2015–16 LNFA season

The 2015–16 LNFA season was the 22nd season of American football in Spain.

LNFA

Season	2015–16
Champions	Badalona Dracs
← 2015 2017 →

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

Badalona Dracs won their seventh title, a record for the tournament.

LNFA Serie A

Stadia and locations

Rookies

Dracs

Giants

Firebats

Imperials

Location of teams in LNFA 2016 Serie A

Six teams entered the LNFA Serie A, the top-tier level of American football in Spain. Rivas Osos, Valencia Firebats, Valencia Giants and Badalona Dracs repeated from last year. Barberà Rookies and Reus Imperials were promoted from last year LNFA Serie B.

On December 28, the three teams from the Community of Madrid (Rivas Osos from Serie A, Camioneros Coslada and Las Rozas Black Demons from Serie B) were excluded from the competition as they did not have a junior team in the junior league.^[1]

Team	Location	Stadium
Badalona Dracs	Badalona	Municipal
Barberà Rookies	Barberà del Vallès	Can Llobet
Reus Imperials	Reus	Municipal Reddis
Valencia Firebats	Valencia	Jardín del Turia
Valencia Giants	Catarroja	Polideportivo

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification or relegation		DRA	FIR	ROO	IMP	GIA
1	Badalona Dracs	8	8	0	422	72	+350	Playoffs		—	51–27	47–0	67–6	53–0
2	Valencia Firebats	8	6	2	243	161	+82			13–38	—	32–26	62–0	40–12
3	Barberà Rookies	8	3	5	145	238	−93			8–56	8–26	—	29–26	18–24
4	Reus Imperials	8	2	6	142	309	−167			18–62	26–27	21–22	—	24–20
5	Valencia Giants	8	1	7	82	254	−172	Relegation playoffs		0–48	0–16	6–34	20–21	—

Source: Serie A at FieldGoal

Playoffs

	Semi-finals				Final
	5 June, Badalona
	Badalona Dracs	49
					18 June, Calatayud
	Reus Imperials	3
					Badalona Dracs	41
	4 June, Valencia
					Valencia Firebats	14
	Valencia Firebats	17
	Barberà Rookies	6

Promotion/relegation playoffs

On June 12, the fifth placed team in Serie A, Valencia Giants, played against Serie B runner-up, L'Hospitalet Pioners. Giants won the game and will play in next year Serie A.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Valencia Giants	26–7	L'Hospitalet Pioners

LNFA Serie B

Búfals

Cobras

Coyotes

Pioners

Voltors

Lions

Mariners

Location of teams in LNFA 2016 Serie B
Yellow: Group Odd
Red: Group Even

Seven teams played the Serie B in 2016. L'Hospitalet Pioners and Mallorca Voltors were relegated from previous Serie A season. Gijón Mariners were promoted from Serie C in 2015.

The nine original teams were reduced to seven on December 28, when the Spanish Federation of American Football excluded the two teams from the Community of Madrid (Las Rozas Black Demons and Camioneros Coslada) arguing that they did not have junior teams in the junior league, one of the criteria to play the Serie A or B.^[1]

Murcia Cobras won the Serie B, and promoted to next year Serie A Season. L'Hospitalet Pioners, as runner-up, played a promotion game against the last team in 2015–16 Serie A, Valencia Giants, but lost it and remained in Serie B.

Legend
The two group winners advanced to the semifinals
The next three teams advanced to the Wild Card.
The team with the worst record would play a relegation playoff.

Group Odd

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		COB	MAR	VOL	LIO
1	Murcia Cobras	6	6	0	116	23	+93	Semifinals		—	30–0	9–3	32–0
2	Gijón Mariners	6	3	3	66	95	−29	Wild Card		14–15	—	14–11	14–12
3	Mallorca Voltors	6	2	4	77	87	−10			6–16	20–14	—	27–7
4	Granada Lions	6	1	5	53	107	−54			0–14	7–10	27–10	—

Source: Serie B at FieldGoal

Group Even

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		PIO	BUF	COY
1	L'Hospitalet Pioners	5	4	1	150	59	+91	Semifinals		—	28–7	40–7
2	Barcelona Búfals	6	4	2	118	111	+7	Wild Card		14–29 31–30	—	29–10
3	Santurtzi Coyotes	5	0	5	31	129	−98			0–23	6–23 8–14	—

Source: Serie B at FieldGoal

Promotion playoffs

	Wild Card				Semifinals				Final
	May 7, Gijón
	Gijón Mariners	7
					May 21, Murcia
	Mallorca Voltors	0
					Murcia Cobras	27
					Gijón Mariners	7
									June 4, Murcia
									Murcia Cobras	10
	May 7, Barcelona
									L'Hospitalet Pioners	8
	Barcelona Búfals	16
					May 21, L'Hospitalet
	Granada Lions	7
					L'Hospitalet Pioners	28
					Barcelona Búfals	7

LNFA Serie C

The Serie C was composed by the Regional and interregional leagues. The top 8 teams could qualify to the promotion playoffs, but finally only two teams signed up for the playoffs. The three teams from the Community of Madrid that were excluded in December 2015 from the 2015–16 season took part in the promotion playoffs.

Rivas Osos won the Serie C, and promoted to next year Serie B Season.

Andalusian League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Comments		LIO	POT	BAR	LIN
1	Granada Lions[a] (X)	6	5[b]	1	291	66	+225			—	26–31	29–15	69–6
2	Fuengirola Potros	6	5[b]	1	254	52	+202	Playoffs		7–20	—	47–0	54–0
3	Almería Barbarians (Y)	6	2	4	113	205	−92			7–55	0–61	—	51–0
4	Sevilla Linces (Y)	6	0	6	25	360	−335			0–92	6–54	13–40	—

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

1. Granada Lions can not qualify for the playoffs, as they also play Serie B.
2. Lions ahead on head-to-head record; Lions–Potros 26–31, Potros–Lions 7–20.

Catalan League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD		BOC	URO	FAL	RED	EAG	PAG	LEG	ALM
1	Argentona Bocs (Y)	7	7	0	277	27	+250		—	42–0	—	—	—	—	42–0	73–0
2	Barcelona Uroloki (Y)	7	5[a]	2	119	94	+25		—	—	14–11	6–12	13–9	14–8	—	—
3	Salt Falcons/Senglars (Y)	7	5[a]	2	207	107	+100		13–45	—	—	—	—	—	47–7	48–6
4	Terrassa Reds (Y)	7	4	3	167	101	+66		7–40	—	8–25	—	—	6–13	—	—
5	Vilafranca Eagles (Y)	7	3[b]	4	183	143	+40		7–22	—	14–29	15–34	—	48–19	—	—
6	Barcelona Pagesos (Y)	7	3[b]	4	125	131	−6		0–13	—	13–34	—	—	—	37–7	35–9
7	Torrelles Legends (Y)	7	1	6	71	280	−209		—	12–33	—	2–54	26–58	—	—	17–9
8	Salou Almogàvers (Y)	7	0	7	24	290	−266		—	0–39	—	0–46	0–32	—	—	—

Source: Catalan League at FieldGoal
(Y) Refused to qualify for the playoffs
Notes:

1. Uroloki ahead on head-to-head record; Uroloki 14–11 Falcons/Senglars.
2. Eagles ahead on head-to-head record; Eagles 48–19 Pagesos.

Madrid League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		CAM	SMI	TOR	WIL	JAB	CAP	STI	BLA
1	Camioneros Coslada	7	7	0	299	21	+278	Playoffs		—	—	—	35–0	43–0	—	—	62–0
2	Alcorcón Smilodons (Y)	7	5	2	111	85	+26			0–38	—	—	—	—	27–6	—	1–0
3	Madrid Toros (Y)	7	5	2	151	114	+37			21–26	8–22	—	—	—	42–7	—	1–0
4	Majadahonda Wildcats (Y)	7	4	3	224	107	+117			—	2–8	36–44	—	24–20	—	56–0	—
5	Tres Cantos Jabatos (Y)	7	4	3	182	129	+53			—	19–6	20–28	—	—	29–22	48–6	—
6	Madrid Capitals (Y)	7	2	5	83	214	−131			0–42	—	—	0–62	—	—	20–0	—
7	Guadalajara Stings (Y)	7	1	6	33	239	−206			0–53	12–47	3–7	—	—	—	—	—
8	Arganda Blackhawks (Y)	7	0	7	20	194	−174			—	—	—	0–44	0–46	12–28	8–12	—

Source: Madrid League at ACFAM
(Y) Refused to qualify for the playoffs

East Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT		SHA	PRE	SPA	WOL	SAN
1	Alicante Sharks (Y)	6	6	0	186	26	+160	1.000		—	24–8	22–0	48–6	43–0
2	Cartagena Pretorianos (Y)	7	4	3	174	106	+68	.571		6–28	—	—	22–12	49–0
3	La Nucía Spartans (Y)	6	3	3	72	103	−31	.500		—	21–20	—	14–0	19–14
4	Cehegín Wolves (Y)	7	2	5	108	162	−54	.286		6–21	14–38	35–12	—	—
5	Rafelbunyol Sants (Y)	6	1	5	40	183	−143	.167		—	7–31	12–6	7–35	—

Source: East Conference at FieldGoal
(Y) Refused to qualify for the playoffs

Northern League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		BIS	HUR	MAD	HOR	DAR	CUE	BER	ROY
1	Cantabria Bisons (Y)	6	6	0	370	19	+351			—				49–7		56–6	108–0
2	Zaragoza Hurricanes (Y)	6	6	0	238	22	+216				—		30–7		62–0		66–0
3	Oviedo Madbulls (Y)	6	4	2	219	128	+91			0–79	8–16	—					68–0
4	Zaragoza Hornets (Y)	6	3	3	82	76	+6			6–7	0–27		—	28–6
5	Zaragoza Dark Knights (Y)	6	2	4	123	162	−39				7–37	27–28		—	48–0
6	Cuervos ANVL	6	2	4	65	183	−118	Playoffs					6–39	20–28	—	27–6
7	Piélagos Berserkers (Y)	6	1	5	35	229	−194			0–71		6–60	0–2			—
8	Gijón Royals (Y)	6	0	6	13	326	−313					0–55			0–12	13–17	—

Source: FEFAPA
(Y) Refused to qualify for the playoffs

Playoffs

The top 8 teams could qualify to the promotion playoffs, but finally only two teams signed up for these. The three teams from the Community of Madrid that were excluded in December 2015 from the 2015–16 season will take part in the promotion playoffs.

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.

Tiebreakers

The two teams were ranked based on these criteria:^[2]

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	Fuengirola Potros	.833	8.7	33.7	Andalusian League
2	ANVL Cuervos	.333	30.5	–19.7	Northern League

Bracket

	Wild Card				Semifinals				Final
	April 29, Las Rozas
	Las Rozas Black Demons	20
					May 14, Fuengirola
	Camioneros Coslada	8
					Fuengirola Potros	0
					Las Rozas Black Demons	20
									May 28
									Las Rozas Black Demons	0
									Rivas Osos	18
					May 15
					ANVL Cuervos	0
					Rivas Osos	58