División de Honor de Futsal

Liga Nacional de Futbol Sala (also called "División de Honor") is the premier professional futsal league in Spain. It was founded in 1989 with the name of División de Honor. The Liga Nacional de Futbol Sala league, which is played under UEFA rules, currently consists of 16 teams, including teams like Club Autos Lobelle de Santiago FS, Inter Movistar, El Pozo Murcia FS, Caja Segovia FS, MRA Gvtarra Navarra FS, Playas de Castellón FS and FS Cartagena.

The Liga Nacional de Futsal includes:
*División de Honor de Futsal 1st level (this same).
*División de Plata de Futsal 2nd level.

Liga championship rules

Each team of every division has to play with all the other teams of its division twice, once at home and the other at the opponent's stadium. This means that in "Liga Nacional de Futbol Sala" the league ends after every team plays 30 matches.

Like many other leagues in continental Europe, the "Liga Nacional de Futbol Sala" takes a winter break once each team has played half its schedule. One unusual feature of the league is that the two halves of the season are played in the same order—that is, the order of each team's first-half fixtures is repeated in the second half of the season, with the only difference being the stadiums used.

Each victory adds 3 points to the team in the league ranking. Each drawn adds 1 point.head-to-head.At the end of the league, the winner is:
#The team that has most points in the ranking.
#If two or more teams are level on points, the winner is the team that has the best results
#If there is no winner after applying the second rule, then the team with the best overall goal difference wins.

Champions by year

"Source: [http://www.lnfs.es/nuevo/competiciones/25/historial.asp?equ=&cod_temp=0708&compe=25] "

Teams for season 2008/09

*Autos Lobelle de Santiago
*Azkar Lugo
*Benicarló Onda Urbana
*Caja Segovia FS
*Carnicer Torrejón
*ElPozo Murcia Turística FS
*FC Barcelona Senseit
*Fisiomedia Manacor
*Gestesa Guadalajara
*Inter Movistar
*Marfil Santa Coloma
*MRA Navarra
*Peinsa Cartagena
*Pinto FS
*Playas de Castellón FS

Teams promoted to Division de Honor 2008/09

*Fisiomedia Manacor
*Marfil Santa Coloma
*Pinto FS

Relegated to Division de Plata de Futsal 2008/09

*Sala 10 Zaragoza
*Armiñana Valencia

Relegated to 1ª Nacional 2008/09

*Leis Pontevedra
*Tien 21 Uicesa Tres Cantos
*Móstoles 2008 FS

References

External links

* [http://www.lnfs.es Liga Nacional de Futbol Sala Official Website]