Levante UD Femenino

Levante Femenino
Full name	Levante Unión Deportiva, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Granotes
Founded	1993 (as San Vicente CFF) ; 1998; 26 years ago
Ground	Ciudad Deportiva, Buñol
Capacity	600
Chairman	Quico Catalán
Manager	Roger Lamesa
League	Liga F
2023–24	Liga F, 4th

Levante Unión Deportiva Femenino is the women's football team of Valencian football club Levante UD, based at Ciudad Deportiva in Buñol and playing in the Liga F.

History

Founded in 1993 as San Vicente CFF, the team was absorbed by Levante in 1998 after it won the national championship in its debut season in the top category. It subsequently attained three more leagues and six Cups between 1997 and 2008 including two doubles (2001, 2002) making it the most successful Spanish team, tied with Athletic Bilbao in leagues and RCD Espanyol in cups as of 2012. It was eliminated in its three appearances at the UEFA Women's Cup at the group stage, one round short from the quarter-finals.

Levante always ranked among the championship's top three between 2000 and 2009, but it subsequently experienced a slump ending the 2010 and 2011 seasons in mid-table. The team improved in 2012 with a 5th position, but this result marked its first absence since 1999 in the shortened Copa de la Reina. The club remained consistent for the next decade, only finishing lower than 5th once and securing 3rd place in three consecutive seasons (without challenging for the title itself) between 2018–19 and 2020–21, though there was no great impact in the cup in this period. Real Madrid officially joined the league in 2020, immediately 'raiding' Levante for Marta Corredera and Ivana Andrés and enticing away Rocío Gálvez, Esther González and Claudia Zornoza a year later.

Players

Current squad

As of 23 October 2023

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	DF	BRA	Antônia
4	DF	ESP	María Méndez
6	MF	ESP	Paula Fernández
8	MF	ESP	Silvia Lloris
9	FW	MKD	Nataša Andonova
10	FW	ESP	Alba Redondo
11	MF	ESP	Ángela Sosa
12	MF	ESP	Leire Baños
13	GK	ROU	Andreea Părăluță
14	FW	ESP	Daniela Arques


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	ESP	Estela Carbonell
17	DF	ESP	María Alharilla
19	DF	ESP	Núria Mendoza
21	MF	ESP	Anna Torrodà
23	FW	ESP	Érika González
25	GK	SWE	Emma Holmgren
26	FW	ESP	Aixa Salvador
28	MF	ESP	Bascu
36	GK	ESP	Andrea Tarazona

Source: [1]

Former internationals

National team	Players
Spain 0 0	Ivana Andrés, Ona Batlle, Sonia Bermúdez, Alharilla Casado, Maider Castillo, Rosa Castillo, Marta Corredera, Gurutze Fernández, María Fernández, Alicia Fuentes, Ruth García, Gemma Gili, Vanesa Gimbert, Susana Guerrero, Auxiliadora Jiménez, Yolanda Mateos, Sara Monforte, Marina Nohalez, María José Pons, Mar Prieto, Montserrat Tomé, Sandra Vilanova, Nagore Calderón, Cristina Estévez, Olga Moreno, Marta Mateos, Adriana Martín, Esther González, María José Pérez, Alexia Putellas, Laura del Río, Olga García, Mari Paz Vilas, Silvia Zarza, Rocío Gálvez, Claudia Zornoza
Argentina	Romina Ferro, Estefanía Banini
Australia	Aivi Luik
Brazil	Grazielle Pinheiro, Kátia Cilene, Thaís Ribeiro, Giovana Queiroz, Vânia Martins^{[note 1]}
Colombia	Daniela Montoya
Costa Rica	Noelia Bermúdez
Denmark	Sofie Junge Pedersen
Italy	Pamela Conti, Katia Serra
Ivory Coast	Ida Guehai
Mexico	Charlyn Corral, Greta Espinoza
Portugal	Jéssica Silva
Romania	Olivia Oprea
Switzerland	Vanessa Bernauer, Marina Keller

Season to season

2006–07 Superliga match against Sporting Huelva

As San Vicente CFF

Season	Div.	Pos.	Copa de la Reina
1994–95	2ª	5th
1995–96	2ª	3rd
1996–97	1ª	1st
1997–98	1ª	2nd	Quarterfinals

As Levante UD

Season	Div.	Pos.	Copa de la Reina	Champions League	Top scorer(s)
1998–99	1ª	GS
1999–00	1ª	3rd	Champion
2000–01	1ª	1st	Champion
2001–02	1ª	1st	Champion	Round of 32
2002–03	1ª	2nd	Semifinals	Round of 32
2003–04	1ª	3rd	Champion
2004–05	1ª	2nd	Champion
2005–06	1ª	3rd	Semifinals
2006–07	1ª	3rd	Champion
2007–08	1ª	1st	Runner-up		Del Río	16
2008–09	1ª	2nd	Quarterfinals	Round of 16	Conti, Del Río	16
2009–10	1ª	8th	Quarterfinals		Motoso	7
2010–11	1ª	9th	Round of 16		Conti	10
2011–12	1ª	5th			Putellas	15
2012–13	1ª	4th	Semifinals		Buceta	10
2013–14	1ª	5th	Semifinals		Casado, O. García	6
2014–15	1ª	5th	Quarterfinals		Adriana	21
2015–16	1ª	4th	Semifinals		Corral	22
2016–17	1ª	4th	Quarterfinals		Corral	20
2017–18	1ª	8th	Quarterfinals		Corral	24
2018–19	1ª	3rd	Quarterfinals		Corral	20
2019–20	1ª	3rd	Round of 16		Navarro, Redondo	8
2020–21	1ª	3rd	Semifinals		González	29
2021–22	1ª	6th	Quarterfinals	Round 2	Redondo	12
2022–23	1ª	3rd	Round of 16		Redondo	27
2023–24	1ª	4th	Quarterfinals	Round 1

UEFA competition record

Competition	Season	Round	Opponent	Result	Scorers
UEFA Women's Cup	2001–02	Group Stage	Frankfurt	0–1
			College SC	17–0	Jiménez 4, Prieto 4, R. Castillo 2, Gimbert 2, Monje 2, Fuentes, Del Río, Soler
			Codru Chişinău	3–1	Gimbert, Jiménez, Soler
	2002–03	Group Stage	Eendracht Aalst	8–0	Fuentes 3, Jiménez 2, Prieto 2, Gimbert
			Arsenal	1–2	Prieto
			Gömrükçü Baku	2–1	Fuentes, Moreno
	2008–09	Preliminary Stage	Skopje	8–0	Conti 3, Pérez 3, Donaire, González
			Tienen	9–2	Conti 3, Donaire 3, Del Río, Vilanova
			Sparta Prague	0–0
		Group Stage	Brøndby	0–1
			Duisburg	0–5
			Naftokhimik Kalush	4–1	R. Castillo, Pérez, Prim, Ves
UEFA Women's Champions League	2021–22	First round Semi-final	Celtic	2–1	Redondo, Toletti
		First round Final	Rosenborg	4–3	Queiroz 2, Baños, Toletti
		Second round	Olympique Lyonnais	1–2 (H)	Cometti
		Second round	Olympique Lyonnais	1–2 (A)	Crivelari
	2023–24	First round Semi-final	Stjarnan	4–0	Gabi 3, Redondo
	2023–24	First round Final	Twente	2–3	Tomás, Redondo