Deportivo de La Coruña (women)

Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña Femenino is the women's football section of Deportivo de La Coruña, club based in the city of A Coruña (Galicia, Spain), that currently plays in Primera División. Currently also receives the name of Deportivo ABANCA for sponsorship reasons.

Deportivo La Coruña
Full nameReal Club Deportivo de La Coruña, S.A.D.
Founded2016 (2016)
GroundCidade Deportiva de Abegondo, Abegondo
ChairmanFernando Vidal
ManagerManu Sánchez
LeaguePrimera División
2019-20Primera División, 4th
WebsiteClub website

History

Karbo Deportivo (1980–1988)
Logo of former Karbo CF before becoming Karbo Deportivo

Deportivo entered in the women's football in the 1980s after absorbing Karbo C.F. that changed its name to Karbo Deportivo de La Coruña completely integrated into the structure of Deportivo de La Coruña, also using the colors and shield of Deportivo. The team won the first official women's football competitions in Spain (the current Copa de la Reina, called Spanish Championship before the foundation of the women's football league) until 1985.[1]

The section was dissolved in 1988 due to the economic problems that the R.C. Deportivo, plunged into a suffocating debt and with the men's team on the verge of relegation to Segunda División B, as well as an increase in expenses for the increasing professionalization of women's football, a year before Superliga was created.

2016–present: recovery of the women's section

On 16 March 2016, Deportivo announced the recovery of the women's club section.[2][3] The new club started playing its first season in Segunda División, after an agreement with local team Orzán SD Deportivo to occupy his place forming a stronger Galician team, and in its debut as Deportivo Femenino ended as runner-up of the Group 1. In the 2017/18 season the team was renamed Deportivo ABANCA after an agreement with the bank for 4 years[4].

After three years, on 19 May 2019, Deportivo achieved promotion to Primera División for the first time ever.[5]

Their first season in the Primera División was cut short on 8 May 2020, due to the RFEF choosing to suspend non-professional football during the COVID-19 pandemic. With this cancellation, they finished the season with an unprecedented fourth place.[6]

Season by season

Karbo CF
Season DivPosPldWDLGFGAPts Copa de la Reina Manager
1982–83 Galician League 1st 10910 65419 Champions José Mañana
1983–84 Galician League 1st 14        Champions José Mañana
1984–85 Galician League 1st 101000 82020 Champions Antonio "Quinocho"
1985–86 Galician League 1st 9801   16 Semifinals Antonio "Quinocho"
1986–87 Galician League 1st 8        Semifinals Antonio "Quinocho"

Deportivo La Coruña
Season DivPosPldWDLGFGAPts Copa de la Reina Manager
2016–17 2ª (group 1) 2nd 262123 1201965 Manu Sánchez
2017–18 2ª (group 1) 2nd 262411 1551173 Manu Sánchez
2018–19 2ª (group 1) 1st 262510 1501376 Manu Sánchez
2019–20 1ª 4th 211146 463837 Quarterfinals Manu Sánchez

Honours

Karbo CF
Domestic
Regional
  • Copa Galicia (1): 1987
  • Galician League (5): 1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87

Deportivo La Coruña
Domestic
Regional
  • Copa Galicia (2): 2018, 2019
  • Copa Deputación (4): 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019[8]
Friendly

Current squad

As of 2 July 2020
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 Esther Sullastres
5 MF  ESP Iris (C)
6 DF  VEN Michelle Romero
8 MF  ESP Alba Merino
9 FW  ESP Athenea
10 MF  VEN Kika Moreno
12 MF  COL Carolina Arbeláez
15 DF  COL Lorena Bedoya
18 FW  ESP Peke
19 FW  VEN Gaby García
20 DF  ESP Noelia Villegas
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 DF  ESP Cris
24 MF  ESP Alba Suárez
26 MF  ESP Patricia López
27 FW  ESP Carlota Sánchez
— GK  CRC Noelia Bermúdez
— DF  CRC Stephannie Blanco
— MF  ESP Ainoa Campo
— MF  COL Lady Andrade
— FW  ESP Helena Torres
— FW  BER Kenni Thompson

References
  1. "La Xunta apoya al Olivo de Vigo de fútbol femenino, omite al Dépor y se olvida del Karbo Deportivo" (in Spanish). Deportivo La Coruña. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  2. https://www.rcdeportivo.es/en/asnosas
  3. "El Deportivo de la Coruña femenino ya es una realidad". Marca (in Spanish). 16 March 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  4. Coruña, La Opinión de A. "Deportivo Abanca, nuevo nombre para las blanquiazules". www.laopinioncoruna.es.
  5. "El RC Deportivo Abanca asciende a la Liga Iberdrola" (in Spanish). La Liga. 19 May 2019.
  6. "Fin de la temporada para el Deportivo ABANCA, Dépor ABANCA B, Fabril y Juvenil A". rcdeportivo.es. Deportivo de La Coruña. 8 May 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  7. "Spain – List of Women's Cup Winners". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  8. "Cuarta Copa Deputación consecutiva para o Dépor ABANCA", article at Real Club Deportivo da Coruña website, 14 August 2019.
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