Primera División (women)
The Primera División de la Liga de Fútbol Femenino, also known as Primera Iberdrola, formerly Liga Femenina Iberdrola for sponsorship reasons, is the highest level of league competition for women's football in Spain. Previously known as Superliga Femenina, División de Honor and Liga Nacional, it is the women's equivalent of the men's La Liga and is run by the Real Federación Española de Fútbol. The league was founded in 1988 and since then it has been celebrated without interruptions although it has undergone several changes of format and denomination.
Being the sixth competition with the best coefficient, it is considered one of the most important women's leagues in Europe according to the Union of European Football Associations.
Throughout its history 12 clubs have been champions; Athletic Bilbao and Barcelona have both won the most championships, with five each.
History
Liga Nacional
The league was founded in 1988 as Liga Nacional, formed by Olímpico Fortuna, Puente Castro, Parque Alcobendas, Santa María Atlético, Vallès Occidental, RCD Español, FC Barcelona, CE Sabadell and Peña Barcelonista Barcilona.División de Honor
From the season 1996-97 the league was divided in 4 groups. In that time, all group winners played a semi-final and a final to decide the champion.Superliga
For the 2001–02 season the league was renamed to Superliga and the competition system was changed from the groups format to a double round-robin, thus each team playing the other teams twice, one time away, one time at home. The league consisted of 14 teams in those years. The 2008–09 season kept the double round-robin format but the league was increased from 14 to 16 teams.In the 2009–10 season the Superliga was increased from 16 to 24 teams, which caused criticism by teams and players, fearing a decline in the quality of competition. The Superliga again is divided in 3 groups of 7 to 8 teams each. Those groups are divided based on local aspects. In the first stage of the season, in all groups each team plays each other twice. After that, the second stage starts. The best two of each group as well as the two best third-place finishers go into group A, the other teams are divided into group B and C based on a predefined key. Again a double round-robin is played in the groups. All Group A teams and the three best finishers of Group B and C qualify for the Copa de la Reina, and the two best teams in Group A play each other in a two legged final for the season's championship. Rayo Vallecano won the 2009-10 and 2010-11 finals, both times against RCD Espanyol. In the 2009–10 season, two teams had to withdraw from the league for financial reasons.
Primera División
For the 2011–12 season, in addition to the rename of the league to Primera División, the group based system was eliminated and 18 teams played double round-robin to decide the champion, shortening it to 16 teams for the 2012–13 one. Before the 2016–17, the Royal Spanish Football Federation agreed a sponsorship with Iberdrola, renaming the league as Liga Iberdrola for commercial issues, slightly changing it to Primera Iberdrola in 2019.On 10 June 2020 the Primera División was granted professionalized league status.
Teams
and Santa Teresa promoted from Segunda División Pro.Stadiums and locations
List of champions
The following list shows all champions of the Spanish women's football league.Before creation of the league, from 1983 to 1988 the Copa de la Reina de Fútbol winners were the Spanish Champions.
Performance by club
Since the inception of the Superliga
Overall
| Teams | Winners | Runners-Up | Winning years |
| Barcelona | 5 | 5 | 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2020 |
| Athletic Bilbao | 5 | 3 | 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2016 |
| Levante | 4 | 4 | 1997, 2001, 2002, 2008 |
| Atlético Madrid | 4 | 3 | 1990, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
| Añorga | 3 | 3 | 1992, 1995, 1996 |
| Oroquieta Villaverde | 3 | 2 | 1993, 1994, 1999 |
| Rayo Vallecano | 3 | 1 | 2009, 2010, 2011 |
| Espanyol | 1 | 3 | 2006 |
| Puebla | 1 | 2 | 2000 |
| Peña Barcilona | 1 | 1 | 1989 |
| Oiartzun | 1 | 0 | 1991 |
| Atlético Málaga | 1 | 0 | 1998 |
| Sabadell | 0 | 1 | |
| Parque Alcobendas | 0 | 1 | |
| Torrejón | 0 | 1 | |
| Eibartarrak | 0 | 1 | |
| Híspalis | 0 | 1 |
Marked in italic those teams that won the Copa de la Reina that season