LNFA 2015

The LNFA 2015 season was the 21st season of American football in Spain. Badalona Dracs were the defending champions, but lost to Valencia Firebats in the final.

Teams were divided into three categories, named Serie A, B and C, with promotion and relegation between them.

LNFA Serie A

Pioners

Dracs

Firebats

Giants

Osos

Voltors

Location of teams in LNFA 2015 Serie A

Six teams entered the LNFA Serie A, the top-tier level of American football in Spain. L'Hospitalet Pioners, Rivas Osos, Valencia Firebats, Valencia Giants and Badalona Dracs repeated from last year. Mallorca Voltors were promoted from last year LNFA Serie B.

Valencia Firebats won their fourth title. Mallorca Voltors and L'Hospitalet Pioners were relegated.

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification or relegation		FIR	DRA	OSO	GIA	PIO	VOL
1	Valencia Firebats	10	9	1	403	131	+272	Playoffs		—	28–25	76–0	40–20	44–28	34–0
2	Badalona Dracs	10	7	3	332	94	+238			3–7	—	34–0	25–22	54–14	59–0
3	Rivas Osos	10	6[a]	4	189	240	−51			29–48	17–14	—	27–14	22–15	32–6
4	Valencia Giants	10	6[a]	4	244	153	+91			26–20	0–14	14–6	—	28–14	47–0
5	L'Hospitalet Pioners	10	2	8	159	296	−137	Relegation playoffs		0–47	0–48	13–26	7–19	—	41–8
6	Mallorca Voltors	10	0	10	26	439	−413	Relegated		0–59	6–56	6–30	0–54	0–27	—

Source: Serie A at FieldGoal
Notes:

1. Osos ahead on head-to-head record; Osos–Giants 27–14, Giants–Osos 14–6.

Playoffs

	Semi-finals				Final
	June 6, Valencia
	Valencia Firebats	21
					June 20, Badalona
	Valencia Giants	6
					Valencia Firebats	30
	June 7, Badalona
					Badalona Dracs	20
	Badalona Dracs	42
	Rivas Osos	6

Promotion/relegation playoffs

The fifth placed team in Serie A, L'Hospitalet Pioners, played Serie B runner-up, Barberà Rookies. Rookies won the game and will play in next year Serie A.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
L'Hospitalet Pioners	35–54	Barberà Rookies

LNFA Serie B

Búfals

Cobras

Coyotes

Hurricanes

Hornets

Imperials

Black Demons

Camioneros

Lions

Rookies

Location of teams in LNFA 2015 Serie B
Yellow: Group Odd
Red: Group Even

Ten teams played the Serie B in 2015. Gijón Mariners and Cantabria Bisons resigned to play in the league, due to the new competition format with longer travels.^[1]

The two group winners joined directly the semifinals while the second and the third qualified teams played the quarterfinal round.

The worst qualified team was directly relegated to Serie C while the second worst one played a game against the Serie C runner-up to remain in the league.

Legend
The two group winners advanced to the semifinals
Runner-up and third qualified advanced to the quarterfinals.
The team with the second worst record would play a relegation playoff.
The team with the worst record would be relegated.

Group Odd

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		IMP	COB	COY	BUF	HOR
1	Reus Imperials	8	8	0	222	51	+171	Semifinals		—	20–7	28–14	42–0	21–7
2	Murcia Cobras	8	4	4	115	117	−2	Quarterfinals		14–34	—	19–16	20–13	26–0
3	Santurtzi Coyotes	8	3[a]	5	98	105	−7			0–19	14–7	—	38–6	8–12
4	Barcelona Búfals	8	3[a]	5	67	157	−90			0–32	20–7	14–0	—	14–8
5	Zaragoza Hornets	8	2	6	46	118	−72	Relegation playoffs		9–26	0–15	0–8	10–0	—

Source: Serie B at FieldGoal
Notes:

1. Coyotes ahead on head-to-head record; Coyotes–Búfals 38–6, Búfals–Coyotes 14–0.

Group Even

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		ROO	LIO	BLA	CAM	HUR
1	Barberà Rookies	8	8	0	191	75	+116	Semifinals		—	24–20	30–0	30–7	27–13
2	Granada Lions	8	5	3	229	139	+90	Quarterfinals		22–28	—	20–27	26–7	36–2
3	Las Rozas Black Demons	8	3[a]	5	122	124	−2			7–21	9–17	—	19–2	12–21
4	Camioneros Coslada	8	3[a]	5	104	121	−17			6–7	9–26	13–7	—	21–6
5	Zaragoza Hurricanes	8	1	7	75	262	−187	Relegated		0–24	33–62	0–41	0–39	—

Source: Serie B at FieldGoal
Notes:

1. Black Demons ahead on head-to-head record; Black Demons–Camioneros 19–2; Camioneros–Black Demons 13–7.

Promotion playoffs

	Wild Card				Semifinals				Final
	May 3
	Granada Lions	46
					May 16
	Santurtzi Coyotes	13
					Reus Imperials	48
					Granada Lions	7
									May 31
									Reus Imperials	24
	May 2
									Barberà Rookies	20
	Murcia Cobras	14
					May 17
	Las Rozas Black Demons	27
					Barberà Rookies	28
					Las Rozas Black Demons	21

LNFA Serie C

The new Serie C was composed by the Regional and interregional leagues. The top 8 teams could qualify to the promotion playoffs, but finally only six teams signed up for the playoffs.^[2][3]

Andalusian League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT		LIO	POT	BAR	LIN	GOL
1	Granada Lions[a] (X)	4	4	0	224	29	+195	1.000		—	—	—	—	—
2	Fuengirola Potros (Y)	7	6	1	281	74	+207	.857		21–39	—	21–0	46–19	56–4
3	Almería Barbarians (Y)	7	4	3	128	187	−59	.571		0–61	12–51	—	37–13	38–9
4	Sevilla Linces (Y)	7	2	5	130	242	−112	.286		8–59	0–41	25–28	—	34–13
5	Córdoba Golden Bulls (Y)	7	0	7	51	282	−231	.000		0–65	0–45	7–13	18–31	—

Source: Serie C at FieldGoal
(X) Ineligible; (Y) Refused to qualify for the playoffs
Notes:

1. Granada Lions can not qualify for the playoffs, as they also play Serie B.

Catalan League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD		EAG	BOC	URO	RED	SEN	LEG	PAG	WOL	FAL	ALM
1	Vilafranca Eagles (Y)	9	9	0	0	359	81	+278		—	—	34–7	—	29–14	47–21	—	59–6	—	57–0
2	Argentona Bocs (Y)	9	8	0	1	328	81	+247		0–31	—	—	32–10	—	—	57–0	64–0	47–7	—
3	Barcelona Uroloki (Y)	9	7	0	2	310	112	+198		—	13–20	—	—	24–12	34–33	—	—	—	77–7
4	Terrassa Reds (Y)	9	5	1	3	272	108	+164		19–21	—	0–18	—	—	30–8	—	59–0	—	72–0
5	Vall d'Aro Senglars (Y)	9	4	1	4	193	110	+83		—	13–19	—	6–6	—	12–14	14–6	—	39–6	—
6	Torrelles Legends (Y)	9	4	0	5	281	178	+103		—	7–26	—	—	—	—	55–0	37–0	27–29	—
7	Barcelona Pagesos (Y)	9	3	0	6	92	303	−211		14–32	—	0–51	7–50	—	—	—	26–7	—	—
8	Sarrià de Ter Wolves (Y)	9	2	0	7	60	350	−290		—	—	6–47	—	0–39	—	—	—	13–6	28–13
9	Salt Falcons (Y)	9	2	0	7	122	266	−144		0–49	—	0–39	16–26	—	—	25–26	—	—	—
10	Salou Almogàvers (Y)	9	0	0	9	38	466	−428		—	0–63	—	—	6–44	0–79	12–13	—	0–33	—

Source: Serie C at FieldGoal
(Y) Refused to qualify for the playoffs

Central Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		TOR	WIL	JAB	SMI	CUE	STI
1	Arganda Toros (A)	6	6	0	216	45	+171	Playoffs		—	—	21–6	47–12	—	—
2	Majadahonda Wildcats (Y)	6	5	1	202	57	+145			12–13	—	26–14	—	—	—
3	Tres Cantos Jabatos (A)	6	3	3	170	121	+49	Playoffs		—	—	—	38–22	—	39–0
4	Alcorcón Smilodons (A)	6	2	4	142	160	−18			—	2–30	—	—	42–13	58–14
5	ANV Cuervos (Y)	6	2	4	83	246	−163			2–66	15–54	26–66	—	—	—
6	Guadalajara Stings (Y)	6	0	6	45	229	−184			7–51	6–54	—	—	12–14	—

Source: Serie C at FieldGoal
(A) Advance to a further round; (Y) Refused to qualify for the playoffs

An extra gameday was played to reach the required minimum of six games to compete in the playoffs for promotion. The results of the extra game were:

• Arganda Toros 18–6 Alcorcón Smilodons
• Majadahonda Wildcats 26–7 Tres Cantos Jabatos
• ANV Cuervos 13–6 Guadalajara Stings

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		SHA	RIC	PRE	WOL	SPA
1	Alicante Sharks (A)	8	7	1	160	51	+109	Playoffs		—	27–6	14–6	36–6	36–0
2	Sueca Ricers (Y)	8	5	3	154	75	+79			24–6	—	6–12	13–0	26–0
3	Cartagena Pretorianos (Y)	7	3[a]	4	70	81	−11			2–14	8–26	—	18–7	18–7
4	Cehegín Wolves (Y)	7	3[a]	4	101	114	−13			7–20	22–14	TBD	—	27–13
5	La Nucía Spartans (Y)	8	1	7	27	191	−164			0–7	0–39	7–6	0–32	—

Source: Serie C at FieldGoal
(A) Advance to a further round; (Y) Refused to qualify for the playoffs
Notes:

1. Pretorianos wins head-to-head against Wolves (1–0)

Northern League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		MAR	COY	BIS	DAR
1	Gijón Mariners (A)	6	6	0	248	29	+219	Playoffs		—	10–7	33–0	85–0
2	Santurtzi Coyotes[a] (X)	6	3	3	197	45	+152			20–23	—	0–6	66–0
3	Cantabria Bisons (A)	6	3	3	105	113	−8	Playoffs		2–35	6–45	—	53–0
4	Zaragoza Dark Knights (Y)	6	0	6	0	363	−363			0–62	0–59	0–38	—

Source: Serie C at FieldGoal
(A) Advance to a further round; (X) Ineligible; (Y) Refused to qualify for the playoffs
Notes:

1. Santurtzi Coyotes can not qualify for the playoffs, as they also play Serie B.

Playoffs

The top 8 teams could qualify to the promotion playoffs, but finally only six teams signed up for these.^[4][5] The champion of the Serie C will promote directly to Serie B, while the runner-up must play one more game against a Serie B team.^[6]

Granada Lions and Santurtzi Coyotes can not qualify for the playoffs, as they also play Serie B.

Tiebreakers

The six teams are ranked based on these criteria:^[7]

1. higher percentage of wins
2. lower average of points allowed
3. superior point difference average
4. lower average of players sent off
5. lucky draw

Ranking

#	Team	W	PA	Dif	C
1	Gijón Mariners	1.000	4.8	36.5	Northern League
2	Arganda Toros	1.000	7.5	28.5	Central Conference
3	Alicante Sharks	.875	6.4	13.6	Eastern Conference
4	Cantabria Bisons	.500	18.8	–1.3	Northern League
5	Tres Cantos Jabatos	.500	20.2	8.2	Central Conference
6	Alcorcón Smilodons	.333	26.7	–3	Central Conference

Bracket

	Wild Card						Semifinals						Finals
	April 25 & May 2
	Cantabria Bisons	26	30	56
							May 16 & 23
	Tres Cantos Jabatos	25	7	32
							Gijón Mariners	49	61	110
							Cantabria Bisons	7	7	14
													May 30
													Gijón Mariners			13
	April 26 & May 2
													Alicante Sharks			0
	Alicante Sharks	16	34	50
							May 16 & 24
	Alcorcón Smilodons	6	6	12
							Arganda Toros	3	6	9
							Alicante Sharks	20	13	33

Promotion/relegation playoff

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Zaragoza Hornets	13–7	Alicante Sharks