Fútbol Club Femenino Atlético Jiennense is a Spanish

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club from

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, currently playing in third-tier Primera Provincial Andaluza. Jiennense played in second-tier

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through the 2000s, usually ranking in the top half of the table. In 2009 it topped its group, but it lost to

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in the promotion play-offs. However, the 2009-10

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was expanded with clubs from the male leagues, and

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chose Atlético Jiennense to represent it in the top category. In its debut season as Real Jaén Femenino the team was second to last in the overall table with 3 wins and 2 draws in 24 games. By the end of the season Real Jaén was in peril of bankruptcy, and it decided to withdraw from women's football. The team's trip to

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for its last match in the top flight was covered by a

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documentary focusing on the status of women's football in Spain. Real Jaén's withdrawal was a heavy blow for Jiennense, which was dropped to the third tier. Most recently it played the promotion play-offs to 2012-13 Segunda División, as it is now called Primera Nacional, but it lost to

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Former internationals

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: Alharilla Casado, Celia Jiménez

References

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