EconomicsSpainTier 3

The money in Primera Federación

What it takes to play in Primera Federación, what it pays, and how its clubs do.

↑ Segunda División ↓ Segunda Federación Clubs and owners in Primera Federación

Central money per club: up to €80k; Federation aid, 2025-26maximum
Typical staff costs: €2.32m; wages and social charges, median of 22 clubs
Typical club revenue: €1.59m; median of 22 clubs' latest accounts at this tier
Typical club result: −€1.10m; median of 21 clubs' latest accounts at this tier

What it takes to play here

The 2026-27 rules from the league’s and federation’s own regulations, sorted by when they cost money.

Guarantees, every season

Collateral posted each season. Not spent unless called; the cost is the bank's fee or the cash tied up.

Supplementary guarantee: guarantee on Comisión Mixta debts25% to 55% of the recognised debtclubs with Comisión Mixta resolutions in the previous three seasons. Source: Real Federación Española de Fútbol

Conditions, pay, squad, ground and reporting rules 12

Squad

Squad size25 licences (maximum)Source: Real Federación Española de Fútbol
Professional contracts18 'P' licences (minimum)Source: Real Federación Española de Fútbol
Youth rule: maximum licensed players over 2318 players over 23 (maximum)Source: Real Federación Española de Fútbol
Non-EU playersno limit for players legally resident in SpainReglamento de Competiciones art. 57.2.a. Source: Real Federación Española de Fútbol

Ground

Stadium capacity3,000 seatsSource: Real Federación Española de Fútbol
Floodlights600 luxSource: Real Federación Española de Fútbol
Pitchnatural grassSource: Real Federación Española de Fútbol

Reporting and other rules

Accounts publicationRequiredReglamento de Control Económico art. 21. Source: Real Federación Española de Fútbol
AuditRequiredReglamento de Control Económico art. 19. Source: Real Federación Española de Fútbol
Budget publicationRequiredReglamento de Control Económico art. 21. Source: Real Federación Española de Fútbol
Economic controlControl Económico AvanzadoSource: Real Federación Española de Fútbol
Budget filed with the RFEFRequiredSource: Real Federación Española de Fútbol

Money in from the league and federation

Central payments to the division’s clubs, the latest season first. A maximum is the most a club can get, not what it received.

TV moneyreported€5.00m in all2026-27, paid by RFEF. 40% equal (€50,000 a club), 30% points, 20% audiences, 10% academy.Source: 2Playbook

Federation aidmaximumup to €80k per club2026-27, paid by RFEF, €4.27m in all. For the 35 clubs without a team in professional competition. Programa Futuro €4.27m: employment incentive €1.4m (€40,000 a club, paid 31 March 2027, for contracts at the collective-agreement minimum), technical standards up to €1.4m (€19,000 grass, €19,000 audiovisual production, €2,000 infrastructure data), Copa del Rey up to €1.47m (€35,000 home, €45,000 away, €35,000 per round won).Earlier: 2025-26 up to €80k per club.Sources: Real Federación Española de Fútbol, Real Federación Española de Fútbol

Advertising aidmaximumup to €100k per club2026-27, paid by RFEF, €4.00m in all. Payment for advertising assets ceded to the RFEF: €75,000 (Annex I), up to €20,000 (Annex II), €5,000 (Annex III); in four quarterly instalments.Source: Real Federación Española de Fútbol

Island travel aidmaximum€540k in all2026-27, paid by RFEF. For clubs that travel to or from the islands, Ceuta or Melilla. Travel between the peninsula, the islands, Ceuta and Melilla, and between islands; this tier's share of a €6,709,259.65 call.Source: Real Federación Española de Fútbol

Social security aidmaximum€8.32m in all2025-26, paid by CSD. For clubs and players of Primera and Segunda Federación and the women's Primera División. Covers employer and employee Social Security contributions on players' and coaches' contracts for the season; the RFEF is the collaborating entity.Source: Boletín Oficial del Estado

TV moneyawarded€5.00m in all2025-26, paid by RFEF. For all 40 clubs (35 in the first resolution, 5 more after allegations). 40% equal shares, 30% points per game, 20% TV audiences, 10% academy (each split half per group); 40% equal is €50,000 a club over 40 clubs.Source: Real Federación Española de Fútbol

A typical club here

Each club’s latest published figures, one dot a club, the white mark the median. Only clubs that publish are counted, so the sample may lean towards larger or better-run clubs.

What Primera Federación clubs earn and spend

Every figure a club or its league publishes, on one scale: what comes in, what goes out on staff, and the caps that limit it. Each lane says what its amounts are; a cap is not money spent.

Money in
Money out
A limit, not money spent

Revenueaccounts · 23 clubs

TV moneypaid · 14 clubs

Staff costsaccounts · 22 clubs

Squad cost limitmaximum · 10 clubs

Read as a table

Club	Revenue	TV money	Staff costs	Squad cost limit
AD Alcorcón	€2.36m (2024-25)	€5.26m (2023-24)	€3.18m (2024-25)	€5.22m (2023-24)
Algeciras CF	€1.38m (2024-25)	€200k (2025-26)	€2.31m (2024-25)
Antequera CF	€918k (2024-25)	€150k (2025-26)	€1.77m (2024-25)
Arenas Club	€452k (2024-25)		€580k (2024-25)
Barakaldo CF	€1.17m (2024-25)		€1.16m (2024-25)
FC Cartagena	€9.26m (2024-25)	€5.48m (2024-25)	€6.11m (2024-25)	€4.16m (2024-25)
Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa				€6.90m (2025-26)
CE Europa	€1.93m (2024-25)		€1.52m (2024-25)
Gimnàstic de Tarragona	€3.27m (2024-25)		€3.28m (2024-25)
SD Huesca	€9.47m (2023-24)	€5.50m (2024-25)	€9.69m (2023-24)	€11.5m (2025-26)
UD Ibiza	€2.26m (2024-25)	€5.93m (2022-23)	€5.71m (2024-25)	€7.48m (2022-23)
Juventud de Torremolinos CF	€310k (2024-25)		€762k (2024-25)
CD Lugo	€2.04m (2024-25)	€5.66m (2022-23)	€2.90m (2024-25)	€4.28m (2022-23)
AD Mérida	€1.38m (2024-25)	€100k (2025-26)	€2.10m (2024-25)
CD Mirandés	€7.40m (2024-25)	€5.38m (2024-25)	€5.80m (2024-25)	€7.89m (2025-26)
SD Ponferradina	€3.08m (2024-25)	€6.39m (2022-23)	€3.16m (2024-25)	€6.18m (2022-23)
Racing de Ferrol	€9.53m (2024-25)	€5.54m (2024-25)	€7.49m (2024-25)	€7.56m (2024-25)
CF Rayo Majadahonda	€580k (2019-20)		€2.07m (2019-20)
Real Avilés Industrial	€301k (2024-25)	€10k (2025-26)	€1.13m (2024-25)
Real Murcia CF	€7.80m (2025-26)
Real Zaragoza	€17.9m (2024-25)	€6.48m (2024-25)	€15.7m (2024-25)	€11.3m (2025-26)
CD Teruel	€442k (2024-25)		€303k (2024-25)
Unionistas de Salamanca CF	€1.81m (2024-25)		€1.21m (2024-25)
Zamora CF	€1.14m (2024-25)	€130k (2025-26)	€2.13m (2024-25)

18 of 23 clubs here lost money in their latest accounts

Each club's net result, profit to the right of zero and loss to the left.

Lost money
Broke even or made a profit

Net result23 clubs

Primera Federación against the tiers around it

Each club's revenue in its latest accounts, at the tier it played that season. Primera Federación is marked; the tiers above and below are shown for comparison.

LaLigaTier 1 · 20 clubs

Segunda DivisiónTier 2 · 16 clubs

Primera FederaciónTier 3 · 18 clubs

Segunda FederaciónTier 4 · 8 clubs

Tercera FederaciónTier 5 · 4 clubs