Segunda División RFEF

Segunda División RFEF
Founded	6 May 2020; 22 months ago; 2021–22 (first season)
Country	Spain
Divisions	5
Number of teams	5 groups of 18 teams each (90)
Level on pyramid	4
Promotion to	Primera División RFEF
Relegation to	Tercera División RFEF
Domestic cup(s)	Copa del Rey; Copa Federación
International cup(s)	UEFA Europa League; (via winning Copa del Rey)
TV partners	FORTA: ETB 1, laOtra, tvG2, TPA; IB3, TV Melilla; Real Madrid TV, SFC TV
Website	Official website
	Current: 2021–22 season

Segunda División RFEF (English: Second Division RFEF), also officially known as Segunda B-Segunda RFEF,^[1] is the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system containing 90 teams divided into five groups. It is administered by the Royal Spanish Football Federation. It is the second tier outside the top two professional leagues, the Primera División (also known as La Liga) and the Segunda División, being behind the Primera División RFEF and above the Tercera División RFEF. The division also includes the reserve teams of a number of La Liga and Segunda División teams.

History[]

On 6 May 2020, the RFEF announced the creation of a new, two-group, 40-team third division called Primera División RFEF, which resulted in the former third division, Segunda División B, dropping down a level and changing into Segunda División RFEF; the changes were made effective for the 2021–22 campaign.^[2]^[3]

Current format[]

Segunda División RFEF currently features 90 teams divided into 5 groups of 18. The champions of each group achieve automatic promotion to Primera División RFEF, while the other top four teams are qualified to a play-off round, where five of the 20 teams qualified also achieve promotion. However reserve teams are only eligible for promotion to the Primera RFEF if their senior team is in one division above it. The bottom five teams in each group are relegated to the Tercera División RFEF. Also, the four worst 13th-placed teams enter into relegation play-offs to determine the two teams to be relegated.

Eligibility of players[]

Each team of Segunda División RFEF can have 22 players in their roster, with these two limitations:

A maximum of 16 players over 23 years old.^[4]
A minimum of 10 players under professional contract.^[5]

Groups[]

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

Group I	Group II	Group III	Group IV	Group V
Arenteiro Arosa Avilés Bergantiños Ceares Compostela Coruxo Cristo Atlético Gimnástica Segoviana Langreo Leganés B Llanera Marino Luanco Móstoles URJC Navalcarnero Pontevedra Salamanca Unión Adarve	Ardoi Arenas Burgos Promesas Cayón Gernika Izarra Laredo Logroñés B Mutilvera Náxara Osasuna B Peña Sport Racing Rioja Rayo Cantabria Real Sociedad C San Juan Sestao River Tropezón	Andratx Badalona Brea Cerdanyola del Vallès Ebro Ejea Espanyol B Europa Formentera Huesca B Ibiza Islas Pitiusas Lleida Esportiu Numancia Peña Deportiva Prat Tarazona Terrassa Teruel	Antequera Cacereño Cádiz B Ceuta Córdoba Coria Don Benito Las Palmas Atlético Mensajero Mérida Montijo Panadería Pulido San Fernando San Roque de Lepe Tamaraceite Vélez Villanovense Xerez Deportivo	Águilas Alzira Atlético Levante Atlético Mancha Real Atlético Pulpileño Calvo Sotelo El Ejido Eldense Hércules Intercity La Nucía Mar Menor Marchamalo Melilla Murcia Recreativo Granada Socuéllamos Toledo

References and notes[]

^ Así quedan distribuidos los grupos de Segunda RFEF-Segunda B para la próxima temporada [Here are the distributions of the Segunda RFEF-Segunda B groups for the coming season], RFEF (in Spanish). 20 June 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021
^ "Comunicado de la RFEF en relación con las competiciones no profesionales del fútbol español" (in Spanish). RFEF. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
^ "La Federación desvela el misterio: La nueva Segunda B se denominará Primera División RFEF". ABC (in Spanish). 15 September 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
^ "La plantilla máxima de los equipos especial consideración 2ªB y 3ª División". Bufete Carrasco. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
^ "Los clubes deberán tener 10 fichas profesionales" [Clubs must have ten professional players]. Diario AS. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2019.

External links[]

Official website RFEF (in Spanish)
Soccerway - Segunda División RFEF

[1] Así quedan distribuidos los grupos de Segunda RFEF-Segunda B para la próxima temporada [Here are the distributions of the Segunda RFEF-Segunda B groups for the coming season], RFEF (in Spanish). 20 June 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021

[rfef-2] "Comunicado de la RFEF en relación con las competiciones no profesionales del fútbol español" (in Spanish). RFEF. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2020.

[3] "La Federación desvela el misterio: La nueva Segunda B se denominará Primera División RFEF". ABC (in Spanish). 15 September 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.

[4] "La plantilla máxima de los equipos especial consideración 2ªB y 3ª División". Bufete Carrasco. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2019.

[5] "Los clubes deberán tener 10 fichas profesionales" [Clubs must have ten professional players]. Diario AS. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2019.

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