Elisabeth Calvo Valentín

Elisabeth Calvo Valentín
Full name Elisabeth Calvo Valentín
Born (1997-07-09) 9 July 1997
Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain
Domestic
Years League Role
2022–present Primera División Femenina Referee
International
Years League Role
2025–present FIFA listed Referee

Elisabeth Calvo Valentín (born 9 July 1997) is a Spanish football referee affiliated with the Madrid committee of the Royal Spanish Football Federation's Technical Committee of Referees.[1] She has officiated in the Primera División Femenina (Liga F), the top division of Spanish women's football, since the 2022-23 season,[2] served as the video assistant referee in the 2024 Copa de la Reina final, and in 2025 joined the list of Spanish FIFA international referees.[3]

Early life

Calvo Valentín was born on 9 July 1997 in Torrejón de Ardoz, in the Community of Madrid.[4]

Refereeing career

Primera División Femenina

In June 2022, the Technical Committee of Referees of the Royal Spanish Football Federation announced that Calvo Valentín, of the Madrid committee, and María Gloria Planes Terol, of the Murcia committee, would be promoted to the Primera División Femenina for the 2022-23 season.[5][6] The two were the only newly promoted referees in that season's top-flight officiating roster.[7] Her promotion was recognised at the Madrid referees' committee "Día del Árbitro" (Referee's Day) gala, held in her home town of Torrejón de Ardoz.[8]

On 18 May 2024, Calvo Valentín acted as the video assistant referee in the final of the Copa de la Reina, the Spanish women's national cup, played at La Romareda in Zaragoza; the match on the pitch was refereed by María Eugenia Gil Soriano.[9][10] The final ended with an 8-0 victory for FC Barcelona over Real Sociedad, the Catalan club's tenth title in the competition.[11]

In January 2026 she was appointed to officiate one of the semi-finals of the Supercopa de España Femenina in Castellón, the FC Barcelona-Athletic Club tie.[12][13]

Segunda Federación

From the 2024-25 season, Calvo Valentín also began officiating men's matches in the Segunda Federación, the fourth tier of Spanish football, making her debut in the category in the Villanovense-Xerez DFC fixture, which ended goalless.[14] She has since continued to referee regularly in the division, including the Xerez CD-CD Extremadura match in April 2026.[15]

International

On 24 June 2024, the Technical Committee of Referees proposed Calvo Valentín to FIFA as a new international referee to fill one of Spain's international places for 2025. In early 2025, she attended the UEFA advanced referees' course in Athens as a newly added international referee, alongside Spain's elite-group officials.[16][17][18]

References

  1. ↑ "Plantillas arbitrales - Árbitras de Primera" [Refereeing rosters - Primera referees]. RFEF (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 June 2026.
  2. ↑ "La madrileña Calvo Valentín, nueva árbitra de Primera" [Madrid's Calvo Valentín, new Primera referee]. Telemadrid (in Spanish). 20 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
  3. ↑ "Informe arbitral de la temporada 2023/24 para las categorías profesionales" [Refereeing report for the 2023/24 season for the professional categories] (PDF). RFEF (in Spanish). 24 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
  4. ↑ "Calvo Valentín, Elisabeth - Árbitro" [Calvo Valentín, Elisabeth - Referee]. BDFutbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 June 2026.
  5. ↑ "Árbitras - Presentamos la plantilla arbitral de la temporada 2022/23 para Primera División Femenina" [Referees: presenting the 2022/23 refereeing roster for the Primera División Femenina]. RFEF (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 June 2026.
  6. ↑ "Estas son las árbitras de la Liga profesional femenina" [These are the referees of the women's professional league]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 20 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
  7. ↑ "Conoce a las árbitras designadas para la temporada 2022-23" [Meet the referees appointed for the 2022-23 season]. Futfem (in Spanish). 20 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
  8. ↑ "Torrejón de Ardoz acogió la gala 'Día del Árbitro', organizada por el Comité de Árbitros de Fútbol de Madrid" [Torrejón de Ardoz hosted the 'Referee's Day' gala, organised by the Madrid Football Referees' Committee]. Diario de Torrejón (in Spanish). 24 November 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
  9. ↑ "Previa - Duelo de campeonas por un nuevo título" [Preview: A clash of champions for a new title]. RFEF (in Spanish). 18 May 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
  10. ↑ "FC Barcelona vs Real Sociedad - Copa de la Reina" [FC Barcelona vs Real Sociedad - Copa de la Reina]. LALIGA (in Spanish). 18 May 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
  11. ↑ "El Barça Femenino arrasa en La Romareda y conquista su décima Copa de la Reina" [Barça Femenino sweeps La Romareda and wins its tenth Copa de la Reina]. El Rotativo (in Spanish). 19 May 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
  12. ↑ "Cebollada López y Calvo Valentín, árbitras de las semifinales de la Supercopa Femenina" [Cebollada López and Calvo Valentín, referees of the women's Supercopa semi-finals]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 19 January 2026. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
  13. ↑ "Elisabeth Calvo arbitrará la semifinal de la Supercopa Barça-Athletic Club" [Elisabeth Calvo will referee the Supercopa semi-final Barça–Athletic Club]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 19 January 2026. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
  14. ↑ "La colegiada Calvo Valentín será la encargada de dirigir el Mirandilla - La Unión" [Referee Calvo Valentín will be in charge of officiating Mirandilla - La Unión]. Cádiz CF (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 June 2026.
  15. ↑ "Batalla crucial para Elisabeth Calvo Valentín" [Crucial battle for Elisabeth Calvo Valentín]. Xerez Club Deportivo (in Spanish). 17 April 2026. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
  16. ↑ "Los árbitros españoles, al frente del grupo élite de la UEFA" [Spanish referees, at the forefront of UEFA's elite group]. RFEF (in Spanish). 6 February 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
  17. ↑ "España, el país con más representación en el arbitraje europeo de élite de la UEFA" [Spain, the country with the most representation in UEFA's elite European refereeing]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 6 February 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
  18. ↑ "Siete árbitros españoles lideran el grupo élite de la UEFA" [Seven Spanish referees lead UEFA's elite group]. Marca (in Spanish). 5 February 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
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