LNFA 2015

The LNFA 2015 season was the 21st season of American football in Spain. Badalona Dracs were the defending champions, but lost to Valencia Firebats in the final.

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

LNFA Serie A

Voltors

Location of teams in LNFA 2015 Serie A

Six teams entered the LNFA Serie A, the top-tier level of American football in Spain. L'Hospitalet Pioners, Rivas Osos, Valencia Firebats, Valencia Giants and Badalona Dracs repeated from last year. Mallorca Voltors were promoted from last year LNFA Serie B.

Valencia Firebats won their fourth title. Mallorca Voltors and L'Hospitalet Pioners were relegated.

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification or relegation	FIR	DRA	OSO	GIA	PIO	VOL
1	Valencia Firebats	10	9	1	403	131	+272	Playoffs	—	28–25	76–0	40–20	44–28	34–0
2	Badalona Dracs	10	7	3	332	94	+238		3–7	—	34–0	25–22	54–14	59–0
3	Rivas Osos	10	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}	4	189	240	−51		29–48	17–14	—	27–14	22–15	32–6
4	Valencia Giants	10	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}	4	244	153	+91		26–20	0–14	14–6	—	28–14	47–0
5	L'Hospitalet Pioners	10	2	8	159	296	−137	Relegation playoffs	0–47	0–48	13–26	7–19	—	41–8
6	Mallorca Voltors	10	0	10	26	439	−413	Relegated	0–59	6–56	6–30	0–54	0–27	—

Source: Serie A at FieldGoal
Notes:

1 2 Osos ahead on head-to-head record; Osos–Giants 27–14, Giants–Osos 14–6.

Playoffs

Semi-finals		Final

June 6, Valencia

Valencia Firebats	21
		June 20, Badalona
Valencia Giants	6
		Valencia Firebats	30
June 7, Badalona
		Badalona Dracs	20
Badalona Dracs	42

Rivas Osos	6

Promotion/relegation playoffs

The fifth placed team in Serie A, L'Hospitalet Pioners, played Serie B runner-up, Barberà Rookies. Rookies won the game and will play in next year Serie A.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
L'Hospitalet Pioners	35–54	Barberà Rookies

LNFA Serie B

Búfals

Cobras

Coyotes

Hurricanes

Hornets

Camioneros

Location of teams in LNFA 2015 Serie B

Yellow: Group Odd

Red: Group Even

Ten teams played the Serie B in 2015. Gijón Mariners and Cantabria Bisons resigned to play in the league, due to the new competition format with longer travels.^[1]

The two group winners joined 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
Runner-up and third qualified advanced to the quarterfinals.
The team with the second worst record would play a relegation playoff.
The team with the worst record would be relegated.

Group Odd

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification	IMP	COB	COY	BUF	HOR
1	Reus Imperials	8	8	0	222	51	+171	Semifinals	—	20–7	28–14	42–0	21–7
2	Murcia Cobras	8	4	4	115	117	−2	Quarterfinals	14–34	—	19–16	20–13	26–0
3	Santurtzi Coyotes	8	3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	5	98	105	−7	Quarterfinals	0–19	14–7	—	38–6	8–12
4	Barcelona Búfals	8	3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	5	67	157	−90		0–32	20–7	14–0	—	14–8
5	Zaragoza Hornets	8	2	6	46	118	−72	Relegation playoffs	9–26	0–15	0–8	10–0	—

Source: Serie B at FieldGoal
Notes:

1 2 Coyotes ahead on head-to-head record; Coyotes–Búfals 38–6, Búfals–Coyotes 14–0.

Group Even

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification	ROO	LIO	BLA	CAM	HUR
1	Barberà Rookies	8	8	0	191	75	+116	Semifinals	—	24–20	30–0	30–7	27–13
2	Granada Lions	8	5	3	229	139	+90	Quarterfinals	22–28	—	20–27	26–7	36–2
3	Las Rozas Black Demons	8	3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	5	122	124	−2	Quarterfinals	7–21	9–17	—	19–2	12–21
4	Camioneros Coslada	8	3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	5	104	121	−17		6–7	9–26	13–7	—	21–6
5	Zaragoza Hurricanes	8	1	7	75	262	−187	Relegated	0–24	33–62	0–41	0–39	—

Source: Serie B at FieldGoal
Notes:

1 2 Black Demons ahead on head-to-head record; Black Demons–Camioneros 19–2; Camioneros–Black Demons 13–7.

Promotion playoffs

Wild Card		Semifinals		Final

May 3

Granada Lions	46
		May 16
Santurtzi Coyotes	13
		Reus Imperials	48

		Granada Lions	7

				May 31

				Reus Imperials	24
May 2
				Barberà Rookies	20
Murcia Cobras	14
		May 17
Las Rozas Black Demons	27
		Barberà Rookies	28

		Las Rozas Black Demons	21

LNFA Serie C

The new Serie C was composed by the Regional and interregional leagues. The top 8 teams could qualify to the promotion playoffs, but finally only six teams signed up for the playoffs.^[2]^[3]

Andalusian League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	LIO	POT	BAR	LIN	GOL
1	Granada Lions^{[lower-alpha 1]} (X)	4	4	0	224	29	+195	1.000	—	—	—	—	—
2	Fuengirola Potros (Y)	7	6	1	281	74	+207	.857	21–39	—	21–0	46-19	56–4
3	Almería Barbarians (Y)	7	4	3	128	187	−59	.571	0–61	12–51	—	37–13	38–9
4	Sevilla Linces (Y)	7	2	5	130	242	−112	.286	8–59	0–41	25–28	—	34–13
5	Córdoba Golden Bulls (Y)	7	0	7	51	282	−231	.000	0–65	0–45	7–13	18–31	—

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

↑ Granada Lions can not qualify for the playoffs, as they also play Serie B.

Catalan League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	EAG	BOC	URO	RED	SEN	LEG	PAG	WOL	FAL	ALM
1	Vilafranca Eagles (Y)	9	9	0	0	359	81	+278	9	—	—	34–7	—	29–14	47–21	—	59–6	—	57–0
2	Argentona Bocs (Y)	9	8	0	1	328	81	+247	8	0–31	—	—	32–10	—	—	57–0	64–0	47–7	—
3	Barcelona Uroloki (Y)	9	7	0	2	310	112	+198	7	—	13–20	—	—	24–12	34–33	—	—	—	77–7
4	Terrassa Reds (Y)	9	5	1	3	272	108	+164	5.5	19–21	—	0–18	—	—	30–8	—	59–0	—	72–0
5	Vall d'Aro Senglars (Y)	9	4	1	4	193	110	+83	4.5	—	13–19	—	6–6	—	12–14	14–6	—	39–6	—
6	Torrelles Legends (Y)	9	4	0	5	281	178	+103	4	—	7–26	—	—	—	—	55–0	37–0	27–29	—
7	Barcelona Pagesos (Y)	9	3	0	6	92	303	−211	3	14–32	—	0–51	7–50	—	—	—	26–7	—	—
8	Sarrià de Ter Wolves (Y)	9	2	0	7	60	350	−290	2	—	—	6–47	—	0–39	—	—	—	13–6	28–13
9	Salt Falcons (Y)	9	2	0	7	122	266	−144	2	0–49	—	0–39	16–26	—	—	25–26	—	—	—
10	Salou Almogàvers (Y)	9	0	0	9	38	466	−428	0	—	0–63	—	—	6–44	0–79	12–13	—	0–33	—

Source: Serie C at FieldGoal
(Y) Refused to qualify for the playoffs.

Central Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification	TOR	WIL	JAB	SMI	CUE	STI
1	Arganda Toros (A)	6	6	0	216	45	+171	Playoffs	—	—	21–6	47–12	—	—
2	Majadahonda Wildcats (Y)	6	5	1	202	57	+145		12–13	—	26–14	—	—	—
3	Tres Cantos Jabatos (A)	6	3	3	170	121	+49	Playoffs	—	—	—	38–22	—	39–0
4	Alcorcón Smilodons (A)	6	2	4	142	160	−18	Playoffs	—	2–30	—	—	42–13	58–14
5	ANV Cuervos (Y)	6	2	4	83	246	−163		2–66	15–54	26–66	—	—	—
6	Guadalajara Stings (Y)	6	0	6	45	229	−184		7–51	6–54	—	—	12–14	—

Source: Serie C at FieldGoal
(A) Advances to a further round; (Y) Refused to qualify for the playoffs.

An extra gameday was played to reach the required minimum of six games to compete in the playoffs for promotion. The results of the extra game were:

Arganda Toros 18–6 Alcorcón Smilodons
Majadahonda Wildcats 26–7 Tres Cantos Jabatos
ANV Cuervos 13–6 Guadalajara Stings

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification	SHA	RIC	PRE	WOL	SPA
1	Alicante Sharks (A)	8	7	1	160	51	+109	Playoffs	—	27–6	14–6	36–6	36–0
2	Sueca Ricers (Y)	8	5	3	154	75	+79		24–6	—	6–12	13–0	26–0
3	Cartagena Pretorianos (Y)	7	3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	4	70	81	−11		2–14	8–26	—	18–7	18–7
4	Cehegín Wolves (Y)	7	3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	4	101	114	−13		7–20	22–14	TBD	—	27–13
5	La Nucía Spartans (Y)	8	1	7	27	191	−164		0–7	0–39	7–6	0–32	—

Source: Serie C at FieldGoal
(A) Advances to a further round; (Y) Refused to qualify for the playoffs.
Notes:

1 2 Pretorianos wins head-to-head against Wolves (1–0)

Northern League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification	MAR	COY	BIS	DAR
1	Gijón Mariners (A)	6	6	0	248	29	+219	Playoffs	—	10–7	33–0	85–0
2	Santurtzi Coyotes^{[lower-alpha 1]} (X)	6	3	3	197	45	+152		20–23	—	0–6	66–0
3	Cantabria Bisons (A)	6	3	3	105	113	−8	Playoffs	2–35	6–45	—	53–0
4	Zaragoza Dark Knights (Y)	6	0	6	0	363	−363		0–62	0–59	0–38	—

Source: Serie C at FieldGoal
(A) Advances to a further round; (X) Uneligible; (Y) Refused to qualify for the playoffs.
Notes:

↑ Santurtzi Coyotes can not qualify for the playoffs, as they also play Serie B.

Playoffs

The top 8 teams could qualify to the promotion playoffs, but finally only six teams signed up for these. ^[4]^[5] 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.^[6]

Granada Lions and Santurtzi Coyotes can not qualify for the playoffs, as they also play Serie B.

Tiebreakers

The six teams are ranked based on these criteria:^[7]

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	Gijón Mariners	1.000	4.8	36.5	Northern League
2	Arganda Toros	1.000	7.5	28.5	Central Conference
3	Alicante Sharks	.875	6.4	13.6	Eastern Conference
4	Cantabria Bisons	.500	18.8	–1.3	Northern League
5	Tres Cantos Jabatos	.500	20.2	8.2	Central Conference
6	Alcorcón Smilodons	.333	26.7	–3	Central Conference

Bracket

Wild Card				Semifinals				Finals

April 25 & May 2

Cantabria Bisons	26	30	56
				May 16 & 23
Tres Cantos Jabatos	25	7	32
				Gijón Mariners	49	61	110

				Cantabria Bisons	7	7	14

								May 30

								Gijón Mariners	13
April 26 & May 2
								Alicante Sharks	0
Alicante Sharks	16	34	50
				May 16 & 24
Alcorcón Smilodons	6	6	12
				Arganda Toros	3	6	9

				Alicante Sharks	20	13	33

Promotion/relegation playoff

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Zaragoza Hornets	13–7	Alicante Sharks

References

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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