Primera División de Futsal

Primera División
Organising body	LNFS
Founded	1989; 35 years ago
Country	Spain
Confederation	UEFA
Number of clubs	16
Level on pyramid	Level 1
Relegation to	Segunda División
Domestic cup(s)	Supercopa de España; Copa de España; Copa del Rey
International cup(s)	UEFA Futsal Champions; League
Current champions	FC Barcelona (7th title) ; (2022–23)
Most championships	Inter Movistar (14 titles)
TV partners	GOL PLAY, LaLiga+, FORTA, Barça TV, Esport3
Sponsor(s)	Joma
Website	LNFS.es
	Current: 2023–24 season

The Primera División is the premier professional futsal league in Spain. It was founded in 1989 with the name of División de Honor. Administered by Liga Nacional de Fútbol Sala, it is contested by 16 teams and is played under UEFA rules.

The Liga Nacional de Futsal includes:

Primera División de Futsal — 1st level.
Segunda División — 2nd level.

Liga championship rules

Each team of every division has to play with all the other teams of its division twice, once at home and the other at the opponent's stadium. This means that in Liga Nacional de Futbol Sala the league ends after every team plays 30 matches.

Like many other leagues in continental Europe, the Liga Nacional de Futbol Sala takes a winter break once each team has played half its schedule. One unusual feature of the league is that the two halves of the season are played in the same order—that is, the order of each team's first-half fixtures is repeated in the second half of the season, with the only difference being the stadiums used.

Each victory adds 3 points to the team in the league ranking. Each drawn adds 1 point. At the end of the league, the winner is:

The team that has most points in the ranking.
If two or more teams are level on points, the winner is the team that has the best results head-to-head.
If there is no winner after applying the second rule, then the team with the best overall goal difference wins.

History

Before the creation of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Sala in 1989, in Spain were played two futsal championship at the same time, one managed by the Spanish Futsal Federation (FEFS),^[1] and the other by the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF). Previously to any futsal league, futsal was limited to benefic and exhibition matches.^[2] In 1989, after of years of struggle for the futsal control, the two futsal club associations, ACEFS and ASOFUSA merge to create Liga Nacional de Fútbol Sala.^[3]^[4]^[5]
From 2011–12' season onwards, División de Honor will be known as Primera División.^[6]
On the 2012–13 season, the league was reduced from 16 to 14 teams.^[7]
On the 2014-15 season the league returned to have 16 teams.

Clubs

The following 16 clubs are competing in the 2023–24 season.^[8]

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Alzira FS	Alzira	Palau d'Esports de Alzira	2,800
FC Barcelona Futsal	Barcelona	Palau Blaugrana	7,585
Córdoba Futsal	Córdoba	Palacio Municipal de Deportes Vista Alegre	3,500
ElPozo Murcia FS	Murcia	Palacio de Deportes de Murcia	7,500
Industrias Santa Coloma	Santa Coloma	Pabellón Nuevo	1,500
Inter Movistar	Torrejón de Ardoz	Pabellón Jorge Garbajosa	3,200
Jaén Paraíso Interior	Jaén	Olivo Arena	6,589
Jimbee Cartagena	Cartagena	Palacio de los Deportes de Cartagena	4,060
Manzanares FS	Manzanares	Pabellón Municipal Antonio Caba	610
Noia Portus Apostoli	Noia	Pabellón Municipal Agustín Mourís	600
Palma Futsal	Palma de Mallorca	Palau Municipal d'Esports Son Moix	3,800
Peñíscola Fútbol Sala	Peñíscola	Pabellón Juan Vizcarro	1,000
Real Betis Futsal	Seville	Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo	7,626
Ribera Navarra FS	Tudela	Pabellón Ciudad de Tudela	1,200
Viña Albali Valdepeñas	Valdepeñas	Pabellón Virgen de la Cabeza	2,000
Xota FS	Pamplona	Pabellón Anaitasuna	3,000

Team changes

Promoted from 2022–23 Segunda División	Relegated to 2023–24 Segunda División
Alzira FS Peñíscola FS	Levante UD FS CD UMA Antequera

All-time standings

Champions

Source:^[9]

Season	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Losing semi-finalists
1989–90	Interviú Lloyd's	5–4, 4–3	Keralite Macer	Caja Segovia and Marsanz Torrejón
1990–91	Interviú Lloyd's	7–8, 7–6, 6–4	Marsanz Torrejón	Algón and Macer Almazora
1991–92	Caja Toledo	5–2, 5–3	ElPozo Murcia	Interviú Boomerang and Sego Zaragoza
1992–93	Pennzoil Marsanz	1–1, 4–4, 5–3	Caja Castilla-La Mancha	Interviú Boomerang and Sego Zaragoza
1993–94	Maspalomas Sol Europa	4–4, 1–1, 5–2	Caja Castilla-La Mancha	FC Barcelona and Pinturas Lepanto
1994–95	Pinturas Lepanto	1–3, 4–3, 6–4	Interviú Boomerang	Mejorada and Playas de Castellón
1995–96	Interviú Boomerang	1–1, 3–3, 3–2	Toledart	P.B. Alcantarilla and Playas de Castellón
1996–97	CLM Talavera	2–1, 7–5, 3–1	Playas de Castellón	ElPozo Murcia and Maspalomas Sol Europa
1997–98	ElPozo Murcia	5–0, 4–2, 2–5, 4–5, 4–2	CLM Talavera	Boomerang Interviú and Caja Segovia
1998–99	Caja Segovia	6–5, 5–4, 5–2	Industrias García	CLM Talavera and Playas de Castellón
1999–00	Playas de Castellón	4–1, 5–3, 3–2	CLM Talavera	Airtel Boomerang and Caja Segovia
2000–01	Playas de Castellón	6–2, 3–1, 3–7, 3–0	Valencia Vijusa	Antena3 Boomerang and ElPozo Murcia
2001–02	Antena3 Boomerang	5–4, 5–4, 3–7, 5–3	Miró Martorell	Caja Segovia and ElPozo Murcia
2002–03	Boomerang Interviú	3–4, 4–2, 6–2, 2–3, 3–2	ElPozo Murcia	Miró Martorell and Playas de Castellón
2003–04	Boomerang Interviú	4–7, 5–4, 9–1, 3–4, 7–4	ElPozo Murcia	Playas de Castellón and P.W. Cartagena
2004–05	Boomerang Interviú	6–5, 3–4, 7–5, 6–3	ElPozo Murcia	MRA Gvtarra and P.W. Cartagena
2005–06	ElPozo Murcia	3–7, 5–2, 3–2, 2–3, 4–2	Polaris World Cartagena	Boomerang Interviú and FS Martorell
2006–07	ElPozo Murcia	8–7, 3–2	Boomerang Interviú	Benicarló Onda Urbana and P.W. Cartagena
2007–08	Interviú Fadesa	3–1, 8–5	ElPozo Murcia	Barcelona Senseit and Carnicer Torrejón
2008–09	ElPozo Murcia	3–2, 7–2	Inter Movistar	Lobelle de Santiago and Pinto FS
2009–10	ElPozo Murcia	3–2, 2–1, 1–3, 6–1	MRA Navarra	Caja Segovia and FC Barcelona
2010–11	FC Barcelona	2–3, 4–2, 4–1, 2–4, 3–2	Caja Segovia	Benicarló A.C. and Lobelle de Santiago
2011–12	FC Barcelona	5–3, 1–6, 4–1, 4–5, 6–3	ElPozo Murcia	Caja Segovia and Inter Movistar
2012–13	FC Barcelona	1–0, 2–3, 6–3, 3–3 (5–3)	ElPozo Murcia	Caja Segovia and Inter Movistar
2013–14	Inter Movistar	4–3, 4–1, 4–2	ElPozo Murcia	FC Barcelona and Marfil Santa Coloma
2014–15	Inter Movistar	7–3, 1–5, 3–0, 5–4	ElPozo Murcia	FC Barcelona and Palma Futsal
2015–16	Inter Movistar	6–2, 5–3, 4–6, 3–1	FC Barcelona	Magna Gurpea and Palma Futsal
2016–17	Inter Movistar	2–2 (1–3), 6–1, 1–6, 6–1, 2–1	FC Barcelona	ElPozo Murcia and Magna Gurpea
2017–18	Inter Movistar	4–2, 4–2, 2–3, 3–3 (1–3), 1–1 (3–1)	FC Barcelona	ElPozo Murcia and Jaén Fútbol Sala
2018–19	FC Barcelona	7–2, 2–3, 3–3 (3–4), 7–3, 3–2	ElPozo Murcia	Jaén Paraíso Interior and Palma Futsal
2019–20	Inter Movistar	3–3^[A]	Viña Albali Valdepeñas	Levante UD and Palma Futsal
2020–21	FC Barcelona	2–2 (4–5), 4–3, 2–2 (5–4)	Levante UD	Palma Futsal and Viña Albali Valdepeñas
2021–22	FC Barcelona	4–2, 4–2	Palma Futsal	Jaén F.S. and Viña Albali Valdepeñas
2022–23	FC Barcelona	3–2, 5–2, 5–2	Jaén Paraíso Interior	Inter Movistar and Palma Futsal

^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, the 2019-20 Season Playoffs changed to a best-of-one match format. If the match ended on a tie there was no extra-time nor penalty shootouts, instead, the best ranked team on the regular season were declared as winners.^[10]

Performance by club

Club	Titles	Seasons
Inter Movistar	14	1989–90, 1990–91, 1995–96, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20
FC Barcelona	7	2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
ElPozo Murcia	5	1997–98, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10
Playas de Castellón	2	1999–2000, 2000–01
Caja Toledo/CLM Talavera	2	1991–92, 1996–97
Caja Segovia	1	1998–99
Pinturas Lepanto	1	1994–95
Maspalomas Sol Europa	1	1993–94
Marsanz Torrejón	1	1992–93

All-time LNFS table

Pos	Team	Seasons	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	G.F.	G.A.	G.D.	Points
1	ElPozo Murcia	26	772	523	103	146	3870	2421	1449	1587
2	Inter Movistar	26	784	525	122	135	3556	2129	1427	1583
3	Playas de Castellón	22	658	375	112	181	2913	2153	760	1145
4	Caja Segovia	24	724	356	121	247	3000	2570	430	1110
5	FC Barcelona	21	624	310	95	219	2377	1961	416	947
6	Marfil Santa Coloma	23	652	257	95	330	2665	2898	−233	802
7	Magna Gurpea	17	514	206	92	216	1892	1909	−17	710
8	Carnicer Torrejón	15	462	172	81	209	1790	1895	−105	597
9	Cartagena	14	430	158	91	181	1538	1634	−96	565
10	CLM Talavera	10	306	200	39	67	1452	941	511	552

League or status at 2015–16 season:

	Primera División
	Segunda División
	Segunda División B
	Tercera División
	Regional divisions
	No longer affiliated with RFEF
	Club disbanded

Updated at completion of 2014–15 season.

Notes

References

^ La F.E.F.S. se presentó en Barcelona – El Mundo Deportivo
^ El futbol sala, ¿un fenomeno social? – El Mundo Deportivo
^ Las asociaciones se pusieron de acuerdo – El Mundo Deportivo
^ A por la mayoria de edad – El Mundo Deportivo
^ Las dos ligas ya son solo una – El Mundo Deportivo
^ doblepenalti.com Archived 2012-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
^ La Primera de fútbol sala se queda en solo 14 equipos Interdeportes, 7 July 2012
^ "Equipos de Primera División" (in Spanish). LNFS. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
^ "Resultados de Primera División 2023 | LNFS".
^ "Movistar Inter reina en el Play Off Exprés por el título de Liga de Primera División". LNFS. 30 June 2020.

External links

Official website

[CO-11] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, the 2019-20 Season Playoffs changed to a best-of-one match format. If the match ended on a tie there was no extra-time nor penalty shootouts, instead, the best ranked team on the regular season were declared as winners.^[10]

[1] La F.E.F.S. se presentó en Barcelona – El Mundo Deportivo

[2] El futbol sala, ¿un fenomeno social? – El Mundo Deportivo

[3] Las asociaciones se pusieron de acuerdo – El Mundo Deportivo

[4] A por la mayoria de edad – El Mundo Deportivo

[5] Las dos ligas ya son solo una – El Mundo Deportivo

[6] ti.com Archived 2012-03-16 at the Wayback Machine

[7] La Primera de fútbol sala se queda en solo 14 equipos Interdeportes, 7 July 2012

[8] "Equipos de Primera División" (in Spanish). LNFS. Retrieved 23 June 2023.

[9] "Resultados de Primera División 2023 | LNFS".

[10] "Movistar Inter reina en el Play Off Exprés por el título de Liga de Primera División". LNFS. 30 June 2020.

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2023–24	Alzira FS Barcelona Cartagena Córdoba ElPozo Murcia Inter Jaén Manzanares Noia Palma Futsal Peñíscola Real Betis Ribera Navarra Santa Coloma Valdepeñas Xota
Seasons	1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23