Third tier of the football pyramid of professional football league in Spain

Football league
The Primera División RFEF is the third tier of the spanish football league arrangement beginning with the 2021–22 temper. It is administered by the Royal Spanish Football Federation. It is below the acme two professional leagues, the Primera División ( besides known as La Liga ) and the Segunda División, and above the Segunda División RFEF and Tercera División RFEF.

history [edit ]

In 2020, the Royal Spanish Football Federation announced the initiation of three raw divisions, two semi-professional and one amateurish : [ 1 ] the Primera División RFEF as the new third base tier of the spanish system ; [ 2 ] the Segunda División RFEF as the new fourth tier, broadly using the like 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 state ‘s autonomous communities and is administered by a local body .

League format [edit ]

The RFEF First Division will be made up of a total of 40 clubs divided into two groups of 20 teams distributed by geographic proximity. In its first gear temper, 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 follow class. The twenty teams in each group will play each other doubly, home and away, for a entire 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 version of the Copa del Rey. At the end of the season a sum of four teams will be promoted to the second tier with the champions in each group achieve automatic pistol promotion to Segunda División. The second to fifth target teams will play promotion play-offs to the second part, where two of eight teams win the play-offs will promoted to Segunda División. The buttocks five in each division will be relegated to the fourthly tier .

Reserve teams eligibility [edit ]

Reserve teams can participate in the RFEF First Division if their first teams compete in a higher part, but can not compete in the like division. If a team is relegated or promoted to the same division, the allow team will be denied promotion or mechanically relegated to ensure they remain one division branch .

Clubs [edit ]

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

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