The 2026–27 Primera Federación season is the sixth for the Primera Federación, the third-highest level in the Spanish football league system. Forty teams will participate, divided into two groups of twenty clubs each based on geographical proximity. In each group, the champions are automatically promoted to Segunda División and the second to fifth placers will play promotion play-offs and the bottom five are relegated to the Segunda Federación.
Overview before the season A total of 40 teams joined the league, including four relegated from the 2025–26 Segunda División, 26 retained from the 2025–26 Primera Federación, and ten promoted from the 2025–26 Segunda Federación. The groups were defined on 24 June 2026, keeping the same criteria from the last season.
Team changes Promoted from 2025–26 Segunda Federación Relegated from 2025–26 Segunda División Promoted to 2026–27 Segunda División Relegated to 2026–27 Segunda Federación Relegated administratively Águilas Coria Deportivo Fabril Extremadura Jaén UD Logroñés UD Ourense Rayo Majadahonda Real Unión Sant Andreu MirandésHuescaCultural LeonesaZaragoza Tenerife Eldense Sabadell Celta Fortuna Atlético Sanluqueño Betis Deportivo Guadalajara Marbella Osasuna B Ourense CF Sevilla Atlético Talavera de la Reina Arenteiro Tarazona
Group 1
Teams and locations Team Home city Stadium Capacity Arenas Getxo Gobela 2,000 Avilés Industrial Avilés Román Suárez Puerta 5,400 Barakaldo Barakaldo Lasesarre 7,960 Bilbao Athletic Bilbao Lezama 3,250 Cacereño Cáceres Príncipe Felipe 7,000 Coria Coria La Isla 3,000 Cultural Leonesa León Estadio Reino de León Deportivo Fabril Abegondo Cidade Deportiva de Abegondo 1,000 Extremadura Almendralejo Francisco de la Hera 11,580 UD Logroñés Logroño Las Gaunas 16,000 Lugo Lugo Anxo Carro 7,070 Mérida Mérida Estadio Romano 14,600 Mirandés Miranda de Ebro Estadio Municipal de Anduva UD Ourense Ourense O Couto 5,659 Ponferradina Ponferrada El Toralín 8,400 Pontevedra Pontevedra Pasarón 12,000 Racing Ferrol Ferrol A Malata 12,043 Real Unión Irun Stadium Gal 5,000 Unionistas Salamanca Reina Sofía 5,000 Zamora Zamora Ruta de la Plata 7,813
Personnel and sponsorship Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt main sponsor
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in the tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentLugo Álex OrtizEnd of caretaker spell28 May 2026Pre-season Borja Fernández16 June 2026Unionistas Mario SimónEnd of contract30 June 2026 Javi Medina9 June 2026Racing Ferrol Guillermo Fernández Romo Javi Vázquez2 June 2026Cultural Leonesa Rubén de la Barrera Jandro Castro3 June 2026Bilbao Athletic Jokin Aranbarri Bittor Llopis24 June 2026Avilés Industrial Lolo Escobar Yago Iglesias10 June 2026UD Ourense Borja Fernández Juan Carballo13 June 2026
League table
Results
Group 2
Teams and locations Team Home city Stadium Capacity Águilas Águilas El Rubial 4,000 Alcorcón Alcorcón Santo Domingo 5,100 Algeciras Algeciras Nuevo Mirador 7,200 Antequera Antequera El Maulí 6,000 Atlético Madrileño Alcalá de Henares Centro Deportivo Alcalá de Henares 2,685 Cartagena Cartagena Cartagonova 15,105 Europa Barcelona Can Dragó 3,000 Gimnàstic Tarragona Nou Estadi 14,591 Hércules Alicante José Rico Pérez 30,000 Huesca Huesca Estadio El Alcoraz Ibiza Ibiza Can Misses 6,000 Jaén Jaén La Victoria 12,569 Juventud Torremolinos Torremolinos El Pozuelo 3,000 Murcia Murcia Enrique Roca 31,179 Rayo Majadahonda Majadahonda Cerro del Espino 3,865 Real Madrid Castilla Madrid Alfredo di Stéfano 6,000 Sant Andreu Barcelona Narcís Sala 6,653 Teruel Teruel Pinilla 4,500 Villarreal B Villarreal Estadio de la Cerámica 23,000 Zaragoza Zaragoza Ibercaja Stadium
Personnel and sponsorship Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt main sponsor
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in the tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentZaragoza David NavarroBack to staff role1 June 2026Pre-season Ibai Gómez4 June 2026Alcorcón Pablo ÁlvarezEnd of contract30 June 2026 Fran Justo1 June 2026Ibiza Miguel Álvarez Raúl Llona12 June 2026Murcia Curro Torres Sergi Guilló25 May 2026Huesca José Luis Oltra Raúl Jardiel3 June 2026Algeciras Javi Vázquez Adrián Colunga7 June 2026Gimnàstic Pablo Alfaro Xisco Campos10 June 2026Teruel Vicente Parras Kiko Ramírez6 June 2026Juventud Torremolinos Carlos Alós Aitor Martínez22 June 2026Europa Aday BenítezResigned18 July 2026 Josep Maria Gené18 July 2026Juventud Torremolinos Aitor MartínezSacked12 August 2026 César Arzo12 August 2026Europa Josep Maria Gené21 September 202619th Luis Blanco21 September 2026
League table
Results
See also 2026–27 La Liga 2026–27 Segunda División 2026–27 Segunda Federación 2026–27 Tercera Federación
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