2022 Primera División RFEF play-offs
# 2022 Primera División RFEF play-offs

The 2022 Primera División RFEF play-offs (Playoffs de Ascenso or Promoción de Ascenso) were the final play-offs for promotion from 2021–22 Primera División RFEF to the 2022–23 Segunda División.

## Venues

On 16 March 2022, Galicia was announced as the venue for the promotion play-off, initially the cities of A Coruña and Ferrol were confirmed. On 5 May, the RFEF announced Vigo as the third host city.

| A Coruña | Ferrol |
| - | - |
| Estadio Riazor | Estadio de A Malata |
| Capacity: 34,899 | Capacity: 12,043 |
| Vigo | A CoruñaFerrolVigo |
| Estadio de Balaídos | A CoruñaFerrolVigo |
| Capacity: 29,000 | A CoruñaFerrolVigo |

## 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 fourth place finishers from one group and the third and fifth place finishers from the other. All ties will consist of a single neutral-site match. 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.

## Promotion play-offs

### Teams

**Participating teams**

* Deportivo La Coruña
* Racing de Ferrol
* Rayo Majadahonda
* UD Logroñés
* Albacete
* Villarreal B
* Gimnàstic de Tarragona
* Linares

**Road to the play-offs**

**Group 1**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Deportivo La Coruña | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 59 | 29 | +30 | 74 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs and Copa del Rey |
| 3 | Racing Ferrol | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 50 | 26 | +24 | 72 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs and Copa del Rey |
| 4 | Rayo Majadahonda | 38 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 62 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs and Copa del Rey |
| 5 | UD Logroñés | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 62 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs and Copa del Rey |

* ↑ Deportivo La Coruña awarded a 3–0 win over Extremadura after the latter refused to take the pitch in their Round 12 match. Extremadura was subsequently deducted 3 points.
* ↑ Racing Ferrol awarded a 3–0 win over Extremadura after failing show up in Round 25 match.
* 1 2 Rayo Majadahonda is ahead of UD Logroñés on head-to-head points: Rayo Majadahonda–UD Logroñés 1–0, UD Logroñés–Rayo Majadahonda 0–1

**Road to the play-offs**

**Group 2**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Villarreal B (O, P) | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 65 | 36 | +29 | 67 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Albacete (O, P) | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 52 | 34 | +18 | 67 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs and Copa del Rey |
| 4 | Gimnàstic | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 41 | 30 | +11 | 61 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs and Copa del Rey |
| 5 | Linares | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 59 | 47 | +12 | 60 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs and Copa del Rey |

* 1 2 Villarreal B is ahead of Albacete on head-to-head goal difference: Villarreal B–Albacete 3–0, Albacete–Villarreal B 1–0

### First round

**Qualified teams**

| Group | Position | Team |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | 2nd | Deportivo La Coruña |
| 2 | 2nd | Villarreal B |
| Group | Position | Team |
| 1 | 3rd | Racing de Ferrol |
| 2 | 3rd | Albacete |
| Group | Position | Team |
| 1 | 4th | Rayo Majadahonda |
| 2 | 4th | Gimnàstic |
| Group | Position | Team |
| 1 | 5th | UD Logroñés |
| 2 | 5th | Linares |

### Bracket

| Semi–finals (4 June) | Semi–finals (4 June) | Final (11 June) | Final (11 June) |
| - | - | - | - |
| Deportivo La Coruña | 4 | | |
| Linares | 0 | | |
| Linares | 0 | Deportivo La Coruña | 1 |
| | | Albacete (a.e.t.) | 2 |
| Albacete | 2 | Albacete (a.e.t.) | 2 |
| Rayo Majadahonda | 1 | | |
| Semi–finals (5 June) | Semi–finals (5 June) | Final (11 June) | Final (11 June) |
| Villarreal B | 3 | | |
| UD Logroñés | 1 | | |
| UD Logroñés | 1 | Villarreal B | 2 |
| | | Gimnàstic | 0 |
| Racing de Ferrol | 0 | Gimnàstic | 0 |
| Gimnàstic | 1 | | |

**Matches**

**Semi–finals**

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| Deportivo La Coruña | 4–0 | Linares |
| Albacete | 2–1 | Rayo Majadahonda |
| Villarreal B | 3–1 | UD Logroñés |
| Racing de Ferrol | 0–1 | Gimnàstic |

**Matches**

**Finals**

**Qualified teams**

| Group | Position | Team |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | 2nd | Deportivo La Coruña |
| 2 | 2nd | Villarreal B |
| Group | Position | Team |
| 2 | 3rd | Albacete |
| Group | Position | Team |
| 2 | 4th | Gimnàstic |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Deportivo La Coruña | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Albacete |
| Villarreal B | 2–0 | Gimnàstic |

Promoted to Segunda División :

| Albacete (1 year later) | Villarreal B (10 years later) |
| - | - |

## 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 :

| FC Andorra (First time ever) | Racing Santander (2 years later) | Albacete (1 year later) | Villarreal B (10 years later) |
| - | - | - | - |

## Final

The winners of the two regular season groups will face off in a single-match neutral site final to determine the champion of the 2021–22 Primera División RFEF season. The match will take place at one of the stadiums designated to host the promotion play-off.

| Racing | Andorra |
| - | - |
| 13 | GK | Miquel Parera |
| 4 | DF | Pol Moreno |
| 5 | DF | Pablo Bobadilla |
| 16 | DF | Javi Vázquez |
| 17 | DF | Unai Medina |
| 8 | MF | Fausto Tienza | 35' | 88' |
| 6 | MF | Íñigo Sainz-Maza |
| 10 | MF | Pablo Torre | 75' | 75' |
| 22 | MF | Arturo Molina |
| 12 | MF | Patrick Soko | 87' |
| 9 | FW | Cedric Omoigui | | 82' |
| Substitutions: ||
| 1 | GK | Lucas Díaz |
| 30 | DF | Mario Jorrin |
| 7 | MF | Álvaro Bustos |
| 11 | MF | Marco Camus | | 75' |
| 14 | MF | Borja Domínguez | | 88' |
| 20 | MF | Sergio Marcos | | 88' |
| 26 | MF | Simón Pérez |
| 21 | FW | Jack Harper |
| 23 | FW | Manu Justo | | 82' |
| Manager: ||
| Guillermo Fernández Romo ||
| 1 | GK | Nico Ratti |
| 18 | DF | Diego González | | 80' |
| 26 | DF | Álex Pastor | 58' |
| 20 | DF | Martí Vilà |
| 15 | DF | Dani Morer |
| 2 | DF | Adrià Altimira | | 60' |
| 6 | MF | Marc Aguado |
| 7 | MF | Hector Hevel | 22' | 80' |
| 14 | MF | Sergio Molina | 45' | 60' |
| 11 | MF | Marc Fernández | 42' | 80' |
| 10 | FW | Carlos Martínez | 54' |
| Substitutions: ||
| 13 | GK | Josele Martínez |
| 3 | DF | Roger Riera |
| 23 | DF | Eudald Vergés | | 80' |
| 27 | DF | Pau Casadesús |
| 4 | MF | Marc Pedraza |
| 8 | MF | Martí Riverola |
| 16 | MF | Zourdine Thior |
| 17 | MF | David Martín | | 80' |
| 21 | MF | Rubén Bover | | 60' |
| 22 | MF | Iván Gil | | 60' |
| 9 | FW | Rubén Enri | | 80' |
| 19 | FW | Manuel Nieto |
| Manager: ||
| Eder Sarabia ||

* 2021–22 winners
* Racing de Santander 1st title

## Copa del Rey Qualifiers

The following clubs have qualified for the 2022-23 Copa del Rey by virtue of their league finish:

Group 1 :

| Position | Team |
| - | - |
| 1st | Racing Santander |
| 2nd | Deportivo La Coruña |
| 3rd | Racing Ferrol |
| 4th | Rayo Majadahonda |
| 5th | UD Logroñés |

Group 2 :

| Position | Team |
| - | - |
| 1st | Andorra |
| 3rd | Albacete |
| 4th | Gimnàstic de Tarragona |
| 5th | Linares |
| 6th | Atlético Baleares |
