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Fran Sánchez
Fran Sánchez (born 27 October 1977) is a Spanish football manager. He managed FC Barcelona Femení. He took over the position in June 2017, replacing Xavi Llorens. His contract with the club was terminated in January 2019, after managing the club for a year and a half. He was replaced by Lluís Cortés. Honours * Catalan Super Cup: 2017 *Copa de la Reina: 2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ... References 1977 births Living people Spanish football managers FC Barcelona Femení managers Liga F managers {{Spain-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barcelona
Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within city limits,Barcelona: Población por municipios y sexo – Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (National Statistics Institute) its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the province of Barcelona and is home to around 5.3 million people, making it the fifth most populous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spain
Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Europe and the fourth-most populous European Union member state. Spanning across the majority of the Iberian Peninsula, its territory also includes the Canary Islands, in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Balearic Islands, in the Western Mediterranean Sea, and the Autonomous communities of Spain#Autonomous cities, autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla, in mainland Africa. Peninsular Spain is bordered to the north by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; to the east and south by the Mediterranean Sea and Gibraltar; and to the west by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean. Spain's capital and List of largest cities in Spain, largest city is Madrid, and other major List of metropolitan areas in Spain, urban areas include Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Barcelona Femení
Futbol Club Barcelona Femení, commonly referred to as Barça Femení () or simply Barça, is a Spanish professional women's association football, women's football team based in Barcelona, Catalonia. It is the women's football section of FC Barcelona and competes in the Liga F, the top tier of Women's football in Spain, Spanish women's football, playing home games at the Johan Cruyff Stadium in Sant Joan Despí, and occasionally at the Camp Nou or Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys. The club was formed in 1970 with some financial and logistical support from FC Barcelona, but without being an official section. In its inaugural season it competed in matches against other Catalan teams; it was originally known as Selecció Ciutat de Barcelona before taking the name Peña Femenina Barcelonista in 1971. Shortly after women's football was officially recognised in Spain, the team became known as Club Femení Barcelona in 1983 until 2002, when it officially became a section of FC Barcelona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manager (association Football)
In association football, the manager is the person who has overall responsibility for the running of a football team A football team is a group of players selected to play together in the various team sports known as football. Such teams could be selected to play in a match against an opposing team, to represent a football club, group, state or nation, an All-st .... They have wide-ranging responsibilities, including selecting the team, choosing the tactics, recruiting and transferring players, negotiating player contracts, and speaking to the media. In professional football, a manager is usually appointed by and answerable to the club's board of directors, but at an amateur level the manager may have total responsibility for the running of a club. Responsibilities The manager's responsibilities in a professional football club usually include (but are not limited to) the following: * Selecting the team of players for matches, and their formation. * Planning the strateg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xavi Llorens
Xavi Llorens Rodríguez (born 5 June 1958) is a Spanish football manager. He last was manager of FC Barcelona Femení. He joined the team in June 2006 and stepped down after the 2016–17 season, having spent eleven seasons at the club. Llorens is currently part of the Masia 360, a strategic project seeking to add cooperation between club's various departments. Llorens was nominated for The Best FIFA Women's Coach in 2017. Honours *Catalan Super Cup: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2016 *Copa de la Reina Copa or COPA may refer to: COPA COPA may refer to: * Child Online Protection Act, a former U.S. law to protect minors from certain material on the internet * Canadian Owners and Pilots Association * Cirrus Owners and Pilots Association * Parlia ...: 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2016–17 *Women's Football Superleague: 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15 References 1958 births Living people Spanish football managers FC Barcelona Femení managers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lluís Cortés
Lluís Cortés (born 10 August 1986) is a Spanish football coach who is the current manager of Saudi Arabia women's national football team. His treble-winning 2020/21 season with Barcelona Femení is widely regarded as one of the greatest season's in women's club football history. Before becoming a coach, he played briefly for UE Lleida in the Spanish Segunda División in 2004-05. Coaching career Cortés has extensive experience in the women's game, having managed Catalan U12, U16, and U18 teams, and the senior side from 2014 to 2018. Cortés joined Barcelona as an analyst in the summer of 2017, and until 2019 he was part of the assistant coaching team. On 8 January 2019, he replaced Fran Sánchez as new head coach. With Cortés as manager, the club reached its first Women's Champions League final in 2019, but failed to win it, losing to Lyon. A year later in 2020, Barcelona won the Spanish Primera División and Supercopa de España. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copa Catalunya (women's Football)
The Copa Catalunya Femenina is a knockout competition organised by the Catalan Football Federation (FCF) for women's soccer, women's football clubs in the Catalonia autonomous community of Spain. Since its establishment in 2005 it has been dominated by FC Barcelona (women), FC Barcelona and RCD Espanyol (women), RCD Espanyol, with ten and five titles respectively: in its initial run of 15 consecutive years, all but one final was contested by both teams (in 2010, Espanyol and Barcelona met in the semifinals). Previous iterations of the same tournament concept organised by the FCF were for the , also called the Copa Catalana Femenina, contested in the 20th century after formal incorporation of women's football. Copa Catalunya (2005–present) The competition was suspended in 2020 due to the Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports, COVID-19 pandemic; upon its relaunch in 2022 it was branded as the Copa Catalunya Amateur Femenina, and neither Barcelona nor Espanyol (nor other team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
