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RCD Espanyol (women)

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Ground Capacity
  
1,520

Website
  
Club home page

League
  
Primera División

Chairman
  
Joan Collet

2015–16
  
Primera División, 9th

Founded
  
1970

Location
  
Barcelona, Spain

RCD Espanyol (women)

Full name
  
Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona SAD

Nickname(s)
  
Periquitos, españolistas

Manager
  
Luis Miguel Marín Montaño

Ground
  
Ciutat Esportiva Dani Jarque

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RCD Espanyol Femenino (Real Club Deportivo Español, in spanish) is the women's football (soccer) section of RCD Espanyol. Was founded in 1970.

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History

RCD Espanyol was one of the pioneering teams in women's football in Spain, playing its first match as early as 1970. 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 seven years later, and successfully defended the title the following year.

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

In recent years Espanyol has consolidated itself as one of Spain's top teams. It has been most successful in the Copa de la Reina, winning two more titles in 2009 and 2010. Most recently, Espanyol was 3rd after FC Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao in the 2011-12 national championship and won its sixth national cup by beating Athletic 2-1 in the final, tying with Levante UD as the competition's most successful team.

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
  • Current squad

    As of 1 February 2017

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

    Former internationals

  • England: Lianne Sanderson
  • Italy: Pamela Conti
  • Mexico: Kenti Robles
  • Portugal: Sónia Matias, Cláudia Neto
  • Spain: Verónica Boquete, Raquel Cabezón, Marta Corredera, Marta Cubí, Miriam Diéguez, Vanesa Gimbert, Adriana Martín, Silvia Meseguer, Sara Monforte, Andrea Pereira, Mariajo Pons, Willy Romero, Marta Torrejón, Erika Vázquez, Sandra Vilanova, Maripaz Vilas, Noelia Aybar "Rivi"
  • Sweden: Elin Ekblom Bak, Louise Fors
  • United States: Joanna Lohman
  • References

    RCD Espanyol (women) Wikipedia