Segunda Federación (women)

Segunda Federación
Founded	2018
Country	Spain
Confederation	UEFA
Number of teams	32
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Primera División
Relegation to	Primera Nacional
	Current: 2019–20 Segunda División Pro

The Segunda División Pro, also called Reto Iberdrola for sponsorship reasons, is the second level of league competition for Spanish women's football since the 2019–20 season.

It is the female equivalent of the men's Segunda División and is run by the Royal Spanish Football Federation.

History

On 24 July 2018, the Royal Spanish Football Federation agreed to create a new second division between the Primera División, featuring 16 teams, and the Segunda División, in which 112 teams were involved.^[1]

In its first season, the league was to be contested by 32 teams divided into two groups: two teams relegated from the 2018–19 Primera División and the 30 best teams from the 2018–19 Segunda División.

In July 2019, the new second tier was renamed as Segunda División Pro being later re-branded as Reto Iberdrola for sponsorship reasons. The level below which had carried that name previously recovered its former name of Primera Nacional.

On 10 June 2020 the Segunda División was granted professionalized league status.^[2]

Format

The 32 teams are divided into two groups according to geographical criteria. The two group winners promote directly to Primera División.^[3]

2019–20 teams and locations

Location of the 2019–20 Segunda División Group North teams.

32 teams took part, 30 moving up from the 2018–19 Segunda División and 2 relegated from the 2018–19 Primera División.

Atlántida Matamá resigned to its place in the league. Sporting Gijón occupied its place as the next qualified team in their group from the previous season.^[4]

Group North
Team	Municipality
AEM	Lleida
Alavés	Vitoria-Gasteiz
Athletic Bilbao B	Bilbao
Atlético Madrid B	Madrid
Barcelona B	Barcelona
Eibar	Eibar
Friol	Friol
Madrid CFF B	San Sebastián de los Reyes
Osasuna	Pamplona
Oviedo	Oviedo
Parquesol	Valladolid
Pozuelo de Alarcón	Pozuelo de Alarcón
Racing Santander	Santander
Seagull	Badalona
Sporting Gijón	Gijón
Zaragoza CFF	Zaragoza

Location of the 2019–20 Segunda División Group South teams.

Segunda Federación (women) is located in Canary Islands

Canary Islands location of the 2019–20 Segunda División Group South teams

Group South
Team	Municipality
Alhama	Alhama de Murcia
Cáceres	Cáceres
Collerense	Palma de Mallorca
Córdoba	Córdoba
Femarguín	Mogán
Fundación Albacete	Albacete
Granada	Granada
Granadilla B	Granadilla de Abona
Juan Grande	San Bartolomé de Tirajana
Levante B	Valencia
Málaga	Málaga
Pozoalbense	Pozoblanco
Santa Teresa	Badajoz
Tacuense	San Cristóbal de La Laguna
Valencia B	Valencia
Villarreal	Villarreal

Champions and promotions

Season	Group North	Runners-up	Other promoted teams
2019–20	Athletic Bilbao B (not promoted)	Santa Teresa	Eibar

All-time Segunda División Pro table

Pos	S	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	2019–20 league
1	1	Santa Teresa	22	16	3	3	43	15	+28	51	Segunda División
2	1	Granada	22	16	2	4	43	15	+28	50
3	1	Athletic Bilbao B	22	15	3	4	43	17	+26	48
4	1	Fundación Albacete	22	14	5	3	48	16	+32	47
5	1	Eibar	22	13	7	2	37	13	+24	46
6	1	Barcelona	22	14	3	5	61	28	+33	45
7	1	Villarreal	22	13	3	6	37	24	+13	42
8	1	Osasuna	22	13	2	7	41	24	+17	41
9	1	Alavés	22	12	5	5	38	26	+12	41
10	1	Málaga	22	9	9	4	28	21	+7	36
11	1	Seagull	22	10	5	7	38	27	+11	35
12	1	Alhama	22	9	8	5	40	31	+9	35
13	1	AEM	22	10	5	7	29	28	+1	35
14	1	Zaragoza CFF	22	10	2	10	43	46	−3	32
15	1	Pozoalbense	22	9	5	8	36	39	−3	32
16	1	Oviedo	22	9	4	9	37	37	0	31
17	1	Córdoba	22	8	7	7	21	21	0	31
18	1	Cáceres	22	8	6	8	36	36	0	30
19	1	Parquesol	22	7	7	8	33	31	+2	28
20	1	Granadilla B	22	8	4	10	27	36	−9	28
21	1	Femarguín	22	8	3	11	34	36	−2	27
22	1	Atlético Madrid B	22	7	5	10	32	34	−2	26
23	1	Madrid CFF B	22	7	5	10	27	40	−13	26
24	1	Racing Santander	22	8	1	13	37	35	+2	25
25	1	Levante B	22	6	6	10	31	33	−2	24
26	1	Valencia B	22	6	3	13	24	34	−10	21
27	1	Friol	22	6	1	15	25	55	−30	19
28	1	Juan Grande	22	4	4	14	28	39	−11	16
29	1	Pozuelo de Alarcón	22	4	1	17	12	40	−28	13
30	1	Tacuense	22	3	3	16	18	57	−39	12
31	1	Collerense	22	2	3	17	31	72	−41	9
32	1	Sporting Gijón	22	2	2	18	12	64	−52	8

Updated to match(es) played on the end of the 2019–20 season. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "La RFEF crea una nueva competición para potenciar el fútbol femenino, la Primera División B" [RFEF creates a new competition for developing the women's football, the Primera División B] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
^ https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/womens-soccer-gains-professional-status-in-spain/
^ "La Rfef revoluciona el fútbol femenino con una Primera B de sólo 32 equipos" [RFEF revolutionizes the women's football with a Primera B of only 32 teams] (in Spanish). Palco23. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
^ "El Sporting Femenino jugará en la nueva 2ª División la próxima temporada" (in Spanish). Sporting de Gijón. 31 July 2019.

External links

Royal Spanish Football Federation (in Spanish)

[1] "La RFEF crea una nueva competición para potenciar el fútbol femenino, la Primera División B" [RFEF creates a new competition for developing the women's football, the Primera División B] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2019.

[2] ttps://www.seattletimes.com/sports/womens-soccer-gains-professional-status-in-spain/

[3] "La Rfef revoluciona el fútbol femenino con una Primera B de sólo 32 equipos" [RFEF revolutionizes the women's football with a Primera B of only 32 teams] (in Spanish). Palco23. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2019.

[4] "El Sporting Femenino jugará en la nueva 2ª División la próxima temporada" (in Spanish). Sporting de Gijón. 31 July 2019.

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