The División de Honor Juvenil is the top level of the Spanish football league system for youth players 19 years old and under. The División de Honor is administered by the RFEF through the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Aficionado (LNFA).

Format The División de Honor begins the first weekend in September and ends in April or May. The División de Honor's season is similar to the senior players' La Liga playing a double round-robin points based system. There are seven groups of 16 teams. The teams with the most points in each group are declared champion of its group and advance to the Copa de Campeones Juvenil de Fútbol. In each group, the teams placing 13th and below are relegated to the Liga Nacional or the Canarias Preferente in the case of those teams from the Canary Islands (Group6).

History Created in 1986, the Superliga Juvenil was a national league with 16 teams. However, traveling across the country caused financial hardships for some clubs. Real Valladolid (in 1993), and Las Palmas and Espanyol (in 1994) dropped out of the league. Real Madrid withdrew from the league in 1994 when their second reserve team Real Madrid C kept their status in the Segunda División B. 15 teams played in 1994–95 and the league was disbanded after the season. In 1995, the RFEF elevated the six regional based groups of the División de Honor (which was the second level) as the top youth level and created a new tournament to crown the overall youth champion of Spain.

Copa de Campeones de Juvenil

The Copa de Campeones is a two phrase tournament that starts a week after the end of the División de Honor held at a site selected by the RFEF.

Until 2011, the seven group winners were divided into two groups: Group A had three teams and was played in a round-robin format, while group B was composed by four and was played in a single elimination format. The two group winners played the final match.

Since the 2011–12 season, the seven group winners and the best runner-up are drawn into a knock-out tournament in a neutral venue determined by the Royal Spanish Football Federation.

Each team nominates an 18-man roster. There are no replacements for sickness or injury even if it is a goalkeeper.

Since the 2014–15 season, the winner qualifies to the UEFA Youth League.

Copa del Rey Juvenil

32 teams qualify to the main domestic cup: 28 teams placed 1st-4th in each of the 7 groups after 1 round of league matches completed 4 best 5th-placed teams

History Established in 1950, the Campeonato de España was Spain's top tournament for youth teams for over thirty years. Barcelona won the first cup, Copa de Su Excelencia Generalísimo and now holds the record for winning the most (currently 18). Since 1976, teams are playing for the Copa de Su Majestad El Rey Don Juan Carlos I or Copa del Rey.

Format Since 1995, the Campeonato de España/Copa del Rey started a week after the Copa de Campeones and was played in four rounds. The top two from each División de Honor group plus the best two third-placed teams qualified. The first round, Quarterfinal and Semifinal are played in two legs and the Final is one match at a neutral site.

In 2022 the format was extended to 32 teams based on their performance in the first half of the season with the cup played during the second half, and the semi-finals and final taking place in a mini-tournament at a single location.

Restructuring 2005–06 For the 2005–06 season, the RFEF reorganized Grupo IV of División de Honor as the Andaluza Group similar to the Canarias have in Grupo VI. Teams from the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla also included. 2006–07 For the 2006–07 season, the RFEF added another 16-team regional group.

Champions Superliga Juvenil Season Champion Runner-up 1986–87 Real Madrid Barcelona 1987–88 Real Madrid Barcelona 1988–89 Athletic Bilbao Osasuna 1989–90 Real Madrid Real Betis

Liga de Honor Sub-19 Season Champion Runner-up 1990–91 Sevilla Barcelona 1991–92 Athletic Bilbao Real Madrid 1992–93 Real Madrid Valladolid 1993–94 Barcelona Valencia 1994–95 Sevilla Barcelona

División de Honor In gold, champions of the Copa de Campeones; in silver, runners-up of this tournament. Season Group I Group II Group III Group IV Group V Group VI Group VII Wildcard 1994–95 Racing Osasuna BarcelonaSevillaReal Madrid Tenerife rowspan=12 rowspan=17 1995–96Deportivo Athletic Bilbao ValenciaSevillaReal MadridTenerife 1996–97 Celta Real Sociedad EspanyolSevilla Real Madrid Las Palmas 1997–98 OviedoReal SociedadValencia Sevilla Real Madrid Las Palmas 1998–99 ValladolidReal Sociedad EspanyolSevilla Hércules Tenerife 1999–00 Valladolid ZaragozaBarcelona Sevilla Real Madrid Las Palmas 2000–01 ValladolidOsasuna Barcelona Goyu-RyuAtlético Madrid Las Palmas 2001–02 Celta Zaragoza Espanyol Real BetisAtlético Madrid Tenerife 2002–03 Salamanca AthleticEspanyolMálaga Atlético Madrid Tenerife 2003–04Sporting AthleticEspanyol Sevilla Real Madrid Las Palmas 2004–05Sporting OsasunaBarcelona Sevilla Atlético Madrid Las Palmas 2005–06Valladolid Zaragoza Barcelona BetisReal Madrid Las Palmas 2006–07 Celta Antiguoko Espanyol Málaga Real Madrid Las PalmasValencia 2007–08 Deportivo Real SociedadEspanyol Sevilla Rayo Vallecano Las PalmasVillarreal 2008–09Celta AthleticBarcelona Sevilla Atlético Madrid Tenerife Villarreal 2009–10 Deportivo Athletic Barcelona BetisReal Madrid Las PalmasValencia 2010–11 Racing AthleticBarcelona Sevilla Real Madrid Las Palmas Villarreal 2011–12 Sporting Real SociedadEspanyolSevilla Atlético Madrid Las Palmas Valencia Barcelona 2012–13Celta Athletic BarcelonaSevilla Real Madrid Las Palmas Villarreal Atlético Madrid 2013–14 RacingReal Sociedad Barcelona MálagaReal Madrid Las Palmas Valencia Sevilla 2014–15 Celta Real SociedadEspanyol Málaga Rayo Vallecano Las PalmasVillarreal Real Madrid 2015–16 Racing Athletic EspanyolSevilla Atlético Madrid Las Palmas VillarrealMálaga 2016–17 Celta Osasuna BarcelonaMálagaReal Madrid Las Palmas Villarreal Atlético Madrid 2017–18Sporting Athletic Barcelona MálagaAtlético Madrid Las Palmas Atlético Madrileño Tenerife 2018–19Estos son los participantes en la Copa de Campeones de División Honor Juvenil 2019 , RFEF, 8 April 2019 Celta NumanciaZaragoza Sevilla Atlético Madrid TenerifeVillarreal Real Madrid 2019–20 Celta Athletic Barcelona Sevilla Real Madrid Las Palmas Villarreal N/A 2020–21Deportivo AthleticBarcelona Málaga Atlético Madrid Las Palmas Levante Real Madrid 2021–22 CeltaAthleticBarcelona Betis Atlético Madrid Las Palmas Valencia Deportivo 2022–23 Celta Athletic BarcelonaBetisReal Madrid Las Palmas Valencia Atlético Madrid 2023–24 Deportivo Athletic Mallorca SevillaAtlético Madrid Las Palmas LevanteBetis 2024–25 Deportivo Athletic BarcelonaBetis Real Madrid Las PalmasValencia Tenerife 2025–26 Celta AthleticBarcelona GranadaReal Madrid Las Palmas Valencia Tenerife

References

External links RFEF site (archived) División de Honor: Results and tables at Resultados de Fútbol Spain: U-19 League Champions 1986–2022 at the RSSSF