The Canarian Football Federation ( es, Federación Canaria de Fútbol; FCF) is the football association responsible for all competitions of any form of football developed in the
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...
. It is integrated into the
Royal Spanish Football Federation
The Royal Spanish Football Federation ( es, Real Federación Española de Fútbol; RFEF) is the governing body of football in Spain. It is based in La Ciudad del Fútbol of Las Rozas, a municipality near Madrid. It was founded on 14 October 1909 ...
and its headquarters are located in
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, commonly abbreviated as Santa Cruz (), is a city, the capital of the island of Tenerife, Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and capital of the Canary Islands. Santa Cruz has a population of 206,593 (2013) within its admi ...
.
The federation is articulated into two other federations: the
Las Palmas Inter-Island Football Federation
The Las Palmas Inter-Island Football Federation ( es, Federación Interinsular de Fútbol de Las Palmas; FIFLP) is the football association responsible for all competitions of any form of football developed in the province of Las Palmas. It is inte ...
(''Federación Interinsular de Fútbol de Las Palmas'') and the
Tenerife Inter-Island Football Federation
Tenerife (; ; formerly spelled ''Teneriffe'') is the largest and most populous island of the Canary Islands. It is home to 43% of the total population of the Archipelago, archipelago. With a land area of and a population of 978,100 inhabitant ...
(''Federación Interinsular de Fútbol de Tenerife'').
Competitions
* Men's
**
Tercera División (Group 12)
**
Interinsular Preferente (2 groups: Las Palmas and Tenerife)
** Primera Regional Aficionado (3 groups: Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote) and Primera Interinsular (2 groups: Tenerife and La Palma)
** Segunda Regional Aficionado (Gran Canaria), Segunda Interinsular (Tenerife), Segunda Insular-El Hierro and Segunda Insular-La Gomera
* Youth
**
Canarias Preferente (5 groups: Tenerife, La Palma, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura)
** Divisiones Regionales
* Women's
** Divisiones Regionales
See also
*
Canary Islands autonomous football team
The Canary Islands national football team is the "regional" football team for the Canary Islands, Spain that contests only friendly matches as the Canary Islands are represented internationally by the Spain national football team. They are unaffi ...
*
List of Spanish regional football federations
There are seventeen football federations in Spain. These organizations are the governing bodies (alongside the Royal Spanish Football Federation) of autonomous community football. Most of them have their own football team.
The 19 Football Federati ...
References
External links
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Spanish football associations
Sports organizations established in 1925
Football in the Canary Islands
1925 establishments in Spain
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