 | |||
| Born | 31 March 1990 [1] Palencia, Spain | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| International | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 2016– | FIFA listed | Referee | |
Marta Huerta de Aza (born 31 March 1990) is a Spanish teacher and first division football referee, [2] whose importance in Spain was recognised with the Vicente Acevedo Trophy.
Huerta de Aza became interested in becoming a referee after she attended a course when she was fifteen. [3] She works as a teacher and because she is not considered an elite athlete in the Canary Islands, she has to juggle her part-time teaching with her commitments as a referee. [4]
Huerta de Aza has been a FIFA international match referee since 2016. [5] In 2017, she refereed her first Primera División game. [3] She was awarded the Vicente Acevedo Trophy as the best Primera División referee in for the 2017-18 season. [3] On 9 February 2020, she refereed the 2020 Supercopa de España Femenina final between Real Sociedad and FC Barcelona at the Helmántico Stadium in Salamanca, which Barcelona won 10-1. [6]
On 3 October 2021, Huerta de Aza officiated her first La Liga game as the fourth official for the match between Getafe and Real Sociedad. [7] She became the first woman to serve as the fourth official in the top men's division.
In May 2022, Huerta de Aza refereed the UEFA Women's Champions League quarterfinal match between Bayern Munich and PSG. [8] She refereed the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 football match between England and Austria on 6 July 2022. [9] [10]
On 9 January 2023, FIFA appointed Huerta de Aza and Guadalupe Porras Ayuso to the officiating pool for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. [7] [11] On 28, July 2023, Huerta de Aza refereed a Women's World Cup match between Haiti and China, where she controversially overturned a late penalty that had been awarded to Haiti. [12] China would go on to win the match 1–0.
Huerta de Aza was born in Palencia and lives in the Canary Islands. [13] She is married and has a daughter who was born in 2021. [13]
The Spain women's national football team, officially known as the Spanish national football team has represented Spain in international women's football competitions since 1980. It is governed by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain.
Verónica Boquete Giadáns is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward or midfielder for Italian Serie A club Fiorentina. Boquete has played professional club football for fifteen different clubs in eight different countries– her native Spain, the United States, Russia, Sweden, France, Germany, China, and most recently, Italy. She also formerly captained the Spain national team between 2013 and 2017, were she was a major part of their successful qualifications to the 2013 UEFA Women's Euro and the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Boquete has additionally captained the Galicia national team for the team's entire history.
Marta Torrejón Moya is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a defender for FC Barcelona and the Catalonia national football team. She formerly captained the Spain national team, making 90 appearances and scoring 8 goals.
Alexia Putellas Segura ; born 4 February 1994), often known mononymously as Alexia, is a Spanish professional footballer from Catalonia who plays as a midfielder or forward for Liga F club Barcelona and the Spain women's national team, both of which she captains. She previously played for Espanyol and Levante, and has represented Catalonia. Having won all major club and individual awards available to a European player by 2022, she is widely regarded as one of the best female footballers of her generation, and one of the greatest of all time. In 2022, women's football reporter Asif Burhan wrote that Putellas' "dedication to the sport has revolutionized the women's game."
Women's football in Spain is governed by the Royal Spanish Football Federation. Currently there are two national competitions, the Liga F and the Copa de la Reina – which also feed into the Supercopa de España Femenina – in the professional club involved structure. Women's football in Spain historically and currently faces systemic misogyny.
María Pilar León Cebrián, known as Mapi León, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Liga F club Barcelona and the Spain national team.
The 2017 Cyprus Women's Cup was the tenth edition of the Cyprus Women's Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus.
Aitana Bonmatí Conca ; born 18 January 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer from Catalonia who plays as a midfielder for Liga F club Barcelona and the Spain national team. She has also represented Catalonia. She is considered one of the best players in women's football, and won the Ballon d'Or and The Best FIFA Women's Player Award for the 2022–23 season.
The 2022 UEFA European Women's Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Women's Euro 2022 or simply Euro 2022, was the 13th edition of the UEFA Women's Championship, the quadrennial international football championship organised by UEFA for the women's national teams of Europe. It was the second edition since it was expanded to 16 teams. The tournament was hosted by England, and was originally scheduled to take place from 7 July to 1 August 2021. However, the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe in early 2020 resulted in subsequent postponements of the 2020 Summer Olympics and UEFA Euro 2020 to summer 2021, so the tournament was rescheduled for 6 to 31 July 2022 – unlike some other major tournaments which were similarly delayed, it was also re-titled. England last hosted the tournament in 2005, which had been the final tournament to feature just eight teams.
The 2019–20 Supercopa de España Femenina was the first edition of the Supercopa de España Femenina, an annual women's football competition for clubs in the Spanish football league system that were successful in its major competitions in the preceding season.
Laia Aleixandri López is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as defender for Women's Super League club Manchester City and the Spain national team.
Irene Guerrero Sanmartín is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as central midfielder for English Women's Super League club Manchester United and the Spain national team.
UEFA Group G of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification competition consists of six teams: Italy, Switzerland, Romania, Croatia, Moldova, and Lithuania. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 30 April 2021, with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking.
The 2021–22 season was the 120th season of competitive association football in Spain.
Carmen Menayo Montero is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for the Liga F club Atlético Madrid. Besides centre-back, she has played in the left-back position, although she has also played as a winger and forward. On the international level, she played more than 50 matches with the youth levels of the Spanish national team.
The 2020–21 Copa de la Reina de Fútbol was the 39th edition of the Spanish women's association football national cup, and was played between 21 April and 30 May 2021.
Victoria López Serrano Felix, known as Vicky López, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder and a winger for Liga F club Barcelona and the Spain national team. She also plays for FC Barcelona B.
The 2021–22 Supercopa de España Femenina was the third edition of the current Supercopa de España Femenina, an annual women's football competition for clubs in the Spanish football league system that were successful in its major competitions in the preceding season.
The 2022–23 Supercopa de España Femenina was the fourth edition of the current Supercopa de España Femenina, an annual women's football competition for clubs in the Spanish football league system that were successful in its major competitions in the preceding season.
The 2023–24 Supercopa de España Femenina was the fifth edition of the current Supercopa de España Femenina, an annual women's football competition for clubs in the Spanish football league system that were successful in its major competitions in the preceding season.