Manager: Mauricio Pellegrino



Appointed: 2012



Stadium: Mestalla



Capacity: 55,000



Best Champions League performance: Finalists (1999-2000, 2000-2001)

THE DANGER MAN

Roberto Soldado



Soldado joined Valencia in 2010 and has since hit 55 goals in 97 games for his hometown club, including two in as many matches this term. Valencia was knocked out in the group stages of the Champions League last season as Chelsea and Bayer Leverkusen progressed, and even though it advanced to the semifinal of the Europa League, the Spanish side will look to Soldado (who recently rejected a move to Tottenham and wants to spend the rest of his career at Mestalla) to fire them to greater things in Europe this time around.