FC Levante Las Planas

Levante Las Planas
Full name Fútbol Club Levante Las Planas
Founded 1983 (M) / 1998 (W)
Ground Municipal de Les Planes, Sant Joan Despí
Manager Natalia Astráin
League Primera División
2013-14 Primera División, 16th

Fútbol Club Levante Las Planas (Catalan: Llevant Les Planes) is a Spanish football club from Sant Joan Despí, Barcelona founded in 1983 in the city's Las Planas district from the fusion of local teams UP Bética and Rayo Planense.[1] The club is best known for its women's team, established in 1998, which currently plays in the Spanish top league. On the other hand, the male team plays in 7th-tier Tercera Catalana.

In 2012 Levante Las Planas was promoted to the Primera División for the first time after topping its Segunda División group[2] and beating Fundación Albacete and UD Tacuense in the play-offs.[3] In its debut season the team ended in the lower half of the table with a comfortable 16 points margin over relegation positions.

Season to season

Competition record

Season Division Place Copa de la Reina
2007–08 3 (Gr. ?) 1 / ?
2008–09 2 (Gr. 3) 13th / 14
2009–10 3 (Gr. ?) 1 / ?
2010–11 2 (Gr. 3) 3 / 16
2011–12 2 (Gr. 3) 1 / 14
2012–13 1 11 / 16
2013–14 1 16 / 16

Current squad

As of 7 September 2013 (source: official website)
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
13 Spain GK Meritxell Torras
22 Spain GK María Ripoll
2 Spain DF Eli Sivera
3 Spain DF Belén García
5 Spain DF Sarita García
6 Spain DF María Ramos
7 Spain DF Ana Cobacho
15 Spain DF Eve Moreno
19 Spain DF Joanna Vega
21 Spain DF Aida García
4 Spain MF Inés Juan
No. Position Player
6 Spain MF Sandra Alberola
8 Spain MF Carol Miranda
14 Spain MF Annika García
17 Spain MF Leticia Irrazábal
18 Spain MF Ausi Maestre
20 Spain MF Zaira Flores
9 Spain FW Evita Díez
10 Spain FW Laura Carriba
11 Spain FW Sara Serna
12 Japan FW Asako Sakurabayashi

Former internationals

References

  1. ↑ Levante Las Planas, promoted to Primera Territorial. Diari Digital de Sant Joan Despí
  2. ↑ 2011-12 2nd Division table in soccerway.com
  3. ↑ Levante Las Planas beats Tacuense (2-1) and attains promotion to the women's Primera División. Ara