Primera División RFEF

Primera División RFEF
Founded	2021
First season	2021–22
Country	Spain
Other club(s) from	Andorra (1 team)
Divisions	2
Number of teams	2 groups of 20 teams each (40)
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion to	Segunda División
Relegation to	Segunda División RFEF
Domestic cup(s)	Copa del Rey; Copa Federación
International cup(s)	UEFA Europa League; (via winning Copa del Rey)
	Current: 2021–22 Primera División RFEF

The Primera División RFEF is the third tier of the Spanish football league system beginning with the 2021–22 season. It is administered by the Royal Spanish Football Federation. It is below the top two professional leagues, the Primera División (also known as La Liga) and the Segunda División, and above the Segunda División RFEF and Tercera División RFEF.

History[]

In 2020, the Royal Spanish Football Federation announced the creation of three new divisions, two semi-professional and one amateur:^[1] the Primera División RFEF as the new third tier of the Spanish system;^[2] the Segunda División RFEF as the new fourth tier, broadly using the same format as the Segunda División B created in 1977; and the Tercera División RFEF as the fifth tier, along the same lines as the Tercera División from 1977 whereby groups are limited to teams from each of the nation's autonomous communities and is administered by a local body.

League format[]

The RFEF First Division will be made up of a total of 40 clubs divided into two groups of 20 teams distributed by geographical proximity, initially with a north-west/south-east split. In its first season, 4 teams will be relegated from the Segunda División (La Liga 2) and the remaining will come from the Segunda División B.^[3]

Like the other Spanish divisions, it will take place annually, beginning at the end of August or early September, and ending in May or June of the following year. The twenty teams in each group will play each other twice, home and away, for a total of thirty-eight matches. At the end of the season, the seven teams that accumulate the most points in each group, excluding reserve teams, qualify for the next edition of the Copa del Rey. At the end of the season a total of four teams will be promoted to the second tier with the champions in each group achieve automatic promotion to Segunda División. The second to fifth place teams will play promotion play-offs to the second division, where two of eight teams win the play-offs will promoted to Segunda División. The bottom five in each division will be relegated to the fourth tier.

Reserve teams eligibility[]

Reserve teams can participate in the RFEF First Division if their first teams compete in a higher division, but cannot compete in the same division. If a team is relegated or promoted to the same division, the reserve team will be denied promotion or automatically relegated to ensure they remain one division separate.

Clubs[]

Cultural L.

Ferrol

Zamora

Racing

Calahorra

San Sebastián de los Reyes

Alcoyano

Barcelona B

UCAM

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Location of teams in 2021–22 Primera División RFEF

Red: Group 1;

Green: Group 2

The member clubs of the Primera División RFEF for the 2021–22 season are listed below.

Group 1	Group 2
Badajoz Bilbao Athletic Calahorra Celta B Cultural Leonesa Deportivo La Coruña Extremadura Internacional Madrid Racing Ferrol Racing Santander Rayo Majadahonda Real Unión SD Logroñés SS Reyes Talavera Tudelano Unionistas UD Logroñés Valladolid Promesas Zamora	Albacete Alcoyano Algeciras Andorra Atlético Baleares Atlético Sanluqueño Barcelona B Betis Deportivo Castellón Cornellà Costa Brava Gimnàstic Linares Linense Real Madrid Castilla Sabadell San Fernando Sevilla Atlético UCAM Murcia Villarreal B

References[]

^ "Así sería la nueva Segunda B Pro del fútbol español" [This would be the new Segunda B Pro of Spanish football]. Apuestas de Murcia (in Spanish). 16 September 2020.
^ Abizanda, Jorge (15 September 2020). "La Federación desvela el misterio: La nueva Segunda B se denominará Primera División RFEF" [The Federation reveals the mystery: The new Second B will be called First Division RFEF]. ABC (Spain) (in Spanish).
^ "Así es la nueva y liosa Segunda B explicada a la perfección: grupos ascensos, descensos..." [This is the new and messy Second B explained to perfection: groups ascents, descents ...]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 6 October 2020.

External links[]

Official website RFEF (in Spanish)

[1] "Así sería la nueva Segunda B Pro del fútbol español" [This would be the new Segunda B Pro of Spanish football]. Apuestas de Murcia (in Spanish). 16 September 2020.

[feder-2] Abizanda, Jorge (15 September 2020). "La Federación desvela el misterio: La nueva Segunda B se denominará Primera División RFEF" [The Federation reveals the mystery: The new Second B will be called First Division RFEF]. ABC (Spain) (in Spanish).

[nueva-3] "Así es la nueva y liosa Segunda B explicada a la perfección: grupos ascensos, descensos..." [This is the new and messy Second B explained to perfection: groups ascents, descents ...]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 6 October 2020.

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v t Third level Spanish football league seasons
2ª División Group B	1929
Tercera División	1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1940–41 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77
Segunda B	1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21
Primera RFEF	2021–22
Play-offs	1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021