Valencia CF Mestalla

Valencia Mestalla

Full name	Valencia Club de Fútbol Mestalla
Nickname(s)	Los Che Els Taronges (The Oranges) Valencianistes Los Murciélagos (The Bats) Mestalleta
Founded	1944
Ground	Ciudad Deportiva de Paterna, Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain
Capacity	2,300
Owner	Peter Lim
President	Layhoon Chan
Head coach	Miguel Ángel Angulo
League	Segunda Federación – Group 3
2023–24	Segunda Federación – Group 3, 11th of 18
Home colours Away colours

Valencia Club de Fútbol Mestalla, shortened to Valencia 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 Federación – Group 3, holding home games at Ciudad Deportiva de Paterna, with a 4,000-seat capacity.

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.

History

1958 Team, leader of the IX Group in 1957–58 Tercera División.

Founded in 1944 as Club Deportivo Mestalla, the club spent 21 seasons in the Segunda División in the period between 1947 and 1973, including a best ever finish of second place in the southern section in 1951–52; they went on to finish top of the promotion play-off group, but were ineligible for promotion to La Liga as the reserve team of Valencia CF, who were already playing in that division.

In 1972–73, the club finished bottom of the Segunda División and was relegated to the Tercera División; three years later, they were relegated again to the Valencian Regional Preferente, the top division of regional football in Spain. However, their stay was short-lived as a reorganisation of the Spanish league saw them reinstated to the Tercera División, now the fourth tier of the national football pyramid. They were briefly promoted back to the Segunda División B for the 1987–88 season, but were relegated again after finishing just one point from safety. In 1991, after three more seasons in the Tercera División, they merged fully with Valencia CF, officially becoming the club's B team.

In their first season as Valencia B, they finished top of their Tercera División and were promoted back to the Segunda División B. Since then, they have played all but five seasons in the Segunda División B, reaching a peak of second place in their group in 2001–02.

Season-by-season

• As CD Mestalla

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1944–45 5 2ª Reg. 1st 1945–46 4 1ª Reg. 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 2ª B 16th 1988–89 4 3ª 3rd 1989–90 4 3ª 2nd 1990–91 4 3ª 4th

• Merged with Valencia

Season Tier Division Place 1991–92 4 3ª 1st 1992–93 3 2ª B 12th 1993–94 3 2ª B 13th 1994–95 3 2ª B 3rd 1995–96 3 2ª B 4th 1996–97 3 2ª B 14th 1997–98 3 2ª B 14th 1998–99 3 2ª B 10th 1999–2000 3 2ª B 17th 2000–01 4 3ª 2nd 2001–02 3 2ª B 2nd 2002–03 3 2ª B 6th 2003–04 3 2ª B 17th 2004–05 4 3ª 1st 2005–06 4 3ª 2nd 2006–07 3 2ª B 16th 2007–08 4 3ª 2nd 2008–09 3 2ª B 12th 2009–10 3 2ª B 18th 2010–11 4 3ª 1st

Season Tier Division Place 2011–12 3 2ª B 13th 2012–13 3 2ª B 16th 2013–14 3 2ª B 16th 2014–15 3 2ª B 14th 2015–16 3 2ª B 8th 2016–17 3 2ª B 3rd 2017–18 3 2ª B 11th 2018–19 3 2ª B 13th 2019–20 3 2ª B 16th 2020–21 3 2ª B 10th / 8th 2021–22 5 3ª RFEF 1st 2022–23 4 2ª Fed. 3rd 2023–24 4 2ª Fed. 11th 2024–25 4 2ª Fed.

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• 21 seasons in Segunda División
• 25 seasons in Segunda División B
• 3 seasons in Segunda Federación
• 28 seasons in Tercera División
• 1 season in Tercera División RFEF

Players

Current squad

As of 1 October 2023.

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	BUL	David Vassilev
2	DF	ESP	Carlos Alemán
3	DF	ESP	Diego Moreno
4	DF	ESP	Álex Serradell
5	DF	ESP	Iván Muñoz
6	MF	ESP	Javi Navarro
7	MF	ESP	Hugo González
8	MF	ESP	Pedro Alemañ
9	FW	ESP	Mario Domínguez
10	MF	ESP	Martín Tejón
11	MF	ESP	Marco Camus
12	FW	ENG	Declan Frith

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	GK	ESP	Nil Ruiz
14	MF	GHA	Ali Fadal
15	DF	ESP	Rubén Iranzo (vice-captain)
16	MF	ESP	César Moreno (on loan from Hércules)
17	MF	ESP	Borja Calvo
18	MF	ESP	Pablo Gozálbez (captain)
19	FW	ESP	Joselu Pérez
21	MF	ESP	Ismael Santana
22	FW	ESP	Diego Aznar (on loan from Huesca)
23	DF	ESP	Yarek Gąsiorowski
25	DF	ESP	Simón Luca Pérez

From Youth Academy

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	DF	ESP	Alejandro Panach
26	FW	ESP	David Otorbi
27	DF	ESP	Iker Córdoba
28	FW	NOR	Alexander Gurendal

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
29	MF	ESP	Lucas Núñez
31	MF	ESP	Jaume Durá
32	DF	ESP	Carlos Alós
33	FW	ESP	Pablo López

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
—	DF	ESP	César Tárrega (at Valladolid until 30 June 2024)

External links

• Official website
• Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
• La Futbolteca team profile (in Spanish)
• Fútbol regional team profile (in Spanish)