Primera División de Futsal

The Primera División is the premier professional futsal league in Spain. It was founded in 1989 with the name of División de Honor. Administered by Liga Nacional de Fútbol Sala, it is contested by 16 teams and is played under UEFA rules.

Primera División
Organising bodyLNFS
Founded1989 (1989)
CountrySpain
ConfederationUEFA
Number of teams16
Level on pyramidLevel 1
Relegation toSegunda División
Domestic cup(s)Supercopa de España
Copa de España
Copa del Rey
International cup(s)UEFA Futsal Champions
League
Current championsFS Cartagena (1st title)
(2023–24)
Most championshipsInter Movistar (14 titles)
TV partnersGOL PLAY, LaLiga+, FORTA, Barça TV, Esport3
Sponsor(s)Joma
WebsiteLNFS.es
Current: 2023–24 season

The Liga Nacional de Futsal includes:

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]
  • On the 2012–13 season, the league was reduced from 16 to 14 teams.[7]
  • On the 2014-15 season the league returned to have 16 teams.

Clubs

The following 16 clubs are competing in the 2023–24 season.[8]

Club Location Stadium Capacity
Alzira FSAlziraPalau d'Esports de Alzira2,800
FC Barcelona FutsalBarcelonaPalau Blaugrana7,585
Córdoba FutsalCórdobaPalacio Municipal de Deportes Vista Alegre3,500
ElPozo Murcia FSMurciaPalacio de Deportes de Murcia7,500
Industrias Santa ColomaSanta ColomaPabellón Nuevo1,500
Inter MovistarTorrejón de ArdozPabellón Jorge Garbajosa3,200
Jaén Paraíso InteriorJaénOlivo Arena6,589
Jimbee CartagenaCartagenaPalacio de los Deportes de Cartagena4,060
Manzanares FSManzanaresPabellón Municipal Antonio Caba610
Noia Portus ApostoliNoiaPabellón Municipal Agustín Mourís600
Palma FutsalPalma de MallorcaPalau Municipal d'Esports Son Moix3,800
Peñíscola Fútbol SalaPeñíscolaPabellón Juan Vizcarro1,000
Real Betis FutsalSevillePalacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo7,626
Ribera Navarra FSTudelaPabellón Ciudad de Tudela1,200
Viña Albali ValdepeñasValdepeñasPabellón Virgen de la Cabeza2,000
Xota FSPamplonaPabellón Anaitasuna3,000

Team changes
Promoted from 2022–23 Segunda DivisiónRelegated to 2023–24 Segunda División
Alzira FS
Peñíscola FS		 Levante UD FS
CD UMA Antequera

All-time standings

Champions

Source:[9]

Season Champion Score Runner-up Losing semi-finalists
1989–90 Interviú Lloyd's 5–4, 4–3 Keralite Macer Caja Segovia and Marsanz Torrejón
1990–91 Interviú Lloyd's 7–8, 7–6, 6–4 Marsanz Torrejón Algón and Macer Almazora
1991–92 Caja Toledo 5–2, 5–3 ElPozo Murcia Interviú Boomerang and Sego Zaragoza
1992–93 Pennzoil Marsanz 1–1, 4–4, 5–3 Caja Castilla-La Mancha Interviú Boomerang and Sego Zaragoza
1993–94 Maspalomas Sol Europa 4–4, 1–1, 5–2 Caja Castilla-La Mancha FC Barcelona and Pinturas Lepanto
1994–95 Pinturas Lepanto 1–3, 4–3, 6–4 Interviú Boomerang Mejorada and Playas de Castellón
1995–96 Interviú Boomerang 1–1, 3–3, 3–2 Toledart P.B. Alcantarilla and Playas de Castellón
1996–97 CLM Talavera 2–1, 7–5, 3–1 Playas de Castellón ElPozo Murcia and Maspalomas Sol Europa
1997–98 ElPozo Murcia 5–0, 4–2, 2–5, 4–5, 4–2 CLM Talavera Boomerang Interviú and Caja Segovia
1998–99 Caja Segovia 6–5, 5–4, 5–2 Industrias García CLM Talavera and Playas de Castellón
1999–00 Playas de Castellón 4–1, 5–3, 3–2 CLM Talavera Airtel Boomerang and Caja Segovia
2000–01 Playas de Castellón 6–2, 3–1, 3–7, 3–0 Valencia Vijusa Antena3 Boomerang and ElPozo Murcia
2001–02 Antena3 Boomerang 5–4, 5–4, 3–7, 5–3 Miró Martorell Caja Segovia and ElPozo Murcia
2002–03 Boomerang Interviú 3–4, 4–2, 6–2, 2–3, 3–2 ElPozo Murcia Miró Martorell and Playas de Castellón
2003–04 Boomerang Interviú 4–7, 5–4, 9–1, 3–4, 7–4 ElPozo Murcia Playas de Castellón and P.W. Cartagena
2004–05 Boomerang Interviú 6–5, 3–4, 7–5, 6–3 ElPozo Murcia MRA Gvtarra and P.W. Cartagena
2005–06 ElPozo Murcia 3–7, 5–2, 3–2, 2–3, 4–2 Polaris World Cartagena Boomerang Interviú and FS Martorell
2006–07 ElPozo Murcia 8–7, 3–2 Boomerang Interviú Benicarló Onda Urbana and P.W. Cartagena
2007–08 Interviú Fadesa 3–1, 8–5 ElPozo Murcia Barcelona Senseit and Carnicer Torrejón
2008–09 ElPozo Murcia 3–2, 7–2 Inter Movistar Lobelle de Santiago and Pinto FS
2009–10 ElPozo Murcia 3–2, 2–1, 1–3, 6–1 MRA Navarra Caja Segovia and FC Barcelona
2010–11 FC Barcelona 2–3, 4–2, 4–1, 2–4, 3–2 Caja Segovia Benicarló A.C. and Lobelle de Santiago
2011–12 FC Barcelona 5–3, 1–6, 4–1, 4–5, 6–3 ElPozo Murcia Caja Segovia and Inter Movistar
2012–13 FC Barcelona 1–0, 2–3, 6–3, 3–3 (5–3) ElPozo Murcia Caja Segovia and Inter Movistar
2013–14 Inter Movistar 4–3, 4–1, 4–2 ElPozo Murcia FC Barcelona and Marfil Santa Coloma
2014–15 Inter Movistar 7–3, 1–5, 3–0, 5–4 ElPozo Murcia FC Barcelona and Palma Futsal
2015–16 Inter Movistar 6–2, 5–3, 4–6, 3–1 FC Barcelona Magna Gurpea and Palma Futsal
2016–17 Inter Movistar 2–2 (1–3), 6–1, 1–6, 6–1, 2–1 FC Barcelona ElPozo Murcia and Magna Gurpea
2017–18 Inter Movistar 4–2, 4–2, 2–3, 3–3 (1–3), 1–1 (3–1) FC Barcelona ElPozo Murcia and Jaén Fútbol Sala
2018–19 FC Barcelona 7–2, 2–3, 3–3 (3–4), 7–3, 3–2 ElPozo Murcia Jaén Paraíso Interior and Palma Futsal
2019–20 Inter Movistar 3–3[upper-alpha 1] Viña Albali Valdepeñas Levante UD and Palma Futsal
2020–21 FC Barcelona 2–2 (4–5), 4–3, 2–2 (5–4) Levante UD Palma Futsal and Viña Albali Valdepeñas
2021–22 FC Barcelona 4–2, 4–2 Palma Futsal Jaén F.S. and Viña Albali Valdepeñas
2022–23 FC Barcelona 3–2, 5–2, 5–2 Jaén Paraíso Interior Inter Movistar and Palma Futsal
2023–24 Jimbee Cartagena 2–1, 2–1, 3–3 (2–4), 5–2 ElPozo Murcia FC Barcelona and Jaén
  1. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, the 2019-20 Season Playoffs changed to a best-of-one match format. If the match ended on a tie there was no extra-time nor penalty shootouts, instead, the best ranked team on the regular season were declared as winners.[10]

Performance by club
Club Titles Seasons
Inter Movistar
14
 1989–90, 1990–91, 1995–96, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20
FC Barcelona
7
 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
ElPozo Murcia
5
 1997–98, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10
Playas de Castellón
2
 1999–2000, 2000–01
Caja Toledo/CLM Talavera
2
 1991–92, 1996–97
Jimbee Cartagena
1
 2023–24
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
Pos Team Seasons Played Won Drawn Lost G.F. G.A. G.D. Points
1ElPozo Murcia267725231031463870242114491587
2Inter Movistar267845251221353556212914271583
3Playas de Castellón22658375112181291321537601145
4Caja Segovia24724356121247300025704301110
5FC Barcelona216243109521923771961416947
6Marfil Santa Coloma236522579533026652898−233802
7Magna Gurpea175142069221618921909−17710
8Carnicer Torrejón154621728120917901895−105597
9Cartagena144301589118115381634−96565
10CLM Talavera1030620039671452941511552
Main article: All-time LNFS table

League or status at 2015–16 season:

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.

Notes

    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 Archived 2012-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
    7. La Primera de fútbol sala se queda en solo 14 equipos Interdeportes, 7 July 2012
    8. "Equipos de Primera División" (in Spanish). LNFS. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
    9. "Resultados de Primera División 2023". LNFS.
    10. "Movistar Inter reina en el Play Off Exprés por el título de Liga de Primera División". LNFS. 30 June 2020.
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