29-711: The Primera Federación , formerly known as Primera 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 Segunda División (also known as La Liga Hypermotion ), above the Segunda Federación and Tercera Federación . It
58-732: 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. The member clubs of the Primera Federación for the 2024–25 season are listed below. Bold : overall champion Bold : overall titles Goals in playoffs are not counted. Spanish football league system The Spanish football league system consists of several professional, semi-professional and non-professional leagues bound together hierarchically by promotion and relegation . The top two tiers of
87-525: 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 . Like the other Spanish divisions, it takes 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 play each other twice, home and away, for
116-474: 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 are promoted to the second tier with the winners in each group achieve automatic promotion to Segunda División . The second to fifth place teams will play promotion play-offs to
145-417: A two-legged final for the season's championship. Rayo Vallecano won the 2009–10 and 2010-11 finals, both times against RCD Españyol . In the 2009–10 season, two teams had to withdraw from the league for financial reasons. Starting in the 2011–12 season, the league was renamed to Primera División and the group-based system was eliminated; 18 teams played double round-robin to decide the champion. The size
174-473: Is commonly known as LaLiga Hypermotion for sponsorship reasons. Level League 1 Liga F (finetwork Liga F) 16 teams 2 Primera Federación 14 teams 3 Segunda Federación 32 teams divided into 2 groups 4 Primera Nacional 6 groups, 14 teams each 5 Regional leagues Level League 1 División de Honor (7 groups) 2 Liga F The Primera División de la Liga de Fútbol Femenino , currently known as
203-599: Is operated by the RFEF and 17 regional federations corresponding to each of the autonomous communities of Spain (there are 18 groups – Andalusia is divided into two due to its size). Prior to 2021, this was known as the Tercera División and was the fourth level, but had the same format. In 2020–21 the division also had an atypical form of 36 local subgroups followed by a total of 50 subgroups to allocate promotion, playoff, and relegation places. From level 6, each of
232-655: Is the highest level of semi-professional football in Spain . In 2020, the Royal Spanish Football Federation announced the creation of three new divisions, two semi-professional and one amateur: the Primera División RFEF as the new third tier of the Spanish system; the Segunda División RFEF as the new fourth tier, broadly using the same format as the Segunda División B created in 1977; and
261-548: Is the second highest level in the Spanish football league system and is also operated by the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional. The Royal Spanish Football Federation ( RFEF ) created a new tier to begin in the 2021–22 season placed between the Segunda División and the former Segunda División B which had been created in 1977. The federation officially named the third tier, containing two regionalised groups,
290-467: The Primera Federación . Below the new Primera División RFEF sits the fourth tier, the Segunda Federación , roughly corresponding to the format of Segunda B, other than that the new format has five regionalized groups. In contrast, the old system contained only four, other than in its final season, 2020–21 , unique both due to the transition into the new system and complications caused by
319-552: The 2023−24 season , set for 8 September 2023, was cancelled in the wake of strike called by five players unions. The following list shows all champions of the Spanish women's football league. Before creation of the league, from 1983 to 1988 the Copa de la Reina de Fútbol winners were the Spanish Champions. Marked in italic those teams that won the Copa de la Reina that season Almost 100 clubs participated during
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#1732772490701348-573: The COVID-19 pandemic in Spain which led to more teams being included and a complicated format involving 10 localized leagues half the size of the usual groups, followed by 15 sections to determine which teams would go into the second, third, fourth and fifth levels. Following the reorganization, the Tercera Federación is the fifth highest level in the Spanish football league system and
377-542: The Liga F ( finetwork Liga F for sponsorship reasons), is the highest level of league competition for women's football in Spain . It is the women's equivalent of the men's La Liga , and it is organized by the Liga Profesional Femenina de Fútbol (LPFF) . As one league of the top six national leagues ranked by Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) coefficient , it is considered one league of
406-617: 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. On 30 June 2022, after just one season of existence, Primera División RFEF was renamed to Primera Federación . The Primera Federación is made up of 40 clubs divided into two groups of 20 teams distributed by geographical proximity, initially with
435-509: The 5 seasons that this league format lasted. This table includes all games played since the 2001–02 season to 2010–11 season , when the Superliga recovered its format of a single group after several years with four groups and the group winners playing a Final Four. For a timeline of each team's league record, see List of women's football clubs in Spain . Records in this section refer to Primera División from its founding in 1988 through to
464-628: The RFEF's 19 regional federations runs its regional league pyramid under its own jurisdiction. Level League(s)/Division(s) 1 Primera División (LaLiga EA Sports) 20 teams 2 Segunda División (LaLiga Hypermotion) 22 teams 3 Primera Federación 40 clubs divided into 2 groups 4 Segunda Federación 90 clubs divided into 5 groups 5 Tercera Federación 324 clubs divided into 18 groups 6 1st Regional Division 7 2nd Regional Division 8 3rd Regional Division 9 4th Regional Division 10 5th Regional Division From 1929 to 1940
493-680: The Spanish pyramid was similar to the Brazilian system, with two simultaneous and independent pyramids, the national pyramid, and the regional pyramid. The Primera and Segunda was founded by the Royal Spanish Football Association , but since 1984 is operated by the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional . Since 2023 the Primera División is commonly known as LaLiga EA Sports and the Segunda División
522-591: The champion. By 2000, women's teams were displeased that their competitions and calendars were being created by men's teams so, in June 2000, Levante submitted a proposal to the Spanish Federation for a new league, the Superliga. Levante's proposed Superliga was to be organised by women's teams, under the Spanish Federation, and had the support of a majority of women's teams in the country. At
551-463: The double round-robin format as the league increased from 14 to 16 teams. In the 2009–10 season the Superliga increased from 16 to 24 teams, causing criticism by teams and players who feared a decline in the quality of competition. The Superliga was divided into 3 groups of 7 to 8 teams each, with geographically nearby teams placed into each group to minimize travel. In the first stage of the season, each team played each other team in its group twice. In
580-407: The male league pyramid — Primera División ( a.k.a. La Liga) and Segunda División ( a.k.a. La Liga 2) — are administered by the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , a sports association with independent legal status from the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), the governing body of football in Spain. Conversely, the top tiers of the women's pyramid ( Liga F ), second and third tier of
609-410: The most championships, with nine. The league was founded in 1988 as Liga Nacional , formed by Olímpico Fortuna , Puente Castro , Parque Alcobendas , Santa María Atlético , Vallès Occidental , RCD Españyol , FC Barcelona , CE Sabadell and Peña Barcelonista Barcilona . Starting in the 1996–97 season the league was divided into 4 groups. The group winners played a semi-final and final to decide
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#1732772490701638-728: The most important women's leagues in Europe. Starting with the 2021–22 edition, as determined by the UEFA women's coefficient , the top three teams will qualify for the UEFA Women's Champions League . The league was founded in 1988, and has operated every year since, although it has undergone several changes in format and names including; Primera Iberdrola (formerly Liga Femenina Iberdrola for sponsorship reasons), Superliga Femenina , División de Honor , and Liga Nacional . A total of 12 different clubs have been champions; Barcelona have won
667-453: The second division, where two of eight teams win the play-offs and are promoted to Segunda División. The bottom five in each division are relegated to the fourth tier. The two group winners play the final of the tournament. The winner obtains direct qualification to the Copa del Rey second round, as well as receiving the Primera Federación champion trophy. Reserve teams can participate in the Primera Federación if their first teams compete in
696-454: The second stage, the best two of each group as well as the two best third-place finishers went into group A and the other teams were divided into groups B and C based on a predefined key. Again a double round-robin was played within each group. All Group A teams and the three best finishers of Group B and C qualified for the Copa de la Reina , and the two best teams in Group A played each other in
725-544: The strike. On 18 November, the players announced that they would be lifting the strike, after reaching an agreement with the ACFF to resume negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement. In 2020 the Primera División was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic . On 10 June 2020 the Primera División was granted professionalised league status. Starting with the 2021-2022 season, the league became fully professional, and reduced from 18 teams to 16. The opening fixture of
754-453: The system. The RFEF allows reserve teams to compete in the main league system, as is the case in most European domestic leagues. However, reserve teams are not allowed to compete in the same tier as their senior team, and no reserve team has thus competed in the top flight. La Liga is the highest level in the Spanish football league system and is operated by the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional . Segunda División, also called La Liga 2
783-536: The time it was proposed, with the intention to replace the league for the next (2001–02) season, the clubs also threatened to boycott Federation competitions if it was not accepted. For the 2001–02 season the league was renamed the Superliga and the competition system was changed from the group format to a double round-robin, with each team playing the other teams twice, once away and once at home. The league in this period consisted of 14 teams. The 2008–09 season kept
812-420: The women's pyramid, ( Primera Federación and Segunda Federación ) are administered by the RFEF. The lower tiers (6th and below for the men's pyramid; 5th and below for the female one) are run by the regional federations. In addition to clubs from Spain, and under the purview of the additional provision 17 of the 1990 Law of Sport, Andorran clubs affiliated to a Spanish regional federation are allowed to compete in
841-432: Was reduced to 16 teams for the 2012–13 season. Before the 2016–17 season, the RFEF agreed to a sponsorship by Iberdrola , renaming the league Liga Iberdrola . This was slightly changed to Primera Iberdrola in 2019. On 22 October 2019, following a breakdown of negotiations with the RFEF for a year over salaries and working conditions, the players went on a strike and a number of league games had to be cancelled due to
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