Primera División (women)

The Primera División de la Liga de Fútbol Femenino, also known as Primera Iberdrola (formerly Liga Femenina Iberdrola) for sponsorship reasons, is the highest level of league competition for women's football in Spain. Previously known as Superliga Femenina, División de Honor and Liga Nacional, it is the women's equivalent of the men's La Liga and is run by the Real Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF). As one of the top six national leagues ranked by Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) coefficient, it is considered one of the most important women's leagues in Europe.

Primera División
Founded1988
CountrySpain
ConfederationUEFA
Number of teams18
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toSegunda División
Domestic cup(s)Copa de la Reina
International cup(s)UEFA Champions League
Current championsBarcelona (5th title)
(2019–20)
Most championshipsAthletic Club
Barcelona
(5 titles each)
TV partnersGol
Barça TV
LaLiga Sports TV
Teledeporte
Real Madrid TV
WebsiteWebsite
Current: 2020–21 Primera División

The league was founded in 1988 and has operated every year since, although it has undergone several changes of format and name. A total of 12 different clubs have been champions; Athletic Club and Barcelona have won the most championships, with five each.

History

Liga Nacional

The league was founded in 1988 as Liga Nacional, formed by Olímpico Fortuna, Puente Castro, Parque Alcobendas, Santa María Atlético, Vallès Occidental, RCD Español, FC Barcelona, CE Sabadell and Peña Barcelonista Barcilona.

División de Honor

Starting in the 1996-97 season the league was divided into 4 groups. The group winners played a semi-final and final to decide the champion.

Superliga
Old logo of the league.

For the 2001–02 season the league was renamed the Superliga and the competition system was changed from the group format to a double round-robin, with each team playing the other teams twice, once away and once at home. The league in this period consisted of 14 teams. The 2008–09 season kept the double round-robin format as the league increased from 14 to 16 teams.

In the 2009–10 season the Superliga increased from 16 to 24 teams, causing criticism by teams and players who feared a decline in the quality of competition. The Superliga was divided into 3 groups of 7 to 8 teams each, with geographically nearby teams placed into each group to minimize travel.[1] In the first stage of the season, each team played each other team in its group twice. In the second stage, the best two of each group as well as the two best third-place finishers went into group A and the other teams were divided into groups B and C based on a predefined key. Again a double round-robin was played within each group. All Group A teams and the three best finishers of Group B and C qualified for the Copa de la Reina, and the two best teams in Group A played each other in a two-legged final for the season's championship. Rayo Vallecano won the 2009-10 and 2010-11 finals, both times against RCD Espanyol. In the 2009-10 season, two teams had to withdraw from the league for financial reasons.

Primera División

Starting in the 2011–12 season, the league was renamed to Primera División and the group-based system was eliminated; 18 teams played double round-robin to decide the champion. The size was reduced to 16 teams for the 2012–13 season. Before the 2016–17 season, the RFEF agreed to a sponsorship by Iberdrola, renaming the league Liga Iberdrola.[2] This was slightly changed to Primera Iberdrola in 2019.

On 10 June 2020 the Primera División was granted professionalized league status.[3]

Teams
Location of the 2020–21 Primera División teams
Location of Community of Madrid teams in 2020–21 Primera División
Canary Islands location of the 2020–21 Primera División teams

Eibar and Santa Teresa promoted from Segunda División Pro. Tacón changed its name to Real Madrid after being absorbed by the namesake club.

Stadiums and locations
Team Home city Stadium
Athletic Club Bilbao Lezama
Atlético de Madrid Madrid Centro Deportivo Wanda
Barcelona Barcelona Johan Cruyff
Betis Seville Luis del Sol
Deportivo A Coruña Abegondo
Eibar Eibar Unbe
Espanyol Barcelona Dani Jarque
Granadilla Granadilla de Abona La Palmera
Levante Valencia Ciudad Deportiva
Logroño Logroño Las Gaunas
Madrid CFF San Sebastián de los Reyes Nuevo Matapiñonera
Rayo Vallecano Madrid Ciudad Deportiva
Real Madrid Madrid Ciudad Real Madrid
Real Sociedad San Sebastián Zubieta
Santa Teresa Badajoz El Vivero
Sevilla Seville Jesús Navas
Sporting de Huelva Huelva La Orden
Valencia Valencia Antonio Puchades

List of champions

The following list shows all champions of the Spanish women's football league.[4] Before creation of the league, from 1983 to 1988 the Copa de la Reina de Fútbol winners were the Spanish Champions.

Season Teams Champion Points Runner-up Points Third place Points
Liga Nacional
1988–899 Peña Barcilona24 Parque Alcobendas21 Español20
1989–9012Atlético Villa de Madrid43Peña Barcilona39Español30
1990–918Oiartzun20Atlético Villa de Madrid20Añorga20
1991–928Añorga27CF Barcelona19Oiartzun17
1992–937Oroquieta Villaverde24Añorga21CF Barcelona20
1993–9410Oroquieta Villaverde49Añorga42CF Barcelona40
1994–9510Añorga48Oroquieta Villaverde40Espanyol34
1995–969Añorga36Oroquieta Villaverde31Espanyol30
División de Honor
1996–97Sant Vicent[lower-alpha 1]Añorga--
1997–9845Atlético Málaga[lower-alpha 2]Sant Vicent--
1998–9950Oroquieta Villaverde[lower-alpha 3]Puebla--
1999–200050Puebla[lower-alpha 4]Torrejón--
2000–0156Levante[lower-alpha 5]Eibartarrak--
Superliga
2001–02 11 Levante 57 Puebla 51 Espanyol 37
2002–03 12 Athletic Club 55 Levante 55 Puebla 46
2003–04 14 Athletic Club 60 Sabadell 58 Levante 58
2004–05 14 Athletic Club 66[lower-alpha 6] Levante 63 Espanyol 57
2005–06 13 Espanyol 60 Híspalis[lower-alpha 7] 60 Levante 55
2006–07 14 Athletic Club 64 Espanyol 63 Levante 55
2007–08 14 Levante 71 Rayo Vallecano 71 Athletic Club 53
2008–09 16 Rayo Vallecano 81 Levante 76 Athletic Club 65
2009–10 22 Rayo Vallecano [lower-alpha 8] Espanyol - Athletic Club -
2010–11 23 Rayo Vallecano [lower-alpha 9] Espanyol - Athletic Club -
Primera División
2011–12 18 Barcelona 94 Athletic Club 91 Espanyol 76
2012–13 16 Barcelona 76 Athletic Club 74 Atlético de Madrid 68
2013–14 16 Barcelona 79 Athletic Club 69 Atlético de Madrid 54
2014–15 16 Barcelona 77 Atlético de Madrid 69 Athletic Club 65
2015–16 16 Athletic Club 78 Barcelona 77 Atlético de Madrid 69
2016–17 16 Atlético de Madrid 78[lower-alpha 10] Barcelona 75 Valencia 68
2017–18 16 Atlético de Madrid 77 Barcelona 76 Athletic Club 56
2018–19 16 Atlético de Madrid 84 Barcelona 78 Levante 57
2019–20[lower-alpha 11] 16 Barcelona 59[lower-alpha 12] Atlético de Madrid 50 Levante 45
  1. Played with teams divided into groups, the title was decided in a final group played by the four group winners in a double legged round-robin tournament.
  2. Played with teams divided into groups, the title was decided in a single-game final where Atlético Málaga beat Sant Vicènt by 2–0.
  3. Played with teams divided into groups, the title was decided in a single-game final where Oroquieta Villaverde beat Irex Puebla.
  4. Played with teams divided into groups, the title was decided in a single-game final where Irex Puebla beat Torrejón in the penalty shootout after a draw by 0–0.
  5. Played with teams divided into groups, the title was decided in a single-game final where Levante beat Eibartarrak by 4–0.
  6. Unbeaten season (26 matches).
  7. Sevilla FC participated as sponsor of CD Híspalis, before creating its own team in 2008.
  8. Played with teams divided into groups, the title was decided in a double-legged final where Rayo Vallecano won 1–0 and 1–1.
  9. Played with teams divided into groups, the title was decided in a double-legged final where Rayo Vallecano won 2–2 and 1–2.
  10. Unbeaten season (30 matches).
  11. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season ended prematurely.
  12. Unbeaten season (21 matches).

Performance by club

Since the inception of the Superliga
Teams Winners Runners-Up Winning years
Barcelona542012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2020
Athletic Club532003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2016
Atlético de Madrid322017, 2018, 2019
Rayo Vallecano312009, 2010, 2011
Levante232002, 2008
Espanyol132006
Puebla01
Sabadell01
Híspalis01

Overall
Athletic Club celebrating its fourth title, won in 2007
Teams Winners Runners-Up Winning years
Barcelona552012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2020
Athletic Club532003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2016
Levante441997,[lower-alpha 1] 2001, 2002, 2008
Atlético de Madrid431990,[lower-alpha 2] 2017, 2018, 2019
Añorga331992, 1995, 1996
Oroquieta Villaverde321993, 1994, 1999
Rayo Vallecano312009, 2010, 2011
Espanyol132006
Puebla[lower-alpha 3]122000
Peña Barcilona111989
Oiartzun101991
Atlético Málaga[lower-alpha 4]101998
Sabadell01
Parque Alcobendas01
Torrejón01
Eibartarrak[lower-alpha 5]01
Híspalis01

Marked in italic those teams that won the Copa de la Reina that season

  1. Title won as Sant Vicent València CFF.
  2. Title won as Atlético Villa de Madrid.
  3. Currently Extremadura UD.
  4. Currently Málaga CF.
  5. Currently SD Eibar.

All-time Primera División table

Liga Nacional
Rank Club S P W D L GF GA GD Pts Win %[lower-alpha 1]
1 Añorga KKE 69273415348102+24615081.52%
2 CD Oroquieta Villaverde 7112661630304182+12214866.07%
3 CF Barcelona 8129582645261226+3514255.04%
4 RCD Español 588471823223139+8411263.64%
5 CE Sabadell 7114471851249249011249.12%
6 Atletico Villa de Madrid 35032810190100+907272%
7 Peña Barcelonista Barcilona 3503361113464+707272%
8 CD Sondika 35223821152107+455451.92%
9 FFP Parque Alcobendas 587191652136316-1805431.03%
10 Olímpico Fortuna 35319826102123-214643.4%
11 Oiartzun KE 22817388341+423766.07%
12 Puente Castro FC 46914847122267-1453626.09%
13 CFF Tradehi 559977370200-1302521.19%
14 CF PubliSport 1218494153-122047.62%
15 CFF Vallès Occidental 1168263524+141856.25%
16 CF Llers 22874174282+401832.14%
17 CD Anaitasuna 1186393732+51541.67%
18 EFAV La Chimenea 12161144470-261330.95%
19 Atlético Málaga 1164482227-51237.5%
20 CFF Athenas 230192020113-931018.33%
21 Universidad Complutense 12113172479-55511.9%
22 Atlético Santa María del Camí 11612131354-35412.5%

División de Honor

90 clubs participated during the 5 seasons that this league format lasted.

Group stages
Group 1 (North) Group 2 (East) Group 3 (Centre) Group 4 (South)

Final phases
Club S P W D L GF GA GD Pts Win %[lower-alpha 3]
Sant Vicent CCF/Levante UD 4117132815+131568.18%
Añorga KKE 16312157+8758.33%
CFF Puebla 352121013-3550%
CD Oroquieta Villaverde 2320194+5466.67%
Atlético Málaga 1220030+34100%
AD Guillén Lafuerza 16123811-3433.33%
AD Torrejón CF 1211010+1375%
CD Híspalis 16114920-11325%
Eibartarrak 23102611-5233.33%
CD Sondika 11010220150%
SD Lagunak 1100134-10%
RCD Espanyol 1100123-10%
CF Pozuelo de Alarcón 1100128-60%

Superliga

This table includes all games played since the 2001–02 season, when the Superliga recovered its format of a single group after several years with four groups and the group winners playing a Final Four. For a timeline of each team's league record, see List of women's football clubs in Spain.

Pos S Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 2019–20 league
1 18 Athletic Club 501 342 73 86 1340 516 +824 1099 Primera División
2 19 Levante 517 325 87 105 1206 481 +725 1062
3 15 Barcelona 425 283 57 85 1109 365 +744 906
4 19 Espanyol 523 260 91 172 1143 751 +392 871
5 17 Rayo Vallecano 479 257 76 146 1040 682 +358 847
6 14 Atlético de Madrid 399 248 73 78 886 415 +471 817
7 14 Real Sociedad 403 152 91 160 570 555 +15 547
8 13 Valencia[lower-alpha 4] 373 149 68 156 608 588 +20 515
9 14 Sporting de Huelva 397 140 80 177 558 654 −96 500
10 13 Zaragoza CFF 376 126 66 184 544 736 −192 444 Segunda División
11 10 Torrejón 250 120 39 91 505 431 +74 399 Regional leagues
12 8 Puebla[lower-alpha 5] 200 98 24 78 412 334 +78 318 Segunda División
13 12 Oviedo Moderno[lower-alpha 6] 314 73 62 179 364 698 −334 281
14 9 Lagunak 248 75 38 135 295 519 −224 263 Regional leagues
15 5 Granadilla 141 66 27 48 220 193 +27 225 Primera División
16 8 Sevilla[lower-alpha 7] 219 63 34 122 266 428 −162 223
17 7 Híspalis[lower-alpha 7] 170 64 20 86 327 439 −112 212 Primera Nacional
18 7 Collerense 204 55 36 113 295 466 −171 201 Segunda División
19 5 L'Estartit 140 51 18 71 229 274 −45 171 Regional leagues
20 5 Sant Gabriel 152 49 24 79 213 307 −94 171 Primera Nacional
21 5 Estudiantes 118 50 19 49 284 241 +43 166[lower-alpha 8] Dissolved
22 4 Sabadell 94 50 15 29 294 175 +119 165 Regional leagues
23 4 Betis 111 42 22 47 148 156 −8 148 Primera División
24 5 Fundación Albacete 150 31 31 88 202 358 −156 124 Segunda División
25 4 Santa Teresa 120 32 25 63 124 229 −105 121
26 5 Málaga[lower-alpha 9] 144 32 24 88 144 382 −238 120
27 5 Pozuelo de Alarcón 124 24 14 86 174 391 −217 86
28 3 Madrid CFF 81 23 13 45 87 166 −79 82 Primera División
29 4 Nuestra Señora de Belén 94 22 6 66 111 373 −262 72 Primera Nacional
30 2 Llanos de Olivenza[lower-alpha 10] 94 19 14 61 97 203 −106 71
31 2 Logroño 51 16 10 25 69 101 −32 58 Primera División
32 2 Levante Las Planas 60 15 9 36 61 120 −59 54 Regional leagues
33 2 Las Palmas 50 14 6 30 80 114 −34 48 Dissolved
34 2 Reocín 62 11 10 41 72 188 −116 43
35 2 Oiartzun 60 10 12 38 47 141 −94 42 Primera Nacional
36 1 Deportivo La Coruña 21 11 4 6 46 38 +8 37 Primera División
37 1 Real Madrid[lower-alpha 11] 21 6 5 10 33 48 −15 23
38 1 Granada 30 5 7 18 41 81 −40 22 Segunda División
39 2 Eibar 54 4 8 42 49 175 −126 20
40 2 Valladolid 52 4 8 40 40 167 −127 20 Dissolved
41 3 Nuestra Señora de la Antigua 68 5 5 58 50 280 −230 20
42 1 El Olivo 34 5 4 25 43 112 −69 19
43 1 Tacuense 30 3 6 21 22 85 −63 15 Segunda División
44 1 Atlético Jiennense[lower-alpha 12] 24 3 2 19 23 81 −58 11 Regional leagues
45 2 Gimnàstic 52 3 1 48 25 224 −199 10 Dissolved
46 1 Gijón 24 0 1 23 19 96 −77 1 Primera Nacional
Updated to match(es) played on the end of the 2019–20 season. Source: FutFem.com
Notes:
  1. A draw counts as a ½ win
  2. A draw counts as a ½ win
  3. A draw counts as a ½ win
  4. Previously named Colegio Alemán.
  5. Later named Extremadura Femenino and currently named Extremadura.
  6. Currently named Oviedo.
  7. Games between 2001 and 2007 are included in Híspalis, while games since 2009 are included in Sevilla.
  8. 3 points docked.
  9. Previously named Atlético Málaga.
  10. Currently named Badajoz.
  11. Previously named Club Deportivo Tacón.
  12. Current name, played in Primera División as Jaén.

Top goalscorer by season
Main article: Primera División (women) Golden Boot
Season Player(s) Club(s) Goals
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06 Auxiliadora Jiménez Híspalis 29
2006–07
2007–08 Natalia Pablos Rayo Vallecano 24
2008–09 Erika Vázquez Athletic Club 32
2009–10 Adriana Martín Rayo Vallecano 35
2010–11 Verónica Boquete Espanyol 39
2011–12 Sonia Bermúdez Barcelona 38
2012–13 Sonia Bermúdez Barcelona 27
Natalia Pablos Rayo Vallecano
2013–14 Sonia Bermúdez Barcelona 28
2014–15 Sonia Bermúdez Barcelona 22
Adriana Martín Levante
2015–16 Jennifer Hermoso Barcelona 24
2016–17 Jennifer Hermoso Barcelona 35
2017–18 Charlyn Corral Levante 24
2018–19 Jennifer Hermoso Atlético de Madrid 24
2019–20 Jennifer Hermoso Barcelona 23

See also

References
  1. Reunión Comisión Mixta de seguimiento de la Superliga Archived 11 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Iberdrola patrocinará la Primera División Femenina" (in Spanish). La Liga. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  3. https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/womens-soccer-gains-professional-status-in-spain/
  4. "Spain - List of Women's Champions". RSSSF. 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
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