# 2008–09 Valencia CF season

During the 2008–09 season, Spanish football club Valencia CF placed 6th in La Liga. The team also reached the quarter-final round of the Copa del Rey.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ESP | César Sánchez |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Curro Torres |
| 3 | MF | NED | Hedwiges Maduro |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Raúl Albiol (vice-captain) |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Carlos Marchena (captain) |
| 6 | MF | ESP | David Albelda |
| 7 | FW | ESP | David Villa |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Rubén Baraja |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Fernando Morientes |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Miguel Ángel Angulo |
| 11 | DF | ESP | Asier del Horno |
| 13 | GK | BRA | Renan Brito |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Vicente |
| 15 | DF | BRA | Carleto |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | FW | ESP | Juan Mata |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Joaquín |
| 18 | MF | POR | Manuel Fernandes |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Pablo Hernández |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Alexis |
| 21 | MF | ESP | David Silva |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Edu |
| 23 | DF | POR | Miguel |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Emiliano Moretti |
| 25 | MF | POR | Hugo Viana |
| 30 | FW | ESP | Míchel |
| 33 | GK | ESP | Vicente Guaita |
| 36 | DF | ESP | Jaume Costa |

## Transfers
### In

| # | Pos | Player | From | Fee | Date |
| 19 | MF | Pablo Hernández | Getafe | €1,000,000 | 05-06-2008 |
| | GK | Ludovic Butelle | Real Valladolid | Loan return | 01-07-2008 |
| 11 | DF | Asier del Horno | Athletic Bilbao | Loan return | 01-07-2008 |
| 18 | MF | Manuel Fernandes | Everton | Loan return | 01-07-2008 |
| | DF | David Navarro | Mallorca | Loan return | 01-07-2008 |
| | MF | Mario Regueiro | Real Murcia | Loan return | 01-07-2008 |
| 2 | DF | Curro Torres | Real Murcia | Loan return | 01-07-2008 |
| 25 | MF | Hugo Viana | Osasuna | Loan return | 01-07-2008 |
| 13 | GK | Renan Brito | Internacional | €4,000,000 | 27-08-2008 |
| | MF | Ignacio María González | Danubio | Undisclosed | 01-09-2008 |
| 15 | DF | Carleto | Santos | €2,000,000 | 26-11-2008 |
| 1 | GK | César Sánchez | Tottenham Hotspur | Free | 20-01-2009 |

### Out

| # | Pos | Player | To | Fee | Date |
| 1 | GK | Santiago Cañizares | Unattatched | Released | 19 May 2008 |
| | DF | Marco Caneira | Sporting CP | €1,500,000 | 25 June 2008 |
| | GK | Juan Mora | Levante | Free | 1 July 2008 |
| | MF | Jordi Alba (from Valencia B) | Gimnàstic Tarragona | Undisclosed | 24 July 2008 |
| | MF | Sisi | Recreativo Huelva | Undisclosed | 1 August 2008 |
| | FW | Javier Arizmendi | Real Zaragoza | €3,500,000 | 12 August 2008 |
| 1 | GK | Timo Hildebrand | 1899 Hoffenheim | Free | 10 December 2008 |

### Loaned out

| # | Pos | Player | To | Start | End |
| | MF | Ángel Montoro (from Valencia B) | Real Murcia | 17 June 2008 | |
| | DF | Lillo (from Valencia B) | Real Murcia | 17 June 2008 | |
| | MF | Sunny | Osasuna | 27-06-2008 | 1 July 2009 |
| | DF | David Navarro | Mallorca | 20 July 2008 | 01-07-2009 |
| | FW | Miku (from Valencia B) | Salamanca | 26 August 2008 | |
| | DF | Carlos Bellvís (from Valencia) | Numancia | 28 August 2008 | |
| | MF | Éver Banega | Atlético Madrid | 28-08-2008 | 1 July 2009 |
| | GK | Ludovic Butelle | Lille | 01-09-2008 | 1 July 2009 |
| | MF | Nacho González | Newcastle United | 1 September 2008 | 1 July 2009 |
| | MF | Aarón | Rangers | 13 August 2008 | 01-07-2010 |
| 12 | FW | Nikola Žigić | Racing Santander | 26 December 2008 | |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on 24 Jan 2009.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ESP | César Sánchez | 20 | 0 | 18+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Curro Torres | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | NED | Hedwiges Maduro | 32 | 1 | 18+4 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Raúl Albiol | 42 | 2 | 33+1 | 2 | 5+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Carlos Marchena | 36 | 1 | 24+2 | 1 | 7+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ESP | David Albelda | 37 | 0 | 26+4 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ESP | David Villa | 42 | 31 | 33+0 | 29 | 1+4 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Rubén Baraja | 34 | 5 | 22+6 | 3 | 1+3 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Fernando Morientes | 31 | 6 | 7+13 | 1 | 7+0 | 3 | 3+1 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Miguel Ángel Angulo | 15 | 1 | 5+6 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | ESP | Asier del Horno | 20 | 2 | 6+3 | 0 | 8+0 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | SRB | Nikola Žigić | 3 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 13 | GK | BRA | Renan Brito | 24 | 0 | 19+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Vicente | 36 | 9 | 6+21 | 6 | 3+2 | 0 | 4+0 | 3 |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Iván Helguera | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | BRA | Carleto | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | ESP | Juan Mata | 44 | 12 | 35+2 | 10 | 3+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Joaquín | 37 | 6 | 26+5 | 4 | 1+3 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | POR | Manuel Fernandes | 37 | 2 | 20+7 | 2 | 5+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Pablo Hernández | 30 | 5 | 13+8 | 3 | 6+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Alexis | 26 | 1 | 24+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | David Silva | 24 | 5 | 17+2 | 4 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Edu | 27 | 1 | 9+12 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | POR | Miguel | 33 | 0 | 26+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Emiliano Moretti | 29 | 0 | 25+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | POR | Hugo Viana | 5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ESP | David Lombán (from B team) | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Carles Martínez (from B team) | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | ESP | Daniel Olcina (from B team) | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ESP | Arturo (from B team) | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ESP | Míchel (from B team) | 15 | 1 | 4+9 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 31 | MF | ESP | Ximo Navarro (from B team) | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ESP | Tímor (from B team) | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | ESP | Vicente Guaita (from B team) | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | ESP | Sergio Garabato (from B team) | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | ESP | Salva (from B team) | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | ESP | Jaume (from B team) | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | ESP | Alexis Villar (from B team) | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | ESP | Castells (from B team) | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | ESP | Morgado (from B team) | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | ESP | Ximo (from B team) | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Position | Nation | Number | Name | La Liga | UEFA Cup | Copa del Rey | Total |
| 1 | | 7 | David Villa | 29 | 1 | 1 | 31 |
| 2 | | 16 | Juan Mata | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 | | 14 | Vicente | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | | 9 | Joaquín | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| = | | 9 | Fernando Morientes | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | | 21 | David Silva | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| = | | 8 | Rubén Baraja | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| = | | 19 | Pablo Hernández | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | | 4 | Raúl Albiol | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | | 18 | Manuel Fernandes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | | 11 | Asier del Horno | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| = | | 12 | Nikola Žigić | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | | 3 | Hedwiges Maduro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | 5 | Carlos Marchena | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | 20 | Alexis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | 15 | Edu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | 10 | Miguel Ángel Angulo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | | 30 | Míchel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| / | / | / | TOTALS | 38 | 11 | 14 | 63 |

### Disciplinary record
## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| La Liga | — | 6th | 30 August 2008 | 31 May 2009 |
| UEFA Cup | First round | Round of 32 | 18 September 2008 | 26 February 2009 |
| Copa del Rey | Round of 32 | Quarter-finals | 29 October 2008 | 28 January 2009 |
Updated to match played 24 Jan Source: Competitions

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Atlético Madrid | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 80 | 57 | +23 | 67 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Villarreal | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 61 | 54 | +7 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 6 | Valencia | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 68 | 54 | +14 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 7 | Deportivo La Coruña | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 48 | 47 | +1 | 58 | |
| 8 | Málaga | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 55 | 59 | −4 | 55 | |

#### 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 | 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 |
| Result | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | D | D | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
* Leader
* 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group stage
* 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
* 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
* 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
* Relegation to 2009–10 Segunda División

#### Matches
### UEFA Cup
#### Overall
##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

##### 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 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | A | H | - | - | - | H | A | H | A | - | - | - | A | H | - | - | - | H | A | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Result | W | W | | | | D | W | D | D | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 1 | 1 | | | | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | STE | VAL | FCK | BRU | ROS |
| 1 | Saint-Étienne | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 8 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–2 | — | — | 3–0 |
| 2 | Valencia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | — |
| 3 | Copenhagen | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–3 | — | — | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | — | — |
| 5 | Rosenborg | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 2 | | — | 0–4 | — | 0–0 | — |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

##### Matches
#### Round of 32
##### Second leg
### Copa del Rey
#### Overall
##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

##### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Ground | A | H | - | - | A | H | - | - | H | A | - | - | H | A | - | - | H | - |
| Result | W | W | | | D | W | | | W | L | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 1 | 1 | | | 1 | 1 | | | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |