2023–24 Liga F

Liga F
Season2023–24
Dates8 September 2023 – 16 June 2024
ChampionsBarcelona
9th title
RelegatedSporting de Huelva
Villarreal
Champions LeagueBarcelona
Real Madrid
Atlético Madrid
Matches played240
Goals scored755 (3.15 per match)
Top goalscorerCaroline Graham Hansen
(21 goals)
Biggest home winBarcelona 9–1 Las Planas
(6 January 2024)
Barcelona 8–0 Sevilla
(5 November 2023)
Barcelona 8–0 Madrid CFF
(1 May 2024)
Biggest away winReal Sociedad 1–7 Barcelona
(10 March 2024)
Villarreal 0–6 Barcelona
(11 November 2023)
Real Betis 0–6 Barcelona
(28 January 2024)
Highest scoringBarcelona 9–1 Las Planas
(6 January 2024)
Longest winning runBarcelona
(16 matches)
Longest unbeaten runBarcelona
(30 matches)
Longest winless runLevante Las Planas
(17 matches)
Longest losing runGranada
(11 matches)
Highest attendance38,707
Barcelona 5–0 Real Madrid
(19 November 2023)
Total attendance371,950
Average attendance1,550

The 2023–24 Primera División Femenina de Fútbol season, branded as Liga F, was the 36th edition of the Primera División Femenina de España de fútbol, and the second edition with professional status in its history. The tournament was organized by the Liga Profesional Femenina de Fútbol (LPFF).

Barcelona were the defending champions after winning the previous edition (28 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat). They defended the title while remaining unbeaten with 29 wins and only one draw.

The competition was scheduled to start on 8 September 2023, but two days before that, it was reported that the first two rounds would be postponed due to a strike by the players, after a pay dispute between their union (AFE) and the federation (RFEF) was not resolved.

Summary

Postponements

The competition was scheduled to start on 8 September 2023, but two days before that, it was reported that the first two rounds would be postponed due to a strike by the players, after a pay dispute between their union (AFE) and the Spanish football federation (RFEF) was not resolved. The strike came after the negotiations for a higher minimum wage were not resolved before the start of the season.

On 14 September 2023, an agreement for the next three seasons was reached between the parties to end the strike, which paved the way for the league season to start the next day with the matchday two matches. The matchday one matches were played from 3–5 October 2023.

Teams

Changes from 2022–23 season

At the end of the 2022–23 season, Eibar and Granada were promoted to Liga F from the Primera Federación, taking the places of Alavés and Alhama who were relegated.

Stadiums and locations

Team Home city Stadium Capacity
Athletic Club Bilbao Lezama 2 3,200
Atlético Madrid Madrid Centro Deportivo Wanda 2,700
Barcelona Barcelona Johan Cruyff Stadium 6,000
Eibar Eibar Ipurua 8,164
Granada Granada Ciudad Deportiva del Granada CF 600
Levante Valencia Ciudad Deportiva de Buñol 3,000
Levante Las Planas Sant Joan Despí Municipal de Les Planes 2,000
Madrid CFF San Sebastián de los Reyes Estadio Fernando Torres 6,000
Real Betis Seville Estadio Luis del Sol 1,300
Real Madrid Madrid Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium 6,000
Real Sociedad San Sebastián Campo José Luis Orbegozo 2,500
Sevilla Seville Estadio Jesús Navas 8,000
Sporting de Huelva Huelva Ciudad Deportiva del Recreativo de Huelva 1,300
UD Tenerife Adeje Campo Municipal de Adeje 1,200
Valencia Valencia Estadio Antonio Puchades 3,000
Villarreal Villarreal Ciudad Deportiva Pamesa Cerámica 3,500

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Head Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Main shirt sponsor
Athletic Club David Aznar Garazi Murua Castore None
Atlético Madrid Arturo Ruiz Lola Gallardo Nike Herbalife
Barcelona Jonatan Giráldez Alexia Putellas Nike Spotify
Eibar Yerai Martín Arene Altonaga Hummel Smartlog Group
Granada Roger Lamesa Lauri Adidas Wiber
Levante Sánchez Vera Alharilla Macron Fibra Valencia
Levante Las Planas Ferran Bellet Mari Paz Vilas Hummel None
Madrid CFF Víctor Martín Alba Paola Ulloa Adidas Thermor
Real Betis Joseba Agirre Nuria Ligero Hummel Social Energy
Real Madrid Alberto Toril Ivana Andrés Adidas Emirates
Real Sociedad Natalia Arroyo Nerea Eizagirre Macron Halcón Viajes
Sevilla Cristian Toro Amanda Sampedro Castore None
Sporting de Huelva Paco Pichardo Sandra Castelló Joma Huelva Original
UD Tenerife José Ángel Herrera Pisco Hummel Tenerife! Despierta emociones
Valencia Jesús Oliva Marta Carro Puma TM Grupo Inmobiliario
Villarreal Sara Monforte Paola Soldevila Joma Pamesa Cerámica

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure 		Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of
appointment
Sporting de Huelva Antonio Toledo Resigned 24 November 2023 16th Iván Rosado 27 November 2023
Iván Rosado 6 March 2024 Paco Pichardo 7 March 2024
Atlético Madrid Manolo Cano Sacked 25 March 2024 5th Arturo Ruiz 26 March 2024
Real Betis María Pry Mutual agreement 28 March 2024 15th Joseba Agirre 28 March 2024

League table

Standings

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Barcelona (C) 30 29 1 0 137 10 +127 88 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Real Madrid 30 24 1 5 74 33 +41 73 Qualification for the Champions League second round
3 Atlético de Madrid 30 18 7 5 53 22 +31 61 Qualification for the Champions League first round
4 Levante 30 17 9 4 59 28 +31 60
5 Athletic Club 30 17 2 11 38 37 +1 53
6 Madrid CFF 30 15 5 10 61 54 +7 50
7 Sevilla 30 13 5 12 53 56 −3 44
8 Real Sociedad 30 9 9 12 40 55 −15 36
9 UDG Tenerife 30 8 8 14 35 48 −13 32
10 Eibar 30 8 7 15 22 48 −26 31
11 Real Betis 30 8 6 16 31 69 −38 30
12 Valencia 30 8 5 17 35 64 −29 29
13 Levante Las Planas 30 6 10 14 38 58 −20 28
14 Granada 30 8 3 19 33 58 −25 27
15 Villarreal (R) 30 6 7 17 26 52 −26 25 Relegation to Primera Federación
16 Sporting de Huelva (R) 30 2 3 25 20 63 −43 9
Source: Liga F
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 EIB GRA LEV LLP MAD BET RMA RSO SEV SPH UDT VAL VIL
Athletic Club — 1–0 0–4 2–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 4–1 2–0 1–0
Atlético Madrid 3–0 — 0–1 3–0 2–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 5–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0
Barcelona 7–0 2–0 — 5–0 6–1 1–1 9–1 8–0 5–1 5–0 3–0 8–0 4–0 7–0 6–0 5–1
Eibar 0–2 1–1 0–4 — 0–2 0–0 1–2 1–6 3–2 0–1 0–2 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0
Granada 2–0 0–1 1–4 1–2 — 0–3 0–1 3–0 2–3 2–5 2–1 2–2 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–2
Levante 1–2 1–1 0–5 3–0 2–2 — 1–1 3–0 7–0 2–4 4–3 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–1
Levante Las Planas 2–1 1–1 2–4 1–1 1–2 1–1 — 3–4 1–2 0–2 0–2 1–2 1–1 3–1 3–0 1–1
Madrid CFF 2–1 1–4 0–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 — 3–1 0–1 2–3 3–3 2–1 3–2 6–1 2–0
Real Betis 1–0 0–2 0–6 0–0 2–3 0–4 1–0 0–0 — 1–4 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 1–0
Real Madrid 1–0 2–3 0–3 1–0 5–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 5–1 — 7–1 1–3 5–2 2–1 7–1 1–0
Real Sociedad 0–1 0–2 1–7 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 — 1–2 1–1 3–3 2–0 1–0
Sevilla 1–1 1–1 0–3 3–0 1–0 1–3 3–0 1–5 6–0 0–1 4–2 — 2–0 5–1 1–2 3–1
Sporting de Huelva 1–2 0–2 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–3 1–3 1–4 1–2 1–3 — 1–2 1–3 0–1
UD Tenerife 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 0–1 5–0 2–0 — 1–0 1–1
Valencia 1–2 1–6 0–3 0–2 4–1 1–1 1–1 3–4 2–2 0–2 3–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 — 0–1
Villarreal 3–0 1–3 0–6 1–1 1–2 0–5 2–2 1–4 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–2 —
Source: Liga F
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Barcelona211111111111111111111111111111
Real Madrid522223222232332222222222222222
Atlético Madrid143344554425455555555454333333
Levante356555443343223333333335444444
Athletic Club161511710810118111010788988776666656665
Madrid CFF1265432335554544444444543565556
Sevilla14169121211121210766666666667777777777
Real Sociedad1087981091012997877777888888998888
UD Tenerife4710877779889999899999999889999
Eibar9913131413141414141413131312141313131313131111111010101010
Real Betis811121415141197101112121213131414151515151415131312121211
Valencia15121410998811121211111111121212121210101010101111111112
Levante Las Planas634666666678101010101010111112121314151413131313
Granada7108111315151515151515151515151515141414141512121214141514
Villarreal111316161112131313131314141414111111101011111213141515151415
Sporting de Huelva131415151616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616
Leader and UEFA Champions League group stage
UEFA Champions League second round
UEFA Champions League first round
Relegation to Primera Federación
Relegation to Primera Federación
Source: Liga F

Season Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Caroline Graham Hansen Barcelona 21
2 Salma Paralluelo Barcelona 20
3 Cristina Martín-Prieto Sevilla 17
4 Alba Redondo Levante 16
5 Synne Jensen Real Sociedad 14
6 Sheila Guijarro Atletico Madrid 13
Clàudia Pina Barcelona
Signe Bruun Real Madrid
9 Gabi Nunes Levante 11
Ana Marcos Valencia
Kayla McKenna Villarreal

Assists

Rank Player Team Assists
1 Caroline Graham Hansen Barcelona 19
2 Aitana Bonmatí Barcelona 11
3 Mariona Caldentey Barcelona 9
4 Karen Araya Madrid CFF 8
Olga Carmona Real Madrid
Eva Navarro Atletico Madrid
7 Rinsola Babajide UD Tenerife 7
Naomie Feller Real Madrid
9 Rasheedat Ajibade Atletico Madrid 6
Ona Batlle Barcelona
Esmee Brugts Barcelona
Athenea del Castillo Real Madrid
Irina Uribe Levante Las Planas
Rosa Otermín Sevilla

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Round
Racheal Kundananji Madrid CFF Sevilla 5–1 (A) 30 September 2023 3
Salma Paralluelo4 Barcelona Sevilla 8–0 (H) 5 November 2023 7
Esmee Brugts Barcelona Eibar 5–0 (H) 9 December 2023 11
Sheila Guijarro4 Atlético Madrid Valencia 6–1 (A) 7 January 2024 13
Caroline Møller Real Madrid Valencia 7–1 (H) 3 February 2024 16
Salma Paralluelo4 Barcelona Real Sociedad 7–1 (A) 10 March 2024 19
Giovana Queiroz Madrid CFF Villarreal 4–1 (A) 16 March 2024 20
Patricia Zugasti Athletic Club Levante Las Planas 4–1 (H) 31 March 2024 22

(H) – Home; (A) – Away
4 – Player scored four goals.

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Cata Coll Barcelona 12
2 Adriana Nanclares Athletic Club 10
3 Emma Holmgren Levante 9
Misa Rodríguez Real Madrid
Lola Gallardo Atlético Madrid
6 Sandra Paños Barcelona 8
María Miralles Eibar
8 Paula Vizoso Real Betis 7
9 Aline Reis UD Tenerife 5
Elene Lete Real Sociedad

Scoring

Discipline

Player

Team

  • Most yellow cards: 63
    • Real Betis
  • Fewest yellow cards: 17
    • Barcelona
  • Most red cards: 4
    • UD Tenerife
  • Fewest red cards: 0
    • Athletic Club
    • Barcelona
    • Granada
    • Levante
    • Real Madrid

Awards

Team of the Season

EA SPORTS Team of the Season
Goalkeeper Lola Gallardo (Atlético Madrid)
Defenders Aldana Cometti (Madrid CFF) Olga Carmona (Real Madrid)
Midfielders Aitana Bonmatí (Barcelona) Alexia Putellas (Barcelona) Patricia Guijarro (Barcelona) Teresa Abelleira (Real Madrid)
Forwards Salma Paralluelo (Barcelona) Caroline Graham Hansen (Barcelona) Cristina Martín-Prieto (Sevilla) Athenea del Castillo (Real Madrid)

Number of teams by autonomous community

Rank Autonomous Community Number Teams
1 Andalusia 4 Betis, Granada, Sevilla, and Sporting de Huelva
2 Basque Country 3 Athletic Club, Eibar, and Real Sociedad
Community of Madrid Atlético Madrid, Madrid CFF, and Real Madrid
Valencian Community Levante, Valencia and Villarreal
5 Catalonia 2 Barcelona, Levante Las Planas
6 Canary Islands 1 UD Tenerife

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