Segunda División Pro (women)

Segunda División Pro
Founded	2018
Country	Spain
Confederation	UEFA
Number of teams	32
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Primera División
Relegation to	Primera Nacional
	Current:

The Segunda División Pro, also called Reto Iberdrola for sponsorship reasons, is the second level of league competition for Spanish women's football since the 2019–20 season.

It is the female equivalent of the men's Segunda División and is run by the Royal Spanish Football Federation.

History[]

On 24 July 2018, the Royal Spanish Football Federation agreed to create a new second division between the Primera División, featuring 16 teams, and the Segunda División, in which 112 teams were involved.^[1]

In its first season, the league was to be contested by 32 teams divided into two groups: two teams relegated from the 2018–19 Primera División and the 30 best teams from the 2018–19 Segunda División.

In July 2019, the new second tier was renamed as Segunda División Pro being later re-branded as Reto Iberdrola for sponsorship reasons. The level below which had carried that name previously recovered its former name of Primera Nacional.

On 10 June 2020, the Segunda División was granted professionalized league status.^[2]

Format[]

The 32 teams are divided into two groups according to geographical criteria. The two group winners promote directly to Primera División.^[3]

2019–20 teams and locations[]

Osasuna

Location of the 2019–20 Segunda División Group North teams.

resigned to its place in the league. Sporting Gijón occupied its place as the next qualified team in their group in the previous season.^[4]

Group North
Team	Municipality
	Lleida
Alavés	Vitoria-Gasteiz
Athletic Bilbao B	Bilbao
Atlético Madrid B	Madrid
Barcelona B	Barcelona
Eibar	Eibar
	Friol
Madrid CFF B	San Sebastián de los Reyes
Osasuna	Pamplona
Oviedo	Oviedo
	Valladolid
Pozuelo de Alarcón	Pozuelo de Alarcón
	Santander
	Badalona
Sporting Gijón	Gijón
Zaragoza CFF	Zaragoza

Levante B

Location of the 2019–20 Segunda División Group South teams.

Segunda División Pro (women) is located in Canary Islands

Granadilla B

Tacuense

Canary Islands location of the 2019–20 Segunda División Group South teams

Group South
Team	Municipality
	Alhama de Murcia
	Cáceres
Collerense	Palma de Mallorca
	Córdoba
	Mogán
Fundación Albacete	Albacete
Granada	Granada
Granadilla B	Granadilla de Abona
	San Bartolomé de Tirajana
Levante B	Valencia
Málaga	Málaga
	Pozoblanco
Santa Teresa	Badajoz
Tacuense	San Cristóbal de La Laguna
Valencia B	Valencia
Villarreal	Villarreal

Champions and promotions[]

Season	North Group	South Group	Other promoted teams
2019–20	Athletic Club B (not promoted)	Santa Teresa	Eibar
	Alavés	Villarreal	N/A

All-time Segunda División Pro table[]

Pos	S	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	2019–20 league
1	1	Santa Teresa	22	16	3	3	43	15	+28	51	Segunda División
2	1	Granada	22	16	2	4	43	15	+28	50
3	1	Athletic Club B	22	15	3	4	43	17	+26	48
4	1	Fundación Albacete	22	14	5	3	48	16	+32	47
5	1	Eibar	22	13	7	2	37	13	+24	46
6	1	Barcelona	22	14	3	5	61	28	+33	45
7	1	Villarreal	22	13	3	6	37	24	+13	42
8	1	Osasuna	22	13	2	7	41	24	+17	41
9	1	Alavés	22	12	5	5	38	26	+12	41
10	1	Málaga	22	9	9	4	28	21	+7	36
11	1		22	10	5	7	38	27	+11	35
12	1		22	9	8	5	40	31	+9	35
13	1		22	10	5	7	29	28	+1	35
14	1	Zaragoza CFF	22	10	2	10	43	46	−3	32
15	1		22	9	5	8	36	39	−3	32
16	1	Oviedo	22	9	4	9	37	37	0	31
17	1		22	8	7	7	21	21	0	31
18	1		22	8	6	8	36	36	0	30
19	1		22	7	7	8	33	31	+2	28
20	1	Granadilla B	22	8	4	10	27	36	−9	28
21	1		22	8	3	11	34	36	−2	27
22	1	Atlético de Madrid B	22	7	5	10	32	34	−2	26
23	1	Madrid CFF B	22	7	5	10	27	40	−13	26
24	1		22	8	1	13	37	35	+2	25
25	1	Levante B	22	6	6	10	31	33	−2	24
26	1	Valencia B	22	6	3	13	24	34	−10	21
27	1		22	6	1	15	25	55	−30	19
28	1		22	4	4	14	28	39	−11	16
29	1	Pozuelo de Alarcón	22	4	1	17	12	40	−28	13
30	1	Tacuense	22	3	3	16	18	57	−39	12
31	1	Collerense	22	2	3	17	31	72	−41	9
32	1	Sporting Gijón	22	2	2	18	12	64	−52	8

Updated to match(es) played on the end of the 2019–20 season. Source:^{[citation needed]}

References[]

^ "La RFEF crea una nueva competición para potenciar el fútbol femenino, la Primera División B" [RFEF creates a new competition for developing the women's football, the Primera División B] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
^ Women’s soccer gains professional status in Spain, The Seattle Times, 10 June 2020
^ "La Rfef revoluciona el fútbol femenino con una Primera B de sólo 32 equipos" [RFEF revolutionizes the women's football with a Primera B of only 32 teams] (in Spanish). Palco23. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
^ "El Sporting Femenino jugará en la nueva 2ª División la próxima temporada" (in Spanish). Sporting de Gijón. 31 July 2019.

External links[]

Royal Spanish Football Federation (in Spanish)

[1] "La RFEF crea una nueva competición para potenciar el fútbol femenino, la Primera División B" [RFEF creates a new competition for developing the women's football, the Primera División B] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2019.

[2] Women’s soccer gains professional status in Spain, The Seattle Times, 10 June 2020

[3] "La Rfef revoluciona el fútbol femenino con una Primera B de sólo 32 equipos" [RFEF revolutionizes the women's football with a Primera B of only 32 teams] (in Spanish). Palco23. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2019.

[4] "El Sporting Femenino jugará en la nueva 2ª División la próxima temporada" (in Spanish). Sporting de Gijón. 31 July 2019.

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