# 2021–22 Primera División (women)

The 2021–22 Primera División Femenina de Fútbol was the 34th edition of Spain's highest women's football league, the 21st since the inception of the Superliga Femenina. The league began on 5 September 2021 and finished on 15 May 2022.
Barcelona were the defending champions. They defended the title with a perfect season (30 wins in 30 matches).

## Teams
### Stadia and locations

| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
| Alavés | Vitoria-Gasteiz | Ciudad Deportiva José Luis Compañón | 2,500 |
| Athletic Club | Bilbao | Instalaciones de Lezama | 3,200 |
| Atlético de Madrid | Madrid | Centro Deportivo Wanda | 2,500 |
| Barcelona | Barcelona | Johan Cruyff | 6,000 |
| Betis | Seville | Luis del Sol | 1,300 |
| Eibar | Eibar | Unbe | 500 |
| Granadilla | Granadilla de Abona | La Palmera | 2,700 |
| Levante | Valencia | Ciudad Deportiva de Buñol | 600 |
| Madrid CFF | Madrid | Estadio Antiguo Canódromo | 3,500 |
| Rayo Vallecano | Madrid | Ciudad Deportiva | 2,500 |
| Real Madrid | Madrid | Alfredo Di Stéfano | 6,000 |
| Real Sociedad | San Sebastián | Zubieta | 2,500 |
| Sevilla | Seville | Jesús Navas | 5,000 |
| Sporting de Huelva | Huelva | La Orden | 2,000 |
| Valencia | Valencia | Antonio Puchades | 3,000 |
| Villarreal | Vila-real | Mini Estadi | 5,000 |
* 1 2 Promoted from the 2020–21 Segunda División Pro (women).

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | Head Coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Main shirt sponsor |
| Alavés | Mikel Crespo | Alba Aznar | Kelme | Ingevel |
| Athletic Club | Iraia Iturregi | Garazi Murua | New Balance | Euskaltel |
| Atlético de Madrid | Óscar Fernández | Amanda Sampedro | Nike | Herbalife |
| Barcelona | Jonatan Giráldez | Alexia Putellas | Nike | Stanley |
| Betis | Juan Carlos Amorós | Nuria Ligero | Kappa | Betway |
| Eibar | Ana Junyent | Sheila Elorza | Joma | Euskaltel |
| Granadilla | Francis Díaz | Pisco | Hummel | Egatesa |
| Levante | Ángel Villacampa | Alharilla | Macron | Germaine de Capuccini |
| Madrid CFF | María Pry | Paola Ulloa | Adidas | Thermor |
| Rayo Vallecano | Carlos Santiso | Patricia Larqué | Umbro | Genova International School of Soccer |
| Real Madrid | Alberto Toril | Ivana Andrés | Adidas | Emirates - Fly Better |
| Real Sociedad | Natalia Arroyo | Nerea Eizagirre | Macron | Euskaltel |
| Sevilla | Cristian Toro | Isabella Echeverri | Nike | |
| Sporting de Huelva | Antonio Toledo | Sandra Castelló | Mercury | Huelva |
| Valencia | Andrea Esteban | Marta Carro | Puma | Teika |
| Villarreal | Sara Monforte | Lara Mata | Joma | Pamesa Cerámica |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Manner of departure | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Real Madrid | David Aznar | 29 Nov 2021 | Sacked | 10th | Alberto Toril | 29 Nov 2021 |
| Madrid CFF | Víctor Miguel Fernández | 25 Jan 2022 | Sacked | 11th | María Pry | 27 Jan 2022 |
| Rayo Vallecano | Miguel Ángel Quejigo | 28 Jan 2022 | Sacked | 16th | Carlos Santiso | 28 Jan 2022 |

## League table
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Barcelona (C) | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 159 | 11 | +148 | 90 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Real Sociedad | 30 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 67 | 38 | +29 | 66 | Qualification for the Champions League second round |
| 3 | Real Madrid | 30 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 41 | 31 | +10 | 60 | Qualification for the Champions League first round |
| 4 | Atlético de Madrid | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 71 | 28 | +43 | 59 | |
| 5 | Granadilla | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 54 | |
| 6 | Levante | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 52 | 39 | +13 | 50 | |
| 7 | Athletic Club | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 45 | 47 | −2 | 47 | |
| 8 | Sevilla | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 37 | 52 | −15 | 38 | |
| 9 | Betis | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 31 | 52 | −21 | 31 | |
| 10 | Sporting de Huelva | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 28 | 44 | −16 | 31 | |
| 11 | Alavés | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 30 | 63 | −33 | 30 | |
| 12 | Villarreal | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 29 | 63 | −34 | 29 | |
| 13 | Madrid CFF | 30 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 42 | 64 | −22 | 27 | |
| 14 | Valencia | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 27 | 56 | −29 | 27 | |
| 15 | Eibar (R) | 30 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 35 | 63 | −28 | 23 | Relegation to Primera Federación |
| 16 | Rayo Vallecano (R) | 30 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 68 | −41 | 14 | Relegation to Primera Federación |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALA | ATH | ATM | BAR | BET | EIB | GRA | LEV | MAD | RAY | RMA | RSO | SEV | SPH | VAL | VIL |
| Alavés | — | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Athletic Club | 4–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Atlético de Madrid | 3–2 | 3–0 | — | 0–3 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Barcelona | 9–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | — | 4–0 | 7–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 7–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 8–1 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 8–0 | 6–1 |
| Betis | 4–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–5 | — | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–5 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Eibar | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | — | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 |
| Granadilla | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–7 | 0–0 | 3–2 | — | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Levante | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–5 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | — | 4–0 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Madrid CFF | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | — | 4–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 |
| Rayo Vallecano | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–6 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 3–2 | — | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Real Madrid | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Real Sociedad | 6–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–9 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | — | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 |
| Sevilla | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–10 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | — | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 |
| Sporting de Huelva | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Valencia | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | — | 2–1 |
| Villarreal | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 0–8 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — |

### Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Barcelona | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Real Sociedad | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Real Madrid | 14 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | 5 | | 4 | | | | 4 | 3 |
| Atlético de Madrid | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | | | | | 4 | 4 | 3 | | 3 | | | | 3 | 4 |
| Granadilla | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | | | | 3 | | 3 | 4 | | 5 | | | | 5 | 5 |
| Levante | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | | | | | 9 | 7 | 7 | | 7 | | | | 6 | 6 |
| Athletic Club | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | 5 | 6 | | 6 | | | | 7 | 7 |
| Sevilla | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | | | | | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | | 8 | | | | 8 | 8 |
| Betis | 11 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | 10 | 10 | 9 | | 10 | | | | 9 | 9 |
| Sporting de Huelva | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | | | | | 14 | 13 | 13 | | 13 | | | | 12 | 10 |
| Alavés | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | | | | | 8 | 9 | 10 | | 9 | | | | 10 | 11 |
| Villarreal | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | | | | | | 13 | 14 | 14 | | 11 | | | | 11 | 12 |
| Madrid CFF | 12 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | | | | | | 11 | 12 | 11 | | 12 | | | | 13 | 13 |
| Valencia | 13 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | | | | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | | 14 | | | | 14 | 14 |
| Eibar | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | | | | | 15 | 15 | 15 | | 15 | | | | 15 | 15 |
| Rayo Vallecano | 16 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | | | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
* Leader and UEFA Champions League group stage
* UEFA Champions League second round
* UEFA Champions League first round
* Relegation to Segunda División
* Relegation to Segunda División

## Statistics
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Asisat Oshoala | Barcelona | 20 |
| 2 | Geyse Ferreira | Madrid CFF | 20 |
| 3 | Alexia Putellas | Barcelona | 18 |
| 4 | Amaiur Sarriegi | Real Sociedad | 17 |
| 5 | Lieke Martens | Barcelona | 16 |
| 5 | Jennifer Hermoso | Barcelona | 16 |
| 5 | Nerea Eizagirre | Real Sociedad | 16 |
| 8 | Esther González | Real Madrid | 14 |
| 8 | Clàudia Pina | Barcelona | 14 |
| 10 | Aitana Bonmati | Barcelona | 13 |
| 10 | Cristina Martín-Prieto | Granadilla | 13 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Round |
| Alexia Putellas | Barcelona | Valencia | 8-0 (H) | 24 September 2021 | Round 3 |
| Geyse Ferreira$^4$ | Madrid CFF | Real Betis | 4-5 (A) | 9 October 2021 | Round 6 |
| Mari Paz Vilas | Real Betis | Athletic Club | 4-2 (H) | 31 October 2021 | Round 8 |
| Alba Redondo | Levante | Madrid CFF | 4-0 (H) | 19 November 2021 | Round 11 |
| Jennifer Hermoso$^4$ | Barcelona | Sevilla | 10-1 (A) | 19 November 2021 | Round 11 |
| Alexia Putellas | Barcelona | Madrid CFF | 7-0 (H) | 22 December 2021 | Round 15 |
| Lieke Martens | Barcelona | Sporting Huelva | 5-0 (H) | 12 January 2022 | Round 17 |
| Clàudia Pina | Barcelona | Deportivo Alavés | 6-0 (A) | 6 March 2022 | Round 23 |
| Clàudia Pina | Barcelona | Villarreal | 6-1 (H) | 2 April 2022 | Round 26 |

### Scoring

* First goal of the season: Bruna Vilamala for Barcelona against Granadilla (4 September 2021)
* Last goal of the season: Nerea Eizagirre for Real Sociedad against Deportivo Alavés (15 May 2022)

### Discipline

Player
* Most yellow cards: 8
** Ana González (Real Betis)
* Most red cards: 1
** 15 players
Team
* Most yellow cards: 53
** Real Betis
* Most red cards: 4
** Real Betis

## Number of teams by autonomous community

| Rank | Autonomous Community | Number | Teams |
| 1 | Basque Country | 4 | Alavés, Athletic Bilbao, Eibar, and Real Sociedad |
| 1 | Community of Madrid | 4 | Atlético Madrid, Madrid CFF, Rayo Vallecano, and Real Madrid |
| 3 | Andalusia | 3 | Betis, Sevilla, and Sporting de Huelva |
| 3 | Valencian Community | 3 | Levante, Valencia and Villarreal |
| 5 | Canary Islands | 1 | Granadilla |
| 5 | Catalonia | 1 | Barcelona |