About Valencia CF
Valencia Club de Fútbol commonly referred to as Valencia CF or simply Valencia, is a Spanish professional football club based in Valencia, Spain, that currently plays in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish league system. Valencia was founded in 1919 and has played its home games at the 49,430-seater Mestalla since its opening in 1923.
Club Achievement
Current Situation
Over the years, the club has achieved a global reputation for their prolific youth academy, or "Acadèmia". Products of their academy include world-class talents such as Miguel Tendillo, Ricardo Arias, Fernando Gómez, Andrés Palop, Javier Farinos, Raúl Albiol, David Albelda, Vicente Rodríguez, Gaizka Mendieta and David Silva. Current stars of the game to have graduated in recent years include Isco, Jordi Alba, Paco Alcácer, Juan Bernat, José Gayà, Carlos Soler, Ferran Torres, Lee Kang-in, Cristhian Mosquera, and Javi Guerra.
Historically one of the biggest clubs in the world in terms of number of associates (registered paying supporters), with around 50,000 season ticket holders at their peak, the club began to decline in the mid-2010s. Singaporean billionaire Peter Lim acquired the team in 2014.
