The 2026 Tercera Federación play-offs to Segunda Federación from Tercera Federación (promotion play-offs) are the final play-offs for the promotion from 2025–26 Tercera Federación to 2026–27 Segunda Federación.
Format Group champions will be promoted directly to the Segunda Federación. Due to the remodeling of the RFEF leagues, as of 2021–22 season the promotion play-off is divided into two stages: regional and national. Four teams from each group participate in the regional stage, which were classified between places second and fifth of the regular season. Since 2022–23 season the regional stage is a series of two matches. The second classified will face the fifth classified; and the third will do the same with the fourth. The winners of the two series will play a series to determine the team that will qualify for the national stage.
In the regional phase, if the aggregated score ends in a draw, extra time will be played, if the same result is maintained at the end of extra time, the best seeded team will win.
The national stage will be played by 18 teams, which won their respective regional play-offs. Since 2022–23 season nine different series will be played to determine the winners of the promotion to Segunda Federación.
As 2022–23 season, the RFEF recovered the two-legged knockout system, due to the complaints filed against the single knockout system at a neutral venue that had been implemented after COVID-19 and the subsequent reform of the football leagues organized by the RFEF.
Qualified teams Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 2ndCompostela 2ndCovadonga 2ndLaredo 2ndLeioa 2ndBadalona 2ndAtlético Saguntino 3rdAtlético Arteixo 3rdSporting Atlético 3rdTropezón 3rdDerio 3rdCornellà 3rdAtlético Levante 4thEstradense 4thCaudal 4thGuarnizo 4thLagun Onak 4thVilanova 4thVillarreal C 5thRacing Villalbés 5thMosconia 5thEscobedo 5thTouring 5thL'Hospitalet 5thLa Nucía Group 7 Group 8 Group 9 Group 10 Group 11 Group 12 2ndTrival Valderas 2ndGuijuelo 2ndMotril 2ndDos Hermanas 2ndManacor 2ndSan Fernando 3rdTorrejón 3rdCristo Atlético 3rdTorre del Mar 3rdAtlético Central 3rdPeña Deportiva 3rdMensajero 4thLas Rozas 4thPalencia 4thArenas 4thBollullos 4thConstància 4thTamaraceite 5thLeganés B 5thSanta Marta 5thChurriana 5thCeuta B 5thLlosetense 5thPanadería Pulido Group 13 Group 14 Group 15 Group 16 Group 17 Group 18 2ndMurcia Imperial 2ndBadajoz 2ndPamplona 2ndVarea 2ndCuarte 2ndTarancón 3rdUnión Molinense 3rdMoralo 3rdIzarra 3rdArnedo 3rdAtlético Monzón 3rdToledo 4thOlímpico de Totana 4thAzuaga 4thSubiza 4thCalahorra 4thÉpila 4thAtlético Albacete 5thMazarrón 5thJaraíz 5thSan Juan 5thOyonesa 5thCaspe 5thManchego
Regional stage Group 1 – Galicia
Group 2 – Asturias
Group 3 – Cantabria
Group 4 – Basque Country
Group 5 – Catalonia
Group 6 – Valencian Community
Group 7 – Community of Madrid
Group 8 – Castile and León
Group 9 – Eastern Andalusia
Group 10 – Western Andalusia
Group 11 – Balearic Islands
Group 12 – Canary Islands
Group 13 – Region of Murcia
Group 14 – Extremadura
Group 15 – Navarre
Group 16 – La Rioja
Group 17 – Aragon
Group 18 – Castilla–La Mancha
National stage Qualified teams
GroupPositionTeam1 2ndCompostela4 2ndLeioa5 2ndBadalona7 2ndTrival Valderas8 2ndGuijuelo13 2ndMurcia Imperial14 2ndBadajoz15 2ndPamplona17 2ndCuarte
GroupPositionTeam3 3rdTropezón10 3rdAtlético Central11 3rdPeña Deportiva16 3rdArnedo
GroupPositionTeam2 4thCaudal9 4thArenas12 4thTamaraceite18 4thAtlético Albacete
GroupPositionTeam6 5thLa Nucía
Bold indicates teams that were promoted
Matches
First leg
Second leg
Promoted teams The 18 teams that were promoted through regular season groups are included. The number of years after the last participation of the club in the fourth tier is referred to the previous appearance at that level. Depending on the time, it could have been Divisiones Regionales (until 1977), Tercera División (1977–2021) or Segunda Federación (2021–present).
Promoted to Segunda FederaciónArnedoArosaAtlético AlbaceteAtlético CentralAtlético Madrid CAtlético PasoAtlético TordesillasBadajozCalamochaCalvo SoteloCastellonenseCiezaCiudad de LucenaCompostelaDon BenitoGimnástica de TorrelavegaLa NucíaLlaneraUD Logroñés BMallorca BManresaMijas-Las LagunasMurcia ImperialPeña DeportivaPeña SportPortugaleteTamaraceite
References
External links Royal Spanish Football Federation website