We always talk about the “first team” to point out that the male team of a club is the ‘alma mater’, that corner piece in which everything revolves so that these entities go as well as possible.
By custom, this men's team is usually in a category equal to or higher than that of its women's section, but habits are changing not only in football, but in other sports as well.
To focus solely on football, there are seven teams that will participate next season in the First Iberdrola they are at least one category above their male namesake. They are RC Deportivo, EDF Logroño, Rayo Vallecano, UDG Tenerife, Sporting Huelva, RCD Espanyol and Santa Teresa de Badajoz.
Deportivo Abanca, the pleasant surprise
Interestingly, the year of Sports Abanca in his debut in the First Iberdrola it has been almost outstanding. The season ended (remember that the League was ended due to the Covid pandemic on matchday 21) in fourth place, only behind Barça, Atlético and Levante, quite a feat. However, his men's team has been relegated to Second B in a campaign in which everything went wrong.
Another of the pleasant surprises of last season was the EDF Logroño. It has been consolidated in the First Women with a showy and cheeky game. Its namesake in men is the UD Logroñés, which a few days ago was promoted to Second A in the playoff in Malaga.
He Lightning feminine is a classic, it has always been in the top category while the Rayista masculine plot usually moves in Second.
He UDG Tenerife It is another club that has established itself in the highest female category. Since their ascent a few years ago, the Canaries have tried to get into the head of the ‘big’ clubs and they usually give a lot of war in matches. It does not have a male section but it can be compared to the CD Tenerife, a club that for several seasons has been a fixture in Second A.
Huelva it also has its women's club in the elite. He Sporting, which even has a Queen's Cup, is two categories above the Recreational, the famous Dean of Spanish football, who plays in Segunda B.
He Saint Teresa of Badajoz She has returned to the elite of women's football after her brilliant campaign in Reto iberdrola. It also does not have a male section although it can be compared to the CD Badajoz, club that is in Second B.
The last example we have in the RCD Espanyol. Thanks to the ‘amnesty’ for the coronavirus pandemic, the parakeet, which ended last season as a red lantern, will continue in the First Iberdrola while the men's blue and white team has seen it descend to Second.