Derbi de la Comunitat explained

Derbi de la Comunitat
City Or Region: Valencia, Vila-Real
Teams Involved:Valencia CF
Villarreal CF
Largestvictory:Valencia 6–0 Villarreal
(14 April 1993)
First Contested:Villarreal 2–2 Valencia
(17 September 1986)[1]
Total:Competitive matches: 59
Most Wins:Valencia (25)
Most Player Appearances:David Albelda (26)
Top Scorer:Juan Sánchez (7)
Mostrecent:Villarreal 1–0 Valencia
2023–24 La Liga
(17 March 2024)

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 Vila-Real. 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

As of 17 March 2024

Official games
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48 18 9 21 63 64
7 4 2 1 15 7
4 3 1 0 6 1
Total in all matches 59 25 12 22 84 72
Source: [2]

All-time results

League

Valencia vs VillarrealVillarreal vs Valencia
SeasonDivisionDateVenueScoreAttendanceDateVenueScoreAttendance
1998–99La Liga20-09-1998Mestalla45,00014-02-1999El Madrigal14,000
2000–01La Liga25-02-2001Mestalla52,00014-10-2000El Madrigal16,000
2001–02La Liga07-10-2001Mestalla45,00016-02-2002El Madrigal21,000
2002-03La Liga11-05-2003Mestalla43,00014-12-2002El Madrigal22,000
2003–04La Liga04-01-2004Mestalla40,00014-05-2004El Madrigal11,256
2004–05La Liga30-08-2004Mestalla50,00023-01-2005El Madrigal21,000
2005–06La Liga22-03-2006Mestalla51,00005-11-2005El Madrigal18,000
2006–07La Liga26-05-2007Mestalla44,00007-01-2007El Madrigal23,000
2007–08La Liga26-08-2007Mestalla55,00019-01-2008El Madrigal19,000
2008–09La Liga10-01-2009Mestalla40,00023-05-2009El Madrigal20,000
2009–10La Liga17-01-2010Mestalla40,00008-05-2010El Madrigal17,000
2010–11La Liga10-04-2011Mestalla45,00020-11-2010El Madrigal23,000
2011–12La Liga05-05-2012Mestalla35,00008-01-2012El Madrigal18,000
2013–14La Liga23-03-2014Mestalla37,21427-10-2013El Madrigal22,539
2014–15La Liga05-04-2015Mestalla49,54502-11-2014El Madrigal23,000
2015–16La Liga01-05-2016Mestalla38,28331-12-2015El Madrigal17,616
2016–17La Liga21-05-2017Mestalla33,58721-01-2017Estadio de la Cerámica17,615
2017–18La Liga23-12-2017Mestalla39,18105-05-2018Estadio de la Cerámica18,579
2018–19La Liga01-05-2019Mestalla37,65823-09-2018Estadio de la Cerámica18,373
2019–20La Liga30-11-2019Mestalla38,52128-06-2020Estadio de la Cerámica0
2020–21La Liga05-03-2021Mestalla018-10-2020Estadio de la Cerámica0
2021–22La Liga30-10-2021Mestalla31,48719-04-2022Estadio de la Cerámica13,570
2022–23La Liga03-05-2023Mestalla43,63431-12-2022Estadio de la Cerámica19,247
2023–24La Liga02-01-2024Mestalla44,97317-03-2024Estadio de la Cerámica20,647

Copa del Rey

SeasonCompetitionRoundDateVenueScoreAttendance
1986–87Copa del Rey1st round17-09-1986El Madrigal10,000
1992–93Copa del ReyQuarter-finals Leg 124-03-1993El Madrigal6,000
Quarter-finals Leg 214-04-1993Mestalla25,000
2005–06Copa del ReyRound of 16 Leg 104-01-2006El Madrigal18,000
Round of 16 Leg 211-01-2006Mestalla35,000
2010–11Copa del ReyRound of 16 Leg 121-12-2010Mestalla20,000
Round of 16 Leg 206-01-2011El Madrigal20,000

Europe

SeasonCompetitionRoundDateVenueScoreAttendance
2003–04UEFA CupSemi-finals Leg 122-04-2004El Madrigal23,000
Semi-finals Leg 206-05-2004Mestalla52,000
2018–19Europa LeagueQuarter-finals Leg 111-04-2019Estadio de la Cerámica17,605
Quarter-finals Leg 218-04-2019Mestalla26,403

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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