Valencia sacks head coach Carlos Corberan and CEO Ron Gourlay after winless La Liga start

Valencia CF has fired head coach Carlos Corberan and parted ways with football CEO Ron Gourlay, cleaning house after what might be the most dismal start to a La Liga season in the club’s recent memory. One point from five matches will do that. The announcement came on September 13, 2026, a day after a 1-0 defeat to Sevilla cemented Valencia’s position at the very bottom of the La Liga table. Four members of Corberan’s coaching staff were also shown the door. Óscar Sánchez, the coach of VCF Mestalla (the club’s reserve team), will take interim charge of the first team while the club searches for a permanent replacement. From relegation savior to the exit door Corberan’s Valencia tenure reads like a story that started well and then fell off a cliff. Appointed in December 2024, the Spanish coach inherited a squad flirting with relegation and steadied the ship enough to guide them to a 12th-place finish in the 2024-25 season. Last season was even better: ninth place, a respectable mid-table landing. Then came this season. One draw, four losses, and a fan base whose patience had long since evaporated. Over his entire stint, Corberan managed 72 official games for the club. The departure ...