2015–16 Primera División (women)

Primera División

Season	2015–16
Relegated	UD Collerense
Matches played	200
Goals scored	643 (3.22 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jennifer Hermoso (21 goals)
Biggest home win	Atlético Madrid 9–1 Albacete Valencia 8–0 Oiartzun FC Barcelona 8–0 Oviedo Moderno
Biggest away win	Fundación Albacete 0–10 FC Barcelona
Longest winning run	12 games Athletic Club
Longest unbeaten run	25 games FC Barcelona
Longest losing run	10 games Oviedo Moderno CF
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Primera División Femenina de Fútbol is the 28th edition of Spain's highest women's football league.

FC Barcelona will defend the title for the fourth straight season. The competition, running from 6 September 2015 to 12 June 2016, and was contested by sixteen teams, with UD Granadilla Tenerife Sur making its debut.

Stadia and locations

T. Alcaine

Athletic

Atlético Madrid

FC Barcelona

RCD Espanyol

F. Albacete

Oviedo Moderno

Levante UD

UD Collerense

Rayo Vallecano

Real Sociedad

Oiartzun KE

Valencia CF

Santa Teresa

Sporting Huelva

Location of the 2015–16 Primera División teams

Granadilla TS

Canary Islands location of the 2015–16 Primera División teams

Team	Home city	Stadium (capacity)
Athletic Club	Bilbao	Lezama (1,500)
Atlético de Madrid	Madrid	Estadio Cerro del Espino (3,500)
FC Barcelona	Barcelona	Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper (1,400)
UD Collerense	Palma de Mallorca	Estadi Municipal Coll d’en Rebassa (1,000)
RCD Espanyol	Cornellà de Llobregat	Ciutat Esportiva Dani Jarque (1,520)
Fundación Albacete	Albacete	Ciudad Deportiva Andrés Iniesta (3,000)
UD Granadilla Tenerife Sur	Granadilla de Abona	Estadio Municipal Francisco Suárez (2,000)
Levante UD	Valencia	El Terrer (600)
Oiartzun KE	Oiartzun	Karla Lekuona (2,000)
Oviedo Moderno CF	Oviedo	Estadio Manuel Díaz Vega (800)
Rayo Vallecano	Madrid	Ciudad Deportiva Rayo Vallecano (2,000)
Real Sociedad	San Sebastián	Zubieta (1,500)
Santa Teresa CD	Badajoz	Campos Federativos de La Granadilla (1,500)
Sporting de Huelva	Huelva	Ciudad Deportiva El Conquero (800)
CD Transportes Alcaine	Zaragoza	Estadio Pedro Sancho (2,500)
Valencia CF	Valencia	Ciudad Deportiva de Paterna (3,000)

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Athletic Club	25	21	3	1	65	11	+54	66	Qualification for UEFA Champions League and Copa de la Reina
2	FC Barcelona	25	20	5	0	80	11	+69	65
3	Atlético de Madrid	25	19	2	4	68	19	+49	59	Qualification for Copa de la Reina
4	Real Sociedad	25	15	4	6	43	25	+18	49
5	Levante UD	25	13	5	7	45	33	+12	44
6	Valencia CF	25	12	3	10	47	25	+22	39
7	UD Granadilla Tenerife Sur	25	11	5	9	41	32	+9	38
8	Sporting de Huelva	25	10	6	9	38	35	+3	36
9	Rayo Vallecano	25	8	4	13	26	41	−15	28
10	RCD Espanyol	25	8	4	13	23	44	−21	28
11	CD Transportes Alcaine	25	9	1	15	29	50	−21	28
12	Santa Teresa CD	25	6	5	14	35	53	−18	23
13	Oiartzun KE	25	6	5	14	23	56	−33	23
14	Fundación Albacete	25	6	5	14	39	79	−40	23
15	Oviedo Moderno CF	25	2	4	19	19	61	−42	10	Relegation to Segunda División
16	UD Collerense	25	1	5	19	22	68	−46	8

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2016. Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored

Results

Home \ Away^[1]

ATH

ATM

FCB

COL

ESP

FUN

GRA

LEV

OKE

OVI

RAY

RSS

STE

SPH

TAZ

VAL

Athletic Club

3–0

1–1

5–0

5–0

5–1

5–1

0–0

1–0

5–0

3–1

3–0

3–0

3–2

Atlético Madrid

0–0

5–0

3–0

9–1

1–2

3–0

5–1

3–0

2–1

4–2

3–1

0–3

Barcelona

1–1

2–1

7–1

2–0

3–0

7–1

2–0

8–0

4–0

5–1

1–1

6–0

2–0

Collerense

0–3

0–5

0–3

1–0

1–2

1–2

2–2

2–2

0–2

2–2

0–4

2–2

Espanyol

0–2

1–2

0–0

2–1

0–0

0–2

2–1

4–0

2–1

0–0

1–0

0–4

Fundación Albacete

1–3

1–3

0–10

3–2

2–0

1–6

4–3

3–2

2–3

0–6

4–4

3–1

2–6

Granadilla Tenerife Sur

0–1

1–3

3–2

2–3

1–0

0–0

4–0

3–0

3–0

4–1

1–1

4–0

Levante

0–2

0–1

4–0

3–2

1–1

1–1

3–1

2–1

2–1

4–0

4–0

2–3

0–0

Oiartzun

0–4

0–5

2–1

1–0

1–0

2–0

1–0

0–1

3–2

2–2

1–2

0–2

Oviedo Moderno

0–2

0–1

0–0

2–2

0–3

1–4

3–1

1–2

1–2

0–1

0–4

1–3

Rayo Vallecano

2–0

0–2

1–2

2–1

2–2

1–1

2–0

1–1

0–1

2–1

0–1

2–1

1–1

Real Sociedad

1–0

0–3

3–1

2–0

2–2

1–1

4–0

3–0

3–0

3–0

1–0

0–1

Santa Teresa

0–1

0–1

3–1

3–1

1–4

1–3

1–1

1–1

1–3

3–2

2–0

2–0

Sporting Huelva

0–2

1–1

1–2

0–1

2–2

0–2

2–1

3–0

3–2

3–1

0–0

3–1

1–0

Alcaine Zaragoza

0–1

1–6

0–3

4–1

0–1

3–0

1–0

1–2

1–0

2–0

1–2

4–1

0–2

Valencia

1–2

0–2

1–2

3–1

2–0

3–0

8–0

2–0

0–1

1–2

2–2

1–2

2–0

Source: soccerway.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

As of Week 25

Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Jennifer Hermoso FC Barcelona 21 2 Charlyn Corral Levante UD 18 3 Sonia Bermúdez Atlético Madrid 17 4 María Paz Vilas Valencia CF 15 5 Nahikari García Real Sociedad 14 Estefanía Lima Santa Teresa CD 14 7 Esther González Atlético Madrid 13 Alexia Putellas FC Barcelona 13 9 Yulema Corres Athletic Club 12 10 Bárbara Latorre FC Barcelona 11 María José Pérez UD Granadilla TS 11 12 Cristina Martín-Prieto Sporting de Huelva 10 13 María Díaz Cirauqui Real Sociedad 9 Paloma Lázaro UD Granadilla TS 9 Erika Vázquez Athletic Club 9 16 Priscila Borja Atlético Madrid 8 Irene Paredes Athletic Club 8 Alba Redondo Fundación Albacete 8 Amanda Sampedro Atlético Madrid 8 20 Ainize Barea Santa Teresa CD 7 Pilar Espadas UD Collerense 7 Olga García FC Barcelona 7 Vanesa Gimbert Athletic Club 7 Adriana Martín Levante UD 7

Best goalkeepers Rank Player Club Goals conceded minutes played Coefficient 1 Laura Ràfols FC Barcelona 3 810 1:270 2 Ainhoa Tirapu Athletic Club 11 2250 1:204.54 3 Sandra Paños FC Barcelona 8 1440 1:180 4 Noelia Gil Atlético Madrid 4 695 1:173.75 5 Esther Sullastres Valencia CF 12 1350 1:112.5 6 Dolores Gallardo Atlético Madrid 15 1545 1:103 7 Noelia Ramos UD Granadilla TS 12 1170 1:97.5

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Round
Jennifer Hermoso	FC Barcelona	Levante UD	7–1 (h)	2
Sonia Bermúdez	Atlético Madrid	Fundación Albacete	9–1 (h)	3
Charlyn Corral	Levante UD	Sporting de Huelva	4–0 (h)	5
María Paz Vilas^4	Valencia CF	Oiartzun KE	8–0 (h)	7
Alexia Putellas^4	FC Barcelona	Fundación Albacete	0–10 (a)	8
Nahikari García	Real Sociedad	Levante UD	4–0 (h)	10
María Paz Vilas	Valencia CF	Fundación Albacete	2–6 (a)	12
Elisa Del Estal	Fundación Albacete	UD Collerense	3–2 (h)	13
Ainize Barea^4	Santa Teresa CD	Fundación Albacete	4–4 (a)	15
Alexia Putellas	FC Barcelona	Oviedo Moderno	8–0 (h)	15
María Diáz Cirauqui	Real Sociedad	Fundación Albacete	0–6 (a)	16
Jennifer Hermoso	FC Barcelona	RCD Espanyol	6–1 (h)	25

⁴ Player scored 4 goals

Transfers

Team	In	Out
Athletic Club	Joseba Aguirre (Club Portugalete)[1] HC Ainhoa Vicente (Real Sociedad) DF Joana Flaviano (ASD Torres Calcio) MF	Juan Luis Fuentes (Lezama Facilities) HC Ane Otxoa de Zuazola (Oviedo Moderno) GK Joana Arranz (CD Santa Teresa) DF Arene Altonaga (Oiartzun KE) MF Jone Bilbao (Oiartzun KE) MF Izaskun Leoz (Real Sociedad) MF Arrate Orueta (retired) MF
Atlético de Madrid	Kenti Robles (RCD Espanyol) DF Ainoa Campo (CD Parquesol) MF Mariela Coronel (Transportes Alcaine) MF Sonia Bermúdez (FC Barcelona)[2] FW	Brenda Pérez (CD Canillas) MF
FC Barcelona	Sandra Paños (Levante UD) GK Ane Bergara (Real Sociedad) DF Irene del Río (Oviedo Moderno)[3] MF Patricia Guijarro (UD Collerense) MF Olga García (Levante UD)[4] FW Bárbara Latorre (RCD Espanyol) FW Andreia Norton (Clube de Albergaria) FW	Chelsea Ashurst (Atlético Málaga) GK Marta Corredera (Arsenal LFC) MF Virginia Torrecilla (Montpellier HSC)[5] MF Sonia Bermúdez (Atlético Madrid) FW Ana Romero "Willy" (Valencia CF) FW
UD Collerense	Yanira Ortigosa (Pollença i Port CF) GK María José Busquets (CE Algaida) MF Noelia Muñoz (Sporting Ciutat de Palma) MF Elizabeth Sánchez (??) MF	Anita Campos (??) DF Isabel Calero (??) MF Patricia Guijarro (FC Barcelona) MF Maitane López (Levante UD) FW
RCD Espanyol	Antonio Polidano (FC Levante Las Planas) HC Norma Méndez (CE Sant Gabriel) GK Elba Vergés (FC Levante Las Planas) DF Zaira Flores (FC Levante Las Planas) MF Aroa León (CE Sant Gabriel) MF Vanessa Obis (CE Europa) MF Laura Rocamora (CE Sant Gabriel) MF Leticia Sevilla (CE Sant Gabriel) MF María Siegrist (Saint Leo University) MF Laura Benito (CE Sant Gabriel) FW Anna Molet (CE Llerona) FW Glòria Pelegrí (CE Sant Gabriel) FW Gemma Plà (CE Sant Gabriel) FW	José Antonio Montes (CD Montcada) HC Paula Canals (Levante UD) GK Irina Torrent (??) GK María Estella del Valle (UD Granadilla Tenerife Sur) DF Kenti Robles (Atlético de Madrid) DF Núria Mendoza (Real Sociedad) MF Bárbara Latorre (FC Barcelona) FW Noelia Aybar "Rivi" (Sporting de Huelva) FW
Fundación Albacete	Celia Andrés (Dínamo Guadalajara)[6] DF Yolanda Palomino (Villarreal CF) DF Autumm Wheleer (Elche CF) DF Helena Torres (Sporting Plaza de Argel) MF Aida Samit (Villarreal CF) FW	Esther Cañete (??) DF Estefanía Aroca (??) DF Gloria García (??) DF Marina Sáez (??) MF Marina Martí (Sporting de Huelva) FW Alicia Muñoz (Sporting de Huelva) FW
UD Granadilla Tenerife Sur	Mónica González (CD Echedey) DF María Estella del Valle (RCD Espanyol) DF Wendy Acosta (UD Moravia) MF Sara "Tui" (FVPR El Olivo) MF Paloma Lázaro (Madrid CFF) FW	Julia Amador (Missouri Valley Vikings) DF Deni Rae Stewart (Arsenal Ladies u-17) DF Laura Castro (retired/director of communications) MF Tamara Martín (??) MF
Levante UD	Andrés Tudela (Levante UD "B") HC Paula Canals (RCD Espanyol) GK Lourdes Vilches (Levante UD "B") GK Olivia Oprea (Sevilla FC) DF Maitane López (UD Collerense)[7] MF Charlyn Corral (Merilappi United) FW Lucía Gómez (Levante UD "B") FW	Antonio Contreras (??) HC Sandra Paños (FC Barcelona) GK Maider Castillo (retired/Levante UD "B") DF/HC Lidiya Nacheva (FC NSA Sofia) MF Olga García (FC Barcelona) FW
Oiartzun KE	Oihana Aldai (Añorga KKE) GK Marina Agoues (Real Sociedad) MF Arene Altonaga (Athletic Club) MF Ainara Herrero (unattached) MF Nerea Murua (Tolosa CF) MF Sara Olaizola (CD Mariño) MF Jone Bilbao (Athletic Club) FW Carolina González (FVPR El Olivo) FW Ana Mar Luzuriaga (Tolosa CF) FW	Eider Herrero (retired) GK Ane Etxezarreta (Real Sociedad) MF Nahia Mendiable (??) MF
Oviedo Moderno	Ane Otxoa de Zuazola (Athletic Club) GK Laura Gutiérrez (Marino de Luanco) MF Henar Muiña (Gijón FF) MF Irene Santos (Gijón FF) MF	"Maru" Rodríguez (retired) GK María Sánchez-Migallón (Orzán SD) DF Irene del Río (FC Barcelona) MF Silvia Fernández (retired) MF
Rayo Vallecano	Alberto Ruiz (Rayo Vallecano "B") HC Ana Vallés (Oviedo Moderno "B") GK Estela Fernández (Madrid CFF) MF Jennifer Santiago (CD Canillas) MF Ana Lucía Martínez (Dínamo Guadalajara) FW Nicole Regnier (Atlético Madrid "B")[8] FW	Laura Torvisco (Rayo's youth system coordinator) Natalia Yagüe (CD Canillas) GK Patricia Gudiel (EFF Alcobendas) DF Sara Sánchez "Chufi" (CD Canillas) MF Jade Boho (Bristol Academy WFC) FW Marika Ohshima (Madrid CFF) FW
Real Sociedad	Igor San Miguel (Mudarra KE)[9] HC Iraia Iparragirre (Añorga KKE) DF Núria Mendoza (RCD Espanyol) DF Paola Soldevilla (CE Sant Gabriel) DF Titay Calvo (Oiartzun KE) MF Ane Etxezarreta (Oiartzun KE) MF Izaskun Leoz (Athletic Club)[10] MF Manuela Lareo (Valencia CF) FW	Unai Gazpio (Real Sociedad under-17) HC Ane Bergara (FC Barcelona) DF Nerea Gabirondo (??) DF Ainhoa Vicente (Athletic Club) DF Marina Agoues (Oiartzun KE) MF Uxue Garmendia (CD Mariño) MF Idoia Agirre (Anderson University, SC) FW
Santa Teresa CD	Joana Arranz (Athletic Club) DF Lixy Rodríguez (LD Alajuelense) DF Carola García (CE Sant Gabriel) MF María Rosa Martínez (Juventud UVA) MF Ainize Barea (CD Ugao) FW Amanda Bodión (CFF Badajoz & Olivenza) FW Natalia De Francisco (Sárdoma CF) FW	Saray Gómez (CCF Cáceres) DF Pilar Moreno (Torrelodones CF) DF Sara Del Estal (EDF Logoroño) MF Patricia Traver (Villarreal CF) MF Soledad Rodríguez (??) FW
Sporting de Huelva	Marta Gayà (Levante UD "B") GK María Sampalo (Sevilla FC) GK Imke Wübbenhorst (BV Cloppenburg) DF Valentina Asenova (FC NSA Sofia) MF Martina Capelli (RCD Espanyol) MF Veronica Napoli (FC Twente) FW Marina Martí (Fundación Albacete) FW Alicia Muñoz (Fundación Albacete) FW Noelia Aybar "Rivi" (RCD Espanyol) FW	Nazaret Lara (??) GK Joyce Magalhães (Valencia CF) MF Emma Marqués (FSF Móstoles) MF Rocío Pizarro (Sevilla FC) MF
CD Transportes Alcaine	Minori Chiba (Urawa Red Diamonds) DF Lydia Hastings (Herforder SV) MF Laura Royo (CD Calanda) MF Anita Velázquez (EDF Logoroño) MF Maren Hauge Johansen (VCU Rams) FW Veronica Maglia (ASD Torres Calcio) FW	Esther Sullastres (Valencia CF) GK Ana Sáenz de Pipaón (EDF Logoroño) DF Mariela Coronel (Atlético de Madrid) MF Silvia Ruíz (EDF Logroño) MF
Valencia CF	Esther Sullastres (Transportes Alcaine)[11] GK Natalia Gaitán (CD Gol Star) MF Joyce Magalhães (Sporting de Huelva) MF Maya Yamamoto (Waseda University) MF Ana Romero "Willy" (FC Barcelona) FW	María José Pons (CE Sabadell) GK María Martí (retired) DF Paula Arnal (UD Aldaia CF) MF Mitsue Iwakura (??) MF Ana Amo (UD Aldaia CF) FW Manuela Lareo (Real Sociedad) FW

See also

• Royal Spanish Football Federation

References

1. Joseba Aguirre, new head coach of Athletic
2. Sonia Bermúdez, the ‘pichichi’ of Barça, goes to the Atlético
3. Irene del Río, first signing for Barça
4. Olga García goes back to the Barça
5. Virgia Torrecilla signs for Montpellier
6. The "Funda" presents your three news footballers
7. Maitane joins Levante UD roster
8. Nicole Regnier Palacio is new footballer of Rayo
9. Igor San Miguel, new head coach of La Real
10. Izaskun Leoz, third incorporation of Real Sociedad women's team
11. Esther Sullastres joins Valencia CF

External links

• (Spanish) LFP Official Website
• (Spanish) RFEF Official Website