Women's football
WE ARE THE RED. WE ARE THE GREEN.
In August 2016, Iberdrola became the main promoter of women's football in Spain by naming the league Primera Iberdrola. Since then, the competition began to receive more and more visibility thanks to free-to-air television coverage and the celebration of several of the matches in first division stadiums.
Women's football has become a sport that doesn't stop growing and has culminated with the victory of the Spanish team in the world championship in Australia and New Zealand. Thus, the national team fulfils its dream of becoming world champions in 2023.
The electricity company is now the main sponsor of the National Women's Football Team, the Under-19 and Under-17 national teams, as well as the Copa de La Reina-Iberdrola and Supercopa-Iberdrola, among others.
Our national football team has played in 4 European Championships and 3World Cups, with its best qualification to the semi-finals. One of its star members, Alexia Putellas, also made history by being the first Spaniard to win the Ballon d'Or and The Best in the same year - a year in which she joined Iberdrola as an ambassador for equality in sport. In 2022, she was crowned Ballon d’Or winner once again, becoming the first woman in history to win the prestigious award twice.
In addition, Neoenergia, our Brazilian subsidiary, has signed an agreement with the Brazilian Football Confederation to sponsor the canarinha women’s national football team during this World Cup and the next Olympic Games in Paris. We also do so in the team competition, which has been called “Brasileirão Femenino Neoenergia” for several editions.
In Scotland, it is ScottishPower that will support the development of women’s football and will do so exclusively for three years from 2023. The Scottish subsidiary will be the main sponsor principal of the Scottish league as well as all the youth cups that exist in the northern European country. The aim is to raise the standard of football in Scotland, with the aim of giving younger players a chance to develop.
Unstoppable rise of women's football
Competitions are more professionalised, more and more spectators are coming to the stadiums and television audiences are skyrocketing. The work carried out over the last few years, thanks to the support of Iberdrola, has had an impact on the women's categories of the Spanish national team. Spain is the current world champion in the U-20 and U-17categories, as well as European champion in the U19 category.
All this visibility and talent become motivation for girls and women, and it is already paying off: from 2016 to 2021 there was an increase of up to 51% in women's federated licences.
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The Executive Chairman of Iberdrola, Ignacio Galán, met today in Bilbao with the full management team of the company in their traditional first meeting after the summer. As is tradition, and coinciding with Bilbao's Semana Grande, Iberdrola...
Fans of the Women's National Football Team will also be able to continue enjoying Iberdrola España fan zones during the World Cup final, this time in the cities of Madrid, Valladolid and Cadiz.
- Facebook Iberdrola España deploys fan zones in Madrid, Valladolid and Cadiz to experience the World Cup final in the street
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Three elite sportswomen, Iberdrola España ambassadors Sandra Sánchez, Queralt Castellet and Lucía Martiño, have travelled to Sydney to give the women's national football team all their support ahead of the World Cup final against the English team on Sunday.
The elite of women's sport cheers on the national football team ahead of their match against Germany
A group of seven representatives from different Spanish women's sport federations, a representation of the Spanish sporting elite in various disciplines, visited the players of the Spanish Women's National Football Team in London yesterday. ...
- Facebook The elite of women's sport cheers on the national football team ahead of their match against Germany
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Amanda Sampedro has won three leagues and one Queen's Cup with Atlético de Madrid Féminas, where she always dreamt of playing. She made her first-team debut at the age of 15, becoming captain three years later and has been the most regular player on several occasions. She is also one of the captains of the national squad, which she joined in 2013, and a great ambassador for women's football.
At the tender age of 18, she upped sticks and went to the United States to combine her Aerospace Engineering degree with a professional sporting career. Now she is the first female Spanish footballer to be selected for the soccer DRAFT in the United States, allowing her to play in the highest category whilst taking part in her second World Cup with the Spanish team.
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In recent years, women's football has experienced a remarkable rise. In Europe, the number of professional female players exceeds 3,500, and major events such as the World Cup generate revenues of more than USD 500 million.
Iberdrola wishes to infect everyone with its commitment to sustainability wherever it operates and has decided to help in making the Spanish Women's Football Team the first Sustainable Squad.
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The midfielder is one of the leading players of the Primera Iberdrola women's football league. For the third year running, the team was on the verge of winning the double. The aim for the coming year: to continue striving in search of excellence.
- Facebook "It is very difficult to do better than to win the Iberdrola League. We can only equal it"
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Iberdrola and the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) have signed a collaboration agreement to promote the first Sustainable Football City at the training facilities of the Spain's national football teams in Las Rozas, Madrid.The agreement will...
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The Spanish Football Federation – RFEF – is teaming up with Iberdrola to launch a charity challenge: GamHer, an online FIFA20 tournament that will involve the players in the Primera Iberdrola league clubs for the first time, enabling...
- Facebook The Spanish Football Federation and Iberdrola launch ‘GamHer’ as the first online women’s tournament with players from the Primera Iberdrola league to support the fight against COVID-19
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Iberdrola and the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) met at Iberdrola's Madrid headquarters today to present the start of the Primera Iberdrola, the highest level of competition for women's football in Spain, bringing together the best 16...
- Facebook The Primera Iberdrola league, the highest level of competition for women's football in Spain, kicks off
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