Valencia Féminas CF

Valencia CF Femenino

Full name	Valencia Féminas Club de Fútbol
Founded	1998 / 2009
Ground	Ciudad Deportiva de Paterna Valencia, Spain
Ground Capacity	3,000
Chairman	Salvador Belda
Manager	Cristian Toro
League	Primera División
2015–16	6th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Valencia Féminas CF, previously AD DSV Colegio Alemán, is a Spanish women's football team from Valencia.

History

A modest club founded back in 1998 within the German School in Valencia (DSV), Colegio Alemán attained promotion to the Superliga Femenina for the 2007–08 season. Both in it and the following season the team ranked third from last, tightly avoiding relegation. On May 26, 2009 the club announced an agreement had been reached with Valencia CF to turn Colegio Aleman's teams into VCF's women section.^[1]

On July 1 María Martí represented Valencia CF Femenino at the club's new kits presentation.^[2] The refounded team debuted on September 6 with a 0–2 loss again local powerhouse Levante UD. The team ended the first stage of the newly reformed competition second to last in the 7 teams group. Classed in a less demanding group Valencia ended the second stage one spot higher, equivalent to an overall 18th position among 22 teams, with 28 points from 7 wins, 4 draws and 13 losses.

Valencia improved significantly next year. Ending the first group in the 4th spot, just 3 points short from qualifying to the title contenders group, Valencia topped its group in the second stage, ending the season in an overall 10th position with 17 wins in 28 matches. With this result Valencia qualified for the Copa de la Reina for the first time in its history. They were defeated by Real Sociedad in the first round on the away goals rule.

Valencia had a bad start the following year, becoming the second team to lose the championship's first nine matches after Corderex La Antigua in 2004.^[3] In January 2012, with Valencia standing in relegation positions with 3 wins and 1 draw in 18 matches, new coach Xavi Tamarit was sacked and replaced by Cristian Toro.^[4] The team improved subsequently and won 7 of the next 15 matches to secure its spot in Primera in the second to last week.^[5]

Current squad

As of 1 November 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Esther Sullastres 3 DF Paula Nicart 4 DF Salomé Navalón 5 DF Ivana Andrés (captain) 6 DF Esther Romero 7 MF Joyce Magalhães 8 MF Leles Carrión 9 MF Yanara Aedo 10 FW Maripaz Vilas 11 FW Marianela Szymanowski 13 GK Christiane Endler

No. Position Player 14 FW Carolina Férez 17 MF Débora García 18 MF Natalia Gaitán 19 FW Estefanía Banini 20 MF Gio Carreras 21 MF Claudia Zornoza 22 MF Maya Yamamoto 23 FW Marta Peiró 24 DF Sara Micó 26 DF Cintia Montagut 27 DF Neus Llinares

Source: LaLiga

Former internationals

• Austria: Katja Trödthandl
• Spain: Cristina Estévez, Sara Monforte, Leila Ouahabi, Mariajo Pons, Ana "Willy" Romero

Competition record

References