# 2015–16 Valencia CF season

The 2015–16 season is Valencia Club de Fútbol's 96th in the club's history and their 81st in La Liga. The club qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the first time since 2012–13. They began in the play-off round, where a win over Monaco saw them qualify for the group stages, where they competed in Group H, finishing third and dropping into the round of 32 of the UEFA Europa League. Valencia also competed in the Copa del Rey, entering at the round of 32 and being eliminated by Barcelona 8–1 on aggregate in the semi-finals.

## Players

    As of 20 August 2015
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Diego Alves (3rd captain) |
| 2 | DF | POR | João Cancelo |
| 3 | DF | POR | Rúben Vezo |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Aderlan Santos |
| 5 | DF | GER | Shkodran Mustafi |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Guilherme Siqueira (on loan from Atlético Madrid) |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Álvaro Negredo (vice-captain) |
| 8 | MF | ALG | Sofiane Feghouli |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Paco Alcácer (captain) |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Dani Parejo |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Pablo Piatti |
| 12 | MF | BRA | Danilo (on loan from Braga) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Jaume Domènech |
| 14 | DF | ESP | José Luis Gayà |
| 15 | MF | ARG | Enzo Pérez |
| 16 | MF | BEL | Zakaria Bakkali |
| 17 | FW | ESP | Rodrigo |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Javi Fuego (4th captain) |
| 19 | DF | ESP | Antonio Barragán |
| 21 | MF | POR | André Gomes |
| 22 | FW | ESP | Santi Mina |
| 23 | DF | TUN | Aymen Abdennour |
| 24 | MF | RUS | Denis Cheryshev (on loan from Real Madrid) |
| 25 | GK | AUS | Mathew Ryan |

### From the Youth Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 28 | FW | ESP | Rafa Mir |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Wilfried Zahibo |
| 30 | MF | ESP | Fran Villalba |
| 31 | DF | MLI | Ibrahim Diallo |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ESP | Yoel (at Rayo Vallecano until 30 June 2016) |
| — | DF | ESP | Salva Ruiz (at Granada until 30 June 2016) |
| — | DF | ARG | Lucas Orbán (at Levante until 30 June 2016) |
| — | MF | ESP | Nando García (at Córdoba until 30 June 2016) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | Robert (at Granada until 30 June 2016) |
| — | MF | ARG | Rodrigo De Paul (at Racing Club until 30 June 2016) |
| — | MF | ARG | Fede Cartabia (at Deportivo La Coruña until 30 June 2016) |
| — | FW | BRA | Vinícius Araújo (at Cruzeiro until 30 June 2016) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 7 | ST | Álvaro Negredo | 29 | EU | Manchester City | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | €27,000,000 | Valencia |
| 2 | RB | João Cancelo | 21 | EU | Benfica | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | €15,000,000 | Valencia |
| 21 | MF | André Gomes | 21 | EU | Benfica | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | €15,000,000 | Valencia |
| | FW | Rodrigo | 24 | EU | Benfica | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | €30,000,000 | Valencia |
| | GK | Mathew Ryan | 23 | Non-EU | Club Brugge | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | €7,000,000 | |
| | FW | Santi Mina | 19 | EU | Celta Vigo | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | €10,000,000 | Valencia |
| | AM | Zakaria Bakkali | 19 | EU | PSV | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | Free | Valencia |
| | DM | Danilo | 19 | Non-EU | Braga | Loan | Summer | 2016 | | Valencia |
| | DF | Aderlan Santos | 26 | Non-EU | Braga | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | €9,000,000 | |
| | DF | Aymen Abdennour | 26 | Non-EU | Monaco | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | €22,000,000 | |
Total spending: €128,000,000

### Out

| Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| ST | Vinícius Araújo | 22 | Non-EU | Cruzeiro | Loan | Summer | 2016 | N/A | Valencia |
| DM | Filipe Augusto | 21 | Non-EU | Rio Ave | Loan Return | Summer | 2016 | N/A | Valencia |
| CB | Víctor Ruiz | 26 | EU | Villarreal | Transfer | Summer | | €2,700,000 | Villarreal |
| RW | Robert | 22 | EU | Granada | Loan | Summer | 2016 | N/A | Marca |
| LB | Salva Ruiz | 20 | EU | Granada | Loan | Summer | 2016 | N/A | Marca |
| LW | Fede Cartabia | 22 | Non-EU | Deportivo La Coruña | Loan | Summer | 2016 | N/A | Inside Spanish Football |
| CB | Nicolás Otamendi | 27 | Non-EU | Manchester City | Transfer | Summer | | €45,000,000 | BBC Sport |
Total income: €47,700,000
Total expenditure: €80,300,000

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| La Liga | Matchday 1 | | 22 August 2015 | |
| Copa del Rey | Round of 32 | | 2 December 2015 | |
| UEFA Champions League | Group stage | 3rd | 16 September 2015 | 9 December 2015 |
Updated to match played August 2015 Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| La Liga | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 46 | 48 | −2 | 028.95 |
| Champions League | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 037.50 |
| Europa League | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 075.00 |
| Copa del Rey | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 062.50 |
| Total | 58 | 22 | 13 | 23 | 82 | 72 | +10 | 037.93 |
Last updated: 13 May 2016 Source: Competitions

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Real Betis | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 34 | 52 | −18 | 45 |
| 11 | Las Palmas | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 44 |
| 12 | Valencia | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 46 | 48 | −2 | 44 |
| 13 | Espanyol | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 40 | 74 | −34 | 43 |
| 14 | Eibar | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 49 | 61 | −12 | 43 |
* 1 2 Las Palmas finished ahead of Valencia on head-to-head record; Valencia 1–1 Las Palmas, Las Palmas 2–1 Valencia.
* 1 2 Espanyol finished ahead of Eibar on head-to-head goal difference; Eibar 2–1 Espanyol, Espanyol 4–2 Eibar.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 13 May 2016. Source: Competitive matches

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | L | D | D | D | L | D | L | D | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | D | L | L | L |
| Position | 15 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### UEFA Champions League
#### Play-off round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ZEN | GNT | VAL | LYO |
| 1 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Gent | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Valencia | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League | 2–3 | 2–1 | — | 0–2 |
| 4 | Lyon | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 4 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — |

### UEFA Europa League
#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on 15 May 2016
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | BRA | Diego Alves | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Jaume Domènech | 24 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | AUS | Mathew Ryan | 21 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | POR | João Cancelo | 39 | 3 | 25+3 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 5+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | POR | Rúben Vezo | 27 | 1 | 10+5 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Aderlan Santos | 28 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Shkodran Mustafi | 44 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Guilherme Siqueira | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ESP | José Luis Gayà | 36 | 1 | 15+5 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ESP | Antonio Barragán | 35 | 0 | 19+5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | TUN | Aymen Abdennour | 29 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | MLI | Ibrahim Diallo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | ESP | Toni Lato | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | ALG | Sofiane Feghouli | 33 | 5 | 13+8 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Dani Parejo | 50 | 11 | 30+3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Pablo Piatti | 37 | 2 | 9+12 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 | 2+5 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | BRA | Danilo | 34 | 0 | 16+3 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ARG | Enzo Pérez | 30 | 0 | 16+4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | BEL | Zakaria Bakkali | 19 | 1 | 4+12 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Rodrigo | 38 | 7 | 15+10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2+3 | 1 | 3+1 | 2 |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Javi Fuego | 38 | 0 | 23+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | POR | André Gomes | 41 | 5 | 27+3 | 3 | 3+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | RUS | Denis Cheryshev | 8 | 3 | 6+1 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Tropi | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Wilfried Zahibo | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ESP | Fran Villalba | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | ESP | Sito | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ESP | Álvaro Negredo | 40 | 12 | 12+13 | 5 | 5+1 | 5 | 3+2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Paco Alcácer | 46 | 15 | 25+9 | 13 | 1+2 | 2 | 5+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ESP | Santi Mina | 36 | 8 | 18+8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 37 | FW | ESP | Rafa Mir | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | EQG | Iban Salvador | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have been loaned out or transferred ||||||||||||||
| 6 | DF | ARG | Lucas Orbán | 12 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ARG | Rodrigo De Paul | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |