The 2021–22 Primera División RFEF season was the first and the only season under the name Primera División RFEF, the new third highest level in the Spanish football league system. It succeeded the old Segunda División B, which renamed itself Segunda División RFEF and downgraded to the fourth level in the pyramid. Forty teams participated, divided into two groups of twenty clubs each based on geographical proximity. In each group, the champions automatically promoted to Segunda División and the second to fifth placers played promotion play-offs and the bottom five were relegated to the Segunda División RFEF.
Overview before the season A total of 40 teams joined the league, including four relegated from the 2020–21 Segunda División and 36 promoted from the 2020–21 Segunda División B.
Teams relegated from Segunda División
Albacete Castellón UD Logroñés Sabadell
Teams promoted from Segunda División B
Alcoyano Algeciras Andorra Athletic Bilbao B Atlético Baleares Atlético Sanluqueño Badajoz Barcelona B Betis Deportivo Calahorra Celta Vigo B Cornellà Costa Brava Cultural Leonesa Deportivo La Coruña Extremadura Gimnàstic Internacional Linares Linense Racing Ferrol Racing Santander Rayo Majadahonda Real Madrid Castilla Real Unión San Fernando San Sebastián de los Reyes SD Logroñés Sevilla Atlético Talavera de la Reina Tudelano UCAM Murcia Unionistas Valladolid Promesas Villarreal B Zamora
Groups Group 1 (North West)
Teams and locations Team Home city Stadium Capacity Athletic Bilbao B Bilbao Lezama 3,250 Badajoz Badajoz Nuevo Vivero 15,198 Calahorra Calahorra La Planilla 4,500 Celta Vigo B Vigo Barreiro 4,500 Cultural Leonesa León Reino de León 13,346 Deportivo La Coruña A Coruña Abanca-Riazor 32,660 Extremadura Almendralejo Ciudad de Almendralejo 11,580 Internacional Villaviciosa de Odón Municipal de Villaviciosa 3,000 Racing Ferrol Ferrol A Malata 12,043 Racing Santander Santander El Sardinero 22,222 Rayo Majadahonda Majadahonda Cerro del Espino 3,800 Real Unión Irun Stadium Gal 5,000 SD Logroñés Logroño Mundial 82 1,275 San Sebastián de los Reyes San Sebastián de los Reyes Matapiñonera 3,000 Talavera de la Reina Talavera de la Reina El Prado 5,000 Tudelano Tudela Ciudad de Tudela 11,000 Unionistas Salamanca Reina Sofía 5,000UD Logroñés LogroñoLas Gaunas 16,000 Valladolid Promesas Valladolid Anexos José Zorrilla 1,500 Zamora Zamora Ruta de la Plata 7,813
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Standings
Results Home team score is given first.
Group 2 (South East)
Teams and locations Team Home city Stadium Capacity Albacete Albacete Carlos Belmonte 17,524 Alcoyano Alcoy El Collao 4,850 Algeciras Algeciras Nuevo Mirador 7,200 Andorra Andorra la Vella, Andorra Estadi Nacional 3,306 Atlético Baleares Palma Estadi Balear 6,000 Atlético Sanluqueño Sanlúcar de Barrameda El Palmar 5,000 Barcelona B Barcelona Johan Cruyff 6,000 Betis Deportivo Seville Luis del Sol 1,300 Castellón Castellón Castalia 15,500 Cornellà Cornellà de Llobregat Nou Municipal de Cornellà 1,500 Costa Brava Palamós Palamós Costa Brava 3,724 Gimnàstic Tarragona Nou Estadi 14,591 Linares Linares Linarejos 10,000 Linense La Línea de la Concepción Municipal de La Línea 12,000 Real Madrid Castilla Madrid Alfredo di Stéfano 6,000 Sabadell Sabadell Nova Creu Alta 11,908 San Fernando San Fernando Iberoamericano 12,000 Sevilla Atlético Seville Jesús Navas 8,000 UCAM Murcia Murcia La Condomina 6,000 Villarreal B Villarreal Mini Estadi 5,000
Personnel and sponsorship Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt main sponsor
Standings
Results Home team score is given first.
Final The winners of the two regular season groups will faced off in a single-match neutral site final to determine the champion of the 2021–22 Primera División RFEF season. The match took place at one of the stadiums designated to host the promotion play-off.
13 GK Miquel Parera4 DF Pol Moreno5 DF Pablo Bobadilla16 DF Javi Vázquez17 DF Unai Medina8 MF Fausto Tienza 6 MF Íñigo Sainz-Maza10 MF Pablo Torre 22 MF Arturo Molina12 MF Patrick Soko 9 FW Cedric Omoigui Substitutions:1 GK Lucas Díaz30 DF Mario Jorrin7 MF Álvaro Bustos11 MF Marco Camus 14 MF Borja Domínguez 20 MF Sergio Marcos 26 MF Simón Pérez21 FW Jack Harper23 FW Manu Justo Manager: Guillermo Fernández Romo 1 GK Nico Ratti18 DF Diego González 26 DF Álex Pastor 20 DF Martí Vilà15 DF Dani Morer2 DF Adrià Altimira 6 MF Marc Aguado7 MF Hector Hevel 14 MF Sergio Molina 11 MF Marc Fernández 10 FW Carlos Martínez Substitutions:13 GK Josele Martínez3 DF Roger Riera23 DF Eudald Vergés 27 DF Pau Casadesús4 MF Marc Pedraza8 MF Martí Riverola16 MF Zourdine Thior17 MF David Martín 21 MF Rubén Bover 22 MF Iván Gil 9 FW Rubén Enri 19 FW Manuel NietoManager: Eder Sarabia
Promotion playoffs
Copa del Rey qualifiers The following clubs qualified for the 2022–23 Copa del Rey by virtue of their league finish:
+ Group 1PositionTeam1stRacing Santander2ndDeportivo La Coruña3rdRacing Ferrol4thRayo Majadahonda5thUD Logroñés
+ Group 2PositionTeam1stAndorra3rdAlbacete4thGimnàstic5thLinares6thAtlético Baleares
Top goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Ferran JutglàBarcelona B191 Alberto QuilesDeportivo La Coruña182 DioniAtlético Baleares173 Cedric OmoiguiRacing Santander163 Juan Carlos AranaVillarreal B16
See also 2021–22 La Liga 2021–22 Segunda División 2021–22 Segunda División RFEF 2021–22 Tercera División RFEF
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