sentences:  Players such as Spanish international Antonio Puchades and Dutch forward Faas Wilkes graced the pitch at Mestalla.In the 1952–53 season, the club finished as runners-up in the La Liga, and in the following season, the club won the Copa del Rey, then known as the Copa del Generalísimo.While managing indifferent league form in the early 1960s, the club had its first European success in the form of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (the forerunner to the UEFA Cup).