"Great" surprise to begin the season: Title holder Barcelona lost to Espanyol 2-0 Levante 1-0 Prainsa Zaragoza 1-0: Buceta min.15. Rayo Vallecano 4-3 Real Sociedad 1-0: Jenny, min.4; 1-1: Maialen Zelaia, min.18; 2-1: Patri min.39. 2-2, Beristain, min.47; 3-2: Patri, min. 54; 3-3: Bergara, min.67; 4-3: Patri, min.71. Sant Gabriel 0-2 Atlético de Madrid Marinela 0-1; Priscila 0-2 (pen.) Athletic Bilbao 5-0 Lagunak Eunate Araiza 2 goals, Gurutze Fernández 2 goals, Erika Vázquez 1 goal Sporting Huelva 0-0 Sevilla CF Collerense 3-4 Levante Las Planas 0-1 Evita min.18, 0-2 Carriba min. 51, 0-3 Evita min. 53, 1-3 Pili Espadas min. 71, 2-3 Mª Antonia min. 77, 3-3 Pili Espadas min. 78, 3-4 Evita min. 81 Comarca Llanos Olivenza 1-2 Valencia CF Espanyol 2-0 FC Barcelona 1-0, min 55, Débora, y 2-0, min 81, Brenda. Athletic is the first leader with 3 points and +5 goals Let's hope Barça defeat means at least one more contender in the season
Sporting has been awarded a 3-0 win over Sevilla. It seems 27-years-old Trinidad Espejo (just signed from Sporting) was registered by mistake in the farm team, and only players younger than 23 can play in the first team like that. Sevilla will also have to pay 500€, a ridiculously high fine considering the champion only gets 1300€. Therefore, the table is now like this: 1. Athletic 3 2. Sporting 3 3. Atlético 3 4. Espanyol 3 5. Levante LP 3 6. Rayo 3 7. Valencia 3 8. Levante 3 9. R. Sociedad 0 10. Collerense 0 11. Olivenza 0 12. Zaragoza 0 13. Barcelona 0 14. St. Gabriel 0 15. Sevilla 0 16. Lagunak 0 On the other hand, Barcelona played on Wednesday a friendly against Olympique Lyon, and lost 3-0:
Week 2: Athletic keeps comfortable in top winning 1-6 away. Barcelona lost again (last season only lost once), and have scored no goals yet. Doesn't sound good for Barca to face Arsenal in the Champions League round. Sevilla FC 1 (Ainoa) - UD Collerense 4 (Pili, Tania, Swes)Valencia Féminas 2 (Pinel y Aran) -CE Sant Gabriel 2 (Carol y María Estella)Real Sociedad 3 (Zelaia -2- y Aintzane) - SP Comarca Llanos Olivenza 0 FC Barcelona 0 - Rayo Vallecano 2 (Jenni y Natalia)SD Lagunak 0 - RCD Espanyol 1 (Mari Paz)Prainsa Zaragoza 1 (Nuria) - Athletic Club 6 (Erika -3-, Nekane -2- y Eli)FC Levante Las Planas 1 (Carriba) - Levante UD 3 (Alicia, Ana Buceta y Bernauer)Atlético de Madrid 1 (Amanda) - Cajasol Trigueros Universidad 1 (Lorena)-------------------------1º Athletic Club +10 6pts2º Rayo Vallecano +3 6pts3º Levante UD +3 6pts4º RCD Espanyol +3 6pts5º Cajasol Trigueros Univ. +3 4pts6º Club Atlético de Madrid +2 4pts7º Valencia Féminas +1 4pts8º UD Collerense +2 3pts9º Real Sociedad +2 3pts10º FC Levante Las Planas -1 3pts11º CE Sant Gabriel -2 1pt12º SP Comarca Llanos Olivenza -4 0pts13º FC Barcelona -4 0pts14º Sevilla FC -6 0pts15º Prainsa Zaragoza -6 0pts16º SD Lagunak -6 0ptssource: http://www.futfem.com/
Week 3: Barça's first win few days before Champions League agaisnt Arsenal Rayo destroyed Lagunak 9-0 (i need to follow scorers, i suposse Patri is top scorer in the league) Athletic keeps leadership, with Espanyol and Rayo waiting for a fail. RCD Espanyol 4 (Sonia, Brenda, Serna -2-) - Prainsa Zaragoza 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Atlético de Madrid 3 (Paula, Priscila, Marta Carro) - Valencia Féminas 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sant Gabriel 2 (Rocío Serrano, Carla) - Real Sociedad 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cajasol Trigueros Universidad /Sporting Huelva 2 (Esther, Anita) - Collerense 1 (Vidal) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Athletic Bilbao 4 (Guru, Nekane, Iraia, Erika) - Levante Las Planas 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Levante 1 (Bernauer) - Sevilla FC 2 (Paulita, Celia) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rayo Vallecano 9 (Patri -2-, Lucía, Jenni -2-, Natalia -2-, Uxue, Pilar) - SD Lagunak 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SP Comarca Llanos Olivenza 0 - FC Barcelona 3 (Corredera, Olga, Sonia)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1ºAthletic Club GD+14 Pts92ºRayo Vallecano GD+12 Pts93º RCD Espanyol GD7 Pts94º Club Atlético de Madrid GD5 Pts75º Cajasol Trigueros Universidad GD4 Pt76º Levante UD GD2 Pts67º CE Sant Gabriel GD0 Pts48º Valencia Féminas GD-2 Pts49º UD Collerense GD1 Pts310º Real Sociedad GD0 Pts311º FC Barcelona GD-1 Pts312º FC Levante Las Planas GD-5 Pts313º Sevilla FC GD-5 Pts314º SP Comarca Llanos Olivenza GD-7 Pts 015º Prainsa Zaragoza GD-10 Pt016º SD Lagunak GD-15 Pts0
Week 4: sep.30th. Barcelona recovers shape against Sant Gabriel. Curious sittuation in Barcelona this week. The four teams in Barcelona metro played among them, playing two teams from one town agaisnt the two teams from another one: both Barça and Levante-Las Planas play in Sant Joan Despí, and Espanyol and Sant Gabriel both play in Sant Adriá de Besos. UD Collerense 0-2 Levante UD (Alharilla, Bernauer) Real Sociedad 0-1 Atlético de Madrid (Marta Carro) FC Barcelona (Corredera, Sonia -4-, Alexia, Guti) 7-1 CE Sant Gabriel (Carol) SD Lagunak 0-3 SP Comarca Llanos Olivenza (Amanda -3-) Prainsa Zaragoza (Ana) 1-3 Rayo Vallecano (Natalia, Saray, Jenny) Sevilla FC (Patri) 1-4 Athletic Club (Orueta, Eli Ibarra, Nekane, Eunate) Valencia Féminas (Elena –pp.-) 1-2 Cajasol Trigueros Universidad (Esther, Jeni) FC Levante Las Planas (Sonia) 1-0 RCD Espanyol --------------------------- Athletic Club +17 12pts Rayo Vallecano +14 12pts Club Atlético de Madrid +6 10pts Cajasol Trigueros Universidad +5 10pts RCD Espanyol +6 9pts Levante UD +4 9pts FC Barcelona +5 6pts FC Levante Las Planas -4 6pts Valencia Féminas -3 4pts CE Sant Gabriel -6 4pts UD Collerense -1 3pts Real Sociedad -1 3pts SP Comarca Llanos Olivenza -4 3pts Sevilla FC -8 3pts Prainsa Zaragoza -12 0pts SD Lagunak -18 0pts
Week 5 (October 7th): Athletic is now the only "perfect" team, and lonely leader. ----------------------------------------------------------- CE Sant Gabriel 4 (Georgina -2-, Baudet, Eva) SD Lagunak 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Athletic Club 4 (Manu -2-, Arranz, Nekane) UD Collerense 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Cajasol Trigueros Universidad 2 (Jenny, Cinta) Levante UD 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rayo Vallecano 2 (Natalia, Jenny) FC Levante Las Planas 2 (Ali, Evita) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RCD Espanyol 2 (Vane, Willy) Sevilla FC 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SP Comarca Llanos Olivenza 1 (¿?) Prainsa Zaragoza 3 (Claudia, Bárbara, Sanau) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Valencia Féminas 1 (Ana Amo) Real Sociedad 1 (Gurutze del Ama) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Atlético de Madrid 1 (Marieta) FC Barcelona 1 (Sonia) ----------------------------------------------------------------------1º Athletic Club +21 15pts 2º Rayo Vallecano +14 13pts3ºCajasol Trigueros Universidad +7 13pts4º RCD Espanyol +8 12pts5º Club Atlético de Madrid +6 11pts6º Levante UD +2 9pts7º FC Barcelona +5 7pts8º CE Sant Gabriel -2 7pts9º FC Levante Las Planas-4 7pts10º Valencia Féminas -3 5pts11º Real Sociedad -1 4ts12º UD Collerense -5 3pts13º SP Comarca Llanos Olivenza -6 3pts14º Prainsa Zaragoza -10 pts15º Sevilla FC -10 3pts16º SD Lagunak -22 0pts
Week 6 (Oct.14th): Next week no league as Spain NT plays for a place in 2013 Euro against Scotland. Real Sociedad, 3 (Idoia, Maialen Z., Naiara B.); Cajasol Sporting Huelva, 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Barcelona, 4 (Alexia, Corredera, Sony, Losada); Valencia, 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lagunak, 0; Atlético de Madrid, 8 ( Pisco(3), Pris (2), Carreño, Nago y Laurita) ------------------------------------------------------------------ TA Zaragoza, 2 (Sanau, María León); Sant Gabriel, 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Levante Las Planas, 0; Llanos Olivenza, 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Sevilla, 1 (Virgy); Rayo Vallecano, 2 (Natalia, Noe) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Collerense, 1 (Anita); Espanyol, 1 (Vane) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Levante, 0; Athletic Club, 1 (Eli Ibarra) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.- Athletic Club 18pts +22 2.- Rayo Vallecano 16pts +15 3.- Atlético de Madrid 14pts +14 4.- Espanyol 13pts +8 5.- Cajasol Sp. Huelva 13pts +4 6.- Barcelona 10pts +9 7.- Levante 9pts +1 8.- Levante Las Planas 8pts -4 9.- Real Sociedad 7pts +2 10.- Sant Gabriel 7pts -4 11.- TA Zaragoza 6pts -8 12.- Valencia 5pts -7 13.- Collerense 4pts -5 14.- Llanos Olivenza 4pts -6 15.- Sevilla 3pts -11 16.- Lagunak 0pts -30 Source: futfem.com
After 16 years, Spain will play another Euro champioship The game was played in my home town, where Spanish Federation has its headquarter, but i couldn't go, a pity Spain 3-2 Scotland 1-0, min.60: Mitchell. 1-1, min.74: Adriana. ----extra time---- 1-2, min.97: Little. 2-2, min.112: Meseguer. 3-2, min.120: Vero.
Sorry for the delay. Two rounds last week. Ahtletic remains only unnbeaten team Barcelona reaches 3rd position. Seems focusing only in the league was good for them On the bottom, after 9 games, Lagunak scored their first goal. Not looking good. Week 8----------------------------------------------------------------------------- UD Collerense 1 (Pili) - SP Comarca Llanos Olivenza 1 (Nerea) ---- Athletic Club 4 (Guru -pen.-, Orueta -2, pen.-, Olabarrieta) - RCD Espanyol 1 (Mari Paz) ---- FC Barcelona 4 (Sonia -2-, Carol, Olga) - Cajasol Trigueros Universidad 0 ---- Levante UD 2 (Andrea -2-) - Rayo Vallecano 1 (Natalia) ---- SD Lagunak 0 - Real Sociedad 4 (Aintzane, Itxaso, Idoia, Herrero) ---- Prainsa Zaragoza 3 - Valencia Féminas 2 (Marta Mateos, Naiara) ---- FC Levante Las Planas 1 (Sandra) - Atlético de Madrid 3 (Pisco, Amanda, Leti) ---- Sevilla FC 3 (Virgy, Mireya -2-) - CE Sant Gabriel 0 Week 9----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rayo Vallecano 2 (Natalia, Jenni) - Athletic Club 4 (Erika -2-, Ibarra, Iraia) ---- Cajasol Trigueros Universidad 0 - RCD Espanyol 1 (Willy) ---- SP Comarca Llanos Olivenza 1 (Lourdes) - Levante UD 4 (Alicia, Bernauer, Nerea -2-) ---- Atlético de Madrid 2 (Pisco -pen.-, Laura) - Sevilla FC 1 (Mireya) ---- FC Barcelona 6 (Olga -3-, Sonia, Alexia, Alba) - SD Lagunak 1 (Isabel) ---- Valencia Féminas 0 - FC Levante Las Planas 1 (Sonia) ---- CE Sant Gabriel 3 - UD Collerense 0 ---- Real Sociedad 2 (Itxaso, Garmendia) - Prainsa Zaragoza 2 (Mariela, Sara) ------------------------------------------------------ Position/Club/Points/Goal dif. 1 Athletic Bilbao 25pts +27 2 Atlético de Madrid 23pts +21 3 FC Barcelona 19pts +21 4 Rayo Vallecano 19pts +17 5 Levante UD 18pts +6 6 RDC Espanyol 16pts +5 7 Cajasol Trigueros / Sporting Huelva 14pts -1 8 Levante las Planas 12pts -5 9 Real Sociedad 11pts +3 10 Sant Gabriel 11pts -4 11 Prainsa Zaragoza /Transportes Alcaine 10pts -11 12 Sevilla FC 9pts -8 13 Valencia FC 8pts -5 14 Comarca Llanos Olivenza 5pts -10 15 UD Collerense 5pts -13 16 SD Lagunak 0pts -43 --------- Green: Champion & direct qual. UEFA Champions League Green + Black bold: Copa de la Reina Red: Relegation
Week 10 Nov.11th: Athletic Bilbao gets bigger difference as Atlético Madrid ties with Collerense. Lagunak still 0 points. ------------- Lagunak, 0; Cajasol Sporting Huelva, 5 (Jenni (2), Esther (3)) TA Zaragoza, 0; Barcelona, 4 (Corredera, Soni, Olga, Carol) Levante Las Planas, 3 (Carriba, Sonia, Andrea) ; Real Sociedad, 0 Sevilla, 0; Valencia, 0 Collerense, 1 (Pili); Atlético de Madrid, 1 (Pris) Levante, 3(Buceta, María Pérez, Ali) ; Sant Gabriel, 1 (M.Estrella) Athletic Club, 5 (Olabarrieta, Joana, Erika (3)), ; Llanos de Olivenza, 0 Espanyol, 1 (Willy) ; Rayo Vallecano, 3 (Pîlar, Patri, Jenni) ------------- Ptos / GF / GA 1.- Athletic Club 28 +38 -6 2.- Atlético de Madrid 24 +26 -5 3.- Barcelona 22 +32 -7 4.- Rayo Vallecano 22 +33 -14 5.- Levante 22 +18 -10 6.- Cajasol Sp. Huelva Espanyol 17 +16 -12 7.- Espanyol 16 +14 -11 8.- Levante Las Planas 15 +13 -15 9.- Real Sociedad 11 +16 -16 10.- Sant Gabriel 11 +13 -19 11.- Sevilla 10 +12 -20 12.- TA Zaragoza 10 +12 -27 13.- Valencia 9 +12 -17 14.- Collerense 6 +11 -24 15.- Llanos de Olivenza 5 +9 -24 16.- Lagunak 0 +1 -49 Source: futfem.com ------------------ As a third of the league has been played, i give some info about attendance tha i collected. Many teams give little information about it. I've got 2/3 of attendances. Home and away games are balanced in Spain, so every tea has played 5 games at home. total games: 80 (i have 53 attendance data) total attendace: 18350 Average attendance: 346 --- Highest attended clubs ( *=all games attendance found) Athletic (640)* Levante las planas (600, only 2 games), Prainsa Zaragoza (460)* Espanyol (440)* ---- Lowest attendend teams: Collerense (133, 3 games) Levante UD (163, 4 games) FC Barcelona (175, 2 games) ---- Highest attended game: Atheltic Bilbao 4-1 RCD Espanyol , Lezama: 1200)
Arsenal is playing a friendly match in San Mamés against Athletic Bilbao, the Spanish runner-up. With 25' remaining Athletic wins 1-0. Arrate Orueta scored a penalty in the 42'. It's being broadcasted by ETB, the regional Basque TV, through Internet: http://www.eitb.com/es/television/etb-sat/
FT, Athletic 1-0 Arsenal. Iraia Iturregi missed another penalty with 15' remaining. Other friendlies: yesterday, Levante Las Planas 4-2 Cerdanyola (9th in Segunda's Group 3). Tonight Atlético Madrid will face Torrejón (Segunda's Group 5 runner-up), and next Wednesday Sporting Huelva will play vs. Twente.
Week 20. Collerense nearly defeated Athletic, but they managed to rescue a point, which actually increases their lead to 4 points since Barcelona defeated Atlético, who had not lost a game yet, consolidating itself as a title contender. Next Sundaythe competition takes a break. Instead, the national team will play a friendly against Denmark the following Tuesday. Collerense 3-3 Athletic Bilbao FH: 1-0 32' Tania Sánchez, 2-0 42' Mariona Caldentey SH: 2-1 56' Arrate Orueta, 3-1 73' Tania Sánchez, 3-2 79' Erika Vázquez, 3-3 90' Irene Paredes Barcelona 2-0 Atlético Madrid FH: SH: 1-0 60' Marta Corredera, 2-0 90' Kenti Robles Levante 1-0 Sporting Huelva FH: 1-0 44' Ana Buceta SH: Levante Las Planas 2-5 Rayo Vallecano FH: 1-0 7' Alicia Fuentes, 1-1 9' Cristina Pizarro, 1-2 21' Patricia Mascaró, 1-3 40' Saray García, 2-3 44' Sonia Zarza SH: 2-4 70' Cristina Pizarro, 2-5 73' Natalia de Pablos Sevilla 1-2 Espanyol FH: 1-0 15' Virginia García, 1-1 19' Vanesa Gimbert SH: 1-2 69' Sara Monforte Prainsa Zaragoza 3-2 Llanos de Olivenza FH: 1-0 10' Sara Sanáu SH: 1-1 48' Lourdes Domínguez, 1-2 65' Lourdes Domínguez, 2-2 67' Ana Borges, 3-2 86' Bárbara Latorre Lagunak 1-2 Sant Gabriel FH: 0-1 10' Carla Gómez SH: 0-2 54' Cristina Baudet, 1-2 63' Sara Labiano Real Sociedad 4-0 Valencia FH: 1-0 25' Maialen Zelaia SH: 2-0 52' Ivana Andrés (o.g.), 3-0 69' Gurutze del Ama, 85' Gurutze del Ama -------------------------------------------- 01. Athletic Bilbao 51 02. Atlético Madrid 47 03. Barcelona 46 04. Levante 44 05. Rayo Vallecano 38 06. Espanyol 33 07. Prainsa Zaragoza 33 08. Sporting Huelva 28 09. Sant Gabriel 26 10. Levante Las Planas 22 11. Real Sociedad 20 12. Sevilla 19 13. Valencia 18 14. Collerense 16 15. Llanos de Olivenza 8 16. Lagunak 1
Spain is playing a friendly against Denmark, no goals at half time. You can watch it here: http://www.clubseleccion.tv/home/es Spain's line-up: PonsParedes - Nicolau - Ruth - IbarraCalderón - MeseguerPriscila - Hermoso - AdrianaBoquete It's Irene Paredes' first match in the senior NT. Atlético's GK Lola Gallardo could also make her debut today.
I apologize if I am disrupting the post; but, I have a question regarding Spain's better clubs (ex. - Barca & Espanyol, etc) in comparison to US women's soccer clubs. How are they compared to the W-league and NWSL teams? To give an idea, the local teams for me are Washington Spirit and Washington Spirit Reserves/Formerly DC United Women. There is also the Chesapeake Charge in the WPSL Elite. I have been searching for this kind of information for what seems like weeks and would appreciate even an opinion. I just found this topic via google, and haven't searched the rest of the forum so - again - my apologies if I've disrupted the topic.
Well I don't have any first hand knowledge of the Spanish teams or the US W-League . But Veronica "Vero" Boquete who is very likely Spains best player moved from the Spanish League to the US W-league for better conditions to develope (and that proabaly include playing in a better team) and she did play in Espanyol. That was just three years ago and while the Spanish league is developing rather fast so they may have caught up with W-League they have hardly conme close to the NWSL's teams level yet (the top Spanish teams are still pretty far behind the top European teams, which due to the WCL is easier to compare with).
I think the Spanish league is enjoyable and very good for a disorganized amateur championship, but certainly we are far behind Europe's top teams and the NWSL. The objective right now should be reaching the Champions League's quarterfinals for the first time. Not facing Arsenal in the Round of 32/16 every year would help There's no league this weekend nor the following; Barcelona has played a friendly against Sunnana which ended in a 1-1 draw. With 4 weeks remaining Athletic has respectively a 3 and 5 points advantage over Barcelona and Atlético after the latter's past weekend loss against Levante, which has made a great season considering they have a rather limited team. These are the remaining fixtures that will decide the title: · April 14: Atlético-Athletic, Barcelona-Sevilla · April 21: Athletic-Valencia, Collerense-Barcelona, Espanyol-Atlético · April 28: Real Sociedad-Athletic, Barcelona-Levante, Atlético-Rayo · May 5: Athletic-Barcelona, Olivenza-Atlético -> Copa de la Reina (8): Athletic, Barcelona, Atlético, Levante, Espanyol and Rayo Vallecano are already qualified for the Copa de la Reina. Zaragoza and Sant Gabriel should be the two remaining teams, though Sporting and Real Sociedad still have some hope. -> Relegation (2): Way less interesting than last year. Lagunak is already relegated with just 1 point (the worst performance in the championship along with 2005-06 Gijón), and Llanos de Olivenza will be the other relegated team unless they win all 4 remaining games and either Collerense, Valencia, Sevilla or Levante Las Planas lose them. -> Promotion (2): Albacete, Añorga, Charco del Pino, Girona, Granada have qualified tor the play-offs. With two weeks remaining there are 5 contenders for the 3 remaining spots: Oviedo Moderno, El Olivo, Pozuelo, Torrejón and Murcia. Here are past Sunday's results and the table: Athletic Bilbao 2-0 Sant Gabriel 1H: 1-0 Manu Lareo 11' 2H: 2-0 Nekane Díez 57' Levante Las Planas 0-1 Barcelona 1H: - 2H: 0-1 Olga García 55' Levante 1-0 Atlético Madrid 1H: 1-0 Alicia González 25' 2H: - Espanyol 4-1 Llanos de Olivenza 1H: 1-0 Brenda Pérez 24' 2H: 1-1 Carolina Mendes 60' // 2-1 Claudia Montagut 73' // 3-1 Sandra Vilanova 83' // 4-1 Marta Torrejón 90' Rayo Vallecano 6-0 Sporting Huelva 1H: 1-0 Patri Mascaró 10' // 2-0 Pilar García 25' // 3-0 Pilar García 44' 2H: 4-0 Jade Boho 64' // 5-0 Patri Mascaró 60' // 6-0 Noelia Morales 83' Prainsa Zaragoza 7-2 Lagunak 1H: 1-0 Bárbara Latorre 10' // 2-0 Ana Borges 39' // 3-0 Sara Sánau 43' 2H: 4-0 Bárbara Latorre 48' // 5-0 Bárbara Latorre 52' // 6-0 Nuria Mallada 59' // 7-0 Laura Folch 63' // 7-1 Sara Labiano 72' // 7-2 Leire Sanz 84' Collerense 4-0 Valencia 1H: 1-0 Mar Capó 38' 2H: 2-0 Tania Sánchez 68' // 3-0 Pili Espadas 72' // 4-0 Tania Sánchez 77' [26 - - - 21 - 04 - 01 - - - 076 - 020 - - - 67] 01. Athletic Bilbao [26 - - - 20 - 04 - 02 - - - 084 - 012 - - - 64] 02. Barcelona [26 - - - 19 - 05 - 02 - - - 060 - 014 - - - 62] 03. Atlético Madrid [26 - - - 18 - 02 - 06 - - - 042 - 019 - - - 56] 04. Levante [26 - - - 14 - 05 - 07 - - - 041 - 023 - - - 47] 05. Espanyol [26 - - - 13 - 05 - 08 - - - 074 - 043 - - - 44] 06. Rayo Vallecano [26 - - - 12 - 03 - 11 - - - 059 - 070 - - - 39] 07. Prainsa Zaragoza [26 - - - 10 - 06 - 10 - - - 035 - 039 - - - 36] 08. Sant Gabriel [26 - - - 09 - 04 - 13 - - - 036 - 048 - - - 31] 09. Sporting Huelva [26 - - - 08 - 06 - 12 - - - 034 - 036 - - - 30] 10. Real Sociedad [26 - - - 07 - 05 - 14 - - - 029 - 042 - - - 26] 11. Levante Las Planas [26 - - - 06 - 06 - 14 - - - 028 - 044 - - - 24] 12. Sevilla [26 - - - 07 - 03 - 16 - - - 027 - 046 - - - 24] 13. Valencia [26 - - - 06 - 05 - 15 - - - 040 - 067 - - - 23] 14. Collerense [26 - - - 03 - 06 - 17 - - - 027 - 062 - - - 15] 15. Llanos de Olivenza [26 - - - 00 - 01 - 25 - - - 010 - 117 - - - 01] 16. Lagunak
This. This so much. It really pisses me off, Arsenal is one of the few teams to have won the competition, and EVERY YEAR the Spanish team meets them in the early rounds? WTF.
Up! Today's the league's final matchday, and Athletic and Barcelona are playing for the title. If Athletic wins or draws it wins its 5th title, while Barcelona needs to win to defend the trophy. After 34' Barcelona wins 0-1 thanks to a free kick by defender Melani Serrano after just 2', so right now they are the champions. No TV, unfortunately. Great attendance in San Mamés (30,000):
HT: Athletic 1-1 Barcelona, the locals take the lead. Eli Ibarra has scored the equalizer in injury time.
Wow! Now that's a packed house! Too bad the UEFA WCL hasn't grown enough yet to accept two Spanish teams... When was the last time the league came down to the final matchday??
It's over, Barcelona has won 1-2 (Kenty Robles scored the decisive goal with 15' remaining) and wins the league again! An interesting fact: Athletic led the table through all 29 previous matchdays. The surprising thing is that according to Wikipedia, Austria has been given a 2nd spot for the 2013-14 CL instead of Iceland. At least it seems this year Spratzern is level with Neulengbach, but still I think Barcelona and Athletic are better teams. Except for the 2002 (6) and 2009 (5) seasons, the difference between the champion and the runner-up has always been of 3 points or less. In 2003, 2006 and 2008 Athletic, Espanyol and Levante won the league on goal average over Levante, Sevilla and Rayo respectively, and in 2010 and 2011 the top two teams (Rayo and Espanyol both times) played a two-leg final.
Huh. I guess with how successful Rayo had been in recent years and how Barca seemingly ran away with the league last year, I guess I had the impression the league wasn't as close as that... (And Barca wasn't close to first, noticeably in third, for most of the season this year.) Interesting!
Jade Boho , forwrad , ex Spain junior NT member who switched to Guinea Equatorial , joins Atletico Madrid .