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
ChairmanVicente Soriano
ManagerUnai Emery
La Liga6th
Copa del ReyQuarter-finals
UEFA CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
David Villa (28)

All:
David Villa (31)

Squad

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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

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# 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
# 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

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# 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

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Appearances and goals

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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

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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

Disciplinary record

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Competitions

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Overall

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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

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League table

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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

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWDWWWWWDLWLDWLWLWDLLWLDDLLDWWWWWDLWLLW
Position22111111433433242444444568865444444566
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

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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  
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  
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  
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  
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  
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  
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  
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  
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  
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  
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  
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  
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  
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  
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  
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  
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  
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  
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  
25 January 2009   Mallorca Valencia   ONO Estadi, Palma
16:00 Referee:  
1 February 2009   Valencia Almería   Mestalla, Valencia
16:00 Referee:  
15 January 2009   Valencia Málaga   Mestalla, Valencia
16:00 Referee:  
1 March 2009   Valencia Real Valladolid   Mestalla, Valencia
16:00 Referee:  
15 March 2009   Valencia Recreativo de Huelva   Mestalla, Valencia
16:00 Referee:  
5 April 2009   Valencia Getafe   Mestalla, Valencia
16:00 Referee:  
19 April 2009   Valencia Sevilla   Mestalla, Valencia
16:00 Referee:  
26 April 2009   Valencia Barcelona   Mestalla, Valencia
16:00 Referee:  
10 May 2009   Valencia Real Madrid   Mestalla, Valencia
16:00 Referee:  
31 May 2009   Valencia Athletic Bilbao   Mestalla, Valencia
16:00 Referee:  

UEFA Cup

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Overall

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Results summary
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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
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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAH---HAHA---AH---HA--------
ResultWWDWDD
Position112222
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

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First leg
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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
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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

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

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First leg
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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
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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

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Overall

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Results summary
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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
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Round123456789101112131415161718
GroundAH--AH--HA--HA--H-
ResultWWDWWL
Position111112
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

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

Round of 16

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First leg
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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
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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

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

References

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