Real Madrid Femenino celebrated six years since its creation in September 2020, but the club still has not won a title in its history. The absence of trophies has become a point of reference to compare the project with that of other women's teams in the league, such as Atlético de Madrid and FCBarcelona, which have decades of experience and multiple conquests.
The origin of the team was not the creation from scratch, but the absorption of CDTacón on June 25, 2019. The club that had been promoted to the First Division in 2018 and had won the Second Division in 2017-18 and 2018-19, became the base of the Real Madrid women's team. Since then, the white team has maintained Florentino Pérez's philosophy of building from the youth team and not depending on high-caliber signings, although the club's economic reality has changed the strategy.
The team's budget has grown from 3.38 million euros in the 2020-21 season to around 13 million currently, after the purchase of Tacón for 300,000 euros and the investment in signings such as the transfer of Felicia Schröder for 1.5 million, the most expensive record in the history of Liga F. The Swedish player has contributed five goals in the league and three in the Champions League, but the The club still cannot surpass Barcelona, with whom it has been runner-up in every Primera season except 2021-22. In European competitions, Real Madrid has only reached the quarterfinals, without managing to advance further.
The management's decisions have generated controversy. The refusal to open the SantiagoBernabéu for key women's matches, unlike other large stadiums that have hosted women's matches, has been criticized. The player herself, Melanie Leupolz, recalled that the president said that the stadium would open “when you win the first title.” Furthermore, the absence of Florentino Pérez in the finals of the Spanish Super Cup in 2025 and 2026, delegating his presence to managers, has fueled the perception that the club does not sufficiently value the women's team.
Despite the investment and partial achievements, Real Madrid still lacks a track record and lacks the confidence necessary to compete with the greats of Europe. The board, according to some critics, needs to demonstrate its commitment visibly, for example by opening the Bernabéu without victory conditions. Only in this way could the gap between the club's ambition and concrete results in the competition be closed.