The Liga Nacional Juvenil is the second level of the Spanish football league system for youth players 19 years old and under. It is administered by the RFEF and regional football federations. Currently the Liga Nacional has seventeen regional groups plus four groups from the autonomous region of the Canarias. Each Liga Nacional group has 16 to 18 teams with the winner (except for the 2nd or B teams) of each group promoted to the División de Honor and the last three placed teams are relegated to their respective regional group. The runners-up of the stronger groups are also promoted.
2016-17 Groups
Grupo
Region
Teams
Promoted
Relegated
I
Galicia
18
2
2
II
Asturias
18
1
3
III
Castilla y León
16
1
3
IV
País Vasco
16
2
3
V
La Rioja
16
1
2
VI
Aragón
18
1
4
VII
Cataluña
18
2
4
VIII
Comunidad Valenciana
18
2
4
IX
Baleares
18
1
3
X
Región de Murcia
18
1
4
XI
Extremadura
16
1
4
XII
Madrid
16
2
4
XIII
Andalucía Oriental y Melilla
16+1
2
4
XIV
Andalucía Occidental y Ceuta
15+1
2
4
XV
Castilla-La Mancha
18
1
4
XVI
Navarra
16
1
2
XVII
Cantabria
18
1
2
note:From the 2013–14 season, there is maximum of one team from Ceuta and Melilla in the División de Honor and one team each in the Liga Nacional. The non-relegated team from Ceuta (Group14) and Melilla (Group13) are eligible for promotion to the División de Honor if there is an opening. If either region has both teams relegated from both the División de Honor and the Liga Nacional, the relegated Division de Honor team(s) enters the Liga Nacional and the Territorial champion(s) is directly promoted to the División de Honor. If the relegated División de Honor team was directly promoted in the previous season, it shall be relegated to its Territorial league and the Territorial runner-up is promoted to the Liga Nacional. Four Andalusian teams are relegated from both groups.
Canarias Preferente
Region
Teams
Promoted
Play-Off
Relegated
Tenerife
18
1
2
4
La Palma
10
0
4
none
Gran Canaria
18
1
1
4
Lanzarote
17
0
4
1
Fuerteventura
12
0
4
none
Play-offs: Winners of Tenerife vs La Palma playoffs & Gran Canarias, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura playoffs promoted to División de Honor
