The 2016–17 season was the eighth season of Valencia CF's women's team. In it Valencia attained its best result in Primera División, a third position, and was the team with the fewest goals against in the championship – 11 in 30 games.Futbolme
On April 23, 2017, the team played for the first team in the Mestalla stadium. A crowd of 17,000 attended a record 6–0 victory over its major rival Levante.Marca
Season summary Background and preseason Valencia CFF ended the 2015–16 Primera División sixth, two positions below the previous edition (which had been their best result to date), while in the Copa de la Reina they reached the semifinals, where they lost against Atlético Madrid after extra time. Following the end of the season team captain Arantxa Lozano and reserve goalkeeper Gemma Rueda retired,SuperdeporteSuperdeporte leaving new captain Ivana Andrés as the only remaining player from the inaugural 2009–10 squad.Txapeldunak Naiara Beristain, Sara Monforte and Mulán Sánchez transferred to other Primera División teams,El Diario VascoHeraldo de AragónReal Sociedad while Willy Romero was the only 2015–16 signing to leave the club and moved to the Eredivisie.AFC Ajax
The club continued the bet for Latin American football they had initiated in the previous two seasons with Joyce Magalhães and Natalia Gaitán. Marianela Szymanowski joined the attack and Tiane Endler, who had returned to Colo-Colo after one season in Chelsea, became the new first-choice goalkeeper. With the season started the club signed players from the NWSL for the first time: Yanara Aedo joined the team in September and Estefi Banini after playing the NWSL final against Western New York Flash. Additionally three national players were signed: former international Débora García for the wings and the U19 international Leles Carrión and Esther Romero for the midfield. Marta Peiró made a breakthrough from the farm team and became the team's second top scorer despite playing few games as a starter.Marca
Valencia played against four Primera División teams and one local Segunda División team in the preseason, earning three wins and two draws. For the first time the team didn't take part in the COTIF Tournament.
Season Valencia started the season with three wins before conceding two draws in its two journeys to Andalusia, against Sporting Huelva and newly promoted Betis. Next the team defeated defending champion Athletic Bilbao, which scored the first goal conceded by Valencia in the season after seven games. The team didn't win any games in November, with four draws (including title containding Atlético Madrid and Barcelona) and one lose in the first Valencia derby played in a LFP stadium, the Ciutat de València.Superdeporte
However, this was followed by a remarkable streak up to April with 10 wins in 11 games and only one goal conceded. Following a second draw against Atlético, the club also held the Spring Valencian derby in Mestalla.Diario AS It was the first time the women's team played in the main stadium, and it attracted a 17,000 crowd.El Mundo Valencia's previous major win over Levante, 2015–16's 3–0,Soccerway was surpassed by half-time with a 4–0 scoreline and the game ended as 6–0, Valencia's largest win in the season.
With no Champions League qualifying options, Valencia secured the 3rd place (surpassing the 2014–15 4th position as its best result in the championship) with three games remaining with a 1–3 win over Granadilla.La Vanguardia After suffering its second defeat in the season against Barcelona, Valencia won the last two games to end the championship with 68 points – 19 more than in the previous season. Tiane Endler won the Zamora Trophy with a 0.39 coefficient,Marca and Mari Paz Vilas was the third top scorer in the championship with 28 goals in 27 appearances.
In the Copa de la Reina the team made its third appearance in a row in the semifinals by defeating Athletic 3–1. There it lost 1–2 to Barcelona, which won the competition. Vilas scored Valencia's last goal in the season in the additional time.Superdeporte Two Valencia players were subsequently included in Spanish call-up for the UEFA Women's Euro 2017: Paula Nicart and Mari Paz Vilas.Marca
Transfers In Out Date Pos. Player Origin Date Pos. Player Destination 2016–06–26 Valencia CF MF Leles Carrión Albacete 2016–06–06 GK Gema Rueda Retirement 2016–07–01 Valencia CF MF Esther Romero Barcelona 2016–06–08 MF Arantxa Lozano Retirement 2016–07–06 Valencia CG MF Débora García Atlético Madrid 2016–07–09 MF Sara Monforte Zaragoza 2016–07–11 Levante-EMV GK Tiane Endler Colo-Colo 2016–07–12 MF Naiara Beristain Real Sociedad 2016–07–13 Las Provincias FW Marianela Szymanowski Rayo Vallecano 2016–07–12 DF Mulán Sánchez Real Sociedad 2016–09–23 Superdeporte FW Yanara Aedo Washington Spirit 2016–07–15 FW Willy Romero Ajax 2016–10–17 Superdeporte MF Estefi Banini Washington Spirit
Squad
Results
Numbers in brackets in league games show the team's position in the table following the match
Pre-season
Primera División League table
Results
Copa de la Reina
Primera División statistics No. Pos. FIFA Player Games Goals Disciplinary recordNationality FC Pl. St. 1 GK 7 7 0 1 0 0 3 DF 2015 29 29 3 7 0 0 4 DF 14 2 0 0 0 0 5 DF 2015 30 30 0 2 0 0 6 MF 17 8 0 1 0 0 7 MF 30 30 2 2 0 0 8 MF 2 0 1 0 0 0 9 FW 2010 25 15 7 0 0 0 10 FW 2008 27 26 28 1 0 0 11 FW 2014 27 10 3 1 0 0 13 GK 2009 23 23 0 1 0 0 14 FW 2015 30 25 4 1 0 0 17 MF 2012 27 22 2 0 0 0 18 DF 2011 30 30 1 1 0 0 19 MF 2010 21 19 4 4 0 0 20 MF 16 11 0 0 0 0 21 MF 2016 30 30 4 1 0 0 22 MF 16 3 1 0 0 0 23 FW 23 4 8 0 0 0 24 DF 3 1 0 0 0 0 26 DF 7 3 0 0 0 0 27 DF 2 0 0 0 0 0 28 MF 6 1 0 0 0 0 29 MF 4 0 0 0 0 0 30 MF 3 1 0 0 0 0
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