Valencia CF Femenino

Valencia CF Femenino

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

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 May 26, 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 July 1 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 1 November 2016

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Noelia Bermúdez 3 DF Paula Nicart 4 DF Salomé Navalón 5 DF Ivana Andrés (captain) 6 MF Sandra Hernández 7 MF Joyce Magalhães 8 MF Leles Carrión 9 FW Marta Peiró 10 FW Maripaz Vilas 11 FW Marianela Szymanowski 13 GK Jennifer Vreugdenhil

No. Position Player 14 FW Carolina Férez 15 DF Marta Carro 16 FW Lombi 17 MF Débora García 18 MF Natalia Gaitán 20 MF Gio Carreras 21 MF Andrea Esteban 24 DF Alejandra Serrano 25 GK María Pi 26 DF Cintia Montagut 27 DF Neus Llinares 28 MF Sara Medina 29 FW Paula Sancho

Source: LaLiga

Former internationals

• Austria: Katja Trödthandl
• Spain: Cristina Estévez, Sara Monforte, Leila Ouahabi, Mariajo Pons, Ana "Willy" Romero

Competition record

Season	Div.	Pos.	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Top scorer(s)		Copa de la Reina	Promotion
2005–06	2ª
2006–07	2ª	1st	22	2	2	93	15	68				1–0 Gure Txokoa, 2–0 Atlético Málaga
2007–08	1ª	12th	6	4	16	36	59	22
2008–09	1ª	14th	8	1	21	39	81	25	Mateos	20
2009–10	1ª	17th	7	4	13	52	55	25	Mateos	22
2010–11	1ª	10th	17	2	9	67	52	53	Mateos	17	First round
2011–12	1ª	14th	10	1	23	37	83	31	Mateos	12
2012–13	1ª	13th	9	3	18	29	52	30	Mateos	9
2013–14	1ª	6th	15	6	9	45	27	51	Vilas	17	Quarterfinals
2014–15	1ª	4th	17	8	5	58	25	59	Vilas	21	Runner-up
2015–16	1ª	6th	15	4	11	65	30	49	Vilas	19	Semifinals
2016–17	1ª	3rd	20	8	2	69	11	68	Vilas	28	Semifinals

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