2025–26 Primera Federación (women)

The 2025–26 Primera Federación FutFem was the 25th season of the second highest league tier of women's football in Spain, and the fourth under that name and using a single group format.

Primera Federación
Season2025–26
Dates6 September 2025 – 2 May 2026
Teams14 teams
ChampionsBarcelona B
PromotedAlavés
Valencia (through play-off)
RelegatedReal Oviedo
Real Betis
Europa
SE AEM
Matches182
Goals448 (2.46 per match)
Top goalscorerNatalia Escot (15)
All statistics correct as of 30 May 2026.

Summary

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14 teams took part in the league: 9 from the previous season, 2 relegated from the previous Liga F campaign (Valencia and Real Betis)[1] and 3 promoted from the Segunda Federación (Europa, Real Oviedo and Tenerife B).[2][3][4]

The winner (or the highest eligible club in the event of the champion being a reserve team) was promoted automatically to the 2026–27 season of Liga F[5] with the next four eligible clubs entering a post-season play-off phase for a second spot. Four teams were relegated to the Segunda Federación league.

Teams

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Changes

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The following teams changed division since the 2024–25 season.

To Primera Federación
Decrease Relegated from Liga F
Increase Promoted from Segunda Federación
From Primera Federación
Increase Promoted to Liga F
Decrease Relegated to Segunda Federación

Note:

  1. Promoted after playoffs win against UD Costa Adeje Tenerife B (not to be mistaken with Fundación Canaria CD Tenerife, who were promoted directly by finishing first in their group; The two Tenerife teams later merged to form one club, affiliated officially to CD Tenerife, with the A team competing in Liga F).[6]

Stadium and location

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Locations of teams in the 2025–26 Primera Federación from Barcelona Province
Locations of teams in the 2025–26 Primera Federación from Canary Islands
Team Location Stadium Capacity 2024–25 season
AEM Lleida Municipal de Recasens 900 3rd in Primera Federación
Alavés Vitoria-Gasteiz José Luis Compañón 2,500 2nd in Primera Federación
Albacete Albacete Andrés Iniesta 3,000 9th in Primera Federación
Atlético Madrid B Alcalá de Henares Centro Deportivo Wanda 2,700 11th in Primera Federación
Barcelona B Sant Joan Despí Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper 1,400 8th in Primera Federación
Cacereño Cáceres Manuel Sánchez Delgado 1,400 5th in Primera Federación
Europa Barcelona Nou Sardenya 7,000 1st in Segunda Federación North Group
Osasuna Pamplona Tajonar Facilities 4,500 6th in Primera Federación
Real Betis Seville Luis del Sol 1,318 15th in Liga F
Real Madrid B Valdebebas Ciudad Real Madrid 1,000 7th in Primera Federación
Real Oviedo Oviedo Manuel Díaz Vega 5,000 Promotion play-off winner
UD Tenerife B Santa Cruz de Tenerife Heliodoro Rodríguez López 22,824 1st in Segunda Federación South Group
Valencia Valencia Paterna 3,000 16th in Liga F
Villarreal Villarreal Mini Estadi de Villarreal 3,500 10th in Primera Federación
Relegated from the Liga F
Promoted from the Segunda Federación

Personnel and kits

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League table

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Barcelona B[a] (C) 26 18 4 4 67 26 +41 58
2 Alavés (P) 26 17 5 4 44 15 +29 56 Promotion to Liga F
3 Valencia (P) 26 12 10 4 35 18 +17 46 Qualification for Promotion play-offs
4 Real Madrid B[a] 26 12 5 9 35 27 +8 41
5 Tenerife B[a] 26 11 6 9 34 36 2 39
6 Villarreal 26 10 8 8 35 31 +4 38 Qualification for Promotion play-offs
7 Osasuna 26 9 6 11 30 26 +4 33
8 Albacete 26 8 9 9 25 33 8 33
9 Cacereño 26 8 7 11 22 33 11 31
10 Atlético Madrid B[a] 26 8 7 11 26 32 6 31
11 AEM (R) 26 8 6 12 26 36 10 30 Relegation to Segunda Federación
12 Europa (R) 26 6 5 15 29 47 18 23
13 Real Betis (R) 26 5 8 13 24 48 24 23
14 Real Oviedo (R) 26 4 6 16 18 42 24 18
Source: RFEF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored [7]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated to Segunda Federación
  1. 1 2 3 4 Reserve team, ineligible for promotion

Results

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Home \ Away AEM ALA ALB ATM BAR CAC EUR OSA BET RMA OVI TEN VAL VIL
AEM 1–3 3–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–3 0–0 1–2
Alavés 3–1 3–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–2
Albacete 1–1 0–1 0–2 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–3 5–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0
Atlético Madrid B 2–1 0–2 3–0 2–3 0–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1
Barcelona B 5–0 2–3 1–2 2–0 4–0 5–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 4–1 4–1 0–0 1–0
Cacereño 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–5 2–0 1–3 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0
Europa 1–0 0–4 2–0 3–1 1–3 2–3 0–1 2–0 3–0 2–2 2–0 1–2 1–1
Osasuna 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 4–1 2–1 3–2 3–0 1–1 0–0 0–2
Real Betis 2–2 0–5 1–1 2–2 1–5 3–1 3–1 0–0 0–3 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–1
Real Madrid B 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–0 5–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–1
Real Oviedo 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–4 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–3 1–4
Tenerife B 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 4–2 2–2 1–2
Valencia 4–2 1–1 2–0 4–1 1–2 2–0 3–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–0
Villarreal 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 1–3 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–3 2–2
Source: RFEF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

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The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion and play-offs.

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Barcelona B[a]52474321122212222111111111
Alavés64221112211121111222222222
Valencia13335444433333333333333333
Real Madrid B[a]7995671081096555544556554444
Tenerife B[a]27588977777766666667776655
Villarreal1211743233355444455444445566
Osasuna136101110665544678777775667777
Albacete4866910810889987889988889888
Atlético Madrid B[a]311125566688999988999989119
Cacereño81212107891191010101110101311101010111211111010
AEM91311121314131314141414131211101212111110101010911
Europa1014141414131414121211111414141410121212121313131312
Real Betis111013131212119111112131213121113131313131112121213
Real Oviedo1458911111212131313121011131214141414141414141414
Leader and promoted to 2026–27 Liga F
Qualified for Promotion play-offs
Relegated to 2026–27 Segunda Federación
Source: RFEF
  1. 1 2 3 4 Reserve team, ineligible for promotion

Season statistics

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Top goalscorers

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Clean sheets

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As of 2 May 2026
Rank Player Club Clean sheets[9]
1 Spain Sofía Fuente Alavés 14
2 Spain Jana Xin Valencia 11
3 Spain Alba de Isidro Atlético Madrid B 7

Promotion play-offs

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Bracket

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Semi-finals Final
          
7 Osasuna 1 1 2
6 Villarreal 2 3 5
Villarreal 0 1 1
Valencia 0 1 1
8 Albacete 0 3 3
3 Valencia 0 4 4

Matches

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Semi-finals 1

9 May 2026 First leg Osasuna 1–2 Villarreal Aranguren
16:00 CEST Report
Stadium: Tajonar Facilities
Attendance: 650[10]
Referee: Ágata López García
17 May 2026 Second leg Villarreal 3–1 Osasuna Villarreal
20:00 CEST
Report Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva Villarreal CF
Referee: Florencia Andrea Muñoz

Semi-finals 2

10 May 2026 First leg Albacete 0–0 Valencia Albacete
12:00 CEST Report
Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva Andrés Iniesta
Attendance: 800[11]
Referee: Alba Arija Asín
17 May 2026 Second leg Valencia 4–3 Albacete Paterna
12:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva de Paterna
Attendance: 1,016[12]
Referee: Arantza Gallastegui Pérez

Final

23 May 2026 First leg Villarreal 0–0 Valencia Villarreal
18:00 CEST Report Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva Villarreal CF
Attendance: 2,050
Referee: Beatriz Arregui Gamir
30 May 2026 Second leg Valencia 1–1 (a.e.t.) Villarreal Paterna
18:00 CEST Monente 90+10' Report Salvador 21' Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva de Paterna
Referee: Josefa Sánchez Gómez
Note: Per regulations, Valencia is promoted to Liga F after extra-time (with no penalty shoot-out) by having finished above Villarreal during the League competition.

Number of teams by autonomous community

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References

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  1. "Liga F round-up: Barcelona clinch title while UWCL qualification & relegation is decided". Her Football Hub. 17 May 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  2. "El CE Europa, campeón del grupo 1 y ascenso a Primera Federación Iberdrola" [CE Europa, group 1 champion promoted to Primera Federación]. RFEF (in Spanish). 3 May 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  3. "El Real Oviedo asciende a Primera Federación Iberdrola" [Real Oviedo promoted to Primera Federación]. RFEF (in Spanish). 18 May 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  4. "¡El Fundación Canaria CD Tenerife certifica su ascenso!" [CD Tenerife B promoted!]. RFEF (in Spanish). 19 April 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  5. "Liga F Moeve 2025/26 Kicks Off as Women's Football continues to grow". Moeve. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  6. "El Costa Adeje se transforma en el CD Tenerife para impulsar el fútbol femenino" [Costa Adeje becomes CD Tenerife to power up women's football]. EFE.com (in Spanish). 12 June 2025.
  7. "NRBC de Primera Federación femenina de fútbol" (PDF) (in Spanish). RFEF. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
  8. "Primera Federación Tabla de Goleadores". RFEF. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  9. "Top 10 porteras 1ª RFEF". LasFutbolistas. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  10. "Osasuna Femenino elige creer". Diario de Navarra. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
  11. "+800 gracias afición". CD Alba Fútbol Femenino X. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  12. "El Valencia CF Femenino, en la final de ascenso a Liga F tras superar al CD Alba Funda (4-3)". Valencia CF. Retrieved 17 May 2026.