Season | 2016–17 |
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Champions | Atlético de Madrid (2nd title) |
Relegated | Oiartzun Tacuense |
Champions League | Atlético de Madrid Barcelona |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 775 (3.23 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Jennifer Hermoso (35 goals) |
Biggest home win | Barcelona 13–0 Oiartzun (Round 27) |
Biggest away win | Tacuense 0–7 Atlético de Madrid (Round 6) |
Highest scoring | Barcelona 13–0 Oiartzun (Round 27) |
Longest winning run | 11 games Barcelona |
Longest unbeaten run | 30 games Atlético de Madrid |
Longest losing run | 10 games Fundación Albacete |
Highest attendance | 17,011 Valencia 6–0 Levante |
← 2015–16 2017–18 → |
The 2016–17 Primera División Femenina de Fútbol, also known as Liga Iberdrola for sponsorship reasons,[1] 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
[edit]Betis[2] and Tacuense[3] 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
[edit]Stadia and locations
[edit]Team | Home city | Stadium |
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Athletic Club | Bilbao | Lezama |
Atlético de Madrid | Madrid | Cerro del Espino |
Barcelona | Barcelona | Joan Gamper |
Espanyol | Barcelona | Dani Jarque |
Fundación Albacete | Albacete | Andrés Iniesta |
Granadilla | Granadilla de Abona | Francisco Suárez |
Levante | Valencia | El Terrer |
Oiartzun | Oiartzun | Karla Lekuona |
Rayo Vallecano | Madrid | Ciudad Deportiva |
Betis | Seville | Luis del Sol |
Real Sociedad | San Sebastián | Zubieta |
Santa Teresa | Badajoz | El Vivero |
Sporting de Huelva | Huelva | El Conquero |
Tacuense | San Cristóbal de La Laguna | Pablos Abril |
Valencia | Valencia | Antonio Puchades |
Zaragoza CFF | Zaragoza | Pedro Sancho |
Personnel and sponsorship
[edit]Team | Head Coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Main shirt sponsor |
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Athletic Club | Joseba Agirre | Iraia Iturregi | Nike | Kutxabank |
Atlético de Madrid | Ángel Villacampa | Amanda Sampedro | Nike | Herbalife |
Barcelona | Xavier Llorens | Marta Unzué | Nike | |
Betis | María del Mar Fernández | Irene Guerrero | Adidas | |
Espanyol | Rubén Rodríguez | Paloma Fernández | Joma | Ilumax |
Fundación Albacete | Milagros Martínez | Matilde Martínez | Hummel | Nexus |
Granadilla | Antonio Ayala | Cindy García | Mercury | Egatesa |
Levante | Andrés Tudela | Sonia Prim | Nike | East United |
Oiartzun | Jon Alkorta | Anne Mugarza | Gedo | Alcampo |
Rayo Vallecano | Miguel Ángel Quejigo | Alicia Gómez | Kelme | |
Real Sociedad | Igor San Miguel | Aintzane Encinas | Adidas | S21sec |
Santa Teresa | Juan Carlos Antúnez | Estefanía Lima | Luanvi | Clínica Extremeña |
Sporting de Huelva | Antonio Toledo | Anita Hernández | Mercury | Cajasol |
Tacuense | Fanfi Herrera | Tamara García | Joma | Canaryfly |
Valencia | Cristian Toro | Ivana Andrés | Adidas | Mr Jeff |
Zaragoza CFF | Alberto Berna | Nuria Mallada | Hummel | Aragón |
Managerial changes
[edit]Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure |
Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Rayo Vallecano | Alberto Ruiz de la Hermosa | End of contract | 30 June 2016 | Pre-season | Miguel Ángel Quejigo | 11 July 2016 |
Espanyol | Antonio Polidano | Sacked | 8 November 2016[4] | 16th | Luis Miguel Marín | 11 November 2016 |
Tacuense | Javier Márquez | Sacked | 14 November 2016[5] | 16th | Zeben González (caretaker) | 16 November 2016 |
Tacuense | Zeben González | interim | 16 November 2016 | 16th | Fanfi Herrera | 21 November 2016 [6] |
Espanyol | Luis Miguel Marín | Resigned | 6 April 2017[7] | 15th | Rubén Rodríguez | 6 April 2017 |
Overview
[edit]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.[8]
One week before, newcomer team Tacuense was relegated to Segunda División. The league ended with the relegation of Basque Oiartzun two seasons after their last promotion.
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Atlético de Madrid (C) | 30 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 91 | 17 | +74 | 78 | Qualification for the UEFA Champions League and Copa de la Reina |
2 | Barcelona | 30 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 98 | 13 | +85 | 75 | |
3 | Valencia | 30 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 69 | 11 | +58 | 68 | Qualification for the Copa de la Reina |
4 | Levante | 30 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 53 | 49 | +4 | 57 | |
5 | Athletic Club | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 64 | 44 | +20 | 53 | |
6 | Granadilla | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 53 | 41 | +12 | 46 | |
7 | Rayo Vallecano | 30 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 49 | 53 | −4 | 43 | |
8 | Real Sociedad | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 42 | |
9 | Santa Teresa | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 46 | −18 | 36 | |
10 | Sporting de Huelva | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 47 | 56 | −9 | 35 | |
11 | Betis | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 36 | 51 | −15 | 34 | |
12 | Zaragoza CFF | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 31 | 65 | −34 | 32 | |
13 | Espanyol | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 60 | −30 | 23 | |
14 | Fundación Albacete | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 37 | 76 | −39 | 20 | |
15 | Oiartzun (R) | 30 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 74 | −51 | 18 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
16 | Tacuense (R) | 30 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 85 | −63 | 15 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Results
[edit]Season statistics
[edit]- As of Week 30
Top scorers[edit]
Hat-tricks[edit]
4 Player scored 4 goals
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Best goalkeepers[edit]
Player of the week[edit]
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All-season Team
[edit]Source: All-star team is a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players as supporters
Notable attendances
[edit]- 17,011 Valencia CF 6–0 Levante UD (23 April 2017 at Mestalla)
- 13,935 Atlético de Madrid 2–1 FC Barcelona (11 December 2016 at Vicente Calderón)[25]
- 10,642 Atlético de Madrid 1–1 Athletic Club (26 March 2017 at Vicente Calderón)
- 8,122 Levante UD 2–1 Valencia CF (19 November 2016 at Ciutat de València)[26]
- 7.497 UD Granadilla Tenerife Sur 2–0 UD Tacuense (25 March 2017 at Heliodoro Rodríguez López)
- 6,268 FC Barcelona 1–1 Atlético de Madrid (13 May 2017 at Mini Estadi)
- 3,517 Fundación Albacete 0–2 Rayo Vallecano (1 April 2017 at Carlos Belmonte)
- 3,400 Sporting de Huelva 2–0 Oiartzun KE (12 February 2017 at Nuevo Colombino)[27]
- 3,200 Atlético de Madrid 2–1 Real Sociedad (20 May 2017 at Estadio Cerro del Espino)
- 3,150 Zaragoza CFF 0–4 Valencia CF (15 January 2017 at La Romareda) [28]
Transfers
[edit]Source: La Liga
References
[edit]- ^ "Iberdrola patrocinará la Primera División Femenina" (in Spanish). La Liga. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "El R. Betis Féminas asciende a Primera División Femenina" (in Spanish). LaLiga.es. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
- ^ "El UD Tacuense asciende a Primera División Femenina" (in Spanish). LaLiga.es. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
- ^ Espanyol dismiss Toni Polidano
- ^ "Javier Márquez stops being head coach of UD Tacuense". Archived from the original on 2016-11-17. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
- ^ Herrera, new head coach of UD Tacuense[permanent dead link]
- ^ Luismi Marín resigns and Rubén Rodríguez replaces him
- ^ "El At. de Madrid Femenino, campeón de la Liga Femenina Iberdrola" (in Spanish). La Liga. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ^ "La Real Sociedad gana el partido ante el Rayo Vallecano por alineación indebida" [Real Sociedad wins the match against Rayo Vallecano due to illegal line-up] (in Spanish). Marca. 23 March 2017.
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- ^ "El Atlético de Madrid asalta el liderato en el Vicente Calderón" (in Spanish). Marca. 11 December 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ "El Levante se lleva el derbi ante 8.000 espectadores" (in Spanish). Superdeporte. 20 November 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ "Partido Sporting de Huelva - Oiartzun KE en directo" (in Spanish). La Liga. 12 February 2017.
- ^ "En la Romareda ganaron el Valencia y el fútbol femenino" (in Spanish). 15 January 2017.
- ^ Esti Aizpurua, new signing for Athletic Club
- ^ Athletic formalizes the transferts of Lucia García and María Blanco
- ^ Irene Paredes leaves Lezama to play for PSG
- ^ Atlético Madrid don't renew contract with Sara Ezquerro
- ^ "Marta Carro signs for AGSM Verona". Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
- ^ Barça signs Andrea Giménez
- ^ Barça signs Andressa Alves and Leila Ouahabi
- ^ Espanyol signs two jewels
- ^ "Carola García signs for Espanyol". Archived from the original on 2016-06-24. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
- ^ Brenda and two couples of twins for a new revolution
- ^ Brenda, Baudet and Helena are going to find to play for Espanyol
- ^ Patricia Gavira y Virgy García, new joinings
- ^ Fatima Pinto, Madeirense, is going to play for Sporting
- ^ Vera Djatel, third summer signing
- ^ de Huelva announced its first signing of the season, Gabi Gutiérrez
- ^ Analu joins Sporting de Huelva
External links
[edit]- Primera División (women) at La Liga (in Spanish)
- RFEF Official Website Archived 2019-02-05 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)