Valencia CF
UEFA club competition milestones . Valencia have a fine tradition in European competition and have twice gone close to winning the UEFA Champions League. In successive seasons - 1999/00 and 2000/01 - they were beaten finalists against Real Madrid CF and FC Bayern München respectively. Despite losing 3-0 against their Spanish rivals they were only denied by penalty kicks a year later against Bayern after the match in Milan had ended 1-1 after 120 minutes. . The club's greatest success on the European stage however has come in the other UEFA club competitions. In 1979/80 they were on the right side of a penalty shoot-out, defeating Arsenal FC 5-4 to win the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup after the teams had played out a goalless draw. . Valencia's most recent triumph arrived in the UEFA Cup in 2003/04 where a Vicente Rodríguez penalty and a goal from Mista helped them lift the trophy against Olympique de Marseille in Gothenburg. UEFA club competition honours . UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1979/80 . UEFA Cup: 2003/04 . UEFA Super Cup: 1980, 2004 . UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1998 Ten-year record (including current season) . Valencia have enjoyed a successful record in recent seasons and return to the UEFA Champions League for the fifth time in eight years after a 3-1 aggregate third qualifying round victory against FC Salzburg. In this season's group stage, the Spanish side recorded four victories and a draw from their six outings to top their group, three points clear of AS Roma. 1997/98: Did not compete in UEFA club competition 1998/99: UEFA Cup - second round 1999/00: UEFA Champions League - runners-up 2000/01: UEFA Champions League - runners-up 2001/02: UEFA Cup - quarter-finals 2002/03: UEFA Champions League - quarter-finals 2003/04: UEFA Cup - winners 2004/05: UEFA Cup - round of 32 (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League, group stage) 2005/06: UEFA Intertoto Cup - finalists 2006/07: UEFA Champions League - first knockout round 2005/06 season Domestic record: Valencia missed out on an automatic place in the group stage of this season's UEFA Champions League after a final day defeat against CA Osasuna meant that they finished third in the Primera División standings, a point behind Real Madrid. European record: Following a poor domestic season, by their high standards, in 2004/05 Valencia had to rely on the UEFA Intertoto Cup to qualify for the UEFA Cup. Victories against KAA Gent and Roda JC set-up a final meeting with Hamburger SV but the German club denied them with a 1-0 victory over two legs. Key facts UEFA club competition . Pld: 183 W: 92 D: 47 L: 44 GF: 286 GA: 174 UEFA Champions League (group stage to final) . Pld: 60 W: 31 D: 16 L: 13 GF: 92 GA: 55 European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League . Pld: 72 W: 37 D: 19 L: 16 GF: 109 GA: 62 Records UEFA club competition . Biggest win 0-5: SK Sturm Graz v Valencia CF 07.03.2001, 2000/01 UEFA Champions League, second group stage 6-1: Valencia CF v Legia Warszawa 01.11.2001, 2001/02 UEFA Cup, second round, second leg 5-0: Valencia CF v FC Chernomorets Novorossyisk 27.09.2001, 2001/02 UEFA Cup, first round, second leg . Biggest home win 6-1: Valencia CF v Legia Warszawa (see above for details) 5-0: Valencia CF v FC Chernomorets Novorossyisk (see above for details) . Biggest away win 0-5: SK Sturm Graz v Valencia CF (see above for details) . Heaviest defeat 7-0: Karlsruher SC v Valencia CF 02.11.1993, 1993/94 UEFA Cup, second round, second leg . Heaviest home defeat 1-5: Valencia CF v FC Internazionale Milano 20.10.2004, 2004/05 UEFA Champions League, group stage 1-5: Valencia CF v SSC Napoli 16.09.1992, 1992/93 UEFA Cup, first round, first leg . Heaviest away defeat 7-0: Karlsruher SC v Valencia CF (see above for details) UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) . Biggest win 0-5: SK Sturm Graz v Valencia CF (see above for details) . Biggest home win 6-2: Valencia CF v FC Basel 02.10.2002, 2002/03 UEFA Champions League, first group stage . Biggest away win 0-5: SK Sturm Graz v Valencia CF (see above for details) . Heaviest defeat 1-5: Valencia CF v FC Internazionale Milano (see above for details) . Heaviest home defeat 1-5: Valencia CF v FC Internazionale Milano (see above for details) . Heaviest away defeat 3-0: Real Madrid CF v Valencia CF 24.05.2000, 1999/00 UEFA Champions League, final (neutral venue) 3-0: Manchester United FC v Valencia CF 08.12.1999, UEFA Champions League, second group stage [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
