2008–09 Valencia CF season

During the 2008–09 season, Spanish football club Valencia CF placed 6th in La Liga. The team also reached the quarter-final round of the Copa del Rey.

Valencia

2008–09 season
Chairman	Vicente Soriano
Manager	Unai Emery
La Liga	6th
Copa del Rey	Quarter-finals
UEFA Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: David Villa (28) All: David Villa (31)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Squad

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	ESP	César Sánchez
2	DF	ESP	Curro Torres
3	MF	NED	Hedwiges Maduro
4	DF	ESP	Raúl Albiol (vice-captain)
5	DF	ESP	Carlos Marchena (captain)
6	MF	ESP	David Albelda
7	FW	ESP	David Villa
8	MF	ESP	Rubén Baraja
9	FW	ESP	Fernando Morientes
10	FW	ESP	Miguel Ángel Angulo
11	DF	ESP	Asier del Horno
13	GK	BRA	Renan Brito
14	MF	ESP	Vicente
15	DF	BRA	Carleto

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	FW	ESP	Juan Mata
17	MF	ESP	Joaquín
18	MF	POR	Manuel Fernandes
19	MF	ESP	Pablo Hernández
20	DF	ESP	Alexis
21	MF	ESP	David Silva
22	MF	BRA	Edu
23	DF	POR	Miguel
24	DF	ITA	Emiliano Moretti
25	MF	POR	Hugo Viana
30	FW	ESP	Míchel
33	GK	ESP	Vicente Guaita
36	DF	ESP	Jaume Costa

Transfers

In

#	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date
19	MF	Pablo Hernández	Getafe	€1,000,000	05-06-2008
	GK	Ludovic Butelle	Real Valladolid	Loan return	01-07-2008
11	DF	Asier del Horno	Athletic Bilbao	Loan return	01-07-2008
18	MF	Manuel Fernandes	Everton	Loan return	01-07-2008
	DF	David Navarro	Mallorca	Loan return	01-07-2008
	MF	Mario Regueiro	Real Murcia	Loan return	01-07-2008
2	DF	Curro Torres	Real Murcia	Loan return	01-07-2008
25	MF	Hugo Viana	Osasuna	Loan return	01-07-2008
13	GK	Renan Brito	Internacional	€4,000,000	27-08-2008
	MF	Ignacio María González	Danubio	Undisclosed	01-09-2008
15	DF	Carleto	Santos	€2,000,000	26-11-2008
1	GK	César Sánchez	Tottenham Hotspur	Free	20-01-2009

Out

#	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date
1	GK	Santiago Cañizares	Unattatched	Released	19 May 2008
	DF	Marco Caneira	Sporting CP	€1,500,000	25 June 2008
	GK	Juan Mora	Levante	Free	1 July 2008
	MF	Jordi Alba (from Valencia B)	Gimnàstic Tarragona	Undisclosed	24 July 2008
	MF	Sisi	Recreativo Huelva	Undisclosed	1 August 2008
	FW	Javier Arizmendi	Real Zaragoza	€3,500,000	12 August 2008
1	GK	Timo Hildebrand	1899 Hoffenheim	Free	10 December 2008

Loaned out

#	Pos	Player	To	Start	End
	MF	Ángel Montoro (from Valencia B)	Real Murcia	17 June 2008
	DF	Lillo (from Valencia B)	Real Murcia	17 June 2008
	MF	Sunny	Osasuna	27-06-2008	1 July 2009
	DF	David Navarro	Mallorca	20 July 2008	01-07-2009
	FW	Miku (from Valencia B)	Salamanca	26 August 2008
	DF	Carlos Bellvís (from Valencia)	Numancia	28 August 2008
	MF	Éver Banega	Atlético Madrid	28-08-2008	1 July 2009
	GK	Ludovic Butelle	Lille	01-09-2008	1 July 2009
	MF	Nacho González	Newcastle United	1 September 2008	1 July 2009
	MF	Aarón	Rangers	13 August 2008	01-07-2010
12	FW	Nikola Žigić	Racing Santander	26 December 2008

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 24 Jan 2009.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		UEFA Cup		Copa del Rey
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ESP	César Sánchez	20	0	18+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	ESP	Curro Torres	3	0	0+1	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
3	MF	NED	Hedwiges Maduro	32	1	18+4	1	5+1	0	3+1	0
4	DF	ESP	Raúl Albiol	42	2	33+1	2	5+1	0	1+1	0
5	DF	ESP	Carlos Marchena	36	1	24+2	1	7+0	0	3+0	0
6	MF	ESP	David Albelda	37	0	26+4	0	4+1	0	2+0	0
7	FW	ESP	David Villa	42	31	33+0	29	1+4	1	2+2	1
8	MF	ESP	Rubén Baraja	34	5	22+6	3	1+3	1	2+0	1
9	FW	ESP	Fernando Morientes	31	6	7+13	1	7+0	3	3+1	2
10	FW	ESP	Miguel Ángel Angulo	15	1	5+6	0	2+0	0	2+0	1
11	DF	ESP	Asier del Horno	20	2	6+3	0	8+0	2	3+0	0
12	FW	SRB	Nikola Žigić	3	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+1	2
13	GK	BRA	Renan Brito	24	0	19+0	0	3+0	0	2+0	0
14	MF	ESP	Vicente	36	9	6+21	6	3+2	0	4+0	3
15	DF	ESP	Iván Helguera	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
15	DF	BRA	Carleto	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	FW	ESP	Juan Mata	44	12	35+2	10	3+3	1	0+1	1
17	MF	ESP	Joaquín	37	6	26+5	4	1+3	1	1+1	1
18	MF	POR	Manuel Fernandes	37	2	20+7	2	5+3	0	1+1	0
19	MF	ESP	Pablo Hernández	30	5	13+8	3	6+0	1	3+0	1
20	DF	ESP	Alexis	26	1	24+0	1	2+0	0	0+0	0
21	MF	ESP	David Silva	24	5	17+2	4	2+1	1	1+1	0
22	MF	BRA	Edu	27	1	9+12	1	3+0	0	2+1	0
23	DF	POR	Miguel	33	0	26+1	0	3+1	0	2+0	0
24	DF	ITA	Emiliano Moretti	29	0	25+3	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
25	MF	POR	Hugo Viana	5	0	0+0	0	4+0	0	1+0	0
26	DF	ESP	David Lombán (from B team)	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	MF	ESP	Carles Martínez (from B team)	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	FW	ESP	Daniel Olcina (from B team)	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	DF	ESP	Arturo (from B team)	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	FW	ESP	Míchel (from B team)	15	1	4+9	0	0+0	0	1+1	1
31	MF	ESP	Ximo Navarro (from B team)	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
32	MF	ESP	Tímor (from B team)	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	GK	ESP	Vicente Guaita (from B team)	4	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
34	GK	ESP	Sergio Garabato (from B team)	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
35	GK	ESP	Salva (from B team)	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
36	DF	ESP	Jaume (from B team)	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
37	DF	ESP	Alexis Villar (from B team)	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
38	DF	ESP	Castells (from B team)	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
39	FW	ESP	Morgado (from B team)	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
40	MF	ESP	Ximo (from B team)	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Goal scorers

Position	Nation	Number	Name	La Liga	UEFA Cup	Copa del Rey	Total
1		7	David Villa	29	1	1	31
2		16	Juan Mata	10	1	1	12
3		14	Vicente	6	0	3	9
4		9	Joaquín	4	1	1	6
=		9	Fernando Morientes	1	3	2	6
6		21	David Silva	4	1	0	5
=		8	Rubén Baraja	3	1	1	5
=		19	Pablo Hernández	3	1	1	5
9		4	Raúl Albiol	2	0	0	2
=		18	Manuel Fernandes	2	0	0	2
=		11	Asier del Horno	0	2	0	2
=		12	Nikola Žigić	0	0	2	2
13		3	Hedwiges Maduro	1	0	0	1
=		5	Carlos Marchena	1	0	0	1
=		20	Alexis	1	0	0	1
=		15	Edu	1	0	0	1
=		10	Miguel Ángel Angulo	0	0	1	1
=		30	Míchel	0	0	1	1
/	/	/	TOTALS	38	11	14	63

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
La Liga	—	6th	30 August 2008	31 May 2009
UEFA Cup	First round	Round of 32	18 September 2008	26 February 2009
Copa del Rey	Round of 32	Quarter-finals	29 October 2008	28 January 2009

Updated to match played 24 Jan
Source: Competitions

La Liga

Main article: 2008–09 La Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Atlético Madrid	38	20	7	11	80	57	+23	67	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5	Villarreal	38	18	11	9	61	54	+7	65	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
6	Valencia	38	18	8	12	68	54	+14	62
7	Deportivo La Coruña	38	16	10	12	48	47	+1	58
8	Málaga	38	15	10	13	55	59	−4	55

Source: LFP and Yahoo! Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	W
Position	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	3	3	4	3	3	2	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	8	8	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6

	Leader
	2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group stage
	2009–10 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
	Relegation to 2009–10 Segunda División

Source: kicker.de (in German) and juventus.com

Matches

Valencia v Mallorca

30 August 2008	Valencia	3–0	Mallorca	Mestalla, Valencia
21:00	Silva  13' Moretti  20' Villa 34' Mata 38' Albelda  52' Alexis  80' Vicente 82'			Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Antonio Rubinos Pérez

Almería v Valencia

14 September 2008	Almería	2–2	Valencia	Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos, Almería
20:00	Piatti 20' Corona  37' Negredo 40' Juanito  89'		13' Helguera 35',  61' Alexis 69' Villa	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

Valencia v Osasuna

21 September 2008	Valencia	1–0	Osasuna	Mestalla, Valencia
16:00	Edu  65' Mata 84'		54',  64'  Azpilicueta  66' Ricardo	Attendance: 37,000 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

Málaga v Valencia

25 September 2008	Málaga	0–2	Valencia	Estadio La Rosaleda, Málaga
19:00	Weligton  79' Salva  88'		18' Fernandes  31' Del Horno  45' Alexis 71', 90' Villa  90' Edu	Attendance: 15,960 Referee: Alfonso Alvarez Izquierdo

Valencia v Deportivo La Coruña

28 September 2008	Valencia	4–2	Deportivo La Coruña	Mestalla, Valencia
18:00	Mata 35' Villa 49', 82' Joaquín 69' Albelda  85' Moretti  86'		11' (o.g.) Renan  25' Filipe Luís  72' Laure 85' Lafita	Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Miguel Angel Pérez Lasa

Real Valladolid v Valencia

5 October 2008	Real Valladolid	0–1	Valencia	Estadio José Zorrilla, Valladolid
18:00	Pedro León  27'		36' Miguel  52' Villa  53' Albelda 54' Fernandes  85' Renan	Attendance: 17,456 Referee: César Muñiz Fernández

Valencia v Numancia

18 October 2008	Valencia	4–0	Numancia	Mestalla, Valencia
16:00	Villa 4', 89' Mata 72' Vicente 83'			Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila

Recreativo de Huelva v Valencia

26 October 2008	Recreativo de Huelva	1–1	Valencia	Estadio Nuevo Colombino, Huelva
16:00	Arzo  45' Camuñas 47' Poli  76' Martin  78' Vázquez  90'		45', 62' Villa  85' Alexis	Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González

Valencia v Racing de Santander

1 November 2008	Valencia	2–4	Racing de Santander	Mestalla, Valencia
21:00	Villa 28' (pen.) Moretti  36' Albelda  58' Joaquín 70'		23', 49', 80' Tchité  26' Pinillos  28' Colsa  60' Lacen 84' (o.g.) Albelda	Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Javier Turienzo Álvarez

Getafe v Valencia

9 November 2008	Getafe	0–3	Valencia	Coliseum Alfonso Pérez, Getafe
20:00	Licht  14' Manu  39' Polanski  44' Soldado  45' Díaz  51' Contra  67'		29',  34' Fernandes  38' Mata  61' Moretti  66' Marchena 69' Joaquín 81' Vicente	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

Valencia v Sporting de Gijón

15 November 2008	Valencia	2–3	Sporting de Gijón	Mestalla, Valencia
21:00	Albelda  58' Villa 69' (pen.) Baraja  76' Mata 90'		20' Morán  39' Neru 52',  55' Barral 81' Castro  84' Bilić	Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Jose Luis Paradas Romero

Sevilla v Valencia

22 November 2008	Sevilla	0–0	Valencia	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville
19:30	Navas  5' Luís Fabiano  59'		55' Marchena  65' Fernandes  78' Baraja	Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

Valencia v Real Betis

30 November 2008	Valencia	3–2	Real Betis	Mestalla, Valencia
18:00	Villa 10' (pen.),  79' Mata 20' Marchena  64' Baraja  69', 73' Renan  90'		28' Damià 56' Juanma 64' (pen.) Emana  73' Nélson  75' Juanito	Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

Barcelona v Valencia

6 December 2008	Barcelona	4–0	Valencia	Camp Nou, Barcelona
21:00	Henry 20', 28', 79' Alves 46'		6' Albiol  38' Albelda  67' Villa  72' Miguel  73' Del Horno	Attendance: 94,000 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

Valencia v Espanyol

13 December 2008	Valencia	2–1	Espanyol	Valencia
19:00	Fernandes  33' Albiol 58' Moretti  67' Vicente 81' Albelda  90' Miguel  90'		10' Rufete  21', 28' Román  64' Lacruz  79' Kameni  80' Hurtado  90' Béranger	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González

Real Madrid v Valencia

20 December 2008	Real Madrid	1–0	Valencia	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
19:00	Higuaín 3' Salgado  27' Marcelo  31' Robben  83' Palanca  88'		21' Del Horno  29',  66'  Marchena  69' Albiol	Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Rafael Ramírez Domínguez

Valencia v Atlético Madrid

3 January 2009	Valencia	3–1	Atlético Madrid	Mestalla, Valencia
21:00	Villa 34' (pen.) Silva 39', 69' Baraja  45' Albelda  72'		33' García 45' (pen.) Forlán  75' Perea  77' Heitinga  87' Assunção	Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Julián Rodríguez Santiago

Valencia v Villarreal

10 January 2009	Valencia	3–3	Villarreal	Mestalla, Valencia
21:00	Baraja 1',  53' Villa 10' Edu 79'		21' Eguren 45' Fuentes  49' Bruno  60' Fuentes 76' Llorente 84' (pen.) Rossi	Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo

Athletic Bilbao v Valencia

18 January 2009	Athletic Bilbao	3–2	Valencia	Estadio San Mamés, Bilbao
18:00	Gabilondo 18',  21' Martínez 42',  69' Ocio  80' Koikili  85' Llorente 90' (pen.)		2' Villa 30',  36' Morientes  33' Mata  80',  90'  Fernandes	Attendance: 39,000 Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila

Mallorca v Valencia

25 January 2009	Mallorca	–	Valencia	ONO Estadi, Palma
16:00				Referee:

Valencia v Almería

1 February 2009	Valencia	–	Almería	Mestalla, Valencia
16:00				Referee:

Osasuna v Valencia

8 January 2009	Osasuna	–	Valencia	Estadio Reyno de Navarra, Pamplona
16:00				Referee:

Valencia v Málaga

15 January 2009	Valencia	–	Málaga	Mestalla, Valencia
16:00				Referee:

Deportivo La Coruña v Valencia

22 January 2009	Deportivo La Coruña	–	Valencia	Estadio Riazor, A Coruña
16:00				Referee:

Valencia v Real Valladolid

1 March 2009	Valencia	–	Real Valladolid	Mestalla, Valencia
16:00				Referee:

Numancia v Valencia

8 March 2009	Numancia	–	Valencia	Nuevo Estadio Los Pajaritos, Soria
16:00				Referee:

Valencia v Recreativo de Huelva

15 March 2009	Valencia	–	Recreativo de Huelva	Mestalla, Valencia
16:00				Referee:

Racing de Santander v Valencia

22 March 2009	Racing de Santander	–	Valencia	Estadio El Sardinero, Santander
16:00				Referee:

Valencia v Getafe

5 April 2009	Valencia	–	Getafe	Mestalla, Valencia
16:00				Referee:

Sporting de Gijón v Valencia

12 April 2009	Sporting de Gijón	–	Valencia	Estadio El Molinon, Gijón
16:00				Referee:

Valencia v Sevilla

19 April 2009	Valencia	–	Sevilla	Mestalla, Valencia
16:00				Referee:

Real Betis v Valencia

22 April 2009	Real Betis	–	Valencia	Estadio Manuel Ruiz de Lopera, Seville
16:00				Referee:

Valencia v Barcelona

26 April 2009	Valencia	–	Barcelona	Mestalla, Valencia
16:00				Referee:

Espanyol v Valencia

3 May 2009	Espanyol	–	Valencia	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona
16:00				Referee:

Valencia v Real Madrid

10 May 2009	Valencia	–	Real Madrid	Mestalla, Valencia
16:00				Referee:

Atlético Madrid v Valencia

17 May 2009	Atlético Madrid	–	Valencia	Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid
16:00				Referee:

Villarreal v Valencia

24 May 2009	Villarreal	–	Valencia	Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal
16:00				Referee:

Valencia v Athletic Bilbao

31 May 2009	Valencia	–	Athletic Bilbao	Mestalla, Valencia
16:00				Referee:

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup

Overall

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
6	3	3	0	11	5	+6	12	1	2	0	4	3	+1	2	1	0	7	2	+5

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
Ground	A	H	-	-	-	H	A	H	A	-	-	-	A	H	-	-	-	H	A	-	-	-			-	-	-		-	-
Result	W	W				D	W	D	D
Position	1	1				2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 24 Jan. Source: UEFA Cup 2008-09
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

First round

First leg

Marítimo v Valencia

18 September 2008	Marítimo	0–1	Valencia	Estádio dos Barreiros, Funchal
21:00	Olberdam  30'		12' Morientes  34' Edu  54' Renan  56' Helguera  71' Albelda  75' Hernández  80' Villa	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Claudio Circhetta

Second leg

Valencia v Marítimo

2 October 2008	Valencia	2–1 (3–1 agg.)	Marítimo	Mestalla, Valencia
21:00	Helguera  38' Albelda  73' Del Horno 78',  83' Villa 90' (pen.),  90'		25' Bruno 41' Marcinho  89' Fogaça	Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Ivan Bebek

Group stage

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup group stage § Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		STE	VAL	FCK	BRU	ROS
1	Saint-Étienne	4	2	2	0	9	4	+5	8	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–2	—	—	3–0
2	Valencia	4	1	3	0	8	4	+4	6			—	—	1–1	1–1	—
3	Copenhagen	4	1	2	1	4	5	−1	5			1–3	—	—	—	1–1
4	Club Brugge	4	0	3	1	2	3	−1	3			1–1	—	0–1	—	—
5	Rosenborg	4	0	2	2	1	8	−7	2			—	0–4	—	0–0	—

Source: RSSSF

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
4	1	3	0	8	4	+4	6	0	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	6	2	+4

Matches

Valencia v Copenhagen

6 November 2008	Valencia	1–1	Copenhagen	Mestalla, Valencia
20:30	Morientes 61'		85' Santín  90' Pospěch	Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Knut Kircher

Rosenborg v Valencia

27 November 2008	Rosenborg	0–4	Valencia	Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim
19:45			21' Mata 76' Hernández 88' Baraja 90' Joaquín	Attendance: 14,549 Referee: Kevin Blom

Valencia v Club Brugge

4 December 2008	Valencia	1–1	Club Brugge	Mestalla, Valencia
19:45	Žigić 60' Del Horno  74'		18' Alcaraz  49' Dirar	Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Saint-Étienne v Valencia

17 December 2008	Saint-Étienne	2–2	Valencia	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne
19:45	Ilan 29', 44' Sall  80'		33',  58' Morientes 72' Žigić  71' Viana  81' Marchena	Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Alexandru Deaconu

Round of 32

First leg

Dynamo Kyiv v Valencia

18 February 2009	Dynamo Kyiv	1–1	Valencia	Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv
18:00	Milevskyi 63'	Report	Silva 8'	Attendance: 16,800 Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)

Second leg

Valencia v Dynamo Kyiv

26 February 2009	Valencia	2–2 (3–3 (a) agg.)	Dynamo Kyiv	Mestalla, Valencia
21:30	Marchena 45' Del Horno 54'	Report	Kravets 34', 73'	Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Copa del Rey

Main article: 2008–09 Copa del Rey

Overall

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
6	4	1	1	15	7	+8	13	3	0	0	9	3	+6	1	1	1	6	4	+2

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	A	H	-	-	A	H	-	-	H	A	-	-	H	A	-	-	H	-
Result	W	W			D	W			W	L
Position	1	1			1	1			1	2

Updated to match(es) played on 30 Jan. Source: 2008–09 Copa del Rey Cup
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Round of 32

First leg

Club Portugalete v Valencia

29 October 2008	Club Portugalete	1–4	Valencia	Estadio La Florida, Basque Country
19:30	Vera 47'		11', 50' Morientes 21' Vicente 84' Žigić

Second leg

Valencia v Club Portugalete

12 November 2008	Valencia	3–0 (7–1 agg.)	Club Portugalete	Mestalla, Valencia
20:00	Angulo 20' Míchel 63' Hernández 72'

Round of 16

First leg

Racing de Santander v Valencia

7 January 2009	Racing de Santander	1–1	Valencia	Estadio El Sardinero, Santander
20:00	Sepsi  40' Munitis  45' Lacen 54' Oriol  89'		30' Marchena 36' (o.g.) Colsa  55' Maduro  70',  90'  Miguel  87' Vicente  90' Del Horno	Attendance: 12,600

Second leg

Valencia v Racing de Santander

14 January 2009	Valencia	3–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 agg.)	Racing de Santander	Mestalla, Valencia
19:00	Vicente 18' (pen.), 102' Del Horno  33' Maduro  45' Marchena  83' Joaquín 117'		22' Colsa  83' Lacen  109' Oriol  115' Munitis	Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Paradas Romero

Quarter-final

First leg

Valencia v Sevilla

21 January 2009	Valencia	3–2	Sevilla	Mestalla, Valencia
20:00	Villa 6' Baraja 83' Mata 86' Silva  89'		16' Escudé 53' Fabiano 68' Adriano	Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

Second leg

Sevilla v Valencia

28 January 2009	Sevilla	2–1 (4–4 (a) agg.)	Valencia	Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville
19:00				Referee: