Tercera Federación (women)
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Current: 2023–24 |
The Tercera Federación FUTFEMSegunda División RFEF and is run by the Real Federación Española de Fútbol.
History
The league was created in 2001, with the inception of the new
Superliga Femenina
, composed by only group instead of the four of the previous seasons.
Since 2011, teams were divided in seven groups by geographical criteria.
- Group 1: Asturias, Cantabria and Galicia.
- Group 2: La Rioja and Navarre.
- Group 3: Aragon, Balearic Islands and Catalonia.
- Group 4: Andalusia, Ceuta, Extremadura and Melilla.
- Group 5: Castile-La Mancha and Community of Madrid.
- Group 6: Canary Islands.
- Group 7: Region of Murcia and Valencian Community.
The league was renamed as the Primera Nacional de Fútbol in 2019 after the RFEF renamed the new division between it and the
first tier
as Segunda División Pro, after initially naming it Primera División B.
In early 2022, it was confirmed that the league structure would be altered again, after only three seasons: the existing Primera División would be a standalone professional league of 16 teams, a single nationwide 16-team division known as the Primera Federación would be created as the second tier, the existing
RFEF and more closely resemble the men's post-2021 structure, albeit only one professional league and six fourth-tier groups rather than five.[2]
The fourth level was renamed the Tercera Federación FUTFEM prior to the 2023–24 season.
2022–23 teams
Group 1
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Group 2
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Group 3
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Group 4
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Group 5
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Group 6
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Promoted teams
This table shows the group winners and the promoted teams.[3]
As second tier
- ^ Real Sociedad was promoted after the dissolution of Estudiantes.
- ^ Las Palmas, Sevilla and Valladolid.
- ^ Atlético Madrid Bcould not be promoted as they are a reserve team, runners-up played the promotion playoffs.
- ^ Athletic Bilbao Bcould not be promoted as they are a reserve team, runners-up played the promotion playoffs.
- ^ a b Winners Espanyol B could not be promoted as they are a reserve team, runners-up played the promotion playoffs.
- ^ a b Winners Rayo Vallecano B could not be promoted as they are a reserve team, runners-up played the promotion playoffs.
- ^ a b Oviedo Moderno promoted as Torrejón resigned after the end of the season.
- ^ a b Runner-up of Group 6 was not allowed to play the promotion playoffs.
- ^ Barcelona Bcould not be promoted as they are a reserve team, runners-up played the promotion playoffs.
- ^ a b Winners Valencia B could not be promoted as they are a reserve team, runners-up played the promotion playoffs.
- ^ Winners and runners-up Levante B and Valencia B could not be promoted as they are reserve teams, third-placed team played the promotion playoffs.
As third tier
Season | Group I | Group II | Group III | Group IV | Group V | Group VI | Group VII | Best runner-up | ||||||||
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2019–20 | Monte | Añorga | Espanyol B | Real Betis B | La Solana | Unión Viera | Aldaia | Joventut Almassora | ||||||||
2020–21[a] | Viajes Interrías F. F. | Real Oviedo B[b] | Pradejón | Real Sociedad B | Levante Las Planas
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Real Betis B | Getafe | La Garita | Geneto del Teide | Elche | — | |||||
2021–22[c] | Mixta Friol | Bizkerre | Europa | Málaga | Real Madrid B | Tenerife | Valencia B | 13 teams[c] |
- ^ Includes winners of 'mini groups' in Groups I, II and VI during temporary reconstruction due to COVID-19 pandemic travel restrictions.
- ^ Real Oviedo B could not be promoted as they are a reserve team of a club in the division above (Real Oviedo).
- ^ a b All seven group winners and runners-up – Viajes InterRías, Osasuna B, Atlético Baleares, Torrelodones, Unión Viera and Levante B – along with the six best ranked other teams – Sárdoma, Athletic Club C, Almería, Cáceres Atlético, CD Getafe and CFF Albacete – were promoted to the Segunda Federación division as part of league reconstruction.
References
- ^ Distribución de los grupos de Tercera Federación FUTFEM
- ^ Nuevo estructura de ligas de fútbol femenino a patir de 2022-2023 [New structure of women's football leagues from 2022-2023], Manel Expósito, Fútboleras, 10 February 2022 (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 April 2022
- ^ "Resultados históricos de las ligas españolas de fútbol en categorías femeninas nacionales" [Historic results of Spanish football leagues in national women's categories] (in Spanish). Arquero Arba (Antonio Valencia Ruiz). Retrieved 24 January 2019.
External links
- Primera Nacional Femenina de Fútbol on RFEF (in Spanish)
- Leagues on women.soccerway.com (in English)
- Group 7(English)
- Primera Nacional Femenina de Fútbol on Futbolme (in Spanish)