Liga Nacional Juvenil de Fútbol

The Liga Nacional Juvenil is the second level of the Spanish football league system for youth players 18 years old and under. It is administered by the RFEF and regional football federations. Currently the Liga Nacional has seventeen regional groups plus four groups from the autonomous region of the Canarias. Each Liga Nacional group has 16 to 18 teams with the winner (except for the 2nd or B teams) of each group promoted to the División de Honor and the last four placed teams are relegated to their respective regional group. The runners-up of the stronger groups are also promoted.

2007-08 Groups

Grupo

Region

Teams

Promoted

Relegated

I

Galicia

16

2

2

II

Asturias

16

1

4

III

Castilla y León

16

1

4

IV

Euskadi

16

2

3

V

La Rioja

16

1

4

VI

Aragón

17

1

3+1

VII

Catalunya

18

2

4

VIII

Valenciana

18

2

4

IX

Baleares

18

1

4

X

Murcia

18

1

4

XI

Extremadura

16

1

4

XII

Madrid

16

2

4

XIII

Andalucía Oriental y Melilla

15+2

2

4+1

XIV

Andalucía Occidental y Ceuta

14+2

2

4

XV

Castilla La Mancha

18

1

4

XVI

Navarra

16

1

4

XVII

Cantabria

18

1

4

n.b.: There is maximum of two teams each fromCeutaandMelilla'' in their respective Liga Nacional group.
n.b.'': Liga Nacional group I Galicia will increase to 18 clubs for the 2008-9 season.

Canarias Preferente

Region

Teams

Promoted

Play-Off

Relegated

Tenerife

18

1

2

4

La Palma

9

0

1

none

Gran Canarias

19

1

1

4+1

Lanzarote y Fuerteventura

12

0

1

2

Play-offs: Tenerife vs La Palma & Gran Canarias vs Lanzarote y Fuerteventura; the two play-off winners promoted to División de Honor

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