Primera Catalana
Founded1991
Country Spain
ConfederationFCF
Number of teams43 (3 groups)
Level on pyramid6
Promotion toTercera División RFEF (Group 5)
Relegation toSegona Catalana
Domestic cup(s)Copa Catalunya
Current championsUE Tona (Group 1A – 1st title)
EE Guineueta (Group 1B – 1st title)
FC Ascó (Group 2A – 2nd title)
CFJ Mollerussa (Group 2B – 1st title)
(2020–21)
Most championshipsFC Martinenc
UE Rubí
FC Santboià
(3 titles)
WebsiteOfficial website
Current: 2021–22 Primera Catalana

The Primera Catalana is the 6th tier of the Spanish football league system and the highest league in the autonomous community of Catalonia. The league was formed in 1991 to replace Regional Preferent as the first level of Catalonia and was split into 2 groups in 2011.[1] Primera Catalana is one of 19 regional premier leagues in Spanish football.

Structure[edit]

The league comprises 48 teams (3 groups of 16 teams). Over the course of a season, which runs annually from September to the following June, each team plays twice against the others in the league, once at 'home' and once 'away', resulting in each team competing in 30 games in total. Three points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. The teams are ranked in the league table by points gained. In the event that two or more teams finish the season equal in all these respects, teams are separated by head-to-head points, then head-to-head goal difference, then head-to-head goals scored, then goal difference and then goals scored.

From the 2022-23 season at the end of the season, the top team in each group is promoted to the Tercera Federación (Group 5). The teams placed between second and fifth places, and the winning club of a game between the two best sixth places will be promoted to the Superlliga Catalana, a new league that will be played from the 2023–24 season and that will be located between Primera Catalana and Tercera Federación. The teams located between seventh and fourteenth place and the sixth place losers of the play-off will continue in the Primera Catalana, which will become the seventh tier of Spanish professional football. The last classified of each group and the two worst penultimate places will be relegated to Segona Catalana.[2]

Clubs[edit]

A total of 141 clubs have played in the Primera Catalana from its inception in 1991 up to and including the 2021–22 season.[3] UDA Gramenet B is the club that played the most seasons in the category, with a total of 18 campaigns.

The following 48 clubs are competing in the Primera Catalana during the 2022–23 season.

Group 1[edit]

Club Position
(2021–22)
Banyoles 10th (Group 1)
Bescanó 7th (Group 1)
Bosc de Tosca 3rd (2Cat – Group 1A)
Caldes de Montbui 1st (2Cat – Group 6)
Can Gibert 1st (2Cat – Group 1)
Figueres 15th (3ª – Group 5)
Granollers 14th (3ª – Group 5)
L'Escala 3rd (Group 1)
Lloret 2nd (Group 1)
Manlleu 2nd (Group 2)
Mataró 5th (Group 1)
Mollet 4th (Group 1)
Parets 6th (Group 1)
Palamós 8th (Group 1)
Torelló 2nd (2Cat – Group 6)
Vic 7th (Group 2)

Group 2[edit]

Club Position
(2021–22)
At. Alpicat 2nd (2Cat – Group 7A)
At. Lleida 6th (Group 3)
Balaguer 1st (2Cat – Group 7B)
Guineueta 17th (3ª – Group 5)
Horta 9th (Group 2)
Igualada 8th (Group 3)
Martinenc 11th (Group 1)
Mollerussa 2nd (Group 3)
Pirinaica 2nd (2Cat – Group 4)
Rubí 10th (Group 2)
Sabadell B 1st (2Cat – Group 4)
San Mauro 1st (2Cat – Group 2)
Sant Cugat 5th (Group 2)
Tàrrega 9th (Group 3)
Turó de la Peira 2nd (2Cat – Group 5)
Unificación Llefià 9th (Group 1)

Group 3[edit]

Club Position
(2021–22)
Ascó 16th (3ª – Group 5)
At. Sant Just 3rd (Group 2)
Cambrils 3RD (2Cat – Group 8A)
Can Vidalet 8th (Group 2)
El Catllar 7th (Group 3)
Europa B 1st (2Cat – Group 5)
Martorell 10th (Group 3)
Molins de Rei 2nd (2Cat – Group 3)
Prat B 2nd (2Cat – Group 2)
Reddis 1st (2Cat – Group 8A)
Santboià 6th (Group 2)
Santfeliuenc 4th (Group 2)
Sarrià 1st (2Cat – Group 3)
Valls 9th (3ª – Group 5A)
Viladecans 3rd (Group 3)
Vilanova 5th (Group 3)

Champions[edit]

This section lists the past champions of the Primera Catalana.

Season Team
1991–92 CF Palafrugell
1992–93 UE Sants
1993–94 CF Gavà
1994–95 FC Santboià
1995–96 UE Badaloní
1996–97 UA Horta
1997–98 CF Balaguer
1998–99 Girona FC
1999–2000 UE Sant Andreu
2000–01 CE Manresa
2001–02 EC Granollers
2002–03 UE Cornellà
2003–04 FC Santboià
2004–05 AE Prat
2005–06 CD Blanes
2006–07 UD Cassà
2007–08 UE Cornellà
2008–09 FC Benavent
2009–10 FC Vilafranca
2010–11 UE Olot
2011–12 UE Figueres
2012–13 FC Ascó
2013–14 CF Peralada
2014–15 CD Morell
2015–16 UE Castelldefels
2016–17 FC Santboià
2017–18 CP San Cristóbal
2018–19 FC Andorra
2019–20 Girona FC B (Group 1)
CF Montañesa (Group 2)
2020–21 UE Tona (Group 1A)
EE Guineuetap (Group 1B)
FC Ascóp (Group 2A)
CFJ Mollerussa (Group B)
2021–22 CF Montañesa (Group 1)
UE Tona (Group 2)
UE Rapitenca (Group 3)
Notes

References[edit]

  1. ^ La Primera i Segona Catalana ja coneixen el calendari per la propera temporada 2011/2012 (in Catalan) ARA newspaper website, accessed: 24 March 2012
  2. ^ "La Superlliga Catalana: nova categoria entre Tercera i Primera Catalana... Per la temporada 23/24!". El Travesser (in Catalan). 31 May 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Clasificación histórica" [Historical classification] (in Spanish). Fútbol Regional. Retrieved 18 November 2021.