2018–19 Primera División (women)

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.

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 →

Teams

Athletic

At. de Madrid

Barcelona

Betis

Espanyol

Albacete

Levante

Madrid CFF

Rayo

Real Sociedad

Valencia

Logroño

Málaga

Sevilla

Sporting

Location of the 2018–19 Primera División teams

UD Granadilla

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

• Jennifer Oehrli
• Elena Linari
• Kenti Robles
• Dolores Silva
• Ludmilla
• Alex Chidiac
• Aïssatou Tounkara
• Viola Calligaris

Ex foreign players: Summer

• None

Winter

• None

Barcelona

• Stefanie van der Gragt
• Pamela Tajonar
• Toni Duggan
• Kheira Hamraoui
• Asisat Oshoala
• Nataša Andonova
• Lieke Martens

Ex foreign players: Summer

• THERE ISN'T ANY

Winter

• Elise Bussaglia

Betis

• Emily Dolan
• Merel van Dongen
• Erina Yamane
• Yaiza Relea Ramos
• Marianela Szymanowski

Ex foreign players: Summer

• THERE ISN'T ANY

Winter

• THERE ISN'T ANY

Espanyol

• Ayaki Shinada
• Dulce Quintana
• Katherine Alvarado

Ex foreign players: Summer

• THERE ISN'T ANY

Winter

• THERE ISN'T ANY

Fundación Albacete

• Hitomi Yama
• Tomo Matsukawa
• Slađana Bulatović
• Sandra Luzardo
• Eva Vamberger

Ex foreign players: Summer

• Annia Mejia
• Vanesa Córdoba

Winter

• THERE ISN'T ANY

Granadilla

• Ange N'Guessan
• Tatiana Matveeva
• Joyce
• Aline Reis
• Raissa Feudjio
• Nayluisa Cáceres

Ex foreign players: Summer

• Ayano Dozono
• Liucija Vaitukaitytė
• Jackie Simpson

Winter

• THERE ISN'T ANY

Levante

• Charlyn Corral
• Andreea Părăluță
• Aivi Luik
• Estefanía Banini
• Charlyn Corral

Ex foreign players: Summer

• None

Winter

• None

Logroño

• Ámbar Soruco
• Vanesa Santana
• Jade Boho Sayo
• Barbra Banda
• Nágela
• Ida Guehai
• Claire Falknor
• Dorine Chuigoué
• Cami Privett
• Fatou Kanteh

Ex foreign players: Summer

• None

Winter

• None

Madrid CFF

• Agustina Barroso
• Eunice Beckmann
• Ana Lucía Martínez
• Yasmin Mrabet

Ex foreign players: Summer

• None

Winter

• None

Málaga

• Chelsea Ashurst
• Bassira Toure
• Pamela González
• Mayara Bordin
• Ode Fulutudilu
• Armisa Kuč
• Minori Chiba
• Dominika Čonč
• Stefany Castaño
• Gaëlle Enganamouit

Ex foreign players: Summer

• Natalia Gómez Junco
• Siobhan Wilson

Winter

• THERE ISN'T ANY

Rayo Vallecano

• Carla Guerrero
• Yael Oviedo
• Oriana Altuve
• Camila Sáez
• Jelena Čubrilo
• Marta Perarnau

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

• Isadora Haas Gehlen
• Toni Payne
• Karen Araya
• Aldana Cometti
• Francisco Lara
• Liucija Vaitukaitytė
• Nadezhda Karpova

Ex foreign players: Summer

• None

Winter

• None

Sporting de Huelva

• Geraldine Leyton
• Elena Pavel
• Meryem Hajri
• Yulia Kornievets
• Lice Chamorro
• Florencia Bonsegundo
• Albina Formchenko
• Ludmila Barbosa da Silva
• Yessenia López
• Raquel Fernandes
• Monica Bitencourt
• Vera Djatel

Ex foreign players: Summer

• Geraldine Leyton
• Bárbara Santibáñez

Winter

• None

Valencia

• Mandy van den Berg
• Mónica Flores
• Zenatha Coleman
• Yanara Aedo
• Jennifer Vreugdenhil
• Natalia Gaitán

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
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

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 Alexia Putellas Barcelona 16 5 Alba Redondo Fundación Albacete 15 6 María José Pérez Granadilla 14 Mari Paz Vilas Valencia 14 8 Lucía García Athletic Club 13 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

Paños

Robles

Mapi

Gimbert

Torrejón

Irene

Meseguer

Hermoso

Putellas

Sosa

Nahikari

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