Rayo Vallecano Femenino is the women's football section of Madrid-based club Rayo Vallecano, currently playing in the Primera Federación. Between 2008 and 2011 it won three national championships and one national cup.

Rayo Vallecano Femenino

Full name	Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Rayo
Founded	2000; 22 years ago (2000)[1]
Ground	Ciudad Deportiva Fundación Rayo Vallecano Madrid, Spain
Capacity	2,000
Chairman	Raúl Martín Presa
Manager	Carlos Santiso
League	Primera Federación
2021–22	Primera División, 16th (relegated)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

Rayo Vallecano established its women's team in 2000, absorbing local club CD El Buen Retiro. In 2003 it earned promotion to the top league, and after two seasons in mid-table it established itself in the top positions from 2006. The team's golden era started in 2008, winning the national cup and narrowly missing a double, with Levante UD winning the championship on goal average.

This first trophy was followed by three championships in a row until 2011, becoming the second team to achieve this after Athletic Bilbao. Rayo Vallecano thus took part in the first three editions of the UEFA Women's Champions League after its relaunch in 2010. In its debut Rayo was knocked out in the first round by WFC Rossiyanka, while both in 2011 and 2012 it was defeated by Arsenal FC in the Round of 16 after overcoming Valur and PK-35 respectively.

Following the 2011 season the team had to cut down its budget, and it couldn't fight for the title in the next two seasons. In 2013 it was sixth, its worst result since 2005.

Honours

Titles

Official

• Spanish women's football championship (3):
  • 2009, 2010, 2011
• Spanish women's cup (1):
  • 2008

Invitational

• Pyrénées Cup (1):
  • 2009

Season by season

UEFA competition record

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Result	Scorers
2009–10	Champions League	Round of 32	Rossiyanka	1–3 1–2	Adriana, Pablos
2010–11	Champions League	Round of 32	Valur	3–0 1–1	Adriana 2, Hermoso, Pablos
		Round of 16	Arsenal	2–0 1–4	Adriana, Bermúdez, Pablos
2011–12	Champions League	Qualifying round	Peamount Pärnu Krka	1–0 4–1 4–0	Pablos Hermoso 2, Mellado, P. García Hermoso 3, P. García
		Round of 32	PK-35	3–0 4–1	Pablos 2, Boho, S. García, Hermoso, Pizarro, Vega
		Round of 16	Arsenal	1–1 1–5	Pablos 2

Players

Current squad

As of 16 July 2022.[2]

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 Patricia Larqué 2 DF  USA Danielle Hayden 3 DF  ESP Laia Ballesté 4 MF  ESP Pilar García 5 DF  ESP Paula Andújar 6 MF  ESP Paula Fernández 7 FW  ESP Iris 8 MF  JPN Yoko Tanaka 9 FW  BRA Isadora Freitas 10 MF  CHI Yanara Aedo 11 FW  MNE Slađana Bulatović

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 MF  ESP Patri Hidalgo 13 GK  ESP Yohana Gómez 14 MF  ESP Pauleta 17 FW  BRA Millene Cabral 18 DF  CHI Camila Sáez 19 FW  ESP Carla Bautista 20 DF  DEN Cecilie Struck 22 DF  ESP María Bores 27 MF  ESP Claudia Cabezas 28 DF  ESP Esther Calderón — FW  GIB Charlyann Pizzarello

Reserve team

Former internationals

• Spain: Maripaz Azagra, Saray García, Sonia Bermúdez, Vanesa Gimbert, Jennifer Hermoso, Alexandra López, Adriana Martín, Melisa Nicolau, Natalia Pablos, Willy Romero, Cristina Vega, Sandra Vilanova

• Argentina: Marianela Szymanowski
• Colombia: Nicole Regnier
• Equatorial Guinea: Jade Boho
• Guatemala: Ana Lucía Martínez
• Serbia: Jelena Čubrilo
• Venezuela: Oriana Altuve
• Brazil: Milene Domingues
• Gibraltar: Charlyann Pizzarello

References

External links

• Team roster
• Club at uefa.com

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