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| Founded | 2022 |
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| Country | Spain |
| Confederation | UEFA |
| Number of clubs | 16 |
| Level on pyramid | 2 |
| Promotion to | Liga F |
| Relegation to | Segunda Federación |
| Current champions | Alhama (2024–25) |
| Current:2025–26 | |
ThePrimera Federación, also calledRetoIberdrola for sponsorship reasons, is the second level ofleague competition forSpanishwomen's football since the 2022–23 season.
As a single nationwide league below the top level, it is the female equivalent of the men'sSegunda División and is run by theRoyal Spanish Football Federation.
On 24 July 2018, theRoyal Spanish Football Federation agreed to create a new second division between thePrimera División, featuring 16 teams, and theSegunda División, in which 112 teams were involved.[1]
In its first season, the league was to be contested by 32 teams divided into two groups: two teams relegated from the2018–19 Primera División and the 30 best teams from the2018–19 Segunda División.
In July 2019, the new second tier was renamed asSegunda División Pro being later re-branded asReto Iberdrola for sponsorship reasons. The level below which had carried that name previously recovered its former name ofPrimera Nacional.
On 10 June 2020, the Segunda División was granted professionalized league status.[2]
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 thePrimera Federación, the existing Segunda División Pro with two regionalised groups (32 teams) would become the third tier and be named theSegunda Federación, and the existingPrimera Nacional division of 96 teams (six regionalised 16-team groups) would become the fourth tier. These levels would be administered by theRFEF and more closely resemble the men's post-2021 structure, albeit only one professional league and six fourth-tier groups rather than five[3] (the fourth level was re-named theTercera Federación FUTFEM prior to the 2023–24 season).
| Season | North Group | South Group | Other promoted teams |
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| 2019–20 | Athletic Club B (not promoted) | Santa Teresa | Eibar |
| 2020–21 | Alavés | Villarreal | N/A |
| 2021–22 | Levante Las Planas | Alhama | N/A |
| Season | Winners | Playoff winners | Other promoted teams |
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| 2022–23 | Barcelona B (not promoted) | Granada | Eibar[7] |
| 2023–24 | Barcelona B (not promoted)[8] | Espanyol | Deportivo de La Coruña |
| 2024–25 | Alhama[9] | DUX Logroño[10] | N/A |
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