EconomicsSpainTier 4

The money in Segunda Federación

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

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

Central money per club: up to €120k; Federation aid, 2026-27maximum
Typical staff costs: €881k; wages and social charges, median of 16 clubs
Typical club revenue: €555k; median of 16 clubs' latest accounts at this tier
Typical club result: −€411k; median of 16 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 10

Squad

Squad size25 licences (maximum)Source: Real Federación Española de Fútbol
Youth rule: maximum licensed players over 2316 players over 23 (maximum)Source: Real Federación Española de Fútbol
Professional contracts14 'P' licences (minimum)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
Floodlights500 luxSource: Real Federación Española de Fútbol
Pitchnatural or recent artificial grassSource: Real Federación Española de Fútbol

Reporting and other rules

Budget publicationRequiredReglamento de Control Económico art. 27 and DT 5ª. Source: Real Federación Española de Fútbol
Economic controlControl Económico IntermedioSource: 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.

Federation aidmaximumup to €120k per club2026-27, paid by RFEF, €7.72m in all. Professionalisation €4.97m (up to €70,000 a club: €40,000 fixed, €50,000 with media requirements, up to €10,000 for an audit with a clean opinion, €10,000 variable), travel €798,000 (€1/km), youth €1.95m (€30,000 fixed + €10,000–20,000 by licences). perClub.max excludes travel.Earlier: 2025-26 €21.7m in all.Sources: Real Federación Española de Fútbol, Real Federación Española de Fútbol

Copa and coordination aidmaximum€4.69m in all2026-27, paid by RFEF. Cláusula IX: Copa del Rey first-round participation €1.26m (€35,000 home, €45,000 away), travel €714,000 (€1/km), youth €1.6m (€30,000 fixed + €10,000–20,000 by licences), Copa round wins €1.12m (€35,000 each).Source: Real Federación Española de Fútbol

Island travel aidmaximum€2.18m 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

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 Segunda 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 · 8 clubs

Staff costsaccounts · 8 clubs

Read as a table

Club	Revenue	Staff costs
SD Amorebieta	€801k (2022-23)	€2.02m (2022-23)
Atlético Sanluqueño CF	€804k (2024-25)	€938k (2024-25)
CF Intercity	€596k (2024-25)	€4.06m (2024-25)
Linares Deportivo	€865k (2024-25)	€975k (2024-25)
Marbella FC	€2.35m (2024-25)	€2.31m (2024-25)
UE Olot	€387k (2023-24)	€457k (2023-24)
Ourense CF	€1.44m (2024-25)	€1.60m (2024-25)
Terrassa FC	€303k (2023-24)	€749k (2023-24)

7 of 8 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 result8 clubs

Segunda Federación against the tiers around it

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

Segunda DivisiónTier 2 · 16 clubs

Primera FederaciónTier 3 · 18 clubs

Segunda FederaciónTier 4 · 8 clubs

Tercera FederaciónTier 5 · 4 clubs