# 2015–16 División de Honor de Rugby

The 2015–16 División de Honor was the 49th season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic rugby union competition since its inception in 1953. Regular season began on 19 September 2015 and finished on 1 May 2016.
The playoffs began in May, with the Final taking place on 28 May.
El Salvador won its eighth División de Honor title after defeating local arch-rivals Valladolid in the Final 24–23, held at Estadio Pepe Rojo on 28 May. Pozuelo was the team relegated to División de Honor B de Rugby.

## Competition format

The season took place between September and March, with every team playing each other home and away for a total of 22 matches. Points were awarded according to the following:
* 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
The six teams with the highest number of points at the end of 22 rounds of matches played the championship playoffs. The top two teams win a semifinal berth automatically, while the next four teams played off to take the remaining two spots.
The club which finished bottom was relegated, while the club that finished 11th went into a playoff with a team from División de Honor B.

### Promotion and relegation

The bottom team in the standings was relegated to División de Honor B, while the team finishing 11th played the relegation playoff. The top team from División de Honor B was promoted to División de Honor.

## Teams

| Team | Stadium | Capacity | Location | |
| Alcobendas | Las Terrazas | 2,000 | Alcobendas, Madrid | Valladolid / El SalvadorSantboianaGernikaOrdiziaComplutenseBarcelonaGetxoComplutense CisnerosHernaniAlcobendasIndependienteclass=notpageimage| 2015–16 División de Honor teams |
| Barcelona | La Teixonera | 500 | Barcelona | Valladolid / El SalvadorSantboianaGernikaOrdiziaComplutenseBarcelonaGetxoComplutense CisnerosHernaniAlcobendasIndependienteclass=notpageimage| 2015–16 División de Honor teams |
| Cisneros | Estadio Complutense | 12,400 | Madrid | Valladolid / El SalvadorSantboianaGernikaOrdiziaComplutenseBarcelonaGetxoComplutense CisnerosHernaniAlcobendasIndependienteclass=notpageimage| 2015–16 División de Honor teams |
| El Salvador | Pepe Rojo | 5,000 | Valladolid | Valladolid / El SalvadorSantboianaGernikaOrdiziaComplutenseBarcelonaGetxoComplutense CisnerosHernaniAlcobendasIndependienteclass=notpageimage| 2015–16 División de Honor teams |
| Gernika_RT | Urbieta zelaia | 1,000 | Gernika | Valladolid / El SalvadorSantboianaGernikaOrdiziaComplutenseBarcelonaGetxoComplutense CisnerosHernaniAlcobendasIndependienteclass=notpageimage| 2015–16 División de Honor teams |
| Getxo Artea R.T. | Fadura | 1,000 | Guecho | Valladolid / El SalvadorSantboianaGernikaOrdiziaComplutenseBarcelonaGetxoComplutense CisnerosHernaniAlcobendasIndependienteclass=notpageimage| 2015–16 División de Honor teams |
| Hernani | Landare Toki | 500 | Hernani, Gipuzkoa | Valladolid / El SalvadorSantboianaGernikaOrdiziaComplutenseBarcelonaGetxoComplutense CisnerosHernaniAlcobendasIndependienteclass=notpageimage| 2015–16 División de Honor teams |
| Independiente | San Román | 1,500 | Santander, Cantabria | Valladolid / El SalvadorSantboianaGernikaOrdiziaComplutenseBarcelonaGetxoComplutense CisnerosHernaniAlcobendasIndependienteclass=notpageimage| 2015–16 División de Honor teams |
| Ordizia | Altamira | 500 | Ordizia, Gipuzkoa | Valladolid / El SalvadorSantboianaGernikaOrdiziaComplutenseBarcelonaGetxoComplutense CisnerosHernaniAlcobendasIndependienteclass=notpageimage| 2015–16 División de Honor teams |
| Pozuelo | Valle de las Cañas | 300 | Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid | Valladolid / El SalvadorSantboianaGernikaOrdiziaComplutenseBarcelonaGetxoComplutense CisnerosHernaniAlcobendasIndependienteclass=notpageimage| 2015–16 División de Honor teams |
| Santboiana | Baldiri Aleu | 4,000 | Sant Boi de Llobregat | Valladolid / El SalvadorSantboianaGernikaOrdiziaComplutenseBarcelonaGetxoComplutense CisnerosHernaniAlcobendasIndependienteclass=notpageimage| 2015–16 División de Honor teams |
| Valladolid | Pepe Rojo | 5,000 | Valladolid | Valladolid / El SalvadorSantboianaGernikaOrdiziaComplutenseBarcelonaGetxoComplutense CisnerosHernaniAlcobendasIndependienteclass=notpageimage| 2015–16 División de Honor teams |

## Results

| | ALC | BAR | CIS | ELS | GER | GET | HER | IND | ORD | POZ | SAN | VAL |
| Alcobendas | | 29-7 | 27-36 | 24-16 | 42-18 | 42-7 | 34-17 | 37-24 | 44-56 | 22-23 | 14-44 | 10-43 |
| Barcelona | 23-16 | | 24-41 | 15-15 | 28-24 | 40-20 | 24-15 | 7-47 | 22-34 | 10-6 | 38-44 | 21-30 |
| Cisneros | 7-20 | 41-23 | | 17-27 | 32-29 | 53-31 | 51-17 | 16-24 | 49-31 | 30-3 | 36-18 | 22-22 |
| El Salvador | 27-17 | 45-10 | 29-21 | | 38-15 | 47-18 | 57-0 | 30-23 | 43-14 | 52-17 | 42-39 | 40-19 |
| Gernika RT | 16-13 | 55-12 | 16-14 | 21-37 | | 20-22 | 27-21 | 24-30 | 22-32 | 19-17 | 33-32 | 17-21 |
| Getxo | 14-19 | 18-25 | 27-32 | 12-51 | 34-22 | | 31-12 | 17-28 | 14-50 | 28-39 | 31-15 | 5-27 |
| Hernani | 30-25 | 26-20 | 34-27 | 13-40 | 42-20 | 15-29 | | 20-34 | 22-20 | 22-18 | 0-32 | 0-41 |
| Independiente | 26-34 | 34-34 | 21-16 | 36-34 | 17-19 | 35-21 | 31-12 | | 50-14 | 42-30 | 49-20 | 16-39 |
| Ordizia | 27-28 | 15-19 | 13-16 | 18-24 | 20-13 | 25-27 | 29-46 | 6-29 | | 42-33 | 10-37 | 16-18 |
| Pozuelo | 10-21 | 5-29 | 19-22 | 8-40 | 34-19 | 21-33 | 30-25 | 24-41 | 56-36 | | 31-13 | 10-29 |
| Santboiana | 28-24 | 34-13 | 17-21 | 61-24 | 40-10 | 49-24 | 48-22 | 24-13 | 56-12 | 56-7 | | 26-32 |
| Valladolid | 38-21 | 45-12 | 33-6 | 20-5 | 41-13 | 28-14 | 75-12 | 20-13 | 46-20 | 64-14 | 44-15 | |

## Table

| # | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Tries | Tries | Tries | Bon | Pts |
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | F | A | +/- | Bon | Pts |
| 1 | Valladolid | 22 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 775 | 328 | +447 | 105 | 38 | 67 | 16 | 98 |
| 2 | El Salvador | 22 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 763 | 438 | +325 | 97 | 54 | 43 | 13 | 83 |
| 3 | Independiente | 22 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 663 | 498 | +165 | 81 | 57 | 24 | 14 | 72 |
| 4 | Santboiana | 22 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 748 | 530 | +218 | 100 | 65 | 35 | 17 | 69 |
| 5 | Cisneros | 22 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 606 | 505 | +101 | 82 | 61 | 21 | 14 | 68 |
| 6 | Alcobendas | 22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 563 | 537 | +26 | 75 | 64 | 11 | 14 | 58 |
| 7 | FC Barcelona | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 456 | 639 | -183 | 54 | 92 | -38 | 6 | 42 |
| 8 | Getxo Artea RT | 22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 477 | 695 | -298 | 64 | 95 | -31 | 12 | 40 |
| 9 | Ordizia R.E. | 22 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 540 | 714 | -174 | 73 | 96 | -23 | 16 | 40 |
| 10 | Hernani CRE | 22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 423 | 743 | -320 | 60 | 110 | -50 | 10 | 38 |
| 11 | Gernika R.T | 22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 472 | 619 | -147 | 58 | 78 | -20 | 9 | 37 |
| 12 | CRC Pozuelo | 22 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 455 | 695 | -240 | 58 | 97 | -39 | 11 | 35 |
| Source: División de Honor Table (accessed 4 May 2016) ||||||||||||||
* Qualified for Playoff (semifinals)
* Qualified for Playoff (quarter-finals)
* Relegation playoff
* Relegated

## Championship playoffs
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | 1 | Valladolid | 33 | | | |
| 4 | UE Santboiana | 23 | 5 | Complutense Cisneros | 26 | | | |
| 5 | Complutense Cisneros | 25 | | | | 1 | Valladolid | 23 |
| | | | | | | 2 | El Salvador | 24 |
| | | | 2 | El Salvador | 36 | | | |
| 3 | Independiente Rugby | 42 | 3 | Independiente Rugby | 16 | | | |
| 6 | Alcobendas | 13 | | | | | | |

### Semifinals
#### Final

* 2015–16 División de Honor winners
* El Salvador Eighth title

## Relegation playoff

The relegation playoff was played over two legs by Bizkaia Gernika, the team finishing 11th in División de Honor, and CAU Valencia, the losing team from División de Honor B promotion playoff final. Bizkaia Gernika won 129–25 on aggregate and remained in División de Honor for 2016–17 season.
| Relegation/promotion playoff | Relegation/promotion playoff | Relegation/promotion playoff | Relegation/promotion playoff | Relegation/promotion playoff |
| 11th | Bizkaia Gernika | 35 | 94 | 129 |
| DHB | CAU Valencia | 7 | 18 | 25 |

### 2nd leg
## Scorers statistics
### Top try scorers

| Rank | Player | Tries | Team |
| 1 | Anthony Matoto | 24 | Getxo Artea R.T. |

### Top points scorers

| Rank | Player | Points | Team |
| 1 | Sam Katz | 352 | El Salvador |