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Derbi de la Comunitat

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Derbi de la Comunitat
LocationValencian Community Valencia, Villarreal
TeamsValencia CF
Villarreal CF
First meeting17 September 1986
La Liga
Villarreal 2–2 Valencia[1]
Latest meeting31 August 2024
La Liga
Valencia 1–1 Villarreal
Next meeting16 February 2025
La Liga
Villarreal v Valencia
StadiumsEstadio de Mestalla (Valencia)
Estadio de la Cerámica (Villarreal)
Statistics
Meetings total60 (official)
Most winsValencia (25)
Most player appearancesDavid Albelda (26)
Top scorerJuan Sánchez (7)
Largest victoryValencia 6–0 Villarreal
(14 April 1993)

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 35 miles (56 km), 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

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As of 1 September 2024
Official games[2]
Competition Pld VAL D VIL VaG ViG
La Liga 49 18 10 21 64 65
Copa del Rey 7 4 2 1 15 7
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League 4 3 1 0 6 1
Total in all matches 60 25 13 22 85 73

All-time results

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League

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Valencia vs Villarreal Villarreal vs Valencia
Season Division Date Venue Score Attendance Date Venue Score Attendance
1998–99 La Liga 20 Sep 1998 Mestalla
1–0
45,000 14 Feb 1999 El Madrigal
1–0
14,000
2000–01 La Liga 25 Feb 2001 Mestalla
3–1
52,000 14 Oct 2000 El Madrigal
1–1
16,000
2001–02 La Liga 7 Oct 2001 Mestalla
1–0
45,000 16 Feb 2002 El Madrigal
1–1
21,000
2002-03 La Liga 11 May 2003 Mestalla
1–2
43,000 14 Dec 2002 El Madrigal
0–2
22,000
2003–04 La Liga 4 Jan 2004 Mestalla
4–2
40,000 14 May 2004 El Madrigal
2–1
11,256
2004–05 La Liga 30 Aug 2004 Mestalla
2–1
50,000 23 Jan 2005 El Madrigal
3–1
21,000
2005–06 La Liga 22 Mar 2006 Mestalla
1–1
51,000 5 Nov 2005 El Madrigal
1–0
18,000
2006–07 La Liga 26 May 2007 Mestalla
2–3
44,000 7 Jan 2007 El Madrigal
0–1
23,000
2007–08 La Liga 26 Aug 2007 Mestalla
0–3
55,000 19 Jan 2008 El Madrigal
3–0
19,000
2008–09 La Liga 10 Jan 2009 Mestalla
3–3
40,000 23 May 2009 El Madrigal
3–1
20,000
2009–10 La Liga 17 Jan 2010 Mestalla
4–1
40,000 8 May 2010 El Madrigal
2–0
17,000
2010–11 La Liga 10 Apr 2011 Mestalla
5–0
45,000 20 Nov 2010 El Madrigal
1–1
23,000
2011–12 La Liga 5 May 2012 Mestalla
1–0
35,000 8 Jan 2012 El Madrigal
2–2
18,000
2013–14 La Liga 23 Mar 2014 Mestalla
2–1
37,214 27 Oct 2013 El Madrigal
4–1
22,539
2014–15 La Liga 5 Apr 2015 Mestalla
0–0
49,545 2 Nov 2014 El Madrigal
1–3
23,000
2015–16 La Liga 1 May 2016 Mestalla
0–2
38,283 31 Dec 2015 El Madrigal
1–0
17,616
2016–17 La Liga 21 May 2017 Mestalla
1–3
33,587 21 Jan 2017 Estadio de la Cerámica
0–2
17,615
2017–18 La Liga 23 Dec 2017 Mestalla
0–1
39,181 5 May 2018 Estadio de la Cerámica
1–0
18,579
2018–19 La Liga 1 May 2019 Mestalla
3–0
37,658 23 Sep 2018 Estadio de la Cerámica
0–0
18,373
2019–20 La Liga 30 Nov 2019 Mestalla
2–1
38,521 28 Jun 2020 Estadio de la Cerámica
2–0
0
2020–21 La Liga 5 Mar 2021 Mestalla
2–1
0 18 Oct 2020 Estadio de la Cerámica
2–1
0
2021–22 La Liga 30 Oct 2021 Mestalla
2–0
31,487 19 Apr 2022 Estadio de la Cerámica
2–0
13,570
2022–23 La Liga 3 May 2023 Mestalla
1–1
43,634 31 Dec 2022 Estadio de la Cerámica
2–1
19,247
2023–24 La Liga 2 Jan 2024 Mestalla
3–1
44,973 17 Mar 2024 Estadio de la Cerámica
1–0
20,647
2024–25 La Liga 31 Aug 2024 Mestalla
1–1
43,857 16 Feb 2025 Estadio de la Cerámica

Copa del Rey

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Season Competition Round Date Venue Score Attendance
1986–87 Copa del Rey 1st round 17 Sep 1986 El Madrigal
2–2(4–3 apen)
10,000
1992–93 Copa del Rey Quarter-finals leg 1 24 Mar 1993 El Madrigal
1–2
6,000
Quarter-finals leg 2 14 Apr 1993 Mestalla
6–0
25,000
2005–06 Copa del Rey Round of 16 leg 1 04 Jan 2006 El Madrigal
0–2
18,000
Round of 16 leg 2 11 Jan 2006 Mestalla
1–0
35,000
2010–11 Copa del Rey Round of 16 leg 1 21 Dec 2010 Mestalla
0–0
20,000
Round of 16 leg 2 06 Jan 2011 El Madrigal
4–2
20,000

Europe

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Season Competition Round Date Venue Score Attendance
2003–04 UEFA Cup Semi-finals leg 1 22 Apr 2004 El Madrigal
0–0
23,000
Semi-finals leg 2 06 May 2004 Mestalla
1–0
52,000
2018–19 Europa League Quarter-finals leg 1 11 Apr 2019 Estadio de la Cerámica
1–3
17,605
Quarter-finals leg 2 18 Apr 2019 Mestalla
2–0
26,403

Statistics

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Top goalscorers

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Player Club(s) League Copa del Rey Europa League Total
Spain David Villa Valencia 5 1 0 6
Italy Giuseppe Rossi Villarreal 4 2 0 6
Norway John Carew Valencia 5 0 0 5
Spain Juan Sánchez Valencia 2 3 0 5
Uruguay Diego Forlán Villarreal 4 0 0 4
Argentina Pablo Aimar Valencia 3 0 0 3
Mexico Giovani dos Santos Villarreal 3 0 0 3
Spain Arroyo Valencia
Villarreal
0
0
0
3
0
0
3
Spain Santi Cazorla Villarreal 1 1 1 3

Appearances

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Player Club(s) League Copa del Rey Europa League Total
Spain Dani Parejo Valencia
Villarreal
13
8
0
0
2
0
23
Spain David Albelda Valencia
Villarreal
17
0
3
0
2
0
22
Spain Manu Trigueros Villarreal 19 0 1 20
Spain Santi Cazorla Villarreal 16 2 1 19
Spain José Gayà Valencia 18 0 1 19
Spain Bruno Soriano Villarreal 16 2 0 18
Spain Carlos Marchena Valencia
Villarreal
14
2
2
0
0
0
18
Spain Mario Gaspar Villarreal 15 2 1 18

References

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  1. ^ "2-2 ¡Cayó el Valencia!" (PDF). Mundo Deportivo. 18 September 1986. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  2. ^ "List of matches between Valencia CF and Villarreal CF". BDFútbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 May 2018.