# 1970–71 Valencia CF season

During the 1970–71 Spanish football season, Valencia CF competed in La Liga, Fairs Cup and the Copa del Generalisimo.

## Summary

During summer, President Julio de Miguel appointed Argentine ex-Forward Alfredo Di Stefano as its new manager. Also from Argentina arrived striker Rubén Óscar Valdez transferred out by Platense. In a 4-team-title-race involving also FC Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid the squad won its fourth league championship ever after Real Madrid shattered its trophy chances on Round 26 with a lost match 0-2 in Vigo against Celta and, a photo-finished last round 30 thanks to the draw game between Atletico Madrid and FC Barcelona despite the squad lost (0–1) against Español at Sarriá with the tie-breaker criteria favouring Valencia.
After the team clinched their first league trophy since 1947, the squad lost the 1971 Copa del Generalisimo Final by a 3–4 score against FC Barcelona.

## 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 |
| — | GK | ESP | Abelardo |
| — | GK | ESP | Cota |
| — | GK | ESP | José Manuel Pesudo |
| — | DF | PAR | Aníbal Perez |
| — | DF | ESP | Antón Martínez |
| — | DF | ESP | Fernando Barrachina |
| — | DF | ESP | Jesús Martínez |
| — | DF | ESP | Juan Sol |
| — | DF | ESP | Tatono |
| — | DF | ESP | Francisco Vidagany |
| — | MF | ESP | Pep Claramunt |
| — | MF | ESP | Paquito García |
| — | MF | ESP | Roberto Gil |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ESP | Fernando Ansola |
| — | FW | ESP | Enrique Claramunt |
| — | FW | PAR | Vicente Jara |
| — | FW | ESP | José Vicente Forment |
| — | FW | ESP | José Ramón Fuertes |
| — | FW | ESP | José Nebot |
| — | FW | ESP | Carlos Pellicer |
| — | FW | ESP | Poli |
| — | FW | ESP | Sergio Manzanera |
| — | FW | ESP | Uriarte |
| — | FW | ARG | Ruben Oscar Valdez |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from |
| FW | Sergio Manzanera | Levante |
| FW | Uriarte | Atletico Bilbao |
| FW | Carlos Pellicer | FC Barcelona |
| FW | Rubén Óscar Valdez | Platense |
| FW | Enrique Claramunt | Mestalla |
| GK | Cota | Mestalla |
| FW | José Vicente Forment | Mestalla |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To |
| FW | Waldo Machado | Hercules CF |
| FW | Vicente Guillot | Elche CF |
| MF | Cayuela | |
| MF | Collar | |
| MF | Illumbe | |

## Competitions
### Primera Division
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Valencia (C) | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 41 | 19 | +22 | 43 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
| 2 | Barcelona | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 50 | 22 | +28 | 43 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Atlético Madrid | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 51 | 20 | +31 | 42 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Real Madrid | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 46 | 24 | +22 | 41 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Atlético Bilbao | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 35 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
* ↑ Barcelona qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as champions of the Copa del Generalísimo.

#### Position 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 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 15 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### Copa del Generalisimo
#### Final
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa | Copa | Fairs Cup | Fairs Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ESP | Abelardo | 42 | -29 | 30 | -19 | 9 | -8 | 3 | -2 |
| | DF | PAR | Aníbal Perez | 40 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Antón Martínez | 36 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Juan Sol | 38 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Pep Claramunt | 43 | 11 | 30 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| | MF | ESP | Paquito García | 39 | 5 | 27 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | José Vicente Forment | 36 | 14 | 24+2 | 8 | 7+1 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| | FW | ESP | Sergio Manzanera | 42 | 7 | 30 | 4 | 7+1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| | FW | ESP | Carlos Pellicer | 27 | 3 | 21+1 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Enrique Claramunt | 32 | 5 | 15+7 | 4 | 3+5 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | FW | ARG | Oscar Valdez | 27 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | ESP | Cota | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | -1 |
| | DF | ESP | Tatono | 18 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Jesús Martínez | 17 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Francisco Vidagany | 17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Poli | 20 | 0 | 5+9 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Fernando Ansola | 15 | 5 | 5+1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Fernando Barrachina | 14 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| | FW | ESP | José Ramón Fuertes | 8 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| | FW | ESP | Uriarte | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | José Nebot | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | GK | ESP | Pesudo | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| | MF | ESP | Roberto Gil |
| | FW | PAR | Vicente Jara | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
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