RCD Espanyol Femení (Real Club Deportivo Español) is the women's football section of RCD Espanyol and was founded in 1970.

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Espanyol Femení

Full name	Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona SAD Femenino
Nickname(s)	Periquitos, españolistas
Founded	1970; 52 years ago (1970)
Ground	Ciutat Esportiva Dani Jarque
Capacity	1,520
President	Joan Collet i Diví
Head coach	Jordi Ferrón
League	Primera Federación
2021–22	Segunda División, 2nd
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Departments of RCD Espanyol
Football (Men's) Football (Men's B Team) Football (Women's) Football (Youth Team) Basketball (defunct) Roller hockey (defunct) Volleyball (defunct) Baseball (defunct)

History

RCD Espanyol was one of the pioneering teams in women's football in Spain, playing its first match as early as 1970.[1] The team's first national success came in 1989, when they first reached the national cup's final, losing it against Añorga. They won the competition for the first time in 1996, and successfully defended the title the following year.

2006 was their most successful season to date as they won their first (and for now only) league title and their third Queen's Cup. Thus Espanyol took part in the UEFA Women's Cup the following season.

In the late 2000s to the early 2010s, Espanyol consolidated itself as one of Spain's top teams. It has been most successful in the Copa de la Reina, winning three titles in 2009, 2010, and 2012, tying with Levante UD as the competition's most successful team.[2] In the late 2010s, they consistently finished in the middle/bottom half of the league table and flirted with relegation multiple times.

Espanyol had its worst-ever finish in the league when they ended the 2019–20 season in 16th place, winning none of their 21 matches and losing 16. They avoided relegation to the Reto Iberdrola when the RFEF decided that there would be no relegations for the season due to suspension of the league brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] The 2020–21 season marked Espanyol's 50th year of existence for their women's team.[4] That season, Espanyol were relegated to the Reto Iberdrola for the first time in their history, finishing 16th out of 18 in the league table.[5] They failed to be promoted back immediately on the final matchday of the 2021–22 season, losing 3–0 to fellow Catalan club Levante Las Planas, who took the title instead.[6]

Competition record

Season to season

Record in UEFA competitions

Season	Competition	Stage	Opponent	Result	Scorers
2006–07	UEFA Women's Cup	Qualifying Stage	Hibernian LFC FCF Juvisy KÍ	4–1 1–0 7–0	Adriana 2, Cubí, Serna Rubio Cubí 4, Adriana 2, Diéguez
		Group Stage	Kolbotn IL Umeå IK Lehenda Chernihiv	2–4 0–3 5–0	Adriana + 1 o.g. 0 Serna 2, Adriana, Cubí, Rubio

Titles

Official

• Primera División
  • 2005–06: 1
• Copa de la Reina
  • 1995–96, 1996–97, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12: 6
• Copa Catalunya
  • 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013: 5

Invitational

• Pyrénées Cup
  • 2006, 2007: 2

Players

Current squad

As of 21 March 2022[7]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ESP Montse Quesada 2 DF  ESP Irene Corral 3 DF  ESP Marta Turmo 4 DF  ESP Maite Albarrán 5 DF  ESP Xènia Pérez 6 MF  CHI Nayadet López 7 MF  ESP Cristina Baudet 8 MF  JPN Maya Yamamoto 9 MF  UKR Tamila Khimich 10 FW  ARG Marianela Szymanowski

No. Pos. Nation Player 11 DF  ESP Sara Extremera 12 DF  DOM Manuela Lareo 13 GK  FIN Paula Myllyoja 16 FW  ESP Anaïr Lomba 17 MF  ESP Carolina Marín De la Fuente 18 MF  ESP Judit Pablos 19 FW  ESP Clara de Clemente 21 DF  ESP Júlia Guerra 22 DF  COL Daniela Caracas 24 FW  ESP Nora Fernández Parra

See also

• Women's Derbi barceloní

References

External links

• RCD Espanyol Official website (in Spanish)

На других языках

[de] Espanyol Barcelona (Frauenfußball)

[es] Real Club Deportivo Espanyol (femenino)

[ru] Эспаньол (женский футбольный клуб)