Segunda Federación - Group 3 (Spain)

Segunda Federación - Group 3 (Spain) (Segunda Federación - Grupo 3) is one of the five groups of Spain’s national fourth-tier league organised by the Royal Spanish Football Federation. Regulations: the group has 18 clubs playing a double round-robin of 34 matchdays with 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. If two clubs are level on points, the tie-breakers are head-to-head goal difference, then overall goal difference, then goals scored, then fair play, and if still level a neutral-venue match may be designated. If three or more clubs are level, ranking is first resolved via a mini-table of matches among the tied clubs using points, then head-to-head goal difference, and if needed overall goal difference, goals scored and fair play. The group winner is promoted directly to Primera Federación, and teams placed 2nd to 5th enter the promotion play-offs, which consist of two-legged semi-finals and finals with ties drawn by lot, pairing better finishers against worse finishers and, where possible, avoiding same-group pairings until the final, with the first leg hosted by the lower finisher. If a tie is level on aggregate, 30 minutes of extra time are played, and if still level the higher regular-season finisher advances, and if both had the same finishing position the tie is decided by penalties. The bottom five teams are relegated to Tercera Federación, and additionally the four 13th-placed teams with the worst coefficient across the five groups play a two-legged relegation play-out, decided on aggregate, then extra time and penalties, with the two losers relegated.