Tercera Federación (women)

"Segunda División (women)" redirects here. For the current second tier, see Primera Federación (women).

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.

Tercera Federación

Founded	2001 (as Segunda División, second tier) 2019 (as Primera Nacional, became third tier) 2022 (became fourth tier)
Country	Spain
Confederation	UEFA
Number of teams	6 groups of 14 teams
Level on pyramid	4
Promotion to	Segunda Federación
Relegation to	Regional leagues
Current: 2023–24

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: 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.

2022–23 teams

Group 1 Deportivo L.C. B Gijón FF Llanera Lóstrego Mos Oceja-Gimnástica Olímpico de León Parquesol B R. Avilés R. Oviedo B Romanón Sporting Gijón Umia Victoria CF Victoria FC

Group 2 Arratia Aurrerá Vitoria Añorga Berriozar Burgos Eibar B Logroño B Monte Soccer Féminas Mulier Oiartzun Pradejón B Racing Santander B Real Sociedad B San Ignacio Tolosa UD Logroñés

Group 3 Algaidas Castellón Collerense Cornellà Ejea Fontsanta Fatjó Huesca Riudoms Sant Gabriel Santa Ponsa T. Seagull Son Sardina Stadium Casablanca Vic Riuprimer Villarreal B Zaragoza B

Group 4 Atlético Lince Atlético Madrid C Daimiel Dinamo Guadalajara Extremadura Fútbolellas Madrid CFF C Olympia Las Rozas Olímpico Madrid Pozuelo Alarcón Rayo Vallecano B Salamanca Samper Santa Teresa B Sport Extremadura

Group 5 Alba B Aldaia Ciudad Alcalá Ciudad de Murcia Cádiz Discóbolo La Torre Elche Granada B La Rambla Levante C Mislata Murcia Féminas Málaga City Plaza Argel San Vicente Sevilla B

Group 6 Achamán Atl. Perdoma FCD Tenerife B Firgas Geneto del Teide Guiniguada Ap. Güímar Julio Suárez Las Majoreras Orientación M. Peña la Amistad Puerto del Carmen Real Unión Ten. B San Antonio Pureza Tarsa

Promoted teams

This table shows the group winners and the promoted teams.^[3]

As second tier

Season	Group I	Group II	Group III	Group IV	Group V	Group VI	Group VII	Best runner-up
2001–02	Leioa	Amigos del Duero	Barcelona	Rayo Vallecano	Atlético Jiennense	Rayco	—	—
2002–03	Lagunak	Gijón	Barcelona	Rayo Vallecano	Atlético Jiennense	Rayco
2003–04	Oiartzun	Gijón	Barcelona	Atlético Madrid	Andalucía	Rayco
2004–05	Transportes Alcaine	Gijón	L'Estartit	Sporting Plaza de Argel	Nuestra Señora de la Antigua	Rayco
2005–06	Real Sociedad[a]	Atlético Arousana	L'Estartit	Atlético Madrid	Sporting Huelva	Rayco
2006–07	Mariño	Reocín	L'Estartit	Colegio Alemán	Atlético Málaga	Rayco
2007–08	Lagunak	El Olivo	Barcelona	Pozuelo de Alarcón	Atlético Málaga	Arguineguín
2008–09[b]	Oiartzun	Oviedo Moderno	Collerense	Fundación Albacete[c]	Atlético Jiennense[b]	Tacuense
2009–10	Oiartzun[d]	Reocín	Sant Gabriel	Fundación Albacete	Extremadura Femenino	Charco del Pino
2010–11	Abanto	El Olivo	Girona[e]	Fundación Albacete[f]	Llanos de Olivenza	Tacuense
2011–12	Oviedo Moderno	Oiartzun[d]	Levante Las Planas	Sevilla	Torrejón	Tacuense	Fundación Albacete	Femarguín
2012–13	Oviedo Moderno[g]	Añorga	Girona	Granada	Torrejón[g]	Charco del Pino	Fundación Albacete	El Olivo[h]
2013–14	El Olivo	Oiartzun[d]	Lleida[e]	Santa Teresa	La Solana[f]	Granadilla	Fundación Albacete	Sporting Plaza de Argel[h]
2014–15	El Olivo	Oiartzun	Levante Las Planas	Real Betis	Madrid CFF	Femarguín	Sporting Plaza de Argel	Granadilla
2015–16	El Olivo	Logroño	Seagull[i]	Real Betis	Madrid CFF[c]	Tacuense	Lorca FAD[j]	Femarguín
2016–17	Oviedo Moderno	San Ignacio[d]	Seagull[i]	Sevilla	Madrid CFF	Femarguín	Sporting Plaza de Argel[k]	—
2017–18	Oviedo	Logroño	Seagull[i]	Málaga	Tacón	Femarguín	Sporting Plaza de Argel
2018–19	Deportivo La Coruña	Osasuna	Zaragoza CFF	Santa Teresa	Tacón	Femarguín	Alhama[j]	Juan Grande

1. Real Sociedad was promoted after the dissolution of Estudiantes.
2. 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.
3. Winners Atlético Madrid B could not be promoted as they are a reserve team, runners-up played the promotion playoffs.
4. Winners Athletic Bilbao B could not be promoted as they are a reserve team, runners-up played the promotion playoffs.
5. Winners Espanyol B could not be promoted as they are a reserve team, runners-up played the promotion playoffs.
6. Winners Rayo Vallecano B could not be promoted as they are a reserve team, runners-up played the promotion playoffs.
7. Oviedo Moderno promoted as Torrejón resigned after the end of the season.
8. Runner-up of Group 6 was not allowed to play the promotion playoffs.
9. Winners Barcelona B could not be promoted as they are a reserve team, runners-up played the promotion playoffs.
10. Winners Valencia B could not be promoted as they are a reserve team, runners-up played the promotion playoffs.
11. 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
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		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]

1. Includes winners of 'mini groups' in Groups I, II and VI during temporary reconstruction due to COVID-19 pandemic travel restrictions.
2. Real Oviedo B could not be promoted as they are a reserve team of a club in the division above (Real Oviedo).
3. 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

1. Distribución de los grupos de Tercera Federación FUTFEM
2. 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
3. "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)