Primera División RFEF
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Founded | 2021 |
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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[]
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The member clubs of the Primera División RFEF for the 2021–22 season are listed below.
Group 1 | Group 2 |
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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)
- Primera División RFEF
- Football leagues in Spain
- Third level football leagues in Europe
- Semi-professional sports leagues
- Sports leagues established in 2021
- 2021 establishments in Spain