Valencia CF Femenino

Valencia CF Femenino
Full name Valencia Club de Fútbol Femenino
Founded 1998 / 2009
Ground Ciudad Deportiva de Paterna
Valencia, Spain
Capacity 3,000
Chairman Spain Salvador Belda
Manager Spain Óscar Suárez
League Primera División
2016–17 3rd
Website Club website

Valencia CF Femenino, previously AD DSV Colegio Alemán, is a Spanish women's football team from Valencia.

History

A modest club founded back in 1998 within the German School in Valencia (DSV), Colegio Alemán attained promotion to the Superliga Femenina for the 2007–08 season. Both in it and the following season the team ranked third from last, tightly avoiding relegation. On 26 May 2009 the club announced an agreement had been reached with Valencia CF to turn Colegio Aleman's teams into VCF's women section.[1]

On 1 July María Martí represented Valencia CF Femenino at the club's new kits presentation.[2] The refounded team debuted on September 6 with a 0–2 loss again local powerhouse Levante UD. The team ended the first stage of the newly reformed competition second to last in the 7 teams group. Classed in a less demanding group Valencia ended the second stage one spot higher, equivalent to an overall 18th position among 22 teams, with 28 points from 7 wins, 4 draws and 13 losses.

Valencia improved significantly next year. Ending the first group in the 4th spot, just 3 points short from qualifying to the title contenders group, Valencia topped its group in the second stage, ending the season in an overall 10th position with 17 wins in 28 matches. With this result Valencia qualified for the Copa de la Reina for the first time in its history. They were defeated by Real Sociedad in the first round on the away goals rule.

Valencia had a bad start the following year, becoming the second team to lose the championship's first nine matches after Corderex La Antigua in 2004.[3] In January 2012, with Valencia standing in relegation positions with 3 wins and 1 draw in 18 matches, new coach Xavi Tamarit was sacked and replaced by Cristian Toro.[4] The team improved subsequently and won 7 of the next 15 matches to secure its spot in Primera in the second to last week.[5]

Current squad

As of 30 January 2018[6]

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

No. Position Player
2 Netherlands DF Mandy van den Berg
3 Spain DF Paula Nicart
4 Mexico DF Mónica Flores
6 Brazil DF Jucinara
7 Namibia MF Zenatha Coleman
9 Spain FW Marta Peiró
10 Spain FW Maripaz Vilas
13 Netherlands GK Jennifer Vreugdenhil
14 Spain FW Carolina Férez
15 Spain DF Marta Carro
16 Spain FW Lombi
17 Spain MF Débora García
18 Colombia MF Natalia Gaitán
No. Position Player
19 Russia MF Nadezhda Kárpova
20 Spain MF Gio Carreras
21 Spain MF Naiara Beristain
24 Spain DF Alejandra Serrano
25 Spain GK María Pi
28 Spain MF Sara Medina
30 Spain DF Cristina Cubedo
31 Spain MF Laura Pascual
32 Russia FW Persephone Goronchevski
Spain GK Enith Salón
Spain DF María Ortiz
Spain MF Andrea Esteban
Spain MF Sandra Hernández

Source: LaLiga

Former internationals

Competition record

Season Div. Pos. WDL GFGAPts Top scorer(s) Copa de la Reina Promotion
2005–06 2ª
2006–07 2ª 1st 2222 931568 1–0 Gure Txokoa, 2–0 Atlético Málaga
2007–08 1ª 12th 6416 365922
2008–09 1ª 14th 8121 398125 Mateos20
2009–10 1ª 17th 7413 525525 Mateos22
2010–11 1ª 10th 1729 675253 Mateos17 First round
2011–12 1ª 14th 10123 378331 Mateos12
2012–13 1ª 13th 9318 295230 Mateos9
2013–14 1ª 6th 1569 452751 Vilas17 Quarterfinals
2014–15 1ª 4th 1785 582559 Vilas21 Runner-up
2015–16 1ª 6th 15411 653049 Vilas19 Semifinals
2016–17 1ª 3rd 2082 691168 Vilas28 Semifinals
2017–18 1ª 5th 1488 493250 Vilas15 Qualified

References

  1. ↑ Archived 2009-07-07 at the Wayback Machine. AD DSV Colegio Alemán
  2. ↑ Diario Marca
  3. ↑ Primera: The nine stats of Week 9. Futfem.com
  4. ↑ Cristian Toro, new coach of Valencia Féminas. Marca
  5. ↑ Valencia Femenino keeps the category. Nostresport
  6. ↑ "Valencia CF Femenino Squad". Valencia CF Official. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
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