Real Club Deportivo de A Coruña Femenino, known as Deportivo ABANCA for sponsorship reasons is the women's football section of Deportivo de A Coruña, club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia, that currently plays in Liga F, the top tier of Spanish women's football.

History

Karbo Deportivo (1983–1988)

Logo of former Karbo CF before becoming Karbo Deportivo

Deportivo entered in the women's football in the winter of 1983–84 after absorbing Karbo C.F. and changing its name to Karbo Deportivo[1][2] completely integrated into the structure of Deportivo de A Coruña, also using the colors and shield of Deportivo. The original club was named for its founders, Ramón Carrasco and Mari Carmen Borrego.[3] The team won the first official women's football competitions in Spain (the current Copa de la Reina, called Spanish Championship before the foundation of the women's football league) until 1985.[4]

The section was dissolved in 1988 due to the economic problems that the R.C. Deportivo, plunged into a suffocating debt and with the men's team on the verge of relegation to Segunda División B, as well as an increase in expenses for the increasing professionalization of women's football, a year before Superliga was created.

2016–present: recovery of the women's section

On 16 March 2016, Deportivo announced the recovery of the women's club section.[5][6] The new club started playing its first season in Segunda División, after an agreement with local team Orzán SD Deportivo to occupy his place forming a stronger Galician team, and in its debut as Deportivo Femenino ended as runner-up of the Group 1. In the 2017/18 season the team was renamed Deportivo ABANCA after an agreement with the bank for 4 years.[7]

After three years, on 19 May 2019, Deportivo achieved promotion to Primera División for the first time ever.[8]

Their first season in the Primera División was cut short on 8 May 2020, due to the RFEF choosing to suspend non-professional football during the COVID-19 pandemic. With this cancellation, they finished the season with an unprecedented fourth place.[9] In the 2021–22 season, Depor finished 15th was relegated to the Segunda División Pro.[10]

Season by season

Karbo CF

Season DivPosPldWDLGFGAPts Copa de la Reina Manager
1982–83 Galician League 1st 10910 65419 Champions José Mañana
1983–84 Galician League 1st 14        Champions José Mañana
1984–85 Galician League 1st 101000 82020 Champions Antonio "Quinocho"
1985–86 Galician League 1st 9801   16 Semifinals Antonio "Quinocho"
1986–87 Galician League 1st 8        Semifinals Antonio "Quinocho"

Deportivo La Coruña

Season DivPosPldWDLGFGAPts Copa de la Reina Manager
2016–17 2ª (group 1) 2nd 262123 1201965 no entry Manu Sánchez
2017–18 2ª (group 1) 2nd 262411 1551173 no entry Manu Sánchez
2018–19 2ª (group 1) 1st 262510 1501376 no entry Manu Sánchez
2019–20 1ª 4th 211146 463837 Quarterfinals Manu Sánchez
2020–21 1ª 15th 348521 398129 no entry Manu Sánchez
2021–22 2ª (group 1) 6th 301569 492951 Second round Miguel Llorente
2022–23 2ª 3rd 301587 522953 Second round Irene Ferreras
2023–24 2ª 2nd 261682 432356 First round Irene Ferreras
2024–25 1ª 14th 306915 274827 Round of 16 Fran Alonso

Honours

Karbo CF

Domestic
Regional
  • Copa Galicia (1): 1987
  • Galician League (5): 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87

Deportivo La Coruña

Domestic
Regional
  • Copa Galicia (2): 2018, 2019
  • Copa Deputación (4): 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019[12]
Friendly

Players

Current squad

As of 2 July 2026
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
7 MF  ESP Eva Dios
8 MF  ESP Olaya Rodríguez
9 FW  URU Esperanza Pizarro
10 FW  BRA Millene Cabral Vieira
11 FW  ESP Paula Monteagudo
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW  ESP Marisa
20 DF  ESP Elena Vázquez
23 DF  GER Merle Barth
26 DF  ESP Paula Novo
28 MF  ESP Redru

Reserve team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
27 MF  ESP Carmen Carballada
30 MF  VEN Michi Apóstol
31 MF  ESP Lucía Rivas
34 MF  ESP Sara Barreda
35 GK  ESP Martina Rivas
36 MF  ESP Sonsoles Martín
37 GK  ESP Antía Veiga

References

  1. ↑ "Deportes. Fútbol femenino" [Sports. Women's football]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). A Coruña: 47. 26 November 1983.
  2. ↑ "El Coruña ha absorbido al club Karbo" [Coruña has absorbed Karbo]. Marca (in Spanish). Madrid: 10. 5 January 1984.
  3. ↑ "El Karbo Club de Fútbol". DXT Campeón. 8 June 2024.
  4. ↑ "La Xunta apoya al Olivo de Vigo de fútbol femenino, omite al Dépor y se olvida del Karbo Deportivo" (in Spanish). Deportivo La Coruña. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "#ASNOSAS | Página Oficial del R.C. Deportivo de A Coruña". #ASNOSAS | Página Oficial del R.C. Deportivo de A Coruña.
  6. ↑ "El Deportivo de A Coruña femenino ya es una realidad". Marca (in Spanish). 16 March 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  7. ↑ Coruña, La Opinión de A. "Deportivo Abanca, nuevo nombre para las blanquiazules". www.laopinioncoruna.es.
  8. ↑ "El RC Deportivo Abanca asciende a la Liga Iberdrola" (in Spanish). La Liga. 19 May 2019.
  9. ↑ "Fin de la temporada para el Deportivo ABANCA, Dépor ABANCA B, Fabril y Juvenil A". rcdeportivo.es. Deportivo de A Coruña. 8 May 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  10. ↑ "Clasificación Futbol femenino. Primera Iberdrola". futbolfemenino.rfef.es. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  11. ↑ "Spain – List of Women's Cup Winners". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  12. ↑ "Cuarta Copa Deputación consecutiva para o Dépor ABANCA", article at Real Club Deportivo da Coruña website, 14 August 2019.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportivo_de_La_Coruña_(women)