2008–09 Valencia CF season

March 2023 Valencia 2008–09 Unai Emery Vicente Soriano La Liga 6th Copa del Rey Quarter-finals UEFA Cup Round of 32 David Villa (28) David Villa (31) _valencia0809h _valencia0809h _valencia0809h _socks FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 FFFFFF _valencia0809a _valencia0809a _valencia0809a _socks FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FF7F00 000000 _thinblueborder _valencia0708a _thinblueborder _socks FF7F00 FFFFFF FF7F00 0000FF FF7F00 2007–08 2009–10 During the 2008–09 season, Spanish football club Valencia CF placed 6th in La Liga. The team also reached the quarter-final round of the Copa del Rey. Squad 1 Spain GK César Sánchez 2 Spain DF Curro Torres 3 Netherlands MF Hedwiges Maduro 4 ESP DF Raúl Albiol vice-captain 5 Spain DF Carlos Marchena captain 6 Spain MF David Albelda 7 Spain FW David Villa 8 Spain MF Rubén Baraja 9 Spain FW Fernando Morientes 10 Spain FW Miguel Ángel Angulo 11 Spain DF Asier del Horno 13 Brazil GK Renan Brito 14 Spain MF Vicente 15 Brazil DF Carleto 16 Spain FW Juan Mata 17 Spain MF Joaquín 18 Portugal MF Manuel Fernandes 19 Spain MF Pablo Hernández 20 Spain DF Alexis 21 Spain MF David Silva 22 Brazil MF Edu 23 Portugal DF Miguel 24 Italy DF Emiliano Moretti 25 Portugal MF Hugo Viana 30 Spain FW Míchel 33 Spain GK Vicente Guaita 36 Spain DF Jaume Costa Transfers In #PosPlayerFromFeeDate19 MFESP Pablo Hernández Getafe €1,000,000 05-06-2008 GKFRA Ludovic Butelle Real Valladolid Loan return 01-07-200811 DFESP Asier del Horno Athletic Bilbao Loan return 01-07-200818 MFPOR Manuel Fernandes Everton Loan return 01-07-2008 DFESP David Navarro Mallorca Loan return 01-07-2008 MFURU Mario Regueiro Real Murcia Loan return 01-07-20082 DFESP Curro Torres Real Murcia Loan return 01-07-200825 MFPOR Hugo Viana Osasuna Loan return 01-07-200813 GKBRA Renan Brito Internacional €4,000,000 27-08-2008 MFURU Ignacio María González Danubio Undisclosed 01-09-200815 DFBRA Carleto Santos €2,000,000 26-11-20081 GKESP César Sánchez Tottenham Hotspur Free 20-01-2009 Out #PosPlayerToFeeDate1 GKESP Santiago Cañizares Unattatched Released 19 May 2008 DFPOR Marco Caneira Sporting CP €1,500,000 25 June 2008 GKESP Juan Mora Levante Free 1 July 2008 MFESP Jordi Alba (from Valencia B) Gimnàstic Tarragona Undisclosed 24 July 2008 MFESP Sisi Recreativo Huelva Undisclosed 1 August 2008 FWESP Javier Arizmendi Real Zaragoza €3,500,000 12 August 20081 GKGER Timo Hildebrand 1899 Hoffenheim Free 10 December 2008 Loaned out #PosPlayerToStartEnd MFESP Ángel Montoro (from Valencia B) Real Murcia 17 June 2008 DFESP Lillo (from Valencia B) Real Murcia 17 June 2008 MFESP Sunny Osasuna 27-06-2008 1 July 2009 DFESP David Navarro Mallorca 20 July 2008 01-07-2009 FWVenezuela Miku (from Valencia B) Salamanca 26 August 2008 DFESP Carlos Bellvís (from Valencia) Numancia 28 August 2008 MFARG Éver Banega Atlético Madrid 28-08-2008 1 July 2009 GKFRA Ludovic Butelle Lille 01-09-2008 1 July 2009 MFURU Nacho González Newcastle United 1 September 2008 1 July 2009 MFESP Aarón Rangers 13 August 2008 01-07-201012 FWSerbia Nikola Žigić Racing Santander 26 December 2008 Statistics Appearances and goals Last updated on 24 Jan 2009. La Liga UEFA Cup Copa del Rey 1 César Sánchez GK ESP 18+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 2 Curro Torres DF ESP 0+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 3 Hedwiges Maduro MF NED 18+4 1 5+1 0 3+1 0 4 Raúl Albiol DF ESP 33+1 2 5+1 0 1+1 0 5 Carlos Marchena DF ESP 24+2 1 7+0 0 3+0 0 6 David Albelda MF ESP 26+4 0 4+1 0 2+0 0 7 David Villa FW ESP 33+0 29 1+4 1 2+2 1 8 Rubén Baraja MF ESP 22+6 3 1+3 1 2+0 1 9 Fernando Morientes FW ESP 7+13 1 7+0 3 3+1 2 10 Miguel Ángel Angulo FW ESP 5+6 0 2+0 0 2+0 1 11 Asier del Horno DF ESP 6+3 0 8+0 2 3+0 0 12 Nikola Žigić FW Serbia 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+1 2 13 Renan Brito GK BRA 19+0 0 3+0 0 2+0 0 14 Vicente MF ESP 6+21 6 3+2 0 4+0 3 15 Iván Helguera DF ESP 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 15 Carleto DF BRA 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 16 Juan Mata FW ESP 35+2 10 3+3 1 0+1 1 17 Joaquín MF ESP 26+5 4 1+3 1 1+1 1 18 Manuel Fernandes MF POR 20+7 2 5+3 0 1+1 0 19 Pablo Hernández MF ESP 13+8 3 6+0 1 3+0 1 20 Alexis DF ESP 24+0 1 2+0 0 0+0 0 21 David Silva MF ESP 17+2 4 2+1 1 1+1 0 22 Edu MF BRA 9+12 1 3+0 0 2+1 0 23 Miguel DF POR 26+1 0 3+1 0 2+0 0 24 Emiliano Moretti DF ITA 25+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 25 Hugo Viana MF POR 0+0 0 4+0 0 1+0 0 26 David Lombán (from B team) DF ESP 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 27 Carles Martínez (from B team) MF ESP 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 28 Daniel Olcina (from B team) FW ESP 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 29 Arturo (from B team) DF ESP 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 30 Míchel (from B team) FW ESP 4+9 0 0+0 0 1+1 1 31 Ximo Navarro (from B team) MF ESP 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 32 Tímor (from B team) MF ESP 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 33 Vicente Guaita (from B team) GK ESP 1+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 34 Sergio Garabato (from B team) GK ESP 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 35 Salva (from B team) GK ESP 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 36 Jaume (from B team) DF ESP 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 37 Alexis Villar (from B team) DF ESP 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 38 Castells (from B team) DF ESP 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 39 Morgado (from B team) FW ESP 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 40 Ximo (from B team) MF ESP 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 |} Goal scorers PositionNationNumberNameLa LigaUEFA CupCopa del ReyTotal1ESP7David Villa2911312ESP16Juan Mata1011123ESP14Vicente60394ESP9Joaquín4116=ESP9Fernando Morientes13266ESP21David Silva4105=ESP8Rubén Baraja3115=ESP19Pablo Hernández31159ESP4Raúl Albiol2002=POR18Manuel Fernandes2002=ESP11Asier del Horno0202=SRB12Nikola Žigić002213NED3Hedwiges Maduro1001=ESP5Carlos Marchena1001=ESP20Alexis1001=BRA15Edu1001=ESP10Miguel Ángel Angulo0011=ESP30Míchel0011///TOTALS38111463 Competitions Overall La Liga 6th 30 August 2008 31 May 2009 y UEFA Cup First round Round of 32 18 September 2008 26 February 2009 Copa del Rey Round of 32 Quarter-finals 29 October 2008 28 January 2009 24 Jan La Liga 2008–09 La Liga League table VCF Results by round table br Round Ground 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/A Result W/D/W/W/W/W/W/D/L/W/L/D/W/L/W/L/W/D/L/L/W/L/D/D/L/L/D/W/W/W/W/W/D/L/W/L/L/W Position 2/2/1/1/1/1/1/1/4/3/3/4/3/3/2/4/2/4/4/4/4/4/4/5/6/8/8/6/5/4/4/4/4/4/4/5/6/6 green2 yellow2 red2 #FFD700 Leader #D0F0C0 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group stage #E8FFD8 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Play-off round #97DEFF 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round #BBEBFF 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round #FFCCCC Relegation to 2009–10 Segunda División kicker.de de and juventus.com December 2011 Matches W ESP Valencia 30 August 2008 21:00 3–0 Mallorca ESP Silva 13Moretti 20Villa 34Mata 38Albelda 52Alexis 80Vicente 82 Mestalla, Valencia 45,000 Antonio Rubinos Pérez ESP D ESP Almería 14 September 2008 20:00 2–2 Valencia ESP Piatti 20Corona 37Negredo 40Juanito 89 13 Helguera35, 61 Alexis69 Villa Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos, Almería 10,000 Carlos Velasco Carballo ESP W ESP Valencia 21 September 2008 16:00 1–0 Osasuna ESP Edu 65Mata 84 54, 1 64 Azpilicueta66 Ricardo Mestalla, Valencia 37,000 David Fernández Borbalán ESP W ESP Málaga 25 September 2008 19:00 0–2 Valencia ESP Weligton 79Salva 0 88 18 Fernandes31 Del Horno45 Alexis71 90 Villa90 Edu Estadio La Rosaleda, Málaga 15,960 Alfonso Alvarez Izquierdo ESP W ESP Valencia 28 September 2008 18:00 4–2 Deportivo La Coruña ESP Mata 35Villa 49 82Joaquín 69Albelda 85Moretti 86 11 o.g. Renan25 Filipe Luís72 Laure85 Lafita Mestalla, Valencia 40,000 Miguel Angel Pérez Lasa ESP W ESP Real Valladolid 5 October 2008 18:00 0–1 Valencia ESP Pedro León 27 36 Miguel52 Villa53 Albelda54 Fernandes85 Renan Estadio José Zorrilla, Valladolid 17,456 César Muñiz Fernández ESP W ESP Valencia 18 October 2008 16:00 4–0 Numancia ESP Villa 4 89Mata 72Vicente 83 Mestalla, Valencia 7,000 Carlos Megía Dávila ESP D ESP Recreativo de Huelva 26 October 2008 16:00 1–1 Valencia ESP Arzo 45Camuñas 47Poli 76Martin 78Vázquez 90 45, 62 Villa85 Alexis Estadio Nuevo Colombino, Huelva 13,000 Eduardo Iturralde González ESP L ESP Valencia 1 November 2008 21:00 2–4 Racing de Santander ESP Villa 28 pen.Moretti 36Albelda 58Joaquín 70 23 49 80 Tchité26 Pinillos28 Colsa60 Lacen84 o.g. Albelda Mestalla, Valencia 33,000 Javier Turienzo Álvarez ESP W ESP Getafe 9 November 2008 20:00 0–3 Valencia ESP Licht 14Manu 39Polanski 44Soldado 0 45Díaz 51Contra 67 29, 34 Fernandes38 Mata61 Moretti66 Marchena69 Joaquín81 Vicente Coliseum Alfonso Pérez, Getafe 11,000 Alberto Undiano Mallenco ESP L ESP Valencia 15 November 2008 21:00 2–3 Sporting de Gijón ESP Albelda 58Villa 69 pen.Baraja 76Mata 90 20 Morán39 Neru52, 55 Barral81 Castro84 Bilić Mestalla, Valencia 50,000 Jose Luis Paradas Romero ESP D ESP Sevilla 22 November 2008 19:30 0–0 Valencia ESP Navas 5Luís Fabiano 59 55 Marchena65 Fernandes78 Baraja Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville 43,000 Fernando Teixeira Vitienes ESP W ESP Valencia 30 November 2008 18:00 3–2 Real Betis ESP Villa 10 pen., 79Mata 20Marchena 0 64Baraja 69, 73Renan 90 28 Damià56 Juanma64 pen. Emana73 Nélson75 Juanito Mestalla, Valencia 35,000 Carlos Velasco Carballo ESP L ESP Barcelona 6 December 2008 21:00 4–0 Valencia ESP Henry 20 28 79Alves 46 6 Albiol38 Albelda67 Villa72 Miguel73 Del Horno Camp Nou, Barcelona 94,000 David Fernández Borbalán ESP W ESP Valencia 13 December 2008 19:00 2–1 Espanyol ESP Fernandes 33Albiol 58Moretti 67Vicente 81Albelda 90Miguel 90 10 Rufete21, 28 Román64 Lacruz79 Kameni80 Hurtado90 Béranger Mestalla Valencia 32,000 Eduardo Iturralde González ESP L ESP Real Madrid 20 December 2008 19:00 1–0 Valencia ESP Higuaín 3Salgado 27Marcelo 31Robben 83Palanca 88 21 Del Horno29, 1 66 Marchena69 Albiol Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid 75,000 Rafael Ramírez Domínguez ESP W ESP Valencia 3 January 2009 21:00 3–1 Atlético Madrid ESP Villa 34 pen.Silva 39 69Baraja 45Albelda 72 33 García45 pen. Forlán75 Perea77 Heitinga87 Assunção Mestalla, Valencia 35,000 Julián Rodríguez Santiago ESP D ESP Valencia 10 January 2009 21:00 3–3 Villarreal ESP Baraja 1, 53Villa 10Edu 79 21 Eguren45 Fuentes49 Bruno60 Fuentes76 Llorente84 pen. Rossi Mestalla, Valencia 45,000 Luis Medina Cantalejo ESP L ESP Athletic Bilbao 18 January 2009 18:00 3–2 Valencia ESP Gabilondo 18, 21Martínez 42, 69Ocio 80Koikili 85Llorente 90 pen. 2 Villa30, 36 Morientes33 Mata80, 1 90 Fernandes Estadio San Mamés, Bilbao 39,000 Carlos Megía Dávila ESP ESP Mallorca 25 January 2009 16:00 – Valencia ESP ONO Estadi, Palma ESP ESP Valencia 1 February 2009 16:00 – Almería ESP Mestalla, Valencia ESP ESP Osasuna 8 January 2009 16:00 – Valencia ESP Estadio Reyno de Navarra, Pamplona ESP ESP Valencia 15 January 2009 16:00 – Málaga ESP Mestalla, Valencia ESP ESP Deportivo La Coruña 22 January 2009 16:00 – Valencia ESP Estadio Riazor, A Coruña ESP ESP Valencia 1 March 2009 16:00 – Real Valladolid ESP Mestalla, Valencia ESP ESP Numancia 8 March 2009 16:00 – Valencia ESP Nuevo Estadio Los Pajaritos, Soria ESP ESP Valencia 15 March 2009 16:00 – Recreativo de Huelva ESP Mestalla, Valencia ESP ESP Racing de Santander 22 March 2009 16:00 – Valencia ESP Estadio El Sardinero, Santander ESP ESP Valencia 5 April 2009 16:00 – Getafe ESP Mestalla, Valencia ESP ESP Sporting de Gijón 12 April 2009 16:00 – Valencia ESP Estadio El Molinon, Gijón ESP ESP Valencia 19 April 2009 16:00 – Sevilla ESP Mestalla, Valencia ESP ESP Real Betis 22 April 2009 16:00 – Valencia ESP Estadio Manuel Ruiz de Lopera, Seville ESP ESP Valencia 26 April 2009 16:00 – Barcelona ESP Mestalla, Valencia ESP ESP Espanyol 3 May 2009 16:00 – Valencia ESP Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona ESP ESP Valencia 10 May 2009 16:00 – Real Madrid ESP Mestalla, Valencia ESP ESP Atlético Madrid 17 May 2009 16:00 – Valencia ESP Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid ESP ESP Villarreal 24 May 2009 16:00 – Valencia ESP Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal ESP ESP Valencia 31 May 2009 16:00 – Athletic Bilbao ESP Mestalla, Valencia ESP UEFA Cup 2008–09 UEFA Cup Overall Results summary 1 2 0 4 3 2 1 0 7 2 Results by round table b Round Ground A/H/-/-/-/H/A/H/A/-/-/-/A/H/-/-/-/H/A/-/-/-///-/-/-//-/- Result W/W////D/W/D/D///////////////////// Position 1/1////2/2/2/2///////////////////// Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 UEFA Cup 2008-09 24 Jan September 2009 First round First leg W POR Marítimo 18 September 2008 21:00 0–1 Valencia ESP Olberdam 30 12 Morientes34 Edu54 Renan56 Helguera71 Albelda75 Hernández80 Villa Estádio dos Barreiros, Funchal 3,000 Claudio Circhetta SUI Second leg W ESP Valencia 2 October 2008 21:00 2–1 3–1 Marítimo POR Helguera 38Albelda 73Del Horno 78, 83Villa 90 pen., 90 25 Bruno41 Marcinho89 Fogaça Mestalla, Valencia 28,000 Ivan Bebek CRO Group stage 2008–09 UEFA Cup group stage#Group G Group G VAL Results summary 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 6 2 Matches D ESP Valencia 6 November 2008 20:30 1–1 Copenhagen DEN Morientes 61 85 Santín90 Pospěch Mestalla, Valencia 20,000 Knut Kircher GER W NOR Rosenborg 27 November 2008 19:45 0–4 Valencia ESP 21 Mata76 Hernández88 Baraja90 Joaquín Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim 14,549 Kevin Blom NED D ESP Valencia 4 December 2008 19:45 1–1 Club Brugge BEL Žigić 60Del Horno 74 18 Alcaraz49 Dirar Mestalla, Valencia 18,000 Martin Atkinson ENG D FRA Saint-Étienne 17 December 2008 19:45 2–2 Valencia ESP Ilan 29 44Sall 80 33, 58 Morientes72 Žigić71 Viana81 Marchena Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne 28,000 Alexandru Deaconu ROM Round of 32 First leg D 18 February 2009 18:00 Dynamo Kyiv UKR 1–1 Report ESP Valencia Milevskyi 63 Silva 8 Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv 16,800 Serge Gumienny (Belgium) Second leg D 26 February 2009 21:30 Valencia ESP 2–2 3–3 (a) Report UKR Dynamo Kyiv Marchena 45Del Horno 54 Kravets 34 73 Mestalla, Valencia 30,000 Damir Skomina (Slovenia) Copa del Rey 2008–09 Copa del Rey Overall Results summary 3 0 0 9 3 1 1 1 6 4 Results by round table b Round Ground A/H/-/-/A/H/-/-/H/A/-/-/H/A/-/-/H/- Result W/W///D/W///W/L//////// Position 1/1///1/1///1/2//////// Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 2008–09 Copa del Rey Cup 30 Jan September 2009 Round of 32 First leg W ESP Club Portugalete 29 October 2008 19:30 1–4 Valencia ESP Vera 47 11 50 Morientes21 Vicente84 Žigić Estadio La Florida, Basque Country Second leg W ESP Valencia 12 November 2008 20:00 3–0 7–1 Club Portugalete ESP Angulo 20Míchel 63Hernández 72 Mestalla, Valencia Round of 16 First leg D ESP Racing de Santander 7 January 2009 20:00 1–1 Valencia ESP Sepsi 40Munitis 45Lacen 54Oriol 89 30 Marchena36 o.g. Colsa55 Maduro70, 1 90 Miguel0 87 Vicente90 Del Horno Estadio El Sardinero, Santander 12,600 Second leg W ESP Valencia 14 January 2009 19:00 3–1 yes 4–2 Racing de Santander ESP Vicente 18 pen. 102Del Horno 33Maduro 45Marchena 83Joaquín 117 22 Colsa83 Lacen109 Oriol115 Munitis Mestalla, Valencia 30,000 Paradas Romero ESP Quarter-final First leg W ESP Valencia 21 January 2009 20:00 3–2 Sevilla ESP Villa 6Baraja 83Mata 86Silva 89 16 Escudé53 Fabiano68 Adriano Mestalla, Valencia 23,000 Alberto Undiano Mallenco ESP Second leg L ESP Sevilla 28 January 2009 19:00 2–1 4–4 (a) Valencia ESP Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville ESP References Category:Valencia CF seasons Valencia Category:2008 in Valencia Category:2009 in Valencia