The

Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol The Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol are the Spanish football regional divisions. They are administered by the ''Autonomous football federations''. The level immediately above (in the fifth tier) is the Tercera División RFEF. The autonomous regi ...

in the

Valencian Community The Valencian Community ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid wi ...

, are organized by the

Valencian Football Federation The Valencian Community Football Federation ( ca-valencia, Federació de Futbol de la Comunitat Valenciana, es, Federación de Fútbol de la Comunidad Valenciana; FFCV) is the football association that has organized football competitions in the V ...

(FFCV): *Regional Preferente (Level 6 of the Spanish football pyramid) *Primera Regional (Level 7) *Segunda Regional (Level 8)

League chronology

Timeline

Regional Preferente

The Regional Preferente de la Comunitat Valenciana is one of the lower levels of the Spanish Football League. It is held every year. It stands at the sixth level of Spanish football with teams five promotions away from the top division. Teams from this league progress into the Tercera División RFEF Group 6. The participating teams are based in the

The League

The league consists of four regional groups of 18 teams each. Group 1 consists of teams in the province of Castellon and the northern part of Valencia province, Group 2 teams in the city of Valencia and surrounding satellite towns, Group 3 teams in the south of Valencia province and north of Alicante province and Group 4 teams the rest of Alicante province.

Promotion & Relegation

*The top three teams of each group advance to the promotional playoffs. The twelve teams are paired into four playoff groups. The six winners are drawn into three more groups with the three winners being promoted to Tercera División RFEF – Group 6. The bottom three teams (16th-18th) in each group are relegated to the Primera Regional de la Comunitat Valenciana, which consists of seven regional groups.

Proposed changes

On 4 October 2022 the FFCV suggested creating a new level, provisionally titled ''Primera FFCV'', to better bridge the gap between the Regional Preferente and

Tercera Federación Tercera Federación, previously known as Tercera División RFEF, is the fifth tier of the Spanish football league system. It is below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the '' Segunda División'', and the semi-professional division ...

consisting of one or two divisions of 16 teams to begin for either the 2023/24 or 2024/25 seasons.

2022–23 season teams

Champions

Primera Regional

Primera Regional de la Comunidad Valenciana is the seventh level of competition of the Spanish Football League in the

. For the 2022/23 season, it is played in 8 regional groups of 16 teams each. At the end of the season, The champions and four winners of playoffs are promoted. Four clubs from each group are relegated to Segunda Regional.

Segunda Regional

Segunda Regional de la Comunidad Valenciana is the eighth level of competition of the Spanish Football League in the

. It is played with 16 groups of 16 to 18 clubs. At the end of the season, the champions and the best runners-up are promoted.

References

External links

Federación de Fútbol de la Comunidad Valenciana
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