Women's football in Spain

Women's football in Spain
Spain at the 2019 World Cup qualifiers
CountrySpain
Governing bodyRoyal Spanish Football Federation
National team(s)Spain
National competitions
Club competitions
International competitions
Champions League
FIFA Women's World Cup (national team)
European Championship (national team)
Olympics (national team)
Audience records
Single match91,648 (for a Spanish club; at a Spanish venue[a])
75,784 (national team[b])
60,739 (domestic league[c])

Women's football in Spain is governed by the Royal Spanish Football Federation. Currently there are two national competitions, the Liga F and the Copa de la Reina – which also feed into the Supercopa de España Femenina – in the professional club involved structure.[4][5] Women's football in Spain historically and currently faces systemic misogyny.[6][7]

  1. ^ "Barcelona presume récord de asistencia femenil, aunque México tiene uno mayor". ESPN. 22 April 2022. Archived from the original on 23 April 2022.
  2. ^ Pal, Alasdair. "Spain defeat England in final of record-breaking Women's World Cup". Reuters. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  3. ^ "60.739 espectadores en el Wanda: récord de un partido femenino a nivel de clubes" (in Spanish). Marca. 17 March 2019.
  4. ^ Fonseca, Diego (February 20, 2021). "De la marginación a la élite, 50 años de la selección femenina de fútbol". EL PAÍS.
  5. ^ "El fútbol, la última gran barrera del machismo en el deporte". AS.com. April 24, 2017.
  6. ^ Ibaceta, Alex (2023-08-26). "A revolution 40 years in the making: how the Spanish women's team fought back". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  7. ^ "Spain's women's soccer team keeps fighting after misogynistic World Cup fiasco". Los Angeles Times. 2023-09-26. Retrieved 2023-11-17.


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