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| Full name | Real Madrid Club de Fútbol Femenino | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Las Blancas (The Whites)[1] | |||
| Founded | CD TACÓN: 12 September 2014; 10 years ago (2014-09-12) Real Madrid Femenino: 1 July 2020; 4 years ago (2020-07-01) | |||
| Ground | Alfredo Di Stéfano Madrid,Spain | |||
| Capacity | 6,000 | |||
| Chairman | Florentino Pérez | |||
| Manager | Alberto Toril | |||
| League | Liga F | |||
| 2023–24 | Liga F, 2nd | |||
| Website | https://www.realmadrid.com/en-US/football/womens-team/home | |||
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Real Madrid Femenino is a Spanish professionalwomen's football club inMadrid who play in thePrimera División, the top tier ofSpanish women's football. Founded as the independent Club Deportivo TACÓN in 2014, the club later underwent a merger and acquisition process beginning in 2019, and was rebranded toReal Madrid's women's football department in 2020.
CD TACÓN was founded on 12 September 2014. The name TACÓN (Heel) is anacronym ofTrabajo (work)Atrevimiento (dare/bravery)Conocimiento (knowledge)Organización (organisation)Notoriedad (visibility/renown).[2] In their first competitive season, 2015–16, the club only registered an under-14 team. In June 2016, TACÓN announced a merger withCD Canillas for incorporating their women's senior (which had been competing in the second tier for the past three seasons) and under-19 teams.[3]
In their first season at senior level, in the2016–17 Segunda División, TACÓN finished second in their regional group, belowMadrid CFF who won promotion to the Primera División.
Because both TACÓN and Madrid CFF (founded in 2010 by businessman Alfredo Ulloa, a Real Madridsocio - club member - like TACÓN's founder, Ana Rossell)[4] were clubs open to a potential takeover by Real Madrid, a rivalry developed between them.[5] Rosell described the clubs' relations as "cordial" in 2019.[6]
Rossell had petitioned successive Real Madrid presidents,Lorenzo Sanz,Florentino Pérez andRamón Calderón, to create a women's football section since 1997, but received no official response.[7] According to Rossell, her requests were denied, with club executives citing that a women's section wasn't economically sustainable. In those years, she was a player forAtlético Feminas and Canillas.[7] In 2016, Rossell called publicly for Real Madrid to create a women's football section.[8]
In June 2017 Real Madrid's president,Florentino Pérez, claimed that the club would make its own women's team from scratch, and not buy an existing club.[9] Rossell had claimed in 2013 that Pérez was first starting to consider women's football at the club.[10] Real was thus doing so several years or decades later than many other clubs in Europe and in the city of Madrid itself.[11] OnEl Larguero in 2017, Pérez said “We will definitely have a women’s team,” he said. “We’re working on it, but it will be from the position of a newly formed club, not a team in which we bring the best player from Germany, Brazil… That is not what Madridismo is all about.”
As late as September 2018, Pérez still ruled out having a women's team, asEl Confidencial reported: "Florentino did not want to spend on a section that did not guarantee trophies and his agents lied to him about the expenses necessary for him to create it".[12] Women's football was not mentioned at all by Pérez at the club's annual assembly on 23 September 2018,[13] and Oscar Sanz ofEl País wrote, "Real Madrid has the dubious honor of being, together with Getafe, the only First Division club that has neither had nor has a women's team."[13]
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After three seasons in theSegunda División, on 19 May 2019, TACÓN achieved promotion to thePrimera División.[14]
On 25 June 2019, theReal Madrid CF board of directors announced a proposal of integrating TACÓN as their women's football section to be presented to theirsocios (members).[15] As part of the agreement, TACÓN would play their2019–20 season matches atCiudad Real Madrid during the transition, with the merger being officially completed on 1 July 2020.[16] On 15 September 2019, The Extraordinary General Assembly of Real Madrid approved the absorption of the club.[17] Florentino Perez, speaking at the General Assembly after the vote to absorb was passed, cited that TACÓN's youth system was the reason why it was chosen as the base for the women's team, thus striving to stay true to Real Madrid's philosophy of developing Spanish talent.[17]
Having been promoted, the club went on to lose a large majority of its playing squad in the summer of 2019. Argentine midfielderRuth Bravo moved to Rayo Vallecano, while others likeLixy,Marbel Okoye andYamilla Badell did not have their contracts renewed. In order to strengthen for the coming season, the club saw the arrival of Swedish duoKosovare Asllani andSofia Jakobsson; French midfielderAurélie Kaci fromAtlético Madrid,Ainoa Campo fromMadrid CFF, English forwardChioma Ubogagu, goalkeeperAna Valles Nigerian defenderOsinachi Ohale, as well as the Brazilian pairDaiane andThaisa Moreno, who was nominated for best midfielder in her lone year atA.C. Milan Women. The last signing of the summer was versatile defenderBabett Peter fromVFL Wolfsburg.[18]
Despite the wealth of talent and experience at their disposal, CD TACÓN's start to the season was nothing short of abysmal, with a heavy loss againstBarcelona (9–1) in its debut match,[19] and EDF Logroño particularly standing out. After a poor run with just one win in nine games, the team started to gain a sense of stability in November 2019, going on a five match unbeaten run. TACÓN finished the shortened 2019–20 season in 10th place, with many fans unhappy with how the team had thrown away a 3–0 lead with ten minutes to go and ended up losing 4–3 on home soil in the last match before the outbreak of theCOVID-19 pandemic.
Real Madrid Women were also the subject of a documentary series in 2020.[20]
On 1 July 2020,Real Madrid CF released an official communication confirming the completion of the merger, thereby signalling the complete absorption of CD TACÓN, which would then operate as 'Real Madrid' from that date onwards.[21]
The new structure of the section includes a senior team, reserve side similar to Castilla, known as 'Real Madrid Femenino B', an Under-19 team, 'Juvenil' and a 'Cadete' for under-15s and below. The structure already existed under CD TACÓN and has been integrated into Real Madrid's famousLa Fábrica.[22] The remaining TACÓN Juvenil and Cadete teams that couldn't be absorbed right away have since been rebranded as 'Fenix Football Club', which in turn merged with CD Masriver in 2021.[23]
During the transition season, TACÓN played their home fixtures at Field 11 in Ciudad Real Madrid. The matches were not open to the general public, with only club members, selected away fans and those possessing a membership card, allowed to attend.[24] Following the completion of the merger, and given that the senior men's team was using theEstadio Alfredo di Stéfano, Real Madrid Femenino continued to play their home matches at Field 11. At the start of the 2021–22 season, the women's team have alternated between Field 11 and the Alfredo di Stéfano stadium, initially with a reduced capacity for fan attendance.
| Season | Division | Place | Copa de la Reina | |
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| AsCD TACÓN | ||||
| 2016–17 | 2ª | 2nd | ||
| 2017–18 | 2ª | 1st | ||
| 2018–19 | 2ª | 1st | ||
| 2019–20 | 1ª | 10th | Quarter-finals | |
| AsReal Madrid Femenino | ||||
| 2020–21 | 1ª | 2nd | Quarter-finals | |
| 2021–22 | 1ª | 3rd | Semi-finals | |
| 2022–23 | 1ª | 2nd | Runners-up | |
| 2023–24 | 1ª | 2nd | Quarter-finals | |
All results (home, away and aggregate) list Real Madrid's goal tally first.
| Season | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | QR2 |  Manchester City | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Group stage |  Zhytlobud Kharkiv | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2nd | |
 Breiðablik | 5–0 | 3–0 | |||
 Paris Saint-Germain | 0–2 | 0–4 | |||
| Quarter-finals |  Barcelona | 1–3 | 2–5 | 3–8 | |
| 2022–23 | QR1 |  Sturm Graz | 6–0 | ||
| Manchester City | 1–0 | ||||
| QR2 |  Rosenborg | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | |
| Group stage | Paris Saint-Germain | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3rd | |
| Chelsea | 1–1 | 0–2 | |||
 Vllaznia Shkodër | 5–1 | 2–0 | |||
| 2023–24 | QR2 | Vålerenga Fotball | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 |
| Group stage | Chelsea | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4th | |
 BK Häcken | 0–1 | 1–2 | |||
| Paris FC | 0–1 | 1–2 | |||
| 2024–25 | QR2 |  Sporting CP | 3–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 |
| Group stage | Chelsea | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2nd | |
 Twente | 7–0 | 3–2 | |||
 Celtic | 4–0 | 3–0 | |||
| Quarter-finals | Arsenal | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–3 | |
As of 15 February 2025.[25]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Teresa Abelleira (2020–)Ivana Andrés (2020–24)Olga Carmona (2020–)Maite Oroz (2020–24)
Kenti Robles (2020–2024)Misa Rodríguez (2020–)Athenea del Castillo (2021–)Esther González (2021–23)
Caroline Møller (2021–)Claudia Zornoza (2021–24)Rocío Gálvez (2021–)Sandie Toletti (2022–)Caroline Weir (2022–)
Ruth Bravo (2019)Teresa Abelleira (2023)Ivana Andrés (2023)
Linda Caicedo (2023)Olga Carmona (2023)Athenea del Castillo (2023)Naomie Feller (2023)Rocío Gálvez (2023)Esther González (2023)
Kathellen (2023)Misa Rodríguez (2023)Sofie Svava (2023)Sandie Toletti (2023)Claudia Zornoza (2023)As of 31 March 2025.
| # | Name | Years | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caroline Weir | (2022–) | 40 |
| 2 | Esther Gonzalez | (2022–) | 39 |
| 3 | Athenea del Castillo | (2021–) | 34 |
| 4 | Signe Bruun | (2023–) | 29 |
| 5 | Olga Carmona | (2020–) | 28 |
| 6 | Caroline Møller | (2021–) | 26 |
| 7 | Kosovare Asllani | (2019–22) | 23 |
| 8 | Linda Caicedo | (2022–) | 20 |
| 9 | Naomie Feller | (2022–) | 19 |
| 10 | Alba Redondo | (2024–) | 16 |
| Coach | Time period |
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| CD TACÓN | |
| Marta Tejedor | 2016–18 |
| David Aznar | 2018–20 |
| Real Madrid Femenino | |
| David Aznar | 2020–21 |
| Alberto Toril | 2021–present |
| Position | Staff |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Alberto Toril |
| Assistant coach | Irene Ferreras |
| Goalkeeping coach | Óscar Gaspar |
| Fitness coach | Marcos Chena |
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