Primera Catalana

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Primera Catalana
Founded1991
CountryFlag of Spain.svg Spain
Confederation FCF
Number of clubs 48 (3 groups)
Level on pyramid 7
Promotion to Lliga Elit
Relegation to Segona Catalana
Domestic cup(s) Copa Catalunya
Current champions L'Escala (Group 1 – 1st title)
Mollerussa (Group 2 – 2nd title)
Reddis (Group 3 – 1st title)
(2022-23)
Most championships CE Manresa
FC Martinenc
CD Masnou
CP San Cristóbal
UE Rapitenca
UE Rubí
FC Santboià
(3 titles)
Website Official website
Current: 2023–24 Primera Catalana

The Primera Catalana is the 7th tier of the Spanish football league system and the second highest league in the autonomous community of Catalonia. The league was formed in 1991 to replace Regional Preferent as the first level of Catalonia and was split into 2 groups in 2011. [1]

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Structure

The league comprises 48 teams (3 groups of 16 teams). Over the course of a season, which runs annually from September to the following June, each team plays twice against the others in the league, once at 'home' and once 'away', resulting in each team competing in 30 games in total. Three points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. The teams are ranked in the league table by points gained. In the event that two or more teams finish the season equal in all these respects, teams are separated by head-to-head points, then head-to-head goal difference, then head-to-head goals scored, then goal difference and then goals scored.

From the 2022-23 season the top team in each group was promoted to the Tercera Federación (Group 5). The teams placed between second and sixth places were promoted to the Lliga Elit, a new league that will be played from the 2023–24 season and that will be located between Primera Catalana and Tercera Federación. The teams located between seventh and fourteenth place continued in the Primera Catalana, which will become the seventh tier of Spanish professional football. The last classified of each group and the two worst penultimate places were relegated to Segona Catalana. [2]

Clubs

A total of 170 clubs have played in the Primera Catalana from its inception in 1991 up to and including the 2023–24 season. [3] CF Igualada and UE Tàrrega are the clubs that played the most seasons in the category, with a total of 19 campaigns.

The following 48 clubs are competing in the Primera Catalana during the 2025–26 season.

Group 1

ClubPosition
(2024–25)
Argentona 2nd
Banyoles 8th
Bosc de Tosca 3rd (2Cat – Group 1)
Caldes de Montbui 10th
Can Gibert 6th
Figueres 14th (Lliga Elit)
Granollers 5th
Juventus Lloret 7th
Lloret 16th (Lliga Elit)
Mollet 9th
Palamós 15th (Lliga Elit)
Parets 4th
Premià 4th (2Cat – Group 2)
Sant Jaume Olot B 1st (2Cat – Group 1)
Torroella 11th
Tossa 3rd

Group 2

ClubPosition
(2024–25)
APA Poble Sec 1st (2Cat – Group 3)
At. Alpicat 4th (2Cat – Group 5)
Balaguer 8th
Borges Blanques 11th
Cardona 1st (2Cat – Group 5)
Castellar 12th (Group 1)
Gimnàstic Manresa 6th
Igualada 4th
Joanenc 2nd (2Cat – Group 4)
Parc 12th
Pirinaica 4th
Ripollet 1st (2Cat – Group 4)
Sants 9th
CF Singuerlín 5th
Turó de la Peira 7th
Unificación Llefiá 1st (2Cat – Group 2)

Group 3

ClubPosition
(2024–25)
Ascó 10th
At. Vilafranca 9th
Cubelles 3rd (2Cat – Group 6)
El Catllar 12th
Juventud 25 de Septiembre 11th
Martorell 3rd
Natació Terrassa 10th (Group 2)
NSA Camp Joliu 1st (2Cat – Group 6)
Rapitenca 13th (Lliga Elit)
Sant Cugat 5th
Santboià 8th
Sitges 4th
Tàrrega 2nd (2Cat – Group 5)
Terlenka 2nd (2Cat – Group 3)
Tortosa Ebre 6th
Viladecans 7th

Champions

This section lists the past champions of the Primera Catalana.

SeasonTeam
1991–92 CF Palafrugell
1992–93 UE Sants
1993–94 CF Gavà
1994–95 FC Santboià
1995–96 UE Badaloní
1996–97 UA Horta
1997–98 CF Balaguer
1998–99 Girona FC
1999–2000 UE Sant Andreu
2000–01 CE Manresa
2001–02 EC Granollers
2002–03 UE Cornellà
2003–04 FC Santboià
2004–05 AE Prat
2005–06 CD Blanes
2006–07 UD Cassà
2007–08 UE Cornellà
2008–09 FC Benavent
2009–10 FC Vilafranca
2010–11 UE Olot
2011–12 UE Figueres
2012–13 FC Ascó
2013–14 CF Peralada
2014–15 CD Morell
2015–16 UE Castelldefels
2016–17 FC Santboià
2017–18 CP San Cristóbal
2018–19 FC Andorra
2019–20 Girona FC B (Group 1)
CF Montañesa (Group 2)
2020–21 UE Tona (Group 1A)
EE Guineueta p(Group 1B)
FC Ascó p(Group 2A)
CFJ Mollerussa (Group B)
2021–22 CF Montañesa p(Group 1)
UE Tona p(Group 2)
UE Rapitenca p(Group 3)
2022–23 FC L'Escala p(Group 1)
CFJ Mollerussa p(Group 2)
CF Reddis p(Group 3)
2023–24 AEC Manlleu p(Group 1)
UD San Mauro p(Group 2)
CF Vilanova p(Group 3)
2024–25 UE San Juan Atlético de Montcada p(Group 1)
FC Martinenc p(Group 2)
CF Ciudad Cooperativa p(Group 3)
Notes

References

  1. ↑ La Primera i Segona Catalana ja coneixen el calendari per la propera temporada 2011/2012 (in Catalan) ARA newspaper website, accessed: 24 March 2012
  2. ↑ "La Superlliga Catalana: nova categoria entre Tercera i Primera Catalana... Per la temporada 23/24!". El Travesser (in Catalan). 31 May 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "Clasificación histórica" [Historical classification] (in Spanish). Fútbol Regional. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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