Derbi de la Comunitat

Derbi de la Comunitat

Location	Valencia, Villarreal
Teams	Valencia CF Villarreal CF
First meeting	17 September 1986 La Liga Villarreal 2–2 Valencia[1]
Latest meeting	31 August 2024 La Liga Valencia 1–1 Villarreal
Next meeting	16 February 2025 La Liga Villarreal v Valencia
Stadiums	Estadio de Mestalla (Valencia) Estadio de la Cerámica (Villarreal)
Statistics
Meetings total	60 (official)
Most wins	Valencia (25)
Most player appearances	David Albelda (26)
Top scorer	Juan Sánchez (7)
Largest victory	Valencia 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

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

League

		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

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

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

Top goalscorers

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

Appearances

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

References

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.