Valencia faces its 18th Cup final, with eight titles to its name

The Valencia will dispute next April 23, in La Cartuja, his 18th Cup Final of your story. The balance of the preceding 17 is eight titles for the showcases of the ché team and nine lost finals.

The most recent dates back to 2019when with Marcelino García Toral on the bench the Valencianists beat the FC Barcelona por 2-1. Era la third final in a row they won those of Mestalla, who have not been defeated in a last Cup match since 1995when Deportivo de A Coruña won 2-1.

was that one historic endwhen disputed in two different days: the first, the June 24 and the second, the 27 of the same month, when a crash resumed suspended due to heavy rain fall on the Bernabéu on the 24th, which forced the suspension of the game after 79 minutes.

In addition to the 17 ‘official’ cup finals, Valencia also played the 1937 against Levante, in which it was called Free Spain Cup, disputed during the Civil War. The ‘granota’ won 1-0 but that match does not appear in the official record of the Spanish Federation, despite the historical vindication Levante since the Congress of the Deputies approved by unanimity on September 25, 2007 the recognition of this tournament.

These are the 17 Cup finals played by Valencia along its history:

Year, match, result:

1934, R. Madrid-Valencia, 2-1

1941, Valencia-Espanyol, 3-1

1944, Athletic-Valencia, 2-0

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1946, R. Madrid-Valencia, 3-1

1949, Valencia-Athletic, 1-0

1952, Barça-Valencia, 4-2

1954, Valencia-Barça, 3-0

1967, Valencia-Athletic, 2-1

1970, R. Madrid-Valencia, 3-1

1971, Barça-Valencia, 4-3

1972, At. Madrid-Valencia, 2-1

1979, Valencia-R. Madrid, 2-0

1995, Deportivo-Valencia, 2-1

1999, At. Madrid-Valencia, 0-3

2008, Valencia-Getafe, 3-1

2019, Barça-Valencia, 1-2