2025–26 División de Honor de Rugby

2025–26 División de Honor
Countries Spain
Date27 September 2025

The 2025–26 División de Honor is the 59th season of the División de Honor, the top flight of Spanish domestic rugby union.

Competition format

The season takes place between October and May.

Points are awarded as follows:

  • 4 points for a win
  • 2 points for a draw
  • 1 bonus point for a team scoring 4 tries or more in a match
  • 1 bonus point for a team that loses a match by 7 points or fewer

Each team plays ten games - one game against each opponent. Then the league divides into two groups: the top six teams progress to Group A and the remaining five teams progress to Group B. The teams play five additional games, facing the other members of their groups once more.

Eight teams progress through to the playoffs, meaning the top two teams from Group B qualify along with the six teams from Group A.[1]

Promotion and relegation

The second-tier División de Honor B de Rugby is made up of three regional groups. The top eight teams across the three groups play off; the champion is promoted to División de Honor.

Like the 2024/25 season, two teams would be relegated, reducing the league to 10 teams.

Teams

Pozuelo and Les Abelles were relegated while Liceo Francés were promoted.[2]

Team Stadium Capacity Location
Alcobendas Las Terrazas 2,000 Alcobendas, Madrid
Alcobendas
Valladolid

El Salvador
Santboiana
Aparejadores
Ordizia
Barcelona
Cisneros
Ciencias
La Vila
Liceo Francés
Current División de Honor teams
Aparejadores San Amaro 1,000 Burgos, Castile and León
Ciencias Instalaciones Deportivas La Cartuja 3,000 Seville, Andalusia
Complutense Cisneros Estadio Complutense 12,400 Moncloa-Aravaca, Madrid
El Salvador Pepe Rojo 5,000 Valladolid, Castile and León
FC Barcelona La Teixonera 500 Barcelona, Catalonia
La Vila Campo de Rugby "El Pantano" 1,550 La Vila Joiosa, Valencia
Liceo Francés Estadio Ramon Urtubi 500 Hortaleza,Madrid
Ordizia Altamira 2,000 Ordizia, Basque Country
Santboiana Baldiri Aleu 3,500 Sant Boi de Llobregat, Catalonia
Valladolid Pepe Rojo 5,000 Valladolid, Castile and León

Results and standings

ALC APA CIE CIS ELS FCB LAV LF ORD SAN VAL
Alcobendas — 51–27 46–19 13–35
Aparejadores — 40–40 45–0 23–20
Ciencias — 22–15 33–13
Complutense Cisneros 27–28 — 33–40 20–12
El Salvador — 26–38 29–23 21–32
FC Barcelona 19–37 20–10 — 13–41
La Vila 32–25 40–21 43–7 —
Liceo Francés 20–32 28–32 — 32–19
Ordizia 20–36 17–20 27–16 —
Santboiana 37–19 — 15–34
Valladolid 23–26 48–15 —

Sources: FE Rugby First Phase

First phase

Team P W D L F A +/- TF TA +/- BP Los Pts
1 Valladolid 6 4 1 1 195 135 +60 23 14 9 2 1 21
2 Aparejadores 5 4 0 1 172 90 +82 21 9 12 2 1 19
3 Liceo Francés 6 4 0 2 188 152 +36 25 21 4 2 0 18
4 La Vila 6 4 0 2 189 165 +24 25 24 1 1 0 17
5 Complutense Cisneros 6 2 1 3 172 161 +11 19 20 -1 0 3 13
6 Santboiana 6 3 0 3 158 174 -16 19 18 1 0 0 12
7 Ciencias 5 2 0 3 121 141 -20 16 18 -2 1 1 10
8 Ordizia 5 2 0 3 118 167 -49 17 20 -3 2 0 10
9 El Salvador 5 2 0 3 79 148 -69 8 20 -12 0 0 8
10 Alcobendas 5 1 0 4 106 133 -27 12 16 -4 0 2 6
11 FC Barcelona 5 1 0 4 97 129 -32 13 18 -5 1 1 6

Source: FE Rugby

Qualified for Group A
Qualified for Group B

Copa del Rey

The Copa del Rey changed format, expanding to 20 teams (the 11 teams from División de Honor plus 9 from the newly-established second-tier División de Honor Élite).The group phase, consisting of four groups of five, runs from 20 November to 21 December 2025, followed by single-leg semifinals in February and a final in May.[3][4]

Group A

Team P W D L F A +/- TF TA +/- BP Los Pts
1 Valladolid 2 2 0 0 77 5 72 12 1 11 2 0 10
2 Ingenieros Industriales Las Rozas 3 2 0 1 64 110 -46 9 17 -8 0 0 8
3 FC Barcelona 2 1 0 1 73 39 34 12 4 8 1 1 6
4 Ordizia 2 1 0 1 67 40 27 10 5 5 1 0 5
5 Belenos RC 3 0 0 3 56 143 -87 7 23 -16 0 1 1

Source: FE Rugby

Group B

Team P W D L F A +/- TF TA +/- BP Los Pts
1 Ciencias 2 2 0 0 64 26 38 10 4 6 1 0 9
2 La Vila 2 2 0 0 85 73 12 13 11 2 0 0 8
3 El Salvador 2 1 0 1 92 42 50 14 6 8 1 1 6
4 Hernani 3 1 0 2 87 100 -13 13 15 -2 0 0 4
5 Sant Cugat 3 0 0 3 50 137 -87 7 21 -14 0 1 1

Source: FE Rugby

Group C

Team P W D L F A +/- TF TA +/- BP Los Pts
1 Complutense Cisneros 2 2 0 0 100 40 60 15 3 12 2 0 10
2 Gernika 3 2 0 1 53 85 -32 5 13 -8 0 0 8
3 Santboiana 2 1 0 1 69 36 33 10 3 7 1 1 6
4 Valencia 3 1 0 2 79 113 -34 10 15 -5 0 0 4
5 Pozuelo 2 0 0 2 67 94 -27 6 12 -6 0 0 0

Source: FE Rugby

Group D

Team P W D L F A +/- TF TA +/- BP Los Pts
1 Alcobendas 2 2 0 0 90 8 82 14 1 13 2 0 10
2 Aparejadores 2 2 0 0 101 20 81 16 2 14 2 0 10
3 Liceo Francés 3 1 0 2 52 92 -40 6 13 -7 1 0 5
4 Fénix CR Zaragoza 3 1 0 2 38 90 -52 2 13 -11 0 0 4
5 Les Abelles 2 0 0 2 7 78 -71 1 10 -9 0 0 0

Source: FE Rugby

Qualified for Semifinals
Eliminated

References

  1. ^ "La División de Honor arranca a lo grande: el gran derbi pucelano inaugura la temporada en Movistar Plus+". sport.es (in Spanish). 26 September 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  2. ^ Ramírez, Alberto (2025-05-30). "Un largo paréntesis de 18 años para el regreso del Liceo Francés a la élite del rugby español". elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-10-25.
  3. ^ dpto.prensa (2025-11-19). "El nuevo modelo de la Copa del Rey arranca con 20 clubes y una fase de grupos ampliada". Real Federación Española de Rugby - FERugby - Spanish Rugby Union (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-12-02.
  4. ^ MARCA, Redacción (2025-11-30). "Intensa segunda jornada en la Copa del Rey". MARCA (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-12-02.
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