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23-547: The stadium is currently used by Real Madrid Femenino and Real Madrid Castilla . On Tuesday, 9 May 2006 the Alfredo di Stéfano Stadium was opened at Real Madrid 's training centre. The inaugural match was between Real Madrid and Stade de Reims , a 50th anniversary rematch of the first European Cup final won by Real Madrid in 1956. Real Madrid won the inaugural match 6–1 with goals from Sergio Ramos , Antonio Cassano (2), Roberto Soldado (2), and José Manuel Jurado . The venue

46-517: A 'Cadete' for under-15s and below. The structure already existed under CD TACÓN and has been integrated into Real Madrid's famous La Fábrica . The remaining TACÓN Juvenil and Cadete teams that couldn't be absorbed right away have since been rebranded as 'Fenix Football Club', which in turn merged with CD Masriver in 2021. During the transition season, TACÓN played their home fixtures at Field 11 in Ciudad Real Madrid. The matches were not open to

69-400: A player for Atlético Feminas and Canillas. In 2016, Rossell called publicly for Real Madrid to create a women's football section. In June 2017 Real Madrid's president, Florentino Pérez , claimed that the club would make its own women's team from scratch, and not buy an existing club. Rossell had claimed in 2013 that Pérez was first starting to consider women's football at the club. Real

92-527: A poor run with just one win in nine games, the team started to gain a sense of stability in November 2019, going on a five match unbeaten run. TACÓN finished the shortened 2019–20 season in 10th place, with many fans unhappy with how the team had thrown away a 3–0 lead with ten minutes to go and ended up losing 4–3 on home soil in the last match before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic . Real Madrid Women were also

115-411: A women's team, as El Confidencial reported: "Florentino did not want to spend on a section that did not guarantee trophies and his agents lied to him about the expenses necessary for him to create it". Women's football was not mentioned at all by Pérez at the club's annual assembly on 23 September 2018, and Oscar Sanz of El País wrote, "Real Madrid has the dubious honor of being, together with Getafe,

138-524: Is a Spanish professional women's football club in Madrid who play in the Primera División , the top tier of Spanish women's football . Founded as the independent Club Deportivo TACÓN in 2014, the club later underwent a merger and acquisition process beginning in 2020, and was rebranded to Real Madrid 's women's football department in 2020. CD TACÓN was founded on 12 September 2014. The name TACÓN ( Heel )

161-654: Is also a gallery for the cameras that follow offside positions and for the main and close range cameras. The members of the press have their own media centre which is at pitch level where we find the press room, the photographers’ room, the mixed zone area and the TV studio. Spain played against Ukraine and Switzerland in the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League at the Di Stéfano. 40°28′36″N 3°36′51″W  /  40.47667°N 3.61417°W  / 40.47667; -3.61417 Real Madrid Femenino Real Madrid Femenino

184-479: Is an acronym of T rabajo (work) A trevimiento (dare/bravery) C onocimiento (knowledge) O rganización (organisation) N otoriedad (visibility/renown). In their first competitive season, 2015–16, the club only registered an under-14 team. In June 2016, TACÓN announced a merger with CD Canillas for incorporating their women's senior (which had been competing in the second tier for the past three seasons) and under-19 teams. In their first season at senior level, in

207-512: Is part of the Ciudad Real Madrid , the club's training facilities located outside Madrid in Valdebebas , near Madrid–Barajas Airport . The capacity of the main stand at the west is 4,000 seats, with an additional 2,000 seats at the eastern stand, giving the stadium a total capacity of 6,000 seats. Following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and to facilitate the ongoing renovations of

230-465: The 2016–17 Segunda División , TACÓN finished second in their regional group, below Madrid CFF who won promotion to the Primera División. Because both TACÓN and Madrid CFF (founded in 2010 by businessman Alfredo Ulloa, a Real Madrid socio - club member - like TACÓN's founder, Ana Rossell) were clubs open to a potential takeover by Real Madrid, a rivalry developed between them. Rosell described

253-507: The Santiago Bernabéu , Real Madrid's senior team hosted the rest of their home matches of the 2019–20 season at the Alfredo di Stéfano behind closed doors , starting on 14 June 2020 with a 3–1 league win against Eibar . On 6 September 2020, still behind closed doors, the ground hosted the Spanish national team for the first time; that game resulted in a 4–0 UEFA Nations League win for

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276-438: The Alfredo di Stéfano stadium, initially with a reduced capacity for fan attendance. All results (home, away and aggregate) list Real Madrid's goal tally first. As of 14 September 2024 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. 2016%E2%80%9317 Segunda Divisi%C3%B3n (women) The 2016–17 Segunda División Femenina de Fútbol

299-510: The Brazilian pair Daiane and Thaisa Moreno , who was nominated for best midfielder in her lone year at A.C. Milan Women . The last signing of the summer was versatile defender Babett Peter from VFL Wolfsburg . Despite the wealth of talent and experience at their disposal, CD TACÓN's start to the season was nothing short of abysmal, with a heavy loss against Barcelona (9–1) in its debut match, and EDF Logroño particularly standing out. After

322-538: The Spanish side against Ukraine . The stadium continued hosting Real Madrid's games without spectators throughout the 2020–21 season before the club returned to the Santiago Bernabéu for 2021–22 . The stadium has state-of-the-art facilities, from undersoil heating to environmentally friendly solar panels. It has two television areas, four booths for TV commentators and 10 for radio commentators. There are also 28 posts for newspaper journalists and 32 for commentators. There

345-567: The club went on to lose a large majority of its playing squad in the summer of 2019. Argentine midfielder Ruth Bravo moved to Rayo Vallecano, while others like Lixy , Marbel Okoye and Yamilla Badell did not have their contracts renewed. In order to strengthen for the coming season, the club saw the arrival of Swedish duo Kosovare Asllani and Sofia Jakobsson ; French midfielder Aurélie Kaci from Atlético Madrid , Ainoa Campo from Madrid CFF , English forward Chioma Ubogagu , goalkeeper Ana Valles Nigerian defender Osinachi Ohale , as well as

368-401: The clubs' relations as "cordial" in 2019. Rossell had petitioned successive Real Madrid presidents, Lorenzo Sanz , Florentino Pérez and Ramón Calderón , to create a women's football section since 1997, but received no official response. According to Rossell, her requests were denied, with club executives citing that a women's section wasn't economically sustainable. In those years, she was

391-461: The general public, with only club members, selected away fans and those possessing a membership card, allowed to attend. Following the completion of the merger, and given that the senior men's team was using the Estadio Alfredo di Stéfano , Real Madrid Femenino continued to play their home matches at Field 11. At the start of the 2021–22 season, the women's team have alternated between Field 11 and

414-593: The only First Division club that has neither had nor has a women's team." After three seasons in the Segunda División , on 19 May 2019, TACÓN achieved promotion to the Primera División . On 25 June 2019, the Real Madrid CF board of directors announced a proposal of integrating TACÓN as their women's football section to be presented to their socios (members). As part of the agreement, TACÓN would play their 2019–20 season matches at Ciudad Real Madrid during

437-416: The promotion playoffs. In the promotion playoffs, the seven teams were divided by draw into two groups: one of four teams and other one of three. The group of four teams played a double-leg knockout format, while the group of three teams played with a double-legged round-robin format. The two group winners, Madrid CFF and Sevilla FC , were promoted to the Primera División . The winner of

460-439: The subject of a documentary series in 2020. On 1 July 2020, Real Madrid CF released an official communication confirming the completion of the merger, thereby signalling the complete absorption of CD TACÓN, which would then operate as 'Real Madrid' from that date onwards. The new structure of the section includes a senior team, reserve side similar to Castilla, known as 'Real Madrid Femenino B', an Under-19 team, 'Juvenil' and

483-541: The transition, with the merger being officially completed on 1 July 2020. On 15 September 2019, The Extraordinary General Assembly of Real Madrid approved the absorption of the club. Florentino Perez, speaking at the General Assembly after the vote to absorb was passed, cited that TACÓN's youth system was the reason why it was chosen as the base for the women's team, thus striving to stay true to Real Madrid's philosophy of developing Spanish talent. Having been promoted,

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506-476: Was the 2016–17 edition of the Spanish women's football second-tier league. The Segunda División was divided into seven regional groups. Each group played their season as home and away round-robin format. At the end of the season, the lowest three teams from each regional group (except Group 6) were relegated to regional leagues . The seven group champions (for group 6, the winner of the Canarian final) qualified for

529-499: Was thus doing so several years or decades later than many other clubs in Europe and in the city of Madrid itself. On El Larguero in 2017, Pérez said “We will definitely have a women’s team,” he said. “We’re working on it, but it will be from the position of a newly formed club, not a team in which we bring the best player from Germany, Brazil… That is not what Madridismo is all about.” As late as September 2018, Pérez still ruled out having

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