2024–25 Supercopa De España Femenina

The 2024–25 Supercopa de España Femenina was the sixth edition of the current Supercopa de España Femenina, an annual women's football competition for clubs in the Spanish football league system that were successful in its major competitions in the preceding season.

Barcelona were defending champions and won their fifth (fourth consecutive) Supercopa title after defeating Real Madrid 5–0 in the final. It was the first time Real Madrid had reached a Supercopa final, and the first time a Women's Clásico match took place as a competition final. With Real Madrid failing to score against Barcelona, the final also marked two calendar years (since the 2023 Supercopa semi-final) that Real Madrid had gone goalless in Clásicos.

Draw

The draw for the competition took place in July 2024 ahead of the 2024–25 Liga F season, deciding which of the qualified teams would face each other. At the time of the draw, the location had not been decided, with the announcement that this would happen at the end of December 2024. On 20 December, it was reported that the tournament would be hosted in Leganés as it had been in the previous season, with all matches taking place at the same stadium, the Estadio Municipal de Butarque.

Qualification

The competition featured both finalists of the 2023–24 Copa de la Reina, as well as the next two highest-ranked clubs in the 2023–24 Liga F that had not already qualified through the cup final. As Barcelona were champions of all titles in 2023–24, the second- and third-placed league teams were qualified.

Qualified teams

The following four teams qualified for the tournament.

Matches

''Source'': Press Sheet PDF

Bracket

Semi-finals

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Final

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Match rules
*90 minutes.
*30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
*Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
*Maximum of ten named substitutes.
*Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.
*Maximum of one concussion substitution.

Criticisms

The competition was intended to feature the use of video assistant referee (VAR), however in the first semi-final, the technology did not function for the first 70 minutes of the match. It was also initially intended that semi-automated offside technology would be used, but the stadium was not fitted with this. In the first semi-final, there were multiple questionable calls relating to offside goals and penalties for both teams taken before the 70th minute. The technical group released a statement after the match explaining the deficiency and assuring that the VAR technology would be available from the start of the second semi-final. Barcelona goalkeeper Cata Coll opined that the lack of VAR was confusing, as they were only informed when on the pitch, but that at least if the match had started without VAR it should have ended without VAR, as referee actions changed.

Commenters also criticised the low attendance for high-profile matches, blaming this on the organisation of the RFEF for not naming a venue until less than a month before the competition, and for changing the dates of the semi-finals, preventing supporters (especially those from Barcelona and Donostia-San Sebastián) from being able to plan to attend. Travelling teams was also the focus of complaints from pundits about the prize money awarded: the winning team would win €27,500 but the cost of the non-Madrid teams to travel and accommodate their players for the duration was an estimated €63,000 per team.

During the competition it was announced that the RFEF was planning to include the Supercopa de España Femenina in negotiations with Saudi Arabia, where the men's Supercopa de España has been held for several years, for the women's competition to also be held in Saudi Arabia in future editions until 2034. Players and fans were immediately and strongly critical of this, with protests based in both economic and cultural arguments: criticisms referred to the still-growing women's football audience within Spain, the fact Barcelona Femení attract larger crowds than any other team when properly promoted, and Saudi Arabia's poor track record of women's and LGBTQ+ rights. Alexia Putellas and Aitana Bonmatí, Barcelona players and multiple Ballon d'Or winners, both vehemently rejected the prospect of playing the Supercopa in Saudi Arabia.

See also

* 2024–25 Copa de la Reina

Notes

References

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