División de Honor Juvenil de Fútbol
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The División de Honor Juvenil is the top level of the Spanish football league system
for youth players 18 years old and under. The División de Honor is administered by the RFEF through the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Aficionado (LNFA). FC Barcelona Juvenil A are the current champions after winning the championship in 2010-11 season.
playing a double round-robin points based system. There are seven groups of 16 teams. The teams with the most points in each group are declared champion of its group and advance to the Copa de Campeones Juvenil de Fútbol
. The last 4 placed teams (13th-16th) of each group are relegated to the Liga Nacional
.
(in 1993), and Las Palmas and Espanyol (in 1994) dropped out of the league. Real Madrid
withdrew from the league in 1994 when their second reserve team Real Madrid C
kept their status in the Segunda División B
. 15 teams played in 1994-95 and the league was disbanded. In 1995, the RFEF reorganized the División de Honor into a six regional based groups and created a new tournament to crown the overall youth champion of Spain.
Group B will be a knockout tournament: Day 1=B1 vs B2 & B3 vs B4; Day 2=no matches; Day 3=B1/B2 winner vs B3/B4 winner.
Day 4=Final
Each team nominates an 18-man roster. There are no replacements for sickness or injury even if it is a goalkeeper.
Spanish football league system
The Spanish football league system refers to the system in Spanish club football that consists of several football leagues bound together hierarchically by promotion and relegation.-Primera División:...
for youth players 18 years old and under. The División de Honor is administered by the RFEF through the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Aficionado (LNFA). FC Barcelona Juvenil A are the current champions after winning the championship in 2010-11 season.
Format
The División de Honor begins the first weekend in September and ends in April or May. The División de Honor's season is similar to the senior players' La LigaLa Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
playing a double round-robin points based system. There are seven groups of 16 teams. The teams with the most points in each group are declared champion of its group and advance to the Copa de Campeones Juvenil de Fútbol
Copa de Campeones Juvenil de Fútbol
The Copa de Campeones de Juvenil is the tournament created by the RFEF to determine the overall youth champion of Spain.-Champions:- Copa de Campeones 2008/09 :May 4-10: Estadio Municipal Francisco Bonet, Almuñecar, Granada- Teams :...
. The last 4 placed teams (13th-16th) of each group are relegated to the Liga Nacional
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...
.
History
Created in 1986, the División de Honor Sub-19 was originally a national league with 16 teams. However, traveling across the country caused financial hardships for some clubs. Real ValladolidReal Valladolid
Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Valladolid, in the autonomous community of Castile and León, from where the nickname Pucela is derived....
(in 1993), and Las Palmas and Espanyol (in 1994) dropped out of the league. Real Madrid
Real Madrid
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...
withdrew from the league in 1994 when their second reserve team Real Madrid C
Real Madrid C
Real Madrid C is a Spanish association football team that plays in the Tercera División. It is the second reserve team of Real Madrid. They play their home games at La Ciudad del Real Madrid in Valdebebas outside the city of Madrid...
kept their status in the Segunda División B
Segunda División B
Segunda División B is the third level of the Spanish football league system. It is administered by the RFEF. The top two levels are La Liga, also referred to as the Primera División, and the Segunda División. Immediately below Segunda División B is the Tercera Division...
. 15 teams played in 1994-95 and the league was disbanded. In 1995, the RFEF reorganized the División de Honor into a six regional based groups and created a new tournament to crown the overall youth champion of Spain.
Copa de Campeones de Juvenil
The Copa de Campeones is a two phrase tournament that starts a week after the end of the División de Honor held at a site selected by the RFEF. The first phrase is played in two mini-leagues of three teams; each team plays the other two in its group in a 90 minute match. The two group winners meet in the Final.History
Established in 1950, the Campeonato de España was Spain's top tournament for youth teams for over thirty years. Barcelona won the first cup, Copa de Su Excelencia Generalísimo or Copa del Generalísimo and has won the most Spanish Cups.Since 1976, teams are playing for the Copa de Su Majestad El Rey Don Juan Carlos I or Copa del Rey.Format
Since 1995, the Campeonato de España/Copa del Rey started a week after the Copa de Campeones and is played in four rounds. 16 División de Honor teams qualify; one team from the Canarias group and the top three from the other five groups. The first round, Quarterfinal and Semifinal are played in two legs and the Final is one match at a neutral site.2005-06
For the 2005-06 season, the RFEF reorganized Grupo IV of División de Honor as the Andaluza Group similar to the Canarias have in Grupo VI. Teams from the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla also included.Copa de Campeones
The seven group winners will be drawn into Group A with three teams or Group B with four. Group A will retain the traditional schedule: Day 1=A1 vs A3; Day 2=A2 vs loser Day 1/A3 if tied; Day 3=A2 vs winner Day 1/A1 if tied.Group B will be a knockout tournament: Day 1=B1 vs B2 & B3 vs B4; Day 2=no matches; Day 3=B1/B2 winner vs B3/B4 winner.
Day 4=Final
Campeonato de España/Copa del Rey
- 16 teams qualify:
- 7 group winners
- 7 group runners-up
- 2 best third place
Copa de Campeones
The seven group winners and the best runner-up will be drawn into two groups of four teams. Both groups will a knockout tournament: Day 1= Quarterfinal:Team1 vs Team2 & Team3 vs Team4; Day 2=no matches; Day 3= Semifinal:T1/T2 winner vs T3/T4 winner; Day 4&5=no matches; Day 6= Final: Group A winner vs Group B winner.Each team nominates an 18-man roster. There are no replacements for sickness or injury even if it is a goalkeeper.