Valencia Club de Fútbol Mestalla, shortened to Valencia Mestalla, is the reserve team of Valencia CF, a Spanish football club based in Valencia, in the namesake community. Founded in 1944, and currently plays in , holding home games at Ciudad Deportiva de Paterna, with a 4,000-seat capacity.
Unlike in England, reserve teams in Spain play in the same football pyramid as their senior team rather than a separate league. However, reserve teams cannot play in the same division as their senior team. Therefore, the team is ineligible for promotion to La Liga, the division in which the main side plays. Reserve teams are also no longer permitted to enter the Copa de Europa.
History
Founded in 1944 as Club Deportivo Mestalla, the club spent 21 seasons in the Segunda División in the period between 1947 and 1973, including a best ever finish of second place in the southern section in 1951–52; they went on to finish top of the promotion play-off group, but were ineligible for promotion to La Liga as the reserve team of Valencia CF, who were already playing in that division.
In 1972–73, the club finished bottom of the Segunda División and was relegated to the Tercera División; three years later, they were relegated again to the Valencian Regional Preferente, the top division of regional football in Spain. However, their stay was short-lived as a reorganisation of the Spanish league saw them reinstated to the Tercera División, now the fourth tier of the national football pyramid. They were briefly promoted back to the Segunda División B for the 1987–88 season, but were relegated again after finishing just one point from safety. In 1991, after three more seasons in the Tercera División, they merged fully with Valencia CF, officially becoming the club's B team.
In their first season as Valencia B, they finished top of their Tercera División and were promoted back to the Segunda División B. Since then, they have played all but five seasons in the Segunda División B, reaching a peak of second place in their group in 2001–02.
Season-by-season As CD Mestalla SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1944–4552ª Reg.1st1945–4641ª Reg.1946–4733ª2nd1947–4822ª8th1948–4922ª12th1949–5022ª6th1950–5122ª8th1951–5222ª2nd1952–5322ª6th1953–5422ª15th1954–5533ª2nd1955–5622ª6th1956–5722ª17th1957–5833ª1st1958–5933ª2nd1959–6022ª11th1960–6122ª10th1961–6222ª12th1962–6322ª9th1963–6422ª4thSeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1964–6522ª8th1965–6622ª6th1966–6722ª9th1967–6822ª8th1968–6922ª17th1969–7033ª2nd1970–7133ª1st1971–7222ª13th1972–7322ª20th1973–7433ª2nd1974–7533ª5th1975–7633ª18th1976–774Reg. Pref.3rd1977–7843ª6th1978–7943ª10th1979–8043ª5th1980–8143ª8th1981–8243ª3rd1982–8343ª1st1983–8443ª3rd SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1984–8543ª1st1985–8643ª5th1986–8743ª5th1987–8832ª B16th1988–8943ª3rd1989–9043ª2nd1990–9143ª4th
Merged with Valencia SeasonTierDivisionPlace1991–9243ª1st1992–9332ª B12th1993–9432ª B13th1994–9532ª B3rd1995–9632ª B4th1996–9732ª B14th1997–9832ª B14th1998–9932ª B10th1999–200032ª B17th2000–0143ª2nd2001–0232ª B2nd2002–0332ª B6th2003–0432ª B17th2004–0543ª1st2005–0643ª2nd2006–0732ª B16th2007–0843ª2nd2008–0932ª B12th2009–1032ª B18th2010–1143ª1stSeasonTierDivisionPlace2011–1232ª B13th2012–1332ª B16th2013–1432ª B16th2014–1532ª B14th2015–1632ª B8th2016–1732ª B3rd2017–1832ª B11th2018–1932ª B13th2019–2032ª B16th2020–2132ª B / 2021–2253ª RFEF1st2022–2342ª Fed.3rd2023–2442ª Fed.11th2024–2542ª Fed.6th2025–2642ª Fed.9th2026–2742ª Fed.
21 seasons in Segunda División 25 seasons in Segunda División B 5 seasons in Segunda Federación 28 seasons in Tercera División 1 season in Tercera División RFEF
Players Current squad .
From Youth Academy
References
External links
Futbolme team profile La Futbolteca team profile Fútbol regional team profile