CE Europa (women)

CE Europa (women)
CE Europa femení (in Catalan)
Full nameClub Esportiu Europa (women)
Club Esportiu Europa femení (in Catalan)
Nickname(s)Escapulades, europeistes, gracienques
Founded2001
GroundNou Sardenya
Barcelona, Catalonia
Spain
Capacity4,000
ChairmanSpain Hèctor Ibar[1]
ManagerSpain Nany Haces[2]
LeagueSegunda Federación (women)
2023-24Primera Federación (women), 12th
Websitehttp://www.ceeuropa.cat/

Club Esportiu Europa is the women's football section of CE Europa, a Catalan football club based in the city of Barcelona, with close links to the Vila de Gràcia. Founded in 2001, its first team currently plays in Group 1 of the Segunda Federación, the third tier of Spanish football. Moreover, it disposes of 10 other women's teams as of the 2024–25 season, including both senior teams and youth teams.[3] The first team plays its home matches at the Nou Sardenya, with a capacity for 4,000 spectators.

During most of its history, Europa's first team competed in the second division of Spanish women's football. However, in 2024, the team got relegated to the Segunda Federación.[4]

Moreover, CE Europa is considered one of the pioneers of women's football in Catalonia because of its high number of teams, the equality of treatment of its women's and men's sections, the measures that the club undertakes to promote women's football, and the attention the women's teams receive by its supporters.[5][6][7]

  1. ^ "Hèctor Ibar, nuevo presidente del Europa". Diario Sport (in Spanish). 24 April 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Nany Haces, nova entrenadora del Primer Equip femení". CE Europa (in Catalan). 11 June 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Europa, C.E." Federació Catalana de Futbol (in Catalan). Barcelona. 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  4. ^ "L'Europa, al grup nord de Segona Federació 2024-25". beteve.cat (in Catalan). 2024-07-03. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
  5. ^ "La innovadora iniciativa de l’Europa per lluitar contra la bretxa salarial". Tot Barcelona | Notícies i Informació d'actualitat a Barcelona (in Catalan). 2023-07-06. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
  6. ^ López, Fabio (2 June 2024). "L'Europa es guanya la Vila amb un increment de socis i un renovat tarannà". Diari de Barcelona. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  7. ^ Borchers 2024, p. 125.