Segunda División

Segunda División
Countries Spain Spain
Founded 1929
Number of teams 22
Levels on pyramid 2
Promotion to La Liga
Relegation to Segunda División B
Current champions Real Sociedad
(2009–10)
Most championships Real Murcia (8 titles)
TV partners Canal+ Liga, GolT, FORTA
Website http://www.lfp.es
2010–11 season

The Segunda División (Second Division) is the lower tier of the two professional leagues in Spain consisting of 22 teams. On 16 August 2006, the LFP reached an agreement with the banking group BBVA for sponsorship of the Segunda División renaming the league Liga BBVA. From the season 2008-09 onwards, the name of the league is Liga Adelante[1].

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History

Competition system

It is very similar to the Primera División:

The top two are promoted to La Liga.

The 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th place teams play a promotion play-off to determine the third team to promote to La Liga.

The bottom four are relegated to Segunda División B.

All Time Standings

The All-Time Segunda Table is an overall record of all match results, points, and goals of every team that has played in La Segunda since its inception in 1929. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2008-09 season.

Segunda División seasons

Season Champions Runner Up Other teams promoted
1929 Sevilla (not promoted) Real Zaragoza (not promoted)
1929-30 Alavés Sporting Gijon (not promoted)
1930-31 Valencia Sevilla (not promoted)
1931-32 Real Betis Real Oviedo (not promoted)
1932-33 Real Oviedo Atlético Madrid (not promoted)
1933-34 Sevilla Atlético Madrid
1934-35 Hércules Osasuna
1935-36 Celta de Vigo Real Zaragoza
1939-40 Real Murcia Deportivo La Coruña
1940-41 Granada Real Sociedad Castellón and Deportivo La Coruña
1941-42 Real Betis Real Zaragoza
1942-43 Sabadell Real Sociedad
1943-44 Sporting de Gijón Real Murcia
1944-45 Alcoyano Hércules Celta de Vigo
1945-46 Sabadell Deportivo La Coruña
1946-47 Alcoyano Gimnàstic de Tarragona Real Sociedad
1947-48 Real Valladolid Deportivo La Coruña
1948-49 Real Sociedad Málaga
Season Northern Group Winner Southern Group Winner Other teams promoted
1949-50 Racing de Santander Alcoyano Lleida and Real Murcia
1950-51 Sporting de Gijón Moghreb Athletic Tétouan Real Zaragoza and Las Palmas
1951-52 Real Oviedo Málaga
1952-53 Osasuna Real Jaén
1953-54 Deportivo Alavés Las Palmas Hércules and Málaga
1954-55 Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa Real Murcia
1955-56 Osasuna Real Jaén Real Zaragoza and Condal
1956-57 Sporting de Gijón Granada
1957-58 Real Oviedo Real Betis
1958-59 Real Valladolid Elche
1959-60 Racing de Santander Mallorca
1960-61 Osasuna Tenerife
1961-62 Deportivo La Coruña Córdoba Real Valladolid and Málaga
1962-63 Pontevedra Real Murcia Levante and Espanyol
1963-64 Deportivo La Coruña Las Palmas
1964-65 Pontevedra Mallorca Sabadell and Málaga
1965-66 Deportivo La Coruña Hércules Granada
1966-67 Real Sociedad Málaga Real Betis
1967-68 Deportivo La Coruña Granada
Season Champions Runner Up Other teams promoted
1968-69 Sevilla Celta de Vigo Mallorca
1969-70 Sporting de Gijón Málaga Espanyol
1970-71 Real Betis Burgos Deportivo La Coruña and Córdoba
1971-72 Real Oviedo Castellón Real Zaragoza
1972-73 Real Murcia Elche Racing de Santander
1973-74 Real Betis Hércules Salamanca
1974-75 Real Oviedo Racing de Santander Sevilla
1975-76 Burgos Celta de Vigo Málaga
1976-77 Sporting de Gijón Cádiz Rayo Vallecano
1977-78 Real Zaragoza Recreativo de Huelva Celta de Vigo
1978-79 Almería Málaga Real Betis
1979-80 Real Murcia Real Valladolid Osasuna
1980-81 Castellón Cádiz Racing de Santander
1981-82 Celta de Vigo Salamanca Málaga
1982-83 Real Murcia Cádiz Mallorca
1983-84 Castilla (not promoted due to being Real Madrid's reserve team) Bilbao Athletic (not promoted due to being Athletic Bilbao's reserve team) Hércules, Racing de Santander and Elche
1984-85 Las Palmas Cádiz Celta de Vigo
1985-86 Real Murcia Sabadell Mallorca
1986-87 Valencia Logroñés Celta de Vigo
1987-88 Málaga Elche Real Oviedo
1988-89 Castellón Rayo Vallecano Mallorca and Tenerife
1989-90 Real Burgos Real Betis Espanyol
1990-91 Albacete Balompié Deportivo La Coruña
1991-92 Celta de Vigo Rayo Vallecano
1992-93 Lleida Real Valladolid Racing de Santander
1993-94 Espanyol Real Betis Compostela
1994-95 Mérida Rayo Vallecano Salamanca
1995-96 Hércules Logroñés Extremadura
1996-97 Mérida Salamanca Mallorca
1997-98 Deportivo Alavés Extremadura Villarreal
1998-99 Málaga Atlético Madrid B (not promoted due to being Atlético Madrid's reserve team) Numancia, Sevilla and Rayo Vallecano
1999-2000 Las Palmas Osasuna Villarreal
2000-01 Sevilla Real Betis Tenerife
2001-02 Atlético Madrid Racing de Santander Recreativo de Huelva
2002-03 Real Murcia Real Zaragoza Albacete Balompié
2003-04 Levante Numancia Getafe
2004-05 Cádiz Celta de Vigo Deportivo Alavés
2005-06 Recreativo de Huelva Gimnàstic de Tarragona Levante
2006-07 Real Valladolid Almería Real Murcia
2007-08 Numancia Málaga Sporting de Gijón
2008-09 Xerez Real Zaragoza Tenerife
2009-10 Real Sociedad Hércules Levante

Number of titles overall

*Championships got by Málaga CF and CD Málaga

2010–11 Teams

 

Relegated from 2009/10 La Liga

Relegated to 2010/11 Segunda División B


2010–11 Stadia

Home Club Stadium Name Capacity
Betis Manuel Ruiz de Lopera 51,309
Elche Manuel Martínez Valero 38,750
Celta Vigo Balaídos 32,500
Las Palmas Gran Canaria 32,500
Valladolid José Zorrilla 26,512
Tenerife Heliodoro Rodríguez López 24,000
Recreativo Nuevo Colombino 21,670
Xerez CD Chapín 20,300
Salamanca El Helmántico 17,341
Albacete Carlos Belmonte 17,300
Granada Los Cármenes 16,612
Córdoba Nuevo Arcángel 15,425
Barcelona B Mini Estadi 15,276
Cartagena Cartagonova 15,105
Rayo Vallecano Teresa Rivero 15,000
Gimnàstic Nou Estadi 14,500
Numancia Los Pajaritos 10,200
Ponferradina El Toralín 8,200
Huesca El Alcoraz 8,000
Girona Montilivi 9,200
Villarreal B Ciudad Deportiva 5,000
Alcorcón Santo Domingo 3,000

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