Valencia Club de

Fútbol (also known as Valencia or

Los Che) is a Spanish professional football club based in Valencia. They play in La

Liga and are one of the most successful and biggest clubs in Spanishfootball. Valencia have won six La Liga

titles, seven Copa del Rey trophies, one UEFA Cup, two Fairs

Cups, one UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup, two UEFA Super Cups and two

class="mw-redirect">Spanish Super Cups. They have also reached two UEFA Champions League finals in a

row, losing to La Liga rivals Real Madrid in 2000 and German club

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Munich in 2001. Valencia are also members of the G-14

group of leading European football clubs.

In the all-time La Liga table,

Valencia is in 4th position behind Real Madrid, FC Barcelona and

Athletic Bilbao. In terms of international titles, Valencia is 3rd behind Real Madrid and Barcelona, these

three being the only Spanish clubs to have won more than five international trophies.

Valencia were founded in 1919, and have played their home games at the 55,000-seater Estadio Mestalla

since 1923. They are soon to move into the 75,000-seater Nou Mestalla in the north-west of the city in 2009.

Valencia have a long-standing rivalry with Levante, also located in Valencia, and with another club in the

Valencian Community region, Villarreal.

Valencia is the third most popular

football team in Spain, only behind Real Madrid and

FC Barcelona.It is also one of the biggest clubs in the world in terms of number of associates (registered

paying supporters), with more than 45,000 season ticket holders and another 20,000+ season ticket holders on

the waiting list, which will come into effect once the new 75,000-seater stadium is built.