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Liga F

Spain’s top women’s division — a national league since 1988, fully professional as Liga F since 2021–22 under its own league body — and the home of Barcelona, champions seven seasons running with 130 goals and 9 conceded in 2025–26.
✓ Last reviewed: September 2026
SportSoccer — women, top division (Spain)
Founded1988 as the Liga Nacional; professional Liga F since 2021–22
Clubs16 — 30 matches; two relegated
ChampionBarcelona — 2025–26 (87 points, 15 clear of Real Madrid; 11th title, seventh straight)
OrganizerLiga Profesional de Fútbol Femenino (LPFF), under the RFEF

What is Liga F?

Liga F is the top division of Spanish women’s football, run since 2021–22 by the Liga Profesional de Fútbol Femenino, the professional clubs’ own league body under the Real Federación Española de Fútbol; the LPFF also runs the second tier, Liga Futura. The competition is sold as Liga F Moeve after its title sponsor, the fuel company formerly named Cepsa, following the Liga Iberdrola years.[1] [3]

How does it work?

Sixteen clubs play a double round-robin of 30 matches. The champion and runner-up enter the UEFA Women’s Champions League — the runner-up through qualifying, as Real Madrid did in the third qualifying round in 2026–27 — and the bottom two are relegated, replaced by two promoted clubs. For 2026–27 Alavés and Valencia came up and Alhama and Levante went down; the 39th season runs from 29 August 2026 to 23 May 2027.[1] [4]

Since when does it exist?

A national women’s league has existed since 1988 under a succession of names — Liga Nacional, Superliga, Primera División. It became Spain’s first fully professional women’s league in 2021–22, when the LPFF took over its organisation from the federation after a dispute with the RFEF, and adopted the name Liga F. Barcelona have won every title since 2019–20; their 2021–22 season was 30 wins from 30 matches, and their 2025–26 title came with 130 goals scored and 9 conceded.[3] [5]

SeasonPool / FormatHost cities
2025–26Barcelona87 points, 15 clear of Real Madrid — 29 wins, 130 goals for, 9 against; 11th title
2024–25Barcelona84 points; runner-up Real Madrid
2023–24Barcelona88 points; runner-up Real Madrid
2022–23Barcelona85 points; runner-up Real Madrid
2021–22Barcelona90 points — 30 wins from 30; runner-up Real Sociedad
2020–21Barcelona99 points; runner-up Real Madrid
2019–20Barcelona59 points; season curtailed by the pandemic — runner-up Atlético Madrid
2018–19Atlético Madrid84 points; runner-up Barcelona
2017–18Atlético Madrid77 points; runner-up Barcelona
2016–17Atlético Madrid78 points; runner-up Barcelona

Champions of the last ten seasons.

Why does it matter?

Spain was second in UEFA’s women’s association ranking on 28 December 2025 (69.665 points, to England’s 70.082), and Barcelona’s Liga F side won the 2021, 2023, 2024 and 2026 Women’s Champions League finals and led UEFA’s 2025–26 club coefficients. The 2025–26 domestic attendance record was 36,276 for Barcelona’s 4–0 win over Real Madrid on 15 November 2025.[2] [5] [6]

References

  1. Liga F — official site. Accessed September 2026.
  2. UEFA — UEFA rankings 2025: which teams and nations are on top?. Accessed September 2026.
  3. Wikipedia — Liga F (background). Accessed September 2026.
  4. Wikipedia — 2026–27 Liga F (background). Accessed September 2026.
  5. Wikipedia — 2025–26 Liga F (background). Accessed September 2026.
  6. UEFA — UEFA Women’s Champions League official site. Accessed September 2026.