Valencia Club de Futbol (Spanish: [ba'lenthja'klub de 'fudbolValencia Club de Futbol Valencian: Valencia Club de Futbol [va'lensia "klub De Fub'bol] ]),[ommonly known in the form of Valencia CF (or simply Valencia) is a professional soccer club within Valencia, Spain, that currently is a part of La Liga, the top league of the Spanish league system.
Valencia was founded in 1919. They've been playing home matches in the 55,000 seater Mestalla since 1923.
Valencia has been awarded Valencia has won six Spanish League titles, eight Copa del Rey titles, one Supercopa de Espana, and one Copa Eva Duarte. In European competitions, they've been awarded the two Inter-Cities Fairs Cups, one UEFA Cup, one UEFA Cup Winners Cup and two UEFA Super Cups, and one UEFA Intertoto Cup. They have also made it to the two UEFA Champions League finals in consecutive years (2000 as well as 2001). Valencia was also part of the G-14 group of top European football clubs, and since the end of time, has been one of the first member of the European Club Association. In all, Valencia have reached seven important European finals, and have won four of them.
It is among the largest clubs in the world, in terms of the amount members (registered as paying fans) which is more than 100,000 season ticket holders as well as an additional around 20,000 season ticket holders waiting on the list.
Through the years the club has gained international recognition for their thriving youth academy, known as "Academia." The alumni of the academy include world-class players like Raul Albiol Andres Palop Miguel Angel Angulo, Javier Farinos, David Albelda, Gaizka Mendieta as well as David Silva. The current stars who graduated in the last few years comprise Isco, Jordi Alba, Juan Bernat, Jose Gaya, Carlos Soler, Ferran Torres, and Paco Alcacer.
