The Primera División de la Liga de Fútbol Femenino, currently known as the Liga F (Liga F Moeve for sponsorship reasons), is the highest level of league competition for women's football in Spain. It is the women's equivalent of the men's La Liga, and it is organized by the (LPFF). As one league of the top six national leagues ranked by Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) coefficient, it is considered one of the most important women's leagues in Europe. Starting with the 2021–22 edition, as determined by the UEFA women's coefficient, the top three teams qualify for the UEFA Women's Champions League.
The league was founded in 1988 and has undergone several changes in format since then. It has been named Primera Iberdrola, Superliga Femenina, División de Honor, and Liga Nacional. A total of 12 different clubs have been champions, with Barcelona winning the most championships, eleven.
History Liga Nacional The league was founded in 1988 as Liga Nacional, formed by Olímpico Fortuna, Puente Castro, Parque Alcobendas, Santa María Atlético, Vallès Occidental, RCD Espanyol, FC Barcelona, CE Sabadell and Peña Barcelonista Barcilona.
División de Honor Starting in the 1996–97 season the league was divided into 4 groups. The group winners played a semi-final and final to decide the champion.
Superliga
By 2000, women's teams were displeased that their competitions and calendars were being created by men's teams so, in June 2000, Levante submitted a proposal to the Spanish Federation for a new league, the Superliga. Levante's proposed Superliga was to be organised by women's teams, under the Spanish Federation, and had the support of a majority of women's teams in the country. At the time it was proposed, with the intention to replace the league for the next (2001–02) season, the clubs also threatened to boycott Federation competitions if it was not accepted.
For the 2001–02 season the league was renamed the Superliga and the competition system was changed from the group format to a double round-robin, with each team playing the other teams twice, once away and once at home. The league in this period consisted of 14 teams. The 2008–09 season kept the double round-robin format as the league increased from 14 to 16 teams.
In the 2009–10 season the Superliga increased from 16 to 24 teams, causing criticism by teams and players who feared a decline in the quality of competition. The Superliga was divided into 3 groups of 7 to 8 teams each, with geographically nearby teams placed into each group to minimize travel.Reunión Comisión Mixta de seguimiento de la Superliga.. In the first stage of the season, each team played each other team in its group twice. In the second stage, the best two of each group as well as the two best third-place finishers went into group A and the other teams were divided into groups B and C based on a predefined key. Again a double round-robin was played within each group. All Group A teams and the three best finishers of Group B and C qualified for the Copa de la Reina, and the two best teams in Group A played each other in a two-legged final for the season's championship. Rayo Vallecano won the 2009–10 and 2010-11 finals, both times against RCD Espanyol. In the 2009–10 season, two teams had to withdraw from the league for financial reasons.
Primera División Starting in the 2011–12 season, the league was renamed to Primera División and the group-based system was eliminated; 18 teams played double round-robin to decide the champion. The size was reduced to 16 teams for the 2012–13 season. Before the 2016–17 season, the RFEF agreed to a sponsorship by Iberdrola, renaming the league Liga Iberdrola. This was slightly changed to Primera Iberdrola in 2019.
On 22 October 2019, following a breakdown of negotiations with the RFEF for a year over salaries and working conditions, the players went on a strike and a number of league games had to be cancelled due to the strike. On 18 November, the players announced that they would be lifting the strike, after reaching an agreement with the ACFF to resume negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement.
In 2020 the Primera División was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On 10 June 2020 the Primera División was granted professionalised league status.
Starting with the 2021-2022 season, the league became fully professional, and reduced from 18 teams to 16.
The opening fixture of the 2023−24 season, set for 8 September 2023, was cancelled in the wake of strike called by five players unions.
Teams
Stadiums and locations
Team Home city Stadium Capacity Athletic Club Bilbao Lezama 2 3,200 Atlético Madrid Madrid Centro Deportivo Wanda 2,700 Barcelona Barcelona Johan Cruyff Stadium 6,000 Eibar Eibar Unbe 1,000 Granada Granada Ciudad Deportiva del Granada CF 600 Levante Valencia Ciudad Deportiva de Buñol 3,000 Levante Badalona Badalona 4,170 Madrid CFF San Sebastián de los Reyes Estadio Fernando Torres 6,000 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 Fútbol Club Femenino Seville Estadio Jesús Navas 8,000 Sporting de Huelva Huelva Campo del C.D. Lamiya 1,500 UDG Tenerife Granadilla de Abona Estadio Francisco Suárez 2,700 Valencia CF Femenino Valencia Ciudad Deportiva de Paterna 3,000 Villarreal Villarreal Ciudad Deportiva Pamesa Cerámica 3,500
List of champions The following list shows all champions of the Spanish women's football league. Before creation of the league, from 1983 to 1988 the Copa de la Reina de Fútbol winners were the Spanish champions.
Season Teams Champion Points Runner-up Points Third place Points Liga Nacional1988–89 9 Peña Barcilona (1) 24 Parque Alcobendas 21 Espanyol 201989–90 12 Atlético Villa de Madrid (1) 43 Peña Barcilona 39 Espanyol 301990–91 8 Oiartzun (1) 20 Atlético Villa de Madrid 20 Añorga 201991–92 8 Añorga (1) 27 FC Barcelona 19 Oiartzun 171992–93 7 Oroquieta Villaverde (1) 24 Añorga 21 FC Barcelona 201993–94 10 Oroquieta Villaverde (2) 49 Añorga 42 FC Barcelona 401994–95 10 Añorga (2) 48 Oroquieta Villaverde 40 Espanyol 341995–96 9 Añorga (3) 36 Oroquieta Villaverde 31 Espanyol 30 División de Honor1996–97 San Vicente (1) Añorga - AD Guillén Lafuerza -1997–98 45 Atlético Málaga (1) Sant Vicent - -1998–99 50 Oroquieta Villaverde (3) Puebla - -1999–200050 Puebla (1) Torrejón - -2000–01 56 Levante (2) Eibartarrak - - Superliga 2001–02 11 Levante (3) 57 Puebla 51 Espanyol 37 2002–03 12 Athletic Club (1) 55 Levante 55 Puebla 46 2003–04 14 Athletic Club (2) 60 Sabadell 58 Levante 58 2004–05 14 Athletic Club (3) 66 Levante 63 Espanyol 57 2005–06 13 Espanyol (1) 60 Híspalis 60 Levante 55 2006–07 14 Athletic Club (4) 64 Espanyol 63 Levante 55 2007–08 14 Levante (4) 71 Rayo Vallecano 71 Athletic Club 53 2008–09 16 Rayo Vallecano (1) 81 Levante 76 Athletic Club 65 2009–10 22 Rayo Vallecano (2) Espanyol - Athletic Club - 2010–11 23 Rayo Vallecano (3) Espanyol - Athletic Club - Primera División 2011–12 18 Barcelona (1) 94 Athletic Club 91 Espanyol 76 2012–13 16 Barcelona (2) 76 Athletic Club 74 Atlético de Madrid 68 2013–14 16 Barcelona (3) 79 Athletic Club 69 Atlético de Madrid 54 2014–15 16 Barcelona (4) 77 Atlético de Madrid 69 Athletic Club 65 2015–16 16 Athletic Club (5) 78 Barcelona 77 Atlético de Madrid 69 2016–17 16 Atlético de Madrid (2) 78 Barcelona 75 Valencia 68 2017–18 16 Atlético de Madrid (3) 77 Barcelona 76 Athletic Club 56 2018–19 16 Atlético de Madrid (4) 84 Barcelona 78 Levante 57 2019–20 16 Barcelona (5) 59 Atlético de Madrid 50 Levante 45 2020–21 18 Barcelona (6) 99 Real Madrid 74 Levante 70 2021–22 16 Barcelona (7) 90 Real Sociedad 66 Real Madrid 60 Liga F 2022–23 16 Barcelona (8) 85 Real Madrid 75 Levante 66 2023–24 16 Barcelona (9) 88 Real Madrid 73 Atlético de Madrid 61 2024–25 16Barcelona (10)84Real Madrid76Atlético de Madrid582025–2616Barcelona (11)87Real Madrid72Real Sociedad66
Performance by club Since the inception of the Superliga Teams Winners Runners-up Winning years Barcelona 11 4 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 Athletic Club 5 3 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2016 Atlético Madrid 3 2 2017, 2018, 2019 Rayo Vallecano 3 1 2009, 2010, 2011 Levante 2 3 2002, 2008 Espanyol 1 3 2006 Real Madrid 0 4 Puebla 0 1 Sabadell 0 1 Híspalis 0 1 Real Sociedad 0 1
Overall Teams in bold currently compete in Liga F as of the 2024–25 season. Seasons marked in italic are those when the team won a double with the Copa de la Reina.
Teams Winners Runners-up Winning years Barcelona 11 5 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 Athletic Club 5 3 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2016 Levante 4 4 1997, 2001, 2002, 2008 Atlético de Madrid 4 3 1990, 2017, 2018, 2019 Añorga 3 3 1992, 1995, 1996 Oroquieta Villaverde 3 2 1993, 1994, 1999 Rayo Vallecano 3 1 2009, 2010, 2011 Espanyol 1 3 2006 Puebla 1 2 2000 Peña Barcilona 1 1 1989 Oiartzun 1 0 1991 Atlético Málaga 1 0 1998 Real Madrid 0 5 Parque Alcobendas 0 1 Torrejón 0 1 Eibartarrak 0 1 Sabadell 0 1 Híspalis 0 1 Real Sociedad 0 1
All-time Liga F table Liga Nacional (1988–1996)
RankClubSPWDLGFGAGDPtsWin %1Añorga KKE69273415348102+246150%2CD Oroquieta Villaverde7112661630304182+122148%3FC Barcelona8129582645261226+35142%4RCD Español588471823223139+84112%5CE Sabadell71144718512492490112%6Atletico Villa de Madrid35032810190100+9072%7Peña Barcelonista Barcilona3503361113464+7072%8CD Sondika35223821152107+4554%9FFP Parque Alcobendas587191652136316-18054%10Olímpico Fortuna35319826102123-2146%11Oiartzun KE22817388341+4237%12Puente Castro FC46914847122267-14536%13CFF Tradehi559977370200-13025%14CF PubliSport 1218494153-1220%15CFF Vallès Occidental1168263524+1418%16CF Llers22874174282+4018%17CD Anaitasuna1186393732+515%18EFAV La Chimenea12161144470-2613%19Atlético Málaga1164482227-512%20CFF Athenas230192020113-9310%21Universidad Complutense12113172479-555%22Atlético Santa María del Camí11612131354-354%
División de Honor (1996–2001) Almost 100 clubs participated during the 5 seasons that this league format lasted.
Group stages Group 1 (North)Group 2 (East)Group 3 (Centre)Group 4 (South)