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- ↑ "Empat a San Mamés" [Even at San Mamés] (in Catalan). Catalan Football Federation. 28 December 2014.
- ↑ "Euskadi guanya a la festa del futbol feminí" [Basque wins the women's football festival] (in Catalan). Catalan Football Federation. 26 December 2015.
- ↑ La Real empieza su historia europea [Real begins its European history], Aimara G. Gil, Diario AS, 20 September 2022 (in Spanish)
- ↑ "Barcelona close in on quadruple with 8-0 Copa de la Reina triumph". ESPN . 18 May 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
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