Tercera División

Tercera División
Association	Real Federación Española de Fútbol
First edition	1929
hierarchy	4th league
Teams	364 (in 18 groups)
Website	proliga.futbol
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The Tercera División (Spanish for Third Division / League ) after the Primera División , the Segunda División and the Segunda División B , the fourth-highest division in Spanish football . The league is run by the Real Federación Española de Fútbol . Until Segunda B was founded in 1977, the Tercera División was, according to its name, the third Spanish division.

In each of the 18 groups, 20 teams play one home and one away game against each other.

The four best clubs in each group play relegation games against each other. The second teams of a club cannot be promoted if the first team is in the league above. The last four teams in each group are relegated to a regional league. If the first team of a club is relegated, the second team of that team will automatically be relegated, provided they are in the league to which the first team is relegated.

structure

Group structure of the Tercera División Española

Except for Andalusia as well as Ceuta and Melilla , the groups of the Tercera División are identical to the autonomous communities of Spain. Eastern Andalusia forms the 9th group with Melilla, Western Andalusia with Ceuta the 10th.

group societies 1. Galicia 2. Asturias 3. Cantabria 4th Basque Country 5. Catalonia 6th Valencia 7th Madrid 8th. Castile and Leon 9. Eastern Andalusia and Melilla

group societies 10. Western Andalusia and Ceuta 11. Balearic Islands 12. Canaries 13. Murcia 14th Extremadura 15th Navarre 16. La Rioja 17th Aragon (with Andorra ) 18th Castile-La Mancha