Valencia Club de Fútbol commonly referred to as Valencia CF or simply Valencia, is a Spanish professional football club in Valencia that currently plays in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football. Valencia have won six La Liga titles, eight Copa del Rey titles, one Supercopa de España, and one Copa Eva Duarte. In European competitions, they have won two Inter-Cities Fairs Cups, one UEFA Cup, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, two UEFA Super Cups, and one UEFA Intertoto Cup. They also reached two UEFA Champions League finals in a row, losing to La Liga rivals Real Madrid in 2000 and German club Bayern Munich on penalties after a 1–1 draw in 2001. Valencia were also members of the G-14 group of leading European football clubs and since its end has been part of the original members of the European Club Association. In total, Valencia have reached seven major European finals, winning four of them.
Valencia were founded in 1919 and have played their home games at the 55,000-seater Mestalla since 1923. They were due to move into the new 75,000-seater Nou Mestalla in the northwest of the city in 2013, but the final move date has been postponed due to ongoing financial problems.
Valencia is the third-most supported football club in Spain, behind Real Madrid and Barcelona.[6] It is also one of the biggest clubs in the world in terms of number of associates (registered paying supporters), with more than 50,000 season ticket holders and another 20,000+ season ticket holders on the waiting list, who can be accommodated in the new 75,000-seater stadium.
Over the years, the club has achieved a global reputation for their prolific youth academy, or "Acadèmia." Products of their academy include world-class talents such as Raúl Albiol, Andrés Palop, Miguel Ángel Angulo, Javier Farinos, David Albelda, Gaizka Mendieta, and David Silva. Current stars of the game to have graduated in recent years include Isco, Jordi Alba, Juan Bernat, José Gayà, Carlos Soler, Ferran Torres and Paco Alcácer.
The Squad
On paper we have a strong squad with decent players in every area of the park. We do have a very young squad though so if we can hold onto these players then we have a real shot in the next few years but we will need to add to it to replace the players who are in on loan but that will be the long term plan. We know we are going to have to sell though thanks to the amount of debt the club is in.
Club Debt
So this is whats going to make this save very interesting as we are forking out £1.8m a month to repay the remaining debt of just under £200,000,000 which isn't going to be a quick thing unless somebody comes in and buys the club and can somehow pay off the bank loans which I don't see happening with how much they are.
Long Term Plans
With the amount of debt the club are in I plan on focusing on the youth team to bring through future stars and then with that any players I do bring into the club will need to be Spanish as well to bring a proper focus on maintaining Spain as one of the best teams in the world.
On paper we have a strong squad with decent players in every area of the park. We do have a very young squad though so if we can hold onto these players then we have a real shot in the next few years but we will need to add to it to replace the players who are in on loan but that will be the long term plan. We know we are going to have to sell though thanks to the amount of debt the club is in.
Club Debt
So this is whats going to make this save very interesting as we are forking out £1.8m a month to repay the remaining debt of just under £200,000,000 which isn't going to be a quick thing unless somebody comes in and buys the club and can somehow pay off the bank loans which I don't see happening with how much they are.
Long Term Plans
With the amount of debt the club are in I plan on focusing on the youth team to bring through future stars and then with that any players I do bring into the club will need to be Spanish as well to bring a proper focus on maintaining Spain as one of the best teams in the world.
