Primera División de Futsal

The Primera División is the premier professional futsal league in Spain. It was founded in 1989 with the name of División de Honor. Administered by Liga Nacional de Fútbol Sala, it is contested by 16 teams and is played under UEFA rules.

Primera División
Organising bodyLNFS
Founded1989; 35 years ago (1989)
CountrySpain
ConfederationUEFA
Number of teams16
Level on pyramidLevel 1
Relegation toSegunda División
Domestic cup(s)Supercopa de España
Copa de España
Copa del Rey
International cup(s)UEFA Futsal Champions
League
Current championsFC Barcelona (7th title)
(2022–23)
Most championshipsInter Movistar (14 titles)
TV partnersGOL PLAY, LaLiga+, FORTA, Barça TV, Esport3
Sponsor(s)Joma
WebsiteLNFS.es
Current: 2023–24 season

The Liga Nacional de Futsal includes:

Liga championship rules edit

Each team of every division has to play with all the other teams of its division twice, once at home and the other at the opponent's stadium. This means that in Liga Nacional de Futbol Sala the league ends after every team plays 30 matches.

Like many other leagues in continental Europe, the Liga Nacional de Futbol Sala takes a winter break once each team has played half its schedule. One unusual feature of the league is that the two halves of the season are played in the same order—that is, the order of each team's first-half fixtures is repeated in the second half of the season, with the only difference being the stadiums used.

Each victory adds 3 points to the team in the league ranking. Each drawn adds 1 point. At the end of the league, the winner is:

  1. The team that has most points in the ranking.
  2. If two or more teams are level on points, the winner is the team that has the best results head-to-head.
  3. If there is no winner after applying the second rule, then the team with the best overall goal difference wins.

History edit

  • Before the creation of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Sala in 1989, in Spain were played two futsal championship at the same time, one managed by the Spanish Futsal Federation (FEFS),[1] and the other by the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF). Previously to any futsal league, futsal was limited to benefic and exhibition matches.[2] In 1989, after of years of struggle for the futsal control, the two futsal club associations, ACEFS and ASOFUSA merge to create Liga Nacional de Fútbol Sala.[3][4][5]
  • From 2011–12' season onwards, División de Honor will be known as Primera División.[6]
  • On the 2012–13 season, the league was reduced from 16 to 14 teams.[7]
  • On the 2014-15 season the league returned to have 16 teams.

Clubs edit

The following 16 clubs are competing in the 2023–24 season.[8]

Club Location Stadium Capacity
  Alzira FS Alzira Palau d'Esports de Alzira 2,800
  FC Barcelona Futsal Barcelona Palau Blaugrana 7,585
  Córdoba Futsal Córdoba Palacio Municipal de Deportes Vista Alegre 3,500
  ElPozo Murcia FS Murcia Palacio de Deportes de Murcia 7,500
  Industrias Santa Coloma Santa Coloma Pabellón Nuevo 1,500
  Inter Movistar Torrejón de Ardoz Pabellón Jorge Garbajosa 3,200
  Jaén Paraíso Interior Jaén Olivo Arena 6,589
  Jimbee Cartagena Cartagena Palacio de los Deportes de Cartagena 4,060
  Manzanares FS Manzanares Pabellón Municipal Antonio Caba 610
  Noia Portus Apostoli Noia Pabellón Municipal Agustín Mourís 600
  Palma Futsal Palma de Mallorca Palau Municipal d'Esports Son Moix 3,800
  Peñíscola Fútbol Sala Peñíscola Pabellón Juan Vizcarro 1,000
  Real Betis Futsal Seville Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo 7,626
  Ribera Navarra FS Tudela Pabellón Ciudad de Tudela 1,200
  Viña Albali Valdepeñas Valdepeñas Pabellón Virgen de la Cabeza 2,000
  Xota FS Pamplona Pabellón Anaitasuna 3,000

Team changes edit

Promoted from 2022–23 Segunda División Relegated to 2023–24 Segunda División
  Alzira FS
  Peñíscola FS
  Levante UD FS
  CD UMA Antequera

All-time standings edit

Champions edit

Source:[9]

Season Champion Score Runner-up Losing semi-finalists
1989–90   Interviú Lloyd's 5–4, 4–3   Keralite Macer   Caja Segovia and   Marsanz Torrejón
1990–91   Interviú Lloyd's 7–8, 7–6, 6–4   Marsanz Torrejón   Algón and   Macer Almazora
1991–92   Caja Toledo 5–2, 5–3   ElPozo Murcia   Interviú Boomerang and   Sego Zaragoza
1992–93   Pennzoil Marsanz 1–1, 4–4, 5–3   Caja Castilla-La Mancha   Interviú Boomerang and   Sego Zaragoza
1993–94   Maspalomas Sol Europa 4–4, 1–1, 5–2   Caja Castilla-La Mancha   FC Barcelona and   Pinturas Lepanto
1994–95   Pinturas Lepanto 1–3, 4–3, 6–4   Interviú Boomerang   Mejorada and   Playas de Castellón
1995–96   Interviú Boomerang 1–1, 3–3, 3–2   Toledart   P.B. Alcantarilla and   Playas de Castellón
1996–97   CLM Talavera 2–1, 7–5, 3–1   Playas de Castellón   ElPozo Murcia and   Maspalomas Sol Europa
1997–98   ElPozo Murcia 5–0, 4–2, 2–5, 4–5, 4–2   CLM Talavera   Boomerang Interviú and   Caja Segovia
1998–99   Caja Segovia 6–5, 5–4, 5–2   Industrias García   CLM Talavera and   Playas de Castellón
1999–00   Playas de Castellón 4–1, 5–3, 3–2   CLM Talavera   Airtel Boomerang and   Caja Segovia
2000–01   Playas de Castellón 6–2, 3–1, 3–7, 3–0   Valencia Vijusa   Antena3 Boomerang and   ElPozo Murcia
2001–02   Antena3 Boomerang 5–4, 5–4, 3–7, 5–3   Miró Martorell   Caja Segovia and   ElPozo Murcia
2002–03   Boomerang Interviú 3–4, 4–2, 6–2, 2–3, 3–2   ElPozo Murcia   Miró Martorell and   Playas de Castellón
2003–04   Boomerang Interviú 4–7, 5–4, 9–1, 3–4, 7–4   ElPozo Murcia   Playas de Castellón and   P.W. Cartagena
2004–05   Boomerang Interviú 6–5, 3–4, 7–5, 6–3   ElPozo Murcia   MRA Gvtarra and   P.W. Cartagena
2005–06   ElPozo Murcia 3–7, 5–2, 3–2, 2–3, 4–2   Polaris World Cartagena   Boomerang Interviú and   FS Martorell
2006–07   ElPozo Murcia 8–7, 3–2   Boomerang Interviú   Benicarló Onda Urbana and   P.W. Cartagena
2007–08   Interviú Fadesa 3–1, 8–5   ElPozo Murcia   Barcelona Senseit and   Carnicer Torrejón
2008–09   ElPozo Murcia 3–2, 7–2   Inter Movistar   Lobelle de Santiago and   Pinto FS
2009–10   ElPozo Murcia 3–2, 2–1, 1–3, 6–1   MRA Navarra   Caja Segovia and   FC Barcelona
2010–11   FC Barcelona 2–3, 4–2, 4–1, 2–4, 3–2   Caja Segovia   Benicarló A.C. and   Lobelle de Santiago
2011–12   FC Barcelona 5–3, 1–6, 4–1, 4–5, 6–3   ElPozo Murcia   Caja Segovia and   Inter Movistar
2012–13   FC Barcelona 1–0, 2–3, 6–3, 3–3 (5–3)   ElPozo Murcia   Caja Segovia and   Inter Movistar
2013–14   Inter Movistar 4–3, 4–1, 4–2   ElPozo Murcia   FC Barcelona and   Marfil Santa Coloma
2014–15   Inter Movistar 7–3, 1–5, 3–0, 5–4   ElPozo Murcia   FC Barcelona and   Palma Futsal
2015–16   Inter Movistar 6–2, 5–3, 4–6, 3–1   FC Barcelona   Magna Gurpea and   Palma Futsal
2016–17   Inter Movistar 2–2 (1–3), 6–1, 1–6, 6–1, 2–1   FC Barcelona   ElPozo Murcia and   Magna Gurpea
2017–18   Inter Movistar 4–2, 4–2, 2–3, 3–3 (1–3), 1–1 (3–1)   FC Barcelona   ElPozo Murcia and   Jaén Fútbol Sala
2018–19   FC Barcelona 7–2, 2–3, 3–3 (3–4), 7–3, 3–2   ElPozo Murcia   Jaén Paraíso Interior and   Palma Futsal
2019–20   Inter Movistar 3–3[A]   Viña Albali Valdepeñas   Levante UD and   Palma Futsal
2020–21   FC Barcelona 2–2 (4–5), 4–3, 2–2 (5–4)   Levante UD   Palma Futsal and   Viña Albali Valdepeñas
2021–22   FC Barcelona 4–2, 4–2   Palma Futsal   Jaén F.S. and   Viña Albali Valdepeñas
2022–23   FC Barcelona 3–2, 5–2, 5–2   Jaén Paraíso Interior   Inter Movistar and   Palma Futsal
  1. ^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, the 2019-20 Season Playoffs changed to a best-of-one match format. If the match ended on a tie there was no extra-time nor penalty shootouts, instead, the best ranked team on the regular season were declared as winners.[10]

Performance by club edit

Club Titles Seasons
Inter Movistar
14
1989–90, 1990–91, 1995–96, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20
FC Barcelona
7
2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
ElPozo Murcia
5
1997–98, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10
Playas de Castellón
2
1999–2000, 2000–01
Caja Toledo/CLM Talavera
2
1991–92, 1996–97
Caja Segovia
1
1998–99
Pinturas Lepanto
1
1994–95
Maspalomas Sol Europa
1
1993–94
Marsanz Torrejón
1
1992–93

All-time LNFS table edit

Pos Team Seasons Played Won Drawn Lost G.F. G.A. G.D. Points
1 ElPozo Murcia 26 772 523 103 146 3870 2421 1449 1587
2 Inter Movistar 26 784 525 122 135 3556 2129 1427 1583
3 Playas de Castellón 22 658 375 112 181 2913 2153 760 1145
4 Caja Segovia 24 724 356 121 247 3000 2570 430 1110
5 FC Barcelona 21 624 310 95 219 2377 1961 416 947
6 Marfil Santa Coloma 23 652 257 95 330 2665 2898 −233 802
7 Magna Gurpea 17 514 206 92 216 1892 1909 −17 710
8 Carnicer Torrejón 15 462 172 81 209 1790 1895 −105 597
9 Cartagena 14 430 158 91 181 1538 1634 −96 565
10 CLM Talavera 10 306 200 39 67 1452 941 511 552

League or status at 2015–16 season:

Primera División
Segunda División
Segunda División B
Tercera División
Regional divisions
No longer affiliated with RFEF
Club disbanded
  • Updated at completion of 2014–15 season.

Notes edit

References edit

  1. ^ La F.E.F.S. se presentó en Barcelona – El Mundo Deportivo
  2. ^ El futbol sala, ¿un fenomeno social? – El Mundo Deportivo
  3. ^ Las asociaciones se pusieron de acuerdo – El Mundo Deportivo
  4. ^ A por la mayoria de edad – El Mundo Deportivo
  5. ^ Las dos ligas ya son solo una – El Mundo Deportivo
  6. ^ doblepenalti.com Archived 2012-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ La Primera de fútbol sala se queda en solo 14 equipos Interdeportes, 7 July 2012
  8. ^ "Equipos de Primera División" (in Spanish). LNFS. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  9. ^ "Resultados de Primera División 2023 | LNFS".
  10. ^ "Movistar Inter reina en el Play Off Exprés por el título de Liga de Primera División". LNFS. 30 June 2020.

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