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since the 2022–23 season. As a single nationwide league below the top level, it is the female equivalent of the men's

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History

On 24 July 2018, the

agreed to create a new second division between the Primera División, featuring 16 teams, and the

, in which 112 teams were involved. In its first season, the league was to be contested by 32 teams divided into two groups: two teams relegated from the 2018–19 Primera División and the 30 best teams from the

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. In July 2019, the new second tier was renamed as Segunda División Pro being later re-branded as Reto Iberdrola for sponsorship reasons. The level below which had carried that name previously recovered its former name of ''Primera Nacional''. On 10 June 2020, the Segunda División was granted professionalized league status. 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, the second tier would be a single nationwide 16-team division known as the Primera Federación, the existing Segunda División Pro with two regionalised groups (32 teams) would become the third tier and be named the ''Segunda Federación'', and the existing

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and more closely resemble the men's post-2021 structure, albeit only one professional league and six fourth-tier groups rather than fiveNuevo estructura de ligas de fútbol femenino a patir de 2022-2023
ew structure of women's football leagues from 2022-2023 Manel Expósito, Fútboleras, 10 February 2022 (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 April 2022 (the fourth level was re-named the ''Tercera Federación FUTFEM'' prior to the 2023–24 season).

2023–24 teams

2024–25 teams

Second tier champions and promotions (since 2019–20)

*''For promotions to the top division up to 2019, see Primera Nacional de Fútbol (women)#Promoted teams''

References

External links

Royal Spanish Football Federation
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