1970–71 Valencia CF season

During summer, President Julio de Miguel{{cite web|url=https://as.com/futbol/2002/04/10/mas_futbol/1018389630_850215.html|publisher=as.com|title=Former Club President Julio de Miguel passed away|date=10 April 2001|access-date=10 April 2024|language=es}} appointed Argentine ex-Forward Alfredo Di Stefano as its new manager.[https://www.mundodeportivo.com/20140707/futbol/di-stefano-vivio-su-etapa-de-mas-exitos-como-entrenador-en-el-valencia_54411662705.html Di Stéfano vivió su etapa de más éxitos como entrenador en el Valencia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712030058/http://www.mundodeportivo.com/20140707/futbol/di-stefano-vivio-su-etapa-de-mas-exitos-como-entrenador-en-el-valencia_54411662705.html |date=12 July 2014 }} by Alfonso Gil at Mundodeportivo.com Also from Argentina arrived striker Rubén Óscar Valdez transferred out by Platense.[http://www.platenselocura.com.ar/penaoscarvaldez.htm Pena Óscar Valdez] at Platense Locura {{in lang|es}} In a 4-team-title-race involving also FC Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid the squad won its fourth league championship ever after Real Madrid shattered its trophy chances on Round 26 with a lost match 0-2 in Vigo against Celta and, a photo-finished last round 30 thanks to the draw game between Atletico Madrid and FC Barcelona despite the squad lost (0–1) against Español at Sarriá with the tie-breaker criteria favouring Valencia.{{cite web|url=https://as.com/futbol/2021/04/18/reportajes/1618717443_162750.html|publisher=as.com|title=The League which Valencia Won at Sarriá|date=18 April 2021|access-date=21 July 2024|language=es|author=Conrado Valle}}

After the team clinched their first league trophy since 1947, the squad lost the 1971 Copa del Generalisimo Final by a 3–4 score against FC Barcelona.

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{{main|1970–71 La Liga}}

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Jose Vicente Forment {{goal|55}}

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Pep Claramunt {{goal|65}}

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{{sentoff|0|45}} Isidro

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{{goal|85}} Carlos Pellicer
{{goal|86}} Sergio Manzanera

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Aragones {{goal|66}}

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|goals1=Oscar Ruben Valdez{{goal|36 }}
Jose Vicente Forment{{goal| 53 }}
Sergio Manzanera{{goal| 68 }}
Enrique Claramunt {{goal| 70 }}

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|goals2={{goal|46}} Pep Claramunt
{{goal|83}} Anton

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|goals1=Enrique Claramunt {{goal|30}}
Jose Vicente Forment {{goal|89}}

|goals2={{goal|50}} Lezcano

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Oscar Ruben Valdez {{goal|39}}
Enrique Claramunt {{goal|88}}

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|goals2=

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{{main|1970-71 Copa del Generalisimo}}

{{main|1971 Copa del Generalisimo Final}}

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|time=21:00 CET

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|score= 4–3

|aet = yes

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Zabalza {{goal|71||100}}
Alfonseda {{goal|113}}

|goals2={{goal|21|pen.}}Claramunt I
{{goal|48}} Paquito
{{goal|102}} Valdez

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|referee=Juan María Sáiz Elizondo

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