2016–17 FC Barcelona Femení season

FC Barcelona Femení
2016–17 season
Chairman	Josep Maria Bartomeu
Manager	Xavi Llorens
Stadium	Mini Estadi / Joan Gamper
Primera División	Second
Copa de la Reina	Winner
Champions League	Semifinalist
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 season was FC Barcelona Femení's 16th season as FC Barcelona's official women's football section. It was the last of eleven seasons managed by Xavi Llorens and in it Barcelona notably became the first Spanish team to reach the semifinals of the UEFA Women's Champions League in its fifth appearance on a row in the competition.^[1]

Summary

Background and preseason

In 2015–16 Barcelona had ended the season with no titles for the first time since the 2009–10 season: Athletic Bilbao had won the league by a one-point margin and Atlético Madrid defeated Barcelona in the national cup's final. To strengthen the team Barcelona signed Andressa Alves from Montpellier^[2] and Line Røddik Hansen from European champion Olympique Lyonnais^[3] (though she hadn't taken part in the European campaign as she had started the 2015–16 season in Rosengård) as well as Ange N'Guessan, the team's first African player.^[4] Leila Ouahabi returned after three seasons in Valencia,^[5] and with the season started Vicky Losada also rejoined Barça following the end of the English championship.^[6] On the other hand, the Garrote sisters and Cristina Baudet were transferred to nearby Espanyol,^[7]^[8] Andrea Falcón and Esther Romero to rivals Atlético and Valencia^[9]^[10] and Andreia Norton returned to Portugal.

Season

Barcelona started the season with nine consecutive victories on a 34–1 goal-average before conceding a draw against newly promoted Betis. Next it defeated defending champion Athletic, which was already falling behind in the table. The team ended 2016 with a draw against Valencia and a 2–1 defeat against Atlético in Vicente Calderón before a crowd of 13,935,^[11] losing the lead in the table to the latter. Meanwhile, Barça had made it to the Champions League's quarterfinals after overcoming Minsk and Twente (which they had already faced in the same round in the previous season) with wide away wins. Next they faced quarterfinals-regular Rosengård.^[12]

With Atlético remaining unbeaten, a 2–0 defeat against Santa Teresa kept Barcelona away from the lead. However the team then chained an 11-wins streak and reached Atlético in the top of the table in April with 5 games remaining.^[13] In the meantime Barcelona defeated Rosengård both in Barcelona and Malmö, becoming the first Spanish team to reach the Champions League's semifinals, where they lost both games against Paris Saint-Germain,^[14] which had already ousted them in the past season's quarterfinals. Following the elimination Barcelona attained its largest win in the season, a 13–0 victory over Oiartzun, which would end relegated.

After defeating Valencia in Paterna and with long-time manager Xavi Llorens having just announced stepping down the position following the end of the season,^[15] Barcelona faced undefeated Atlético in the second-to-last game on equal points and a much larger goal average: a win would make them either mathematically or virtually champions. However the game ended in a 1–1 draw, and Barcelona was forced to depend on an Atlético blunder.^[16] Not only did Atlético defeat Real Sociedad but Barcelona lost 2–1 to Levante^[17] and thus they again ended the championship as runners-up with 75 points, their least in the 16-team Primera División by one point. On the other hand, Jennifer Hermoso was the competition's top scorer with 35 goals, the major goal-scoring record by a Barcelona player in the same period.^[18]

In the Copa de la Reina Barcelona qualified for the Final Four in the Ciudad del Fútbol after overcoming Real Sociedad in the extra time.^[19] There it first defeated Valencia in the semifinals before facing Atlético in a rematch of the previous edition's final, which Barcelona had lost 3–2. However, this time Barcelona defeated Atlético 4–1 and won its first nationwide title since the 2014–15 League.^[20]

Transfers

In
Date	Position	Player	Moving from	Reference
June 28, 2016	Midfielder	Andressa Alves	Montpellier	Marca
June 29, 2016	Defender	Leila Ouahabi	Valencia	Sport
July 2, 2016	Goalkeeper	Andrea Giménez	Espanyol	Mundo Deportivo
July 8, 2016	Defender	Line Røddik Hansen	Olympique Lyonnais	Mundo Deportivo
August 12, 2016	Forward	Ange N'Guessan	Apollon Limassol	Mundo Deportivo

November 11, 2016	Midfielder	Vicky Losada	Arsenal	As

Out
Date	Position	Player	Moving to	Reference
June 29, 2016	Midfielder	Esther Romero	Valencia	Superdeporte
July 4, 2016	Defender	Nuria Garrote	Espanyol	Futfem^{[permanent dead link‍]}
July 4, 2016	Midfielder	Pilar Garrote	Espanyol	Futfem^{[permanent dead link‍]}
July 6, 2016	Forward	Andrea Falcón	Atlético Madrid	Mundo Deportivo
August 2, 2016	Midfielder	Andreia Norton	Braga	Braga TV

Squad

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	Laura Ràfols
2	DF	ESP	Ane Bergara
3	DF	ESP	Ruth García
4	DF	ESP	Marta Unzué (c)
5	DF	ESP	Melanie Serrano
6	DF	DEN	Line Røddik Hansen
7	MF	ESP	Gemma Gili
8	MF	ESP	Miriam Diéguez
9	FW	ESP	Mariona Caldentey
10	FW	ESP	Jenni Hermoso
11	MF	ESP	Alexia Putellas
12	MF	ESP	Patri Guijarro
13	GK	ESP	Sandra Paños


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	FW	ESP	Sandra Hernández
15	DF	ESP	Leila Ouahabi
16	MF	ESP	Vicky Losada
17	MF	ESP	Irene del Río
18	DF	ESP	Marta Torrejón
19	FW	ESP	Bárbara Latorre
20	FW	ESP	Olga García
21	FW	CIV	Ange N'Guessan
22	MF	BRA	Andressa Alves
23	DF	ESP	Leire Landa
24	MF	ESP	Aitana Bonmatí
25	GK	ESP	Andrea Giménez

Results

Win Draw Loss Postponed
Numbers in brackets in league games show the team's position in the table following the match

Pre-season

13 August 2016 Friendly	Seagull	0–3	Barcelona	Travessera de Montigalà, Badalona
19:00		Report	Hernández 35', 59' Latorre 85'

19 August 2016 ASPTT Summer Tour	Montpellier	1–2	Barcelona	Maurice Rigaud, Albi
19:00	Larent 90'	Report	Latorre 46', 61'

21 August 2016 ASPTT Summer Tour	Albi	0–2	Barcelona	Maurice Rigaud, Albi
17:00		Report	N'Guessan 26' Hermoso 65'

26 August 2016 Copa Catalunya – SF	Barcelona	20–0	Pontenc	Germans Gonzalvo, Mollet del Vallés
20:00	O. García 11', 27', 39' Caldentey 15', 41' Putellas 19', 25', 66' Latorre 48', 54', 60' Røddik Hansen 51', 72' Hermoso 57', 75', 82', 86' Bergara 62' Bonmatí 81' Serrano 85'	Report

28 August 2016 Copa Catalunya – F	Barcelona	6–0	Espanyol	Germans Gonzalvo, Mollet del Vallés
12:00	Hermoso 12' Torrejón 55' Putellas 62' Bonmatí 68' O. García 74' Caldentey 86'	Report

UEFA Women's Champions League

6 October 2016 Round of 32 – 1	Minsk	0–3	Barcelona	FC Minsk, Minsk
15:00		Report	Hermoso 5', 90+1' Torrejón 32'	Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Guillemin

12 October 2016 Round of 32 – 2	Barcelona	2–1	Minsk	Mini Estadi, Barcelona
19:00	Hermoso 61' (pen.) Alves 75'	Report	Ogbiagbevha 51'	Attendance: 1,201 Referee: Milkova

9 November 2016 Round of 16 – 1	Barcelona	1–0	Twente	Mini Estadi, Barcelona
18:30	Hermoso 10'	Report		Attendance: 1,051 Referee: Steinhaus

16 November 2016 Round of 16 – 2	Twente	0–4	Barcelona	De Grolsch Veste, Enschede
19:00		Report	Torrejón 18' Alves 37' Latorre 79' N'Guessan 86'	Attendance: 7,035 Referee: Mitsi

22 March 2017 Quarterfinals – 1	Rosengård	0–1	Barcelona	Idrottsplats, Malmö
19:00		Report	Ouahabi 45+1'	Attendance: 5,037 Referee: Frappart

29 March 2017 Quarterfinals – 2	Barcelona	2–0	Rosengård	Mini Estadi, Barcelona
18:30	Hermoso 52' Caldentey 90+4'	Report		Attendance: 7,350 Referee: Monzul

22 April 2017 Semifinals – 1	Barcelona	1–3	Paris Saint-Germain	Mini Estadi, Barcelona
18:00	Latorre 89'	Report	Delie 26' Cristiane 36' Cruz 53'	Attendance: 10,352 Referee: Albon

29 April 2017 Semifinals – 2	Paris Saint-Germain	2–0	Barcelona	Parc des Princes, Paris
18:00	Delannoy 55' (pen.) Diéguez 61' (o.g.)	Report		Attendance: 19,192 Referee: Adámková

Primera División

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Atlético de Madrid (C)	30	24	6	0	91	17	+74	78	Qualification for the UEFA Champions League and Copa de la Reina
2	Barcelona	30	24	3	3	98	13	+85	75
3	Valencia	30	20	8	2	69	11	+58	68	Qualification for the Copa de la Reina
4	Levante	30	18	3	9	53	49	+4	57
5	Athletic Club	30	16	5	9	64	44	+20	53

Source: Futbolme
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored
(C) Champions

Results

4 September 2016 1	(15) Granadilla	0–4	Barcelona (2)	La Hoya del Pozo, El Médano
13:00		Report	Hermoso 46' O. García 51', 59' del Río 88'	Referee: Negrín Díaz

11 September 2016 2	(1) Barcelona	6–0	Santa Teresa (8)	Joan Gamper, Sant Joan Despí
16:00	Putellas 15' Hermoso 18', 46' Unzué 28', 66' O. García 29'	Report		Referee: Sánchez Rico

25 September 2016 3	(1) Barcelona	2–0	Real Sociedad (11)	Joan Gamper, Sant Joan Despí
16:00	Putellas 27' O. García 80'	Report		Referee: Muñoz Pérez

2 October 2016 4	(16) Rayo Vallecano	0–4	Barcelona (1)	Rayo Vallecano, Madrid
16:00		Report	Putellas 40', 45+1', 60' N'Guessan 81'

9 October 2016 5	(1) Barcelona	3–0	Zaragoza (14)	Mini Estadi, Barcelona
16:00		Report	Hermoso 83', 90+1' Putellas 87'	Referee: Bosch Domenech

15 October 2016 7	(1) Barcelona	7–0	Albacete (14)	Mini Estadi, Barcelona
10:45	O. García 18', 19', 45' Hernández 21' Putellas 61' Hermoso 67', 81'	Report		Referee: Escriche Guzmán

30 October 2016 8	(9) Sporting Huelva	0–1	Barcelona (1)	La Orden, Huelva
11:30		Report	Serrano 83'	Referee: Hernández Maeso

2 November 2016 6	(16) Espanyol	1–6	Barcelona (1)	Dani Jarque, Sant Joan Despí
20:30	Pérez 34'	Report	Gili 16', 49' Hermoso 18', 40', 52' Latorre 66'	Attendance: 400 Referee: Navarro Collados

6 November 2016 9	(1) Barcelona	3–0	Tacuense (15)	Joan Gamper, Sant Joan Despí
16:00	Putellas 20' N'Guessan 64' Latorre 75'	Report		Referee: Sureda Cuenca

13 November 2016 10	(12) Betis	1–1	Barcelona (1)	Luis del Sol, Sevilla
16:00	Moreno 77'	Report	O. García 13'	Referee: García Gómez

20 November 2016 11	(1) Barcelona	2–1	Athletic Bilbao (6)	Joan Gamper, Sant Joan Despí
16:00	Losada 16' Hermoso 72' (pen.)	Report	Vázquez 25' (pen.)	Referee: Monter Solans

3 December 2016 12	(15) Oiartzun	0–1	Barcelona (1)	Karla Lekuona, Oiartzun
10:45		Report	Hermoso 26'	Referee: Galech Apezteguía

7 December 2016 13	(1) Barcelona	1–1	Valencia (4)	Joan Gamper, Sant Joan Despí
18:00	Alves 3'	Report	Vilas 75'	Referee: Leo Ollo

11 December 2016 14	(1) Atlético Madrid	2–1	Barcelona (2)	Vicente Calderón, Madrid
12:00	Corredera 27' Bermúdez 38'	Report	Alves 61'	Attendance: 13,935 Referee: Alemán Pérez

8 January 2017 15	(2) Barcelona	4–0	Levante (3)	Mini Estadi, Barcelona
16:00	Alves 10' Latorre 72' Hermoso 75' N'Guessan 77'	Report		Attendance: 565 Referee: González González

15 January 2017 16	(2) Barcelona	3–0	Granadilla (6)	Joan Gamper, Sant Joan Despí
16:00	Losada 17' Hermoso 29', 38'	Report		Referee: Ripoll Solano

28 January 2017 17	(8) Santa Teresa	2–0	Barcelona (2)	El Viejo Vivero, Badajoz
16:00	Torre 27' Martín 78'	Report		Referee: Milla Alvéndiz

11 February 2017 18	(10) Real Sociedad	0–3	Barcelona (2)	Zubieta, Usurbil
10:45		Report	Hermoso 41' Alves 58' O. García 87'	Referee: Usón Rosel

19 February 2017 19	(2) Barcelona	3–0	Rayo Vallecano (8)	Mini Estadi, Barcelona
16:00	Guijarro 34' Alves 88' Unzué 90+1'	Report		Referee: Varón Aceitón

25 February 2017 20	(12) Zaragoza	0–6	Barcelona (2)	Pedro Sancho, Zaragoza
16:00		Report	Caldentey 43' O. García 56' Latorre 73' Gili 79', 85' del Río 86'	Referee: Gómez Landazábal

11 March 2017 21	(2) Barcelona	5–0	Espanyol (15)	Mini Estadi, Barcelona
16:00	Alves 39' Hermoso 44', 59' Losada 52' Latorre 68'	Report		Referee: Herrero Arenas

18 March 2017 22	(14) Albacete	0–2	Barcelona (2)	Andrés Iniesta, Albacete
10:45		Report	Hermoso 39', 90+2'	Referee: Campos Salinas

11 March 2017 23	(2) Barcelona	5–1	Sporting Huelva (10)	Mini Estadi, Barcelona
16:00	García 8' Caldentey 19' Guijarro 32' Losada 47' Hermoso 90+1'	Report	Hernández 63'	Referee: Miralles Selma

2 April 2017 24	(14) Tacuense	1–2	Barcelona (2)	Pablos Abril, San Cristóbal de la Laguna
12:30	Carballo 61'	Report	Hermoso 18', 66'	Referee: Gálvez Rascón

16 April 2017 25	(1) Barcelona	3–0	Betis (12)	Joan Gamper, Sant Joan Despí
16:00	Hermoso 28' Putellas 44', 71'	Report		Referee: Navarro Collados

25 April 2017 26	(5) Athletic Bilbao	0–4	Barcelona (1)	Facilities, Lezama
18:30		Report	Hermoso 45', 52', 65' O. García 90+2'	Referee: López Toca

2 May 2017 27	(1) Barcelona	13–0	Oiartzun (14)	Joan Gamper, Sant Joan Despí
12:00	Caldentey 11' Hermoso 16', 18', 28', 43', 62', 74' Bonmatí 32', 37' Alves 55' O. García 60', 68' Latorre 80'	Report		Referee: Fernández Vidal

6 May 2017 28	(3) Valencia	0–1	Barcelona (1)	Antoni Puchades, Paterna
16:00		Report	Unzué 58'	Referee: Collado López

13 May 2017 29	(2) Barcelona	1–1	Atlético Madrid (1)	Mini Estadi, Barcelona
17:15	Hermoso 69'	Report	Bermúdez 59' (pen.)	Attendance: 6,268 Referee: Pérez Peraza

20 May 2017 30	(4) Levante	2–1	Barcelona (2)	El Terrer, Paiporta
12:00	Calderón 24' Prim 64'	Report	Hermoso 9'	Referee: Sánchez López

Copa de la Reina

3 June 2017 Quarterfinals	Barcelona	1–0 (aet)	Real Sociedad	Matapiñonera, S. Sebastián de los Reyes
10:00	Latorre 102'	Report		Referee: Contreras Patiño

16 June 2017 Semifinals	Barcelona	2–1	Valencia	Ciudad del Fútbol, Las Rozas de Madrid
17:00	Gili 21' Losada 27'	Report	Vilas 90+4'	Referee: Ortiz Arias

18 June 2017 Final	Barcelona	4–1	Atlético Madrid	Ciudad del Fútbol, Las Rozas de Madrid
11:30	Hermoso 41', 48' Putellas 70' Bonmatí 83'	Report	Bermúdez 57'	Referee: Hernández Maeso

Primera División statistics

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Games		Goals	Disciplinary record
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Pl.	St.	Goals
1	GK		Ràfols, Laura	7	7	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Bergara, Ane	3	3	0	0	0	0
3	DF		García, Ruth	25	25	0	7	0	0
4	DF		Unzué, Marta	25	23	4	1	0	0
5	DF		Serrano, Melanie	19	17	1	3	0	0
6	DF		Røddik Hansen, Line	19	18	0	2	0	0
7	MF		Gili, Gemma	18	10	4	0	0	0
8	MF		Diéguez, Miriam	23	18	0	2	0	0
9	FW		Caldentey, Mariona	18	14	3	0	0	0
10	FW		Hermoso, Jenni	27	26	35	1	0	0
11	MF		Putellas, Alexia	29	27	10	1	0	0
12	MF		Guijarro, Patricia	20	14	2	0	0	0
13	GK		Paños, Sandra	23	23	0	1	0	0
14	FW		Hernández, Sandra	4	2	1	1	0	0
15	DF		Ouahabi, Leila	22	19	0	0	0	0
16	MF		Losada, Vicky	20	20	4	0	0	0
17	MF		del Río, Irene	11	5	2	0	0	0
18	DF		Torrejón, Marta	27	24	0	1	0	0
19	FW		Latorre, Bárbara	23	2	6	1	0	0
20	FW		García, Olga	27	14	14	1	0	0
21	FW		N'Guessan, Ange	19	4	3	0	0	0
22	MF		Alves, Andressa	20	15	7	2	0	0
24	MF		Bonmatí, Aitana	13	3	2	1	0	0

References

[1] Antena 3

[2] Mundo Deportivo

[3] Mundo Deportivo

[4] Mundo Deportivo

[5] Superdeporte

[6] Mundo Deportivo

[7] RCD Espanyol

[8] Besoccer

[9] Valencia CF

[10] Mundo Deportivo

[11] ABC

[12] ttp://www.laliga.es/noticias/el-rosengard-rival-del-fc-barcelona-en-los-cuartos-de-final-de-la-uefa-womens-champions-league La Liga

[13] Mundo Deportivo

[14] Sport

[15] Agencia EFE

[16] Diario AS

[17] Marca

[18] Mundo Deportivo

[19] ABC

[20] El País

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