2015–16 LNFA season

The 2015–16 LNFA season will be the 22nd season of American football in Spain. Valencia Firebats are the defending champions.

Teams are divided into three categories, named Serie A, B and C, with promotion and relegation between them.

LNFA Serie A

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in LNFA 2016 Serie A

Six teams entered the LNFA Serie A, the top-tier level of American football in Spain. Rivas Osos, Valencia Firebats, Valencia Giants and Badalona Dracs repeated from last year. Barberà Rookies and Reus Imperials were promoted from last year LNFA Serie B.

On December 28, the three teams from the Community of Madrid (Rivas Osos from Serie A, Camioneros Coslada and Las Rozas Black Demons from Serie B) were excluded from the competition as they did not have a junior team in the junior league.^[1]

Team	Location	Stadium
Badalona Dracs	Badalona	Municipal
Barberà Rookies	Barberà del Vallès	Can Llobet
Reus Imperials	Reus	Municipal
Valencia Firebats	Valencia	Jardín del Turia
Valencia Giants	Catarroja	Polideportivo

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification or relegation	DRA	FIR	ROO	IMP	GIA
1	Badalona Dracs (Q)	7	7	0	375	72	+303	Playoffs	—	51–27	22 May	67–6	53–0
2	Valencia Firebats (Q)	7	5	2	181	161	+20		13–38	—	32–26	7 May	40–12
3	Barberà Rookies (Q)	6	3	3	127	167	−40		8–56	8–26	—	29–26	8 May
4	Reus Imperials	6	1	5	121	227	−106		18–62	26–27	21–22	—	24–20
5	Valencia Giants	6	0	6	38	215	−177	Relegation playoffs	0–48	0–16	6–34	22 May	—

Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2016. Source: Serie A at FieldGoal
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Playoffs

	Semi-finals				Final



	Badalona Dracs

	Team 4



	Valencia Firebats

	Barberà Rookies

LNFA Serie B

Coyotes

Voltors

Location of teams in LNFA 2016 Serie B

Yellow: Group Odd

Red: Group Even

Seven teams will play the Serie B in 2016. L'Hospitalet Pioners and Mallorca Voltors were relegated from previous Serie A season. Gijón Mariners were promoted from Serie C in 2015.

The nine original teams were reduced to seven on December 28, when the Spanish Federation of American Football excluded the two teams from the Community of Madrid (Las Rozas Black Demons and Camioneros Coslada) arguing that they did not have junior teams in the junior league, one of the criteria to play the Serie A or B.^[1]

The two group winners will advance directly the semifinals while the second and the third qualified teams played the quarterfinal round.

The worst qualified team was directly relegated to Serie C while the second worst one played a game against the Serie C runner-up to remain in the league.

Legend
The two group winners advanced to the semifinals
The next three teams advanced to the Wild Card.
The team with the worst record would play a relegation playoff.

Group Odd

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification	COB	MAR	VOL	LIO
1	Murcia Cobras	6	6	0	116	23	+93	Semifinals	—	30–0	9–3	32–0
2	Gijón Mariners	6	3	3	66	95	−29	Wild Card	14–15	—	14–11	14–12
3	Mallorca Voltors	6	2	4	77	87	−10		6–16	20–14	—	27–7
4	Granada Lions	6	1	5	53	107	−54		0–14	7–10	27–10	—

Source: Serie B at FieldGoal

Group Even

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification	PIO	BUF	COY
1	L'Hospitalet Pioners	5	4	1	150	59	+91	Semifinals	—	28–7	40–7
2	Barcelona Búfals	6	4	2	118	111	+7	Wild Card	14–29 31–30	—	29–10
3	Santurtzi Coyotes	5	0	5	31	129	−98		0–23	6–23 8–14	—

Source: Serie B at FieldGoal

Promotion playoffs

Wild Card	Semifinals	Final

May 7

Gijón Mariners

Mallorca Voltors
	Murcia Cobras






May 7

Barcelona Búfals

Granada Lions
	L'Hospitalet Pioners

LNFA Serie C

The Serie C is composed by the Regional and interregional leagues. The top 8 teams could qualify to the promotion playoffs, but finally only three teams signed up for the playoffs. The three Madrid teams that were expelled from the Serie A and Serie B competition this year

Andalusian League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Comments	LIO	POT	BAR	LIN
1	Granada Lions^{[lower-alpha 1]} (X)	6	5^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1	291	66	+225		—	26–31	29–15	69–6
2	Fuengirola Potros	6	5^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1	254	52	+202	Playoffs	7–20	—	47–0	54–0
3	Almería Barbarians (Y)	6	2	4	113	205	−92		7–55	0–61	—	51–0
4	Sevilla Linces (Y)	6	0	6	25	360	−335		0–92	6–54	13–40	—

Source: Andalusian League at FieldGoal
(X) Uneligible for the playoffs; (Y) Refused to qualify for the playoffs.
Notes:

↑ Granada Lions can not qualify for the playoffs, as they also play Serie B.
1 2 Lions ahead on head-to-head record; Lions–Potros 26–31, Potros–Lions 7–20.

Catalan League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	BOC	URO	FAL	RED	EAG	PAG	LEG	ALM
1	Argentona Bocs (Y)	7	7	0	277	27	+250	—	42–0	—	—	—	—	42–0	73–0
2	Barcelona Uroloki (Y)	7	5^{[lower-alpha 1]}	2	119	94	+25	—	—	14–11	6–12	13–9	14–8	—	—
3	Salt Falcons/Senglars (Y)	7	5^{[lower-alpha 1]}	2	207	107	+100	13–45	—	—	—	—	—	47–7	48–6
4	Terrassa Reds (Y)	7	4	3	167	101	+66	7–40	—	8–25	—	—	6–13	—	—
5	Vilafranca Eagles (Y)	7	3^{[lower-alpha 2]}	4	183	143	+40	7–22	—	14–29	15–34	—	48–19	—	—
6	Barcelona Pagesos (Y)	7	3^{[lower-alpha 2]}	4	125	131	−6	0–13	—	13–34	—	—	—	37–7	35–9
7	Torrelles Legends (Y)	7	1	6	71	280	−209	—	12–33	—	2–54	26–58	—	—	17–9
8	Salou Almogàvers (Y)	7	0	7	24	290	−266	—	0–39	—	0–46	0–32	—	—	—

Source: Catalan League at FieldGoal
(Y) Refused to qualify for the playoffs.
Notes:

1 2 Uroloki ahead on head-to-head record; Uroloki 14–11 Falcons/Senglars.
1 2 Eagles ahead on head-to-head record; Eagles 48–19 Pagesos.

Madrid League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification	CAM	TOR	WIL	SMI	JAB	STI	CAP	BLA
1	Camioneros Coslada	7	7	0	299	21	+278	Playoffs	—	—	35–0	—	43–0	—	—	62–0
2	Madrid Toros (Y)	6	4	2	150	114	+36		21–26	—	—	8–22	—	—	42–7	May 7
3	Majadahonda Wildcats (Y)	6	4	2	222	99	+123		—	36–44	—	May 7	24–20	56–0	—	—
4	Alcorcón Smilodons (Y)	5	4	1	97	64	+33		0–38	—	—	—	—	—	27–6	1–0
5	Tres Cantos Jabatos (Y)	5	2	3	115	117	−2		—	20–28	—	May 22	—	May 8	29–22	—
6	Guadalajara Stings (Y)	5	1	4	27	171	−144		0–53	3–7	—	12–47	—	—	—	—
7	Madrid Capitals (Y)	6	1	5	63	214	−151		0–42	—	0–62	—	—	May 28	—	—
8	Arganda Blackhawks (Y)	6	0	6	20	193	−173		—	—	0–44	—	0–46	8–12	12–28	—

Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2016. Source: Madrid League at ACFAM
(Y) Refused to qualify for the playoffs.

East Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	SHA	PRE	SPA	WOL	SAN
1	Alicante Sharks (Y)	6	6	0	186	26	+160	1.000	—	24–8	22–0	48–6	43–0
2	Cartagena Pretorianos (Y)	7	4	3	174	106	+68	.571	6–28	—	—	22–12	49–0
3	La Nucía Spartans (Y)	6	3	3	72	103	−31	.500	—	21–20	—	14–0	19–14
4	Cehegín Wolves (Y)	7	2	5	108	162	−54	.286	6–21	14–38	35–12	—	—
5	Rafelbunyol Sants (Y)	6	1	5	40	183	−143	.167	—	7–31	12–6	7–35	—

Source: East Conference at FieldGoal
(Y) Refused to qualify for the playoffs.

Northern League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification	BIS	HUR	MAD	HOR	DAR	CUE	BER	ROY
1	Cantabria Bisons (Y)	6	6	0	370	19	+351		—				49–7		56–6	108–0
2	Zaragoza Hurricanes (Y)	5	5	0	172	22	+150			—		30–7		62–0		Jun 2
3	Oviedo Madbulls (Y)	5	3	2	151	128	+23		0–79	8–16	—					May 12
4	Zaragoza Hornets (Y)	6	3	3	82	76	+6		6–7	0–27		—	28–6
5	Zaragoza Dark Knights (Y)	6	2	4	123	162	−39			7–37	27–28		—	48–0
6	Cuervos ANVL	6	2	4	65	183	−118	Playoffs				6–39	20–28	—	27–6
7	Piélagos Berserkers (Y)	6	1	5	35	229	−194		0–71		6–60	0–2			—
8	Gijón Royals (Y)	4	0	4	13	192	−179				0–55			0–12	13–17	—

Updated to match(es) played on 10 April 2016. Source: FEFAPA
(Y) Refused to qualify for the playoffs.

Playoffs

The top 8 teams could qualify to the promotion playoffs, but finally only two teams signed up for these. The three teams from the Community of Madrid that were excluded in December 2015 from the 2015–16 season will take part in the promotion playoffs.

The champion of the Serie C will promote directly to Serie B, while the runner-up must play one more game against a Serie B team.

Tiebreakers

The two teams were ranked based on these criteria:^[2]

higher percentage of wins
lower average of points allowed
superior point difference average
lower average of players sent off
lucky draw

Ranking

#	Team	W	PA	Dif	C
1	Fuengirola Potros	.833	8.7	33.7	Andalusian League
2	ANVL Cuervos	.333	30.5	–19.7	Northern League

Bracket

Wild Card		Semifinals	Final

April 29, Las Rozas

Las Rozas Black Demons	20
		May 14
Camioneros Coslada	8
		Fuengirola Potros

		Las Rozas Black Demons







		May 15

		ANVL Cuervos

		Rivas Osos

References

1 2 "Comunicado FEFA Incumpliento Requisitos" (Press release) (in Spanish). Barcelona: FEFA. December 28, 2015. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
↑ Regulations 2014–15 Season FEFA.es

External links

Liga Nacional de Fútbol Americano

2016 Serie A teams	Badalona Dracs Barberà Rookies Reus Imperials Rivas Osos Valencia Firebats Valencia Giants

2016 Serie B teams	Barcelona Búfals Camioneros Coslada Gijón Mariners Granada Lions L'Hospitalet Pioners Las Rozas Black Demons Mallorca Voltors Murcia Cobras Santurtzi Coyotes Zaragoza Hornets

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