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Tercera Federación
Founded	2001 (as Segunda División, second tier); 2019 (as Primera Nacional, became third tier); 2022 (became fourth tier)
Country	Spain
Confederation	UEFA
Number of teams	6 groups of 14 teams
Level on pyramid	4
Promotion to	Segunda Federación
Relegation to	Regional leagues
	Current: 2023–24

The Tercera Federación FUTFEM^[1] is the fourth tier of league competition for Spanish women's football. It is the female equivalent of the men's Segunda División RFEF and is run by the Real Federación Española de Fútbol.

History

The league was created in 2001, with the inception of the new Superliga Femenina, composed by only group instead of the four of the previous seasons.

Since 2011, teams were divided in seven groups by geographical criteria.

Group 1: Asturias, Cantabria and Galicia.
Group 2: Basque Country, La Rioja and Navarre.
Group 3: Aragon, Balearic Islands and Catalonia.
Group 4: Andalusia, Ceuta, Extremadura and Melilla.
Group 5: Castile and León, Castile-La Mancha and Community of Madrid.
Group 6: Canary Islands.
Group 7: Region of Murcia and Valencian Community.

The league was renamed as the Primera Nacional de Fútbol in 2019 after the RFEF renamed the new division between it and the first tier as Segunda División Pro, after initially naming it Primera División B.

In early 2022, it was confirmed that the league structure would be altered again, after only three seasons: the existing Primera División would be a standalone professional league of 16 teams, a single nationwide 16-team division known as the Primera Federación would be created as the second tier, the existing Segunda División Pro of 32 teams (two regionalised 16-team groups) would become the third tier and be named the Segunda Federación, and the existing Primera Nacional division of 96 teams (six regionalised 16-team groups) would become the fourth tier. These levels would be administered by the RFEF and more closely resemble the men's post-2021 structure, albeit only one professional league and six fourth-tier groups rather than five.^[2] The fourth level was renamed the Tercera Federación FUTFEM prior to the 2023–24 season.

2022–23 teams

Group 1

Deportivo L.C. B
Gijón FF
Llanera
Lóstrego
Mos
Oceja-Gimnástica
Olímpico de León
Parquesol B
R. Avilés
R. Oviedo B
Romanón
Sporting Gijón
Umia
Victoria CF
Victoria FC

Group 2

Arratia
Aurrerá Vitoria
Añorga
Berriozar
Burgos
Eibar B
Logroño B
Monte Soccer Féminas
Mulier
Oiartzun
Pradejón B
Racing Sant. B
Real Sociedad B
San Ignacio
Tolosa
UD Logroñés

Group 3

Algaidas
Castellón
Collerense
Cornellà
Ejea
Fontsanta Fatjó
Huesca
Riudoms
Sant Gabriel
Santa Ponsa T.
Seagull
Son Sardina
Stadium Casablanca
Vic Riuprimer
Villarreal B
Zaragoza B

Group 4

Atlético Lince
Atlético Madrid C
Daimiel
Dinamo Guadalajara
Extremadura
Fútbolellas
Madrid CFF C
Olympia Las Rozas
Olímpico Madrid
Pozuelo Alarcón
Rayo Vallecano B
Salamanca
Samper
Santa Teresa B
Sport Extremadura

Group 5

Alba B
Aldaia
Ciudad Alcalá
Ciudad de Murcia
Cádiz
Discóbolo La Torre
Elche
Granada B
La Rambla
Levante C
Mislata
Murcia Féminas
Málaga City
Plaza Argel
San Vicente
Sevilla B

Group 6

Achamán
Atl. Perdoma
FCD Tenerife B
Firgas
Geneto del Teide
Guiniguada Ap.
Güímar
Julio Suárez
Las Majoreras
Orientación M.
Peña la Amistad
Puerto del Carmen
Real Unión Ten. B
San Antonio Pureza
Tarsa

Promoted teams

This table shows the group winners and the promoted teams.^[3]

As second tier

Season	Group I	Group II	Group III	Group IV	Group V	Group VI	Group VII	Best runner-up
2001–02	Leioa	Amigos del Duero	Barcelona	Rayo Vallecano	Atlético Jiennense	Rayco	—	—
2002–03	Lagunak	Gijón	Barcelona	Rayo Vallecano	Atlético Jiennense	Rayco
2003–04	Oiartzun	Gijón	Barcelona	Atlético Madrid	Andalucía	Rayco
2004–05	Transportes Alcaine	Gijón	L'Estartit	Sporting Plaza de Argel	Nuestra Señora de la Antigua	Rayco
2005–06	Real Sociedad^[a]	Atlético Arousana	L'Estartit	Atlético Madrid	Sporting Huelva	Rayco
2006–07	Mariño	Reocín	L'Estartit	Colegio Alemán	Atlético Málaga	Rayco
2007–08	Lagunak	El Olivo	Barcelona	Pozuelo de Alarcón	Atlético Málaga	Arguineguín
2008–09^[b]	Oiartzun	Oviedo Moderno	Collerense	Fundación Albacete^[c]	Atlético Jiennense^[b]	Tacuense
2009–10	Oiartzun^[d]	Reocín	Sant Gabriel	Fundación Albacete	Extremadura Femenino	Charco del Pino
2010–11	Abanto	El Olivo	Girona^[e]	Fundación Albacete^[f]	Llanos de Olivenza	Tacuense
2011–12	Oviedo Moderno	Oiartzun^[d]	Levante Las Planas	Sevilla	Torrejón	Tacuense	Fundación Albacete	Femarguín
2012–13	Oviedo Moderno^[g]	Añorga	Girona	Granada	Torrejón^[g]	Charco del Pino	Fundación Albacete	El Olivo^[h]
2013–14	El Olivo	Oiartzun^[d]	Lleida^[e]	Santa Teresa	La Solana^[f]	Granadilla	Fundación Albacete	Sporting Plaza de Argel^[h]
2014–15	El Olivo	Oiartzun	Levante Las Planas	Real Betis	Madrid CFF	Femarguín	Sporting Plaza de Argel	Granadilla
2015–16	El Olivo	Logroño	Seagull^[i]	Real Betis	Madrid CFF^[c]	Tacuense	Lorca FAD^[j]	Femarguín
2016–17	Oviedo Moderno	San Ignacio^[d]	Seagull^[i]	Sevilla	Madrid CFF	Femarguín	Sporting Plaza de Argel^[k]	—
2017–18	Oviedo	Logroño	Seagull^[i]	Málaga	Tacón	Femarguín	Sporting Plaza de Argel	—
2018–19	Deportivo La Coruña	Osasuna	Zaragoza CFF	Santa Teresa	Tacón	Femarguín	Alhama^[j]	Juan Grande

^ Real Sociedad was promoted after the dissolution of Estudiantes.
^ ^a ^b As the Superliga was expanded to 22 teams, several professional men's football clubs were invited to the league by promoting or directly creating women's football teams. These teams were Eibar, Gimnàstic, Jaén (Atlético Jiennense), Las Palmas, Sevilla and Valladolid.
^ ^a ^b Winners Atlético Madrid B could not be promoted as they are a reserve team, runners-up played the promotion playoffs.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Winners Athletic Bilbao B could not be promoted as they are a reserve team, runners-up played the promotion playoffs.
^ ^a ^b Winners Espanyol B could not be promoted as they are a reserve team, runners-up played the promotion playoffs.
^ ^a ^b Winners Rayo Vallecano B could not be promoted as they are a reserve team, runners-up played the promotion playoffs.
^ ^a ^b Oviedo Moderno promoted as Torrejón resigned after the end of the season.
^ ^a ^b Runner-up of Group 6 was not allowed to play the promotion playoffs.
^ ^a ^b ^c Winners Barcelona B could not be promoted as they are a reserve team, runners-up played the promotion playoffs.
^ ^a ^b Winners Valencia B could not be promoted as they are a reserve team, runners-up played the promotion playoffs.
^ Winners and runners-up Levante B and Valencia B could not be promoted as they are reserve teams, third-placed team played the promotion playoffs.

As third tier

Season	Group I		Group II		Group III	Group IV	Group V	Group VI		Group VII	Best runner-up
2019–20	Monte		Añorga		Espanyol B	Real Betis B	La Solana	Unión Viera		Aldaia	Joventut Almassora
2020–21^[a]	Viajes Interrías F. F.	Real Oviedo B^[b]	Pradejón	Real Sociedad B	Levante Las Planas	Real Betis B	Getafe	La Garita	Geneto del Teide	Elche	—
2021–22^[c]	Mixta Friol		Bizkerre		Europa	Málaga	Real Madrid B	Tenerife		Valencia B	13 teams^[c]

^ Includes winners of 'mini groups' in Groups I, II and VI during temporary reconstruction due to COVID-19 pandemic travel restrictions.
^ Real Oviedo B could not be promoted as they are a reserve team of a club in the division above (Real Oviedo).
^ ^a ^b All seven group winners and runners-up – Viajes InterRías, Osasuna B, Atlético Baleares, Torrelodones, Unión Viera and Levante B – along with the six best ranked other teams – Sárdoma, Athletic Club C, Almería, Cáceres Atlético, CD Getafe and CFF Albacete – were promoted to the Segunda Federación division as part of league reconstruction.