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Tercera Federación (women)
Spanish women's football league From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Tercera Federación FUTFEM[1] is the fourth tier of league competition for Spanish women's football. It is the female equivalent of the men's Segunda División RFEF and is run by the Real Federación Española de Fútbol.
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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: Basque Country, La Rioja and Navarre.
- Group 3: Aragon, Balearic Islands and Catalonia.
- Group 4: Andalusia, Ceuta, Extremadura and Melilla.
- Group 5: Castile and León, 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 Segunda División Pro of 32 teams (two regionalised 16-team groups) would become the third tier and be named the Segunda Federación, and the existing Primera Nacional division of 96 teams (six regionalised 16-team groups) would become the fourth tier. These levels would be administered by the 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.
Since the 2025–26 season, the league was reformed to be played by 18 regional groups, in a similar way to the men's Tercera Federación. The best team overall will directly promote to Segunda Federación and the other 16 teams (only one from the two groups from Andalusia) will play the promotion play-offs.
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This table shows the group winners and the promoted teams.[3]
As second tier
- Real Sociedad was promoted after the dissolution of Estudiantes.
- As the Superliga was expanded to 22 teams, several professional men's football clubs were invited to the league by promoting or directly creating women's football teams. These teams were Eibar, Gimnàstic, Jaén (Atlético Jiennense), Las Palmas, Sevilla and Valladolid.
- Winners Atlético Madrid B could not be promoted as they are a reserve team, runners-up played the promotion playoffs.
- Winners Athletic Bilbao B could not be promoted as they are a reserve team, runners-up played the promotion playoffs.
- Winners Barcelona B could not be promoted as they are a reserve team, runners-up played the promotion playoffs.
As third tier
- 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).
- 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.
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