Segunda División B

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Segunda División B is the third level of the Spanish football league system. It is administered by the RFEF. The top two levels are La Liga, also referred to as the Primera División and the Segunda División. Immediately below Segunda División B is the Tercera Division. Among the teams playing in the division during the 2006/07 season are Real Unión, who were founding members of La Liga. The division also includes the reserve teams of several La Liga teams including FC Barcelona B, RCD Espanyol B, Celta de Vigo B and Bilbao Athletic.

Contents 1 Current Format 2 History 3 Groups 4 External link

[edit] Current Format

Segunda División B currently features 80 teams divided into 4 groups of 20. The top four teams from each group, 16 teams in total, qualify for play-offs to determine which four teams will replace the four teams relegated from the Segunda División. However reserve teams are only eligible for promotion to the Segunda División if their senior team is in La Liga. The top five teams from each group, excluding reserve teams, also qualify for the following seasons Copa del Rey. The bottom four teams in each league are relegated to the Tercera División. However a reserve team can also be relegated if their senior team is relegated from the Segunda División. Along with teams from the Tercera División, teams from the division also compete in the Copa Federación.

[edit] History

The term Segunda División B was first used during the inaugural La Liga season of 1928/29. 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 Division. 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 second two groups were added for the for the 1987-88 season.

[edit] Groups

Main article: Segunda División B Groups 1-4

• Group 1
  • Teams of Madrid, Galicia, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Castile-La Mancha and Cantabria.

Segunda División B - Grupo 1 2006/07 clubs
Gimnástica | Racing de Ferrol | Rayo Vallecano | Racing B | Leganés | Pontevedra | Talavera | Puertollano | Ourense | Lugo | Orient. Marítima | Cobeña | Atletico B | Lanzarote | Alcorcón | S.S. Reyes | Fuenlabrada | Celta Vigo B | Universidad de Las Palmas | Pájara Playas edit

• Group 2
  • Teams of Euskadi, La Rioja, Castile and Leon and Asturias.

Segunda División B - Grupo 2 2006/07 clubs
Real Unión | Barakaldo | Alfaro | Cultural Leonesa | Lemona| Oviedo | Marino | Eibar | CD Logroñés | Amurrio | Real Sociedad B | Universidad de Oviedo | Athletic de Bilbao B | Zamora | Valladolid B | Guijuelo | Palencia | Burgos | Sestao | Logroñes CF | edit

• Group 3
  • Teams of Catalonia, Navarre, Valencian Community and Aragón.

Segunda División B - Grupo 3 2006/07 clubs
Badalona | Terrassa | Sant Andreu | Alicante | Figueres | Eldense | Gramenet | Alcoyano | Barbastro | Levante B | Lleida | Huesca | Vila-Joiosa | Valencia B | L'Hospitalet | Osasuna B | Benidorm | Barcelona B | Orihuela | Espanyol B edit

• Group 4
  • Teams of Andalusia, Extremadura, Ceuta, Region of Murcia and Melilla.

Segunda División B - Grupo 4 2006/07 clubs
Águilas | Real Jaén | Extremadura | Portuense | Granada | Écija | Baza | Alcalá | Villanueva | Córdoba | Sevilla B | Melilla | Cerro Reyes | Mérida | Linares | Villanovense | Málaga B | Cartagena | Ceuta | Marbella edit

[edit] External link

• Real Federacion Española de Futbol

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