enzo Pérez	30	0	16+4	0	2+1	0	7	0	0	0
16	MF		Zakaria Bakkali	19	1	4+12	1	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Rodrigo	38	7	15+10	2	4	2	2+3	1	3+1	2
18	MF		Javi Fuego	38	0	23+3	0	1	0	5+2	0	3+1	0
21	MF		André Gomes	41	5	27+3	3	3+1	0	2+2	1	2+1	1
24	MF		Denis Cheryshev	8	3	6+1	3	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF		Tropi	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
29	MF		Wilfried Zahibo	7	1	2	0	4+1	1	0	0	0	0
30	MF		Fran Villalba	4	0	0+1	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF		Sito	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW		Álvaro Negredo	40	12	12+13	5	5+1	5	3+2	1	4	1
9	FW		Paco Alcácer	46	15	25+9	13	1+2	2	5+2	0	0+2	0
22	FW		Santi Mina	36	8	18+8	4	4	1	3+1	0	2	3
37	FW		Rafa Mir	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0+1	0
45	FW		Iban Salvador	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have been loaned out or transferred
6	DF		Lucas Orbán	12	0	6+1	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
20	MF		Rodrigo De Paul	6	0	0	0	0+3	0	2+1	0	0	0

References

"Primer equipo" [First team] (in Spanish). Valencia CF. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
El meteórico salto de Rafa Mir, Levante-EMV, 21 November 2015
(in Spanish)Fran Villalba e Ibrahim Diallo pasan de niños a mayores, Superdeporte, 4 August 2015

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[table_hth_VAL0.96685246236941-4] Las Palmas ahead of Valencia on head-to-head record; Valencia–Las Palmas 1–1, Las Palmas–Valencia 2–1.

[table_hth_ESP0.96685246236941-5] Espanyol ahead of Eibar on head-to-head goal difference; Eibar–Espanyol 2–1, Espanyol–Eibar 4–2.

[1] "Primer equipo" [First team] (in Spanish). Valencia CF. Retrieved 31 January 2014.

[2] El meteórico salto de Rafa Mir, Levante-EMV, 21 November 2015

[SD-3] (in Spanish)Fran Villalba e Ibrahim Diallo pasan de niños a mayores, Superdeporte, 4 August 2015