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Martina Fernández
Martina Fernández Vila (; born 1 October 2004) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for Women's Super League club Everton, on loan from Barcelona, and Spain under-23 national team. With Barcelona, Fernández has won the Spanish league multiple times, including as part of their continental quadruple in 2023–24. Early and personal life Martina Fernández Vila was born on 1 October 2004 and is from Ordis in the Province of Girona, Catalonia. She grew up near to her maternal grandparents, with whom she maintains a close relationship. She began studying biomedicine but, in 2023, stopped pursuing this as a career to focus on football. As of 2024, she continues part-time study at a biomedical laboratory. Club career Borrassà and Girona Fernández' first sport was tennis, but she told her mother that she preferred football; her mother looked for ways to enable this and went to the football club in the next town, Borrassà. Though the gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defender (association Football)
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers, and wing-backs. The centre-back and full-back positions are most common in modern formations. The sweeper and wing-back roles are more specialised, often limited to certain formations dependent on the manager's style of play and tactics. Centre-back The centre-back (also known as a central defender or centre-half, as the modern role of the centre-back arose from the centre-half position) defends in the area directly in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players, particularly centre-forwards, from scoring. Centre-backs accomplish this by blocking shots, tackling, intercepting passes, contesting headers and marking forwards to discourage the opposing team from passing to them. Centre-backs are often tall and positioned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borrassà
Borrassà () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Alt Empordà, Girona, Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ..., Spain. References External links Government data pages Municipalities in Alt Empordà {{Girona-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penalty Shoot-out (association Football)
In association football, a penalty shoot-out (previously known as kicks from the penalty mark) is a tie-breaking method to determine which team is awarded victory in a match that cannot end in a tie (draw), draw, when the score is tied after the normal time as well as Overtime (sports)#Association football, extra time (if used) has expired. For example, in a FIFA World Cup, penalties are used in elimination matches; the round of 32, the round of 16, the quarter-finals, the semi-finals, and the final (competition), final. In a penalty shoot-out, each team takes turns shooting at goal from the penalty mark, with the goal defended only by the opposing team's Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. Each team has five shots which must be taken by different players; the team that makes more successful kicks is declared the victor. Shoot-outs finish as soon as one team has an insurmountable lead. If scores are level after five pairs of shots, the shootout progresses into additiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
The 2023 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship was the 20th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the women's under-19 national teams of Europe. Belgium hosted the tournament on 18–30 July. It was the first women's final tournament held in Belgium. A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2004 eligible to participate. Similar to the previous editions held in odd-numbered years, the tournament acted as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Colombia as the UEFA representatives. However, on 4 October 2023, after the announcement of the expansion of the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup to 24 teams, a new fifth spot was allocated to UEFA and the winner of a play-off between the group stage third-placed teams would take this fifth spot. Spain wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
The 2022 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Women's Under-19 Euro 2022) was the 19th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (23rd edition if the Under-18 era is included), the annual international youth Association football, football championship organised by UEFA for the women's under-19 national teams of Europe. The Czech Republic hosted the tournament. A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2003 eligible to participate. France women's national under-19 football team, France were the defending champions, having won the last tournament held in 2019 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, 2019, with the 2020 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, 2020 and 2021 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, 2021 editions cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. France was eliminated in the semifinals. Host selection The timeline of host selection was as follows: *11 January 2019: bidding procedure launched *28 F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinatar Arena
The Pinatar Arena is an association football stadium located in San Pedro del Pinatar, Murcia, in south-eastern Spain. The 3,000-seat stadium is part of the larger Pinatar Arena Football Center which also includes a sports club, hotel, training fields and other amenities. Events Since opening in January 2013, it has become a popular destination for training camps and friendly matches by association football national teams. It has also hosted some of Europe's professional football clubs for friendlies, including St Johnstone, Sunderland A.F.C., Newcastle United, Ipswich Town, Mallorca, Preston North End and Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The club competes in , the third tier of English football, and is managed by Graham Alexander. The club was founded in 1903 and .... References External linksOfficial website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Republic Women's National Under-19 Football Team
Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus *Czech (surname) *Czech, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland *Czechville, Wisconsin, unincorporated community, United States See also * Čech, a surname * Czech lands * Czechoslovakia * List of Czechs * * * Check (other) * Czechoslovak (other) * Czech Republic (other) The Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and ... * Czechia (other) {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024–25 Liga F
The 2024-25 Primera División Femenina de Fútbol season, branded as Liga F, was the 37th edition of the Primera División Femenina de España de fútbol. The tournament was organised by the ''Liga Profesional Femenina de Fútbol (LPFF)''. Barcelona were the defending champions after winning the previous edition unbeaten (29 wins, one draw). Barcelona were again crowned champions, winning their fifth title in a row and their tenth title overall. However, unlike in the previous season, Barcelona did not go invincible, having lost two league games (both home games, one to Levante and one to Real Madrid). The competition started on 8 September 2024, and ended on 18 May 2025. This means that the season ended before both the 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League and 2024–25 Copa de la Reina de Fútbol. Despite the shortened season, there were no midweek matches. Summary The draw for the league was held on 19 August 2024, less than a month before it was set to begin. Teams C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Rosengård
FC Rosengård (), known as Malmö FF Dam () until 2007 and later LdB FC Malmö until 2013, is a professional football club based in Malmö, Scania, Sweden. The team was established as Malmö FF Dam in 1970. It started out with playing 7 seasons in the Swedish Women's Football Division 1, Division 1 (until 1987), but has played in Damallsvenskan in since it formed in 1988. The team has won the league a record thirteen times, the latest in 2022. As of the end of the 2015 season, the club ranks first in the overall Damallsvenskan table. FC Rosengård play their home games at Malmö IP in Malmö. The club it merged with, FC Rosengård 1917, has both FC Rosengård (men), men's and women's teams. History On 7 September 1970 the board of Malmö FF decided to start a women's team as part of the main club. The team was called Malmö FF Dam – the word ''dam'' meaning lady – to distinguish the team from the men's division of the same club. In 1986 the club won the Swedish Women's Foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UEFA Women's Champions League
The UEFA Women's Champions League, previously called the UEFA Women's Cup (2001–2009), is a European women's association football competition. It involves the top club teams from countries affiliated with the European governing body UEFA. The competition was first played in 2001–02 under the name ''UEFA Women's Cup'', and renamed the Champions League for the 2009–10 edition. The most significant changes in 2009 were the inclusion of runners-up from the top eight ranked nations, a one-off final as opposed to the two-legged finals in previous years, and – until 2018 – playing the final in the same city as the men's UEFA Champions League final. In the 2021–22 season, the competition proper included a group stage for the first time in the Women's Champions League era, which will evolve into a league phase from the 2025–26 season onward. Lyon is the most successful club in the competition's history, winning the title eight times, including five consecutive titles fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022–23 FC Barcelona Femení Season
The 2022–23 season was the List of FC Barcelona Femení seasons, 35th season in the history of FC Barcelona Femení. In addition to the Primera División (women), domestic league, Barcelona also played in the season's editions of the Copa de la Reina, Supercopa de España Femenina and 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League, UEFA Women's Champions League. They ended the season with a Continental Treble, continental treble (winning the league, the Supercopa and the Champions League), scoring 173 goals in all competitions and conceding 21 goals; they won 91% of all their matches in all competitions. On transfer deadline day, 7 September, Barcelona broke the List of most expensive association football transfers#Women, world record for a transfer fee in women's football when they signed English midfielder Keira Walsh from Manchester City W.F.C., Manchester City for €470,000 in a three-year deal. In their first match of the 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League group stage, UEFA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021–22 FC Barcelona Femení Season
The 2021–22 season was the List of FC Barcelona Femení seasons, 34th season for FC Barcelona Femení. In addition to the 2021–22 Primera División (women), domestic league, Barcelona played in that season's editions of the Copa de la Reina and 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League, UEFA Women's Champions League. Barcelona were coming off a successful 2020–21 campaign by being the first Spanish women's club to win the Treble (association football), continental treble after winning the league, UEFA Women's Champions League, and Copa de la Reina. Grant Wahl has called the side one of the best women's club teams in history. Barcelona finished the season winning the domestic treble with a 100% win rate in 36 matches across all domestic competitions (league, cup, super cup), scoring 183 goals and conceding only 13 goals with a goal difference of +170. Overall Barcelona won 45 of the 47 matches played across all competitions, scoring 221 goals and conceding 23 with a goal diff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
