# 1993–94 Valencia CF season

In the 1993–94 football season, Valencia CF failed to qualify for European competition as it ended 7th in La Liga and wasn't able to reach the quarterfinals in neither the Copa del Rey nor the UEFA Cup. The campaign was marked by the latter's 7–0 exit in Karlsruhe, the worst loss suffered by a Spanish team in European competition, and included the resignation of chairman Arturo Tuzón and the sacking of manager Guus Hiddink. However, Hiddink was eventually reinstated before the season was over after his own successor, Héctor Núñez, was also fired.

## 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 |
| — | GK | ESP | José Manuel Sempere |
| — | DF | ESP | Quique Sánchez Flores |
| — | DF | ROU | Miodrag Belodedici |
| — | DF | ESP | Paco Camarasa |
| — | DF | ESP | Fernando Giner |
| — | DF | ESP | Pepe Serer |
| — | MF | ESP | Fernando Gómez Colomer |
| — | MF | ESP | Carlos Arroyo Ayala |
| — | MF | ESP | Tomás González Rivera |
| — | FW | YUG | Predrag Mijatović |
| — | FW | ESP | Álvaro Cervera |
| — | GK | ESP | José Luis Gonzalez |
| — | MF | ESP | Gaizka Mendieta |
| — | FW | ESP | Pepe Gálvez |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ARG | Juan Antonio Pizzi |
| — | FW | BUL | Lyuboslav Penev |
| — | FW | ESP | Eloy Olaya |
| — | MF | ESP | Ignacio Ibáñez |
| — | FW | COL | Víctor Aristizábal |
| — | DF | ESP | José Manuel Tárraga |
| — | DF | ESP | Matías Rubio Navarro |
| — | MF | ESP | Alvaro Benito |
| — | MF | ESP | Robert Fernandez |
| — | DF | ESP | García Toral |
| — | DF | ESP | Fran Figueroa |
| — | DF | ESP | Javi Navarro |
| — | DF | ESP | Sergio Pellicer |
| — | MF | ESP | Aquilino Etxarri |
| — | FW | ESP | Diego Ribera |
| — | GK | ESP | Francisco Molina |
| — | GK | ESP | Antonio Notario |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Predrag Mijatovic | Partizan Belgrade | |
| DF | José Pérez Serer | RCD Mallorca | |
| FW | Juan Antonio Pizzi | CD Tenerife | loan |
| FW | Víctor Aristizábal | Atletico Nacional | |
| FW | José Gálvez Estévez | RCD Mallorca | |
| GK | Antonio Notario | Granada CF | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| DF | Leonardo | São Paulo FC | |
| FW | Juan Sánchez | RCD Mallorca | |
| GK | José Francisco Molina | Villarreal CF | loan |
| DF | Voro | Deportivo La Coruña | |
| MF | Toni | | |

## Competitions
### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 61 | 47 | +14 | 43 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Sevilla | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 56 | 42 | +14 | 42 | |
| 7 | Valencia | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 55 | 50 | +5 | 40 | |
| 8 | Racing Santander | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 38 | |
| 9 | Oviedo | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 43 | 49 | −6 | 37 | |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | D | D | L | D | L | W | L | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | D | D | W | L | W | D | W | D |
| Position | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

#### Results
### UEFA Cup
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | UEFA | UEFA |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ESP | José Manuel Sempere | 35 | -51 | 31 | -41 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -10 |
| | DF | ESP | Quique Sánchez Flores | 34 | 5 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ROU | Miodrag Belodedici | 35 | 0 | 28+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Paco Camarasa | 37 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Fernando Giner | 35 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Pepe Serer | 35 | 1 | 29+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Fernando Gómez | 36 | 15 | 28+2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| | MF | ESP | Carlos Arroyo | 32 | 3 | 22+6 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Tomas González | 31 | 0 | 20+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | YUG | Predrag Mijatović | 41 | 19 | 34+1 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| | FW | ESP | Álvaro Cervera | 29 | 1 | 18+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| | GK | ESP | González | 11 | -14 | 7+2 | -9 | 2 | -5 |
| | MF | ESP | Gaizka Mendieta | 20 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | BUL | Lubo Penev | 20 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| | FW | ESP | Eloy Olaya | 22 | 1 | 14+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| | FW | ARG | Juan Antonio Pizzi | 21 | 4 | 13+6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Pepe Gálvez | 33 | 5 | 11+17 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 |
| | MF | ESP | Ignacio Ibáñez | 11 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | COL | Víctor Aristizábal | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | José Manuel Tárraga | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Matías Rubio Navarro | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Benito | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Robert Fernández | 7 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Diego Ribera | 6 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Garcia Toral | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Fran | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Javi Navarro | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Sergio Pellicer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Aquilino Etxarri | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | GK | ESP | José Francisco Molina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ESP | Antonio Notario | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: https://www.bdfutbol.com/es/t/t1993-9436.html

## Chronology
### July

* Thursday, 1 — Hiddink denies knowing about Barcelona's alleged interest in Fernando but say they would listen an interesting offer.