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 29 - 21 46 - 19 48 - 16 13 - 35
Aparejadores 23 - 18 40 - 40 56 - 8 45 - 0 23 - 20
Ciencias 15 - 53 22 - 15 29 - 24 39 - 49 33 - 13
Complutense Cisneros 27 - 28 33 - 40 45 - 14 29 - 23 20 - 12
El Salvador 7 - 34 19 - 28 26 - 38 29 - 23 21 - 32
FC Barcelona 14 - 18 19 - 37 20 - 10 13 - 41 18 - 22
La Vila 32 - 25 40 - 21 43 - 7 44 - 27 29 - 35
Liceo Francés 20 - 32 47 - 30 28 - 32 32 - 19 20 - 15
Ordizia 20 - 36 40 - 21 17 - 20 27 - 16 26 - 19
Santboiana 37 - 19 13 - 20 38 - 12 31 - 33 15 - 34
Valladolid 23 - 26 48 - 15 37 - 12 31 - 12 24 - 10

Sources: FE Rugby First Phase

First phase

Team P W D L F A +/- TF TA +/- BP Los Pts
1 Aparejadores 10 8 1 1 361 183 178 46 20 26 5 1 40
2 Valladolid 10 8 0 2 318 179 139 42 18 24 5 2 39
3 Alcobendas 10 7 0 3 302 239 63 37 32 5 2 1 31
4 La Vila 10 5 0 5 287 297 -10 37 41 -4 2 1 23
5 Liceo Francés 10 5 0 5 274 293 -19 33 39 -6 1 1 22
6 Complutense Cisneros 10 4 1 5 288 282 6 35 35 0 1 3 22
7 Ordizia 10 4 0 6 244 281 -37 25 36 -11 0 3 19
8 Ciencias 10 4 0 6 250 352 -102 33 43 -10 2 0 18
9 Santboiana 10 3 0 7 216 232 -16 29 30 -1 2 4 18
10 El Salvador 10 4 0 6 225 278 -53 28 29 -1 0 0 16
11 FC Barcelona 10 2 0 8 155 304 -149 18 40 -22 0 3 11

Source: FE Rugby

Qualified for Group A
Qualified for Group B

Second phase

Group A

Team P W D L F A +/- TF TA +/- Bon Los Pts
1 Valladolid 11 9 0 2 348 201 147 45 19 26 5 2 43
2 Aparejadores 11 8 2 1 394 216 178 49 23 26 5 1 42
3 Alcobendas 11 7 1 3 335 272 63 40 35 5 2 1 33
4 Complutense Cisneros 11 5 1 5 325 296 29 40 37 3 2 3 27
5 La Vila 11 5 0 6 301 334 -33 39 46 -7 2 1 23
6 Liceo Francés 11 5 0 6 296 323 -27 34 42 -8 1 1 22

Source: FE Rugby

Group B

Team P W D L F A +/- TF TA +/- Bon Los Pts
1 El Salvador 11 5 0 6 252 304 -52 31 32 -1 0 0 20
2 Ordizia 11 4 0 7 269 313 -44 28 40 -12 0 4 20
3 Santboiana 11 3 0 8 242 259 -17 32 33 -1 2 5 19
4 Ciencias 10 4 0 6 250 352 -102 33 43 -10 2 0 18
5 FC Barcelona 11 3 0 8 187 329 -142 22 43 -21 0 3 15

Source: FE Rugby

Qualified for playoff quarterfinals
Relegation to División de Honor 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 4 4   0   0   172 22 150 27 3 24 4 0 20
2 FC Barcelona 4 2   0   2   107 98 9 17 12 5 2 1 11
3 Ordizia 4 2   0   2   149 75 74 20 10 10 2 0 10
4 Ingenieros Industriales Las Rozas 4 2   0   2   75 176 -101 10 26 -16 0 0 8
5 Belenos RC 4 0   0   4   63 195 -132 8 31 -23 0 1 1

Source: FE Rugby

Group B

Team P W D L F A +/- TF TA +/- BP Los Pts
1 La Vila 4 4 0 0 126 88 38 18 14 4 0 0 16
2 El Salvador 4 3 0 1 139 59 80 20 9 11 1 1 14
3 Ciencias 4 2 0 2 89 91 -2 15 13 2 1 0 9
4 Hernani 4 1 0 3 94 123 -29 14 17 -3 0 0 4
5 Sant Cugat 4 0 0 4 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 4 3 0 1 191 87 104 30 10 20 3 0 15
2 Santboiana 4 3 0 1 158 77 81 23 10 13 2 1 15
3 Gernika 4 2 0 2 70 109 -39 8 16 -8 0 1 9
4 Pozuelo 4 1 0 3 98 158 -60 10 22 -12 0 0 4
5 Valencia 4 1 0 3 84 170 -86 11 24 -13 0 0 4

Source: FE Rugby

Group D

Team P W D L F A +/- TF TA +/- BP Los Pts
1 Alcobendas 4 4 0 0 153 45 108 23 6 17 2 0 18
2 Aparejadores 4 3 0 1 175 58 117 26 6 20 3 0 15
3 Liceo Francés 4 2 0 2 93 111 -18 13 16 -3 2 0 10
4 Fénix CR Zaragoza 4 1 0 3 64 126 -62 6 19 -13 0 0 4
5 Les Abelles 4 0 0 4 37 182 -145 5 26 -21 0 0 0

Source: FE Rugby

Qualified for Semifinals
Eliminated

Semifinals

8 February 2026
Valladolidv Alcobendas
8 February 2026
Complutense Cisnerosv La Vila

Final

2/3 May
v

FE Rugby

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.