Tercera Federación

Tercera Federación
Country	Spain
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	6 May 2020 2021–22 (first season)
Number of teams	320
Promotion to	Segunda Federación
Relegation to	Divisiones Regionales
Levels on pyramid	5
Domestic cup(s)	Copa del Rey Copa Federación
UEFA cup(s)	UEFA Europa League (via winning Copa del Rey)
TV	tvG2, laOtra PTV Córdoba
2022–23

Tercera Federación, previously known as Tercera División RFEF, is the fifth tier of the Spanish football league system. It is below the Primera División (also known as La Liga), the Segunda División, and the semi-professional divisions Primera Federación and Segunda Federación. It was founded in 1929 as the third tier, and dropped down to the fourth and fifth tiers in 1977 and 2021, respectively.

History

On 6 May 2020, the RFEF announced the creation of a new, two-group, 40-team third division called Primera División RFEF, which made the former third and fourth divisions, Segunda División B and Tercera División, respectively, to drop down a level and change into Segunda División RFEF and Tercera División RFEF; the changes were made effective for the 2021–22 campaign.

Current format

The Tercera División RFEF features 18 regional groups (like the former fourth tier Tercera División), corresponding to the autonomous communities of Spain (due to its size, Andalusia is divided into two groups, East and West; Ceuta is allocated to West Andalusia, while Melilla is allocated to the East), where each group is administered by a regional football federation. At the end of the season the first four teams in each group qualify for promotion play-offs to decide which teams are promoted to Segunda División RFEF. At least the three teams finishing bottom of each group may be relegated to the Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol. However the number of teams relegated can vary. The eighteen group champions also qualify for the following season's Copa del Rey. However reserve teams are ineligible. Along with teams from Segunda División RFEF, the remaining teams from the division compete in the Copa Federación.

Group	Region	Relegation
1	Galicia	Preferente de Galicia
2	Asturias	Preferente de Asturias
3	Cantabria	Preferente de Cantabria
4	Basque Country	Basque lower levels
5	Catalonia and Andorra	Primera Catalana
6	Valencian Community	Preferente Comunidad Valenciana
7	Community of Madrid	Preferente de Madrid
8	Castile and León	Primera División Regional
9	Eastern Andalusia and Melilla	División de Honor Andaluza Gp 2
10	Western Andalusia and Ceuta	División de Honor Andaluza Gp 1
11	Balearic Islands	Preferente
12	Canary Islands	Interinsular Preferente
13	Murcia	Preferente de Murcia
14	Extremadura	Preferente de Extremadura
15	Navarre	Preferente de Navarra
16	La Rioja	Preferente de La Rioja
17	Aragon	Preferente de Aragón
18	Castile-La Mancha	Preferente de Castilla-La Mancha

External links

• Official RFEF
• Group for Spanish Football Statistics Compilation (in Spanish)
• Map of Regions used in 2000-01

Tercera Federación 2022-23

Group 1

Alondras · Arosa · Arzúa · Atlético Arteixo · Barco · Choco · Deportivo Fabril · Estradense · Gran Peña · Ourense · Paiosaco · Racing Villalbés · Rápido de Bouzas · Silva · Somozas · Viveiro ·

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