Club Deportivo Olímpico de León is a Spanish women's football club from León currently playing in Segunda División.

Olímpico de León
Full nameClub Deportivo Olímpico de León
GroundLa Palomera, León
LeagueSegunda División
2017–18Segunda División – Gr. 5, 9th

History

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Logo of León FF, used until 2018.

The club was founded as Puente Castro FC, before taking the name of León Fútbol Femenino in 1991.[1] Puente Castro was one of the nine founding teams of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Femenino in 1988.[2]

The club enjoyed its best results in the following years, reaching the national cup's semifinals in 1990 and 1993[3] and playing in the División de Honor in 1989 — 1991 and 1995. In subsequent years the team played in the second tier, which served as the top category from 1997 to 2001 after the División de Honor was disbanded. León's best results in the second tier were 3rd positions in 2005 and 2010. It was briefly relegated to the third tier in 2006, 2008 ans 2013.[4]

After spending four years in Regional, León FF promoted again to Segunda División in 2017. In May 2018, León FF was absorbed by CD Olímpico de León, becoming its women's football section.[5]

Season to season

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As Puente Castro

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Season Div. Pos. Copa de la Reina
1988/89 8th
1989/90 8th
1990/91 9th Quarterfinals

As León FF

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Season Div. Pos. Copa de la Reina
1991/92 2nd Quarterfinals
1992/93 3rd Semifinals
1993/94 Quarterfinals
1994/95 9th Quarterfinals
1995/96
1996/97 4th
1997/98 8th
1998/99 9th
1999/00 6th
2000/01 6th
2001/02 5th
2002/03 4th
2003/04 5th
2004/05 3rd
Season Div. Pos. Copa de la Reina
2005/06 12th
2006/07 Reg. 1st
2007/08 12th
2008/09 Reg. 3rd
2009/10 3rd
2010/11 10th
2011/12 7th
2012/13 11th
2013/14 Reg. 2nd
2014/15 Reg. 3rd
2015/16 Reg. 2nd
2016/17 Reg. 1st
2017/18 9th

As Olímpico de León

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Season Div. Pos. Copa de la Reina
2018/19 13th[a]
2019/20
  1. ^ Due to the creation of the new Primera División B, the team remained in the same league but it became the third level.

Former internationals

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References

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  1. ^ Running after the ball is not a matter of gender. Diario de León, 23/01/11
  2. ^ Liga Nacional: Good start for Catalan teams. El Mundo Deportivo, 07/12/88
  3. ^ The Cup's final will be played in Getafe. El Mundo Deportivo, 23/06/93
  4. ^ 1989–2012 Results and tables Archived 2016-01-12 at the Wayback Machine in futbolme.com
  5. ^ "El León Fútbol Femenino se incorpora al proyecto del Olímpico" (in Spanish). Olímpico de León. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2019.