2018–19 Primera División (women)

Primera División
Season	2018–19
Dates	8 September 2018 – 11 May 2019
Champions	Atlético de Madrid; (3rd title)
Relegated	Málaga; Fundación Albacete
Champions League	Atlético de Madrid; Barcelona
Matches played	240
Goals scored	725 (3.02 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jennifer Hermoso; (23 goals)
Biggest home win	Barcelona 9–1 Rayo Vallecano; (14 October 2018)
Biggest away win	Fundación Albacete 1–6 Barcelona; (30 September 2018)
Highest scoring	Barcelona 9–1 Rayo Vallecano; (14 October 2018)
Longest winning run	14 games; Atlético de Madrid
Longest unbeaten run	20 games; Barcelona
Longest winless run	14 games; Málaga
Longest losing run	10 games; Sevilla
Highest attendance	60,739; Atlético de Madrid 0–2 Barcelona; (17 March 2019)
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 Primera División Femenina de Fútbol was the 31st edition of Spain's highest women's football league. The season started on 3 September 2018 and ended on 11 May 2019. Atlético Madrid won their third consecutive title.

Teams

Location of the 2018–19 Primera División teams

UD Granadilla

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Canary Islands location of the 2018–19 Primera División teams

Málaga^[1] and Logroño^[2] joined the league after earning promotion at the conclusion of the 2017–18 Segunda División.

Stadia and locations

Team	Home city	Stadium
Athletic Club	Bilbao	Lezama
Atlético de Madrid	Madrid	Cerro del Espino
Barcelona	Barcelona	Joan Gamper
Betis	Seville	Luis del Sol
Espanyol	Barcelona	Dani Jarque
Fundación Albacete	Albacete	Andrés Iniesta
Granadilla	Granadilla de Abona	La Palmera
Levante	Valencia	Ciudad Deportiva de Buñol
Logroño	Logroño	Las Gaunas
Madrid CFF	San Sebastián de los Reyes	Nuevo Matapiñonera
Málaga	Málaga	Federación Malagueña
Rayo Vallecano	Madrid	Ciudad Deportiva
Real Sociedad	San Sebastián	Zubieta
Sevilla	Seville	Jesús Navas
Sporting de Huelva	Huelva	La Orden
Valencia	Valencia	Antonio Puchades

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Main shirt sponsor
Athletic Club	Joseba Agirre	Ainhoa Tirapu	New Balance	Kutxabank
Atlético de Madrid	José Luis Sánchez Vera	Amanda Sampedro	Nike	Herbalife
Barcelona	Lluís Cortés	Vicky Losada	Nike	Stanley
Betis	María Pry	Irene Guerrero	Kappa
Espanyol	Salvador Jaspe	Paloma Fernández	Kelme	Miró
Fundación Albacete	Carlos del Valle	Matilde Martínez	Hummel	Seguros Solíss
Granadilla	Pier Luigi Cherubino	Cindy García	Erreà	Egatesa
Levante	Kino	Sonia Prim	Macron
Logroño	Chechu Martínez	Rebeca Moreno	Joma	Gesitma
Madrid CFF	Manuel Aguado	Paola Ulloa	Nike
Málaga	Antonio Contreras	Adriana Martín	Nike	Tesesa
Rayo Vallecano	Irene Ferreras	Alicia Gómez	Kelme
Real Sociedad	Gonzalo Arconada	Sandra Ramajo	Macron	Euskaltel
Sevilla	Cristian Toro	Alicia Fuentes	Nike	Playtika
Sporting de Huelva	Antonio Toledo	Anita Hernández	John Smith	Puerto de Huelva
Valencia	Carolina Miranda	Gio Carreras	Adidas	Herbolario Navarro

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Granadilla	Antonio Ayala	Medical reasons	14 September 2018	9th	Pier Luigi Cherubino	1 October 2018
Madrid CFF	Miguel Ángel Quejigo	Sacked	12 November 2018	15th	Víctor Martín	12 November 2018
Sevilla	Paco García		11 December 2018	16th	Cristian Toro	14 December 2018
Barcelona	Fran Sánchez		8 January 2019^[3]	2nd	Lluis Cortés	8 January 2019
Espanyol	Joan Bacardit	Resigned	4 February 2019^[4]	11th	Salvador Jaspe	5 February 2019
Logroño	Héctor Blanco	Sacked	26 February 2019^[5]	15th	Chechu Martínez	26 February 2019
Valencia	Óscar Suárez	Sacked	15 April 2019^[6]	8th	Carolina Miranda	15 April 2019^[6]
Madrid CFF	Víctor Martín	Sacked	17 April 2019	16th	Manuel Aguado	17 April 2019

List of foreign players

(Italic)Players has come in Winter transfer

Athletic Club

'no foreign players'

Ex foreign players: Summer

None

Winter

None

Atlético de Madrid

Ex foreign players: Summer

None

Winter

None

Barcelona

Ex foreign players: Summer

THERE ISN'T ANY

Winter

Elise Bussaglia

Betis

Ex foreign players: Summer

THERE ISN'T ANY

Winter

THERE ISN'T ANY

Espanyol

Ex foreign players: Summer

THERE ISN'T ANY

Winter

THERE ISN'T ANY

Fundación Albacete

Ex foreign players: Summer

Winter

THERE ISN'T ANY

Granadilla

Ex foreign players: Summer

Winter

THERE ISN'T ANY

Levante

Ex foreign players: Summer

None

Winter

None

Logroño

Ex foreign players: Summer

None

Winter

None

Madrid CFF

Ex foreign players: Summer

None

Winter

None

Málaga

Ex foreign players: Summer

Winter

THERE ISN'T ANY

Rayo Vallecano

Ex foreign players: Summer

THERE ISN'T ANY

Winter

THERE ISN'T ANY

Real Sociedad

Kiana Palacios

Ex foreign players: Summer

None

Winter

None

Sevilla

Ex foreign players: Summer

None

Winter

None

Sporting de Huelva

Ex foreign players: Summer

Winter

None

Valencia

Ex foreign players: Summer

Nadezhda Karpova

Winter

None

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Atlético de Madrid (C)	30	28	0	2	96	19	+77	84	Qualification for the UEFA Champions League
2	Barcelona	30	25	3	2	94	15	+79	78	Qualification for the UEFA Champions League
3	Levante	30	17	6	7	52	26	+26	57
4	Granadilla	30	17	3	10	46	40	+6	54
5	Athletic Club	30	14	8	8	48	33	+15	50
6	Betis	30	14	6	10	47	35	+12	48
7	Real Sociedad	30	13	8	9	51	37	+14	47
8	Valencia	30	8	11	11	41	53	−12	35
9	Espanyol	30	9	8	13	31	42	−11	35
10	Sevilla	30	9	2	19	37	60	−23	29
11	Logroño	30	8	5	17	38	60	−22	29
12	Rayo Vallecano	30	8	5	17	27	55	−28	29
13	Madrid CFF	30	8	3	19	31	65	−34	27
14	Sporting de Huelva	30	6	7	17	22	50	−28	25
15	Málaga (R)	30	6	7	17	26	67	−41	25	Relegation to Segunda División
16	Fundación Albacete (R)	30	6	6	18	38	68	−30	24	Relegation to Segunda División

Source: La Liga
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ATH	ATM	BAR	BET	ESP	FUN	GRA	LEV	LOG	MAD	MGA	RAY	RSO	SEV	SPH	VAL
Athletic Club	—	2–4	0–1	2–2	1–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–3	3–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	6–0	4–0	2–2
Atlético de Madrid	3–0	—	0–2	3–1	3–1	6–1	2–0	2–0	6–0	6–1	4–1	3–0	5–0	3–0	3–1	3–0
Barcelona	2–1	2–1	—	3–0	0–0	3–1	3–0	0–0	2–0	7–0	6–0	9–1	4–1	6–2	2–3	3–0
Betis	0–0	1–2	0–3	—	2–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	3–2	3–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	4–0
Espanyol	1–2	0–1	0–3	1–0	—	2–4	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1
Fundación Albacete	0–1	1–4	1–6	2–3	3–2	—	1–3	0–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–2	3–2	0–2
Granadilla	3–1	1–2	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–0	—	0–6	1–0	2–3	1–0	2–3	2–3	2–1	3–1	3–0
Levante	2–0	0–4	0–1	2–1	4–0	3–1	3–2	—	4–0	0–1	7–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0
Logroño	1–3	1–3	0–4	1–0	2–0	4–1	0–1	2–4	—	2–1	1–2	3–0	2–2	1–2	2–0	0–0
Madrid CFF	2–0	0–3	0–4	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–3	4–0	—	1–0	0–4	0–2	0–1	3–1	1–1
Málaga	0–2	0–4	0–4	0–3	2–1	4–2	1–3	0–1	1–1	2–1	—	4–2	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–4
Rayo Vallecano	1–1	0–3	0–4	0–0	1–5	2–0	0–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	—	2–1	0–1	1–0	1–1
Real Sociedad	2–2	1–3	2–5	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	—	2–0	0–1	6–0
Sevilla	1–2	1–3	0–2	2–3	0–1	2–4	0–2	1–0	3–4	3–0	5–0	2–0	0–2	—	2–1	2–2
Sporting de Huelva	0–0	0–3	1–3	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	—	0–2
Valencia	0–0	0–4	0–0	1–4	3–0	2–2	1–2	1–3	2–1	5–3	0–0	1–2	0–4	4–1	6–0	—

Source: La Liga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jennifer Hermoso	Atlético de Madrid	24
2	Charlyn Corral	Levante	20
3	Nahikari García	Real Sociedad	16
3	Alexia Putellas	Barcelona	16
5	Alba Redondo	Fundación Albacete	15
6	María José Pérez	Granadilla	14
6	Mari Paz Vilas	Valencia	14
8	Lucía García	Athletic Club	13
8	Esther González	Atlético de Madrid	13
10	Aitana Bonmatí	Barcelona	12
	Priscila Borja	Betis	12
	Olga García	Atlético de Madrid	12

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Round
Oriana Altuve	Rayo Vallecano	Madrid CFF	0–4 (a)	3
Alexia Putellas⁴	Barcelona	Fundación Albacete	9–1 (h)	5
Esther González	Atlético de Madrid	Madrid CFF	6–1 (h)	6
Charlyn Corral	Levante	Málaga	7–0 (h)	9
Olga García	Atlético de Madrid	Real Sociedad	5–0 (h)	11
Nahikari García	Real Sociedad	Valencia	0–4 (a)	15
Charlyn Corral	Levante	Logroño	2–4 (a)	15
Jennifer Hermoso	Atlético de Madrid	Málaga	4–1 (h)	18
Mari Paz Vilas	Valencia	Madrid CFF	5–3 (h)	20
Lucía García	Athletic Club	Logroño	4–3 (h)	23
Jennifer Hermoso	Atlético de Madrid	Levante	4–0 (h)	25
Esther González	Atlético de Madrid	Real Sociedad	1–3 (a)	30

⁴ Player scored 4 goals

Best goalkeepers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals against	Matches	Coeff.
1	Sandra Paños	Barcelona	11	27	0.407
2	Dolores Gallardo	Atlético de Madrid	19	28	0.679
3	Andreea Părăluță	Levante	20	24	0.833
4	Ainhoa Tirapu	Athletic Club	22	23	0.957
5	Erina Yamane	Betis	23	21	1.095

Player of the week

Week	Player of the Week	Club	Week's Statline
Week 1	Alba Redondo^[7]	Fundación Albacete	2G, 1A (vs Sevilla)
Week 2	Paula Sancho^[8]	Fundación Albacete	2G (vs Madrid CFF)
Week 3	Oriana Altuve^[9]	Rayo Vallecano	3G (vs Madrid CFF)
Week 4	Bea Parra^[10]	Betis	2G (vs Madrid CFF)
Week 5	Alexia Putellas^[11]	Barcelona	4G (vs Rayo Vallecano)
Week 6	Esther González^[12]	Atlético de Madrid	3G (vs Madrid CFF)
Week 7	Vanessa Santana^[13]	Granadilla	2G (vs Sevilla)
Week 8	Laia Aleixandri^[14]	Atlético de Madrid	1G (vs Levante)
Week 9	Estela Fernández^[15]	Madrid CFF	2G (vs Logroño)
Week 10	Alba Redondo^[16]	Granadilla	2G (vs Valencia)
Week 11	Priscila Borja^[17]	Betis	2G (vs Valencia)
Week 12	Ángela Sosa^[18]	Levante	2G, 2A (vs Valencia)
Week 13	Erika Vázquez^[19]	Athletic Club	CS (vs Sevilla)
Week 14	Sheila García^[20]	Rayo Vallecano	1G (vs Valencia)
Week 15	Charlyn Corral^[21]	Betis	3G (vs Logroño)
Week 16	Núria Mendoza^[22]	Real Sociedad	1G (vs Logroño)
Week 17	Elena Linari^[23]	Atlético de Madrid	1G (vs Logroño)
Week 18	Jennifer Hermoso^[24]	Atlético de Madrid	3G (vs Málaga)
Week 19	Débora García^[25]	Valencia	2G (vs Málaga)
Week 20	Elena de Toro^[26]	Fundación Albacete	2G (vs Sporting de Huelva)
Week 21	Sara Serrat^[27]	Sporting de Huelva	(vs Barcelona)
Week 22	Macarena Portales^[28]	Sevilla	2A (vs Logroño)
Week 23	Raquel Pinel^[29]	Sevilla	2G (vs Málaga)
Week 24	Jade Boho^[30]	Logroño	1G (vs Madrid CFF)
Week 25	Estela Fernández^[31]	Madrid CFF	1G (vs Málaga)
Week 26	Eli del Estal^[32]	Espanyol	1G (vs Real Sociedad)
Week 27	Carla Bautista^[33]	Real Sociedad	1G, 1A (vs Valencia)
Week 28	Jade Boho^[34]	Logroño	2G (vs Rayo Vallecano)
Week 29	Slađana Bulatović^[35]	Fundación Albacete	2G (vs Espanyol)

Notable attendances

60,739 Atlético de Madrid 0–2 Barcelona (17 March 2019 at Wanda Metropolitano; world record in a match of women's football between clubs)^[36]
24,986 Athletic Club 2–0 Levante (31 March 2019 at San Mamés)
23,812 Betis 1–1 Sevilla (13 April 2019 at Estadio Benito Villamarín)
21,234 Real Sociedad 2–2 Athletic Club (10 February 2019 at Anoeta)
20,615 Espanyol 0–1 Atlético de Madrid (22 April 2019 at RCDE Stadium)
20,198 Levante 0–0 Valencia (9 December 2018 at Ciutat de València)

Best XI of the Season

All-season team

On 27 June 2016, La Liga named their best XI of the 2018-19 Primera Division season.^[37]

Pos	Name	Team
GK	Sandra Paños	Barcelona
DF	Kenti Robles	Atlético Madrid
DF	Mapi	Barcelona
DF	Vanesa Gimbert	Athletic Bilbao
DF	Marta Torrejón	Barcelona
MF	Silvia Meseguer	Atlético Madrid
MF	Irene Guerrero	Real Betis Féminas
MF	Alexia Putellas	Barcelona
MF	Ángela Sosa	Atlético Madrid
FW	Nahikari García	Real Sociedad
FW	Jenni Hermoso	Atlético Madrid

References

^ "Día grande para el malaguismo" (in Spanish). Diario Sur. 27 May 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
^ "El EDF Logroño ya es de la Primera División femenina" (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 3 June 2018. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
^ "El Barça destituye a Fran Sánchez y apuesta por Lluís Cortés como sustituto" [Barça sacks Fran Sánchez and places a bet for Lluís Cortés as replacement] (in Spanish). Sport.
^ "Joan Bacardit dimite como entrenador del Espanyol Femenino" [Joan Bacardit resigns as coach of Espanyol Femenino] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
^ "Primera: El Logroño rescinde a Héctor Blanco y ficha a Chechu Martínez para el banquillo" (in Spanish). FutFem.com. 26 February 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
^ ^a ^b "El Valencia CF Femenino destituye a Óscar Suárez" [Valencia CF Femenino sacks Óscar Suárez]. Levante. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
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^ "60.739 espectadores en el Wanda: récord de un partido femenino a nivel de clubes" (in Spanish). Marca.
^ "El XI Ideal de la Liga Femenina Iberdrola". laliga.com. La Liga. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2021.

External links

Primera División (women) at La Liga (in Spanish)
RFEF Official Website Archived 2019-02-05 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)

[1] "Día grande para el malaguismo" (in Spanish). Diario Sur. 27 May 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

[2] "El EDF Logroño ya es de la Primera División femenina" (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 3 June 2018. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.

[3] "El Barça destituye a Fran Sánchez y apuesta por Lluís Cortés como sustituto" [Barça sacks Fran Sánchez and places a bet for Lluís Cortés as replacement] (in Spanish). Sport.

[4] "Joan Bacardit dimite como entrenador del Espanyol Femenino" [Joan Bacardit resigns as coach of Espanyol Femenino] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.

[5] "Primera: El Logroño rescinde a Héctor Blanco y ficha a Chechu Martínez para el banquillo" (in Spanish). FutFem.com. 26 February 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.

[VCF-6] "El Valencia CF Femenino destituye a Óscar Suárez" [Valencia CF Femenino sacks Óscar Suárez]. Levante. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.

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[36] "60.739 espectadores en el Wanda: récord de un partido femenino a nivel de clubes" (in Spanish). Marca.

[37] "El XI Ideal de la Liga Femenina Iberdrola". laliga.com. La Liga. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2021.

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