Fútbol Club Levante Badalona (Catalan: Llevant Badalona) is a Spanish professional women's football club based in Badalona, Barcelona. It competes in the Liga F, the top tier of Spanish women's football, playing home matches at the Estadi Municipal de Badalona [es; ca].

Levante Badalona
Full nameFútbol Club Levante Badalona
Founded1983 (M) / 1998 (W)
GroundEstadi Municipal [es; ca], Badalona
Capacity4,170
ManagerFerrán Cabello
LeagueLiga F
2023–24Liga F, 13th
(as Levante Las Planas)
Websitehttps://fclevantelasplanas.es/

History

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Levante Las Planas was founded in 1983 in Las Planas district as a merge of local teams UP Bética and Rayo Planense.[1] The club is best known for its women's team, established in 1998. On the other hand, the male team plays in 7th-tier Tercera Catalana.

In 2012 Levante Las Planas was promoted to the Primera División for the first time after topping its Segunda División group[2] and beating Fundación Albacete and UD Tacuense in the play-offs.[3] In its debut season the team ended in the lower half of the table with a comfortable 16 points margin over relegation positions.

The club was promoted to the top division again on the final matchday of the 2021–22 season, beating direct rivals Espanyol (a fellow Catalan club and six-time Spanish champions) by a 3–0 scoreline.[4]

Season to season (women)

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Season Division Pos. Copa de la Reina
2007–08 3 (Gr. ?) 1st
2008–09 (Gr. 3) 13th
2009–10 3 (Gr. ?) 1st
2010–11 (Gr. 3) 3rd
2011–12 (Gr. 3) 1st
2012–13 11th
2013–14 16th
2014–15 (Gr. 3) 1st
2015–16 (Gr. 3) 3rd
2016–17 (Gr. 3) 11th
2017–18 (Gr. 3) 12th
2018–19 Pref. Cat. 1st
2019–20 1ª Nac 4th
2020–21 1ª Nac 1st
2021–22 1st First round
2022–23 11th Second round

Players

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Current squad

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As of 18 October 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ESP María Valenzuela
2 MF   ESP Núria Garrote
3 DF   ESP Berta Pujadas
4 DF   ESP Sonia Majarín
5 DF   ESP Melanie Serrano
6 MF   ESP María Llompart
7 FW   ESP Irina Uribe
8 MF   ESP Laura Martínez
9 FW   ESP Macarena Portales
10 MF   ARG Estefanía Banini
11 FW   ESP Elena Julve
13 GK   ESP Laia García
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF   ESP Júlia Mora
15 MF   KOR Lee Young-ju
16 DF   ESP Itziar Pinillos
17 FW   MAR Ghizlane Chebbak
18 MF   ESP Pilar Garrote
19 FW   CIV Rebecca Elloh
20 MF   ESP Ana González
21 MF   ESP Cristina Baudet
22 DF   FRA Morgane Nicoli
23 DF   ESP Cristina Cubedo
25 GK   ESP Laura Coronado

Reserve team

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
40 MF   ESP Nerea Carmona

Former internationals

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References

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  1. ^ "Levante Las Planas, promoted to Primera Territorial". Diari Digital de Sant Joan Despí. Archived from the original on 2013-02-13.
  2. ^ "2011-12 2nd Division table". soccerway.com.
  3. ^ "Levante Las Planas beats Tacuense (2-1) and attains promotion to the women's Primera División". Ara.
  4. ^ "El Levante Las Planas Regresa a primera división" [Levante Las Planas return to the Primera division]. Marca (in Spanish). 29 May 2022.