The 2022–23 Primera División Femenina de Fútbol season, renamed Liga F (finetwork Liga F for sponsorship reasons), was the 35th edition of the Primera División Femenina de España de fútbol, and the first edition with professional status in its history. The tournament was organized by the Liga Profesional Femenina de Fútbol (LPFF). The competition was supposed to start on 10 September 2022, but the first week matches were postponed. As a result, the competition started on 17 September 2022, and ended on 21 May 2023.[1]

Liga F
Season2022–23
Dates10 September 2022 – 21 May 2023
ChampionsBarcelona
8th title
RelegatedAlavés
Alhama
Champions LeagueBarcelona
Real Madrid
Levante
Matches played240
Goals scored761 (3.17 per match)
Top goalscorerAlba Redondo
(27 goals)
Biggest home winBarcelona 8–0 Alavés
(20 November 2022)
Biggest away winReal Betis 0–7 Levante
(4 December 2022)
Highest scoringReal Sociedad 6–5 Alavés
(19 March 2022)
Longest winning runBarcelona
(27 matches)
Longest unbeaten runBarcelona
(29 matches)
Longest winless runSporting de Huelva
Levante Las Planas
(12 matches)
Longest losing runSporting de Huelva
(10 matches)
Highest attendance24,107
Atlético Madrid 1–6 Barcelona
(27 November 2022)

Barcelona were the defending champions after winning undefeated the previous season. They defended the title with 28 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Summary

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Postponements

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On 8 September 2022, the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) referees threaten to not attend any Matchday 1 as part of their continue strike for higher wages. As a result, all Liga F matches scheduled for 10–11 September were postponed after clubs were ready to play, but referees did not participate.[1][2][3][4]

On 15 September 2022, a deal was reached between the parties to end the strike, which paved the way for the league season to start.[5]

Sponsorship

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On 6 October 2022, the LPFF announced the telecommunication company Finetwork (stylized finetwork) would become the official league sponsor for the next three seasons. As a result, the league will be renamed finetwork Liga F.[6]

Teams

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Alhama was promoted to the top flight for the first in its history. Levante Las Planas return after being relegated in the 2013–14 season.

Relegated to Primera Federación

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Eibar were relegated after two seasons, while Rayo Vallecano after spending 19 years in the top division.[7]

Stadiums and locations

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Team Home city Stadium Capacity
Alavés Vitoria-Gasteiz Ciudad Deportiva José Luis Compañón 2,500
Alhama Alhama de Murcia Deportivo del Guadalentín 1,500
Athletic Club Bilbao Lezama 2 3,200
Atlético Madrid Madrid Centro Deportivo Wanda 2,500
Barcelona Barcelona Johan Cruyff Stadium 6,000
Levante Valencia Ciudad Deportiva de Buñol 3,000
Levante Las Planas Sant Joan Despí Municipal de Les Planes 1,000
Madrid CFF San Sebastián de los Reyes Estadio Fernando Torres 3,500
Real Betis Seville Estadio Luis del Sol 1,300
Real Madrid Madrid Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium 6,000
Real Sociedad San Sebastián Campo José Luis Orbegozo 2,500
Sevilla Seville Estadio Jesús Navas 5,000
Sporting de Huelva Huelva Campo del C.D. Lamiya 1,500
UDG Tenerife Granadilla de Abona Estadio Francisco Suárez 2,700
Valencia Valencia Estadio Antonio Puchades 3,000
Villarreal Villarreal Ciudad Deportiva Pamesa Cerámica 5,000

Personnel and sponsorship

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Team Head Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Main shirt sponsor
Alavés   Mikel Crespo   Alba Aznar Puma
Alhama   Randri Garcia   Judith Caravaca Joma Universae
Athletic Club   Iraia Iturregi   Garazi Murua New Balance Euskaltel
Atlético Madrid   Óscar Fernández   Amanda Sampedro Nike Herbalife
Barcelona   Jonatan Giráldez   Alexia Putellas Nike Spotify
Levante   Sánchez Vera   Alharilla Macron
Levante Las Planas   Ferran Bellet   Mari Paz Vilas Hummel Croexsa
Madrid CFF   María Pry   Paola Ulloa Adidas Thermor
Real Betis   Francis Díaz   Nuria Ligero Hummel Eternal Energy
Real Madrid   Alberto Toril   Ivana Andrés Adidas Emirates – Fly Better
Real Sociedad   Natalia Arroyo   Nerea Eizagirre Macron Euskaltel
Sevilla   Cristian Toro   Nagore Castore
Sporting de Huelva   Antonio Toledo   Sandra Castelló Huelva original
UDG Tenerife   José Ángel Herrera   Pisco Hummel Egatesa
Valencia   Andrea Esteban   Marta Carro Puma Cazoo
Villarreal   Sara Mestre   Lara Mata Joma Pamesa Cerámica

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Manner of
departure
Position in table Incoming manager Date of
appointment

League table

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Barcelona (C) 30 28 1 1 118 10 +108 85 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Real Madrid 30 24 3 3 80 25 +55 75 Qualification for the Champions League second round
3 Levante 30 21 3 6 80 34 +46 66 Qualification for the Champions League first round
4 Atlético de Madrid 30 16 9 5 54 35 +19 57
5 Madrid CFF 30 17 5 8 65 48 +17 56
6 UDG Tenerife 30 11 7 12 35 44 −9 40
7 Sevilla 30 10 10 10 45 44 +1 40
8 Real Sociedad 30 10 9 11 54 50 +4 39
9 Valencia 30 11 4 15 36 55 −19 37
10 Athletic Club 30 10 5 15 34 44 −10 35
11 Levante Las Planas 30 6 8 16 24 61 −37 26
12 Real Betis 30 6 7 17 26 62 −36 25
13 Sporting de Huelva 30 6 7 17 24 54 −30 25
14 Villarreal 30 5 8 17 27 65 −38 23
15 Alhama (R) 30 5 6 19 24 57 −33 21 Relegation to Primera Federación
16 Alavés (R) 30 5 6 19 35 73 −38 21
Source: Liga F
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away ALA ALH ATH ATM BAR LEV LLP MAD BET RMA RSO SEV SPH UDG VAL VIL
Alavés 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–4 0–2 1–0 1–2 3–1 1–3 1–5 2–0 2–1 1–1 4–1 0–4
Alhama 3–1 2–1 1–3 0–2 2–3 0–0 0–3 0–2 1–5 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1
Athletic Club 1–0 1–0 1–4 0–3 0–3 2–0 0–2 2–0 0–3 1–3 1–1 3–0 0–1 0–2 1–1
Atlético Madrid 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–6 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 5–0 4–0 6–2 2–2
Barcelona 8–0 4–0 3–0 4–0 2–1 7–0 7–0 7–0 1–0 2–1 4–0 3–0 2–0 5–1 5–0
Levante 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 0–4 5–0 2–1 4–0 2–2 4–1 5–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 3–1
Levante Las Planas 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–2 0–4 1–1 2–2 2–2 1–4 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–3 0–3 2–2
Madrid CFF 5–1 6–2 3–2 2–2 2–1 1–0 3–1 4–0 0–4 2–2 0–0 2–3 2–0 3–1 1–2
Real Betis 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–3 0–7 1–2 1–3 1–3 0–0 3–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–1
Real Madrid 7–1 5–1 2–1 1–0 0–4 3–2 3–0 3–2 4–0 4–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–1
Real Sociedad 6–5 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–5 3–4 3–0 0–2 2–2 1–1 0–3 4–0 1–1 4–0 2–0
Sevilla 4–2 2–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–4 5–0 4–2 3–0 0–2 2–2 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–0
Sporting de Huelva 2–2 1–0 2–3 1–3 0–3 0–3 2–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–1
UDG Tenerife 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–6 0–1 0–1 5–2 0–2 2–3 2–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 2–0
Valencia 2–1 1–3 1–2 0–1 0–4 4–2 1–1 0–2 3–0 1–6 2–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 2–0
Villarreal 1–0 3–1 1–6 1–1 1–4 0–6 0–0 0–3 0–3 0–4 0–1 0–5 2–3 1–2 1–1
Source: Liga F
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

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The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Barcelona311111111111111111111111111111
Real Madrid463332253222333332222222222222
Levante622226545333222223333333333333
Atlético Madrid244443432445444444444444444444
Madrid CFF836554324654555555555555555555
UDG Tenerife1314111010101110111010121110128109999987668766
Sevilla12151499988899111012101188777776777987
Real Sociedad557865666566666666888899986678
Valencia1488787777777897777666668899899
Athletic Club1712121114129108899789910101010101010101010101010
Levante Las Planas79567891112131413131311121312121211111111131313121111
Real Betis11111314141213139121210121113131414141314141512121111111212
Sporting de Huelva1610911121110121311118789101111111113131415111212131313
Villarreal151610131313141414141314141515161213131412121213141414141414
Alhama91215151616161615161616161616141515151516161314151515151515
Alavés101316161515151516151515151414151616161615151616161616161616
Leader and UEFA Champions League group stage
UEFA Champions League second round
UEFA Champions League first round
Relegation to Primera Federación
Relegation to Primera Federación
Source: Liga F

Season Statistics

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Goalscorers

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Rank Player Team Goals
1   Alba Redondo Levante 28
2   Racheal Kundananji Madrid CFF 25
3   Asisat Oshoala Barcelona 21
4   Caroline Weir Real Madrid 19
5   Esther González Real Madrid 16
6   Mayra Ramírez Levante 14
7   Sheila Guijarro Villarreal 13
8   Amaiur Sarriegi Real Sociedad 12
  Irina Uribe Levante Las Planas
  Cristina Martín-Prieto Sevilla

Assists

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Rank Player Team Assists
1   Nerea Eizagirre Real Sociedad 12
  Caroline Weir Real Madrid
3   Mayra Ramírez Levante 11
4   Aitana Bonmatí Barcelona 10
5   Nataša Andonova Levante 9
6   Clàudia Pina Barcelona 8
  Fridolina Rolfö Barcelona
  Patricia Guijarro Barcelona
9   Aida Esteve Madrid CFF 7
  Ana-Maria Crnogorčević Barcelona

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date Round
  Rasheedat Ajibade4 Atlético Madrid Sporting de Huelva 5–0 (H) 15 October 2022 5
  Ana Franco Sevilla Villarreal 5–0 (A) 16 October 2022 5
  Esther González Real Madrid Alavés 7–1 (H) 16 October 2022 5
  Alba Redondo Levante Real Betis 7–0 (A) 4 December 2022 11
  Júlia Aguado Levante Real Betis 7–0 (A) 4 December 2022 11
  Asisat Oshoala Barcelona Levante Las Planas 7–0 (H) 25 January 2023 16
  Asisat Oshoala Barcelona Granadilla Tenerife 6–0 (A) 29 January 2023 17
  Caroline Weir Real Madrid Valencia 6–1 (A) 4 February 2023 18
  Asisat Oshoala Barcelona Real Betis 7–0 (H) 5 February 2023 18
  Caroline Graham Hansen Barcelona Villarreal 5–0 (H) 5 March 2023 20
  Alba Redondo Levante Real Sociedad 4–1 (H) 26 March 2023 23
  Racheal Kundananji Madrid CFF Alhama 6–2 (H) 6 May 2023 28

4 – Player scored four goals.

Clean sheets

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Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1   Sandra Paños Barcelona 13
2   Misa Rodríguez Real Madrid 10
3   Paola Ulloa Madrid CFF 9
4   Esther Sullastres Sevilla 8
5   Gemma Font Barcelona 7
  Enith Salón Valencia
  Lola Gallardo Atlético Madrid
  Andrea Tarazona Levante
9   Gaëlle Thalmann Real Betis 6
10   Laura Martinez Alhama 5
  Mariasun Quiñones Athletic Club
  Chelsea Ashurst Sporting de Huelva

Scoring

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Discipline

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Player

Team

  • Most yellow cards: 61
    • Levante Las Planas
  • Most red cards: 6
    • Sevilla

Number of teams by autonomous community

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Rank Autonomous Community Number Teams
1   Andalusia 3 Betis, Sevilla, and Sporting de Huelva
  Basque Country Alavés, Athletic Bilbao, and Real Sociedad
  Community of Madrid Atlético Madrid, Madrid CFF, and Real Madrid
  Valencian Community Levante, Valencia and Villarreal
5   Catalonia 2 Barcelona, Levante Las Planas
6   Canary Islands 1 Granadilla
  Murcia Alhama

References

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  1. ^ a b "Liga F Week 1 without referees" (in Spanish). MundoDeportivo.es. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Referees announce they will not show up to Liga F matches" (in Spanish). Marca.es. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Without referees there is no Liga F." (in Spanish). AS.es. 10 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Opening weekend canceled due to referee strike" (in Spanish). Sports.es. 10 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Spanish referees reach deal to end strike, paving way for women's league to start". ESPN.com. 15 September 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Finetwork becomes new sponsor" (in Spanish). lpff.es. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  7. ^ David Menayo (17 April 2022). "El Rayo Vallecano consuma su descenso a Segunda división" [Rayo Vallecano completes its relegation to the Second Division]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 September 2023.
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