# 2019–20 Valencia CF season

The 2019–20 Valencia Club de Fútbol season was the club's 100th in the club's history and their 85th in La Liga. The club had qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the second season in a row, entering in the group stage. Valencia failed to defend the Copa del Rey that they won the previous season, losing to Granada in the quarter-finals after entering at the round of 32. As a result of the Copa del Rey win, Valencia competed in the Spanish Super Cup for the first time since 2008.

## Players
### Squad information

| No. | Pos. | Name | Date of birth (Age) | Signed in | Contract ends | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||
| 1 | GK | Jaume Doménech | (1990-11-05) 5 November 1990 (age 33) | 2015 | 2022 | Valencia Mestalla |
| 13 | GK | Jasper Cillessen | (1989-04-22) 22 April 1989 (age 35) | 2019 | 2023 | Barcelona |
| 28 | GK | Cristian Rivero | (1998-03-21) 21 March 1998 (age 26) | 2019 | 2022 | Valencia Mestalla |
| Defenders ||||||||
| 2 | DF | Thierry Correia | (1999-03-09) 9 March 1999 (age 25) | 2019 | 2024 | Sporting CP |
| 3 | DF | Jaume Costa | (1988-03-18) 18 March 1988 (age 36) | 2019 (Loan) | 2020 | Villarreal |
| 4 | DF | Eliaquim Mangala | (1991-02-13) 13 February 1991 (age 33) | 2019 | 2021 | Manchester City |
| 5 | DF | Gabriel Paulista | (1990-12-26) 26 December 1990 (age 33) | 2017 | 2022 | Arsenal |
| 12 | DF | Mouctar Diakhaby | (1996-12-19) 19 December 1996 (age 27) | 2018 | 2023 | Lyon |
| 14 | DF | José Luis Gayà (3rd Captain) | (1995-05-25) 25 May 1995 (age 29) | 2012 | 2023 | Valencia Mestalla |
| 21 | DF | Cristiano Piccini | (1992-09-26) 26 September 1992 (age 32) | 2018 | 2022 | Sporting CP |
| 24 | DF | Ezequiel Garay | (1986-10-10) 10 October 1986 (age 37) | 2016 | 2020 | Zenit Saint Petersburg |
| 25 | DF | Alessandro Florenzi | (1991-03-11) 11 March 1991 (age 33) | 2020 (Loan) | 2020 | Roma |
| 33 | DF | Hugo Guillamón | (2000-01-31) 31 January 2000 (age 24) | 2018 | 2020 | Valencia Mestalla |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| 6 | MF | Geoffrey Kondogbia | (1993-02-15) 15 February 1993 (age 31) | 2017 | 2022 | Internazionale |
| 8 | MF | Carlos Soler | (1997-01-02) 2 January 1997 (age 27) | 2016 | 2021 | Valencia Mestalla |
| 10 | MF | Dani Parejo (Captain) | (1989-04-16) 16 April 1989 (age 35) | 2011 | 2022 | Getafe |
| 16 | MF | Lee Kang-in | (2001-02-19) 19 February 2001 (age 23) | 2018 | 2022 | Valencia Mestalla |
| 17 | MF | Francis Coquelin | (1991-05-13) 13 May 1991 (age 33) | 2018 | 2022 | Arsenal |
| 18 | DF | Daniel Wass | (1989-05-31) 31 May 1989 (age 35) | 2018 | 2022 | Celta Vigo |
| 20 | MF | Ferran Torres | (2000-02-29) 29 February 2000 (age 24) | 2017 | 2021 | Valencia Mestalla |
| 34 | MF | Vicente Esquerdo | (1999-01-02) 2 January 1999 (age 25) | 2018 | 2020 | Valencia Mestalla |
| Forwards ||||||||
| 7 | FW | Gonçalo Guedes | (1996-11-29) 29 November 1996 (age 27) | 2017 | 2023 | Paris Saint-Germain |
| 9 | FW | Kevin Gameiro | (1987-05-09) 9 May 1987 (age 37) | 2018 | 2021 | Atlético Madrid |
| 11 | FW | Denis Cheryshev | (1990-11-26) 26 November 1990 (age 33) | 2018 | 2022 | Villarreal |
| 15 | FW | Manu Vallejo | (1997-02-14) 14 February 1997 (age 27) | 2019 | 2024 | Cádiz |
| 19 | FW | Rodrigo Moreno (VC) | (1991-04-06) 6 April 1991 (age 33) | 2014 | 2022 | Benfica |
| 22 | FW | Maxi Gómez | (1996-08-14) 14 August 1996 (age 28) | 2019 | 2024 | Celta Vigo |
| 23 | FW | Rubén Sobrino | (1992-06-01) 1 June 1992 (age 32) | 2018 | 2022 | Alavés |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| | MF | Uroš Račić | 21 | Non-EU | Tenerife | Loan return | Summer | 2022 | N/A |
| | DF | Aymen Abdennour | 29 | Non-EU | Marseille | Loan return | Summer | 2022 | N/A |
| | MF | Nacho Gil | 23 | EU | Elche | Loan return | Summer | 2022 | N/A |
| | MF | Álvaro Medrán | 25 | EU | Rayo Vallecano | Loan return | Summer | 2022 | N/A |
| | DF | Jeison Murillo | 23 | Non-EU | Barcelona | Loan return | Summer | 2022 | N/A |
| | MF | Salva Ruiz | 24 | EU | Mallorca | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | Free |
| | MF | Jason | 24 | EU | Levante | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | Free |
| | DF | Jorge Sáenz | 22 | EU | Tenerife | Transfer | Summer | 2024 | €3,000,000 |
| 15 | MF | Manu Vallejo | 24 | EU | Cádiz | Transfer | Summer | 2024 | €5,500,000 |
| 13 | GK | Jasper Cillessen | 30 | EU | Barcelona | Transfer | Summer | 2024 | €35,000,000 |
| 11 | MF | Denis Cheryshev | 28 | EU | Villarreal | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | €6,000,000 |
| 22 | FW | Maxi Gómez | 23 | Non-EU | Celta Vigo | Transfer | Summer | 2024 | €14,500,000$^{**}$ |
| 4 | DF | Eliaquim Mangala | 33 | EU | Manchester City | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | Free |
| 3 | DF | Jaume Costa | 31 | EU | Villarreal | Loan | Summer | | season loan |
| 2 | DF | Thierry Correia | 20 | EU | Sporting CP | Transfer | Summer | | €12,000,000 |
| | DF | Toni Lato | 22 | EU | PSV Eindhoven | Loan Return | Winter | | Free |
| | MF | Alessandro Florenzi | 28 | EU | Roma | Loan | Winter | | Free |
Total spend: €76,000,000

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 4 | DF | Facundo Roncaglia | 37 | EU | Celta Vigo | Loan | Summer | N/A |
| 13 | GK | Neto | 35 | EU | Barcelona | Transfer | Summer | €26,000,000 |
| | DF | Rúben Vezo | 30 | EU | Levante | Transfer | Summer | €6,000,000 |
| | FW | Simone Zaza | 33 | EU | Torino | Transfer | Summer | €12,000,000 |
| 22 | DF | Santi Mina | 28 | EU | Celta Vigo | Transfer | Summer | €0$^{**}$ |
| | DF | Jorge Sáenz | 27 | EU | Celta Vigo | Loan | Summer | N/A$^{**}$ |
| | DF | Jeison Murillo | 29 | Non-EU | Sampdoria | Loan | Summer | €2,000,000$^{***}$ |
| | DF | Aymen Abdennour | 35 | Non-EU | Kayserispor | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| | MF | Nacho Gil | 29 | EU | Ponferradina | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 15 | DF | Toni Lato | 26 | EU | PSV Eindhoven | Loan | Summer | N/A |
| | MF | Fran Villalba | 26 | EU | Birmingham City | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| | MF | Jason | 30 | EU | Getafe | Loan | Summer | N/A |
| | DF | Salva Ruiz | 29 | EU | Deportivo La Coruña | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| | MF | Álvaro Medrán | 30 | EU | | Contract terminated | Summer | Free |
| | MF | Toni Lato | 26 | EU | Osasuna | Loan | Winter | Free |
Total income: €46,000,000 Net income: -€30,000,000
$^{**}$Valencia signed Maxi Gómez for €14,500,000 with Mina and Sáenz joining Celta as part of the deal. Celta have a buy option on Sáenz, who joins on loan for 2 seasons, with Valencia retaining a buy back option in the event that the buy option is exercised.
$^{***}$Murillo joins Sampdoria on loan for 1 season, with the club having an obligation to buy him for €13,000,000 at the end of the loan.

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| La Liga | 17 August 2019 | 19 July 2020 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 46 | 53 | −7 | 036.84 |
| Copa del Rey | 22 January 2020 | 4 February 2020 | Round of 32 | Quarter-finals | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 033.33 |
| Supercopa de España | 8 January 2020 | 8 January 2020 | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Champions League | 17 September 2019 | 10 March 2020 | Group stage | Round of 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 037.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 50 | 18 | 14 | 18 | 62 | 73 | −11 | 036.00 |
Last updated: 19 July 2020 Source: Soccerway

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Granada | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 52 | 45 | +7 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 8 | Getafe | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 54 | |
| 9 | Valencia | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 46 | 53 | −7 | 53 | |
| 10 | Osasuna | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 46 | 54 | −8 | 52 | |
| 11 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 51 | |
* ↑ The 2020 Copa del Rey Final was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain and could not be completed by the UEFA registration deadline of 3 August 2020, so the fifth- and sixth-placed teams in the 2019–20 La Liga, Villarreal and Real Sociedad, entered the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League at the group stage, and the seventh-placed team, Granada, entered at the second qualifying round.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 19 July 2020. Source: La Liga

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | W | L | D | D | W | W | D | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | D | L | W | D | D | L | W | L | L | L | D | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 11 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 |

#### Matches

The La Liga schedule was announced on 4 July 2019.

### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage
##### Group H

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VAL | CHE | AJX | LIL |
| 1 | Valencia | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–2 | 0–3 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Chelsea | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–1 | — | 4–4 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Ajax | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 10 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Lille | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 1 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Valencia 4, Chelsea 1.

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on the end of the season
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | Supercopa de España | Supercopa de España | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ESP | Jaume Doménech | 21 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | NED | Jasper Cillessen | 30 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | POR | Thierry Correia | 7 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Jaume Costa | 25 | 0 | 15+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Eliaquim Mangala | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Gabriel | 42 | 1 | 31+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Mouctar Diakhaby | 29 | 0 | 15+6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ESP | José Gayà | 32 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ITA | Cristiano Piccini | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Florenzi | 14 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ESP | Adrià Guerrero | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ESP | Hugo Guillamón | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | CTA | Geoffrey Kondogbia | 34 | 2 | 21+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Carlos Soler | 37 | 3 | 24+4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Dani Parejo | 47 | 10 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | KOR | Lee Kang-in | 24 | 2 | 3+14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Francis Coquelin | 36 | 0 | 21+5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | DEN | Daniel Wass | 45 | 2 | 30+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Ferran Torres | 44 | 6 | 26+8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 2 |
| 34 | MF | ESP | Vicente Esquerdo | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | POR | Gonçalo Guedes | 25 | 2 | 14+7 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Kevin Gameiro | 39 | 8 | 17+12 | 6 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+3 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | RUS | Denis Cheryshev | 31 | 3 | 9+15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+3 | 2 |
| 15 | FW | ESP | Manu Vallejo | 13 | 2 | 3+8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Rodrigo | 34 | 7 | 23+4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 22 | FW | URU | Maxi Gómez | 43 | 11 | 25+8 | 10 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ESP | Rubén Sobrino | 17 | 1 | 1+12 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have been loaned out or transferred ||||||||||||||
| 15 | MF | ESP | Jason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ARG | Ezequiel Garay | 23 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |