Spanish League and WNT

I think the rules of LFP apply.

I think it's four.

I don't think there are any quotas, though the restrictions for players without an EU passport mean there will be a majority of communitary players.

They should contact the team, I think.


The new season began 15 days ago. These are the results of the first two weeks:

Prainsa Zaragoza 8-4 Racing Santander
Jana Lozano 14, Mariela Coronel 17, Nuria Mallada 42 51 72, Ana Borges 55, Bárbara Latorre 75, María Gracia 84 // Lucía García 47 79, Marta Díez 66, Andrelly 77

Atlético Málaga 1-4 Sporting Huelva
Patricia Marín 22 // Sandra García 28, Jenifer Morilla 42, Lorena Bocanegra 63, Alharilla Casado 72

SD Lagunak 0-3 Rayo Vallecano
Jennifer Hermoso 30, Natalia Pablos 40, Saray García 68

FC Barcelona 3-1 UD Collerense
Victoria Losada 22 70, Olga García 57 // Tania Sánchez 30

Valencia CF 1-3 Real Sociedad
Ana Amo 50 // Maialen Zelaia 30 58, Itziar Gastearena 63

UE L'Estartit 1-2 Athletic Bilbao
Maribel Domínguez 23 // Elisabeth Ibarra 49, Irune Murua 68

FVPR El Olivo 0-1 CE Sant Gabriel
Cristina Baudet 39

Atlético Madrid 1-1 Levante UD
Marieta López 60 // Alicia González 54

SD Comarca Llanos Olivenza 1-1 RCD Espanyol
Lali González 90 // Mari Paz Vilas 43

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Rayo Vallecano 10-1 FVPR El Olivo
Jade Boho 14 23 68 73, Natalia Pablos 21 50 80, Saray García 51, Fumi Goto 55, Paloma Lázaro 77 // Desirée Gardón 59

Sporting Huelva 2-0 Prainsa Zaragoza
Sandra García 34, Ana Belén Hernández 83'

Real Sociedad 2-1 Atlético Madrid
Ane Bergara 38, Sandra Ramajo 50 // Priscila Borja 12

CE Sant Gabriel 0-1 FC Barcelona
Olga García 18

Athletic Bilbao 2-1 Valencia CF
Amaia Olabarrieta 74, Irene Paredes 89 // Nuria Sánchez 93

RCD Espanyol 5-0 UE L'Estartit
Mari Paz Vilas 5 27, Ana María Romero 46 48, Sara Serna 78

Levante UD 1-0 SD Lagunak
Anabel Martínez 81

UD Collerense 1-0 Atlético Málaga
Patricia 4

Racing Santander 1-1 SD Comarca Llanos Olivenza
Claudia Salas 41 // Lucía Padilla 33

Table
1. Rayo Vallecano, 6
2. Sp. Huelva, 6
3. R. Sociedad, 6
4. Barcelona, 6
5. Ath. Bilbao, 6
6. Espanyol, 4
7. Levante, 4
8. P. Zaragoza, 3
9. St. Gabriel, 3
10. Collerense, 3
11. Llanos Olivenza, 2
12. At. Madrid, 1
13. Rac. Santander, 1
14. Valencia, 0
15. Málaga, 0
16. Lagunak, 0
17. L'Estartit, 0
18. El Olivo, 0


Of course there has been no league this weekend since the Spanish WNT took part in the 2013 Euro qualifying matches. The debut has been great.

Turkey 1-10 Spain
Leyla Güngör 20 // Adriana Martín 9 51, Priscila Borja 11 65, Verónica Boquete 26 46 59, Sonia Bermúdez 44, Marta Corredera 82, Amaia Olabarrieta 86

 

WEEK 3

Comarca Llanos Olivenza 0-2 Sporting Huelva
Jenifer Morilla 12, Alharilla Casado 58

Real Sociedad 1-3 Athletic Bilbao
Aintzane Encinas 30 // Elisabeth Ibarra 11, Joana Flaviano 43, Itsaso Nabaskues 58

FC Barcelona 3-2 Rayo Vallecano
Sonia Bermúdez 7, Marta Corredera 37 42 // Pilar García 75, Natalia Pablos 90

Valencia CF 0-4 RCD Espanyol
Mari Paz Vilas 14 45, Lianne Sanderson 21, Marta Peña (og) 60

Prainsa Zaragoza 7-1 UD Collerense
Edite Fernandes 9 87, Bárbara Latorre 35 37 62, Mª Antonia Alonso (og) 65, María León 80 // Patricia Mascaró 44

FVPR El Olivo 1-1 Levante UD
Anair Lombi 39 // Ruth García 20

Atlético Madrid 3-1 SD Lagunak
Adriana Martín 19 66, Marieta López 55 // Sara 72

Málaga CF 3-2 UE Sant Gabriel
Rocío López 70, Patricia Marín 76, María José Camacho 89 // Marta Cubí 14, Marta Villagrasa 45

UE L'Estartit 2-0 Reocín-Racing Santander
Maribel Domínguez 1 63



Note: CD Transportes Alcaine = Prainsa Zaragoza

 

With a lot of delay, here's past weekend results:

Sporting Huelva 1-0 L'Estartit
Anita Hernández 43

Athletic Bilbao 4-1 Atlético Madrid
Irune Murua 1, Gurutze Fernández 23, Erika Vázquez 34, Nekane Díez 89 // Sandra Vilanova 90

Levante 0-2 Barcelona
Sonia Bermúdez 15, Montse Tomé 56

Espanyol 2-1 Real Sociedad
Mari Paz Vilas 38, Willy Romero 56 // Nerea Gabirondo 58

Sant Gabriel 3-7 Prainsa Zaragoza
Rebekah Patrick 14, Marta Cubí 82 89 // Ana Borges 31, Edite Fernandes 33 39 45, María León 64, Bárbara Latorre 78

Rayo Vallecano 1-0 Málaga
Jenni Hermoso 93

Collerense 0-2 Llanos Olivenza
Amanda Bodión 38, Conchi González 88

Reocín-Racing Santander 3-1 Valencia
Lucía García 44 86, Marta Díez 60 // María Martí 14

Lagunak 3-1 El Olivo
Desi Gardón (og) 38, Eunate Arraiza 66, Arguiñe Iraizoz // Anair Lomba 53

 

It's been a while since I updated this thread...

Tomorrow there's a really interesting game with the two main title contenders facing each other. Barcelona is the sensation of the season having won all 13 games so far, usually with impressive scores (they have scored 50 goals and conceded just 4, none in the past 7 games), while Athletic Bilbao isn't winning so brilliantly, with 35 goals so far, but they have only conceded a tie against Sporting.

Espanyol is dragging an unsteady start, but is now doing as well as Barcelona and Athletic; they have won the last 7 games with a 39-2 goal average. The match against Barcelona on December 16 will be crucial. On the other hand, Rayo Vallecano has lost much potential, and after losing all three matches against the other contenders (3-2 to Barcelona, 2-3 to Athletic, 4-0 to Espanyol) and losing 4 points to L'Estartit and Sporting Huelva, they don't really look like a title contender right now; they are 5th, 14 points from the top of the table.

Anyway, the disappointment of the season is Atlético Madrid. They built a rather powerful team headed by Adriana Martín to contend for the title, but instead they are doing worse than past year. So far they have only defeated low-tier teams, losing points to Levante, Zaragoza, Real Sociedad and Sporting Huelva. Qualifying for the Copa de la Reina, which has been reduced from 14 to 4 teams (seriously, what kind of national cup is that? ¬¬) is the most they can aspire to this season.

On the other hand, Sporting Huelva is the surprise of the league. They are in serious financial trouble, and they had to withdraw from the Copa de la Reina this spring and sold their best players except for Alharilla Casado and replaced them with free players from Sevilla, which had been relegated. And yet they are enjoying their best season, with just 2 losses so far and having tied against two title contenders.

Levante, Prainsa Zaragoza (a.k.a. Transportes Alcaine) and Real Sociedad are performing consistently with young and talented squads, and if Rayo keeps losing points and Sporting falters one of them might be able to grab the 4th spot. Lastly Sant Gabriel seems consolidated in their second season in Primera. None of these teams should have to deal with the danger area.

The remaining eight teams (Collerense, L'Estartit, Lagunak, Llanos Olivenza, El Olivo, Málaga, Racing, Valencia) will fight to avoid the four relegation spots. From the two debuting teams Llanos de Olivenza is doing better than El Olivo, which has made some progress lately with two ties in their two last games home but is the only team that hasn't yet won a game. Racing (a.k.a. Reocín) looks even worse, with 9 losses in a row.

Here are the results of Week 13:

Real Sociedad 0-4 FC Barcelona
Vicky Losada 39, Olga García 49 69, Alba Aznar 87

Athletic Bilbao 2-0 FVPR El Olivo
Érika Vázquez 63 93

RCD Espanyol 7-0 SD Lagunak
Willy Romero 27, Mari Paz Vilas 30 45 75 85, Sara Serna 80, Brenda Pérez 90

Sporting Huelva 1-1 Rayo Vallecano
Jenifer Morilla 50 // Natalia de Pablos 38

Racing Santander 1-4 Levante UD
Marta Díez 5 // Alicia González 2 23, Vanessa Bernauer 21, Ruth García 40

L'Estartit 1-1 Prainsa Zaragoza
Carolina Mendes 40 // Bárbara Latorre 75

Atlético Madrid 1-0 SPC Llanos Olivenza
Adriana Martín 37

UD Collerense 2-2 CE Sant Gabriel
María Vidal 40, Patri Mascaró 85 // Georgina Carreras 20, Dori Apolo 55

Table
1. Barcelona 39
2. Athletic 37
3. Espanyol 32
4. Sporting 27
5. Rayo 25
6. Levante 22
7. Zaragoza 21
8. Atlético 21
9. R.Sociedad 20
10. St.Gabriel 19
11. Collerense 13
12. Olivenza 12
13. Lagunak 11
14. L'Estartit 10
15. Málaga 10
16. Valencia 7
17. Racing 4
18. El Olivo 3

Here you can watch Espanyol's seven goals against Lagunak:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4jEOfg9r8A"]Femení A 7 - Lagunak 0 - YouTube[/ame]

Top scorers
- 19 goals
Mari Paz Vilas (Espanyol)
- 18 goals
Sonia Bermúdez (Barcelona)
- 13 goals
Natalia de Pablos (Rayo)
- 12 goals
Olga García (Barcelona)
- 9 goals
Edite Fernandes (Zaragoza)
Patri Mascaró (Collerense)
- 8 goals
Nekane Díez (Athletic)
Bárbara Latorre (Zaragoza)
Adriana Martín (Atlético)
- 7 goals
Lucía García (Racing)
Erika Vázquez (Athletic)

Other teams' top scorer
Sporting: Alharilla Casado, Jeni Morilla (5)
Levante: Alicia González (5)
R.Sociedad: Maite Lizaso, Maialen Zelaia (3)
St.Gabriel: Marta Cubí (5)
Olivenza: Amanda Bodión, Luky Padilla (3)
Lagunak: Susana Bedmar (2)
L'Estartit: Carolina Mendes (2)
Málaga: María Flores, Anita Mesa, Ana Rodríguez (2)
Valencia: María Martí (4)
El Olivo: Ana Buceta (5)

 

Only four players remain from the team that was relegated in 2007: Ani Escribano, Melanie Serrano, Marta Unzué and Vicky Losada (who was very young). Anyway, that relegation was actually positive for Barcelona, since it changed the players' attitude and the club designed a serious project for the first time, as Xavi Llorens, the team's coach, explained some months ago.

It's a combination of good planning and good luck; they have built an extremely talented young team through their youth ranks in these past few seasons. By the end of the 2011 season, when Barcelona won the Copa de la Reina after overpowering both Rayo Vallecano and Espanyol, it was obvious they were becoming a powerhouse, and they are still improving. Plus they have made some great signings this summer; Sonia Bermúdez is right now the best player in the league.

 

Barcelona 1-0 Athletic, FCB confirmed as the top title contender. They have now a 5 points lead over Athletic.

Other results so far: El Olivo 0-4 Espanyol, Rayo Vallecano 1-1 Collerense, Levante 2-0 Sporting Huelva, Llanos Olivenza 3-1 L'Estartit. After three consecutive titles it seems Rayo won't be fighting for this one.

1. Barcelona 42
2. Athletic 37
3. Espanyol 35
4. Sporting 27
5. Rayo 26
6. Levante 25

 

FC Barcelona 1-0 Athletic Bilbao
Olga García 21

FVPR El Olivo 0-4 RCD Espanyol
Lianne Sanderson 30, Mari Paz Vilas 42 83, Sara Serna 80

Levante UD 2-0 Sporting Huelva
Maider Castillo 48, Ruth García 79

Rayo Vallecano 1-1 UD Collerense
Natalia de Pablos 55 // Mª Antonia Alonso 2

Prainsa Zaragoza 4-0 Valencia CF
Bárbara Latorre 30, María León 71, Sara Sanau 79, María Gracia 89

CE Sant Gabriel 1-1 Atlético Madrid
Marta Villagrasa 53 // Marieta López 71

Málaga CF 1-1 Real Sociedad
1-0 34' Anita Rodríguez // Sandra Ramajo 77

SPC Llanos Olivenza 3-1 UE L'Estartit
Lourdes 6, Belén Martínez 37, Marta Parralejo 60 // María Martí 50

SD Lagunak 2-1 Racing Santander
Eunate Arraiza 47, Sara Labiano 61 // Marta Díez 67

Table
1. Barcelona 42
2. Athletic 37
3. Espanyol 35
4. Sporting 27
5. Rayo 26
6. Levante 25
7. Zaragoza 24
8. Atlético 22
9. R.Sociedad 21
10. St.Gabriel 20
11. Olivenza 15
12. Collerense 14
13. Lagunak 14
14. Málaga 11
15. L'Estartit 10
16. Valencia 7
17. Racing 4
18. El Olivo 3

 

Claudia Zornoza (Rayo Vallecano) has signed for Atlético Madrid. She last played for Rayo in February, when she suffered an ACL injury.

 

Great news for women's football fans in Spain: The coordinator of Barcelona's WT has announced an upcoming friendly match against INAC Leonessa!

 

Espanyol and Barcelona are playing right now. The match can be watched here: http://www.tv3.cat/3alacarta/#/directes/esport3 I don't know if it will work in other countries, though.

Olga García scores for Barcelona after 20 minutes. Great execution!

Willy Romero scores the equalizer 6 minutes later.

2-1 with 10' before HT, Espanyol goes ahead in a counterattack. Laura Ràfols repels Romero's shot but Mari Paz Vilas gets the ball and scores easily. Barcelona dominated after its goal, but the match has changed completely following the tier. This is being a very good game.

 

Definitely. Anyway Barcelona cheated in its second goal (with a Espanyol player hurt they stopped the play, but then launched an attack when Espanyol was off-guard), so honestly I didn't care.

Espanyol cornered Barcelona in the last ten minutes of the 1st half while leading 2-1, but they failed to convert their chances and the match leveled after the break, when Espanyol was worn out from the effort. Then Barcelona scored that controversial tier, and Ludmila Manicler, who had just entered, turned the score to 2-3. With this Espanyol disappeared from the game, and Barcelona controled it comfortably. But they too missed their chances, and then that happened in the injury time.

It was an exciting game throughout, though the 2nd half was somewhat disappointing after such a great 1H.

 

Here are the match's highlights. Unfortunately no Barcelona chances are included apart from the goals, but this is probably the best we will get.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvImKQcdpKY"]www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvImKQcdpKY[/ame]

 

WEEK 15

RCD Espanyol 3-3 FC Barcelona (2-1)
Willy Romero 25, Mari Paz Vilas 33, Brenda Pérez 91 // Olga García 19, Silvia Meseguer (og) 63, Ludmila Manicler 66

Athletic Bilbao 9-0 Málaga CF (6-0)
Itsaso Nabaskues 2 7, Erika Vázquez 11, Nekane Díez 13 45, Guru Fernández 42, Manu Lareo 56, Naiara Beristain 65 66

Sporting Huelva 3-2 SD Lagunak (2-0)
Alharilla Casado 5 42, Jenny Benítez 66 // Amaya Cotelo 52, Maite Garde 60

CE Sant Gabriel 0-3 Rayo Vallecano (0-1)
? (og) 30, Natalia de Pablos 63, Fumi Goto 90

UD Collerense 1-2 Levante UD (1-1)
Pili Espadas 43 // Andrea Esteban 20, Vanessa Bernauer 88

Atlético Madrid 4-1 UE L'Estartit (2-1)
Adriana Martín 18 21, Pisco Peña 77, Priscila Borja 88 // Mónica Gonçalves 40

Real Sociedad 5-0 Prainsa Zaragoza (3-0)
Maialen Zelaia 1, Ainara Herrero 9, Aintzane Encinas 21, Idoia Agirre 61, Itxaso Uriarte 74

Valencia CF 0-2 SPC Llanos Olivenza
Lourdes 36, Luky Padilla 68

Racing Santander 0-3 FVPR El Olivo
Anair Lomba 12, Ana Buceta 32 45

Table
1. Barcelona, 43
2. Athletic, 40
3. Espanyol, 36
4. Sporting, 30
5. Rayo, 29
6. Levante, 28
7. Atlético, 25
8. Zaragoza, 24
9. R. Sociedad, 24
10. St. Gabriel, 20
11. Olivenza, 18
12. Collerense, 14
13. Lagunak, 14
14. Málaga, 11
15. L'Estartit, 10
16. Valencia, 7
17. El Olivo, 6
18. Racing, 4

 

The Barcelona - INAC Leonessa friendly starts in half an hour (19:00 GMT+1). If you are interested you can watch it live on:
- Esport3: http://www.tv3.cat/3alacarta/#/directes/esport3
- Barcelona's website: http://www.fcbarcelona.com/ (I don't know where exactly)

It's been a while since I bumped this thread, I'll update the results later today.

 

Barcelona 1-1 INAC Leonessa
Olga García 44 // Chiaki Minamiyama 15

Line-ups:

Barcelona
_1. Elixabete Sarasola
_2. Laura Gómez
_3. Melisa Nicolau
_4. Ana Escribano
_5. Leila Ouahabi
_6. Florencia Quiñones
_7. Carol Férez
_8. Montserrat Tomé
_9. Miriam Diéguez
10. Sonia Bermúdez
11. Olga García

INAC
_1. Ayumi Kaihori
_2. Junko Kai
_4. Asuna Tanaka
_5. Yukari Kinga
_6. Chiaki Minamiyama
_7. Ji So-Yun
_8. Homare Sawa
_9. Nahomi Kawasumi
10. Shinobu Ohno
11. Megumi Takase
19. Emi Nakajima

Barcelona has uploaded the complete match (except for the first 4 minutes) to youtube. It starts at 16:50.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnjCZXOEgsA"]FC Barcelona Femení -- INAC Kobe - YouTube[/ame]