Valencia Club de Fútbol Mestalla, shortened to Valencia Mestalla, is the

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Valencia CF Valencia Club de Fútbol (, ca-valencia, València Club de Futbol ), commonly referred to as Valencia CF (or simply Valencia) is a professional football club based in Valencia, Spain, that currently plays in La Liga, the top flight of the Spa ...

, a Spanish football club based in

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, in the namesake community. Founded in 1944, and currently plays in Segunda Federación – Group 3, holding home games at ''

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'', with a 4,000-seat capacity. Unlike in

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, reserve teams in

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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 Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men's ...

, the division in which the main side plays. Reserve teams are also no longer permitted to enter the

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History

Founded in 1944 as ''Club Deportivo Mestalla'', the club spent 21 seasons in the

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commercially known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administrated by the Lig ...

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

as the reserve team of

, 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 Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

; three years later, they were relegated again to the Valencian Regional Preferente, the top division of regional football in Spain. However, their stay was shortlived 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

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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'' *Merged with

---- *21 seasons in

*25 seasons in

*1 season in

Segunda Federación Segunda Federación, previously called Segunda División RFEF, also officially known as Segunda B-Segunda Federación, is the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system containing 90 teams divided into five groups. It is administered by t ...

*28 seasons in

*1 season in Tercera División RFEF

Players

Current squad

From
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Out on loan

References

External links

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Futbolme team profile

La Futbolteca team profile

Fútbol regional team profile
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