Real Madrid Femenino is a Spanish women's football club in Madrid. Founded as the independent Club Deportivo TACON in 2014, the club later underwent a merger and acquisition process with Real Madrid CF beginning in 2019 and was officially rebranded as Real Madrid's women's football section in 2020.
The club currently plays in the Primera Division.
History
Origins
It was first in 1997 that a younger Ana Rossell, playing for crosstown club Atletico Feminas, petitioned the then Real Madrid president, Lorenzo Sanz for the creation of a women's football section at the club. According to Rossell, her requests were denied, with club executives citing that a women's section wasn't economically sustainable. Speaking to Madrid-based Diario AS in 2013 about her earlier frustrations, Rossell looked back and said: “When you are a teenager, you dream of playing for your (dream) team, but since there was no Real Madrid (women’s section), I had to do it at Atletico Feminas (now Atletico Madrid Femenino) and CD Canillas.