Levante UD (women)

Levante Femenino

Full name	Levante Unión Deportiva, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Granotes
Founded	1993 / 1998
Ground	Polideportivo Municipal de Nazaret, Valencia, Spain
Chairman	Quico Catalán
Manager	Antonio Contreras
League	Primera División
2011-12	Primera División, 5th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Levante Unión Deportiva Femenino is the women's football team of Valencian football club Levante UD playing. Originally founded in 1993 as San Vicente CFF, the team was absorbed by Levante in 1998 after it won the national championship in its debut season in the top category. It subsequently attained three more leagues and six Cups between 1997 and 2008 including two doubles (2001, 2002) making it the most successful Spanish team, tied with Athletic Bilbao in leagues and RCD Espanyol in cups as of 2012. It was eliminated in its three appearances at the UEFA Women's Cup at the group stage, one round short from the quarter-finals.

Levante always ranked among the championship's top three between 2000 and 2009, but it subsequently experienced a slump ending the 2010 and 2011 in mid-table. The team improved in 2012 with a 5th position, but this result marked its first absence since 1999 in the shortened Copa de la Reina.

Current squad

As of 6 January 2013 Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Sandra Paños 3 DF Maider Castillo 4 DF Sonia Prim 5 DF Ruth García 6 MF Sandra Castelló 7 FW Neus Motoso 8 FW Andrea Esteban 9 DF Mariajo Rocafull 10 MF Alicia González

No. Position Player 13 GK Nuria Santiago 14 MF Nerea Pérez 15 FW María Pérez 16 DF Anabel Martínez 17 FW Alharilla Casado 18 MF Alba Merino 19 DF Mariví Simó 20 MF Ana Buceta 21 MF Vanessa Bernauer

Honours

Titles

Official trophies

• Spanish League (4)
  • 1997, 2001, 2002, 2008
• Spanish Cup (6)
  • 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007
• Spanish Supercup (2)
  • 1997, 2000

Invitational trophies

• COTIF (2)
  • 2011, 2012
• Pyrénées Cup (1)
  • 2012
• Sport Mundi Tournament (2)
  • 2009, 2010

National competition record

2006-07 Superliga match against Sporting Huelva

UEFA competition record

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Result	Scorers
2001-02	UEFA Women's Cup	Group Stage	Frankfurt	0–1
			College SC	17–0	Jiménez 4, Prieto 4, R. Castillo 2, Gimbert 2, Monje 2, Fuentes, Del Río, Soler
			Codru Chişinău	3–1	Gimbert, Jiménez, Soler
2002-03	UEFA Women's Cup	Group Stage	Eendracht Aalst	8–0	Fuentes 3, Jiménez 2, Prieto 2, Gimbert
			Arsenal	1–2	Prieto
			Gömrükçü Baku	2–1	Fuentes, Moreno
2008-09	UEFA Women's Cup	Preliminary Stage	Skopje	8–0	Conti 3, Pérez 3, Donaire, González
			Tienen	9–2	Conti 3, Donaire 3, Del Río, Vilanova
			Sparta Prague	0–0
		Group Stage	Brøndby	0–1
			Duisburg	0–5
			Naftokhimik Kalush	4–1	R. Castillo, Pérez, Prim, Ves

Internationals

National team	Players
Spain 0 0	Alharilla Casado, Maider Castillo, Rosa Castillo, Gurutze Fernández, María Fernández, Alicia Fuentes, Ruth García, Vanesa Gimbert, Susana Guerrero, Auxiliadora Jiménez, Yolanda Mateos, Sara Monforte, Marina Nohalez, María José Pons, Mar Prieto, Montserrat Tomé, Sandra Vilanova
Argentina	Romina Ferro
Brazil	Grazielle Pinheiro, Kátia Cilene, Thaís Ribeiro
Equatorial Guinea	Vânia Martins
Italy	Pamela Conti
Switzerland	Vanessa Bernauer, Marina Keller

External links

• Official webpage