2022–23 Liga F

Liga F
Season	2022–23
Dates	10 September 2022 – 21 May 2023
Champions	Barcelona; 8th title
Relegated	Alavés; Alhama
Champions League	Barcelona; Real Madrid; Levante
Matches played	240
Goals scored	761 (3.17 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alba Redondo ; (27 goals)
Biggest home win	Barcelona 8–0 Alavés; (20 November 2022)
Biggest away win	Real Betis 0–7 Levante; (4 December 2022)
Highest scoring	Real Sociedad 6–5 Alavés; (19 March 2022)
Longest winning run	Barcelona; (27 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Barcelona; (29 matches)
Longest winless run	Sporting de Huelva; Levante Las Planas; (12 matches)
Longest losing run	Sporting de Huelva; (10 matches)
Highest attendance	24,107; Atlético Madrid 1–6 Barcelona ; (27 November 2022)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

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]

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

Summary

Postponements

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

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

Promoted from Primera Federación

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

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

Stadiums and locations

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

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

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

League table

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	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	Relegation to Primera Federación

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

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

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 ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Team ╲ Round
Barcelona	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Real Madrid	4	6	3	3	3	2	2	5	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Levante	6	2	2	2	2	6	5	4	5	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Atlético Madrid	2	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	2	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Madrid CFF	8	3	6	5	5	4	3	2	4	6	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
UDG Tenerife	13	14	11	10	10	10	11	10	11	10	10	12	11	10	12	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	6	6	8	7	6	6
Sevilla	12	15	14	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	11	10	12	10	11	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	9	8	7
Real Sociedad	5	5	7	8	6	5	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	6	6	7	8
Valencia	14	8	8	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	9	9	8	9	9
Athletic Club	1	7	12	12	11	14	12	9	10	8	8	9	9	7	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Levante Las Planas	7	9	5	6	7	8	9	11	12	13	14	13	13	13	11	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	12	11	11
Real Betis	11	11	13	14	14	12	13	13	9	12	12	10	12	11	13	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	15	12	12	11	11	11	12	12
Sporting de Huelva	16	10	9	11	12	11	10	12	13	11	11	8	7	8	9	10	11	11	11	11	13	13	14	15	11	12	12	13	13	13
Villarreal	15	16	10	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	15	15	16	12	13	13	14	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14
Alhama	9	12	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15
Alavés	10	13	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	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

Goalscorers

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

Rank	Player	Team	Assists
1	Nerea Eizagirre	Real Sociedad	12
1	Caroline Weir	Real Madrid	12
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
9	Ana-Maria Crnogorčević	Barcelona	7

Hat-tricks

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

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

First goal of the season:
Lucía Pardo for Madrid CFF against Deportivo Alavés (17 September 2022)
Last goal of the season:
Gaëlle Thalmann own goal for Levante against her own team Real Betis (21 May 2023)

Discipline

Player

Most yellow cards: 12
- Núria Garrote (Levante Las Planas)

Most red cards: 1
- Diana Gomes (Sevilla)
- Klára Cahynová (Sevilla)
- Tere (Sevilla)
- Rosa Otermín (Sevilla)
- Morgane Nicoli (Sevilla)
- Nazareth Martín (Sevilla)
- Patri Gavira (UDG Tenerife)
- Thaís Ferreira (UDG Tenerife)
- Natalia Ramos (UDG Tenerife)
- Lidia Sánchez (Real Betis)
- Violeta García Quiles (Real Betis)
- Ana Tejada (Real Sociedad)
- Ana González (Madrid CFF)
- Lena Pérez (Alhama CF)
- Zaira Flores (Alhama CF)
- Olivia Oprea (Alhama CF)
- Jade Boho (Alhama CF)
- Núria Garrote (Levante Las Planas)
- Nerea Gantxegi (Levante Las Planas)
- Paola Soldevila (Villarreal)
- Bicho (Villarreal)
- Irene Miguélez (Villarreal)
- Chelsea Ashurst (Sporting de Huelva)
- Sandra Castelló (Sporting de Huelva)
- Athena Kühn (Sporting de Huelva)
- Raiderlin Carrasco (Sporting de Huelva)
- Emmanuella Aby (Deportivo Alavés)
- Maite Zubieta (Athletic Club)

Team

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

Number of teams by autonomous community

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
6	Murcia	1	Alhama

References

^ ^a ^b "Liga F Week 1 without referees" (in Spanish). MundoDeportivo.es. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
^ "Referees announce they will not show up to Liga F matches" (in Spanish). Marca.es. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
^ "Without referees there is no Liga F." (in Spanish). AS.es. 10 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
^ "Opening weekend canceled due to referee strike" (in Spanish). Sports.es. 10 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
^ "Spanish referees reach deal to end strike, paving way for women's league to start". ESPN.com. 15 September 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
^ "Finetwork becomes new sponsor" (in Spanish). lpff.es. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
^ 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.

External links

Official website (in Spanish)
Primera División at RFEF (in Spanish)
Primera División at La Liga (in Spanish)

[Referees_strike-1] "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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