Segunda División B

Segunda División B
Country	Spain
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1977
Folded	2021
Divisions	4 5; 10 subdivisions (2020–21)
Number of teams	4 groups of 20 teams each (80) 3 groups of 20 teams and 2 group of 21, 8 subgroups of 10 teams each and 2 subgroups of 11 in 2020–21 (102)
Promotion to	Segunda División
Relegation to	Tercera División
Levels on pyramid	3 4 (2021–22)
Domestic cup(s)	Copa del Rey Copa Federación
UEFA cup(s)	UEFA Europa League (via winning Copa del Rey)
Current champions	Burgos (Group 1) Real Sociedad B (Group 2) UD Ibiza (Group 3) Linares Deportivo (Group 4) Badajoz (Group 5) (2020–21)
TV	ETB 1, LaOtra, tvG2, Fútbol Asturiano, IB3, TV Melilla, Real Madrid TV, SFC TV
Website	Official website

Segunda División B was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Football Federation. It was below the top two professional leagues, the Primera División (also known as La Liga) and the Segunda División, and above the Tercera División. The Segunda División B included the reserve teams of a number of La Liga and Segunda División teams.

For the 2021–22 season, Segunda División B was replaced by Segunda División RFEF, which became the fourth tier due to the creation of a new, semi-professional third division by the Spanish federation (RFEF) called the Primera División RFEF.

History

The term Segunda División B was first used in 1929. It was used to designate a third level of teams after the Primera División and a Segunda División A. This division featured 10 teams and at the end of the season Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa were crowned champions. However the 1929–30 season saw the first of many reorganisations of the Spanish football league system and the original Segunda División B was replaced by the Tercera División. At the start of the 1977–78 season the Segunda División B was revived, replacing the Tercera División as the third level. Initially the division consisted of only two groups. The 1986–87 season was played as a single group of 22 teams. It was changed the next year, with 80 teams in four groups from the 1987–88 season.

The RFEF approved the expansion of the league initially to five groups of 20 teams each and recommended its further division into 10 subgroups of 10 teams each for ease of schedule, only for the 2020–21 season, due to promotion from the Tercera División groups in the curtailed 2019–20 season being applied. Also, the Segunda División B is to drop down to the fourth level and change its name to Segunda División RFEF on the creation of a new, two-group, 40-team third division called Primera División RFEF to begin play in 2021–22. An additional two teams were promoted after the 2020 Tercera División play-offs were called off and could not be replayed. There are now three groups of 20 and two groups of 21, subdivided into eight subgroups of 10 and two subgroups of 11.

Eligibility of players

Each team of Segunda División B can have 22 players in their roster, with these two limitations:

• A maximum of 16 players over 23 years old.
• A minimum of 10 players under professional contract.

External links

• Official website RFEF (Spanish)
• Soccerway - Segunda División B (English)