LNFA 2017

The 2017 LNFA season was the 23rd season of American football in Spain.

LNFA

Season	2017
Champions	Badalona Dracs (8th title)
← 2015–16 2018 →

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

Badalona Dracs won their eighth title, a record for the tournament.

LNFA Serie A

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams are tied at the end of the competition, the ranking of teams in each group is based on the following criteria:

1. Highest percentage of wins in games between tied teams.
2. Lowest percentage of points against in games between tied teams.
3. Highest difference between points scored and points against in games between tied teams.
4. Lowest percentage of points against in all the games.
5. Highest difference between points scored and points against in all the games.
6. Lowest percentage of sent off players in all the games.
7. Drawing of lots.

Stadia and locations

Rookies

Dracs

Cobras

Giants

Firebats

Imperials

Location of teams in LNFA 2017 Serie A

Six teams entered the LNFA Serie A, the top-tier level of American football in Spain. Murcia Cobras promoted from the last Serie B while no team was relegated from the previous season.

As an expansion of the league to eight teams was planned, the last qualified team played also the relegation play-offs instead of being directly relegated.

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

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification or relegation		DRA	IMP	FIR	COB	GIA	ROO
1	Badalona Dracs	10	9	1	430	119	+311	Playoffs		—	54–6	44–14	26–7	52–0	65–3
2	Reus Imperials	10	8	2	356	292	+64			48–32	—	33–18	47–20	50–27	49–30
3	Valencia Firebats	10	4	6	229	307	−78			21–57	22–35	—	29–28	36–14	30–18
4	Murcia Cobras	10	4	6	204	218	−14			0–33	34–7	10–20	—	14–37	37–6
5	Valencia Giants	10	3	7	235	325	−90	Relegation playoffs		6–32	27–32	41–16	13–27	—	26–30
6	Barberà Rookies	10	2	8	206	399	−193			14–35	28–49	34–30	7–34	36–44	—

Source: FEFA

Playoffs

	Semifinals				Final
	21 May – Badalona
	Badalona Dracs	21
					3 June – Reus
	Murcia Cobras	13
					Badalona Dracs	56
	21 May – Reus
					Reus Imperials	14
	Reus Imperials	32
	Valencia Firebats	28

Relegation playoffs

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Valencia Giants	11–8	Mallorca Voltors
Barberà Rookies	16–22	Rivas Osos

LNFA Serie B

Stadia and locations

Búfals

Coyotes

Pioners

Voltors

Black Demons

Cuervos

Osos

Mariners

Location of teams in LNFA 2017 Serie B

Eight teams will play the Serie B in 2017. No teams were relegated from Serie A, while Las Rozas Black Demons, Rivas Osos and ANV Fuenlabrada Cuervos promoted from the previous season of the Serie C.[1]

Granada Lions resigned to continue playing in the Serie B.

Team	Location	Stadium
ANV Fuenlabrada Cuervos	Fuenlabrada	Fermín Cacho
Barcelona Búfals	Barcelona	Lluís Companys
Gijón Mariners	Gijón	Las Mestas
L'Hospitalet Pioners	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	Hospitalet Nord
Las Rozas Black Demons	Las Rozas de Madrid	El Cantizal
Mallorca Voltors	Palma	Son Moix
Rivas Osos	Rivas Vaciamadrid	Cerro del Telégrafo
Santurtzi Coyotes	Santurtzi	Mikel Trueba

League table

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		BLA	PIO	MAR	COY	OSO	VOL	BUF	CUE
1	O	Las Rozas Black Demons	8	8	0	290	100	+190	Playoffs		—	19–17	50–30	65–7		48–0
2	O	L'Hospitalet Pioners	8	5	3	185	136	+49			27–28	—	19–35	33–0			37–14
3	O	Gijón Mariners	8	4	4	190	167	+23			12–14	19–22	—	27–3	0–19
4	O	Santurtzi Coyotes	7	1	6	106	184	−78			0–13	3–7	19–33	—				TBD
1	E	Rivas Osos	8	6	2	260	70	+190	Playoffs				21–34		—	12–14	34–0	76–0
2	E	Mallorca Voltors	8	4	4	177	172	+5			7–53				14–28	—	13–12	53–0
3	E	Barcelona Búfals	8	3	5	210	142	+68				18–23			8–20	19–15	—	66–0
4	E	ANV Fuenlabrada Cuervos	7	0	7	6	453	−447						6–74	0–50	0–61[lower-alpha 1]	0–73	—

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2017. Source: Serie B at FieldGoal

1. Both teams agreed to end the match before finishing the fourth quarter.

Promotion playoffs

As the Serie A would be expanded to eight teams for the next season, the two winners of the semifinals both were directly promoted while the two losers would play a serie against the fifth and the sixth qualified teams of the Serie A.

	Semifinals				Final
	Las Rozas
	Las Rozas Black Demons	49
					27 May – Las Rozas
	Mallorca Voltors	0
					Las Rozas Black Demons	41
	Rivas-Vaciamadrid
					L'Hospitalet Pioners	27
	Rivas Osos	10
	L'Hospitalet Pioners	14

LNFA Serie C

Andalusian League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		POT	LIO	BAR	BLU	LIN	GOL
1	Fuengirola Potros	6	6	0	309	45	+264	Qualification to playoffs		—	54–20	28–13		58–0
2	Granada Lions	6	4	2	205	130	+75				—	28–20	19–22		51–12
3	Almería Barbarians	6	4	2	195	75	+120					—	30–13	56–0	34–0
4	Aljarafe Blue Devils	6	3	3	156	110	+46			12–36	22–25		—		41–0
5	Sevilla Linces	6	1	5	26	290	−264			0–54	0–62		0–46	—
6	Córdoba Golden Bulls	6	0	6	32	273	−241			0–79		6–42		14–26	—

Source: FAFA and FAFA

Playoffs

	Semifinals				Final
	29 April
	Fuengirola Potros	74
					14 May
	Aljarafe Blue Devils	0
					Fuengirola Potros	52
	29 April
					Granada Lions	23
	Granada Lions	20
	Almería Barbarians	8

Catalan league

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		FAL	RED	BOC	URO	LEG	EAG	PAG	ALM
1	Salt Falcons/Senglars	7	7	0	252	43	+209	Qualification to playoffs		—	21–18	—	19–6	—	61–0	55–0	—
2	Terrassa Reds	7	6	1	251	60	+191			—	—	—	19–6	41–12	44–0	—	47–0
3	Argentona Bocs	7	4	3	242	84	+158			6–14	21–41	—	—	—	54–0	48–7	—
4	Barcelona Uroloki	7	4	3	137	76	+61			—	—	19–10	—	19–28	—	—	14–0
5	Torrelles Legends	7	4	3	168	164	+4			6–20	—	0–56	—	—	—	54–14	—
6	Vilafranca Eagles	7	2	5	64	262	−198			—	—	—	0–38	14–32	—	—	20–13
7	Barcelona Pagesos	7	1	6	55	269	−214			—	0–41	—	0–35	—	20–30	—	—
8	Salou Almogàvers	7	0	7	29	240	−211			7–62	—	3–47	—	0–36	—	6–14	—

Source: FCFA, FCFA

Playoffs

	Semifinals				Final
	Salt Falcons/Senglars	28
	Barcelona Uroloki	6
					Salt Falcons/Senglars	7
					Argentona Bocs	22
	Terrassa Reds	3
	Argentona Bocs	9

Madrilenian league

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD		CAM	CAP	TOR	WIL	SMI	JAB	OSO	STI
1	Camioneros de Coslada	7	7	0	283	34	+249		—	51–0	—	49–17	45–0	46–0	—	—
2	Madrid Capitals	7	6	1	215	152	+63		—	—	20–12	48–32	—	36–14	—	49–0
3	Toros de Madrid	7	4	3	177	115	+62		17–43	—	—	13–7	—	14–25	—	—
4	Majadahonda Wildcats	7	3	4	216	150	+66		—	—		—	13–18	—	26–7	64–0
5	Alcorcón Smilodons	7	3	4	124	161	−37		—	22–36	6–46	—	—	—	—	42–8
6	Tres Cantos Jabatos	7	3	4	141	209	−68			—	—	15–57	13–8	—	38–39	—
7	Osos de Madrid	7	2	5	134	186	−52		0–48	21–26	14–20	—	0–28	—	—	—
8	Guadalajara Stings	7	0	7	17	300	−283		0–1[lower-alpha 1]	—	0–55	—	—	9–36	0–53	—

Source: FMFA

1. Match awarded to Camioneros de Coslada as Guadalajara Guadalajara Stings did not want to play the match.

Northern league

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD		HUR	BIS	HOR
1	Zaragoza Hurricanes	4	4	0	133	17	+116		—	37–3	43–0
2	Cantabria Bisons	4	2	2	69	70	−1		14–27	—	21–0
3	Zaragoza Hornets	4	0	4	6	121	−115		0–26	6–31	—

Source: FEFAPA

Serie C League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD		SHA	MAD	DAR	PRE	EAG
1	Alicante Sharks	6	6	0	142	12	+130		—	27–0		28–0	55–0
2	Oviedo Madbulls	0	0	0	0	0	0			—
3	Zaragoza Dark Knights	0	0	0	0	0	0		0–35		—
4	Cartagena Pretorianos	0	0	0	0	0	0		12–37			—
5	Almassora Eagle Rays	0	0	0	0	0	0		0–60				—

Source:

Playoffs

Bracket

	Wild Card				Semifinals				Final
					7 May – Alicante
					1 Alicante Sharks	28
	23 April
					4 Toros de Madrid	13
	4 Toros de Madrid	28
									21 May – Coslada
	5 Cantabria Bisons	7
									1 Alicante Sharks	0
									2 Camioneros de Coslada	40
					7 May – Coslada
					2 Camioneros de Coslada	38
					3 Granada Lions	0

Source: [2]

References

1. "Definidos los calendarios de las Series A y B del football nacional" (in Spanish). NFL Hispano. 17 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
2. LNFA Serie C Playoffs Archived 2017-05-14 at the Wayback Machine at FEFA website (in Spanish)

External links

• Spanish American Football Federation
• Fieldgoal.eu