Derbi de la Comunitat explained

Derbi de la Comunitat
City Or Region: Valencia, Villarreal
Teams Involved:Valencia CF
Villarreal CF
Largestvictory:Valencia 6–0 Villarreal
(14 April 1993)
First Contested:17 September 1986
La Liga
Villarreal 2–2 Valencia[1]
Total:60 (official)
Most Wins:Valencia (25)
Mostrecent:31 August 2024
La Liga
Valencia 1–1 Villarreal
Nextmeeting:16 February 2025
La Liga
Villarreal v Valencia
Most Player Appearances:David Albelda (26)
Top Scorer:Juan Sánchez (7)

The Derbi de la Comunitat ("Derby of the Community"), or the Valencian Country Derby, is a regional football rivalry in Spain between La Liga clubs Valencia CF and Villarreal CF. Separated by, historically the clubs maintained a friendly relationship since they were always in different divisions and rarely faced each other.

However, a rivalry began in 1997 when billionaire Fernando Roig failed to succeed his brother Francisco as the owner of Valencia CF and controversially opted instead to buy Villarreal CF from the city of Villarreal. A relatively unknown team up to that point, Villarreal grew increasingly stronger under Roig's heavy investment, challenging Valencia's supremacy as the biggest club of the region, converting a once non-existent rivalry into the most important game in the autonomous community.

Today the rivalry has evolved into a defining factor as to who is the best team to represent the local area in Spain and worldwide - their meetings include a UEFA Cup semi-final in 2004 and a UEFA Europa League quarter-final in 2019 (both won by Valencia).

Head-to-head statistics

Official games[2]
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49 18 10 21 64 65
7 4 2 1 15 7
4 3 1 0 6 1
Total in all matches 60 25 13 22 85 73

All-time results

League

Valencia vs VillarrealVillarreal vs Valencia
SeasonDivisionDateVenueScoreAttendanceDateVenueScoreAttendance
1998–99La Liga20 Sep 1998Mestalla45,00014 Feb 1999El Madrigal14,000
2000–01La Liga25 Feb 2001Mestalla52,00014 Oct 2000El Madrigal16,000
2001–02La Liga7 Oct 2001Mestalla45,00016 Feb 2002El Madrigal21,000
2002-03La Liga11 May 2003Mestalla43,00014 Dec 2002El Madrigal22,000
2003–04La Liga4 Jan 2004Mestalla40,00014 May 2004El Madrigal11,256
2004–05La Liga30 Aug 2004Mestalla50,00023 Jan 2005El Madrigal21,000
2005–06La Liga22 Mar 2006Mestalla51,0005 Nov 2005El Madrigal18,000
2006–07La Liga26 May 2007Mestalla44,0007 Jan 2007El Madrigal23,000
2007–08La Liga26 Aug 2007Mestalla55,00019 Jan 2008El Madrigal19,000
2008–09La Liga10 Jan 2009Mestalla40,00023 May 2009El Madrigal20,000
2009–10La Liga17 Jan 2010Mestalla40,0008 May 2010El Madrigal17,000
2010–11La Liga10 Apr 2011Mestalla45,00020 Nov 2010El Madrigal23,000
2011–12La Liga5 May 2012Mestalla35,0008 Jan 2012El Madrigal18,000
2013–14La Liga23 Mar 2014Mestalla37,21427 Oct 2013El Madrigal22,539
2014–15La Liga5 Apr 2015Mestalla49,5452 Nov 2014El Madrigal23,000
2015–16La Liga1 May 2016Mestalla38,28331 Dec 2015El Madrigal17,616
2016–17La Liga21 May 2017Mestalla33,58721 Jan 2017Estadio de la Cerámica17,615
2017–18La Liga23 Dec 2017Mestalla39,1815 May 2018Estadio de la Cerámica18,579
2018–19La Liga1 May 2019Mestalla37,65823 Sep 2018Estadio de la Cerámica18,373
2019–20La Liga30 Nov 2019Mestalla38,52128 Jun 2020Estadio de la Cerámica0
2020–21La Liga5 Mar 2021Mestalla018 Oct 2020Estadio de la Cerámica0
2021–22La Liga30 Oct 2021Mestalla31,48719 Apr 2022Estadio de la Cerámica13,570
2022–23La Liga3 May 2023Mestalla43,63431 Dec 2022Estadio de la Cerámica19,247
2023–24La Liga2 Jan 2024Mestalla44,97317 Mar 2024Estadio de la Cerámica20,647
2024–25La Liga31 Aug 2024Mestalla43,85716 Feb 2025Estadio de la Cerámica

Copa del Rey

SeasonCompetitionRoundDateVenueScoreAttendance
1986–87Copa del Rey1st round17 Sep 1986El Madrigal10,000
1992–93Copa del ReyQuarter-finals leg 124 Mar 1993El Madrigal6,000
Quarter-finals leg 214 Apr 1993Mestalla25,000
2005–06Copa del ReyRound of 16 leg 104 Jan 2006El Madrigal18,000
Round of 16 leg 211 Jan 2006Mestalla35,000
2010–11Copa del ReyRound of 16 leg 121 Dec 2010Mestalla20,000
Round of 16 leg 206 Jan 2011El Madrigal20,000

Europe

SeasonCompetitionRoundDateVenueScoreAttendance
2003–04UEFA CupSemi-finals leg 122 Apr 2004El Madrigal23,000
Semi-finals leg 206 May 2004Mestalla52,000
2018–19Europa LeagueQuarter-finals leg 111 Apr 2019Estadio de la Cerámica17,605
Quarter-finals leg 218 Apr 2019Mestalla26,403

Statistics

Top goalscorers

PlayerClub(s)LeagueCopa del ReyEuropa LeagueTotal
David VillaValencia5106
Giuseppe RossiVillarreal4206
John CarewValencia5005
Juan SánchezValencia2305
Diego ForlánVillarreal4004
Pablo AimarValencia3003
Giovani dos SantosVillarreal3003
ArroyoValencia
Villarreal		0
0		0
3		0
0		3
Santi CazorlaVillarreal1113

Appearances

PlayerClub(s)LeagueCopa del ReyEuropa LeagueTotal
Dani ParejoValencia
Villarreal		13
8		0
0		2
0		23
David AlbeldaValencia
Villarreal		17
0		3
0		2
0		22
Manu TriguerosVillarreal190120
Santi CazorlaVillarreal162119
José GayàValencia180119
Bruno SorianoVillarreal162018
Carlos MarchenaValencia
Villarreal		14
2		2
0		0
0		18
Mario GasparVillarreal152118

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2-2 ¡Cayó el Valencia!. Mundo Deportivo. 18 September 1986. 12 May 2018.
  2. Web site: List of matches between Valencia CF and Villarreal CF. BDFútbol. es. 12 May 2018.

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