sentences:  Former two-time European Footballer of the Year award winner Alfredo Di Stéfano was hired as coach in 1970, and immediately inspired his new club to their fourth La Liga championship and first since 1947.This secured Valencia its first qualification for the prestigious European Cup, contested by the various European domestic champions.Valencia reached the third round of the 1971–72 competition before losing both legs to Hungarian champions Újpesti Dózsa.