# 2013–14 División de Honor de Rugby

The 2013–14 División de Honor is the 47th season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic rugby union competition since its inception in 1953. Regular season began on 14 September 2013 and finished on 4 May 2014.
The playoff semifinals were played on 18/19 May with the Final taking place on 1 June.
Valladolid successfully defended its 2012–13 season title by defeating city rivals Hermi El Salvador 26–15 in the championship final. Ciencias was the team relegated to División de Honor B 2014–15.

## 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 | |
| Atlético Madrid | Valle de las Cañas | 300 | Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid | Valladolid / El SalvadorSantboianaGernikaOrdiziaAtl. MadridCienciasGetxoComplutense CisnerosVigoHernaniIndependienteclass=notpageimage| 2013–14 División de Honor teams |
| Bizkaia Gernika | Urbieta | 2,500 | Gernika, Bizkaia | Valladolid / El SalvadorSantboianaGernikaOrdiziaAtl. MadridCienciasGetxoComplutense CisnerosVigoHernaniIndependienteclass=notpageimage| 2013–14 División de Honor teams |
| Ciencias | La Cartuja | 1,932 | Seville | Valladolid / El SalvadorSantboianaGernikaOrdiziaAtl. MadridCienciasGetxoComplutense CisnerosVigoHernaniIndependienteclass=notpageimage| 2013–14 División de Honor teams |
| Complutense Cisneros | Estadio Complutense | 12,400 | Madrid | Valladolid / El SalvadorSantboianaGernikaOrdiziaAtl. MadridCienciasGetxoComplutense CisnerosVigoHernaniIndependienteclass=notpageimage| 2013–14 División de Honor teams |
| El Salvador | Pepe Rojo | 5,000 | Valladolid | Valladolid / El SalvadorSantboianaGernikaOrdiziaAtl. MadridCienciasGetxoComplutense CisnerosVigoHernaniIndependienteclass=notpageimage| 2013–14 División de Honor teams |
| Getxo Artea R.T. | Fadura | 1,000 | Guecho | Valladolid / El SalvadorSantboianaGernikaOrdiziaAtl. MadridCienciasGetxoComplutense CisnerosVigoHernaniIndependienteclass=notpageimage| 2013–14 División de Honor teams |
| Hernani | Landare Toki | 500 | Hernani, Gipuzkoa | Valladolid / El SalvadorSantboianaGernikaOrdiziaAtl. MadridCienciasGetxoComplutense CisnerosVigoHernaniIndependienteclass=notpageimage| 2013–14 División de Honor teams |
| Independiente RC | San Román | 1,500 | Santander, Cantabria | Valladolid / El SalvadorSantboianaGernikaOrdiziaAtl. MadridCienciasGetxoComplutense CisnerosVigoHernaniIndependienteclass=notpageimage| 2013–14 División de Honor teams |
| Ordizia | Altamira | 500 | Ordizia, Gipuzkoa | Valladolid / El SalvadorSantboianaGernikaOrdiziaAtl. MadridCienciasGetxoComplutense CisnerosVigoHernaniIndependienteclass=notpageimage| 2013–14 División de Honor teams |
| Santboiana | Baldiri Aleu | 4,000 | Sant Boi de Llobregat | Valladolid / El SalvadorSantboianaGernikaOrdiziaAtl. MadridCienciasGetxoComplutense CisnerosVigoHernaniIndependienteclass=notpageimage| 2013–14 División de Honor teams |
| Universidad de Vigo | Lagoas-Marcosende | 3,000 | Vigo | Valladolid / El SalvadorSantboianaGernikaOrdiziaAtl. MadridCienciasGetxoComplutense CisnerosVigoHernaniIndependienteclass=notpageimage| 2013–14 División de Honor teams |
| Valladolid | Pepe Rojo | 5,000 | Valladolid | Valladolid / El SalvadorSantboianaGernikaOrdiziaAtl. MadridCienciasGetxoComplutense CisnerosVigoHernaniIndependienteclass=notpageimage| 2013–14 División de Honor teams |

## Regular season standings

| | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | Bon | Pts |
| 1 | Valladolid | 22 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 591 | 429 | 162 | 17 | 85 |
| 2 | El Salvador | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 625 | 403 | 222 | 14 | 78 |
| 3 | Complutense Cisneros | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 629 | 476 | 153 | 14 | 78 |
| 4 | Independiente RC | 22 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 593 | 512 | 81 | 15 | 67 |
| 5 | Atlético Madrid | 22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 571 | 539 | 48 | 17 | 61 |
| 6 | Ordizia | 22 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 522 | 522 | 0 | 12 | 60 |
| 7 | Getxo Artea | 22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 490 | 428 | 62 | 10 | 54 |
| 8 | Santboiana | 22 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 477 | 566 | −89 | 13 | 53 |
| 9 | Bizkaia Gernika | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 529 | 546 | −17 | 14 | 50 |
| 10 | Hernani | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 463 | 643 | −180 | 9 | 41 |
| 11 | Universidade Vigo | 22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 502 | 686 | −184 | 9 | 37 |
| 12 | Ciencias | 22 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 407 | 649 | −242 | 14 | 22 |
Source: Federación Española de Rugby
* Qualified for championship playoff semi-finals
* Qualified for championship playoff quarter-finals
* Relegation playoff
* Relegated

## Championship playoffs

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | 1 | Valladolid | 29 | | | |
| 4 | Independiente | 20 | 4 | Independiente | 24 | | | |
| 5 | Atlético Madrid | 18 | | | | 1 | Valladolid | 26 |
| | | | | | | 2 | El Salvador | 15 |
| | | | 2 | El Salvador | 22 | | | |
| 3 | Complutense Cisneros | 29 | 3 | Complutense Cisneros | 9 | | | |
| 6 | Ordizia | 27 | | | | | | |
* 2013–14 División de Honor winners
* Valladolid Fifth title

### Semifinals
#### Final
## Relegation playoff

The relegation playoff was contested over two legs by Blusens Universidade Vigo, who finished 11th in División de Honor, and neighbours Sant Cugat, the losing team from División de Honor B promotion playoff final. Vigo won the tie, winning 48-40 on aggregate.
| Relegation/promotion playoff | Relegation/promotion playoff | Relegation/promotion playoff | Relegation/promotion playoff | Relegation/promotion playoff |
| 11th | Universidade Vigo | 10 | 38 | 48 |
| DHB | Sant Cugat | 29 | 11 | 40 |

### 2nd leg

Blusens Universidade Vigo won 48–40 on aggregate and remained in División de Honor for 2014–15 season.

## Scorers statistics
### By try points

| Player | Try points | Team |
| Ignacio Contardi | 110 | Independiente RC |
| Iñigo Olaeta | 75 | Bizkaia Gernika |
| Afa Tauli | 70 | Santboiana |
| Federico Casteglioni | 65 | Bizkaia Gernika |
| Pedro Martín | 60 | Valladolid |
| Maka Tatafu | 55 | Universidade Vigo |
| Tiago Girão | 55 | Complutense Cisneros |
| Simeon James | 55 | Getxo Artea |
| Tom Pearce | 55 | Bizkaia Gernika |
| Heinrich Steyl | 50 | Ordizia |

### By total points

| Player | Points | Team |
| Brad Linklater | 228 | Getxo Artea |
| Tiago Girão | 218 | Complutense Cisneros |
| Pedro Rodríguez | 190 | El Salvador |
| Iñigo Balbín | 190 | Atlético Madrid |
| Gareth Griffiths | 189 | Valladolid |
| Heinrich Steyl | 173 | Ordizia |
| Iñigo Olaeta | 147 | Bizkaia Gernika |
| Mariano García | 146 | Independiente RC |
| Igor Genua | 141 | Hernani |
| Jérémy Simon | 124 | Universidade Vigo |