Club Femení Barcelona had previously been known as Peña Femenina Barcelonista, but had changed its name in the 1982–83 season. A different team, Peña Barcelonista Barcilona, also competed in (and eventually won) the inaugural league.[2]
Each team sat out two matchdays due to the odd number of teams in the league; Barcelona rested on matchday 8 (5 February 1989) and matchday 17 (23 April 1989). Barcelona finished fourth in the league, tied on points with rivals Español but losing out on goal difference.[1]
The 1989 Copa de la Reina de Fútbol became a national cup with the introduction of an official national league. Barcelona renounced playing in the Copa de la Reina in the season.[3]
In November 1988, after the Catalan Cup but before the start of the Liga Nacional, the club Gracia Cal Majó merged with Barcelona to become its subsidiary team known as Barcelona Atlétic. This team continued in the Catalan League, but had also advanced to the next round of the Catalan Cup along with Barcelona.[4]
Among the players for Barcelona during this season were Pilar Moreno, Kety Pulido [ca], I. Castañón,[5] Adelina Pastor Martínez, Sagrario Serrano, Rosario Roura, Julia Rico,[4] Àfrica Ocaña Fernández, Gemma Homar,[4][6][7] Eulàlia/Laia Fusté, Inés de Carreras[6] and Sílvia Gelabert Udina.
The Copa Catalana – a direct predecessor of the Copa Catalunya – was held before the league for the first time in the 1988–89 season, meaning that there were two editions held in 1988. María Teresa Andreu, president of women's football, explained that the rescheduling was due to the RFEF organising the new Liga Nacional to begin in November: Catalonia's top four teams, including Barcelona, were joining the Liga Nacional and the FCF felt they would be rusty if they did not play during the intervening months.[8]
The cup was contested by thirteen teams divided into four groups. It was initially played in a mini-league format, beginning in September 1988; the top two teams in each group would proceed to the knock-out stages to be held after the conclusion of the leagues.[8]
Barcelona was in group 4 along with Gracia Cal Majó and Catalunya CFF. Due to the odd number of teams in the group, each team sat out two matchdays.[8] Barcelona rested on days 3 and 6.
Note: Originally scheduled for 1 October, the match was postponed due to a car crash involving vehicles transporting the Catalunya players, leaving many of them injured.[9] Barcelona had already qualified, with Catalunya unable to qualify, before the match was ultimately played in November.[10]
^Tomás Belenguer, Manuel (December 2021). Barça femení. Història des dels orígens fins al triplet. Barcelona: Base. pp. 99–100, 113. ISBN978-84-19007-00-1.
