Levante plays in the Genuine League with a women’s -only team

Earlier because I lifted He decided to bet firmly on integration, on football for everyone. And in this adventure do not miss women’s football. That’s how he is Raise UD EDI has once again pioneered her commitment to togetherness and will travel with an extraordinary team, made up solely of women, who will play in the final stages of LaLiga Genuine which will take place from June 3 to 5 in Bilbao.

Levante will face from Friday to Sunday the final rounds of the competition organized by LaLiga and in which 42 teams participated this season.

To face the event with total professionalism and ambition, Levante EDI players trained on Tuesday afternoon with Levante Feminino, Primera Iberdrola’s top team.

Levante EDI consists of a team of 16 players. They will face RC Deportivo de la Coruña, Fundación Fútbol Base Reus and Nàstic de Tarragona in the sports city of Lezama.

Levante UD EDI is a Soccer School for People with Intellectual Disabilities. As they point out on their website, “we draw smiles. That’s the motto that Levante UD EDI has carried as its flag since this Levante Foundation project came to prominence in 2012. In this way, Levante UD became the first professional football club to create a School for the Intellectually Disabled and incorporate it into its structure ”.

The school grows annually until it now has over 100 players. In addition, this growth has allowed that, since January 2015, a startup group for children from 8 to 12 years old has been created, which has been an absolute success.

In this initiative, the values ​​of this group of strangers of high human importance are expressed and they continue to be associated with Levante UD. It is an initiative to overcome barriers.