2017–18 Valencia CF Femenino season

The Valencia CF Femenino 2017–18 season was the ninth season of the women's football section of Valencia CF. The team ended the championship in 5th position and was eliminated in the national cup's quarterfinals by league champion Atlético Madrid.

Valencia CF Femenino
2017–18 season
Chairman Anil Murthy
Manager Jesús Oliva
StadiumAntoni Puchades Stadium
Primera DivisiónFifth
Copa de la ReinaQuarterfinalist
Top goalscorer María Paz Vilas (19)
Highest home attendance1,600
Lowest home attendance100

Season summary

The 2016–17 season had seen the team attain its best result in the championship yet, third position, and play for the first time in the club's main venue, the Mestalla Stadium. The ambitious project behind this successful season was reported as a personal initiative of president Lay Hoon Chan,[1] but she resigned in mid-season due to the disappointing season by the men's team. The departure of manager Cristian Toro after five seasons was reported in May with one game remaining,[2] and on 20 June, a few days after the team was eliminated in the Copa de la Reina's semifinals by FC Barcelona, his second in command Jesús Oliva was appointed his successor.[3] Oliva, a coach at Valencia Femenino since the team's establishment in 2009, had been the manager of the club's B team that topped the 2015–16 Segunda División's Group 7.[4]

Most of the previous season's key signings left the team, as Estefanía Banini and Yanara Aedo returned to Washington Spirit, and Christiane Endler was transferred to Paris Saint-Germain, with the €30,000 fee to Valencia the first paid transfer in Spanish women's football.[5] Another notable loss was the departure of Claudia Zornoza, who left for Real Sociedad. Jennifer Vreugdenhil, coming from the Eredivisie, replaced Endler as the team's first-choice goalkeeper, and Valencia signed Noelia Bermúdez, Marta Carro, Sandra Hernández and Anair Lomba within the Primera División market. After the championship was underway the team was joined by Nadezhda Karpova, the first Russian to play in the Primera División.

Facing a harsh championship start, the team suffered more defeats in the six first games than in the whole previous campaign against top teams Athletic Bilbao, Atlético Madrid and Barcelona, and wasn't able to dislodge them from the three top positions for the remainder of the season. The team suffered a chain of injuries,[6] and so in the winter window transfer Mandy van den Berg, who had finished her WSL campaign with Reading, was signed to make up for the long-time absences of Natalia Gaitán and Paula Nicart in the team's defense.

Unlike the previous season, the Valencia derby on 9 December was scheduled for the team's usual ground at the Ciudad Deportiva de Paterna rather than in the Mestalla, and it was reported in the media that the club intended to reserve its main venue for the male team.[7] All political parties in the Valencian Courts issued an institutional statement demanding the club to allow the team to play in Mestalla.[8] Hours later the club replied with a statement defending its social policies for gender equality and women's sport, regretting the criticisms as an alleged lack of awareness of its commitment and leaving an open door to eventual future appearances of the women's team in Mestalla.[9] Months later, the away derby fixture was staged in Levante's main venue, the Ciutat de València Stadium, before a crowd of 14,000.[10]

By mid-April, a seven games non-winning streak left Valencia in sixth position, with a 4 points advantage to defend in the last four games in order to qualify for the Copa de la Reina.[11] Valencia won all four games and surpassed Betis in the table, ending fifth. The Cup's draw matched Valencia with league champion Atlético, which resulted in defeats in both games. One week later Jesús Oliva was sacked, but he stayed in the women's team as its academy's coordinator, while Óscar Suárez succeeded him as the team's new manager.[12]

Transfers
InOut
DatePos.PlayerOriginDatePos.PlayerDestination
2017–07–04 [13]MF Sandra Hernández Barcelona2017–06–19 [14]MF Estefanía Banini Washington Spirit
2017–07–06 [15]GK Noelia Bermúdez Levante2017–06–22 [16]MF Esther RomeroRetirement
2017–07–06 [17]GK Andrea Esteban Levante2017–06–27 [18]FW Yanara Aedo Washington Spirit
2017–07–11 [19]DF Marta Carro Madrid2017–06–29 [20]GK Esther Sullastres Zaragoza
2017–07–14 [21]MF Anair Lomba Espanyol2017–07–03 [22]DF Sara Micó Sporting Plaza de Argel
2017–07–18 [23]GK Jennifer Vreugdenhil ADO Den Haag2017–07–05 [24]GK Christiane Endler Paris Saint-Germain
2017–09–22 [25]FW Nadezhda Karpova Chertanovo2017–07–05 [26]MF Claudia Florentino Albacete
2018–01–08 [27]DF Mandy van den Berg Reading2017–07–10 [28]MF Claudia Zornoza Real Sociedad
2017–07–28 [29]MF Maya Yamamoto Zaragoza

Results

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season
4 August 2017 COTIF – G1Valencia1–0Levante L'Alcúdia (Els Arcs)
19:15 Borini  67' Report Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Fuentes Molina
7 August 2017 COTIF – G2Valencia2–0Atlético Madrid L'Alcúdia (Els Arcs)
17:30 Borini  42'
Cubedo  49'		 Report Referee: Frigols Sancho
9 August 2017 COTIF – G3Valencia2–0Albi L'Alcúdia (Els Arcs)
17:30 Peiró  5'
Esteban  22'		 Report Stadium: Els Arcs
Referee: Tórtola García
10 August 2017 COTIF – G4Valencia0–1Morocco (national team) L'Alcúdia (Els Arcs)
19:15 Report Meryem  55' Stadium: Els Arcs
Referee: Barceló Gómez
11 August 2017 COTIF – FValencia1–3Atlético Madrid L'Alcúdia (Els Arcs)
20:15 Borini  28' Report Bermúdez  21'
Carro  25' (o.g.)
Bautista  44'		 Stadium: Els Arcs
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Amorós Ramírez
14 August 2017 MIFT – G1Valencia1–2Montpellier Fuenlabrada (La Aldehuela)
11:00
15 August 2017 MIFT – G2Valencia0–3Anderlecht Fuenlabrada (La Aldehuela)
13:00
16 August 2017 MIFT – G3Atlético Madrid1–1Valencia Fuenlabrada (La Aldehuela)
13:00

Primera División
2 September 2017 1Real Sociedad0–1Valencia Usurbil (Zubieta)
Report Vilas  56' Attendance: 500
Referee: Peláez Arnillas
10 September 2017 2Valencia1–1Santa Teresa Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Vilas  6' Report Lima  45' Attendance: 400
Referee: Líndez Ciurana
24 September 2017 3Athletic Bilbao3–2Valencia Lezama (Facilities)
Corres  10', 76'
Zárate  80'		 Report Vilas  16'
Borini  84'		 Attendance: 471
Referee: Fernández Ceferino
1 October 2017 4Valencia1–0Sporting Huelva Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Hernández  14' Report Attendance: 450
Referee: Sánchez Miguel
7 October 2017 5Valencia0–1Atlético Madrid Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Report Corredera  38' Attendance: 1,250
Referee: Martínez Madrona
14 October 2017 6Barcelona2–0Valencia Sant Joan (Joan Gamper)
Duggan  28'
Putellas  76'		 Report Attendance: 623
Referee: Huerta de Aza
29 October 2017 7Valencia4–0Madrid Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Lomba  44', 64'
Szymanowski  53'
Karpova  72'		 Report Attendance: 400
Referee: González González
5 November 2017 8Granadilla0–0Valencia San Isidro (La Palmera)
Report Attendance: 700
Referee: Arregui Gamir
12 November 2017 9Valencia5–2Betis Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Karpova  2', 62'
Vilas  40'
Lomba  47'
Férez  72'		 Report Borja  48'
Moreno  68'		 Attendance: 800
Referee: Líndez Ciurana
18 November 2017 10Sevilla1–3Valencia Seville (Viejo Nervión)
Morilla  63' Report Szymanowski  16', 40'
Peiró  22'		 Attendance: 186
Referee: Frías Acedo
2 December 2017 11Valencia1–1Espanyol Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Vilas  60' Report del Estal  67' Attendance: 400
Referee: Casal Fernández
18 November 2017 12Rayo Vallecano4–2Valencia Madrid (Fundación Rayo)
del Álamo  16'
Pablos  48', 73'
Ponciano  86'		 Report Vilas  24'
Férez  57'		 Attendance: 186
Referee: Prieto Martínez
9 December 2017 13Valencia2–3Levante Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Vilas  36'
Peiró  90+1'		 Report Ramos  62' (pen.)
Casado  75', 82'		 Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Huerta de Aza
16 December 2017 14Zaragoza1–3Valencia Zaragoza (Pedro Sancho)
Yamamoto  90+2' Report Vilas  6'
Férez  72'
Peiró  79'		 Attendance: 400
Referee: Acevedo Dudley
7 January 2018 15Valencia3–0Albacete Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Szymanowski  5', 33'
Férez  85'		 Report Referee: Líndez Ciurana
13 January 2018 16Valencia3–1Real Sociedad Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Vilas  33', 44', 58' Report Beristain  89' Attendance: 650
Referee: Cebollada López
28 January 2018 17Santa Teresa1–1Valencia Badajoz (El Viejo Vivero)
Merino 28' Report Szymanowski  70' Attendance: 600
Referee: Kinga-Hajnalka
4 February 2018 18Valencia3–1Athletic Bilbao Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Vilas  6', 44'
Hernández  54'		 Report Cirauqui  16' Attendance: 100
Referee: Prieto Martínez
11 February 2018 19Sporting Huelva1–3Valencia Huelva (La Orden)
Castelló  47' Report Vilas  10', 32'
Hernández  89'		 Attendance: 100
Referee: Huerta de Aza
17 February 2018 20Atlético Madrid1–0Valencia Majadahonda (Cerro del Espino)
Bermúdez  24' Report Attendance: 463
Referee: Casal Fernández
25 February 2018 21Valencia1–4Barcelona Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Peiró  90+1' Report León  4'
Martens  35'
Torrejón  45+1'
Andonova  62'		 Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Contreras Patiño
10 March 2018 22Madrid2–1Valencia San Sebastián (Matapiñonera)
del Río  72'
Geyse  81'		 Report Peiró  55' Attendance: 322=
Referee: Martínez Madrona
18 March 2018 23Valencia0–0Granadilla Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Report Attendance: 400
Referee: Líndez Ciurana
24 March 2018 24Betis0–0Valencia Seville (Luis del Sol)
Report Attendance: 350
Referee: Sánchez Miguel
31 March 2018 25Valencia1–1Sevilla Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Vilas  73' Report Calderón  35' Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Arregui Gamir
15 April 2018 26Espanyol0–0Valencia Sant Adrià (Dani Jarque)
Report Attendance: 400
Referee: Prieto Martínez
22 April 2018 27Valencia4–1Rayo Vallecano Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Santiago  7' (o.g.)
Vilas  32', 44', 49'		 Report Domínguez  80' Attendance: 400
Referee: Rivera Olmedo
28 April 2018 28Levante0–1Valencia Valencia (Ciutat de València)
Report Lomba  36' Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Martínez Madrona
5 May 2018 29Valencia1–0Zaragoza Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Peiró  90+4' Report Attendance: 900
Referee: Kinga-Hajnalka
12 May 2018 30Albacete0–2Valencia Albacete (Andrés Iniesta)
Report García  35'
Szymanowski  42'		 Attendance: 250
Referee: Acevedo Dudley
Final table
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAPtsQualification or relegation
3Athletic Bilbao3018210514156Qualification for the Copa de la Reina
4Granadilla301668483354
5Valencia301488493250
6Betis3014412403746
7Real Sociedad3010812423738

Copa de la Reina
19 May 2018 QF – L1Atlético Madrid2–1Valencia Majadahonda (Cerro del Espino)
20:45 Corredera  57'
Sampedro  63'		 Report Peiró  37' Attendance: 916
Referee: Casal Fernández
23 May 2018 QF – L2Valencia1–2Atlético Madrid Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
21:00 Szymanowski  90+5' Report Sampedro  9'
Falcón  90+3'		 Attendance: 1,700
Referee: Acevedo Dudley

Primera División statistics
No.Pos.BornSinceFIFAPlayerGamesGoalsDisciplinary record
NationalityFC
1GK19942017–18 Costa Rica2014Noelia Bermúdez2000
2DF19902017–18 Netherlands2010Mandy van den Berg14000
3DF19942014–15 Spain2015Paula Nicart11000
4DF19922010–11 SpainSalomé Navalón13020
5DF19942009–10 Spain2015Ivana Andrés29050
6MF19972017–18 Spain2018Sandra Hernández28330
7MF19882015–16 Brazil2017Joyce Borini26160
8MF19982016–17 SpainÁngeles Carrión7010
9FW19982016–17 SpainMarta Peiró23610
10FW19882013–14 Spain2008María Paz Vilas281940
11FW19902016–17 Argentina2014Marianela Szymanowski27710
13GK19952017–18 Netherlands2018Jennifer Vreugdenhil28000
14MF19912014–15 Spain2015Carol Férez21310
15DF19912017–18 Spain2018Marta Carro29130
16MF19892017–18 SpainAnair Lomba21430
17MF19892016–17 Spain2012Débora García20110
18DF19912015–16 Colombia2011Natalia Gaitán5000
19FW19952017–18 Russia2016Nadezhda Karpova22350
20MF19892013–14 SpainGeorgina Carreras25020
21FW19962017–18 SpainAndrea Esteban4000
26DF19982013–14 SpainCintia Montagut8000
27DF19972016–17 SpainNeus Llinares1000
29MF19982017–18 SpainPaula Sancho19000
30DF19992017–18 SpainCristina Cubedo19020
DF19972017–18 SpainLidia Navarro1000
MF20002017–18 SpainAlejandra Serrano10000
MF2017–18 SpainJulia Aguado1000

References
  1. Valencia Femenino, the personal project of Layhoon. Deporte Valenciano (in Spanish), 7 March 2017.
  2. Cristian Toro leaves the bench of Valencia CF Femenino. EFE (in Spanish), 19 May 2017.
  3. Jesús Oliva confirmed as Valencia Femenino's new manager. Levante-EMV (in Spanish), 20 June 2017.
  4. Femenino B, Segunda champion!! Diario de Mestalla (in Spanish), 16 May 2016
  5. Endler, who moves to PSG, is the first female player for whom a club pays a transfer. Levante-EMV (in Spanish), 20 June 2017.
  6. Plague of injuries in Valencia Femenino. BeSoccer (in Spanish), 2 November 2017.
  7. Women's football [is left] out of Mestalla. El Mundo (in Spanish), 30 November 2017.
  8. Les Corts reprimand València CF for expelling its women's team from Mestalla. El Diario (in Spanish), 1 December 2017.
  9. Valencia CF replies to Les Corts. Cadena SER (in Spanish), 1 December 2017.
  10. Galicia's Lombi decides a Valencian derby with 14,000 attendants. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish), 28 April 2018.
  11. Valencia Femenino, point-by-point closer to the Cup. Superdeporte (in Spanish), 15 April 2018
  12. Óscar Suárez replaces Jesús Oliva as the manager of Valencia CF Femenino. Levante-EMV (in Spanish), 1 June 2018.
  13. Sandra Henrández signs for Valencia Cf for two seasons. Diario AS (in Spanish), 4 July 2018.
  14. Argentina's Estefania Banini rejoins NWSL's Washington Spirit. The Washington Post (in English), 19 June 2017.
  15. Noelia Bermúdez, from Levante UD to Valencia CF. Las Provincias (in Spanish), 7 July 2018.
  16. . Las Provincias (in Spanish), 22 June 2017.
  17. Valencia signs Andrea Esteban and Noelia Bermúdez. Diario AS (in Spanish), 6 July 2018.
  18. . Vavel (in English), 28 June 2017.
  19. Valencia CF signs Marta Carro from Madrid CFF. Super Deporte (in Spanish), 11 July 2018.
  20. Esther Sullastres returns to Zaragoza CFF. Aragón Digital (in Spanish), 29 June 2017.
  21. Valencia CF signs 'Lombi', coming from RCD Espanyol. Las Provincias (in Spanish), 14 July 2018.
  22. Sara Micó, a deluxe reinforcement for Sporting Plaza de Argel. Diario Información (in Spanish), 3 July 2017.
  23. Valencia CF Femenino signs Dutch goalkeeper Jennifer Vreugdenhil. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish), 18 July 2017.
  24. Historic transfer of Christiane Endler to women's PSG. Vavel (in Spanish), 5 July 2017.
  25. Nadezhda Kárpova signs for VCF Femenino. Vavel (in Spanish), 22 September 2017.
  26. Funda makes its first signing. Aúpa Alba (in Spanish), 5 July 2017.
  27. Valencia CF Femenino signs Netherlands' Mandy van den Berg. Diario AS (in Spanish), 8 January 2018.
  28. Claudia Zornoza, third signing of Real Sociedad. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish), 10 July 2017.
  29. Zaragoza Femenino signs Japan's Maya Yamamoto. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish), 28 July 2017.
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