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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

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.

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 Spain Sandra Hernández Spain Barcelona 2017–06–19 [14] MF Argentina Estefanía Banini United States Washington Spirit
2017–07–06 [15] GK Costa Rica Noelia Bermúdez Spain Levante 2017–06–22 [16] MF Spain Esther Romero Retirement
2017–07–06 [17] GK Spain Andrea Esteban Spain Levante 2017–06–27 [18] FW Chile Yanara Aedo United States Washington Spirit
2017–07–11 [19] DF Spain Marta Carro Spain Madrid 2017–06–29 [20] GK Spain Esther Sullastres Spain Zaragoza
2017–07–14 [21] MF Spain Anair Lomba Spain Espanyol 2017–07–03 [22] DF Spain Sara Micó Spain Sporting Plaza de Argel
2017–07–18 [23] GK Netherlands Jennifer Vreugdenhil Netherlands ADO Den Haag 2017–07–05 [24] GK Chile Christiane Endler France Paris Saint-Germain
2017–09–22 [25] FW Russia Nadezhda Karpova Russia Chertanovo 2017–07–05 [26] MF Spain Claudia Florentino Spain Albacete
2018–01–08 [27] DF Netherlands Mandy van den Berg England Reading 2017–07–10 [28] MF Spain Claudia Zornoza Spain Real Sociedad
2017–07–28 [29] MF Japan Maya Yamamoto Spain 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 Valencian Community 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 Valencian Community L'Alcúdia (Els Arcs)
17:30 Borini 42'
Cubedo 49'		 Report Referee: Frigols Sancho
9 August 2017 COTIF – G3 Valencia 2–0 Albi Valencian Community 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) Valencian Community 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 Valencian Community 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 Community of Madrid Fuenlabrada (La Aldehuela)
11:00
15 August 2017 MIFT – G2 Valencia 0–3 Anderlecht Community of Madrid Fuenlabrada (La Aldehuela)
13:00
16 August 2017 MIFT – G3 Atlético Madrid 1–1 Valencia Community of Madrid Fuenlabrada (La Aldehuela)
13:00

Primera División

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2 September 2017 1 Real Sociedad 0–1 Valencia Basque Country (autonomous community) Usurbil (Zubieta)
Report Vilas 56' Attendance: 500
Referee: Castile and León Peláez Arnillas
10 September 2017 2 Valencia 1–1 Santa Teresa Valencian Community Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Vilas 6' Report Lima 45' Attendance: 400
Referee: Catalonia Líndez Ciurana
24 September 2017 3 Athletic Bilbao 3–2 Valencia Basque Country (autonomous community) Lezama (Facilities)
Corres 10', 76'
Zárate 80'		 Report Vilas 16'
Borini 84'		 Attendance: 471
Referee: Asturias Fernández Ceferino
1 October 2017 4 Valencia 1–0 Sporting Huelva Valencian Community Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Hernández 14' Report Attendance: 450
Referee: Catalonia Sánchez Miguel
7 October 2017 5 Valencia 0–1 Atlético Madrid Valencian Community Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Report Corredera 38' Attendance: 1,250
Referee: Region of Murcia Martínez Madrona
14 October 2017 6 Barcelona 2–0 Valencia Catalonia Sant Joan (Joan Gamper)
Duggan 28'
Putellas 76'		 Report Attendance: 623
Referee: Canary Islands Huerta de Aza
29 October 2017 7 Valencia 4–0 Madrid Valencian Community Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Lomba 44', 64'
Szymanowski 53'
Karpova 72'		 Report Attendance: 400
Referee: Galicia (Spain) González González
5 November 2017 8 Granadilla 0–0 Valencia Canary Islands San Isidro (La Palmera)
Report Attendance: 700
Referee: Basque Country (autonomous community) Arregui Gamir
12 November 2017 9 Valencia 5–2 Betis Valencian Community Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Karpova 2', 62'
Vilas 40'
Lomba 47'
Férez 72'		 Report Borja 48'
Moreno 68'		 Attendance: 800
Referee: Catalonia Líndez Ciurana
18 November 2017 10 Sevilla 1–3 Valencia Andalusia Seville (Viejo Nervión)
Morilla 63' Report Szymanowski 16', 40'
Peiró 22'		 Attendance: 186
Referee: Aragon Frías Acedo
2 December 2017 11 Valencia 1–1 Espanyol Valencian Community Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Vilas 60' Report del Estal 67' Attendance: 400
Referee: Galicia (Spain) Casal Fernández
18 November 2017 12 Rayo Vallecano 4–2 Valencia Community of Madrid Madrid (Fundación Rayo)
del Álamo 16'
Pablos 48', 73'
Ponciano 86'		 Report Vilas 24'
Férez 57'		 Attendance: 186
Referee: Andalusia Prieto Martínez
9 December 2017 13 Valencia 2–3 Levante Valencian Community Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Vilas 36'
Peiró 90+1'		 Report Ramos 62' (pen.)
Casado 75', 82'		 Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Canary Islands Huerta de Aza
16 December 2017 14 Zaragoza 1–3 Valencia Aragon Zaragoza (Pedro Sancho)
Yamamoto 90+2' Report Vilas 6'
Férez 72'
Peiró 79'		 Attendance: 400
Referee: Catalonia Acevedo Dudley
7 January 2018 15 Valencia 3–0 Albacete Valencian Community Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Szymanowski 5', 33'
Férez 85'		 Report Referee: Catalonia Líndez Ciurana
13 January 2018 16 Valencia 3–1 Real Sociedad Valencian Community Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Vilas 33', 44', 58' Report Beristain 89' Attendance: 650
Referee: Aragon Cebollada López
28 January 2018 17 Santa Teresa 1–1 Valencia Extremadura Badajoz (El Viejo Vivero)
Merino 28' Report Szymanowski 70' Attendance: 600
Referee: Community of Madrid Kinga-Hajnalka
4 February 2018 18 Valencia 3–1 Athletic Bilbao Valencian Community Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Vilas 6', 44'
Hernández 54'		 Report Cirauqui 16' Attendance: 100
Referee: Andalusia Prieto Martínez
11 February 2018 19 Sporting Huelva 1–3 Valencia Andalusia Huelva (La Orden)
Castelló 47' Report Vilas 10', 32'
Hernández 89'		 Attendance: 100
Referee: Canary Islands Huerta de Aza
17 February 2018 20 Atlético Madrid 1–0 Valencia Community of Madrid Majadahonda (Cerro del Espino)
Bermúdez 24' Report Attendance: 463
Referee: Galicia (Spain) Casal Fernández
25 February 2018 21 Valencia 1–4 Barcelona Valencian Community Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Peiró 90+1' Report León 4'
Martens 35'
Torrejón 45+1'
Andonova 62'		 Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Castile and León Contreras Patiño
10 March 2018 22 Madrid 2–1 Valencia Community of Madrid San Sebastián (Matapiñonera)
del Río 72'
Geyse 81'		 Report Peiró 55' Attendance: 322=
Referee: Region of Murcia Martínez Madrona
18 March 2018 23 Valencia 0–0 Granadilla Valencian Community Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Report Attendance: 400
Referee: Catalonia Líndez Ciurana
24 March 2018 24 Betis 0–0 Valencia Andalusia Seville (Luis del Sol)
Report Attendance: 350
Referee: Catalonia Sánchez Miguel
31 March 2018 25 Valencia 1–1 Sevilla Valencian Community Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Vilas 73' Report Calderón 35' Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Basque Country (autonomous community) Arregui Gamir
15 April 2018 26 Espanyol 0–0 Valencia Catalonia Sant Adrià (Dani Jarque)
Report Attendance: 400
Referee: Andalusia Prieto Martínez
22 April 2018 27 Valencia 4–1 Rayo Vallecano Valencian Community Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Santiago 7' (o.g.)
Vilas 32', 44', 49'		 Report Domínguez 80' Attendance: 400
Referee: Basque Country (autonomous community) Rivera Olmedo
28 April 2018 28 Levante 0–1 Valencia Valencian Community Valencia (Ciutat de València)
Report Lomba 36' Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Region of Murcia Martínez Madrona
5 May 2018 29 Valencia 1–0 Zaragoza Valencian Community Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
Peiró 90+4' Report Attendance: 900
Referee: Community of Madrid Kinga-Hajnalka
12 May 2018 30 Albacete 0–2 Valencia Castilla–La Mancha Albacete (Andrés Iniesta)
Report García 35'
Szymanowski 42'		 Attendance: 250
Referee: Catalonia 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 Community of Madrid Majadahonda (Cerro del Espino)
20:45 Corredera 57'
Sampedro 63'		 Report Peiró 37' Attendance: 916
Referee: Galicia (Spain) Casal Fernández
23 May 2018 QF – L2 Valencia 1–2 Atlético Madrid Valencian Community Paterna (Antoni Puchades)
21:00 Szymanowski 90+5' Report Sampedro 9'
Falcón 90+3'		 Attendance: 1,700
Referee: Catalonia Acevedo Dudley

Primera División statistics

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No. Pos. Born Since FIFA Player Games Goals Disciplinary record
Nationality FC Yellow card Red card
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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