# 2018–19 Primera División (women)

The 2018–19 Primera División Femenina de Fútbol was the 31st edition of Spain's highest women's football league. The season started on 3 September 2018 and ended on 11 May 2019. Atlético Madrid won their third consecutive title.

## Teams

Málaga and Logroño joined the league after earning promotion at the conclusion of the 2017–18 Segunda División.

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Home city | Stadium |
| Athletic Club | Bilbao | Lezama |
| Atlético de Madrid | Madrid | Cerro del Espino |
| Barcelona | Barcelona | Joan Gamper |
| Betis | Seville | Luis del Sol |
| Espanyol | Barcelona | Dani Jarque |
| Fundación Albacete | Albacete | Andrés Iniesta |
| Granadilla | Granadilla de Abona | La Palmera |
| Levante | Valencia | Ciudad Deportiva de Buñol |
| Logroño | Logroño | Las Gaunas |
| Madrid CFF | San Sebastián de los Reyes | Nuevo Matapiñonera |
| Málaga | Málaga | Federación Malagueña |
| Rayo Vallecano | Madrid | Ciudad Deportiva |
| Real Sociedad | San Sebastián | Zubieta |
| Sevilla | Seville | Jesús Navas |
| Sporting de Huelva | Huelva | La Orden |
| Valencia | Valencia | Antonio Puchades |

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | Head Coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Main shirt sponsor |
| Athletic Club | Joseba Agirre | Ainhoa Tirapu | New Balance | Kutxabank |
| Atlético de Madrid | José Luis Sánchez Vera | Amanda Sampedro | Nike | Herbalife |
| Barcelona | Lluís Cortés | Vicky Losada | Nike | Stanley |
| Betis | María Pry | Irene Guerrero | Kappa | |
| Espanyol | Salvador Jaspe | Paloma Fernández | Kelme | Miró |
| Fundación Albacete | Carlos del Valle | Matilde Martínez | Hummel | Seguros Solíss |
| Granadilla | Pier Luigi Cherubino | Cindy García | Erreà | Egatesa |
| Levante | Kino | Sonia Prim | Macron | |
| Logroño | Chechu Martínez | Rebeca Moreno | Joma | Gesitma |
| Madrid CFF | Manuel Aguado | Paola Ulloa | Nike | |
| Málaga | Antonio Contreras | Adriana Martín | Nike | Tesesa |
| Rayo Vallecano | Irene Ferreras | Alicia Gómez | Kelme | |
| Real Sociedad | Gonzalo Arconada | Sandra Ramajo | Macron | Euskaltel |
| Sevilla | Cristian Toro | Alicia Fuentes | Nike | Playtika |
| Sporting de Huelva | Antonio Toledo | Anita Hernández | John Smith | Puerto de Huelva |
| Valencia | Carolina Miranda | Gio Carreras | Adidas | Herbolario Navarro |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Granadilla | Antonio Ayala | Medical reasons | 14 September 2018 | 9th | Pier Luigi Cherubino | 1 October 2018 |
| Madrid CFF | Miguel Ángel Quejigo | Sacked | 12 November 2018 | 15th | Víctor Martín | 12 November 2018 |
| Sevilla | Paco García | Sacked | 11 December 2018 | 16th | Cristian Toro | 14 December 2018 |
| Barcelona | Fran Sánchez | Sacked | 8 January 2019 | 2nd | Lluis Cortés | 8 January 2019 |
| Espanyol | Joan Bacardit | Resigned | 4 February 2019 | 11th | Salvador Jaspe | 5 February 2019 |
| Logroño | Héctor Blanco | Sacked | 26 February 2019 | 15th | Chechu Martínez | 26 February 2019 |
| Valencia | Óscar Suárez | Sacked | 15 April 2019 | 8th | Carolina Miranda | 15 April 2019 |
| Madrid CFF | Víctor Martín | Sacked | 17 April 2019 | 16th | Manuel Aguado | 17 April 2019 |

## List of foreign players

(Italic)Players has come in Winter transfer
Athletic Club
* 'no foreign players'
Ex foreign players: Summer
* None
Winter
* None
Atlético de Madrid
* Jennifer Oehrli
* Elena Linari
* Kenti Robles
* Dolores Silva
* Ludmilla
* Alex Chidiac
* Aïssatou Tounkara
* Viola Calligaris
Ex foreign players: Summer
* None
Winter
* None
Barcelona
* Stefanie van der Gragt
* Pamela Tajonar
* Toni Duggan
* Kheira Hamraoui
* Asisat Oshoala
* Nataša Andonova
* Lieke Martens
Ex foreign players: Summer
* THERE ISN'T ANY
Winter
* Elise Bussaglia
Betis
* Emily Dolan
* Merel van Dongen
* Erina Yamane
* Yaiza Relea Ramos
* Marianela Szymanowski
Ex foreign players: Summer
* THERE ISN'T ANY
Winter
* THERE ISN'T ANY
Espanyol
* Ayaki Shinada
* Dulce Quintana
* Katherine Alvarado
Ex foreign players: Summer
* THERE ISN'T ANY
Winter
* THERE ISN'T ANY
Fundación Albacete
* Hitomi Yama
* Tomo Matsukawa
* Slađana Bulatović
* Sandra Luzardo
* Eva Vamberger
Ex foreign players: Summer
* Annia Mejia
* Vanesa Córdoba
Winter
* THERE ISN'T ANY
Granadilla
* Ange N'Guessan
* Tatiana Matveeva
* Joyce
* Aline Reis
* Raissa Feudjio
* Nayluisa Cáceres
Ex foreign players: Summer
* Ayano Dozono
* Liucija Vaitukaitytė
* Jackie Simpson
Winter
* THERE ISN'T ANY
Levante
* Charlyn Corral
* Andreea Părăluță
* Aivi Luik
* Estefanía Banini
* Charlyn Corral
Ex foreign players: Summer
* None
Winter
* None
Logroño
* Ámbar Soruco
* Vanesa Santana
* Jade Boho Sayo
* Barbra Banda
* Nágela
* Ida Guehai
* Claire Falknor
* Dorine Chuigoué
* Cami Privett
* Fatou Kanteh
Ex foreign players: Summer
* None
Winter
* None
Madrid CFF
* Agustina Barroso
* Eunice Beckmann
* Ana Lucía Martínez
* Yasmin Mrabet
Ex foreign players: Summer
* None
Winter
* None
Málaga
* Chelsea Ashurst
* Bassira Toure
* Pamela González
* Mayara Bordin
* Ode Fulutudilu
* Armisa Kuč
* Minori Chiba
* Dominika Čonč
* Stefany Castaño
* Gaëlle Enganamouit
Ex foreign players: Summer
* Natalia Gómez Junco
* Siobhan Wilson
Winter
* THERE ISN'T ANY
Rayo Vallecano
* Carla Guerrero
* Yael Oviedo
* Oriana Altuve
* Camila Sáez
* Jelena Čubrilo
* Marta Perarnau
Ex foreign players: Summer
* THERE ISN'T ANY
Winter
* THERE ISN'T ANY
Real Sociedad
* Kiana Palacios
Ex foreign players: Summer
* None
Winter
* None
Sevilla
* Isadora Haas Gehlen
* Toni Payne
* Karen Araya
* Aldana Cometti
* Francisco Lara
* Liucija Vaitukaitytė
* Nadezhda Karpova
Ex foreign players: Summer
* None
Winter
* None
Sporting de Huelva
* Geraldine Leyton
* Elena Pavel
* Meryem Hajri
* Yulia Kornievets
* Lice Chamorro
* Florencia Bonsegundo
* Albina Formchenko
* Ludmila Barbosa da Silva
* Yessenia López
* Raquel Fernandes
* Monica Bitencourt
* Vera Djatel
Ex foreign players: Summer
* Geraldine Leyton
* Bárbara Santibáñez
Winter
* None
Valencia
* Mandy van den Berg
* Mónica Flores
* Zenatha Coleman
* Yanara Aedo
* Jennifer Vreugdenhil
* Natalia Gaitán
Ex foreign players: Summer
* Nadezhda Karpova
Winter
* None

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Atlético de Madrid (C) | 30 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 96 | 19 | +77 | 84 | Qualification for the UEFA Champions League |
| 2 | Barcelona | 30 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 94 | 15 | +79 | 78 | Qualification for the UEFA Champions League |
| 3 | Levante | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 52 | 26 | +26 | 57 | |
| 4 | Granadilla | 30 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 54 | |
| 5 | Athletic Club | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 48 | 33 | +15 | 50 | |
| 6 | Betis | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 48 | |
| 7 | Real Sociedad | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 51 | 37 | +14 | 47 | |
| 8 | Valencia | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 41 | 53 | −12 | 35 | |
| 9 | Espanyol | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 42 | −11 | 35 | |
| 10 | Sevilla | 30 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 37 | 60 | −23 | 29 | |
| 11 | Logroño | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 38 | 60 | −22 | 29 | |
| 12 | Rayo Vallecano | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 27 | 55 | −28 | 29 | |
| 13 | Madrid CFF | 30 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 31 | 65 | −34 | 27 | |
| 14 | Sporting de Huelva | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 50 | −28 | 25 | |
| 15 | Málaga (R) | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 67 | −41 | 25 | Relegation to Segunda División |
| 16 | Fundación Albacete (R) | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 38 | 68 | −30 | 24 | Relegation to Segunda División |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ATH | ATM | BAR | BET | ESP | FUN | GRA | LEV | LOG | MAD | MGA | RAY | RSO | SEV | SPH | VAL |
| Athletic Club | — | 2–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 |
| Atlético de Madrid | 3–0 | — | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 6–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Barcelona | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 7–0 | 6–0 | 9–1 | 4–1 | 6–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 |
| Betis | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Espanyol | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | — | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Fundación Albacete | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–6 | 2–3 | 3–2 | — | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 |
| Granadilla | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–6 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Levante | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | — | 4–0 | 0–1 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Logroño | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Madrid CFF | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 4–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Málaga | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 4–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 |
| Rayo Vallecano | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Real Sociedad | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–1 | 6–0 |
| Sevilla | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Sporting de Huelva | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 0–2 |
| Valencia | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 4–1 | 6–0 | — |

## Season statistics
### Notable attendances

* 60,739 Atlético de Madrid 0–2 Barcelona (17 March 2019 at Wanda Metropolitano; world record in a match of women's football between clubs)
* 24,986 Athletic Club 2–0 Levante (31 March 2019 at San Mamés)
* 23,812 Betis 1–1 Sevilla (13 April 2019 at Estadio Benito Villamarín)
* 21,234 Real Sociedad 2–2 Athletic Club (10 February 2019 at Anoeta)
* 20,615 Espanyol 0–1 Atlético de Madrid (22 April 2019 at RCDE Stadium)
* 20,198 Levante 0–0 Valencia (9 December 2018 at Ciutat de València)

## Best XI of the Season

On 27 June 2016, La Liga named their best XI of the 2018-19 Primera Division season.
| Pos | Name | Team |
| GK | Sandra Paños | Barcelona |
| DF | Kenti Robles | Atlético Madrid |
| DF | Mapi | Barcelona |
| DF | Vanesa Gimbert | Athletic Bilbao |
| DF | Marta Torrejón | Barcelona |
| MF | Silvia Meseguer | Atlético Madrid |
| MF | Irene Guerrero | Real Betis Féminas |
| MF | Alexia Putellas | Barcelona |
| MF | Ángela Sosa | Atlético Madrid |
| FW | Nahikari García | Real Sociedad |
| FW | Jenni Hermoso | Atlético Madrid |