Primera División de Futsal

The Primera División or División de Honor of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Sala, is the premier professional futsal league in Spain. It was founded in 1989 with the name of División de Honor. The Liga Nacional de Fútbol Sala league, which is played under UEFA rules, currently consists of 16 teams, including teams like El Pozo Murcia, Inter Movistar, FC Barcelona, Marfil Santa Coloma, Santiago, Azkar Lugo or Xota Navarra.

Primera División

Organising body	LNFS
Founded	1989; 34 years ago (1989)
Country	Spain
Confederation	UEFA
Number of teams	16
Level on pyramid	Level 1
Relegation to	Segunda División
Domestic cup(s)	Supercopa de España Copa de España Copa del Rey
International cup(s)	UEFA Futsal Champions League
Current champions	FC Barcelona (6th title) (2021–22)
Most championships	Inter Movistar (14 titles)
TV partners	GOL PLAY, LaLigaSportsTV, FORTA, Barça TV, Esport3
Sponsor(s)	Joma
Website	LNFS.es
Current: 2022–23 season

The Liga Nacional de Futsal includes:

• Primera División de Futsal — 1st level.
• Segunda División — 2nd level.

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]
• For the 2012–13 season, the league will be reduce from 16 to 14 teams.^[7]

Champions by year

Source:^[8]

Year Team 1989–90 Boomerang Interviú 1990–91 Boomerang Interviú 1991–92 Caja Toledo 1992–93 Pennzoil Marsanz 1993–94 Maspalomas Sol de Europa 1994–95 Pinturas Lepanto 1995–96 Boomerang Interviú 1996–97 CLM Talavera 1997–98 El Pozo Murcia 1998–99 Caja Segovia 1999–2000 Playas de Castellón 2000–01 Playas de Castellón 2001–02 Boomerang Interviú 2002–03 Boomerang Interviú 2003–04 Boomerang Interviú 2004–05 Boomerang Interviú 2005–06 El Pozo Murcia Turística

Year Team 2006–07 El Pozo Murcia Turística 2007–08 Interviú Fadesa 2008–09 El Pozo Murcia Turística 2009–10 El Pozo Murcia Turística 2010–11 FC Barcelona 2011–12 FC Barcelona 2012–13 FC Barcelona 2013–14 Inter Movistar 2014–15 Inter Movistar 2015–16 Inter Movistar 2016–17 Inter Movistar 2017–18 Inter Movistar 2018–19 FC Barcelona 2019–20 Inter Movistar 2020–21 FC Barcelona 2021–22 FC Barcelona

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	6	2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22
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
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
1	ElPozo Murcia	26	772	523	103	146	3870	2421	1449	1587
2	Inter Movistar	26	784	525	122	135	3556	2129	1427	1583
3	Playas de Castellón	22	658	375	112	181	2913	2153	760	1145
4	Caja Segovia	24	724	356	121	247	3000	2570	430	1110
5	FC Barcelona	21	624	310	95	219	2377	1961	416	947
6	Marfil Santa Coloma	23	652	257	95	330	2665	2898	−233	802
7	Magna Gurpea	17	514	206	92	216	1892	1909	−17	710
8	Carnicer Torrejón	15	462	172	81	209	1790	1895	−105	597
9	Cartagena	14	430	158	91	181	1538	1634	−96	565
10	CLM Talavera	10	306	200	39	67	1452	941	511	552

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.

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 2012-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
7. La Primera de fútbol sala se queda en solo 14 equipos Interdeportes, 7 July 2012
8. "Resultados de Primera División 2023 | LNFS".

External links

• Official website