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.
Season | 2016–17 |
---|---|
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 → |
Team changes
editBetis[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
editStadia and locations
editTeam | 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
editTeam | 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
editTeam | 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
editOn 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
editPos | 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
editSeason statistics
edit- As of Week 30
Top scorersedit
Hat-tricksedit
4 Player scored 4 goals
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Best goalkeepersedit
Player of the weekedit
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All-season Team
editSource: 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
editSource: 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)