2016–17 FC Barcelona Femení season

FC Barcelona Femení
2016–17 season
Chairman Josep Maria Bartomeu
Manager Xavi Llorens
Stadium Mini Estadi / Joan Gamper
Spain Primera División Second
Spain Copa de la Reina Winner
Europe Champions League Semifinalist
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2016–17 season was FC Barcelona Femení's 16th season as FC Barcelona's official women's football section. It was the last of eleven seasons managed by Xavi Llorens and in it Barcelona notably became the first Spanish team to reach the semifinals of the UEFA Women's Champions League in its fifth appearance on a row in the competition.[1]

Summary

Background and preseason

In 2015–16 Barcelona had ended the season with no titles for the first time since the 2009–10 season: Athletic Bilbao had won the league by a one-point margin and Atlético Madrid defeated Barcelona in the national cup's final. To strengthen the team Barcelona signed Andressa Alves from Montpellier[2] and Line Røddik Hansen from European champion Olympique Lyonnais[3] (though she hadn't taken part in the European campaign as she had started the 2015–16 season in Rosengård) as well as Ange N'Guessan, the team's first African player.[4] Leila Ouahabi returned after three seasons in Valencia,[5] and with the season started Vicky Losada also rejoined Barça following the end of the English championship.[6] On the other hand, the Garrote sisters and Cristina Baudet were transferred to nearby Espanyol,[7][8] Andrea Falcón and Esther Romero to rivals Atlético and Valencia[9][10] and Andreia Norton returned to Portugal.

Season

Barcelona started the season with nine consecutive victories on a 34–1 goal-average before conceding a draw against newly promoted Betis. Next it defeated defending champion Athletic, which was already falling behind in the table. The team ended 2016 with a draw against Valencia and a 2–1 defeate against Atlético in Vicente Calderón before a crowd of 13,935,[11] losing the lead in the table to the latter. Meanwhile, Barça had made it to the Champions League's quarterfinals after overcoming Minsk and Twente (which they had already faced in the same round in the previous season) with wide away wins. Next they faced quarterfinals-regular Rosengård.[12]

With Atlético remaining unbeaten, a 2–0 defeat against Santa Teresa kept Barcelona away from the lead. However the team then chained an 11-wins streak and reached Atlético in the top of the table in April with 5 games remaining.[13] In the meantime Barcelona defeated Rosengård both in Barcelona and Malmö, becoming the first Spanish team to reach the Champions League's semifinals, where they lost both games against Paris Saint-Germain,[14] which had already ousted them in the past season's quarterfinals. Following the elimination Barcelona attained its largest win in the season, a 13–0 victory over Oiartzun, which would end relegated.

After defeating Valencia in Paterna and with long-time manager Xavi Llorens having just announced stepping down the position following the end of the season,[15] Barcelona faced undefeated Atlético in the second-to-last game on equal points and a much larger goal average: a win would make them either mathematically or virtually champions. However the game ended in a 1–1 draw, and Barcelona was forced to depend on an Atlético blunder.[16] Not only did Atlético defeat Real Sociedad but Barcelona lost 2–1 to Levante[17] and thus they again ended the championship as runners-up with 75 points, their least in the 16-team Primera División by one point. On the other hand, Jennifer Hermoso was the competition's top scorer with 35 goals, the major goal-scoring record by a Barcelona player in the same period.[18]

In the Copa de la Reina Barcelona qualified for the Final Four in the Ciudad del Fútbol after overcoming Real Sociedad in the extra time.[19] There it first defeated Valencia in the semifinals before facing Atlético in a rematch of the previous edition's final, which Barcelona had lost 3–2. However, this time Barcelona defeated Atlético 4–1 and won its first nationwide title since the 2014–15 League.[20]

Transfers

In
DatePositionPlayerMoving fromReferenceNotes
June 28, 2016MidfielderBrazil Andressa AlvesFrance MontpellierMarca
June 29, 2016DefenderSpain Leila OuahabiSpain ValenciaSport
July 2, 2016GoalkeeperSpain Andrea GiménezSpain EspanyolMundo Deportivo
July 8, 2016DefenderDenmark Line Røddik HansenFrance Olympique LyonnaisMundo Deportivo
August 12, 2016ForwardIvory Coast Ange N'GuessanCyprus Apollon LimassolMundo Deportivo
November 11, 2016MidfielderSpain Vicky LosadaEngland ArsenalAs
Out
DatePositionPlayerMoving toReferenceNotes
June 29, 2016MidfielderSpain Esther RomeroSpain ValenciaSuperdeporte
July 4, 2016DefenderSpain Nuria GarroteSpain EspanyolFutfem
MidfielderSpain Pilar Garrote
July 6, 2016ForwardSpain Andrea FalcónSpain Atlético MadridMundo Deportivo
August 2, 2016MidfielderPortugal Andreia NortonPortugal BragaBraga TV

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Spain GK Laura Ràfols
2 Spain DF Ane Bergara
3 Spain DF Ruth García
4 Spain DF Marta Unzué (c)
5 Spain DF Melanie Serrano
6 Denmark DF Line Røddik Hansen
7 Spain MF Gemma Gili
8 Spain MF Miriam Diéguez
9 Spain FW Mariona Caldentey
10 Spain FW Jenni Hermoso
11 Spain MF Alexia Putellas
12 Spain MF Patri Guijarro
13 Spain GK Sandra Paños
No. Position Player
14 Spain FW Sandra Hernández
15 Spain DF Leila Ouahabi
16 Spain MF Vicky Losada
17 Spain MF Irene del Río
18 Spain DF Marta Torrejón
19 Spain FW Bárbara Latorre
20 Spain FW Olga García
21 Ivory Coast FW Ange N'Guessan
22 Brazil MF Andressa Alves
23 Spain DF Leire Landa
24 Spain MF Aitana Bonmatí
25 Spain GK Andrea Giménez

Results

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed
Numbers in brackets in league games show the team's position in the table following the match

Pre-season

UEFA Women's Champions League

Primera División

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Atlético Madrid 30 24 6 0 91 17 +74 78 Qualification for the UEFA Champions League and Copa de la Reina
2 Barcelona 30 24 3 3 98 13 +85 75
3 Valencia 30 20 8 2 69 11 +58 68 Qualification for the Copa de la Reina
4 Levante 30 18 3 9 53 49 +4 57
5 Athletic Bilbao 30 16 5 9 64 44 +20 53
Source: Futbolme
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored

Results

Copa de la Reina

Primera División statistics

No.Pos.Nat.PlayerGamesGoalsDisciplinary record
Pl.St.Yellow cardYellow cardYellow cardRed cardRed card
1GKSpainRàfols, Laura770000
2DFSpainBergara, Ane330000
3DFSpainGarcía, Ruth25250700
4DFSpainUnzué, Marta25234100
5DFSpainSerrano, Melanie19171300
6DFDenmarkRøddik Hansen, Line19180200
7MFSpainGili, Gemma18104000
8MFSpainDiéguez, Miriam23180200
9FWSpainCaldentey, Mariona18143000
10FWSpainHermoso, Jenni272635100
11MFSpainPutellas, Alexia292710100
12MFSpainGuijarro, Patricia20142000
13GKSpainPaños, Sandra23230100
14FWSpainHernández, Sandra421100
15DFSpainOuahabi, Leila22190000
16MFSpainLosada, Vicky20204000
17MFSpaindel Río, Irene1152000
18DFSpainTorrejón, Marta27240100
19FWSpainLatorre, Bárbara2326100
20FWSpainGarcía, Olga271414100
21FWIvory CoastN'Guessan, Ange1943000
22MFBrazilAlves, Andressa20157200
24MFSpainBonmatí, Aitana1332100

References

  1. ↑ Antena 3
  2. ↑ Mundo Deportivo
  3. ↑ Mundo Deportivo
  4. ↑ Mundo Deportivo
  5. ↑ Superdeporte
  6. ↑ Mundo Deportivo
  7. ↑ RCD Espanyol
  8. ↑ Besoccer
  9. ↑ Valencia CF
  10. ↑ Mundo Deportivo
  11. ↑ ABC
  12. ↑ http://www.laliga.es/noticias/el-rosengard-rival-del-fc-barcelona-en-los-cuartos-de-final-de-la-uefa-womens-champions-league La Liga
  13. ↑ Mundo Deportivo
  14. ↑ Sport
  15. ↑ Agencia EFE
  16. ↑ Diario AS
  17. ↑ Marca
  18. ↑ Mundo Deportivo
  19. ↑ ABC
  20. ↑ El País
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