Primera División de Futsal

Primera División

Country	Spain
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1989
Number of teams	15
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Segunda División
Domestic cup(s)	Copa de España Copa del Rey
International cup(s)	UEFA Futsal Cup
Current champions	Movistar Inter (2015–16)
Most championships	Movistar Inter (11 titles)
TV partners	Teledeporte, FORTA, Barça TV, Esport3
Website	www.lnfs.es
2016–17 season

The Primera División or División de Honor of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Sala, is the premier professional futsal league in Spain. It was founded in 1989 with the name of División de Honor. The Liga Nacional de Fútbol Sala league, which is played under UEFA rules, currently consists of 16 teams, including teams like El Pozo Murcia, Inter Movistar, FC Barcelona, Marfil Santa Coloma, Santiago, Azkar Lugo or Xota Navarra.

The Liga Nacional de Futsal includes:

• Primera División de Futsal — 1st level.
• Segunda División — 2nd level.

Liga championship rules

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

• 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]
• For the 2012–13 season, the league will be reduce from 16 to 14 teams.^[7]

2015–16 season teams

Movistar Inter

ElPozo Murcia

FC Barcelona Lassa

Catgas E. Santa Coloma

Magna Gurpea

Jumilla B. Carchelo

Burela Pescados Rubén

Aspil Vidal R.N.

Santiago

Jaén Paraíso Interior

Palma Futsal

Peñíscola

D-Link Zaragoza

Levante UD DM

Elche

UMA Antequera

Location of teams in Primera División 2015–16

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Movistar Inter	Alcalá de Henares	Jorge Garbajosa	4,500
ElPozo Murcia	Murcia	Palacio de Deportes	7,500
FC Barcelona Lassa	Barcelona	Palau Blaugrana	7,500
Palma Futsal	Palma de Mallorca	Son Moix	4,116
Jaén Paraíso Interior	Jaén	La Salobreja	1,200
Magna Gurpea	Pamplona	Pabellón Universitario	3,000
Aspil Vidal R.N.	Tudela	Ciudad de Tudela	1,200
Peñíscola RehabMedic	Peñíscola	Pabellón Municipal	2,000
Burela Pescados Rubén	Burela	Vista Alegre	1,400
D-Link Zaragoza	Zaragoza	Pabellón Siglo XXI	2,500
Santiago Futsal	Santiago de Compostela	Fontes do Sar	6,000
Catgas Energia Santa Coloma	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	Pavelló Nou	2,200
Jumilla Bodegas Carchelo	Jumilla	Carlos García Ruiz	1,000
Levante UD DM	Valencia	El Cabanyal	1,000
UMA Antequera	Antequera	Fernando Argüelles	2,575
Elche Vulcanizados Alberola	Elche	Esperanza Lag	2,000

2015–16 regular season standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Movistar Inter	30	27	2	1	160	57	+103	83	Qualification to the championship playoffs
2	FC Barcelona Lassa	30	23	5	2	157	78	+79	74
3	ElPozo Murcia	30	19	6	5	130	81	+49	63
4	Palma Futsal	30	17	6	7	107	80	+27	57
5	Aspil Vidal R.N.	30	14	10	6	91	75	+16	52
6	Magna Gurpea	30	14	6	10	111	85	+26	48
7	Catgas Energia S.C.	30	12	8	10	123	124	−1	44
8	Peñíscola RehabMedic	30	12	5	13	117	116	+1	41
9	Burela Pescados Rubén	30	12	4	14	92	108	−16	40
10	Santiago Futsal	30	8	7	15	99	119	−20	31
11	DLink Zaragoza	30	8	7	15	108	119	−11	31
12	Jaén Paraíso Interior	30	5	13	12	86	111	−25	28
13	Levante UD DM	30	6	5	19	72	128	−56	23
14	Jumilla B. Carchelo	30	5	6	19	85	135	−50	21
15	Elche V. Alberola	30	4	5	21	75	156	−81	17	Relegation to Segunda División
16	UMA Antequera	30	4	5	21	97	138	−41	17

Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2016. Source: LNFS – Primera División

Champions by year

Source:^[8]

Year Team 1989–90 Boomerang Interviú 1990–91 Boomerang Interviú 1991–92 Caja Toledo 1992–93 Pennzoil Marsanz 1993–94 Maspalomas Sol de Europa 1994–95 Pinturas Lepanto 1995–96 Interviú Boomerang 1996–97 CLM Talavera 1997–98 El Pozo Murcia 1998–99 Caja Segovia 1999–2000 Playas de Castellón 2000–01 Playas de Castellón 2001–02 Boomerang Interviú 2002–03 Boomerang Interviú

Year Team 2003–04 Boomerang Interviú 2004–05 Boomerang Interviú 2005–06 El Pozo Murcia Turística 2006–07 El Pozo Murcia Turística 2007–08 Interviú Fadesa 2008–09 El Pozo Murcia Turística 2009–10 El Pozo Murcia Turística 2010–11 Barcelona Alusport 2011–12 Barcelona Alusport 2012–13 Barcelona Alusport 2013–14 Inter Movistar 2014–15 Inter Movistar 2015–16 Movistar Inter

Performance by club

Club	Titles	Seasons
Inter Movistar	11	1989–90, 1990–91, 1995–96, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
ElPozo Murcia	5	1997–98, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10
Barcelona	3	2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13
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

League or status at 2015–16 season:

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

	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.

References

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
7. La Primera de fútbol sala se queda en solo 14 equipos Interdeportes, 7 July 2012
8. http://www.lnfs.es/Competiciones/temp11-12/25/OtrasTemporadas.html

External links

• Official Website