The Spanish football pyramid works as follows:
Tier 1 – La Liga (20 teams)
Tier 2 – Segunda Division (22 teams)
Tier 3 – Primera Federacion (2x 20 teams)
Tier 4 – Segunda Federacion (5x 18 teams)
Tier 5 – Tercera Federacion (18x 18 teams)
Tier 6 – Regional Leagues
The main league in Menorca is the Honor Division, previously known as Regional Preferente, and this sits at the sixth tier of the pyramid.
Promotion is to Tier 5, which is the Tercera Division, where teams are grouped by location. In Menorca’s case, any promoted teams would go in to the Balearic division (Group 11).
Tercera Division (Balearics)
The Primera Federacion was introduced in 2021 as the third tier, which effectively knocked the Menorca regional league down a tier. As highlighted by its name, the Tercera Division used to be the third tier of Spanish football up until 1977, when Segunda Division B was introduced.
The top team qualifies for the group champions’ play-offs and the Copa del Rey.
The teams in second, third and fourth qualify for the promotion play-offs.
The champions’ play-offs sees the 18 group winners, including the Group 11 winners, being drawn against each other in a two-legged series, where the nine winners will earn to promotion to Segunda Federacion.
In the promotion play-offs, the 18 group runners-up were drawn against one of the 18 group fourth-placed clubs outside their group, and the 18 third-placed clubs were drawn against each other, all again in a two-legged series.
The 27 winners will then join the nine losing clubs from the champions play-offs to create 18 ties in another two-legged series, with the lower-ranked club play at home first.
The bottom three clubs in the league may be relegated to the regional league, however the number of teams relegated can vary depending on the balance of clubs coming down from higher leagues.
Regional Leagues
Feeding in to Tercera Division Balearics is the relevant regional leagues of Menorca, Mallorca and Ibiza. Generally, any promotion spots to Tercera are battled between teams from the respective islands, though the format often changes.
The regional tier consists of three leagues in the Balearics – one for each island of Menorca, Mallorca and Ibiza.
In 2025/26, there are 11 clubs in the Menorca Honor Division, who play each other home and away. There is also a cup competition prior to the league season starting, where the clubs are split in to two groups, play each other once, with the top teams progressing to the final.
