Eugenia Gil Soriano

Eugenia Gil Soriano
Full name María Eugenia Gil Soriano
Born (1996-01-15) 15 January 1996
Mérida, Spain
Other occupation Sprinter
Domestic
Years League Role
2019–present Liga F Referee
2024–present Primera Federación Referee
International
Years League Role
2024–present FIFA Referee

María Eugenia Gil Soriano (born 15 January 1996)[1] is a Spanish football referee who has also competed as a sprinter. Born in Mérida, she officiates in Liga F and the men's Primera Federación,[2] and belongs to the Galician referees' committee.[3] She was the principal referee for the final of the 2024 Copa de la Reina[4] and for the 2026 Supercopa de España Femenina final.[5]

Athletics

Alongside her refereeing, Gil Soriano has competed as a sprinter, specialising in the 400 metres.[6] She was a Spanish under-23 runner-up in the event and a multiple-time champion of Galicia.[7] She ran for the Sociedad Gimnástica de Pontevedra, having earlier competed for Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh, in the United States.[8]

Refereeing career

Gil Soriano made her debut in Liga F, the top division of Spanish women's football, in the 2019–20 season, alongside Xiomara Díaz García.[9] For the 2020–21 season she was named the best referee in the women's first division at the MARCA women's sport awards, becoming the first member of the Galician committee to receive the distinction.[10] She had earlier served as an assistant referee at the 2019 junior Copa de Campeones, refereed a women's Supercopa de España semi-final in 2022, and moved into men's football in Segunda Federación in 2023.[11] In 2024 she was promoted to the men's Primera Federación[12] and was included on FIFA's list of international referees.[13]

The 2024 Copa de la Reina final, played at La Romareda in Zaragoza between Barcelona and Real Sociedad, was directed by an all-female refereeing team.[14] The 2026 Supercopa de España Femenina final, her second Clásico, was held at the Estadio Castalia in Castellón, where Barcelona faced Real Madrid.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "María Eugenia Gil Soriano, una emeritense mejor árbitra de la temporada 2020-2021". Radio Interior (in Spanish). 23 January 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
  2. ↑ "Eugenia Gil Soriano, árbitra de Liga F y Primera RFEF: «Me marcó nacer en una familia de hombres»". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 28 October 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
  3. ↑ "El auge del arbitraje femenino en Galicia: «Oigo murmullos al llegar al campo»". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 28 October 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
  4. ↑ "Gil Soriano: «Cuando empiezas a pitar, una final de Copa es lo que se sueña»". Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). 17 May 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
  5. ↑ "Gil Soriano, árbitra de la final de la Supercopa de España". Diario AS (in Spanish). 22 January 2026. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
  6. ↑ "Eugenia Gil Soriano, la mujer que combina arbitraje y atletismo". La Razón (in Spanish). 22 January 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
  7. ↑ "De subcampeona de España de atletismo a árbitro en el Reino de León". Leonoticias (in Spanish). 7 March 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
  8. ↑ "La árbitra más rápida de España". Diario de Pontevedra (in Spanish). 18 November 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
  9. ↑ "Gil Soriano y Díaz García, nuevas árbitras en Primera División Femenina para la temporada 2019/2020". Real Federación Española de Fútbol (in Spanish). 2 July 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
  10. ↑ "Eugenia Gil, atleta de la Gimnástica, mejor árbitra de la temporada de la Liga Iberdrola". PontevedraViva (in Spanish). 3 November 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
  11. ↑ "El sueño de Eugenia Gil: de niña atleta a dirigir el clásico de la final". Real Federación Española de Fútbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2026.
  12. ↑ "Eugenia Gil Soriano asciende a árbitra principal en Primera Federación". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
  13. ↑ "Marta Huerta de Aza se convierte en la primera árbitra de España en llegar al fútbol profesional masculino". Público (in Spanish). Europa Press. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
  14. ↑ "Las árbitras de la final de la Copa de la Reina 2024". Relevo (in Spanish). 15 May 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
  15. ↑ "Eugenia Gil arbitrará la final de la Supercopa de España". Marca (in Spanish). 22 January 2026. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
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