The Tercera División is one of the lower levels of the Spanish Football League. It is held every year. It stands at the fourth level of Spanish football with teams three promotions away from the top division.

• Liguilla de Ascenso a Segunda División B 2005/2006 season: 'The Liguilla de Ascenso is the postseason playoffs for the promotion to Second Division B. For some groups four teams plays the Liguilla'' and for some groups are three.

History

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It is a tournament that is celebrated every year.

Currently there are 360 teams in Third division.

Competition System

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It is divided into 18 groups. Each Group is administered by the relevant regional football federation.

• Group 1: Galicia
• Group 2: Asturias
• Group 3: Cantabria
• Group 4: Basque Community
• Group 5: Catalonia
• Group 6: Land of Valencia
• Group 7: Madrid
• Group 8: Castile and Leon
• Group 9: Eastern Andalusia
• Group 10: Western Andalusia
• Group 11: Balearic Islands
• Group 12: Canary Islands
• Group 13: Murcia
• Group 14: Extremadura
• Group 15-N: Navarre
• Group 15-LR: La Rioja
• Group 16: Aragon
• Group 17: Castile La Mancha

Promotion

• The first four teams in each group take part in a promotion play-off.

• In this play-off the system is as follows:
  • The team finishing first versus the team finishing fourth.
  • The team finishing second versus the team finishing third.
  • There are two separate rounds on a home and away basis with the overall play-off winned progressing to Division 2B.

Relegation

• The three teams finishing bottom of each group (with some exceptions depending on the groups) are relegated to regional divisions.

Famous Clubs in Third Division

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• Arenas de Getxo From Guecho, Basque Country
• Palamós CF From Palamós, Catalonia
• CE Europa From Barcelona, Catalonia
• Real Avilés Industrial From Avilés, Asturias

Teams for Season 2006/07

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Group 1

Teams 2006/07 // Group 1 (Galicia)

	Team	Founded in	Based in
1	Betanzos	1908	Betanzos, A Coruña Province
2	Bouzas	1917	Vigo, Pontevedra Province
3	Bergantiños	1923	Carballo, A Coruña Province
4	Lemos	1924	Monforte de Lemos, Lugo Province
5	Céltiga	1925	A Illa de Arousa, Pontevedra Province
6	Alondras	1928	Cangas, Pontevedra Province
7	Arousa	1945	Vilagarcía de Arousa, Pontevedra Province
8	Coruxo	1946	Vigo, Pontevedra Province
9	Vilalonga	1947	Vilalonga, Pontevedra Province
10	Portonovo	1948	Portonovo, Pontevedra Province
11	Ourense B	1952	Ourense, Ourense Province
12	Ordes	1953	Ordes, A Coruña Province
13	Deportivo B	1953	A Coruña, A Coruña Province
14	Negreira	1965	Negreira, A Coruña Province
15	Laracha	1965	Laracha, A Coruña Province
16	Cerceda	1968	Cerceda, A Coruña Province
17	Lalín	1974	Lalín, Pontevedra Province
18	Cruceiro do Hío	1978	Cangas, Pontevedra Province
19	Santa Comba	1980	Santa Comba, A Coruña Province
20	Narón Balompé Piñeiros	1996	Narón, A Coruña Province

Group 2

Teams 2006/07 // Group 2 (Asturias)

	Team	Founded in	Based in
1	Siero	1916	Pola de Siero
2	Caudal	1918	Mieres
3	Astur	1923	Oviedo
4	Condal	1940	Noreña
5	Mosconia	1945	Grado
6	Ceares	1946	Gijón
7	Lealtad	1948	Villaviciosa
8	Ribadesella	1949	Ribadesella
9	Llanes	1949	Llanes
10	Praviano	1949	Pravia
11	Cudillero	1950	Cudillero
12	San Martín	1950	Sotrondio
13	Tuilla	1952	Tuilla
14	Hispano	1956	Piedras Blancas
15	Langreo	1961	Langreo
16	Sporting B	1967	Gijón
17	Gijón Industrial	1969	Gijón
18	Covadonga	1979	Oviedo
19	Navarro	1980	Valliniello
20	Avilés Industrial	1983	Avilés

Group 3

Teams 2006/07 // Group 3 (Cantabria)

	Team	Founded in	Based in
1	Gimnástica B	1907	Torrelavega
2	Cayón	1915	Santa María de Cayón
3	Escobedo	1917	Escobedo
4	Santoña	1917	Santoña
5	Barreda	1917	Barreda
6	Laredo	1918	Laredo
7	Castro Urdiales	1923	Castro Urdiales
8	Textil Escudo	1925	Cabezón de la Sal
9	Siete Villas	1930	Castillo
10	Selaya	1931	Selaya
11	Noja	1940	Noja
12	Reocín	1964	Reocín
13	Velarde	1967	Muriedas
14	Trasmiera	1968	Hoz de Anero
15	Solares	1969	Solares
16	Ribamontán	1970	Galizano
17	Bezana	1970	Bezana
18	Atletico Albericia	1974	Santander
19	Gama	1974	Bárcena de Cicero
20	Tropezón	1983	Tanos

Group 4

Teams 2006/07 // Group 4 (Basque Country)

	Team	Founded in	Based in
1	Beasain	1905	Beasain, Guipuzcoa Province
2	Portugalete	1909	Portugalete, Vizcaya Province
3	Arenas de Getxo	1909	Getxo, Vizcaya Province
4	Baskonia	1913	Basauri, Vizcaya Province
5	Real Unión B	1915	Irún, Guipuzcoa Province
6	Elgoibar	1917	Elgoibar, Guipuzcoa Province
7	Santutxu	1918	Bilbao, Vizcaya Province
8	Durango	1919	Durango, Vizcaya Province
9	Alavés B	1921	Vitoria, Alava Province
10	Tolosa	1922	Tolosa, Guipuzcoa Province
11	Gernika	1922	Gernika, Vizcaya Province
12	San Pedro	1923	Sestao, Vizcaya Province
13	Amorebieta	1925	Amorebieta-Etxano, Vizcaya Province
14	Zalla UC	1925	Zalla, Vizcaya Province
15	SD Eibar B	1940	Eibar, Guipuzcoa Province
16	Lagun Onak	1944	Azpeitia, Guipuzcoa Province
17	Santurtzi	1952	Santurtzi, Vizcaya Province
18	San Ignacio	1964	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Alava Province
19	Euskal-Herriako Unibersitatea	1984	San Sebastian, Guipuzcoa Province
20	Laudio Salleko	2002	Llodio, Alava Province

Group 5

Teams 2006/07 // Group 5 (Catalonia)

	Team	Founded in	Based in
1	Palamós	1898	Palamós, Girona Province
2	Sabadell	1903	Sabadell, Barcelona Province
3	Manresa	1906	Manresa, Barcelona Province
4	Europa	1907	Barcelona, Barcelona Province
5	Santboià	1908	Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona Province
6	Reus	1909	Reus, Tarragona Province
7	Palafrugell	1909	Palafrugell, Girona Province
8	Mataró	1912	Mataró, Barcelona Province
9	Blanes	1913	Blanes, Girona Province
10	Peralada	1915	Peralada, Girona Province
11	Premià	1915	Premià de Mar, Barcelona Province
12	Rapitenca	1918	Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Tarragona Province
13	Masnou	1920	El Masnou, Barcelona Province
14	Gavà	1922	Gavà, Barcelona Province
15	Girona	1929	Girona, Girona Province
16	Balaguer	1945	Balaguer, Lleida Province
17	Prat	1945	El Prat de Llobregat, Barcelona Province
18	Castelldefels	1948	Castelldefels, Barcelona Province
19	Vilanova	1951	Vilanova i la Geltrú, Barcelona Province
20	FC Barcelona C	1967	Barcelona, Barcelona Province

Group 6

Teams 2006/07 // Group 6 (Land of Valencia)

	Team	Founded in	Based in
1	Burjassot	1913	Burjassot, Valencia Province
2	Alicante B	1918	Alicante, Alicante Province
3	Pego	1921	Pego, Alicante Province
4	Castellon B	1922	Castellón de la Plana, Castellón Province
5	Alzira	1922	Alzira, Valencia Province
6	Onda	1923	Onda, Castellón Province
7	Catarroja	1924	Catarroja, Valencia Province
8	Novelda	1925	Novelda, Alicante Province
9	Denia	1927	Denia, Alicante Province
10	Requena	1931	Requena, Valencia Province
11	Elche Ilicitano	1932	Elx, Alicante Province
12	Sueca	1935	Sueca, Valencia Province
13	Oliva	1945	Oliva, Valencia Province
14	Ontinyent	1947	Ontinyent, Valencia Province
15	Puçol	1951	Puçol, Valencia Province
16	Crevillente	1955	Crevillent, Alicante Province
17	Horadada	1972	Pilar de la Horadada, Alicante Province
18	Torrevieja	1993	Torrevieja, Alicante Province
19	Alone	1994	Guardamar del Segura, Alicante Province
20	Villarreal B	1999	Vila-real, Castellón Province
21	Dolores	2000	Dolores, Alicante Province
22	Jove Español	2004	San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante Province

Group 7

Teams 2006/07 // Group 7 (Community of Madrid)

	Team	Founded in	Based in
1	Real Madrid C	1902	Madrid
2	Alcalá	1929	Alcalá
3	Puerta Bonita	1942	Madrid
4	San Fernando	1953	San Fernando de Henares
5	Mostoles	1955	Mostoles
6	Rayo Vallecano B	1956	Vallecas
7	Navalcarnero	1961	Navalcarnero
8	Pegaso	1962	Tres Cantos
9	Pinto	1963	Pinto
10	Las Rozas	1966	Las Rozas
11	Colmenar Viejo	1967	Colmenar Viejo
12	Ciempozuelos	1968	Ciempozuelos
13	Coslada	1972	Coslada
14	Parla	1973	Parla
15	Collado Villalba	1973	Collado Villalba
16	Atlético Aviación	1974	Madrid
17	Santa Ana	1974	Madrid
18	Rayo Majadahonda	1976	Majadahonda
19	Getafe B	1983	Getafe
20	Soto Alcobendas	1995	Alcobendas
21	Ofigevi	¿?	Getafe
22	Villaverde	¿?	Madrid

Group 8

Teams 2006/07 // Group 8 (Castilla y León)

	Team	Founded in	Based in
1	Bembibre	1922	Bembibre, León Province
2	Ponferradina B	1922	Ponferrada, León Province
3	Ávila	1923	Ávila, Ávila Province
4	Gimnástica Segoviana	1925	Segovia, Segovia Province
5	Mirandés	1927	Miranda de Ebro, Burgos Province
6	Leonesa B	1928	León, León Province
7	Salamanca B	1942	Salamanca, Salamanca Province
8	Numancia B	1945	Soria, Soria Province
9	Benavente	1948	Benavente, Zamora Province
10	Hullera	1950	Ciñera de Gordón, León Province
11	Huracán Z	1954	Trobajo del Camino, León Province
12	La Bañeza	1956	La Bañeza, León Province
13	Laguna	1963	Laguna de Duero, Burgos Province
14	Íscar	1968	Íscar, Valladolid Province
15	La Granja	1976	San Ildefonso, Segovia Province
16	Becerril	1977	Becerril de Campos, Palencia Province
17	Universitario	1979	Valladolid, Valladolid Province
18	Arandina	1987	Aranda de Duero, Burgos Province
19	Norma	1991	San Leonardo de Yagüe, Soria Province
20	Burgos B	1994	Burgos, Burgos Province

Group 9

Teams 2006/07 // Group 9 (Oriental Andalusia and Melilla)

	Team	Founded in	Based in
1	Huercalense	1913	Huércal-Overa, Almería Province
2	Vélez	1922	Vélez-Málaga, Málaga Province
3	Alhaurino	1930	Alhaurín el Grande, Málaga Province
4	Arenas de Armilla	1931	Armilla, Granada Province
5	Torredonjimeno	1940	Torredonjimeno, Jaén Province
6	Maracena	1945	Maracena, Granada Province
7	Vera	1960	Vera, Almería Province
8	Carolinense	1963	La Carolina, Jaén Province
9	Loja	1969	Loja, Granada Province
10	Poli Ejido B	1969	El Ejido, Almería Province
11	Granada Atlético	1969	Granada, Granada Province
12	Alhaurín de la Torre	1969	Alhaurín de la Torre, Málaga Province
13	Roquetas	1970	Roquetas de Mar, Almería Province
14	Adra	1975	Adra, Almería Province
15	Imperio	1980	Albolote, Granada Province
16	Motril	1984	Motril, Granada Province
17	Fuengirola	1992	Fuengirola, Málaga Province
18	Antequera	1992	Antequera, Málaga Province
19	Comarca de Níjar	2000	Níjar, Almería Province
20	Almeria B	2001	Almería, Almería Province

Group 10

Teams 2006/07 // Group 10 (Occidental Andalusia and Ceuta)

	Team	Founded in	Based in
1	Cadiz B	1910	Cádiz, Cádiz Province
2	Linense	1912	La Línea de la Concepción, Cádiz Province
3	Algeciras	1912	Algeciras, Cádiz Province
4	Mairena	1922	Mairena del Alcor, Sevilla Province
5	Pozoblanco	1926	Pozoblanco, Córdoba Province
6	Ayamonte	1930	Ayamonte, Cádiz Province
7	Cabecense	1940	Las Cabezas de San Juan, Sevilla Province
8	San Fernando	1943	San Fernando, Cádiz Province
9	Xerez B	1947	Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz Province
10	Chiclana	1948	Chiclana de la Frontera, Cádiz Province
11	Puerto Real	1948	Puerto Real, Cádiz Province
12	Sanluqueño	1948	Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Cádiz Province
13	Jerez Industrial	1950	Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz Province
14	Arcos	1956	Arcos de la Frontera, Cádiz Province
15	Atlético Ceuta	1956	Ceuta
16	Betis B	1962	Sevilla, Sevilla Province
17	Los Palacios	1964	Los Palacios y Villafranca, Sevilla Province
18	Lucentino	1968	Lucena, Córdoba Province
19	Los Barrios	1993	Los Barrios, Cádiz Province
20	Cordoba B	1997	Córdoba, Córdoba Province

Group 11

Teams 2006/07 // Group 11 (Balearic Islands)

	Team	Founded in	Based in
1	Binissalem	1914	Binissalem
2	Constància	1922	Inca
3	Manacor	1924	Manacor
4	Sòller	1924	Sóller
5	Alaior	1934	Alaior
6	Poblense	1935	Sa Pobla
7	Montuïri	1941	Montuïri
8	Atlètic Balears	1942	Palma de Mallorca
9	Santa Eulàlia	1945	Santa Eulalia del Río
10	Ferriolense	1949	Son Ferriol
11	Margaritense	1955	Santa Margalida
12	Atl. Ciutadella	1956	Ciutadella
13	Collerense	1967	Palma de Mallorca
14	Andraitx	1967	Andraitx
15	Santanyí	1968	Santanyí
16	Vilafranca	1969	Vilafranca de Bonany
17	Sporting Mahonés	1974	Mahon
18	Alcudia	1975	Alcúdia
19	RCD Mallorca B	1983	Palma de Mallorca
20	Eivissa	1995	Ibiza

Group 12

Teams 2006/07 // Group 12 (Canary Islands)

	Team	Founded in	Based in
1	Tenisca	1922	Santa Cruz de La Palma, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province
2	Realejos	1943	Los Realejos, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province
3	Teguise	1949	Teguise, Las Palmas Province
4	Castillo	1950	Castillo, Las Palmas Province
5	Teror	1956	Teror, Las Palmas Province
6	Tegueste	1958	Tegueste, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province
7	Granadilla	1959	Granadilla de Abona, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province
8	Ibarra	1969	Arona, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province
9	San Isidro	1970	Granadilla de Abona, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province
10	Doramas	1973	Agüimes, Las Palmas Province
11	Tijarafe	1975	Tijarafe, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province
12	Las Palmas B	1977	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas Province
13	Huracán	1980	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas Province
14	Unión Sur	1983	Yaiza, Las Palmas Province
15	Laguna	1984	San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province
16	Santa Brígida	1984	Santa Brígida, Las Palmas Province
17	Las Zocas	1986	San Miguel de Abona, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province
18	Gáldar	1988	Gáldar, Las Palmas Province
19	Unión Antigua	1991	Antigua, Las Palmas Province
20	Tenerife B	1995	Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province
21	Fuerteventura	2004	Puerto del Rosario, Las Palmas Province

Group 13

Teams 2005/06 // Group 13 (Murcia)

	Team	Founded in	Based in
1	Real Murcia B	1924	Alhama de Murcia
2	Jumilla	1929	Jumilla
3	Mazarrón	1930	Mazarrón
4	Bala Azul	1948	Puerto de Mazarrón
5	Sangonera	1950	Sangonera la Verde
6	Totana	1961	Totana
7	Caravaca	1969	Caravaca de la Cruz
8	Pinatar	1971	San Pedro del Pinatar
9	La Unión	1972	La Unión
10	Beniel	1976	Beniel
11	Puertas Moratalla	1979	Moratalla
12	Mar Menor	1980	San Javier
13	San Ginés	1980	Cartagena
14	Relesa	1982	Fuente Álamo
15	Calasparra	1988	Calasparra
16	Molinense	1994	Molina de Segura
17	Ciudad de Murcia B	2002	Murcia
18	Lorquí	2003	Lorquí
19	Cartagena Pro.	2004	Cartagena
20	Yeclano	2004	Yecla

Group 14

Teams 2006/07 // Group 15 (Extremadura)

	Team	Founded in	Based in
1	Cacereño	1919	Cáceres, Cáceres Province
2	Extremadura B	1923	Almendralejo, Badajoz Province
3	Don Benito	1928	Don Benito, Badajoz Province
4	Díter Zafra	1930	Zafra, Badajoz Province
5	Miajadas	1934	Miajadas, Cáceres Province
6	Plasencia	1945	Plasencia, Cáceres Province
7	Villafranca	1949	Villafranca de los Barros, Badajoz Province
8	Olivenza	1952	Olivenza, Badajoz Province
9	Imperio	1955	Mérida, Badajoz Province
10	Moralo	1955	Navalmoral de la Mata, Cáceres Province
11	Coria	1958	Coria, Cáceres Province
12	Moraleja	1968	Moraleja, Cáceres Province
13	Jerez	1969	Jerez de los Caballeros, Badajoz Province
14	Santa Amalia	1969	Santa Amalia, Badajoz Province
15	La Estrella	1970	Los Santos de Maimona, Badajoz Province
16	Monesterio	1973	Monesterio, Badajoz Province
17	Castuera	1976	Castuera, Badajoz Province
18	Cerro Reyes	1979	Badajoz, Badajoz Province
19	Sanvicenteño	1983	San Vicente de Alcantara, Badajoz Province
20	Sporting Villanueva	1993	Villanueva del Fresno, Badajoz Province

Group 15

Teams 2006/07 // Group 15 (Navarre)

	Team	Founded in	Based in
1	Peralta	1908	Peralta
2	Mutilvera	1914	Mutilva Baja
3	Aluvión	1922	Cascante
4	Izarra	1924	Estella - Lizarra
5	Peña Sport	1925	Tafalla
6	River Ega	1926	Andosilla
7	Aoiz	1929	Aoiz - Agoitz
8	Murchante	1935	Murchante
9	Tudelano	1935	Tudela
10	Iruña	1939	Pamplona
11	Oberena	1940	Pamplona
12	Cirbonero	1942	Cintruénigo
13	Egüés	1952	Egüés
14	Txantrea	1952	Pamplona
15	Burladés	1964	Burlada
16	Huarte	1975	Huarte - Uharte
17	Lourdes	1978	Tudela
18	Ardoi	1990	Zizur Mayor / Zizur Nagusia
19	Avance	2003	Ezcabarte

Group 16

Teams 2006/07 // Group 16 (Aragon)

	Team	Founded in	Based in
1	Casetas	1920	Zaragoza, Zaragoza Province
2	Binéfar	1921	Binéfar, Huesca Province
3	Alcañiz	1923	Alcañiz, Teruel Province
4	Zuera	1923	Zuera, Zaragoza Province
5	Utebo	1924	Utebo, Zaragoza Province
6	Ejea	1927	Ejea de los Caballeros, Zaragoza Province
7	Villanueva	1929	Villanueva de Gállego, Zaragoza Province
8	Teruel	1943	Teruel, Teruel Province
9	Univ. Zaragoza	1944	Zaragoza, Zaragoza Province
10	Sariñena	1945	Sariñena, Huesca Province
11	Monzón	1948	Monzón, Huesca Province
12	Caspe	1948	Caspe, Zaragoza Province
13	Sabiñánigo	1956	Sabiñánigo, Huesca Province
14	Andorra	1957	Andorra, Teruel Province
15	Jacetano	1958	Jaca, Huesca Province
16	Ebro	1961	Zaragoza, Zaragoza Province
17	Zaragoza B	1965	Zaragoza, Zaragoza Province
18	Figueruelas	1987	Figueruelas, Zaragoza Province
19	Peñas Oscenses	1987	Huesca, Huesca Province
20	Calatayud	1995	Calatayud, Zaragoza Province

Group 17

Teams 2006/07 // Group 17 (Castile-La Mancha)

	Team	Founded in	Based in
1	Alcázar	1921	Zaragoza, Ciudad RealProvince
2	Toledo	1928	Toledo, Toledo Province
3	Hellín Deportivo	1933	Hellín, Albacete Province
4	Albacete B	1940	Albacete, Albacete Province
5	Socuéllamos	1940	Socuéllamos, Ciudad Real Province
6	Illescas	1946	Illescas, Toledo Province
7	Conquense	1946	Cuenca, Cuenca Province
8	Guadalajara	1947	Guadalajara, Guadalajara Province
9	Tarazona	1950	Tarazona de la Mancha, Albacete Province
10	Villarrobledo	1958	Villarrobledo, Albacete Province
11	La Solana	1965	La Solana, Ciudad Real Province
12	Torpedo 66	1966	Cebolla, Toledo Province
13	Marchamalo	1973	Marchamalo, Guadalajara Province
14	Tomelloso	1979	Tomelloso, Ciudad Real Province
15	Quintanar Rey	1984	Quintanar Del Rey, Cuenca Province
16	Almansa	1992	Almansa, Albacete Province
17	Talavera	1995	Talavera de la Reina, Toledo Province
18	La Roda	1999	La Roda, Albacete Province
19	Manchego	2000	Ciudad Real, Ciudad Real Province
20	Miguelturreño	¿?	Miguelturra, Ciudad Real Province

Group 18

Teams 2005/06 // Group 18 (La Rioja)

	Team	Founded in	Based in
1	Haro Deportivo	1914	Haro
2	Oyonesa	1928	Oyón-Oion
3	Calahorra	1935	Calahorra
4	River Ebro	1952	Rincón de Soto
5	Arnedo	1957	Arnedo
6	Yagüe	1962	Logroño
7	Pradejón	1966	Pradejón
8	Náxara	1966	Nájera
9	Rapid de Murillo	1967	Murillo de Río Leza
10	Varea	1967	Varea
11	San Marcial	1975	Lardero
12	Calasancio	1977	Logroño
13	Agoncillo	1980	Agoncillo
14	Cenicero	1984	Cenicero
15	Fundación Logroñés	1999	Logroño
16	Anguiano	1999	Anguiano
17	San Lorenzo	¿?	Ezcaray
18	Ciudad de Alfaro	¿?	Alfaro
19	Bañuelos	¿?	Baños de Río Tobía
20	Autol	¿?	Autol

External link

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• Royal Spanish Football Federation

Spanish football competitions

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