# 2014–15 Valencia CF season

The 2014–15 Valencia CF season was the club's 95th season in its history and its 80th in La Liga. This was the first season since 1997–98 that Valencia would not compete in any European competition due to having its lowest finish in six years the previous season. The team competed in La Liga and the Copa del Rey. In La Liga, they finished fourth, qualifying for the play-off round of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League. In the Copa del Rey, Valencia lost to Espanyol in the round of 16. Dani Parejo was the club's top scorer in the league, with 12 goals, while Paco Alcácer was the club's top scorer overall, with 14 goals.

## Squad

    As of 1 September 2014
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 |
| 2 | DF | POR | João Cancelo (on loan from Benfica) |
| 3 | DF | POR | Rúben Vezo |
| 4 | MF | BRA | Filipe Augusto (on loan from Rio Ave) |
| 5 | DF | GER | Shkodran Mustafi |
| 6 | DF | ARG | Lucas Orbán |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Álvaro Negredo (on loan from Manchester City) |
| 8 | MF | ALG | Sofiane Feghouli |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Paco Alcácer |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Dani Parejo (captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Pablo Piatti |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Yoel (on loan from Celta Vigo) |
| 15 | MF | ARG | Enzo Pérez |
| 17 | FW | ESP | Rodrigo |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Javi Fuego |
| 19 | DF | ESP | Antonio Barragán |
| 20 | MF | ARG | Rodrigo De Paul |
| 21 | MF | POR | André Gomes |
| 23 | DF | ARG | Nicolás Otamendi |
| 31 | DF | ESP | José Luis Gayà |

### 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 |
| — | DF | ESP | Víctor Ruiz (at Villarreal until 30 June 2015) |
| — | MF | ARG | Federico Cartabia (at Córdoba until 30 June 2015) |
| — | MF | MEX | Andrés Guardado (at PSV until 30 June 2015) |
| — | FW | BRA | Vinícius Araújo (at Standard Liège until 30 June 2015) |
| — | MF | ESP | Robert Ibáñez (at Granada until 30 June 2015) |

### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 7 | ST | Álvaro Negredo | 29 | EU | Manchester City | Loan | Summer | 2020 | N/A | Valencia |
| 20 | AM | Rodrigo De Paul | 20 | Non-EU | Racing Club | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | €4,600,000 | El Mundo |
| 21 | CM | André Gomes | 21 | EU | Benfica | Loan | Summer | 2015 | €M | Valencia C.F. |
| 17 | FW | Rodrigo | 23 | EU | Benfica | Loan | Summer | 2015 | €4,000,000 | Valencia C.F. |
| 5 | DF | Shkodran Mustafi | 22 | EU | Sampdoria | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | €8,000,000 | Valencia C.F. |
| | MF | Enzo Pérez | 28 | Non-EU | Benfica | Transfer | Winter | 2019 | €25,000,000 | Valencia C.F. |
Total expenditure: €39,600,000

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 28 | AM | Fede Cartabia | 21 | EU | Córdoba | Loan | Summer | N/A | Córdoba C.F. |
| 22 | CB | Jérémy Mathieu | 30 | EU | Barcelona | Transfer | Summer | €20,000,000 | F.C. Barcelona |
| 24 | AM | Míchel | 25 | EU | Getafe | Loan | Summer | N/A | Getafe C.F. |
| 13 | GK | Vicente Guaita | 27 | EU | Getafe | Transfer | Summer | N/A | Valencia C.F. |
| 5 | CB | Víctor Ruiz | 25 | EU | Villarreal | Loan | Summer | N/A | Villarreal C.F. |
| 17 | FW | Eduardo Vargas | 24 | Non-EU | Napoli | End of loan | Summer | N/A | |
| 6 | CM | Oriol Romeu | 22 | EU | Chelsea | End of loan | Summer | N/A | |
| N/A | LB | Aly Cissokho | 26 | EU | Aston Villa | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | BBC Sport |
| N/A | MF | Míchel | 26 | EU | Guangzhou R&F | Transfer | Winter | €600,000 | Superdeporte |
| N/A | MF | Carles Gil | 22 | EU | Aston Villa | Transfer | Winter | €4,500,000 | BBC Sport |
Total revenue: €25,100,000
Net income: €25,100,000

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| La Liga | — | | August 2014 | May 2015 |
| Copa del Rey | Round of 32 | | December 2014 | |
Updated to match played June 2014 Source: Competitions

### La Liga

Valencia didn't secure 4th position until the last match.

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 38 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 118 | 38 | +80 | 92 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Atlético Madrid | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 67 | 29 | +38 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Valencia | 38 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 70 | 32 | +38 | 77 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Sevilla | 38 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 71 | 45 | +26 | 76 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 6 | Villarreal | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 48 | 37 | +11 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
* ↑ Sevilla qualified for the Champions League group stage by winning the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League. As a result, the fifth-placed spot for the Europa League group stage they earned was vacated without replacement as per UEFA regulations.
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2014–15 Copa del Rey, Barcelona, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the sixth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 24 May 2015. 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 | H | A | H | A | 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 | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | L | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | D | W | D | D | W |
| Position | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Copa del Rey
#### Round of 16
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | BRA | Diego Alves | 37 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Yoel | 6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | POR | João Cancelo | 13 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | POR | Rúben Vezo | 10 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Shkodran Mustafi | 36 | 4 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ARG | Lucas Orbán | 26 | 1 | 8+14 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ESP | Antonio Barragán | 36 | 1 | 32+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ARG | Nicolás Otamendi | 38 | 6 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ESP | José Luis Gayà | 37 | 2 | 32+3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | BRA | Filipe Augusto | 8 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ALG | Sofiane Feghouli | 33 | 6 | 20+13 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Dani Parejo | 37 | 11 | 33+1 | 11 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Pablo Piatti | 30 | 7 | 26+2 | 7 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ARG | Enzo Pérez | 15 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Rodrigo | 32 | 4 | 24+7 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Javi Fuego | 38 | 3 | 34+1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ARG | Rodrigo De Paul | 29 | 2 | 6+19 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | POR | André Gomes | 37 | 4 | 31+2 | 4 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Tropi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ESP | Álvaro Negredo | 34 | 6 | 14+16 | 5 | 1+3 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Paco Alcácer | 36 | 14 | 26+6 | 11 | 3+1 | 3 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 12 | DF | POR | João Pereira | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ARG | Bruno Zuculini | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ESP | Carles Gil | 11 | 1 | 2+6 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Robert Ibáñez | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Last updated: 30 May 2015 Source: BDFutbol

### Goalscorers

This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Rank | Pos | No. | Nat | Name | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | | Paco Alcácer | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | MF | 10 | | Dani Parejo | 9 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | MF | 11 | | Pablo Piatti | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | DF | 5 | | Shkodran Mustafi | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | FW | 7 | | Álvaro Negredo | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | FW | 17 | | Rodrigo | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | 21 | | André Gomes | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | 8 | | Sofiane Feghouli | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | DF | 23 | | Nicolás Otamendi | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | DF | 31 | | José Luis Gayà | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 6 | | Lucas Orbán | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 18 | | Javi Fuego | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 19 | | Antonio Barragán | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 20 | | Rodrigo De Paul | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 22 | | Carles Gil | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| OWN GOALS | OWN GOALS | OWN GOALS | OWN GOALS | OWN GOALS | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 52 | 8 | 60 |
Last updated on 21 March 2015