Atlético de Madrid is the women’s team of the club, which currently competes in Primera Iberdrola, the women’s highest professional league. Atlético de Madrid Femenino is, together with Rayo Vallecano, Barceloa, Athletic Club, Espanyol and Levante, one of the benchmark teams at a national level. The club also holds the record of attendance to a women’s match. The familiar name of ‘colchoneras’ has its origin in the Spanish Civil War when the mat...