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2022 Primera División RFEF Play-offs
The 2022 Primera División RFEF play-offs (Playoffs de Ascenso or Promoción de Ascenso) were the final play-offs for promotion from 2021–22 Primera División RFEF to the 2022–23 Segunda División. Venues On 16 March 2022, Galicia was announced as the venue for the promotion play-off, initially the cities of A Coruña and Ferrol were confirmed. On 5 May, the RFEF announced Vigo as the third host city. Format Teams ranked second through fifth in each of the two groups will qualify for the promotion play-off, which will determine the last two promotion spots. The eight qualified teams will be drawn into two fixed brackets, each of which will contain the second and fourth place finishers from one group and the third and fifth place finishers from the other. All ties will consist of a single neutral-site match. In case of draws, an overtime period will be played; if the match is still tied following the overtime, the team which achieved a higher regular season finish will be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021–22 Primera División RFEF
The 2021–22 Primera División RFEF season is the first for the Primera División RFEF, the new third highest level in the Spanish football league system. It succeeded the old Segunda División B, which renamed itself Segunda División RFEF and downgraded to the fourth level in the pyramid. Forty teams will participate, divided into two groups of twenty clubs each based on geographical proximity. In each group, the champions 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 División RFEF. Overview before the season A total of 40 teams will join the league, including four relegated from the 2020–21 Segunda División and 36 promoted from the 2020–21 Segunda División B. ;Teams relegated from Segunda División: *Albacete * Castellón *UD Logroñés *Sabadell ;Teams promoted from Segunda División B: *Alcoyano *Algeciras *Andorra *Athletic Bilbao B * Atlético Baleares * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villarreal CF B
Villarreal Club de Fútbol "B" is a Spanish football team based in Villarreal, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1999, it is the reserve team of Villarreal CF and plays in Segunda División, holding home games at ''Ciudad Deportiva Villarreal CF'', with a 5,000-seat capacity. Background Unlike in other nations such as England, reserve teams in Spain play in the same football pyramid as their senior team rather than a separate league. However, reserve teams cannot play in the same division as their senior team. Therefore, the team is ineligible for promotion to the division in which the main side plays. Also, if the main team is relegated to the division in which its reserve side played in the prior season (which happened in 2011–12), the reserve team is automatically relegated to the division below the main team. Reserve teams are also no longer permitted to enter the Copa del Rey. Premier League International Cup Villarreal successfully applied to compete in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Racing De Santander
Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. It was founded in 1913. It holds home games at Campos de Sport de El Sardinero, with a capacity for 22,222 spectators. It is one of the ten founding clubs of La Liga. History Racing de Santander played its first match on 23 February 1913, losing 1–2 to neighbouring ''Strong''. It was officially founded on 14 June, as ''Santander Racing Club'', appearing in its first tournament during that summer (Luis Redonet Trophy) and being admitted to the Northern Federation on 14 November, eventually merging with Santander Football Club. In the 1928–29 season, the Spanish League competition began. After a complicated elimination process to determine the tenth and final team for the new First Division, Racing successively beat Valencia, Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Andorra
Futbol Club Andorra is a professional football club based in Andorra la Vella, Andorra, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. The club was founded in 1942 and currently plays its home fixtures at Estadi Nacional. In spite of being based in the microstate of Andorra, the club, voluntarily affiliated to the Catalan Football Federation, has been allowed to compete in Spanish leagues since 1948. History Futbol Club Andorra has historically been the biggest football club in the country. The club was founded on 15 October 1942 in the College of Our Lady of Meritxell and was the first football club to be founded in Andorra. The club joined the categories of the Catalan Football Federation, contesting the Spanish League and Spanish Cup. In the 1963–64 season FC Andorra debuted in the Segunda Regional, finishing in the 11th position. After several years in regional categories, the Andorran club climbed in 1981 to Segunda Divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Segunda División
The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commercially known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administrated by the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, it is contested by 22 teams, with the top two teams plus the winner of a play-off promoted to LaLiga and replaced by the three lowest-placed teams in that division. History This championship was created in 1929 by the Royal Spanish Football Federation. The league has been national, single-table except for a period from 1949 to 1968 in which it was regionalized into two North and South groups. Since 1984 it has been organized by the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional. In 2006, the ''Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional'' agreed to a ten-year sponsorship agreement with the banking group BBVA. Segunda División was thereby rebranded as 'Liga BBVA'. Two years later, as the BBVA sponsorship was extended t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikita Iosifov
Nikita Igorevich Iosifov (russian: Никита Игоревич Иосифов; born 11 April 2001) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a left winger. Club career He made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Lokomotiv Moscow on 11 August 2020 in a game against FC Rubin Kazan, he substituted Dmitri Barinov in added time. On 12 July 2021, he joined Villarreal B in Spain on a five-year contract. He was occasionally included in the matchday squads of the senior Villarreal team for La Liga and UEFA Champions League games early in the 2021–22 season, but remained on the bench. He made his debut for the senior team on 30 November 2021 in a Copa del Rey game against the sixth-tier club Victoria CF and scored Villarreal's last goal in a 8–0 victory. He made his La Liga debut on 22 January 2022 against Mallorca as an added-time substitute for Moi Gómez. At the end of the 2021–22 season, Villarreal B was promoted to the second-tier Segunda División. Io ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Néstor Albiach
Néstor Albiach Roger (born 18 August 1992), simply known as Néstor, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or forward for Indian Super League club NorthEast United. Club career Early years Born in Xirivella, Valencian Community, Néstor was a Levante UD youth graduate, but made his debut as a senior with SC Requena in the 2011–12 campaign, in Tercera División. In August 2012 Néstor moved to Segunda División B side CD Olímpic de Xàtiva. On 25 January of the following year, after being an ever-present figure for the side, he rescinded his contract and signed a two-year deal with Czech First League side FK Dukla Prague. Czech Republic Néstor made his professional debut on 22 February 2013, starting in a 1–1 home draw for Dukla against FK Teplice. He scored his first league goals on 13 April, netting a brace in a 5–1 home routing of FK Jablonec. Néstor was shortlisted for the league's ''Player of the Month'' award for May 2013 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rubén Martínez (footballer, Born 1989)
Rubén Martínez Granja (born 8 December 1989) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Greek Super League club Lamia. Career Born in Mahón, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Martínez finished his formation with FC Barcelona. He made his senior debut with Atlético Malagueño in the 2008–09 season, in Tercera División. Martínez first arrived in Segunda División B in August 2010, with Alicante CF. He continued to appear in the division in the following years, representing Celta de Vigo B, CD Alcoyano, UE Sant Andreu, La Hoya Lorca CF, UE Llagostera, UD Melilla and UD Logroñés; with the latter he achieved promotion to Segunda División in 2020, contributing with five goals in 27 appearances (play-offs included). Martínez made his professional debut on 12 September 2020, starting in a 0–1 away loss against Sporting de Gijón. His first professional goal occurred the following 9 May, but in a 4–1 loss at Girona FC. On 11 August 2021, af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordi Sánchez (footballer)
Jordi Sánchez Ribas (born 11 November 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for J1 League club Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo. Career Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Sánchez represented UA Horta, CF Damm and CF Badalona as a youth. He made his first team debut for the latter on 12 May 2013, playing the last 28 minutes in a 1–3 Segunda División B away loss against CD Olímpic de Xàtiva. Sánchez scored his first senior goal on 6 October 2013, netting the equalizer in a 1–2 home loss against the same opponent. The following 13 January, he was loaned to Tercera División side CD Masnou until June. In January 2015, Sánchez signed for UE Vilassar de Mar six months after joining Masnou permanently. On 11 June of that year, he joined AE Prat still in the fourth division. On 5 July 2016, Sánchez moved to Valencia CF, being assigned to the reserves in the third division. On 21 June 2018, he signed a two-year contract with Segunda División side ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Álex Bergantiños
Alejandro "Álex" Bergantiños García (born 7 June 1985) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He spent his entire professional career contracted to Deportivo, making over 250 appearances and being loaned to several other teams. He played 118 La Liga games for Deportivo and Xerez and 247 in Segunda División for those two, Granada, Gimnàstic and Sporting Gijón. Club career Bergantiños was born in A Coruña. He had his first professional spell as a footballer in 2008, at already 23: loaned by local club Deportivo de La Coruña, he was an essential midfield figure as Xerez CD achieved a first-ever top flight promotion – 31 games, 21 starts and 2,085 minutes played. In very late August 2009, after tying him to the club for four more years, ''Depor'' agreed to loan Bergantiños once again to the Andalusians, in another season-long move. He made his La Liga debut on 30 August, playing the last 30 minutes in a 2–0 away loss against RCD Mal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Quiles
Alberto Quiles Piosa (born 27 April 1995) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a forward for Albacete Balompié. Club career Born in Huelva, Andalusia, Quiles had youth stints at Recreativo de Huelva and Celta de Vigo. On 24 July 2014 he moved to Córdoba CF, being assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B. Quiles made his senior debut on 7 September 2014, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–0 home win against Granada CF B. The following 30 January, he was loaned to fellow league team Marbella FC until June. Returning from loan, Quiles scored a career-best 22 goals during the 2015–16 campaign, as his side achieved promotion from Tercera División. He made his professional debut on 20 November 2016, coming on as a late substitute for Alejandro Alfaro in a 1–1 away draw against CD Mirandés in the Segunda División championship. On 4 July 2017, Quiles was definitely promoted to the main squad ahead of the 2017–18 season. On 1 August, however, he was loaned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deportivo De La Coruña
Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña (), Deportivo or simply Dépor, is a professional association football, football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain. They currently play in the Primera División RFEF – Group 1, the third tier of the Spanish football league system, football league pyramid in Spain. Founded in 1906 as ''Club Deportivo de la Sala Calvet'' by Federico Fernández-Amor Calvet, Deportivo have won the La Liga, league title once, in the 1999–2000 La Liga, 1999–2000 season, and finished as runner-up on five occasions. The club have also won the Copa del Rey, Spanish Cup twice (1994–95 Copa del Rey, 1994–95 and 2001–02 Copa del Rey, 2001–02), and three Supercopa de España, Spanish Super Cups. The Blue and Whites were a regular fixture in the top positions of La Liga for the best part of 20 years, from 1991 to 2010, finishing in the top half of the table in 16 out of 19 seasons, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
