2009–10 Superliga Femenina Explained

Competition:Superliga
Season:2009–10
Winners:Rayo Vallecano
(2nd title)
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Rayo Vallecano
League Topscorer:Adriana Martín
(35 goals)
Matches:282
Total Goals:1079
Prevseason:2008–09
Nextseason:2010–11

The 2009–10 Superliga season was the 22nd since its establishment. Rayo Vallecano were the defending champions, having won their title in the previous season.

League expansion and format changes

On 26 May 2009, the Royal Spanish Football Federation presented a project to improve the Superliga, based in an expansion of the league from 16 to 24 teams, by inviting professional men's teams to join the tournament.

Eight teams agreed to join the league: two of them from La Liga (Sevilla and Valladolid), four from Segunda División (Las Palmas, Murcia, Gimnàstic and Eibar), one of Segunda División B (Jaén) and one from Tercera División (Cacereño). However, economical difficulties forced Cacereño and Murcia to withdraw before the start of the competition.

This project was rejected by the majority of participant clubs and players of the league. However, despite this strong opposition, on 14 July 2009, the new format was approved.

The teams were divided into three groups attending to geographical criteria. The winner and runner-up of each group and the two best third qualified teams would join the Group A in the second stage, for the title. The two first teams of the group A played the final of the league.

First round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Second round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Final

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GK 1 Alicia Gómez
DF 16 Ale López
DF 18 Vanesa Gimbert
DF 5
DF 15 Burgos
MF 20
MF 22 Sandra Vilanova
MF 10 Sonia Bermúdez
MF 17
FW 7 Natalia Pablos
FW 9 Adriana Martín
Substitutes:
DF 4
FW 19
Manager:
Pedro Martínez Losa
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GK 1 Mariajo
DF 16 Kenti Robles
DF 2
DF 5 Marta Torrejón
DF 6 Lara Rabal
MF 15 Silvia Meseguer
MF 4
MF 23
MF 20 Sara Monforte
FW 21 Vero Boquete
FW 18
Substitutes:
MF 10
FW 19
Manager:
Òscar Aja
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GK 1 Mariajo
DF 16 Kenti Robles
DF 2
DF 5
DF 6
MF 20 Sara Monforte
MF 15
DF 4 Míriam Diéguez
MF 23
FW 21 Vero Boquete
FW 18
Substitutes:
FW 7
FW 19
Manager:
Òscar Aja
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GK 1
DF 5 Chabe
DF 4
DF 18
MF 15 Burgos
MF 20
MF 22 Sandra Vilanova
MF 17
FW 10
FW 7
FW 9 Adriana Martín
Substitutes:
MF 6
DF 16
FW 19
Manager:
Pedro Martínez Losa
Superliga Champion
Rayo Vallecano

See also

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