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The 2013–14 season was Valencia Club de Fútbol's 96th in existence and the club's 27th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. Valencia C.F. endured its worst domestic season since 2007-08, following a serious hamstring injury to superstar keeper Diego Alves. Contrary to the previous four seasons under the guidance of Unai Emery, Mauricio Pellegrino, Ernesto Valverde and Miroslav Đukić, Valencia' offense malfunctioned, and, in December, Đukić was let go by the club, with successful former San Lorenzo coach Juan Antonio Pizzi taking over. With Pizzi at the helm, Valencia managed to salvage some respectability by reaching the semi-finals of the UEFA Europa League, where eventual champions Sevilla just got the better of the 2004 Spanish champions. But following that narrow defeat, Valencia failed to qualify to Europe for the next season for the first time since 1997-98, due to a lowly eight place in the league and in June Valencia C.F. was sold to eventual Singaporean consortium Peter Lim. ==Season summary== Valencia continued its increasingly frustrating run without the league title, which was extended to ten years following a chaotic season. Coach Miroslav Đukić was fired when the side did not perform to the expected level, and the season saw a further two coaches (Nicolás Estévez and Juan Antonio Pizzi) trying to tame Valencia without any success. Under Pizzi's reign, Valencia CF scored a surprise 2-3 victory against Barcelona at Camp Nou in February and 2-2 draw against Real Madrid at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu in May. Despite the chaos, the side managed to reach the semi-finals of the UEFA Europa League, where it lost to eventual champions Sevilla. Another worry was the injury problems affecting star keeper Diego Alves, who only played in 26 of the 38 league matches. After the season, Valencia signed Rodrigo De Paul from Racing Club for a fee of €4.6 million to help out with the goalscoring, while successful ex-Rio Ave coach Nuno Espírito Santo was appointed in the hope he could help Valencia return to winning ways, while Jose Sevilla Alvarez, owner of Bankia was sold Valencia CF to eventual Singaporean consortium Peter Lim to help Valencia CF cleared the debt. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2013–14 Valencia CF season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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