2017–18 Primera División (women)

The 2017–18 Primera División Femenina de Fútbol was the 30th edition of Spain's highest women's football league. The season started on 3 September 2017 and ended on 13 May 2018.

Primera División

Season	2017–18
Champions	Atlético de Madrid (2nd title)
Relegated	Zaragoza CFF Santa Teresa
Champions League	Atlético de Madrid Barcelona
Matches played	240
Goals scored	709 (2.95 per match)
Top goalscorer	Charlyn Corral (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Barcelona 10–0 Santa Teresa
Biggest away win	Zaragoza CFF 0–9 Barcelona
Highest scoring	Barcelona 10–0 Santa Teresa Sevilla 5–5 Levante
Longest winning run	Atlético de Madrid and Barcelona (7)
Longest unbeaten run	Atlético de Madrid (17)
Longest losing run	Fundación Albacete (8)
Highest attendance	22,202 Atlético de Madrid 2–2 Madrid CFF (17 March 2018)
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Defending champions^[1] Atlético de Madrid successfully retained their title.

Teams

Athletic

At. de Madrid

Barcelona

Betis

Espanyol

Fun. Albacete

Levante

Madrid CFF

Rayo Vallecano

Real Sociedad

Valencia

Santa Teresa

Sevilla

Sp. de Huelva

Zaragoza CFF

Location of the 2017–18 Primera División teams

UD Granadilla

Canary Islands location of the 2017–18 Primera División teams

Madrid CFF and Sevilla joined the league after earning promotion at the conclusion of the 2016–17 Segunda División.^[1] They took the place of Oiartzun and Tacuense, which were relegated at the conclusion of the 2016–17 Primera División.^[2]

Stadia and locations

Team	Home city	Stadium
Athletic Club	Bilbao	Lezama
Atlético de Madrid	Madrid	Cerro del Espino
Barcelona	Barcelona	Joan Gamper
Espanyol	Barcelona	Dani Jarque
Fundación Albacete	Albacete	Andrés Iniesta
Granadilla	Granadilla de Abona	Francisco Suárez
Levante	Valencia	El Terrer
Madrid CFF	San Sebastián de los Reyes	Nuevo Matapiñonera
Rayo Vallecano	Madrid	Ciudad Deportiva
Betis	Seville	Luis del Sol
Real Sociedad	San Sebastián	Zubieta
Santa Teresa	Badajoz	El Vivero
Sevilla	Seville	Viejo Nervión
Sporting de Huelva	Huelva	El Conquero
Valencia	Valencia	Antonio Puchades
Zaragoza CFF	Zaragoza CFF	Pedro Sancho

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Main shirt sponsor
Athletic Club	Joseba Agirre	Iraia Iturregi	New Balance	Kutxabank
Atlético de Madrid	Ángel Villacampa	Amanda Sampedro	Nike	Herbalife
Barcelona	Fran Sánchez	Laura Ràfols	Nike
Betis	María del Mar Fernández	Irene Guerrero	Adidas
Espanyol	Joan Bacardit	Paloma Fernández	Joma	Ilumax
Fundación Albacete	Carlos del Valle	Matilde Martínez	Hummel	Nexus
Granadilla	Antonio Ayala	Cindy García	Mercury	Egatesa
Levante	Andrés Tudela	Sonia Prim	Nike	East United
Madrid CFF	Víctor Miguel Fernández	Paola Ulloa	Nike
Rayo Vallecano	Miguel Ángel Quejigo	Alicia Gómez	Kelme
Real Sociedad	Gonzalo Arconada	Aintzane Encinas	Adidas	S21sec
Santa Teresa	Juan Carlos Antúnez	Estefanía Lima	Luanvi	Clínica Extremeña
Sevilla	Francisco José García	Alicia Fuentes	New Balance	Playtika
Sporting de Huelva	Antonio Toledo	Anita Hernández	Mercury	Cajasol
Valencia	Jesús Oliva	Ivana Andrés	Adidas	Mr Jeff
Zaragoza CFF	José Manuel Perna	Nuria Mallada	Hummel	Aragón

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Valencia	Cristian Toro	End of contract	30 June 2017	Pre-season	Jesús Oliva	19 May 2017
Real Sociedad	Igor San Miguel	End of contract	30 June 2017		Juan José Arregi	25 May 2017
Barcelona	Xavi Llorens	End of contract	30 June 2017		Fran Sánchez	1 June 2017
Fundación Albacete	Milagros Martínez	Interim	30 June 2017		Carlos del Valle	16 June 2017
Sevilla	Maribel Márquez	Sacked	20 June 2017		Francisco José García	20 June 2017
Espanyol	Rubén Rodríguez	End of contract	30 June 2017		Joan Bacardit	26 June 2017
Real Sociedad	Juan José Arregi	Sacked	21 November 2017	15th	Gonzalo Arconada	21 November 2017
Madrid CFF	Jesús Nuñez	Sacked	12 December 2017	14th	Víctor Martín	12 December 2017
Madrid CFF	Víctor Martín	Caretaker	31 December 2017	13th	Víctor Miguel Fernández	2 January 2018
Levante	Andrés Tudela	Sacked	14 February 2018	7th	Joaquín García	14 February 2018
Zaragoza CFF	Alberto Berna	Sacked	27 April 2018	17th	José Manuel Perna	27 April 2018

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Atlético de Madrid (C)	30	24	5	1	74	21	+53	77	Qualification for the UEFA Champions League and Copa de la Reina
2	Barcelona	30	24	4	2	98	12	+86	76
3	Athletic Club	30	18	2	10	51	41	+10	56	Qualification for the Copa de la Reina
4	Granadilla	30	16	6	8	48	33	+15	54
5	Valencia	30	14	8	8	49	32	+17	50
6	Betis	30	14	4	12	40	37	+3	46
7	Real Sociedad	30	10	8	12	42	37	+5	38[a]
8	Levante	30	11	5	14	49	50	−1	38[a]
9	Sporting de Huelva	30	11	5	14	35	42	−7	38[a]
10	Madrid CFF	30	10	6	14	34	56	−22	36
11	Rayo Vallecano	30	9	6	15	39	63	−24	33
12	Sevilla	30	8	7	15	35	50	−15	31
13	Fundación Albacete	30	8	6	16	42	58	−16	30
14	Espanyol	30	7	8	15	22	42	−20	29
15	Zaragoza CFF (R)	30	6	5	19	31	67	−36	23	Relegation to the Segunda División
16	Santa Teresa (R)	30	4	7	19	20	68	−48	19

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

1. Levante 1–1 1–2 Real Sociedad; Sporting de Huelva 0–1 1–2 Levante

Results

Home \ Away	ATH	ATM	BAR	ESP	ALB	GRA	LEV	MAD	RAY	BET	RSO	STE	SEV	SPH	VAL	ZAR
Athletic Club	—	2–2	1–2	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–3	3–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–2	4–0
Atlético de Madrid	6–0	—	1–1	2–0	4–3	2–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	3–0
Barcelona	0–1	1–1	—	7–0	3–0	3–1	5–0	7–0	7–0	6–1	0–0	10–0	5–0	3–0	2–0	2–0
Espanyol	0–2	0–1	1–3	—	1–2	0–3	0–6	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1
Fundación Albacete	1–3	1–3	0–3	1–3	—	2–2	1–0	1–1	3–1	4–1	0–3	4–0	1–1	0–3	0–2	3–0
Granadilla	4–1	0–4	1–0	1–0	0–5	—	1–2	2–0	3–1	2–3	0–2	5–1	2–0	5–1	0–0	2–0
Levante	3–2	0–4	0–5	1–1	4–2	0–1	—	1–1	2–3	0–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	5–1
Madrid CFF	0–1	0–3	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–3	2–1	—	2–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	3–2
Rayo Vallecano	2–2	1–4	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–4	3–2	—	1–3	2–3	3–0	1–1	3–1	4–2	1–1
Betis	1–2	2–4	0–2	2–0	4–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–2	—	4–0	3–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–0
Real Sociedad	1–4	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	3–0	3–0	1–1	—	3–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	6–2
Santa Teresa	1–2	0–3	0–3	0–0	1–0	0–3	0–3	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–4	—	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1
Sevilla	3–2	1–2	0–2	1–3	3–3	1–0	5–5	3–1	1–0	0–1	0–2	1–2	—	1–2	1–3	3–2
Sporting de Huelva	1–0	2–4	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	3–0	3–1	0–0	1–3	1–0	2–1	—	1–3	1–1
Valencia	3–1	0–1	1–4	1–1	3–0	0–0	2–3	4–0	4–1	5–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	—	1–0
Zaragoza CFF	2–1	1–6	0–9	2–0	0–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	0–1	2–1	1–3	—

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2018. Source: LaLiga.es
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

As of 13 May 2018

Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Charlyn Corral Levante 24 2 Sonia Bermúdez Atlético de Madrid 19 Mari Paz Vilas Valencia 4 Nahikari García Real Sociedad 16 Alba Redondo Fundación Albacete 6 Natalia Pablos Rayo Vallecano 15 7 Nekane Díez Athletic Club 13 Erika Vázquez Athletic Club 9 Andressa Alves Barcelona 12 María José Pérez Granadilla 11 Toni Duggan Barcelona 11 Lieke Martens Barcelona Alexia Putellas Barcelona Miriam Rodríguez Fundación Albacete Ludmila da Silva Atlético de Madrid 16 Jade Boho Madrid CFF 10 Yulema Corres Athletic Club Anita Hernández Sporting de Huelva Bárbara Latorre Barcelona Estefanía Lima Santa Teresa Jennifer Morilla Sevilla Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Round Bárbara Latorre4 Barcelona Madrid CFF 7–0 (h) 9 Nahikari García5 Real Sociedad Zaragoza CFF 6–2 (h) 11 Charlyn Corral Levante Athletic Club 3–2 (h) 12 Mari Paz Vilas Valencia Real Sociedad 3–1 (h) 16 Charlyn Corral4 Levante Espanyol 6–2 (a) 20 Mari Paz Vilas Valencia Rayo Vallecano 4–1 (h) 27 Nahikari García Real Sociedad Santa Teresa 1–4 (a) 29 4 Player scored 4 goals 5 Player scored 5 goals

Best goalkeepers Rank Player Club Goals against Matches Coeff. 1 Sandra Paños Barcelona 12 26 0.46 2 Dolores Gallardo Atlético de Madrid 15 25 0.6 3 Pili González Granadilla 27 25 1.08 4 Jennifer Vreugdenhil Valencia 31 28 1.11 5 María Asunción Quiñones Real Sociedad 29 26 1.12 6 Miriam López Betis 23 19 1.21 Player of the week Week Player of the Week Club Week's Statline Week 1 Charlyn Corral[3] Levante 1G (vs Madrid CFF) Week 2 Alba Mellado[4] Madrid CFF 1G (vs Zaragoza CFF) Week 3 Yulema Corres[5] Athletic Club 2G (vs Valencia) Week 4 Jade Boho[6] Madrid CFF 2G (vs Real Sociedad) Week 5 Martina Piemonte[7] Sevilla 1G (vs Zaragoza CFF) Week 6 Elisa del Estal[8] Espanyol 2G (vs Zaragoza CFF) Week 7 Pili[9] Granadilla CS (vs Athletic Club) Week 8 Ángela Sosa[10] Atlético de Madrid Week 9 Nadezhda Kárpova[11] Valencia 2G (vs Betis) Week 10 Jackie Simpson[12] Granadilla 1G (vs Barcelona) Week 11 Bárbara Latorre[13] Barcelona 2G (vs Betis) Week 12 Charlyn Corral[14] Levante 3G (vs Athletic Club) Week 13 Alicia Gómez[15] Rayo Vallecano CS (vs Atlético de Madrid) Week 14 Alexandra López[16] Madrid CFF 1G (vs Espanyol) Week 15 Rocío Gálvez[17] Betis 1G (vs Sevilla) Week 16 Koko[18] Granadilla 1G (vs Rayo Vallcano) Week 17 María José[19] Granadilla 1G (vs Levante) Week 18 Cristina Baudet[20] Espanyol 1G (vs Sporting de Huelva) Week 19 Zenatha Coleman[21] Zaragoza CFF 1G (vs Betis) Week 20 Charlyn Corral[22] Levante 4G (vs Espanyol) Week 21 Saray García[23] Madrid CFF 2G (vs Athletic Club) Week 22 María Estella[24] Granadilla 1G (vs Athletic Club) Week 23 Jade Boho[25] Madrid CFF 2G (vs Atlético de Madrid) Week 24 Amanda Sampedro[26] Atlético de Madrid 1G (vs Granadilla) Week 25 Antia Hernández[27] Sporting de Huelva 2G (vs Madrid CFF) Week 25 Charlyn Corral[28] Levante 3G (vs Santa Teresa) Week 27 Paula Moreno[29] Betis 1G (vs Madrid CFF) Week 28 Antia Hernández[30] Sporting de Huelva 1G (vs Real Sociedad) Week 29 Cristina Martín-Prieto[31] Granadilla 1G (vs Sevilla) Week 30 Rosita Márquez[32] Betis 1A (vs Sevilla)

Notable attendances

• 22,202 Atlético de Madrid 2–2 Madrid CFF (17 March 2018 at Wanda Metropolitano)
• 21,504 Real Sociedad 1–4 Athletic Club (13 May 2018 at Anoeta Stadium)^[33]
• 14,000 Levante 0–1 Valencia (28 April 2018 at Ciutat de València)
• 6,643 Betis 3–0 Santa Teresa (10 March 2018 at Benito Villamarín)^[34]

Transfers

Team	In	Out
Athletic Club	Ane Bergara (FC Barcelona) DF María Díaz Cirauqui (Real Sociedad) MF	Jone Guarrotxena (??) GK Elixabet Ibarra (retired) MF Iraia Iturregi (retired) MF Maite Lizaso (??) MF Estibaliz Bajo (Oiartzun KE) FW Irune Murua (retired) FW
Atlético de Madrid	Laia Aleixandri (FC Barcelona "B") DF Jucinara (SC Corinthians) DF Viola Calligaris (BSC Young Boys) MF Aurélie Kaci (Olympique Lyonnais) MF Sana Daoudi (Paris Saint-Germain) MF Carla Bautista (Fundación Albacete) FW Ludmila da Silva (São José EC) FW	Beatriz Beltrán (Real Sociedad) DF Rocío Gálvez (Betis) DF María Pilar León (FC Barcelona) DF Alexandra López (Madrid CFF) DF Ainoa Campo (Madrid CFF) MF Pilar García (Rayo Vallecano) MF Genoveva Añonma (Maccabi Hadera FC) FW Priscila Borja (Betis) FW
FC Barcelona	Fran Sánchez (unattached) HC María Pilar León (Atlético de Madrid) DF Fabiana Simões (SC Corinthians) DF Élise Bussaglia (VfL Wolfsburg) MF Lieke Martens (FC Rosengård) MF Nataša Andonova (Paris Saint-Germain) FW Toni Duggan (Manchester City) FW	Xavi Llorens (??) HC Ane Bergara (Athletic Club) DF Leire Landa (retired) DF Miriam Diéguez (Levante UD) MF Sandra Hernández (Valencia CF) MF Irene del Río (retired) MF Jennifer Hermoso (Paris Saint-Germain) FW Koko Ange N'Guessan (UD Granadilla TS) FW
Betis	Rocío Gálvez (Atlético de Madrid) DF Maddi Torre (Santa Teresa CD) DF Virginia García (UD Granadilla TS) MF Priscila Borja (Atlético de Madrid) FW	María Suárez (retired) DF Miriam Rodríguez "Kuki" (Fundación Albacete) FW
RCD Espanyol	María José Pons (Zaragoza CFF) GK Berta Pujadas (FC Barcelona "B") DF Dominika Čonč (Fortuna Hjørring) MF Clara Martínez (Zaragoza CFF) MF Ayaki Shinada (NGU Loveledge Nagoya) MF Maria Benedicto (FC Barcelona "B") FW Riikka Hannula (ASD Fimauto Valpolicella) FW Deborah Salvatori Rinaldi (Fiorentina) FW	Norma Méndez (Sant Cugat FC) GK Helena Serrano (??) DF Elba Vergés (ASJ Soyaux) DF Sara del Estal (RCDeportivo) MF Vanessa Obis (CE Sant Gabriel) MF Zaira Flores (CE Seagull) MF Anair Lomba (Valencia CF) FW Alba Pomares (Fundación Albacete) FW Gemma Sala (??) FW
Fundación Albacete	Andrea Rios (Atlético de Madrid "B") GK Zulema Díaz (Joventut Almassora CF) DF Claudia Florentino (Valencia CF "B") DF Noelia Villegas (Atlético de Madrid "B") DF Paula Arnal (UD Aldaia CF) MF Vanessa Lorca (CFF Albacete) MF Alba Pomares (RCD Espanyol) FW Miriam Rodríguez "Kuki" (Betis) FW Gabrielle Ngaska (ADyC Pinto) FW	María Sanjuan (UD Aldaia CF) GK Patricia Padilla (Levante UD) DF Marisa Martín (EMF Fuensalida) MF Irene Ojeda "Mushu" (Granada CF) MF Carla Bautista (Atlético de Madrid) FW Alicia Muñoz (Santa Teresa CD) FW Macarena Portales (Zaragoza CFF) FW
UD Granadilla Tenerife Sur	María del Pilar González (UD Tacuense) GK Megan Crosson (Houston Dash) DF Andrea Marrero (UD Tacuense) DF Jordyn Listro (South Florida Bulls) MF Cristina Martín-Prieto (Sporting de Huelva) FW Koko Ange N'Guessan (FC Barcelona) FW María José Pérez (Levante UD) FW	Noelia Ramos (Levante UD) GK Natalia Ramos (Levante UD) DF Virginia García (Betis) MF Luana Spindler (Grêmio FBPA) FW
Levante UD	Noelia Ramos (Levante UD) GK Greta Espinoza (Oregon State Beavers) DF Natalia Ramos (Levante UD) DF Patricia Padilla (Fundación Albacete) DF Alba Aznar (Levante UD) MF Marta Cardona (Levante UD) MF Miriam Diéguez (FC Barcelona) MF Sofie Junge Pedersen (FC Rosengård) MF Jéssica Silva (SC Braga) FW	Noelia Bermúdez (Valencia CF) GK Olivia Oprea (Sevilla FC) DF Raquel Infante (Rodez AF) DF María José Rocafull (UD Aldaia CF) DF Patricia Padilla (Fundación Albacete) DF Nagore Calderón (Sevilla FC) MF Andrea Esteban (Valencia CF) MF Alba Merino (Santa Teresa CD) MF Sheila Guijarro (Málaga CF) FW Adriana Martín (Málaga CF) FW María José Pérez (UD Granadilla TS) FW María Isabel Ortega (Sporting Plaza de Argel) FW
Madrid CFF	Ona Batlle (FC Barcelona "B") DF Alexandra López (Atlético de Madrid) DF Ainoa Campo (Atlético de Madrid) MF Paula Serrano (FC Neunkirch) MF Sandy Mändly (FC Neunkirch) FW Laura del Río (CD Tacón) FW	Marta Carro (Valencia CF) DF Laura Duque (Dinamo Guadalajara) FW
Rayo Vallecano	Pilar García (Atlético de Madrid) MF Nieves Ibáñez (Levante UD "B") MF Ángeles del Álamo (Vallecas CF) FW
Real Sociedad	Juan José Arregi (Basque Country women) HC Beatriz Beltrán (Atlético de Madrid) DF Claudia Zornoza (Valencia CF) MF Michi Goto (CD Mariño) FW	Igor San Miguel (??) HC Nuria Sánchez "Mulán" (Leeds United) DF María Díaz Cirauqui (Athletic Club) MF Aintzane Encinas (retired) FW Maialen Zelaia (??) FW
Santa Teresa CD	Yolanda Aguirre (FF La Solana) GK Patricia Larqué (Zaragoza CFF) GK Augustine Ejangue (Fortuna Hjørring) DF Alba Gordillo (Oviedo Moderno CF) DF Marta Reyes (Zaragoza CFF) DF Ariadna Rovirola (FC Barcelona "B") DF Alba Merino (Levante UD) MF Carla Gómez (Zaragoza CFF) FW Alicia Muñoz (Fundación Albacete) FW	Émmeline Mainguy (Dijon FCO) GK Beatriz Orellana (retired) GK Sandra Figueiredo (??) DF Maddi Torre (Betis) DF Vânia Cristina Martins (retired) MF Ria Öling (TPS Turku) MF Ainize Barea (RC Deportivo) FW
Sevilla FC	Francisco José García (AD Nervión, male junior) HC Maite Albarrán (Sporting de Huelva) DF María Bores (Atlético de Madrid) DF Olivia Oprea (Levante UD) DF Nagore Calderón (Levante UD) MF Martina Piemonte (AGSM Verona) FW Helena Torres (Elche CF) FW	Maribel Márquez (??) HC
Sporting de Huelva	Eva Vamberger (Olimpija Ljubljana) GK Sandra García (Sporting Plaza de Argel) DF Patricia Ojeda (UD Tacuense) DF Katharina Aufhauser (SV Neulengbach) MF Sofía Hartard (Club Universidad de Chile) MF Francisca Lara (Colo-Colo) MF Genevieve Ngo (FC Minsk) MF Bárbara Santibáñez (Club Universidad de Chile) MF Carol González (Oiartzun KE) FW	Thaís Picarte (Santos FC) GK Maite Albarrán (Sevilla FC) DF Silvia Mérida (RC Deportivo) DF Jennifer Benítez (retired) MF Nayeli Rangel (Tigres UANL) MF Jenny Danielsson (Åland United) MF Gabriela Gutiérrez (UD Collerense) FW Cristina Martín-Prieto (UD Granadilla TS) FW Laura Rus (Apollon Ladies F.C.) FW
Valencia CF	Jesús Oliva (Valencia CF, assistant coach) HC Noelia Bermúdez (Levante UD) GK Jennifer Vreugdenhil (ADO Den Haag) GK Mandy van den Berg (Reading) DF Marta Carro (Madrid CFF) DF Andrea Esteban (Levante UD) MF Sandra Hernández (FC Barcelona) MF Anair Lomba (RCD Espanyol) FW	Cristian Toro (??) HC Christiane Endler (Paris Saint-Germain) GK Esther Sullastres (Zaragoza CFF) GK Sara Micó (Sporting Plaza de Argel) DF Esther Romero (retired) DF Yanara Aedo (Washington Spirit) MF Maya Yamamoto (Zaragoza CFF) MF Claudia Zornoza (Real Sociedad) MF Estefanía Banini (Washington Spirit) FW
Zaragoza CFF	Oihana Aldai (Oiartzun KE) GK Esther Sullastres (Valencia CF) GK Arene Altonaga (Oiartzun KE) MF Ainhoa López (AEM Lleida) MF Denali Murnan (FC Ramat HaSharon) MF Maya Yamamoto (Valencia CF) MF Macarena Portales (Fundación Albacete) FW Chloe Richards (Heat FC) FW	Patricia Larqué (Santa Teresa CD) GK María José Pons (RCD Espanyol) GK Marta Reyes (Santa Teresa CD) DF Alba Aznar (Levante UD) MF Marta Cardona (Levante UD) MF Clara Martínez (RCD Espanyol) MF Carla Gómez (Santa Teresa CD) FW Gloria Villamayor (Colo-Colo) FW