Segunda División B is the third level of the Spanish football league system.
It is administered by the RFEF. The top two levels are La Liga, also referred to
as the Primera División, and the Segunda División.
Immediately below Segunda División B is the Tercera Division. Among the teams
playing in the division during the 2007/08 season are Real Unión, who were
founding members of La Liga.
The division also includes the reserve teams of several La Liga teams including
Real Madrid Castilla, Atlético Madrid B, Bilbao Athletic, Deportivo B, Racing de
Santander B,
Sporting de Gijón B, Barcelona Atlètic, Osasuna B, Villarreal CF B, Valencia CF
Mestalla, Real Sociedad B (Sanse), Real Valladolid B and Real Betis B.
Segunda División B currently features 80 teams divided into 4 groups of 20. The top four teams from each group, 16 teams in total, qualify for play-offs to determine which four teams will replace the four teams relegated from the Liga Adelante. However reserve teams are only eligible for promotion to the Liga Adelante if their senior team is in the Liga BBVA. The top five teams from each group and best two teams regardless of group outside the previous twenty, excluding reserve teams, also qualify for the following seasons Copa del Rey. The bottom four teams in each league are relegated to the Tercera División. Also, the four 16th-placed teams enter into a relegation playoff to determine the two teams to be relegated. One team is paired with one of the others in home and away series. the two winners remain in the division while the losers are relegated. A reserve team can also be relegated if their senior team is relegated from the Liga Adelante. Along with teams from the Tercera División, teams from the division also compete in the Copa Federación.
Beginning with the 2008-09 season, the four group winners will have the opportunity to be promoted directly and be named the overall Segunda División B champion. The four group winners will be drawn into a two-legged series where the two winners will be promoted to the Liga Adelante and enter into the final for the Segunda División B championship. The two losing semifinalists enter the playoff round for the last two promotion spots.
The four group runners-up will be drawn against one of the three fourth-placed teams outside their group while the four third-placed teams are drawn against one another in a two-legged series. The six winners advance with the two losing semifinalists to determine the four teams that will enter the last two-legged series for the last two promotion spots. In all the playoff series, the lower-ranked club plays at home first. Whenever the is a tie in position (e.g. like the group winners in the Semifinal Round and Final or the third-placed teams in the first round), a draw will determine the club to play at home first.
Nº Year Group I Group II Group III Group IV 1 1929 Cultural Leonesa None None None 1930-77 Not held Not held Not held Not held 2 1977-78 Racing Club Ferrol AD Almería None None 3 1978-79 Palencia CF Levante UD None None 4 1979-80 Barakaldo CF Linares CF None None 5 1980-81 RC Celta de Vigo RCD Mallorca None None 6 1981-82 FC Barcelona B Xerez CD None None 7 1982-83 Athletic de Bilbao B Granada CF None None 8 1983-84 CE Sabadell Lorca CF None None 9 1984-85 Sestao SC Rayo Vallecano None None 10 1985-86 UE Figueres Xerez CD None None 11 1986-87 CD Tenerife None None None 12 1987-88 SD Eibar Real Zaragoza B UD Salamanca UD Alzira 13 1988-89 Athletic de Bilbao B Palamós CF Atlético de Madrid B Levante UD 14 1989-90 Real Avilés UE Lleida Albacete Balompié Orihuela CF 15 1990-91 Real Madrid Castilla Racing Santander CD Badajoz FC Barcelona B 16 1991-92 UD Salamanca UE Sant Andreu FC Cartagena Atlético Marbella 17 1992-93 UD Salamanca CD Alavés Real Murcia UD Las Palmas 18 1993-94 UD Salamanca CD Alavés UDA Gramenet CF Extremadura 19 1994-95 Racing Club Ferrol CD Alavés Levante UD Córdoba CF 20 1995-96 UD Las Palmas Sporting de Gijón B Levante UD Real Jaén CF 21 1996-97 Sporting de Gijón B CD Aurrerá de Vitoria Gimnàstic Tarragona Córdoba CF 22 1997-98 CP Cacereño Barakaldo CF FC Barcelona B Málaga CF 23 1998-99 Getafe CF Cultural Leonesa Levante UD UD Melilla 24 1999-00 Universidad Las Palmas RSG Torrelavega CF Gandía Granada CF 25 2000-01 Atlético de Madrid B Burgos CF UDA Gramenet Cádiz CF 26 2001-02 Barakaldo CF FC Barcelona B Real Madrid B Motril CF 27 2002-03 Universidad Las Palmas Real Unión de Irún CD Castellón Algeciras CF 28 2003-04 Pontevedra CF Atlético de Madrid B UE Lleida UD Lanzarote 29 2004-05 Real Madrid Castilla SD Ponferradina Alicante CF Sevilla B 30 2005-06 Universidad Las Palmas UD Salamanca CF Badalona FC Cartagena 31 2006-07 Pontevedra CF SD Eibar Alicante CF Sevilla B 32 2007-08 Rayo Vallecano SD Ponferradina Girona FC Écija Balompié 33 2008-09 Real Unión de Irún FC Cartagena CD Alcoyano Cádiz CF
Number of Wins 5 Levante UD 1978/79, 1987/88, 1994/95, 1995/96, 1997/98 UD Salamanca 1987/88, 1991/92, 1992/93, 1993/94, 2005/06 4 FC Barcelona B 1981/82, 1990/91, 1997/98, 2001/02 3 Barakaldo CF 1979/80, 1997/98, 2001/02 Atlético de Madrid B 1988/89, 2000/01, 2003/04 FC Cartagena 1991/92, 2005/06, 2008/09 CD Alavés 1992/93, 1993/94, 1994/95 Universidad de Las Palmas 1999/00, 2002/03, 2005/06 2 Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa 1928/29, 1998/99 Racing Club de Ferrol 1977/78, 1994/95 Athletic club de Bilbao B 1982/83, 1988/89 Xerex CD 1982/82, 1985/86 Granada CF 1982/83, 1999/00 Rayo Vallecano 1984/95, 2007/08 SD Eibar 1987/88, 2006/07 UE Lleida 1989/90, 2003/04 Real Madrid Castilla 1990/91, 2004/05 UD Las Palmas 1992/93, 1995/96 UDA Gramenet 1993/94, 2000/01 Sporting de Gijón B 1995/96, 1996/97 Córdoba CF 1994/95, 1996/97 Pontevedra CF 2003/04, 2006/07 Cádiz CF 2000/01, 2008/09 Real Unión de Irún 2002/03, 2008/09 SD Ponferradina 2004/05, 2007/08 Alicante CF 2004/05, 2006/07 Sevilla FC B 2004/05, 2006/07 1 UD Almeria 1977/78 Palencia CF 1978/79 Linares CF 1979/80 RC Celta de Vigo 1980/81 RCD Mallorca 1980/81 CE Sabadell 1983/84 Lorca CF 1983/84 Sestao SC 1984/85 UE Figueres 1985/86 CD Tenerife 1986/87 Real Zaragoza B 1987/88 UD Alzira 1987/88 Palamós CF 1988/89 Real Avilés Industrial 1989/90 Albacete Balompié 1989/90 Orihuela CF 1989/90 Racing de Santander 1990/91 CD Badajoz 1990/91 UE Sant Andreu 1991/92 Atlético Marbella 1991/92 Real Murcia CF 1992/93 CF Extremadura 1993/94 CD Aurrerá de Vitoria 1996/97 Gimnastic de Tarragona 1996/97 CP Cacereño 1997/98 Málaga CF 1997/98 UD Melilla 1998/99 Getafe CF 1998/99 RSG Torrelavega 1999/00 CF Gandía 1999/00 Burgos CF 2000/01 Motril CF 2001/02 Algeciras CF 2002/03 CD Castellón 2002/03 UD Lanzarote 2003/04 CF Badalona 2005/06 Écija Balompié 2007/08 CD Alcoyano 2008/09
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