2023 Copa Catalunya Femenina

The 2023 edition of the Copa Catalunya Femenina was played between June and September 2023, as part of the 2023–24 season of Spanish women's football. It was organised by the Catalan Football Federation, and was the second (and currently last) time it was run as an exclusively amateur competition. SE AEM won the title for the first time, with their B team, having made it to the semi-finals in both 2018 and 2019.

Format

The format was that of an unequal two-sided knockout bracket as a single-elimination tournament. Eighteen teams entered, with five matches on one side of the first round draw and four on the other. The winners of one of the matches on the larger side had a bye past the second round; still with an odd number of teams, an intermittent third round was held for the team with a bye to play one of the second round winners from the larger side of the draw. The winners of this match, and the three other second round winners, directly entered the semi-finals.^[1] Prize money for the winning team was €4,400 and the three other semi-finalists received €1,100. In the elimination rounds, €165 was awarded to match-winning teams, and the same amount was given to the away team of each fixture for expenses.^[2]

Winning in the second round should have seen teams compete in the semi-finals,^[1] however, due to a number of circumstances, none of the second round winners played in a semi-final match.

First round

	First round

	Mataró	2

	SE AEM (B)	3


	Guineueta	0

	Seagull	3


	Women's Soccer School	2(5)

	La Roca Penya Blanc Blava	2(4)


	Martinenc	4

	Pardinyes	1

	First round

	Sants	1

	Palautordera	3


	Viladecans	3

	Sant Gabriel	4


	Can Parellada	1(5)

	Pallejà	1(4)


	Santa Susanna	7

	Manu Lanzarote	1


	Igualada	2

	Fontsanta Fatjó	0

First round matches were all played on 18 June 2023.

	Guineueta	0–3	Seagull	La Guineueta, Barcelona
13:00	45+1' 61' 69'	Report	13', 63' (p), 84' 62'	Stadium: Centre Esportiu de La Guineueta

	Martinenc	4–1	Pardinyes	Badalona
16:00	Delba 9', 31' Bea 43' Abril 51'	Report	Montserrat 57'	Stadium: Estadi Municipal de Badalona
Note: Played at Badalona Sud as Martinenc's ground in Guinardó was under construction.^[3]

	Sants	1–3	Palautordera	Barcelona
16:00		Report		Stadium: Camp de Futbol de l'Energia

	Mataró	2–3	SE AEM (B)	Mataró
16:00		Report		Stadium: Estadi Los Molinos

	Can Parellada	1–1 (5–4 p)	Pallejà	Terrassa
16:00		Report		Stadium: Camp de Futbol Municipal Can Parellada

	Santa Susanna	7–1	Manu Lanzarote	Santa Susanna
17:00	21', 41', 49', 64', 68', 75', 80' 28'	Report	2' 42'	Stadium: Camp de futbol Santa Susanna

	Women's Soccer School	2–2 (5–4 p)	La Roca Penya Blanc Blava	La Roca del Vallès
17:00		Report		Stadium: Camp de Futbol de La Roca del Vallès

	Viladecans	3–4	Sant Gabriel	Viladecans
17:30	15' 84' 56', 77', 91'	Report	26', 76', 79', 85' (p) 27' 70' 72'	Stadium: Camp Viladecans

	Igualada	2–0	Fontsanta Fatjó	Igualada
19:00	8', 36' 54'	Report	6' 11'	Stadium: Estadi Les Comes

Second round

	Second round

	SE AEM (B)	1

	Seagull	0


	Women's Soccer School	2

	Martinenc	0

	Second round

	Palautordera	0

	Sant Gabriel	3


	Can Parellada	2

	Santa Susanna	3


	Igualada	bye

Second round matches were played on 21 and 22 June 2023.^[4] Due to the odd number of teams that progressed from the first round, Igualada had a bye for the second round.^[4]

The round was alternatively described as the quarter-finals plus a round of 16 game (the Can Parellada–Santa Susanna match) that would lead to a quarter-final against Igualada.^[3]

21 June 2023	SE AEM (B)	1–0	Seagull	Lleida
19:45		Report		Stadium: Camp de Futbol Municipal de Recasens

21 June 2023	Palautordera	0–3	Sant Gabriel	Santa Maria de Palautordera
19:45		Report		Stadium: Camp de Futbol Municipal Font Martina

22 June 2023	Women's Soccer School	2–0	Martinenc	Barcelona
18:30		Report		Stadium: Camp de Fútbol Sant Genís

22 June 2023	Can Parellada	2–3	Santa Susanna	Terrassa
19:30		Report		Stadium: Camp de Futbol Municipal Can Parellada

Third round

	Third round

	Santa Susanna	0

	Igualada	5

One match was played in the third round, for Igualada (who had come through the second round on a bye) to earn their progression against a team that had won in the second round.^[5]^[4]

20 August 2023	Santa Susanna	0–5	Igualada	Santa Susanna
16:00	Sanz 60' Soler 89'	Report	Bohigas 3', 63', 65' Marina 22' Ribas 24'	Stadium: Camp de futbol Santa Susanna Referee: David Caro Gallardo

Final stages

Semi-finals		Final



SE AEM (B)	w/o

~~Women's Soccer School~~
		Igualada	0

		SE AEM (B)	1
Palautordera	1

Igualada	5

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were set to be played on 27 August 2023.

Defending champions Sant Gabriel had defeated Palautordera in the second round to advance to the semi-final, but in August 2023 the entire team left the club and denounced its treatment of the women's team.^[6] Palautordera took Sant Gabriel's place in the semi-finals. Igualada, having come through their third round tie, played the lower-division Palautordera.^[7]

Due to the withdrawal of Women's Soccer School, SE AEM (B) had a bye and progressed to the final.^[5]

	Palautordera	1–5	Igualada	Santa Maria de Palautordera
19:15	Izquierdo 23' Salicru 29' Corominas 64'	Report	Marina 16', 41' Martín 64', 74' Corominas 78' (o.g.)	Stadium: Camp de Futbol Municipal Font Martina Referee: Sandra Gonzalez Jimenez

Final

In their team photo before the final, Igualada players covered the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) logos on their shirt sleeves in protest against the RFEF. SE AEM (B) did not wear RFEF logos on their shirts.^[8]

2 September 2023

17:00

Igualada	0 – 1	SE AEM (B)
Ribas 5' M. Bosch 13' Bohigas 40' Tòmas 59'	[1] [2]	Ari 43' Aran Amorós 82'

Estadi Municipal de Santa Margarida de Montbui, Santa Margarida de Montbui

Referee: Victoria Petrova Borislavova

References

^ ^a ^b "Definit el quadre de la Copa Catalunya Amateur femenina". FCF (in Catalan). 13 June 2023.
^ "Participar a la Copa Catalunya té premi". FCF (in Catalan). 21 June 2023.
^ ^a ^b "El Femení supera el Pardinyes i accedeix als quarts de la Copa Catalunya". FC Martinenc (in Catalan). 2023-06-18. Retrieved 2024-11-30.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Resultats de la segona eliminatòria de la Copa Catalunya Amateur femenina". FCF (in Catalan). 23 June 2023.
^ ^a ^b "El CF Igualada guanya l'AE Santa Susanna en la tercera eliminatòria de la Copa Catalunya Amateur Femenina". FCF (in Catalan). 21 August 2023.
^ Villegas, Ana (2023-08-30). "¡Todas las jugadoras del femenino del CE Sant Gabriel dejan el club de golpe!". Sport (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-11-30.
^ "El CF Igualada femení, il·lusionat per poder guanyar diumenge al camp del Palautordera (19.15 h) i classificar-se per a la final de la Copa Catalunya Amateur". Ràdio Igualada (in Catalan). 2023-08-25. Retrieved 2024-11-30.
^ Biel, Jordi (2 September 2023). "Final de la Copa Catalunya femenina amateur CF Igualada - AEM Lleida B". Regió7.

[format-1] "Definit el quadre de la Copa Catalunya Amateur femenina". FCF (in Catalan). 13 June 2023.

[2] "Participar a la Copa Catalunya té premi". FCF (in Catalan). 21 June 2023.

[Martinenc-3] "El Femení supera el Pardinyes i accedeix als quarts de la Copa Catalunya". FC Martinenc (in Catalan). 2023-06-18. Retrieved 2024-11-30.

[secondround-4] "Resultats de la segona eliminatòria de la Copa Catalunya Amateur femenina". FCF (in Catalan). 23 June 2023.

[thirdround-5] "El CF Igualada guanya l'AE Santa Susanna en la tercera eliminatòria de la Copa Catalunya Amateur Femenina". FCF (in Catalan). 21 August 2023.

[6] Villegas, Ana (2023-08-30). "¡Todas las jugadoras del femenino del CE Sant Gabriel dejan el club de golpe!". Sport (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-11-30.

[7] "El CF Igualada femení, il·lusionat per poder guanyar diumenge al camp del Palautordera (19.15 h) i classificar-se per a la final de la Copa Catalunya Amateur". Ràdio Igualada (in Catalan). 2023-08-25. Retrieved 2024-11-30.

[8] Biel, Jordi (2 September 2023). "Final de la Copa Catalunya femenina amateur CF Igualada - AEM Lleida B". Regió7.

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