Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol in Canary Islands

The Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol in the Canary Islands are ultimately overseen by the Federación Canaria de Fútbol which operates Group 12 of the Tercera División RFEF, the fifth tier of the Spanish football league system, divided among each of the country's autonomous regions. However, unlike most of the regions, the leagues in the sixth tier and below are organised by two separate federations, corresponding to the provinces of Las Palmas and Tenerife. The other region with this arrangement is the Basque Country which has three provincial forks to its amateur setup; Andalusia and the Balearic Islands have two and three parallel divisions respectively under the same umbrella.

League setup summary[]

• Interinsular Preferente de Las Palmas (Level 6 of the Spanish football pyramid)
• Interinsular Preferente de Tenerife (Level 6)
• Primera Regional Aficionado Gran Canaria (Level 7)
• Primera Regional Aficionado Fuerteventura (Level 7)
• Primera Regional Aficionado Lanzarote (Level 7)
• Primera Interinsular Tenerife (Level 7)
• Primera Insular La Palma (Level 7)
• Segunda Regional Aficionado Gran Canaria (Level 8)
• Segunda Interinsular Tenerife (Level 8)
• Segunda Insular-El Hierro (Level 8)
• Segunda Insular-La Gomera (Level 8)

League chronology[]

Timeline - Las Palmas

Timeline - Tenerife

Interinsular Preferente[]

Preferente de las Islas Canarias is the sixth level of competition of the Spanish Football League in that community.

The league consists of two provincial groups (Tenerife and Gran Canaria) of 18 teams. At the end of the season, the champion of each group is promoted directly to Group XII of the Tercera División RFEF and the runners-up play a playoff for promotion. The last four teams in the Gran Canaria group and last three in the Tenerife group are relegated to Primera Categoría.

Interinsular Preferente de Las Palmas[]

Interinsular Preferente

Founded	1975
Country	Spain
Number of teams	16
Level on pyramid	6
Promotion to	3ª RFEF – Group 12
Relegation to	Primera Aficionados Gran Canaria
Website	Federación Interinsular de Fútbol de Las Palmas

2012–13 teams[]

	Team	Founded in	Based in	2012–13 season
1		2007	El Cotillo, Gran Canaria	1st
2		1983	Yaiza, Lanzarote	2nd
3	Arguineguín	1968	Arguineguín, Gran Canaria	3rd
4		1953	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	4th
5	Real Sporting San José	1913	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	5th
6		1920	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	6th
7		2005	Puerto del Rosario, Fuerteventura	7th
8		1988	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	8th
9		1956	Teror, Gran Canaria	9th
10	Guía	1926	Santa María de Guía, Gran Canaria	10th
11		2003	Arinaga, Gran Canaria	11th
12		1974	Balos, Gran Canaria	12th
13	Arucas	1927	Arucas, Gran Canaria	13th
14		2007	Montaña Los Vélez, Gran Canaria	14th
15		1972	San Bartolomé, Lanzarote	15th
16		2000	Valle de Jinámar, Gran Canaria	16th
17	Huracán	1980	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	17th
18		2004	Tías, Lanzarote	18th

Interinsular Preferente de Tenerife[]

Interinsular Preferente

Founded	1975
Country	Spain
Number of teams	30 (group of 18, group of 12)
Level on pyramid	6
Promotion to	3ª RFEF – Group 12
Relegation to	Primera Interinsular Tenerife
Website	Federación Tinerfeña de Fútbol

2012–13 teams[]

	Team	Founded in	Based in	2012–13 season
1	Realejos	1943	Los Realejos, Tenerife	1st
2		1930	San Andrés, Tenerife	2nd
3		1963	Valle de Guerra, Tenerife	3rd
4	Santa Úrsula	1965	Santa Úrsula, Tenerife	4th
5	Laguna	1984	San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife	5th
6		1952	El Paso, La Palma	6th
7		1975	La Orotava, Tenerife	7th
8		1976	Buzanada, Tenerife	8th
9	Los Llanos	1996	Los Llanos de Aridane, La Palma	9th
10		1969	Tacoronte, Tenerife	10th
11		1977	Charco del Pino, Tenerife	11th
12		1940	San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife	12th
13		1979	Fuencaliente de la Palma, La Palma	13th
14		1973	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	14th
15		1912	Icod de los Vinos, Tenerife	15th
16		1975	Frontera, El Hierro	16th
17		1989	San Andrés y Sauces, La Palma	17th
18		1972	Barlovento, La Palma	18th

Promotion playoffs[]

Playoff to decide which team is promoted to Tercera División RFEF. Teams qualified 2nd in each group took part in the playoff.

2012–13 teams[]

1st leg[]

2nd leg[]

Promoted to Tercera División
(6 years later)

Primera de Aficionados de Gran Canaria[]

Primera de Aficionados de Gran Canaria is the seventh level of competition in Gran Canaria. The league is played with 36 teams in two groups of 18. At the end of the season, the champions are promoted and the runners-up and 3rd placed teams advance to promotion playoff for two additional promotions. Four clubs from each group are relegated to Segunda Categoría Insular.

Some teams playing at this level[]

• Castillo

Liga Insular de Aficionados Fuerteventura[]

Liga Insular de Aficionados Fuerteventura is the seventh level of competition in Fuerteventura. The league is played with 16 teams. At the end of the season, the champion advances to promotion playoff.

Primera Insular Aficionado Lanzarote[]

Primera Insular Aficionado Lanzarote is the seventh level of competition in Lanzarote. The league is played with 10 teams with the champion advancing to the promotion playoff at the end of the season.

Segunda Regional de Gran Canaria[]

Segunda Regional de Gran Canaria is the seventh level of competition in Gran Canaria. The league is played with 43 teams in 3 groups of 13-16. At the end of the season, the champions, runners-up, the 3rd placed team from group 1 and the best 3rd placed team between the other two groups are promoted.

Primera Interinsular de Tenerife[]

Primera Interinsular de Tenerife is the seventh level of competition in Tenerife. The league is played with 36 teams in two groups of 18. At the end of the season, the champions playoff for direct promotion. The loser enters the promotion playoff with the runners-up, 3rd and 4th placed teams for an addition promotion. Three clubs from each group are relegated to Segunda Categoría Insular.

Primera Insular La Palma[]

Primera Insular La Palma is the seventh level of competition in La Palma. The league is played with 10 teams with the top four clubs advancing to promotion league. The winner is promoted.

Segunda Interinsular de Tenerife[]

Segunda Interinsular de Tenerife is the eighth level of competition in Tenerife. The league is played with 38 teams in one group of 20 and another group of 18. At the end of the season, the champions are promoted. Runners-up, 3rd, 4th and 5th placed teams enter promotion playoff for two additional promotions.

External links[]

• Futbolme.com
• Federación Tinerfeña de Fútbol
• Federación Interinsular de Fútbol de Las Palmas