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It is the second tier outside the top two professional leagues, the Primera División (also known as La Liga) and Segunda División (also known as La Liga 2), being behind Primera Federación and above Tercera Federación. The division also includes the reserve teams of a number of La Liga and La Liga 2 teams.
The top two tiers of the male league pyramid — Primera División (a.k.a. La Liga) and Segunda División (a.k.a. La Liga 2) — are administered by the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, a sports association with independent legal status from the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), the governing
The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, [a] commonly known as Segunda División, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion [b] for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system.
The Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional [a] (transl. National Professional Football League), also known as LALIGA (the abbreviation LFP was used until the 2015–16 season), is a sports association responsible for administering the two professional football leagues in Spain, the Primera and Segunda Divisions, or LALIGA EA SPORTS and LALIGA HYPERMOTION for sponsorship reasons. [1]
For the leagues of the 1950s, when the Segunda División was divided into two groups, a new promotion/relegation system was created. The second and third qualified of each group and the 13th and 14th of La Liga, played by 16 teams, joined a round-robin group where the two top teams would promote to the next La Liga season. [2]
The first team to be relegated from Segunda División were Racing Santander, after a 1−2 home loss against Elche on 4 July 2020, suffering an immediate return to the Segunda División B. [8] The second team to be relegated were Extremadura, who were relegated on 4 July 2020 after trailing to Numancia 1−0 at home, ending a two-year stay in ...
On 1 May 2022, Racing Santander became the first team to achieve promotion to the second tier after a 2–2 draw against Celta Vigo B, securing direct promotion and ending a two-season stint at the third tier of Spanish football.
The second team to earn promotion was Mallorca, following Almería's 2–3 loss to Cartagena on 18 May 2021. Both teams made an immediate return to the first division after a season away. The final team promoted to La Liga was Rayo Vallecano by beating CD Leganés 5-1 and Girona FC 3–2 on aggration in promotion play-off. Teams relegated from ...