2016–17 FC Barcelona Femení season

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]

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
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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	Notes
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	Notes
June 29, 2016	Midfielder	Esther Romero	Valencia	Superdeporte
July 4, 2016	Defender	Nuria Garrote	Espanyol	Futfem
	Midfielder	Pilar Garrote
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

Seagull v Barcelona

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

Montpellier v Barcelona

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

Albi v Barcelona

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

Barcelona v Pontenc

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

Barcelona v Espanyol

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

Minsk v Barcelona

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

Barcelona v Minsk

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

Barcelona v Twente

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

Twente v Barcelona

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

Rosengård v Barcelona

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

Barcelona v Rosengård

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

Barcelona v Paris Saint-Germain

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

Paris Saint-Germain v Barcelona

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	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Atlético 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 Bilbao	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) Champion.

Results

(15) Granadilla v Barcelona (2)

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

(1) Barcelona v Santa Teresa (8)

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

(1) Barcelona v Real Sociedad (11)

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

(16) Rayo Vallecano v Barcelona (1)

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'

(1) Barcelona v Zaragoza (14)

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

(1) Barcelona v Albacete (14)

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

(9) Sporting Huelva v Barcelona (1)

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

(16) Espanyol v Barcelona (1)

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

(1) Barcelona v Tacuense (15)

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

(12) Betis v Barcelona (1)

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

(1) Barcelona v Athletic Bilbao (6)

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

(15) Oiartzun v Barcelona (1)

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

(1) Barcelona v Valencia (4)

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

(1) Atlético Madrid v Barcelona (2)

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

(2) Barcelona v Levante (3)

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

(2) Barcelona v Granadilla (6)

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

(8) Santa Teresa v Barcelona (2)

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

(10) Real Sociedad v Barcelona (2)

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

(2) Barcelona v Rayo Vallecano (8)

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

(12) Zaragoza v Barcelona (2)

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

(2) Barcelona v Espanyol (15)

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

(14) Albacete v Barcelona (2)

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

(2) Barcelona v Sporting Huelva (10)

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

(14) Tacuense v Barcelona (2)

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

(1) Barcelona v Betis (12)

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

(5) Athletic Bilbao v Barcelona (1)

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

(1) Barcelona v Oiartzun (14)

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

(3) Valencia v Barcelona (1)

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

(2) Barcelona v Atlético Madrid (1)

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

(4) Levante v Barcelona (2)

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

Barcelona v Real Sociedad

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

Barcelona v Valencia

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

Barcelona v Atlético Madrid

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
				Pl.	St.
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. http://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