The 2025–26 Primera Federación season is the fifth for the Primera Federación, the third-highest level in the Spanish football league system. Forty teams participate, divided into two groups of twenty clubs each based on geographical proximity. In each group, the champions are automatically promoted to Segunda División and the second to fifth placers will play promotion play-offs and the bottom five are relegated to the Segunda Federación.
Overview A total of 40 teams joined the league, including four relegated from the 2024–25 Segunda División, 26 retained from the 2024–25 Primera Federación, and ten promoted from the 2024–25 Segunda Federación. RFEF released the groups on 27 June 2025.
Team changes Promoted from 2024–25 Segunda Federación Relegated from 2024–25 Segunda División Promoted to 2025–26 Segunda División Relegated to 2025–26 Segunda Federación Arenas Avilés Cacereño Europa Guadalajara Juventud Torremolinos Pontevedra Sabadell Talavera de la Reina Teruel Cartagena Eldense Racing Ferrol Tenerife Andorra Ceuta Cultural Leonesa Real Sociedad B Alcoyano Amorebieta Barcelona Atlètic Fuenlabrada Gimnástica Segoviana Intercity Recreativo Real Unión Sestao River Yeclano
Group 1 (North West)
Teams and locations Team Home city Stadium Capacity Arenas Getxo Gobela 2,000 Arenteiro O Carballiño Espiñedo 4,500 Avilés Industrial Avilés Román Suárez Puerta 5,400 Barakaldo Barakaldo Lasesarre 7,960 Bilbao Athletic Bilbao Lezama 3,250 Cacereño Cáceres Príncipe Felipe 7,000 Celta Fortuna Vigo Estadio ABANCA Balaídos 24,870 Guadalajara Guadalajara Pedro Escartín 8,000 Lugo Lugo Anxo Carro 7,070 Mérida Mérida Estadio Romano 14,600 Osasuna B Pamplona Tajonar 4,500 Ourense CF Ourense O Couto 5,659 Ponferradina Ponferrada El Toralín 8,400 Pontevedra Pontevedra Pasarón 12,000 Racing Ferrol Ferrol A Malata 12,043 Real Madrid Castilla Madrid Alfredo di Stéfano 6,000 Talavera de la Reina Talavera de la Reina El Prado 5,000 Tenerife Santa Cruz de Tenerife Heliodoro Rodríguez López 22,824 Unionistas Salamanca Reina Sofía 5,000 Zamora Zamora Ruta de la Plata 7,813
Personnel and sponsorship Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt main sponsor
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner ofdepartureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate ofappointmentReal Madrid Castilla RaúlResigned27 May 2025Pre-season Álvaro Arbeloa28 May 2025Lugo Álex OrtizSacked19 June 2025 Yago Iglesias19 June 2025Pontevedra Yago IglesiasEnd of contract30 June 2025 Rubén Domínguez30 May 2025Unionistas José Acciari Oriol Riera19 June 2025Racing Ferrol Alejandro Menéndez Pablo López4 June 2025Ourense CF Pablo López Dani Llácer19 July 2025Arenteiro Raúl Jardiel Jesús Arribas17 June 2025Arenas Ibai Gómez Jon Erice13 June 2025Talavera de la Reina Javi Vázquez Diego Nogales26 June 2025Mérida Sergi Guilló Fran Beltrán28 June 2025Ponferradina Javi Rey Fernando EstévezAvilés Industrial Javi RozadaSacked12 August 2025 Dani Vidal18 August 2025Unionistas Oriol RieraSigned by Istra 196117 September 202520th Mario Simón17 September 2025Zamora Juan SabasSacked3 November 202512th Óscar Cano4 November 2025Arenteiro Jesús Arribas9 November 202519th Luis Vilachá (caretaker)10 November 2025 Luis VilacháEnd of caretaker spell17 November 202520th Jorge Cuesta17 November 2025Ponferradina Fernando EstévezSacked25 November 202513th Mehdi Nafti26 November 2025Talavera de la Reina Diego Nogales2 December 202519th Alejandro Sandroni2 December 2025Racing Ferrol Pablo López7 January 20265th Míchel Alonso (caretaker)8 January 2026 Míchel AlonsoEnd of caretaker spell12 January 20267th Guillermo Fernández Romo12 January 2026Real Madrid Castilla Álvaro ArbeloaPromoted to the first team4th Julián López de Lerma13 January 2026Guadalajara Pere MartíSacked19th Juanvi Peinado14 January 2026Arenteiro Jorge Cuesta2 March 2026 Juanfran3 March 2026Lugo Yago Iglesias22 March 20269th Álex Ortiz (caretaker)22 March 2026Avilés Industrial Dani Vidal23 March 202614th Lolo Escobar23 March 2026Ourense CF Dani Llácer13 May 202618th Cándido Gómez13 May 2026 Notes
League table
Results
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoal1 Enric GallegoTenerife192 Hugo GonzálezCelta Fortuna14 César PalaciosReal Madrid Castilla4 Víctor MingoArenteiro12 Álvaro GarcíaMérida AD Unax ÁlvarezGuadalajara
Group 2 (South East)
Teams and locations Team Home city Stadium Capacity Alcorcón Alcorcón Santo Domingo 5,100 Algeciras Algeciras Nuevo Mirador 7,200 Antequera Antequera El Maulí 6,000 Atlético Madrileño Alcalá de Henares Centro Deportivo Alcalá de Henares 2,685 Atlético Sanluqueño Sanlúcar de Barrameda El Palmar 5,000 Betis Deportivo Seville Luis del Sol 1,300 Cartagena Cartagena Cartagonova 15,105 Eldense Elda Estadio Pepico Amat 4,036 Europa Barcelona Nou Sardenya 7,000 Gimnàstic Tarragona Nou Estadi 14,591 Hércules Alicante José Rico Pérez 30,000 Ibiza Ibiza Can Misses 6,000 Juventud Torremolinos Torremolinos El Pozuelo 3,000 Marbella Marbella Municipal de Marbella 7,300 Murcia Murcia Enrique Roca 31,179 Sabadell Sabadell Nova Creu Alta 11,908 Sevilla Atlético Seville Jesús Navas 8,000 Tarazona Tarazona Municipal de Tarazona 5,000 Teruel Teruel Pinilla 4,500 Villarreal B Villarreal Estadio de la Cerámica 23,000
Personnel and sponsorship Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt main sponsor
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner ofdepartureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate ofappointmentBetis Deportivo ArzuEnd of contract30 June 2025Pre-season Javi Medina16 June 2025Villarreal B Miguel Álvarez David Albelda29 May 2025Cartagena Guillermo Fernández Romo Javi Rey4 July 2025Eldense José Luis Oltra Javier Cabello28 June 2025Teruel Unai Mendia Vicente Parras12 June 2025Algeciras Fran Justo Javi Vázquez14 June 2025Antequera Javi Medina Abel Gómez16 June 2025Sabadell David Movilla Ferran Costa23 June 2025Murcia Fran Fernández Joseba Etxeberria3 July 2025Eldense Javier CabelloSacked19 October 202512th Claudio Barragán19 October 2025Ibiza Paco Jémez21 October 20258th Miguel Álvarez22 October 2025Murcia Joseba Etxeberria28 October 202519th Adrián Colunga28 October 2025Gimnàstic Luis César Sampedro3 November 20256th Cristóbal Parralo4 November 2025Sevilla Atlético Jesús GalvánSigned by Mirandés7 November 202518th Luci7 November 2025Marbella Carlos De LermaSacked11 November 2025 David Movilla11 November 2025Hércules Rubén Torrecilla16 November 202513th Beto Company17 November 2025Antequera Abel Gómez24 November 202516th Alberto Aguilar (caretaker)24 November 2025 Alberto Aguilar End of caretaker spell30 November 2025 Abraham Paz30 November 2025Betis Deportivo Javi MedinaSacked26 December 202520th Dani Fragoso26 December 2025Atlético Sanluqueño José Herrera29 December 202519th Daniel Casas30 December 2025Marbella David Movilla7 January 202618th David Cabello7 January 2026Atlético Sanluqueño Daniel CasasReturned to previous role14 January 2026 Pedro Mateos14 January 2026Cartagena Javi ReySacked27 January 202611th Raúl Guillén (caretaker)27 January 2026 Raúl GuillénEnd of caretaker spell18 February 202613th Iñigo Vélez18 February 2026 Murcia Adrián ColungaSacked23 February 202615th Curro Torres23 February 2026Gimnàstic Cristóbal Parralo8 March 202614th Pablo Alfaro9 March 2026Sevilla Atlético Luci9 March 202620th Marco GarcíaJuventud Torremolinos Antonio CalderónMutual consent6 April 202614th Carlos Alós9 April 2026 Notes
League table
Results
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Arnau OrtizAtlético Madrileño232 Jordi CanoEuropa223 Jaume JardíGimnàstic11 DioniEldense David Flakus BosiljReal Murcia
See also 2025–26 La Liga 2025–26 Segunda División 2025–26 Segunda Federación 2025–26 Tercera Federación
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