2004–05 FC Barcelona Femení season

FC Barcelona Femení
2004–05 season
ChairmanJoan Laporta
ManagerNatalia Astrain
StadiumMini Estadi
League9th
Top goalscorerAdriana Martín (22)

The 2004–05 FC Barcelona Femení season was the club's ninth in the top flight of Spanish football, though their first in the top flight after it was restructured into the Superliga in 2001. Having won the second division every season, Barcelona earned promotion through play-offs for the first time in 2004.

Summary

Barcelona promoted defender Melanie Serrano from the B team and signed top Spanish goalscorer Adriana Martín, among other incorporations, ahead of their debut season in the Superliga. They began the campaign badly, with only one win in the first half of the season. Towards the end of January 2005 they were bottom of the league with only seven points, before signing Mexican star goalscorer Maribel Domínguez (who had been playing summer seasons in the United States) on 25 January 2005. Known as Marigol, she had been originally planning to move to the Mexican men's league in the transfer window, but was prevented from doing so by FIFA and went to the struggling Barcelona instead.[1] Her signing was considered the league's biggest signing since Milene Domingues "Ronaldinha" gave a profile boost to Rayo Vallecano in 2002.[2] Domínguez said at the time that part of her motivation for joining Barcelona was to open doors for more Mexicans to play in Spain, considered a top football nation, with the Superliga being highly restrictive on foreign players at the time.[3] Domínguez debuted in the team's next game, scoring a hat-trick in their 5–0 victory.[4] After a triumphant start, with five goals in her first three games,[5] Domínguez then travelled back to Mexico to serve as an ambassador for FC Barcelona. She returned to Spain ahead of the team's match against Pozuelo.[6]

The team ultimately finished ninth in the Superliga,[7] with Domínguez named captain by the end of the season.[8] Her presence had given the team a boost, and interest from both fans and the media grew massively in the back half of the season; this led to matches being returned to the Mini Estadi (after demotion to the stadium's auxiliary pitches) and for the team to play a three-match tour in Mexico at the end of the season.[7]

Players

First team

As of [9][10]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK  ESP María José Pons "Mariajo"
GK  ESP Marina Marimon
GK  ESP Cristina Molina
DF  ESP Ana María Escribano
DF  ESP Carla Tomàs
DF  ESP Sheila Sanchón
DF  ESP Ana Belén Fuertes "Kaki"
DF  ESP Melanie Serrano
DF  ESP Verónica Navarro
DF  ESP Zaida González
MF  ESP Margalida Mas
MF  ESP Alba Mena
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  ESP Elia Giménez
MF  ESP Berta Carles
MF  ESP Alba Vilas
MF  ESP Ana Carralero
MF  ESP Larraitz Kortabarria
MF  ESP Desiree Moya
MF  ESP Gemma Quer
10 FW  ESP Adriana Martín
FW  ESP Judith Acedo
FW  MEX Maribel Domínguez
FW  ESP Laia Ramón
FW  ROU Simona Vintilă

FC Barcelona Femení B Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF  ESP Gemma Pinto

Transfers

In

No. Pos. Nat. Player Moving from Source
Summer
DF Melanie Serrano Barcelona B
Ana Belén Fuertes "Kaki"
Berta Carles
Larraitz Kortabarria
Gemma Quer
Adriana Martín
Judith Acedo
Winter
Maribel Domínguez

Out

No. Pos. Nat. Player Moving to Source
Summer
Marisa Quiles
Araceli José

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

League

15 September 2004 1 Barcelona 4–4 Espanyol Barcelona
  • Adriana Martín
[11] Stadium: Mini Estadi
19 September 2004 2 Oviedo Moderno 2–1 Barcelona Oviedo
1-0 Mónica 17', 2-1 Peque 78' Report
  • Laia 69'
Stadium: Manuel Díaz Vega Stadium
Referee: Daniel Díaz Iglesias
26 September 2004 3 Barcelona 2–2 CD Híspalis Barcelona
  • Marga 42'
  • Desi 44'
Report 0-1 Vanesa 7', 0-2 Amparo 16' Stadium: Mini Estadi
Referee: Aguilera Hernando
10 October 2004 4 Torrejón 3–1 Barcelona Torrejón de Ardoz
[11] Stadium: Camp Las Veredillas
17 October 2004 5 Barcelona 2–2 CFF Estudiantes de Huelva Barcelona
[11] Stadium: Pitch 2, Mini Estadi
24 October 2004 6 Rayo Vallecano 1–0 Barcelona Madrid
[11] Stadium: Nuestra Señora de la Torre
31 October 2004 7 Barcelona 1–2 Irex Puebla Barcelona
[11] Stadium: Pitch 2, Mini Estadi
7 November 2004 8 Levante 4–0 Barcelona Valencia
[11]
14 November 2004 9 Barcelona 1–1 Pozuelo de Alarcón Barcelona
[11] Stadium: Pitch 2, Mini Estadi
21 November 2004 10 CE Sabadell 4–0 Barcelona Sabadell
[11]
28 November 2004 11 SD Lagunak 3–1 Barcelona Barañáin
[11] Stadium: Servicio Municipal Lagunak
5 December 2004 12 Barcelona 3–0 CD Nuestra Señora de Belén Barcelona
[11] Stadium: Pitch 2, Mini Estadi
12 December 2004 13 Athletic Club 5–1 Barcelona Bilbao
Report
Stadium: Lezama Facilities
Referee: Aramaio Soto
19 December 2004 14 Espanyol 7–1 Barcelona Sant Adrià del Besòs
[11] Stadium: Ciutat Esportiva de Sant Adrià
16 January 2005 15 Barcelona 0–3 Oviedo Moderno Barcelona
Stadium: Pitch 2, Mini Estadi
23 January 2005 16 CD Híspalis 8–0 Barcelona Sevilla
30 January 2005 17 Barcelona 5–0 Torrejón Barcelona
[7] Stadium: Pitch 2, Mini Estadi
6 February 2005 18 CFF Estudiantes de Huelva 3–4 Barcelona Huelva
[11]
13 February 2005 19 Barcelona 3–0 Rayo Vallecano Barcelona
[1] Stadium: Mini Estadi
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: David Tomás
20 February 2005 20 Irex Puebla 0–0 Barcelona Puebla de la Calzada
[11] Stadium: Municipal Extremadura
27 February 2005 21 Barcelona 1–2 Levante Barcelona
Stadium: Mini Estadi
13 March 2005 22 Pozuelo de Alarcón 0–4 Barcelona Pozuelo de Alarcón
[11] Stadium: Valle de las Cañas
20 March 2005 23 Barcelona 1–0 CE Sabadell Barcelona
[11] Stadium: Mini Estadi
3 April 2005 24 Barcelona 2–1 SD Lagunak Barcelona
[11] Stadium: Mini Estadi
10 April 2005 25 CD Nuestra Señora de Belén 0–4 Barcelona Burgos
[11] Stadium: Estadio Municipal José Manuel Sedano
17 April 2005 26 Barcelona 0–2 Athletic Club Barcelona
Report Stadium: Mini Estadi
Referee: Pérez Fuentes

Friendlies

17 February 2005 Friendly Barcelona 3–1 Catalonia Barcelona
Report
28 May 2005 Mexican Tour Mexico 2–0 Barcelona Toluca, Mexico
[2], [3], [4]
Stadium: Estadio de Toluca
Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado
1 June 2005 Mexican Tour Mexico 1–2 Barcelona Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico
[5], [6], [7] Stadium: Estadio Carlos González
Attendance: 12,000
4 June 2005 Mexican Tour Mexico v Barcelona Aguascalientes, Mexico
[8], [9], [10] Stadium: Estadio Victoria

References

  1. ^ Solé, S; Florez, A (25 January 2005). "'Marigol', la mediática azulgrana". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish).
  2. ^ Villarrubia, Begoña (27 January 2005). "Vengo a salvar al Barça del descenso". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish).
  3. ^ Solé, Sergi (26 January 2005). "Marigol, culé | La goleadora quiere "abrir puertas"". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish).
  4. ^ Solé, Sergi (31 January 2005). "La crack azulgrana, exultante: "Nunca pensé que marcaría tres goles"". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish).
  5. ^ https://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/2005/02/14/pagina-13/1535848/pdf.html
  6. ^ https://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/2005/03/13/pagina-13/1315458/pdf.html
  7. ^ a b c Tomás Belenguer, Manuel (December 2021). Barça femení. Història des dels orígens fins al triplet. Barcelona: Base. pp. 127–131. ISBN 978-84-19007-00-1.
  8. ^ https://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/2005/06/02/pagina-13/718191/pdf.html
  9. ^ "Plantilla 2004/05". BDfutbol.com. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Plantilla 2004/05". Aupaathletic.com. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Tomás Belenguer, Manuel (December 2021). Barça femení. Història des dels orígens fins al triplet. Barcelona: Base. pp. 391–392. ISBN 978-84-19007-00-1.