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2017–18 Valencia CF Femenino season

The Valencia CF Femenino 2017–18 season was the ninth season of the women's football section of Valencia CF. The team ended the championship in 5th position and was eliminated in the national cup's quarterfinals by league champion Atlético Madrid.

Valencia CF Femenino
2017–18 season
ChairmanSingapore Anil Murthy
ManagerSpain Jesús Oliva
StadiumAntoni Puchades Stadium
Primera DivisiónFifth
Copa de la ReinaQuarterfinalist
Top goalscorerSpain María Paz Vilas (19)
Highest home attendance1,600
Lowest home attendance100

Season summary

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The 2016–17 season had seen the team attain its best result in the championship yet, third position, and play for the first time in the club's main venue, the Mestalla Stadium. The ambitious project behind this successful season was reported as a personal initiative of president Lay Hoon Chan,[1] but she resigned in mid-season due to the disappointing season by the men's team. The departure of manager Cristian Toro after five seasons was reported in May with one game remaining,[2] and on 20 June, a few days after the team was eliminated in the Copa de la Reina's semifinals by FC Barcelona, his second in command Jesús Oliva was appointed his successor.[3] Oliva, a coach at Valencia Femenino since the team's establishment in 2009, had been the manager of the club's B team that topped the 2015–16 Segunda División's Group 7.[4]

Most of the previous season's key signings left the team, as Estefanía Banini and Yanara Aedo returned to Washington Spirit, and Christiane Endler was transferred to Paris Saint-Germain, with the €30,000 fee to Valencia the first paid transfer in Spanish women's football.[5] Another notable loss was the departure of Claudia Zornoza, who left for Real Sociedad. Jennifer Vreugdenhil, coming from the Eredivisie, replaced Endler as the team's first-choice goalkeeper, and Valencia signed Noelia Bermúdez, Marta Carro, Sandra Hernández and Anair Lomba within the Primera División market. After the championship was underway the team was joined by Nadezhda Karpova, the first Russian to play in the Primera División.

Facing a harsh championship start, the team suffered more defeats in the six first games than in the whole previous campaign against top teams Athletic Bilbao, Atlético Madrid and Barcelona, and wasn't able to dislodge them from the three top positions for the remainder of the season. The team suffered a chain of injuries,[6] and so in the winter window transfer Mandy van den Berg, who had finished her WSL campaign with Reading, was signed to make up for the long-time absences of Natalia Gaitán and Paula Nicart in the team's defense.

Unlike the previous season, the Valencia derby on 9 December was scheduled for the team's usual ground at the Ciudad Deportiva de Paterna rather than in the Mestalla, and it was reported in the media that the club intended to reserve its main venue for the male team.[7] All political parties in the Valencian Courts issued an institutional statement demanding the club to allow the team to play in Mestalla.[8] Hours later the club replied with a statement defending its social policies for gender equality and women's sport, regretting the criticisms as an alleged lack of awareness of its commitment and leaving an open door to eventual future appearances of the women's team in Mestalla.[9] Months later, the away derby fixture was staged in Levante's main venue, the Ciutat de València Stadium, before a crowd of 14,000.[10]

By mid-April, a seven games non-winning streak left Valencia in sixth position, with a 4 points advantage to defend in the last four games in order to qualify for the Copa de la Reina.[11] Valencia won all four games and surpassed Betis in the table, ending fifth. The Cup's draw matched Valencia with league champion Atlético, which resulted in defeats in both games. One week later Jesús Oliva was sacked, but he stayed in the women's team as its academy's coordinator, while Óscar Suárez succeeded him as the team's new manager.[12]

Transfers

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In Out
Date Pos. Player Origin Date Pos. Player Destination
2017–07–04 [13] MF   Sandra Hernández   Barcelona 2017–06–19 [14] MF   Estefanía Banini   Washington Spirit
2017–07–06 [15] GK   Noelia Bermúdez   Levante 2017–06–22 [16] MF   Esther Romero Retirement
2017–07–06 [17] GK   Andrea Esteban   Levante 2017–06–27 [18] FW   Yanara Aedo   Washington Spirit
2017–07–11 [19] DF   Marta Carro   Madrid 2017–06–29 [20] GK   Esther Sullastres   Zaragoza
2017–07–14 [21] MF   Anair Lomba   Espanyol 2017–07–03 [22] DF   Sara Micó   Sporting Plaza de Argel
2017–07–18 [23] GK   Jennifer Vreugdenhil   ADO Den Haag 2017–07–05 [24] GK   Christiane Endler   Paris Saint-Germain
2017–09–22 [25] FW   Nadezhda Karpova   Chertanovo 2017–07–05 [26] MF   Claudia Florentino   Albacete
2018–01–08 [27] DF   Mandy van den Berg   Reading 2017–07–10 [28] MF   Claudia Zornoza   Real Sociedad
2017–07–28 [29] MF   Maya Yamamoto   Zaragoza

Results

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

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4 August 2017 COTIF – G1 Valencia 1–0 Levante   L'Alcúdia (Els Arcs)
19:15 Borini   67' Report Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Fuentes Molina
7 August 2017 COTIF – G2 Valencia 2–0 Atlético Madrid   L'Alcúdia (Els Arcs)
17:30 Borini   42'
Cubedo   49'		 Report Referee: Frigols Sancho
9 August 2017 COTIF – G3 Valencia 2–0 Albi   L'Alcúdia (Els Arcs)
17:30 Peiró   5'
Esteban   22'		 Report Stadium: Els Arcs
Referee: Tórtola García
10 August 2017 COTIF – G4 Valencia 0–1 Morocco (national team)   L'Alcúdia (Els Arcs)
19:15 Report Meryem   55' Stadium: Els Arcs
Referee: Barceló Gómez
11 August 2017 COTIF – F Valencia 1–3 Atlético Madrid   L'Alcúdia (Els Arcs)
20:15 Borini   28' Report Bermúdez   21'
Carro   25' (o.g.)
Bautista   44'		 Stadium: Els Arcs
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Amorós Ramírez
14 August 2017 MIFT – G1 Valencia 1–2 Montpellier   Fuenlabrada (La Aldehuela)
11:00
15 August 2017 MIFT – G2 Valencia 0–3 Anderlecht   Fuenlabrada (La Aldehuela)
13:00
16 August 2017 MIFT – G3 Atlético Madrid 1–1 Valencia   Fuenlabrada (La Aldehuela)
13:00

Primera División

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2 September 2017 1 Real Sociedad 0–1 Valencia   Usurbil (Zubieta)
Report Vilas   56' Attendance: 500
Referee:   Peláez Arnillas
10 September 2017 2 Valencia 1–1 Santa Teresa   Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Vilas   6' Report Lima   45' Attendance: 400
Referee:   Líndez Ciurana
24 September 2017 3 Athletic Bilbao 3–2 Valencia   Lezama (Facilities)
Corres   10', 76'
Zárate   80'		 Report Vilas   16'
Borini   84'		 Attendance: 471
Referee:   Fernández Ceferino
1 October 2017 4 Valencia 1–0 Sporting Huelva   Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Hernández   14' Report Attendance: 450
Referee:   Sánchez Miguel
7 October 2017 5 Valencia 0–1 Atlético Madrid   Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Report Corredera   38' Attendance: 1,250
Referee:   Martínez Madrona
14 October 2017 6 Barcelona 2–0 Valencia   Sant Joan (Joan Gamper)
Duggan   28'
Putellas   76'		 Report Attendance: 623
Referee:   Huerta de Aza
29 October 2017 7 Valencia 4–0 Madrid   Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Lomba   44', 64'
Szymanowski   53'
Karpova   72'		 Report Attendance: 400
Referee:   González González
5 November 2017 8 Granadilla 0–0 Valencia   San Isidro (La Palmera)
Report Attendance: 700
Referee:   Arregui Gamir
12 November 2017 9 Valencia 5–2 Betis   Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Karpova   2', 62'
Vilas   40'
Lomba   47'
Férez   72'		 Report Borja   48'
Moreno   68'		 Attendance: 800
Referee:   Líndez Ciurana
18 November 2017 10 Sevilla 1–3 Valencia   Seville (Viejo Nervión)
Morilla   63' Report Szymanowski   16', 40'
Peiró   22'		 Attendance: 186
Referee:   Frías Acedo
2 December 2017 11 Valencia 1–1 Espanyol   Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Vilas   60' Report del Estal   67' Attendance: 400
Referee:   Casal Fernández
18 November 2017 12 Rayo Vallecano 4–2 Valencia   Madrid (Fundación Rayo)
del Álamo   16'
Pablos   48', 73'
Ponciano   86'		 Report Vilas   24'
Férez   57'		 Attendance: 186
Referee:   Prieto Martínez
9 December 2017 13 Valencia 2–3 Levante   Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Vilas   36'
Peiró   90+1'		 Report Ramos   62' (pen.)
Casado   75', 82'		 Attendance: 1,600
Referee:   Huerta de Aza
16 December 2017 14 Zaragoza 1–3 Valencia   Zaragoza (Pedro Sancho)
Yamamoto   90+2' Report Vilas   6'
Férez   72'
Peiró   79'		 Attendance: 400
Referee:   Acevedo Dudley
7 January 2018 15 Valencia 3–0 Albacete   Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Szymanowski   5', 33'
Férez   85'		 Report Referee:   Líndez Ciurana
13 January 2018 16 Valencia 3–1 Real Sociedad   Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Vilas   33', 44', 58' Report Beristain   89' Attendance: 650
Referee:   Cebollada López
28 January 2018 17 Santa Teresa 1–1 Valencia   Badajoz (El Viejo Vivero)
Merino  28' Report Szymanowski   70' Attendance: 600
Referee:   Kinga-Hajnalka
4 February 2018 18 Valencia 3–1 Athletic Bilbao   Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Vilas   6', 44'
Hernández   54'		 Report Cirauqui   16' Attendance: 100
Referee:   Prieto Martínez
11 February 2018 19 Sporting Huelva 1–3 Valencia   Huelva (La Orden)
Castelló   47' Report Vilas   10', 32'
Hernández   89'		 Attendance: 100
Referee:   Huerta de Aza
17 February 2018 20 Atlético Madrid 1–0 Valencia   Majadahonda (Cerro del Espino)
Bermúdez   24' Report Attendance: 463
Referee:   Casal Fernández
25 February 2018 21 Valencia 1–4 Barcelona   Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Peiró   90+1' Report León   4'
Martens   35'
Torrejón   45+1'
Andonova   62'		 Attendance: 1,200
Referee:   Contreras Patiño
10 March 2018 22 Madrid 2–1 Valencia   San Sebastián (Matapiñonera)
del Río   72'
Geyse   81'		 Report Peiró   55' Attendance: 322=
Referee:   Martínez Madrona
18 March 2018 23 Valencia 0–0 Granadilla   Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Report Attendance: 400
Referee:   Líndez Ciurana
24 March 2018 24 Betis 0–0 Valencia   Seville (Luis del Sol)
Report Attendance: 350
Referee:   Sánchez Miguel
31 March 2018 25 Valencia 1–1 Sevilla   Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Vilas   73' Report Calderón   35' Attendance: 1,000
Referee:   Arregui Gamir
15 April 2018 26 Espanyol 0–0 Valencia   Sant Adrià (Dani Jarque)
Report Attendance: 400
Referee:   Prieto Martínez
22 April 2018 27 Valencia 4–1 Rayo Vallecano   Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Santiago   7' (o.g.)
Vilas   32', 44', 49'		 Report Domínguez   80' Attendance: 400
Referee:   Rivera Olmedo
28 April 2018 28 Levante 0–1 Valencia   Valencia (Ciutat de València)
Report Lomba   36' Attendance: 14,000
Referee:   Martínez Madrona
5 May 2018 29 Valencia 1–0 Zaragoza   Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Peiró   90+4' Report Attendance: 900
Referee:   Kinga-Hajnalka
12 May 2018 30 Albacete 0–2 Valencia   Albacete (Andrés Iniesta)
Report García   35'
Szymanowski   42'		 Attendance: 250
Referee:   Acevedo Dudley
Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Athletic Bilbao 30 18 2 10 51 41 56 Qualification for the Copa de la Reina
4 Granadilla 30 16 6 8 48 33 54
5 Valencia 30 14 8 8 49 32 50
6 Betis 30 14 4 12 40 37 46
7 Real Sociedad 30 10 8 12 42 37 38

Copa de la Reina

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19 May 2018 QF – L1 Atlético Madrid 2–1 Valencia   Majadahonda (Cerro del Espino)
20:45 Corredera   57'
Sampedro   63'		 Report Peiró   37' Attendance: 916
Referee:   Casal Fernández
23 May 2018 QF – L2 Valencia 1–2 Atlético Madrid   Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
21:00 Szymanowski   90+5' Report Sampedro   9'
Falcón   90+3'		 Attendance: 1,700
Referee:   Acevedo Dudley

Primera División statistics

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No. Pos. Born Since FIFA Player Games Goals Disciplinary record
Nationality FC    
1 GK 1994 2017–18   Costa Rica 2014 Noelia Bermúdez 2 0 0 0
2 DF 1990 2017–18   Netherlands 2010 Mandy van den Berg 14 0 0 0
3 DF 1994 2014–15   Spain 2015 Paula Nicart 11 0 0 0
4 DF 1992 2010–11   Spain Salomé Navalón 13 0 2 0
5 DF 1994 2009–10   Spain 2015 Ivana Andrés 29 0 5 0
6 MF 1997 2017–18   Spain 2018 Sandra Hernández 28 3 3 0
7 MF 1988 2015–16   Brazil 2017 Joyce Borini 26 1 6 0
8 MF 1998 2016–17   Spain Ángeles Carrión 7 0 1 0
9 FW 1998 2016–17   Spain Marta Peiró 23 6 1 0
10 FW 1988 2013–14   Spain 2008 María Paz Vilas 28 19 4 0
11 FW 1990 2016–17   Argentina 2014 Marianela Szymanowski 27 7 1 0
13 GK 1995 2017–18   Netherlands 2018 Jennifer Vreugdenhil 28 0 0 0
14 MF 1991 2014–15   Spain 2015 Carol Férez 21 3 1 0
15 DF 1991 2017–18   Spain 2018 Marta Carro 29 1 3 0
16 MF 1989 2017–18   Spain Anair Lomba 21 4 3 0
17 MF 1989 2016–17   Spain 2012 Débora García 20 1 1 0
18 DF 1991 2015–16   Colombia 2011 Natalia Gaitán 5 0 0 0
19 FW 1995 2017–18   Russia 2016 Nadezhda Karpova 22 3 5 0
20 MF 1989 2013–14   Spain Georgina Carreras 25 0 2 0
21 FW 1996 2017–18   Spain Andrea Esteban 4 0 0 0
26 DF 1998 2013–14   Spain Cintia Montagut 8 0 0 0
27 DF 1997 2016–17   Spain Neus Llinares 1 0 0 0
29 MF 1998 2017–18   Spain Paula Sancho 19 0 0 0
30 DF 1999 2017–18   Spain Cristina Cubedo 19 0 2 0
DF 1997 2017–18   Spain Lidia Navarro 1 0 0 0
MF 2000 2017–18   Spain Alejandra Serrano 10 0 0 0
MF 2017–18   Spain Julia Aguado 1 0 0 0

References

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  1. ^ Valencia Femenino, the personal project of Layhoon. Deporte Valenciano (in Spanish), 7 March 2017.
  2. ^ Cristian Toro leaves the bench of Valencia CF Femenino. EFE (in Spanish), 19 May 2017.
  3. ^ Jesús Oliva confirmed as Valencia Femenino's new manager. Levante-EMV (in Spanish), 20 June 2017.
  4. ^ Femenino B, Segunda champion!! Diario de Mestalla (in Spanish), 16 May 2016
  5. ^ Endler, who moves to PSG, is the first female player for whom a club pays a transfer. Levante-EMV (in Spanish), 20 June 2017.
  6. ^ Plague of injuries in Valencia Femenino. BeSoccer (in Spanish), 2 November 2017.
  7. ^ Women's football [is left] out of Mestalla. El Mundo (in Spanish), 30 November 2017.
  8. ^ Les Corts reprimand València CF for expelling its women's team from Mestalla. El Diario (in Spanish), 1 December 2017.
  9. ^ Valencia CF replies to Les Corts. Cadena SER (in Spanish), 1 December 2017.
  10. ^ Galicia's Lombi decides a Valencian derby with 14,000 attendants. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish), 28 April 2018.
  11. ^ Valencia Femenino, point-by-point closer to the Cup. Superdeporte (in Spanish), 15 April 2018
  12. ^ Óscar Suárez replaces Jesús Oliva as the manager of Valencia CF Femenino. Levante-EMV (in Spanish), 1 June 2018.
  13. ^ Sandra Henrández signs for Valencia Cf for two seasons. Diario AS (in Spanish), 4 July 2018.
  14. ^ Argentina's Estefania Banini rejoins NWSL's Washington Spirit. The Washington Post (in English), 19 June 2017.
  15. ^ Noelia Bermúdez, from Levante UD to Valencia CF. Las Provincias (in Spanish), 7 July 2018.
  16. ^ [1]. Las Provincias (in Spanish), 22 June 2017.
  17. ^ Valencia signs Andrea Esteban and Noelia Bermúdez. Diario AS (in Spanish), 6 July 2018.
  18. ^ [2]. Vavel (in English), 28 June 2017.
  19. ^ Valencia CF signs Marta Carro from Madrid CFF. Super Deporte (in Spanish), 11 July 2018.
  20. ^ Esther Sullastres returns to Zaragoza CFF. Aragón Digital (in Spanish), 29 June 2017.
  21. ^ Valencia CF signs 'Lombi', coming from RCD Espanyol. Las Provincias (in Spanish), 14 July 2018.
  22. ^ Sara Micó, a deluxe reinforcement for Sporting Plaza de Argel. Diario Información (in Spanish), 3 July 2017.
  23. ^ Valencia CF Femenino signs Dutch goalkeeper Jennifer Vreugdenhil. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish), 18 July 2017.
  24. ^ Historic transfer of Christiane Endler to women's PSG. Vavel (in Spanish), 5 July 2017.
  25. ^ Nadezhda Kárpova signs for VCF Femenino. Vavel (in Spanish), 22 September 2017.
  26. ^ Funda makes its first signing. Aúpa Alba (in Spanish), 5 July 2017.
  27. ^ Valencia CF Femenino signs Netherlands' Mandy van den Berg. Diario AS (in Spanish), 8 January 2018.
  28. ^ Claudia Zornoza, third signing of Real Sociedad. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish), 10 July 2017.
  29. ^ Zaragoza Femenino signs Japan's Maya Yamamoto. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish), 28 July 2017.
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