The 2022 Segunda División RFEF play-offs (Playoffs de Ascenso or Promoción de Ascenso) were the final play-offs for promotion from 2021–22 Segunda División RFEF to the 2022–23 Primera División RFEF.
Venues On 11 March 2022, the Province of Alicante was announced as the venue for the promotion play-off, initially the cities of Alicante and La Nucía were confirmed. On 3 May 2022, the cities of Alcoy, Benidorm and Elda were added as the other play-off venues.
AlcoyAlicanteBenidormEldaEstadio El CollaoEstadio José Rico PérezEstadio Municipal Guillermo AmorEstadio Municipal Nuevo Pepico AmatCapacity: 4,850Capacity: 29,500Capacity: 9,000Capacity: 4,036La NucíaEstadi Olímpic Camilo CanoCiudad Deportiva Camilo CanoCapacity: 5,000Capacity: 1,600
Format Twenty teams participated in the promotion play-off. Each of the five groups of the Segunda División RFEF were represented by the four teams that finished the regular season between the second and fifth positions. In the draw for the first stage, the participating teams were assigned to pots corresponding to their final regular season position. While avoiding matches between teams from the same regular season group, second-place finishers were drawn against fifth-place finishers while teams that finished third would play teams that finished fourth. The same draw process was repeated, to the extent that it would be possible, in the draw for the second round.
The five winning clubs of the second stage attained promotion to Primera RFEF and accompanied the five group champions who had already achieved their promotion.
The final two relegation spots (of 27 total) were also determined via play-offs. The four 13th-place finishers with the lowest point totals were drawn into two single-leg matches, with the winners securing survival in the Segunda División RFEF and the losers being relegated to the Tercera División RFEF. The two match-ups were selected through a random draw and hosted at a venue chosen from among the stadiums selected to host the promotion play-offs.
Promotion play-offs
Teams
Participating teams Arenas de Getxo Cacereño Ceuta Coria Coruxo Cristo Atlético Eldense Espanyol B Hércules La Nucía Lleida Mérida Murcia Navalcarnero Peña Deportiva Rayo Cantabria Real Sociedad C Sestao River Teruel Unión Adarve
Road to the play-offs
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
First round
Qualified teams
GroupPositionTeam1 2ndUnión Adarve2 2ndSestao River3 2ndEspanyol B4 2ndMérida5 2ndLa Nucía
GroupPositionTeam1 3rdNavalcarnero2 3rdReal Sociedad C3 3rdPeña Deportiva4 3rdCacereño5 3rdMurcia
GroupPositionTeam1 4thCoruxo2 4thRayo Cantabria3 4thTeruel4 4thCeuta5 4thEldense
GroupPositionTeam1 5thCristo Atlético2 5thArenas de Getxo3 5thLleida Esportiu4 5thCoria5 5thHércules
Bold indicates teams that advanced to the second round
Matches
Second round
Qualified teams
GroupPositionTeam1 2ndUnión Adarve2 2ndSestao River4 2ndMérida5 2ndLa Nucía
GroupPositionTeam3 3rdPeña Deportiva5 3rdMurcia
GroupPositionTeam3 4thTeruel4 4thCeuta5 4thEldense
GroupPositionTeam2 5thArenas de Getxo
Matches
Promoted to Primera División RFEFCeutaEldenseLa NucíaMéridaMurcia
Promoted teams The five teams that were or would be promoted to Primera División RFEF through regular season groups and the five play-off winners were included. The number of years after the last participation of the club in the third tier is referred to the previous appearance at that level, where Segunda División B was replaced by the Primera División RFEF.
Promoted to Primera División RFEFGroup 1Group 2Group 3Group 4Group 5Pontevedra (1st)Osasuna B (1st)Numancia (1st)Córdoba (1st)Intercity (1st)Mérida (2nd)La Nucía (2nd)Ceuta (4th)Murcia (3rd)Eldense (4th)
Relegation play-offs
Table of 13th-placed teams
Play-off Qualified teams
GroupPositionTeam1 13thGimnástica Segoviana3 13thCerdanyola del Vallès4 13thDon Benito5 13thÁguilas
Matches
Relegated to Tercera División RFEFCerdanyola del VallèsÁguilas
Relegated teams 27 teams relegated to Tercera División RFEF: 25 teams through regular season groups and the two play-off losers. The number of years after the last participation of the club in the fifth tier is referred to the previous appearance in the Divisiones Regionales, the divisions that were replaced by Tercera División RFEF.
Relegated to Tercera División RFEFCearesPeña SportEjeaTamaraceiteToledoArosaArdoiHuesca BPanadería PulidoCalvo SoteloLlaneraNáxaraEuropaSan FernandoMarchamaloSalamancaTropezónBadalonaLas Palmas AtléticoAtlético PulpileñoMóstoles URJCCayónAndratxMensajeroAtlético LevanteÁguilas
References
External links Royal Spanish Football Federation website