Segunda División B is the third level of the Spanish football league system. It is administered by the RFEF. It is below the top two levels of the league, the Primera División (also known as La Liga) and the Segunda División, and above the Tercera División. The Segunda División B includes the reserve teams of several La Liga and Segunda División teams.
Segunda División B currently features 80 teams divided into 4 groups of 20. The top four teams from each group, 16 teams in total, qualify for play-offs to determine which four teams will replace the four teams relegated from the Segunda División. However reserve teams are only eligible for promotion to the Segunda División if their senior team is in the Primera División. The top five teams from each group and best two teams regardless of group outside the previous twenty, excluding reserve teams, also qualify for the following seasons Copa del Rey. The bottom four teams in each league are relegated to the Tercera División. Also, the four 16th-placed teams enter into a relegation playoff to determine the two teams to be relegated. One team is paired with one of the others in home and away series. the two winners remain in the division while the losers are relegated. A reserve team can also be relegated if their senior team is relegated from the Segunda División. Along with teams from the Tercera División, teams from the division also compete in the Copa Federación.
Since the 2008-09 season, the four group winners had the opportunity to be promoted directly and be named the overall Segunda División B champion. The four group winners are drawn into a two-legged series where the two winners are promoted to the Segunda División and enter into the final for the Segunda División B championship. The two losing semifinalists enter the playoff round for the last two promotion spots.
The four group runners-up are drawn against one of the three fourth-placed teams outside their group while the four third-placed teams are drawn against one another in a two-legged series. The six winners advance with the two losing semifinalists to determine the four teams that will enter the last two-legged series for the last two promotion spots. In all the playoff series, the lower-ranked club plays at home first. Whenever the is a tie in position (like the group winners in the Semifinal Round and Final or the third-placed teams in the first round), a draw will determine the club to play at home first.
The 2014–15 Segunda División B season will be the 38th since its establishment. The first matches of the season will be played on 23 August 2014, and the season will end on 21 June 2015 with the promotion play-off finals.
Teams 2014/15:
Grupo I: Real Oviedo, Sporting B, Marino de Luanco, Real Avilés, Langreo, Lealtad, Tropezón. Zamora, Guijuelo, Burgos, Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa, Real Valladolid B, Mirandés, Astorga, Coruxo, Racing de Ferrol, Compostela, Somozas, Celta B y UD Logroñés.
Grupo II: Huesca, Las Palmas Atlético, Toledo, Conquense, Guadalajara, Socuéllamos, Trival Valderas, Atlético de Madrid B, Getafe B, Rayo Vallecano B, Fuenlabrada, Real Madrid Castilla, Tudelano, Real Sociedad B, Baracaldo, Amorebieta, Bilbao Athletic, Real Unión, Sestao River y Leioa.
Grupo III: Atlético Baleares, Mallorca B, Hospitalet, Badalona, Reus, Cornellá, Gimnástico, San Andrés, Español B, Olot, Lérida, Alcoyano, Huracán Valencia, Valencia Mestalla, Villarreal B, Hércules, Olímpico, Elche Ilicitano, Eldense y Real Zaragoza B.
Grupo IV: Linense, Marbella, Cádiz, Almería B, El Palo, Lucena, Granada B, Jaén, Sevilla Atlético, Córdoba B, Betis B, San Roque, Melilla, Cacereño, Arroyo, Villanovense, UCAM Murcia, La Hoya Lorca, Cartagena y La Roda.
Due to their financial problems, Real Murcia was relegated to Segunda División B
Teams are distributed by zone:
The 2015 Segunda División B play-offs (Playoffs de Ascenso or Promoción de Ascenso) are the final playoffs for promotion from 2014–15 Segunda División B to the 2015–16 Segunda División. The four first placed teams in each of the four Segunda División B groups join the Playoffs de Ascenso and the four last placed teams in Segunda División will be relegated to Segunda División B. It also decides the teams which placed 16th to be relegated to the 2015–16 Tercera División
The four group winners have the opportunity to promote directly and become the overall Segunda División B champion. The four group winners will be drawn into a two-legged series where the two winners will be promoted to the Segunda División and will enter into the final for the Segunda División B champion. The two losing semifinalists will enter the playoff round for the last two promotion spots.
The four group runners-up will be drawn against one of the three fourth-placed teams outside their group while the four third-placed teams will be drawn against each other in a two-legged series. The six winners will advance with the two losing semifinalists to determine the four teams that will enter the last two-legged series for the last two promotion spots. In all the playoff series, the lower-ranked club will play at home first. Whenever there is a tie in position (e.g. like the group winners in the Semifinal Round and Final or the third-placed teams in the first round), a draw will determine the club to play at home first.
Source:
http://www.rfef.es/
http://www.lasegundab.es/
http://www.vavel.com/es/futbol/segunda-b
