2007–08 Valencia CF season

Valencia CF 2007-08 Quique Sánchez Flores until 29 October 2007; Óscar Fernández from 29 Oct. to 4 Nov.; Ronald Koeman from 5 Nov. to 21 April 2008; Voro from 21 April to end of season. Mestalla Stadium La Liga 10th Champions League Group Stage Copa del Rey Winners David Villa (18) David Villa (22) _valencia0708h _valencia0708h FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 FFFFFF _thinblueborder _valencia0708a _thinblueborder _socks FF7F00 FFFFFF FF7F00 0000FF FF7F00 2006–07 2008–09 During the 2007–08 Spanish football season, Valencia CF competed in La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Champions League. Finally, Valencia won the Copa del Rey this season. Overview Valencia started the season with coach Quique Sánchez Flores. Valencia's good start were cut short in early season due to slump and thus Sánchez Flores was fired for poor performance, however after his replacement, Ronald Koeman, became the new coach, the team turned to be worse. Koeman did not use Santiago Cañizares, Miguel Ángel Angulo nor David Albelda, which resulted into many affairs out of the playground. Although Valencia won Copa del Rey as a consolation prize, Koeman was fired for his bad performance in La Liga. Voro, who was born in Valencia and played for Valencia in his career, took the place of Koeman and helped the team to avoid relegation to the Second Division with four wins and one loss. Section by manager Quique Sánchez Flores On 29 October 2007, the Valencia board of directors fired Sánchez Flores after a string of average results with poor performances, including a 3–0 defeat at Sevilla followed by a second successive loss in the UEFA Champions League. Óscar Fernández In 2007, Valencia fired coach Sánchez Flores and replaced him with Fernández as interim head coach. After his last game with Valencia when the beat Mallorca 2–0 with 2 goals from Fernando Morientes, after the match he said, "I am very happy. I want to dedicate this victory to the fans of Valencia who have suffered, they deserves everything. Alexis also and above all to the team. They are football players committed to the cause and I thank them. As for the match, the team has been extraordinary and my defense has been composed by Morentin and Timo Hildebrand. Manuel Fernandes has helped the team, in defense and is the one to praise. As for Alexis, you may have some injury, but until Monday, we cannot say anything." After that game Fernández was sacked and went to manage the B team for new first-team coach Ronald Koeman. Ronald Koeman On 31 October 2007, Koeman agreed to be the new coach of Valencia after the sacking of Sánchez Flores, effective 5 November 2007. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2007/oct/31/europeanfootball.psveindhoven Koeman agrees to join Valencia The Guardian 31 October 2007 22 December 2008 With Valencia, he won the Copa del Rey, a tournament he previously won as a player with Barcelona. This was Valencia's first Copa del Rey title since 1999. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/apr/21/europeanfootball.sport King's Cup half empty for Koeman The Guardian 21 April 2008 22 December 2008 Sid Lowe However, the remainder of his tenure at Valencia would prove disappointing: the team would slump to 15th in the league, only two points above the relegation zone, as well as finishing bottom of their Champions League group. A 5–1 defeat by Athletic Bilbao would prove the final straw for Koeman's time with Valencia. He was sacked the following day, on 21 April 2008. Voro On 21 April 2008, after several years working with Valencia as match delegate, Voro became manager of his former team following the sacking of Koeman.Voro determined to rescue Valencia; UEFA.com, 22 April 2008 After having guided his team to its Copa del Rey victory, however, he was replaced by Unai Emery for the 2008–09 season and reinstated in his previous post. Squad 1 ESP Santiago Cañizares GK 2 NGA Sunny MF 3 NLD Hedwiges Maduro MF 4 ESP Raúl Albiol DF 5 ESP Carlos Marchena DF 6 ESP David Albelda MF captain 7 ESP David Villa FW 8 ESP Rubén Baraja MF 9 ESP Fernando Morientes FW 10 ESP Miguel Ángel Angulo FW 11 ARG Éver Banega MF 12 PRT Marco Caneira DF 13 DEU Timo Hildebrand GK 14 ESP Vicente MF 15 ESP Iván Helguera MF 16 ESP Juan Mata MF 17 ESP Joaquín MF 18 SRB Nikola Žigić FW 19 ESP Javier Arizmendi FW 20 ESP Alexis DF 21 ESP David Silva MF 22 BRA Edu MF 23 PRT Miguel Brito DF 24 ITA Emiliano Moretti DF 25 ESP Juan Mora GK 34 ESP Ángel Montoro MF Competitions La Liga 2007–08 La Liga Top goalscorers David Villa scored 18 goals, two of which were penalties, and ranked fourth (tied with Real Madrid's Raúl with 18 goals) in La Liga's goalscoring table. (Daniel Güiza won the Pichichi Trophy with 27 goals.) Villa scored on hat-trick, on 11 May 2008 against Levante. Matches Match day 38, Valencia 3:1 Atlético Madrid Georgios Seitaridis 11' 1:0 David Villa 40' 2:0 David Villa 55' 3:0 Sergio Agüero 76' 3:1 League table VCF Copa del Rey 2007–08 Copa del Rey The Final was held at the Estadio Vicente Calderón in Madrid, in which Valencia CF lifted the trophy for the seventh time in their history with a 3–1 victory over Getafe CF. phrase rival results scorer match dates other information Round of 32 Real Unión 5:1 Joaquín * 2, Zigic; Zigic * 2 November 13, 2007 January 2, 2008 Round of 16 Real Betis 4:2 Zigic, Vincent; Joaquín * 2 January 9, 2008 January 16, 2008 Quarterfinals Atlético Madrid 3:3(away goal 2:0) Home: David Silva; Away: Juan Mata 35" 60" January 23, 2008 January 30, 2008 Red card for Atletico's Thiago Motta in first leg match Semifinals Barcelona 4:3 Away(1:1): Villa 69'; Home(3:2): Baraja 17', Mata 44', Cléber Santana own goal February 27/28 2008 March 19/20 2008 Final Getafe 3:1 Mata 4', Alexis 11', Morientes 84' April 16, 2008 This is the 7th title that Valencia won in Copa del Rey. Žigić, Joaquín and Mata are top goalscorers of the team in this Cup with 4 goals. UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round Valencia beat Sweden's Elfsborg 5–1. The first leg result was 3–0 and the second leg 2–1. In the first leg at Mestalla, David Villa's shot was only parried by Johan Wiland and Vicente pounced on the rebound. The other goals were headers by David Silva and Fernando Morientes both from Joaquín's crosses. In the second leg, Helguera scored when unmarked with just five minutes on the clock. Elfsborg battled bravely, and Alexandersson found the net on half an hour. Villa scored for Valencia in the final seconds to win 5–1 on aggregate and qualify for the Champions League Group stage. Group Stage in Group B Group B VAL Only two goals in group stage. The away goal is by David Villa in the first match. Villa stole the ball in goalkeeper's hands with right foot against Schalke 04 and this match is the only victory in group stage. The only goal in Mestalla is by Villa as well. Villa scored early at about ten minutes of the Match against Chelsea. Valencia was reversed by Cole and Drogba's goals. Valencia scored no goals in four games later. References 2007-08 Valencia CF Category:2007–08 La Liga Category:2007 in Valencia Category:2008 in Valencia