Valencia Femenino · History

In the 2006-07 season, the Colegio Alemán de Valencia team finished top of the Spanish second division with 68 points: 22 wins, two draws, two defeats, 93 goals scored and 15 conceded. That title earned a place in the Superliga, the top tier of Spanish women’s football, and it is the sporting starting point of Valencia CF Femenino, the women’s section of Valencia CF since 2009. The team plays its home games at the Estadio Antonio Puchades, in the Paterna training complex, which holds 3,000 spectators.

From a school team to the Superliga

The club began as the school side of the Deutscher Sportverein (DSV) at the German School in Valencia. After its early amateur years, it reached an agreement with the University of Valencia to play on its campus and took the name A. D. Colegio Alemán - Universitat de València. Its debut in the top flight, the 2007-08 Superliga, was a struggle: twelfth out of fourteen with 22 points, one place above the drop. In 2008-09 it suffered again, finishing fourteenth out of sixteen with 25 points. In both campaigns Marta Mateos was the team’s top scorer, with 14 and 20 goals.

The agreement with Valencia CF

In 2009 the club signed an agreement with Valencia CF and its foundation that turned its teams into Valencia’s women’s section. From that summer it competed as Valencia Féminas Club de Fútbol, wearing the club’s crest. The first seasons were about settling in: 17th of 22 in 2009-10, 10th of 23 in 2010-11, 14th in 2011-12 and 13th in 2012-13. The tenth place of 2010-11 brought a first appearance in the Copa de la Reina, where the team went out to Real Sociedad on away goals. Marta Mateos was the side’s leading scorer for six straight seasons, from 2007-08 to 2012-13. The turning point came in 2013-14, with Amadeo Salvo as club president and Francisco Rufete as sporting director: the team signed internationals such as María José Pons, Sara Monforte and Mari Paz Vilas and finished sixth with 51 points.

The Melilla final and third place

In 2014-15 Valencia finished fourth with 59 points, their best placing up to then, and reached their first Copa de la Reina final after beating FC Barcelona 1-0 in the semi-final. The final was played on 17 May 2015 at the Álvarez Claro stadium in Melilla: Sporting de Huelva won 2-1 with two goals from Cristina Martín-Prieto, while Carolina Férez scored for Valencia. Mari Paz Vilas netted 21 times that season. In 2015-16 the team came sixth with 49 points and again reached the cup semi-finals, losing 2-1 after extra time to Atlético de Madrid having knocked out UDG Tenerife 3-0. The 2016-17 season brought the club’s best league finish, third with 68 points, close to a Champions League place; Vilas scored 28 goals and the team lost 2-1 to Barcelona in the cup semi-finals after beating Athletic Club 3-1. In 2017-18, with Jesús Oliva replacing Cristian Toro as coach, Valencia finished fifth with 50 points.

Years of changes on the bench

The 2018-19 campaign ended in eighth place with 35 points, after Óscar Suárez was sacked and Carol Miranda took charge until the end. In 2019-20 the team finished fifteenth out of sixteen: Irene Ferreras, hired in June 2019, was dismissed after collecting 15 of a possible 54 points, and on 12 February 2020 the club announced José Bargués. Under him, in 2020-21, Valencia settled in mid-table with players such as Anna Torrodà, Candela Andújar, Berta Pujadas and Ellen Jansen. In 2021-22 Andrea Esteban was dismissed in January and Jesús Oliva, also sporting director, took over and secured survival.

Relegation and return to Liga F

On 11 May 2025, with one matchday left, Valencia were relegated to the Primera Federación, the first drop since reaching the top flight in 2007. In 2025-26, coached by Mikel Crespo, they finished third in the regular season with 46 points from 26 games (12 wins, 10 draws and 4 defeats, 35 goals for and 18 against). In the play-offs they knocked out CD Alba Fundación (0-0 and 4-3) and met Villarreal in the final: 0-0 on 23 May 2026 at the Mini Estadio of the José Manuel Llaneza training ground and 1-1 on 30 May at the Antonio Puchades after 120 minutes. That draw sealed promotion to Liga F on 30 May 2026, in a campaign in which the club used 29 players, ten of them from its academy.