FC Barcelona Femení

Futbol Club Barcelona Femení is a women's football team from Barcelona founded as Club Femení Barcelona in 1988. It is the women's section of FC Barcelona. It is one of the most successful women's football teams in Spain.

For the Cypriot club, see Barcelona FA.
Barcelona Femení
Full nameFutbol Club Barcelona Femení
Nickname(s)Blaugranes, Culés
Founded1988 (1988)
GroundEstadi Johan Cruyff
Capacity6,000
PresidentJosep Maria Bartomeu
Head coachLluís Cortés
LeaguePrimera División
2019-20Primera División, 1st
WebsiteClub website
Active departments of FC Barcelona
Football
(Men's)		 Football B
(Men's)		 Football U-19
(Men's)
Football
(Women's)		 Football B
(Women's)		 Beach
soccer
Basketball Basketball B Wheelchair
basketball
Handball Roller
hockey		 Ice
hockey
Rugby
union		 Rugby
league		 Futsal
Volleyball
(Men's)		 Volleyball
(Women's)
Closed departments of FC Barcelona
American Football

History

Club Femení Barcelona, which was sponsored by FC Barcelona, was a founder member of the Spanish League in 1988, and won the 1994 Copa de la Reina. It had a successful 3-year run in the early 1990s, winning the 1994 Queen's cup and being the championship's runner-up in 1992 and 1994, but it subsequently declined to bottom table positions.

In 2001 CF Barcelona was incorporated to FC Barcelona as an official section as the Spanish League was refounded into the Superliga Femenina, but it was not accepted due to its results in the previous season. After two unsuccessful appearances in the promotion playoffs the team was promoted in 2004. It ended in mid-table positions for the next two seasons, but in 2007 they ended in last and were thus relegated.

Barcelona returned to the Superliga the next year, and between 2009 and 2011 it consolidated itself in the top positions. In 2011 it won its second Spanish Cup, beating local rival RCD Espanyol 1–0 in the final,[1] and in 2012 it won its first national championship with a record 94 points,[2] qualifying for the first time for the UEFA Champions League, where it was defeated by Arsenal FC in the first round. The title was successfully defended in 2013 with a last matchday away win over leading team Athletic Bilbao, and weeks later it also won the national cup with a 4–0 win over Prainsa Zaragoza to become the fifth team to win the Spanish double.

Barcelona qualified for the first time the quarterfinals of the Champions League in the 2013–14 edition. Three seasons later, it reached the semifinals and in 2019, the club played its first final, where it was defeated 1–4 by Lyon.

Current squad
As of 4 December 2019[3]

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Sandra Paños (4th captain)
3 DF Stefanie van der Gragt
4 DF Mapi León
5 DF Melanie Serrano
6 MF Vicky Losada (captain)
7 FW Jennifer Hermoso
8 DF Marta Torrejón (3rd captain)
9 FW Mariona Caldentey
10 MF Kheira Hamraoui
11 MF Alexia Putellas (vice-captain)
12 MF Patricia Guijarro (5th captain)
13 GK Pamela Tajonar
14 MF Aitana Bonmatí
No. Position Player
15 DF Leila Ouahabi
16 FW Caroline Graham Hansen
17 DF Andrea Pereira
18 FW Ana-Maria Crnogorčević
19 FW Candela Andújar
20 FW Asisat Oshoala
21 MF Andrea Falcón
22 MF Lieke Martens
23 FW Carla Armengol
24 FW Clàudia Pina
25 GK Gemma Font
26 MF Laia Codina

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
– GK Cata Coll (at Sevilla)
No. Position Player
– MF Marta Unzué (at Athletic Bilbao)

Current technical staff
Position Staff
Head coach Lluís Cortés
Assistant coach Dani Sánchez
Assistant coach and analyst Lluís Cortés
Fitness coach Berta Carles
Goalkeeping coach Oriol Casares
FC Barcelona Femení B coach Jordi Ventura

Last updated: 27 September 2017
Source: FC Barcelona

Former internationals
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