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76-638: The Primera División de la Liga de Fútbol Femenino , currently known as the Liga F ( finetwork Liga F for sponsorship reasons), is the highest level of league competition for women's football in Spain . It is the women's equivalent of the men's La Liga , and it is organized by the Liga Profesional Femenina de Fútbol (LPFF) . As one league of the top six national leagues ranked by Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) coefficient , it

152-538: A different term, such as association , conference , division , leaderboard , or series . This is especially common in individual sports, although the term "league" is sometimes used in amateur individual sports such as golf . The term "league" is also sometimes applicable to competitions that would more traditionally be called tournaments , such as the UEFA Champions League , which is organized with multiple small round-robin competitions followed by

228-607: A majority stake of 88% in British electricity distribution network operator Electricity North West for €2.5 billion, valuing the company at €5bn including debt. Its biggest deal in almost 10 years, in line with its strategic plan to focus on electricity grids. It has also inaugurated its fourth offshore wind farm in the world, and the first in France, Saint Brieuc . In 2023, the company has 41,250 MW of operational renewables and 7,100 MW under construction. The Renewables area of

304-567: A memorandum of understanding with Mexico Infrastructure Partners to sell 8539 MW of capacity from its gas-fired plants, and its 103 MW wind asset La Venta III as part of the $ 6 billion deal. The company remained the primary private producer of renewable energy in Mexico, and this initiative is in line with its carbon reduction goals. The company entered into a strategic partnership with the Abu Dhabi-based company Masdar to jointly develop

380-484: A regular season in a league format, the top teams (possibly determined by conference or division) advance to the playoffs. In some such leagues having the best regular season record is relatively unimportant, though top-seeded teams in some leagues, such as the NFL , can gain byes to later rounds of the playoffs, and teams finishing with the best records usually have the advantage of playing the weakest teams that have advanced to

456-407: A set schedule, usually called a season , with the results of the individual competitions being used to name an overall champion. A league championship may be contested in a number of ways. Each team may play every other team a certain number of times in a round-robin tournament . Usually, teams play an equal number of games or matches at their own stadium and at other teams', because home advantage

532-618: A significant part of Avangrid ( United States ), amongst others. As of 2023, the largest shareholder of the company is the Qatar Investment Authority, with BlackRock and Norges Bank (managers of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global ) also holding significant interests. Iberdrola is the largest producer of wind power , and the world's second largest electricity utility by market capitalisation. As of 2023, 

608-413: A single elimination tournament to choose an overall winner. "League" and its synonyms may be used to encompass either a single competition or a related group of competitions. Many groups use promotion and relegation , where the best-ranked team(s) in the lower division are promoted to the higher division for the next season, and the worst-ranked team(s) in the higher division are relegated to

684-417: A two-legged final for the season's championship. Rayo Vallecano won the 2009–10 and 2010-11 finals, both times against RCD Españyol . In the 2009–10 season, two teams had to withdraw from the league for financial reasons. Starting in the 2011–12 season, the league was renamed to Primera División and the group-based system was eliminated; 18 teams played double round-robin to decide the champion. The size

760-542: A year earlier. The European Investment Bank and Iberdrola have signed a €1 billion financing arrangement in 2023 to develop 19 solar power plants and three onshore wind farms in Spain , Portugal , and Germany . 70% of the plants will be built in rural areas impacted by the transition to net-zero and cohesion zones. The projects will generate enough green energy to power over 1 million households on average each year. In 2024, Iberdrola reaches an agreement to purchase

836-519: Is a major factor in many sports. When teams competing for a tournament championship do not play the same teams the same number of times, it is known as an unbalanced schedule. In such a set-up, the team with the best record becomes champion, based on either a strict win–loss–tie system or on a points system where a certain number of points are awarded for a win, loss, or tie, while bonus points might also be added for teams meeting various criteria. Many leagues also use playoffs , where after teams compete in

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912-550: Is a sports league where all the fixtures take place at the same venue, instead of rotating around the venues of the 'home' team, for each fixture. Several UK basketball leagues operate on this basis, intended to keep the costs of participation as low as possible, including: Many sports leagues also participate in a single-elimination tournament each year. In the United States, Mexico, and some other countries, these tournaments are commonly called "playoffs" and are played at

988-479: Is able to reach up to 3,000 tons of green hydrogen per year and avoid the emission of 78,000 tons of CO2 per year. In 2022, Iberdrola inaugurated the Tâmega hydroelectric complex (Tâmega River – northern Portugal) with an investment of 1.5 billion euros. It involves the construction of three dams and three power plants (Gouvaes, Daivoes and Alto Tamega) with a combined capacity of 1,158 megawatts (MW), increasing 6% of

1064-756: Is considered one league of the most important women's leagues in Europe. Starting with the 2021–22 edition, as determined by the UEFA women's coefficient , the top three teams will qualify for the UEFA Women's Champions League . The league was founded in 1988, and has operated every year since, although it has undergone several changes in format and names including; Primera Iberdrola (formerly Liga Femenina Iberdrola for sponsorship reasons), Superliga Femenina , División de Honor , and Liga Nacional . A total of 12 different clubs have been champions; Barcelona have won

1140-524: Is constructed differently—a description of the status of two leagues rather than the title of one—it is common to hear "MLB" without "the" attached to it, as in "the most home runs in MLB this year", since one would not say "the Major League Baseball". The common thread between all sports leagues is a structure that allows teams or individuals to compete against each other in a nonrandom order on

1216-551: Is still used in many team sports around the world. One potential drawback of this simple double round-robin format is that the number of teams in the league determines the schedule. Larger leagues may not be able to play as many games as such a system would require, and smaller leagues may want more games. In addition, leagues whose teams are geographically spread out over a wide area (a common situation for leagues in North America) may face significant travel costs. One solution

1292-411: Is to allow teams to play each other whenever they see fit. In some sports, such as horse racing , the main goal of the entrants is to win individual purses , and there is little or no ranking or competition outside winning certain major races. A small amount of league organization may be imposed on these non-league sports by way of a series or tournament tying several individual events together, such as

1368-428: Is to play an unbalanced schedule, with some teams playing additional games against some other teams; this is the way Major League Soccer has traditionally been scheduled, with the additional games being played against local rivals. Some leagues also break the league into subunits, often known as divisions and conferences , each of which may itself play a balanced or unbalanced schedule. A "central venue league" (CVL)

1444-427: Is used similarly in the United States to describe baseball teams that play in leagues other than those sanctioned by Major League Baseball . These teams do play in leagues and should not be confused with barnstorming teams that play truly non-league schedules. Individual sports often use an alternative type of league organization where competitors are ranked against each other. In the simplest cases, such as boxing ,

1520-655: The 2023−24 season , set for 8 September 2023, was cancelled in the wake of strike called by five players unions. The following list shows all champions of the Spanish women's football league. Before creation of the league, from 1983 to 1988 the Copa de la Reina de Fútbol winners were the Spanish Champions. Marked in italic those teams that won the Copa de la Reina that season Almost 100 clubs participated during

1596-534: The Triple Crown . Even in team sports that normally use a traditional league format, some teams often exist outside any league; these teams are generally known as barnstorming teams and either schedule games against local professional or amateur competition or bring their own competition, such as the barnstorming Harlem Globetrotters did when they toured with the Washington Generals . As with

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1672-540: The lower division for the next season. Under this system, "league" may refer both to a league system , a group of leagues that are tied together in a hierarchical fashion by promotion and relegation, and to the individual leagues within the league system. For example, in English association football , the English Football League (EFL) is a league system, while the term "National League" refers both to

1748-557: The 476 MW Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea in summer 2023. In July 2023, Iberdrola agreed on a deal with Vodafone to provide renewable energy across three countries –  Spain, Portugal and Germany with 410GWh of solar energy from newly constructed solar plants. As of the summer of 2023, 7,100 MW of new renewables capacity is under construction globally for a total investment of €12 billion, of which 3,000 MW relates to offshore wind. According to

1824-509: The 5 seasons that this league format lasted. This table includes all games played since the 2001–02 season to 2010–11 season , when the Superliga recovered its format of a single group after several years with four groups and the group winners playing a Final Four. For a timeline of each team's league record, see List of women's football clubs in Spain . Records in this section refer to Primera División from its founding in 1988 through to

1900-467: The 850 MW La Muela II pumped-storage hydroelectric power plant began operating, which, together with La Muela I, is the largest complex of its kind in Europe with almost 1,500 MW. The same year Iberdrola's first offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea (United Kingdom), West of Duddon Sands with 389 MW of power was launched, as well as Maine high voltage transmission line connecting the United States and Canada

1976-607: The Brazilian energy market. Additionally, Iberdrola expanded its global reach by acquiring Acacias Renewables, a company operating in the renewable energy sector in Japan. In 2021, Iberdrola acquired offshore wind projects in Taiwan. In 2023, the company sold its non-renewable assets in Mexico to Mexico Infrastructure Partners (MIP), aligning with its strategic focus on renewable energy. In August 2024, Iberdrola agreed to acquire

2052-887: The Consejo Superior de Deportes (The National Sports Council) in the Universo Mujer program  in 2016.   The same year it launched Calangos complex in Brazil, the largest wind power facility in South America. In 2019, it launched the call for its 2020 Social Program to support vulnerable groups, with a budget of more than one million euros. The company also inaugurated the Baixo Iguaçu hydroelectric plant, supplying clean energy to one million Brazilians. East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm started generating clean electrical energy. Iberdrola launched i-DE,

2128-581: The Globetrotters, barnstorming teams sometimes emphasize spectacle over athletic competition. In Europe, the term "cup competition" is used to describe single elimination or knock-out tournaments, where the pairing of teams in each round is determined by a "draw" (see for example, the FA Cup in England), to distinguish it from league competition, in which every club in the league or division plays

2204-495: The Iberdrola group is responsible for the generation and sale of electrical energy from renewable sources: wind (onshore and offshore), solar, hydroelectric, green hydrogen, etc. At the end of 2022, Iberdrola Group had 60,761 MW of total installed capacity, of which 40,066 MW is renewable.  In 2023, the company reached a capacity of 62,045 MW and 41,246 MW respectively, increasing the renewables by 6.5% worldwide. One of

2280-552: The South of Scotland Electricity Board (SSEB) came into being, paving the way for the creation of ScottishPower four decades later, in 1990. Two years after that, Hidroeléctrica Española and Iberduero merged to form Iberdrola. In the latter part of the 20th century, Iberdrola began expanding into Latin America, mainly Mexico and Brazil. With ScottishPower and Iberdrola formed in Europe, in 1998 Energy East Corporation came into being in

2356-688: The Spanish industrialisation in the early 20th century. In 1840, American entrepreneurs founded the Hartford City Light Company, which lead to the incorporation of Energy East on the eastern seaboard of the US, which would much later become Iberdrola USA. Meanwhile, in Bilbao in 1901, Hidroeléctrica Ibérica was established by the engineer Juan de Urrutia. In 1907, Hidroeléctrica Ibérica shareholders created Hidroeléctrica Española to supply Madrid and Valencia . A decade later, Saltos del Duero

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2432-538: The Taiwanese market by acquiring offshore wind projects. By 2023, the company diversified its portfolio by selling assets from non-renewable sources in Mexico to Mexico Infrastructure Partners (MIP). Since 2001, the company has been committed to renewable energies and since 2006 it has continued its international expansion, increasing its presence in the United Kingdom, the United States and Brazil. In 2014,

2508-581: The UK and the US via the integration of ScottishPower and Energy East. As a culmination of his commitment to renewable energy, Jose Ignacio Sanchez Galan has received the ESG Leadership Award from The Foreign Policy Association in New York, which recognizes leaders most committed to ESG principles. By 2011, Iberdrola had moved into the Brazilian market with the acquisition of Elektro. In 2015,

2584-441: The US following New York State Electric & Gas's acquisition of Central Maine Power, Southern Connecticut Gas Company, Connecticut Natural Gas Company, Berkshire Gas Company and RGS Energy Group (the parent of Rochester Gas & Electric). Following the arrival of Jose Ignacio Sanchez Galan in 2001 Iberdrola began focusing on renewable energy . In 2007, the company continued its international expansion, increasing its presence in

2660-622: The United States, the purchase operation of PNM Resources, the electricity company of New Mexico and Texas, was pending permission from the Regulatory Commission. Also in 2020 (and 2021), the company was listed among the 10 best companies in the world in terms of integration of women, according to the World's Top Female Friendly Companies 2021 study, as well as in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (being

2736-420: The beginning of 2022, Iberdrola commissioned a 730 km energy transmission line in Brazil, the largest power line across its operations globally. At the end of 2022, Iberdrola Group had 60,761 MW of total installed capacity, of which 40,066 MW is renewable.  In 2023, the company reached a capacity of 62,045MW and 41,246 MW respectively, increasing the renewables by 6.5% worldwide. In February 2023,

2812-591: The champion. By 2000, women's teams were displeased that their competitions and calendars were being created by men's teams so, in June 2000, Levante submitted a proposal to the Spanish Federation for a new league, the Superliga. Levante's proposed Superliga was to be organised by women's teams, under the Spanish Federation, and had the support of a majority of women's teams in the country. At

2888-583: The commencement of trading on the New York Stock Exchange, strengthening Iberdrola's position in the United States. In 2020, Iberdrola acquired the Australian company Infigen Energy . Subsequently, the company was renamed Iberdrola Australia the following year. In 2020, Iberdrola expanded its renewable energy portfolio with the acquisition of Aalto Power, a French company specialising in renewable energy, and Ailes Marines. Aalto Power

2964-527: The company acquired Aalto Power, a renewable energy company with a focus on wind energy projects. In the U.S., Iberdrola made a move to purchase PNM Resources, an electricity provider for Texas and New Mexico, with the acquisition process subject to approval from the New Mexico Regulatory Commission. Additional 2020 acquisitions included CEB-D distributor in Brazil and Acacias Renewables in Japan. In 2021, Iberdrola ventured into

3040-491: The company expanded its operations into Brazil by acquiring the company Elektro, a strategic move to tap into the Brazilian market. In 2015, Iberdrola acquired the US company United Illuminating for a total of 3 billion euros. This acquisition bolstered Iberdrola's presence in the American market. Also in 2015, Iberdrola established Avangrid through the integration of Iberdrola USA and UIL Holdings Corporation. This move led to

3116-553: The company inaugurated the Puertollano green hydrogen plant (Puertollano – Ciudad Real), able to produce up to 3,000 tonnes of renewable hydrogen per year and supply clean hydrogen to the Fertiberia Group factory in town, allowing to reduce the consumption of natural gas. The total investment in the Puertollano plant is 150 million euros. It includes both green hydrogen facilities and a dedicated photovoltaic plant. It

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3192-535: The company made another significant move in the U.S. by acquiring United Illuminating (UIL), a publicly traded company, for 2,647 million euros. That same year, following the integration of Iberdrola USA and UIL Holdings Corporation, Avangrid was established and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange. In 2020 multiple acquisitions by Iberdrola were made. The company acquired Infigen Energy in Australia and subsequently renamed it Iberdrola Australia. In France,

3268-420: The company operates a capacity of 62,045 MW, of which 41,246 MW are from renewable sources worldwide. Iberdrola was created on November 1, 1992, from the merger between Hidroeléctrica Española and Iberduero . Hidroeléctrica Española, also known as Hidrola, had started in 1907, while Iberduero arose from the merger between Hidroeléctrica Ibérica and Saltos del Duero in 1944. The origin of Iberdrola lies in

3344-524: The company started developing a solar module factory in Langreo, Spain with an initial investment of €20 million. In March 2023 Iberdrola and BP signed a strategic alliance to accelerate the deployment of electric mobility and decarbonisation of transport. Specifically, their collaboration includes investing €1 billion to deploy a network of 11,700 fast and ultra-fast charging points for electric vehicles in Spain and Portugal. In April 2023, Iberdrola signed

3420-524: The company's investments of 8,158 million euros raised Iberdrola's net profit to 3,406 million euros in 2019. That year, the largest photovoltaic plant in Europe was commissioned—the Núñez de Balboa plant (500 MW) in Badajoz.   Iberdrola located its global smart grid innovation center in Spain. In Australia, construction was started on Port Augusta, its first wind-solar hybrid plant in the world.   In

3496-482: The conference, as other sports leagues do, but the individual schools also schedule a certain number of "non-conference" games that are organized independently between two schools in different conferences, or between a conference team and a non-conference team. Also, national championships in some college sports are determined by a ranking or playoff system that is independent of the individual conferences. Most major team sports play some form of round-robin schedule, where

3572-562: The data published by the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) in July 2023, the company has increased its renewables installed capacity by 6.5% worldwide in the last 12 months, reaching a total of 41,246 MW. As of 2023, the company has a workforce of 41,000 employees and assets of more than €160 billion. In 2023, Iberdrola's net profit for the first half rose to €2.52 billion from 2.08 billion euros

3648-462: The double round-robin format as the league increased from 14 to 16 teams. In the 2009–10 season the Superliga increased from 16 to 24 teams, causing criticism by teams and players who feared a decline in the quality of competition. The Superliga was divided into 3 groups of 7 to 8 teams each, with geographically nearby teams placed into each group to minimize travel. In the first stage of the season, each team played each other team in its group twice. In

3724-599: The end of the season, with the teams qualifying for the playoffs based on their performance during the season. In Europe, "cup" competitions are more common, with all teams playing in a single-elimination tournament that takes place during and parallel with the regular season. Iberdrola Iberdrola, S.A. ( Spanish pronunciation: [iβeɾˈðɾola] ) is a Spanish multinational electric utility company based in Bilbao , Spain. It has around 40,000 employees and serves around 30 million customers. Subsidiaries include ScottishPower ( United Kingdom ) and

3800-570: The goal is for each team to play a relatively balanced schedule with each other team in the league or in its league subdivision. Within this structure, there are a few significant differences between leagues, a few of which are set forth below. The simplest way to organize a sports league, and still one of the most common, is in a double round-robin format where each team plays each other team twice, once at home and once away. This ensures that every team plays an equally difficult schedule and that no team has undue home field advantage . This organization

3876-880: The group's main vectors is offshore wind. It has facilities in UK, Germany, USA, France and develops offshore wind activities in Poland,  Sweden,  Ireland, the United States,   Brazil,  the Philippines  and Japan, expanding its offshore wind portfolio to 30 GW. At the end of 2023, Iberdrola had 1,793 MW offshore in operation and 3000 MW under construction or secured with long-term contracts, which will come into operation before 2027 thanks to investments of nearly 30,000 million euros worldwide during this decade. The company currently has four offshore wind operating plants and four under construction: Baltic Eagle (Germany) and Vineyard Wind I (USA) will come on stream in 2025 and East Anglia 3 (UK) and Windanker (Germany)

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3952-524: The league immediately below the EFL in the English pyramid and to its associated league system . An alternate system of league organization which is used primarily in Australia, Canada, and the United States is a closed model which always has the same teams playing, with occasional admission of expansion teams and relocation of existing teams . There is no team movement between the higher major league and

4028-446: The league" and be understood to mean the overall NFL, a similar mention of "the best outfielder in the league" is almost always a reference to the American or National League, while "in all of baseball" or similar is used to denote the larger status. Each of the major leagues also has its own set of awards to recognize the separation between the two, which means there are two MVPs , two Cy Young Award winners, etc. Since its name

4104-559: The legal and social framework of the francoist dictatorship for its growth in economic and social relevance. Notably, the president between 1935 and 1985 of one of the former mergers, Hidroeléctrica Española, José María de Oriol y Urquijo, was a relevant Spanish nationalist who allegedly declared to have been part in the investigation and prosecution of more than 80.000 people in the Basque Country. In 1944 Hidroeléctrica Ibérica and Saltos del Duero merged to form Iberduero. In 1955,

4180-625: The lower minor leagues . In many of these closed-model leagues in Canada and the United States, they are divided into subdivisions on historical or geographical lines. These may be referred to as conferences or divisions . For example, the National Football League (NFL) is divided into the National Football Conference and American Football Conference ; the latter conference was formed largely from

4256-410: The most championships, with nine. The league was founded in 1988 as Liga Nacional , formed by Olímpico Fortuna , Puente Castro , Parque Alcobendas , Santa María Atlético , Vallès Occidental , RCD Españyol , FC Barcelona , CE Sabadell and Peña Barcelonista Barcilona . Starting in the 1996–97 season the league was divided into 4 groups. The group winners played a semi-final and final to decide

4332-532: The new brand of its electricity distribution activity in Spain, which manages 270,000 km of digitalised power lines. That year Iberdrola entered the ranking of the 100 most sustainable companies in the world, according to the latest classification carried out by Corporate Knights. The European Commission classified Iberdrola as the most innovative Spanish utility and third of Europe.   Iberdrola's direct tax contribution worldwide amounted to 8,156 million euros in 2019, 217 million more than in 2018. In 2020,

4408-677: The only European utility company to be named in 22 editions of the index). In 2021, Iberdrola announced, through its British subholding ScottishPower , the investment of an additional 6 billion pounds (7,090 million euros) in the construction of the East Anglia Hub offshore wind farm (North Sea – United Kingdom). This offshore wind macro complex is bringing together three projects with a total installed capacity of 2,900 MW: East Anglia ONE North, East Anglia TWO and East Anglia THREE. The works, involving an investment of 10 billion pounds, began in 2022 and planned to last four years. In 2022,

4484-477: The other clubs in their conference more than their non-conference opponents. Baseball has a unique nomenclature, with " Major League Baseball " (MLB) the name of the overall grouping of 30 teams in two "major leagues", the American League (AL) and the older National League (NL). They are titled leagues rather than conferences for several reasons. The National League predates the American by 25 years and

4560-463: The other teams a pre-determined number of times in a season, usually on a home and away basis. Further, in England, the term non-league football is used for historical reasons to describe association football teams that play in organized leagues, but not in the English Football League or Premier League , the two highest levels of competition in that sport in that country. Independent baseball

4636-464: The playoffs. While round-robin and modified round-robin competitions are the most common form of league organization, there are a number of ways to organize a sporting competition, almost all of which may be described as a "league". Many sports organizations fall on a continuum between a total lack of organization, as in a pick-up game, and a formal league such as is common at the highest level of professional team sports. The simplest form of competition

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4712-435: The present. Sports league Many uses of the term league in sports and for sports organizations are misnomers as the term league relates specifically to the form of organization, requiring persons or bodies to be in league together. A sport competition owned and controlled other than by its participant players, teams or clubs is not a league. In many cases, organizations that function as leagues are described using

4788-826: The rankings mean little and the major competition is to crown a champion in a title fight. In other sports, the rankings and leaderboards gain importance when they are used in seeding tournaments. In some sports, points are assigned to results at individual competitions, and the resulting points are used to generate a season rankings and determine the season champion. While not usually referred to as "leagues", but "tours" or "series", these season-long competitions with set events are very similar to league structures in team sports. Examples of this are motorsport , tennis , golf , skiing , beach volleyball and rugby sevens . American college sports are traditionally organized into groups of teams known as conferences . These conferences ordinarily keep league tables and crown champions within

4864-553: The remaining 18.4% of its US subsidiary, Avangrid and inauguration of the group's fourth offshore wind farm, Saint Brieuc, in France. In 2006, Iberdrola acquired ScottishPower , leading to the integration of this company in April 2007. This gave rise to Europe's third-largest utility. In 2008, Iberdrola continued its expansion with the acquisition of the US-based company Energy East, further solidifying its global presence. In 2011,

4940-720: The remnants of the American Football League after it merged with the NFL , though it now contains three original NFL teams and three expansion teams. Both the National Basketball Association (NBA) and National Hockey League (NHL) are divided into Eastern and Western Conferences. The conferences in the NFL, NBA, and NHL are further divided into subsets, all of which are called divisions . These are geographically based, and teams play their divisional opponents more than any others, and then play

5016-454: The second stage, the best two of each group as well as the two best third-place finishers went into group A and the other teams were divided into groups B and C based on a predefined key. Again a double round-robin was played within each group. All Group A teams and the three best finishers of Group B and C qualified for the Copa de la Reina , and the two best teams in Group A played each other in

5092-661: The strike. On 18 November, the players announced that they would be lifting the strike, after reaching an agreement with the ACFF to resume negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement. In 2020 the Primera División was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic . On 10 June 2020 the Primera División was granted professionalised league status. Starting with the 2021-2022 season, the league became fully professional, and reduced from 18 teams to 16. The opening fixture of

5168-535: The time it was proposed, with the intention to replace the league for the next (2001–02) season, the clubs also threatened to boycott Federation competitions if it was not accepted. For the 2001–02 season the league was renamed the Superliga and the competition system was changed from the group format to a double round-robin, with each team playing the other teams twice, once away and once at home. The league in this period consisted of 14 teams. The 2008–09 season kept

5244-457: The total electrical power in the country. In 2022, investments of 10,730 million euros raised Iberdrola's net profit to 4,339 million euros, which represents an increase of 11.6% compared to the previous year. During the year, Iberdrola reached 40 GW of operational renewable energy and expects to add 7,675 MW in the next four years (of which, 3,500 MW will be offshore wind). In addition, it reached an emission of 59 grams CO2/kWh in Europe.   At

5320-534: The two leagues played mostly separate competitions within the larger framework of MLB. Finally, until 2000, they were actually separate legal entities, unlike the conferences of other leagues. Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan has a similar history, with the Central League and Pacific League not founded together. Due to this naming custom, it is common to use slightly different terms to discuss MLB. Where someone might refer to "the best quarterback in

5396-591: The verge of ruin. In Spain, which had experienced a period of economic growth at the start of the 20th century, the industry suffered a severe setback in 1936 whose impact would be felt for the following two decades: the Spanish Civil War abruptly halted development, destroyed facilities and made maintaining the remaining equipment extremely difficult. In the 1940s, Spain experienced extreme difficulty in acquiring technology and materials due to international isolation and soaring prices. The company benefited from

5472-570: Was considered a "major" league in comparison to its early competitors, and in a sense it simply extended this recognition to the AL, the only league of similar financial clout. In addition, the leagues played no interlocking schedule of any kind until 1995, and then added only a small amount of interleague play , with the main AL-NL competition occurring between their champions in the World Series . Thus

5548-476: Was founded, opening the country's first hydroelectric facility in 1935, the Ricobayo power plant. World War I forced the industry to seek new sources of energy and to install large distribution networks. Amid huge instability, US power companies underwent consolidation to decrease their financial uncertainty. The stock market crash of 1929 and the accompanying Great Depression brought many of these companies to

5624-605: Was installed. In 2015, the company committed to reduce CO2 emissions by 50% by 2030 and at the end of 2017 announced its intention to close all of its coal-fired power plants worldwide. Iberdrola announced an investment to a total of €47 billion, of which  €17 billion in renewables to increase renewable capacity by 12,100 MW to 52,000 MW in 2025 (6,300 MW of photovoltaic, 3,100 MW of onshore wind, 1,800 MW of offshore, 700 MW of batteries and 200 MW of hydro). Iberdrola started sponsoring Women's Soccer League in Spain, which adopted its name (Primera Iberdrola), and collaborated with

5700-494: Was involved in wind energy projects, both in operation and in development. Also in 2020, Iberdrola made an important move in the United States by purchasing PNM Resources, an electricity company serving Texas and New Mexico. This acquisition's completion is subject to approval from the New Mexico Regulatory Commission. That year, Iberdrola furthered its presence in Brazil by acquiring the CEB-D distributor, enhancing its footprint in

5776-480: Was reduced to 16 teams for the 2012–13 season. Before the 2016–17 season, the RFEF agreed to a sponsorship by Iberdrola , renaming the league Liga Iberdrola . This was slightly changed to Primera Iberdrola in 2019. On 22 October 2019, following a breakdown of negotiations with the RFEF for a year over salaries and working conditions, the players went on a strike and a number of league games had to be cancelled due to

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