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2016–17 Primera División (women)
The 2016–17 Primera División Femenina de Fútbol, also known as Liga Iberdrola for sponsorship reasons, was the 29th edition of Spain's highest women's football league. Athletic Club were the defending champions. The competition started on 3 September 2016. Team changes Betis and Tacuense will make their debut in the top league after achieving promotion in the previous season. The two promoted clubs replaced Oviedo Moderno and Collerense, relegated to Segunda División. Teams Stadia and locations Personnel and sponsorship Managerial changes Overview On 20 May 2017, Atlético de Madrid achieved the title after beating Real Sociedad in the last round by 2–1. The ''Colchoneras'' ended the season without losses. One week before, newcomer team Tacuense was relegated to Segunda División. The league ended with the relegation of Basque Oiartzun Oiartzun (, ) is a town and municipality located in the Basque Country, in the province of Gipuzkoa lying at the foot of ...
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Atlético Madrid Femenino
Club Atlético de Madrid Femenino (commonly known as Atlético Madrid Women or Atleti Femenino) is a Spanish women's football team based in Madrid that play in Liga F, the top tier of Spanish women's football. It is the women's section of Atlético Madrid. History Atlético Madrid had a women's team for the first time in the late 1980s. They won the national league in 1990 and were second the following year, but just like Atlético's handball team, they were disbanded in the early 1990s. Most players joined CD Oroquieta Villaverde, which became one of Spain's leading teams. The team was re-established in 2001 though they did not become an official section of the club until 2005. After playing three seasons in regional leagues, between 2004 and 2006 Atlético earned two successive promotions to reach the top category. Quickly consolidating themselves in the top half of the table, they secured fourth place in 2009–10. On 7 October 2015, Atlético made their UEFA Women's ...
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Real Betis (women)
Real Betis Balompié, known as Real Betis () is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. It plays in La Liga, the Spanish football league system, top flight of Spanish football. It plays home games at the 60,721-seat Estadio Benito Villamarín. Real Betis won the league title in 1934–35 La Liga, 1935 and the Copa del Rey in 1976–77 Copa del Rey, 1977, 2004–05 Copa del Rey, 2005 and 2021–22 Copa del Rey, 2022. Given the club's tumultuous history and many relegations, its motto is ''¡Viva el Betis manque pierda!'' (). History The name "Betis" is derived from ''Hispania Baetica, Baetis'', the Roman name for the Guadalquivir river which passes through Seville and which the Roman province there was named after. ''Real'' ('Royal') was added in 1914 after the club received patronage from King Alfonso XIII. Foundation Betis' city rivals Sevilla FC, Sevilla were the first club in Seville, founded in October 1905, while a ...
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Lezama Facilities
The Lezama Facilities (, ), are the training ground and academy of the Primera Division club Athletic Bilbao. Located in the village of Lezama, around 10–15 kilometers east of Bilbao, the facilities were opened in 1971 and currently cover 13 hectares (130,000 square meters). Athletic's academy is often referred to metonymically as Lezama. Lezama hosts the Athletic men's first team for training and the league matches of the Liga F club Athletic Club Femenino, as well as the youth teams of the Athletic cantera (academy): the men's reserve team, the women's reserve team, the junior teams (ages 17–19), the cadet teams (ages 15–16), the youngster teams (ages 13–14), and the children's teams (ages 11–12). In June 2021, the facilities also became the temporary home ground of Segunda División newcomers SD Amorebieta, as Amorebieta's stadium Urritxe did not meet league requirements. The arrangement was repeated in 2023–24 when Amorebieta was re-promoted to the Segu ...
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Bilbao
Bilbao is a city in northern Spain, the largest city in the Provinces of Spain, province of Biscay and in the Basque Country (greater region), Basque Country as a whole. It is also the largest city proper in northern Spain. Bilbao is the List of cities in Spain by population, tenth largest city in Spain, with a population of more than 347,000 as of 2023. The Bilbao metropolitan area has 1,037,847 inhabitants,Proyecto Audes
making it the most populous metropolitan area in northern Spain. The Comarcas of the Basque Country, comarca of Greater Bilbao is the fifth-largest urban area in Spain. Bilbao is also the main urban area in what is defined as the Basque Country (greater region), Greater Basque region. Bilbao is located in the north-central part of Spain, some south of the Bay of Biscay, where the economic s ...
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UD Granadilla Tenerife Sur
CD Tenerife Femenino or UD Tenerife and previously Unión Deportiva Granadilla Tenerife and Costa Adeje Tenerife, is a Spanish women's football club based on the Tenerife island, in the Canary Islands. The club plays in Liga F, holding home games at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López. History The club was founded in 2013 as UD Granadilla Tenerife Sur and started playing its first season in the second division. It won its group but was finally eliminated in the promotion playoffs by Granada. In its second attempt, the club finished as runner-up of the Canarian group, but qualified for the promotion playoffs as the best second-placed team. Granadilla achieved the promotion to the top tier after eliminating Levante Las Planas and Real Betis. In its debut in Primera División, Granadilla performed a great season by finishing in the seventh position of the league table and, subsequently, qualifying for the Copa de la Reina, where it was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Va ...
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Zaragoza CFF
Zaragoza Club de Fútbol Femenino, formerly known as ''Club Deportivo Transportes Alcaine'' for sponsorship reasons, is a Spanish women's association football, football team from Zaragoza playing in Segunda Federación (women), Segunda Federación. History Zaragoza CFF was founded in 2002 after carrier company Transportes Alcaine bought Inter Aragón, which played in the lower categories. In 2005 the new team promoted to Primera División (women), Superliga Femenina, the Spanish top league. After Grupo Prainsa became the main sponsor in 2007 and renamed the club as Prainsa Zaragoza, the main team consolidated itself in the first half of the table. In 2009 the club performed their best season to date, ending 5th and playing the 2009 Copa de la Reina final. In the Cup competition, Alcaine lost to RCD Espanyol (women), Espanyol. Transportes Alcaine repeated success in 2013 by reaching their second Cup final. As in the previous final, the club was defeated by a four-goal margin, th ...
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Sporting De Huelva
Sporting Club de Huelva is a Spanish women's association football, football club from Huelva, Andalusia. It was founded in Huelva in 2004 as a restructuring of an homonymous junior (men's) football club, which had been founded in 1979 and dissolved nine years later, by its original founder, Antonio Toledo, who has also served as the team's manager and sporting director. History Gaining promotion to the Liga F in just two seasons, Sporting Huelva debuted at the 2006–07 Liga F, 2006–07 season. It has successfully avoided relegation for the past three seasons, actually ending the 2008–09 Superliga Femenina, 2008–09 season just one point short for qualifying to the 2009 Copa de la Reina, Copa de la Reina, losing the spot at the last matchday. Next year Sporting was third in their group in the first stage of the newly reformed competition, narrowly missing qualification for the title contenders group. The team ranked again 3rd in its group in the second stage, qualifying for ...
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Santa Teresa CD (women)
Santa Teresa Club Deportivo was a Spanish women's football club based in Badajoz (Extremadura). Founded in 1998 and dissolved in 2023, it last played in the Segunda Federación – Group 2, and held home games at ''Estadio El Vivero'', with a 1,500-seat capacity. History Founded in 1998, Santa Teresa promoted to Segunda División in 2011, after winning the Extremadura Group of the Regional Leagues. Three years later, the club promoted to the top tier after beating Sporting Plaza de Argel in the last round of the promotion playoffs. On 27 February 2017, the club approved to start its conversion into Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, becoming the first women's football club in Spain to do it since the creation of the SADs in 1990. Season by season Honours * Regional Championship ** 2011 * Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reason ...
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Valencia Féminas CF
Valencia CF Femenino, previously Asociación Deportiva DSV Colegio Alemán, is a Spanish women's football team from Valencia currently playing in Spain's top league Liga F. History A modest club founded back on 25 November 2000 within the German School in Valencia (DSV), Colegio Alemán attained promotion to the Superliga Femenina for the 2007–08 season. Both in it and the following season the team ranked third from last, narrowly avoiding relegation. On 26 May 2009 the club announced an agreement had been reached with Valencia CF to turn Colegio Aleman's teams into VCF's women section. On 1 July María Martí represented Valencia CF Femenino at the club's new kits presentation. The refounded team debuted on September 6 with a 0–2 defeat by local powerhouse Levante UD. The team ended the first stage of the newly reformed competition second to last in the seven-team group. Classed in a less demanding group Valencia ended the second stage one spot higher, equivalent to an ove ...
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Real Sociedad (women)
Real Sociedad Femenino is the Women's association football, women's Association football, football section of Real Sociedad, Real Sociedad de Fútbol currently playing in Spain's top league Liga F. History Founded on 19 September 2004, Real Sociedad reached the Primera División (women), first division after two promotions in its two first seasons ever, and occupying the place of dissolved CFF Estudiantes de Huelva, Estudiantes de Huelva. After a ninth position in their first season, the club quickly consolidated in the top flight. In 2011, Real Sociedad reached the semifinals of the 2011 Copa de la Reina de Fútbol, Copa de la Reina for the first time. In February 2019, a Basque derby league fixture hosted by Real Sociedad against Athletic Club Femenino, Athletic Bilbao, which would usually be held at the club's Zubieta Facilities, Zubieta training centre, was played at the Anoeta Stadium, attracting an attendance of 21,234 (the result was a 2–2 draw). The following week, the ...
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Rayo Vallecano (women)
Rayo Vallecano Femenino is the women's football section of Madrid-based club Rayo Vallecano, currently playing in the Primera Federación. Between 2008 and 2011 it won three national championships and one national cup. History Rayo Vallecano established its women's team in 2000, absorbing local club CD El Buen Retiro. In 2003 it earned promotion to the top league, and after two seasons in mid-table it established itself in the top positions from 2006. The team's golden era started in 2008, winning the national cup and narrowly missing a double, with Levante UD winning the championship on goal average. This first trophy was followed by three championships in a row until 2011, becoming the second team to achieve this after Athletic Bilbao. Rayo Vallecano thus took part in the first three editions of the UEFA Women's Champions League after its relaunch in 2010. In its debut Rayo was knocked out in the first round by WFC Rossiyanka, while both in 2011 and 2012 it was defeated by Arsen ...
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RCD Espanyol (women)
RCD Espanyol Femení (Real Club Deportivo Español) is the women's association football, women's football section of RCD Espanyol and was founded in 1970. History RCD Espanyol was one of the pioneering teams in women's association football, women's football in Spain, playing its first match as early as 1970. In 1971 they were one of the four major Catalan teams to take part in the Catalan Pernod Cup, playing to over 40,000 at Sarrià Stadium and 30,000 at the Camp Nou; Espanyol lifted the cup by defeating rivals FC Barcelona Femení, Barcelona in the final. By 1979 Espanyol had won the (Catalan) league six times and the cup twice. The team's first national success came in 1989, when they first reached the Copa de la Reina, national cup's final, losing it against Añorga KKE, Añorga. They won the competition for the first time in 1996, and successfully defended the title the following year. 2006 was their most successful season to date as they won their first (and for now only) ...
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