Women's football in Spain

For more in depth, albeit general information see Football in Spain.
Women's football in Spain
Country Spain
Governing body Royal Spanish Football Federation
National team Women's national team
National competitions
Club competitions
International competitions

Women's football in Spain is not one of the traditional powers of women's football the sport has a small following.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Unlike the men's football, women's football is an amateur sport in Spain. Currently there are two national competitions, the League and the Copa de la Reina (English: Queen's Cup), in the semi-professional clubs involved structure.


National competition

The first teams and the first informal women's football competitions in Spain emerged in the 1970s, although they were not officially recognized by the Royal Spanish Football Federation until 1980, with the founding of the National Women's Football Committee. The first official national competition was the Championships of Spain (Copa de la Reina), established in 1983. The women's national league began to dispute the 1988-89 season.

Primera División is the national competition for female football players in Spain.[12]

Below the Primera División, there is a second tier called Segunda División, where its teams are divided into seven groups.

The lower tiers are administrated by the regional federations.[13]

National team

The Spain women's national football team has been qualified only once in the FIFA Women's World Cup, and twice in the UEFA Women's Championship. Its youth division have had success in recent times. The Spain women's national under-19 football team won the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship in 2004. The Spain women's national under-19 football team won the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship in 2010, 2011, and 2015, as well as their third-place at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Why Spain is absent from the World Cup". Fox Soccer. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
  2. ↑ "Spain's women add to La Roja euphoria". FIFA. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
  3. ↑ "Women's football finding its feet in Spain". FIFA. Retrieved 2013-07-14.
  4. ↑ "Women's soccer on the rise in Spain". Sefutbol.com. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "Women's Football in Spain: towards a New Era conference, a resounding success". Laliga.es. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  6. ↑ Haisley, Billy. "Spain's Women's Team Is A Catastrophe, And It Doesn't Need To Be". Deadspin.com. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "Spain's women footballers keen to realise potential". Sbs.com.au. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  8. ↑ Ashton, Timothy J. (12 September 2013). "Soccer in Spain: Politics, Literature, and Film". Scarecrow Press. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  9. ↑ DOYLE, JOHN (12 June 2015). "Doyle: Respect Brazil, Spain and their fight for promotion of women’s soccer". Theglobeandmail.com. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  10. ↑ "Women Players Play Second Fiddle in Soccer Giant Spain". Magdalene.co. 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  11. ↑ "Football: Spain's women footballers keen to realise potential - The Star Online". Thestar.com.my. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  12. ↑ "Offside in Spain". ESPN. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
  13. ↑ Parrish, Charles; Nauright, John (21 April 2014). "Soccer around the World: A Cultural Guide to the World's Favorite Sport". ABC-CLIO. Retrieved 13 July 2017.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.