Royal Spanish Football Federation

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Royal Spanish Football Federation
UEFA
Founded 1909
FIFA affiliation 1913
UEFA affiliation 1954
President Ángel María Villar

The Royal Spanish Football Federation (Spanish: Real Federación Española de Fútbol, RFEF) is the governing body of football in Spain. It organizes the Campeonato Nacional de Liga: the Primera División, the Segunda División and the Segunda División B. It also administers the Tercera División with the assistance of the regional football federations, the Campeonato de España/Copa del Rey, the Supercopa de España, the Copa Federación and the Spain national football team. It is based in Las Rozas, a municipality near Madrid.

[edit] Territories

The RFEF consists of 19 regional and territorial federations, comprising the different autonomous regions in Spain. Some of the federations listed below, such as the Catalonian federation, were established before the RFEF itself.

[edit] Presidents

President Years in power
Francisco García 1913-1916
Gabriel Maura 1916-1920
David Ormaechea 1921-1923
Gabriel Maura 1923-1924
Julián Olave 1924-1926
Antonio Bernabéu 1926-1927
Pedro Díez de Rivera (Marqués de Someruelos) 1927-1931
Leopoldo García 1931-1936
Julián Troncoso 1939-1940
Luis Saura 1940-1941
Javier Barroso 1941-1946
Jesús Rivero 1946-1947
Armando Muñoz 1947-1950
Manuel Valdés 1950-1952
Sancho Dávila 1952-1954
Juan Touzón 1954-1956
Alfonso de la Fuente 1956-1960
Benito Pico 1960-1967
José Luis Costa 1967-1970
José Luis Pérez-Paya 1970-1975
Pablo Porta 1975-1984
José Luis Roca 1984-1988
Ángel María Villar 1988-present

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