2025 Primera Federación play-offs
The 2025 Primera Federación play-offs (Playoffs de Ascenso or Promoción de Ascenso) are the final play-offs for promotion from 2024–25 Primera Federación to the 2025–26 Segunda División.
Format
Teams ranked second through fifth in each of the two groups will qualify for the promotion play-off, which will determine the last two promotion spots. The eight qualified teams will be drawn into two fixed brackets, each of which will contain the second and fifth-place finishers from one group and the third and fourth-place finishers from the other. All ties will consist of a two-legged knockout series. In case of draws, an overtime period will be played; if the match is still tied following the overtime, the team which achieved a higher regular season finish will be proclaimed the winner.[1]
Starting with the 2022–23 season, the RFEF recovered the two-legged knockout system, due to the complaints filed against the single knockout system at a neutral venue that had been implemented after COVID-19 and the subsequent reform of the football leagues organized by the RFEF.[2]
Bracket
| Semi–finals (31 May–1 June and 7–8 June) | Finals (14–15 and 21–22 June) | ||||||||||||
| 5B | Antequera | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2A | Ponferradina | 0 | 2 | 2 (seed) | |||||||||
| 2A | Ponferradina | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 4A | Andorra | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 4A | Andorra | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| 3B | Ibiza | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Semi–finals (31 May–1 June and 7–8 June) | Finals (14–15 and 21–22 June) | ||||||||||||
| 5A | Gimnàstic | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2B | Murcia | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 5A | Gimnàstic | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| 3A | Real Sociedad B | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| 4B | Mérida | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 3A | Real Sociedad B | 1 | 0 | 1 (seed) | |||||||||
First round
Qualified teams
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Matches
Semi–finals
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Antequera | 2–2 (s) | Ponferradina | 1–0 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Andorra | 3–0 | Ibiza | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Gimnàstic | 2–1 | Murcia | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Mérida | 1–1 (s) | Real Sociedad B | 0–1 | 1–0 (a.e.t.) |
- First leg
| 31 May 2025 | Gimnàstic | 1–1 | Murcia | Tarragona |
| 18:30 UTC+2 | Fernández  75' | Report | Benito 40' | Stadium: Nou Estadi Costa Daurada Attendance: 13,897 Referee: Luis Bestard Severa |
| 31 May 2025 | Antequera | 1–0 | Ponferradina | Antequera |
| 20:30 UTC+2 | Rubio 51' | Report | Stadium: Estadio El Maulí Attendance: 3,652 Referee: Manuel García Gómez |
| 1 June 2025 | Andorra | 2–0 | Ibiza | Encamp |
| 17:00 UTC+2 | Cerdà 19' de León 42' | Report | Stadium: Estadi de la FAF Attendance: 3,141 Referee: Jorge Tárraga Lájara |
| 1 June 2025 | Mérida | 0–1 | Real Sociedad B | Mérida |
| 20:00 UTC+2 | Report | Mariezkurrena 69' | Stadium: Estadio Romano Attendance: 6,470 Referee: Manuel Camacho Garrote |
- Second leg
| 7 June 2025 | Ponferradina | 2–1 (a.e.t.) (2–2 agg.) | Antequera | Ponferrada |
| 18:30 UTC+2 | Cortés 24', 35' | Report | Rubio 44' | Stadium: Estadio El Toralín Referee: Juan Antonio Campos Salinas |
| 7 June 2025 | Murcia | 0–1 (1–2 agg.) | Gimnàstic | Murcia |
| 20:30 UTC+2 | Report | Fernández 59' | Stadium: Estadio Nueva Condomina Attendance: 31,003 Referee: Alfonso de Ena Wolf |
| 8 June 2025 | Real Sociedad B | 0–1 (a.e.t.) (1–1 agg.) | Mérida | San Sebastián |
| 17:00 UTC+2 | Report | Javi Eslava 73' | Stadium: Zubieta Facilities Referee: Gerard Brull Acerete |
| 8 June 2025 | Ibiza | 0–1 (0–3 agg.) | Andorra | Ibiza |
| 19:00 UTC+2 | Report | de León 63' | Stadium: Estadi Municipal de Can Misses Referee: Fernando Román Román |
Second round
Qualified teams
| Position | Team |
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| 2nd | Ponferradina |
| 3rd | Real Sociedad B |
| 4th | Andorra |
| 5th | Gimnàstic |
Matches
Finals
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Andorra | 2–1 | Ponferradina | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Gimnàstic | 3–4 | Real Sociedad B | 1–3 | 2–1 (a.e.t.) |
- First leg
| 14 June 2025 | Gimnàstic | 1–3 | Real Sociedad B | Tarragona |
| 20:30 UTC+2 | Fernández 82' | Report | Gorosabel 9' Rodríguez 60'Carrera 90+4' | Stadium: Nou Estadi Costa Daurada Attendance: 14,591 Referee: Alejandro Morilla Turrión |
| 15 June 2025 | Andorra | 1–1 | Ponferradina | Encamp |
| 17:00 UTC+2 | Nieto 66' | Report | Valle 35' | Stadium: Estadi de la FAF Attendance: 4,051 Referee: Alejandro Ojaos Valera |
- Second leg
| 21 June 2025 | Ponferradina | 0–1 (1–2 agg.) | Andorra | Ponferrada |
| 20:30 UTC+2 | Report | de León 56' | Stadium: Estadio El Toralín Attendance: 8,492 Referee: Gorka Etayo Herrera |
| 22 June 2025 | Real Sociedad B | 1–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3 agg.) | Gimnàstic | San Sebastián |
| 20:00 UTC+2 | Mújika 107' | Report | Jardí 37' J. Oriol 78' (pen.) | Stadium: Zubieta Facilities Referee: Abraham Domínguez Cervantes |
Promoted teams
- The two teams that were promoted to Segunda División through regular season groups and the two play–off winners are included.
| Promoted to Segunda División | |||
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| Ceuta (57 years later) | Cultural Leonesa (7 years later) | Andorra (1 year later) | Real Sociedad B (3 years later) |
References
- ^ Rico, Francisco (11 May 2022). "Playoff de fase de ascenso a Segunda 2022: Qué equipos ascienden desde Primera RFEF, cómo funciona, partidos, sorteo, calendario, sedes, horarios y formato a partido único". Goal (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ Arés, Ruby (16 June 2022). "La RFEF se carga el playoff en sede única y vuelve al doble partido". as.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 April 2023.