Segunda División

For other uses, see Segunda División (disambiguation).

The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División^[a], also known as LaLiga 2,^[1] and commercially known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons,^[2] is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administrated by the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, it is contested by 22 teams, with the top two teams plus the winner of a play-off promoted to LaLiga and replaced by the three lowest-placed teams in that division.

LaLiga 2

Organising body	Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (La Liga)
Founded	1929; 94 years ago (1929)
Country	Spain (21 teams)
Other club(s) from	Andorra (1 team)
Confederation	UEFA
Number of teams	22
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	La Liga
Relegation to	Tercera División (1929–1977) Segunda División B (1977–2021) Primera Federación (2021–22)
Domestic cup(s)	Copa del Rey
International cup(s)	UEFA Europa League (via winning Copa del Rey)
Current champions	Almería (1st title) (2021–22)
Most championships	Murcia (8 titles)
TV partners	Movistar+ Gol
Website	laliga.com
Current: 2022–23 Segunda División

History

This championship was created in 1929 by the Royal Spanish Football Federation. The league has been national, single-table except for a period from 1949 to 1968 in which it was regionalized into two North and South groups. Since 1984 it has been organized by the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional.

In 2006, the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional agreed to a ten-year sponsorship agreement with the banking group BBVA. Segunda División was thereby rebranded as 'Liga BBVA'. Two years later, as the BBVA sponsorship was extended to the Primera División (which received the Liga BBVA commercial name), the Segunda División was then renamed as 'Liga Adelante'.^[3] Another banking group, Banco Santander, took over the sponsorship of both tiers in 2016, upon which the Segunda División was renamed 'La Liga 1|2|3', before being renamed 'LaLiga Smartbank' in time for the 2019–20 season.^[4]

Since the 2010–11 season, a play-off for the third and last promotion slot has been played between the teams that finished 3rd to 6th (reserve teams are not eligible for promotion).

League format

The league contains 22 teams that play each other home and away for a 42-match season. Each year three teams are promoted to La Liga. The top two teams earn an automatic promotion. The third team to be promoted is the winner of a play-off between the teams that finished 3rd to 6th (reserve teams are not eligible for promotion). The play-offs comprise two-legged semi-finals followed by a two-legged final. The bottom four are relegated to Primera Federación.^[5]

Stadia and locations

 

 

Alavés

 

Albacete

 

Andorra

 

Burgos

 

Cartagena

 

Eibar

 

Granada

 

Huesca

 

Ibiza

 

Leganés

 

Levante

 

Lugo

 

Málaga

 

Mirandés

 

Oviedo

 

Ponferradina

 

Racing Santander

 

Sporting Gijón

 

Villarreal B

 

Zaragoza

 

Canary Islands (see below)

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Location of teams in 2022–23 Segunda División

 

 

Las Palmas

 

Tenerife

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Location of teams in 2022–23 Segunda División (Canary Islands)

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Alavés	Vitoria-Gasteiz	Mendizorrotza	19,840^[6]
Albacete	Albacete	Carlos Belmonte	17,524^[7]
Andorra	Andorra la Vella	Estadi Nacional	3,306
Burgos	Burgos	El Plantío	12,194^[8]
Cartagena	Cartagena	Cartagonova	15,105^[9]
Eibar	Eibar	Ipurua	8,164^[10]
Granada	Granada	Nuevo Los Cármenes	19,336^[11]
Huesca	Huesca	El Alcoraz	9,100^[12]
Ibiza	Ibiza	Can Misses	6,000^[13]
Las Palmas	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	Gran Canaria	31,250^[14]
Leganés	Leganés	Butarque	12,450^[15]
Levante	Valencia	Ciutat de València	26,354^[16]
Lugo	Lugo	Anxo Carro	7,070^[17]
Málaga	Málaga	La Rosaleda	30,044^[18]
Mirandés	Miranda de Ebro	Anduva	5,759^[19]
Oviedo	Oviedo	Carlos Tartiere	30,500^[20]
Ponferradina	Ponferrada	El Toralín	8,400^[21]
Racing Santander	Santander	El Sardinero	22,222^[22]
Sporting Gijón	Gijón	El Molinón	30,000^[23]
Tenerife	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Heliodoro Rodríguez López	22,824^[24]
Villarreal B	Villarreal	Ciudad Deportiva Villarreal CF Estadio de la Ceramica	5,000 23,000
Zaragoza	Zaragoza	La Romareda	33,608^[25]

Team changes

Promoted from 2021–22 Primera División RFEF	Relegated from 2021–22 La Liga	Promoted to 2022–23 La Liga	Relegated to 2022–23 Primera División RFEF
Racing Santander Andorra Albacete Villarreal B	Alavés Granada Levante	Almería Valladolid Girona	Alcorcón Fuenlabrada Amorebieta Real Sociedad B

All-time standings

Main article: Football records and statistics in Spain § All-time table

Segunda División seasons

Season	Champions	Runners-up	Other Teams Promoted
1929	Sevilla^[i]	Iberia SC^[i]
1929–30	Alavés	Sporting Gijón^[i]
1930–31	Valencia	Sevilla^[i]
1931–32	Real Betis	Oviedo^[i]
1932–33	Oviedo	Atlético Madrid^[i]
1933–34	Sevilla	Atlético Madrid
1934–35	Hércules	Osasuna
1935–36	Celta Vigo	Zaragoza
1939–40	Murcia	Deportivo La Coruña (not promoted)
1940–41	Granada	Real Sociedad	Castellón and Deportivo La Coruña
1941–42	Real Betis	Zaragoza
1942–43	Sabadell	Real Sociedad
1943–44	Sporting Gijón	Murcia
1944–45	Alcoyano	Hércules	Celta Vigo
1945–46	Sabadell	Deportivo La Coruña
1946–47	Alcoyano	Gimnàstic	Real Sociedad
1947–48	Valladolid	Deportivo La Coruña
1948–49	Real Sociedad	Málaga
Season	Northern Group Winner	Southern Group Winner	Other teams promoted
1949–50	Racing Santander	Alcoyano	Lleida and Murcia
1950–51	Sporting Gijón	Atlético Tetuán	Zaragoza and Las Palmas
1951–52	Oviedo	Málaga
1952–53	Osasuna	Jaén
1953–54	Alavés	Las Palmas	Hércules and Málaga
1954–55	Cultural Leonesa	Murcia
1955–56	Osasuna	Jaén	Zaragoza and Condal
1956–57	Sporting Gijón	Granada
1957–58	Oviedo	Real Betis
1958–59	Elche	Valladolid
1959–60	Racing Santander	Mallorca
1960–61	Osasuna	Tenerife
1961–62	Deportivo La Coruña	Córdoba	Valladolid and Málaga
1962–63	Pontevedra	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 Vigo	Mallorca
1969–70	Sporting Gijón	Málaga	Espanyol
1970–71	Real Betis	Burgos (I)	Deportivo La Coruña and Córdoba
1971–72	Oviedo	Castellón	Zaragoza
1972–73	Murcia	Elche	Racing Santander
1973–74	Real Betis	Hércules	Salamanca
1974–75	Oviedo	Racing Santander	Sevilla
1975–76	Burgos (I)	Celta Vigo	Málaga
1976–77	Sporting Gijón	Cádiz	Rayo Vallecano
1977–78	Zaragoza	Recreativo	Celta Vigo
1978–79	AD Almería	Málaga	Real Betis
1979–80	Murcia	Valladolid	Osasuna
1980–81	Castellón	Cádiz	Racing Santander
1981–82	Celta Vigo	Salamanca	Málaga
1982–83	Murcia	Cádiz	Mallorca
1983–84	Castilla^[ii]	Bilbao Athletic^[ii]	Hércules, Racing Santander and Elche
1984–85	Las Palmas	Cádiz	Celta Vigo
1985–86	Murcia	Sabadell	Mallorca
1986–87	Valencia	Logroñés	Celta Vigo
1987–88	Málaga	Elche	Oviedo
1988–89	Castellón	Rayo Vallecano	Mallorca and Tenerife
1989–90	Real Burgos	Real Betis	Espanyol
1990–91	Albacete	Deportivo La Coruña
1991–92	Celta Vigo	Rayo Vallecano
1992–93	Lleida	Valladolid	Racing 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	Alavés	Extremadura	Villarreal
1998–99	Málaga	Atlético Madrid B^[ii]	Numancia, Sevilla and Rayo Vallecano
1999–2000	Las Palmas	Osasuna	Villarreal
2000–01	Sevilla	Real Betis	Tenerife
2001–02	Atlético Madrid	Racing Santander	Recreativo
2002–03	Murcia	Zaragoza	Albacete
2003–04	Levante	Numancia	Getafe
2004–05	Cádiz	Celta Vigo	Alavés
2005–06	Recreativo	Gimnàstic	Levante
2006–07	Valladolid	Almería	Murcia
2007–08	Numancia	Málaga	Sporting Gijón
2008–09	Xerez	Zaragoza	Tenerife
2009–10	Real Sociedad	Hércules	Levante
2010–11	Real Betis	Rayo Vallecano	Granada
2011–12	Deportivo La Coruña	Celta Vigo	Valladolid
2012–13	Elche	Villarreal	Almeria
2013–14	Eibar	Deportivo La Coruña	Córdoba
2014–15	Real Betis	Sporting Gijón	Las Palmas
2015–16	Alavés	Leganés	Osasuna
2016–17	Levante	Girona	Getafe
2017–18	Rayo Vallecano	Huesca	Valladolid
2018–19	Osasuna	Granada	Mallorca
2019–20	Huesca	Cádiz	Elche
2020–21	Espanyol	Mallorca	Rayo Vallecano
2021–22	Almería	Valladolid	Girona

Notelist

1. Not promoted
2. Not promoted due to being a reserve team from a La Liga side

Champions and promotions

Club	Winners	Promotions	Winning Years
Murcia	8	11	1939–40, 1954–55, 1962–63, 1972–73, 1979–80, 1982–83, 1985–86, 2002–03
Real Betis	7	12	1931–32, 1941–42, 1957–58, 1970–71, 1973–74, 2010–11, 2014–15
Deportivo La Coruña	5	11	1961–62, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1967–68, 2011–12
Sporting Gijón	5	7	1943–44, 1950–51, 1956–57, 1969–70, 1976–77
Oviedo	5	6	1932–33, 1951–52, 1957–58, 1971–72, 1974–75
Málaga*	4	13	1951–52, 1966–67, 1987–88, 1998–99
Osasuna	4	7	1952–53, 1955–56, 1960–61, 2018–19
Alavés	4	6	1929–30, 1953–54, 1997–98, 2015–16
Sevilla	4	5	1929, 1933–34, 1968–69, 2000–01
Las Palmas	4	5	1953–54, 1963–64, 1984–85, 1999–2000
Celta Vigo	3	11	1935–36, 1981–82, 1991–92
Hércules	3	8	1934–35, 1965–66, 1995–96
Valladolid	3	9	1947–48, 1958–59, 2006–07
Real Sociedad	3	6	1948–49, 1966–67, 2009–10
Granada	3	5	1940–41, 1956–57, 1967–68
Alcoyano	3	3	1944–45, 1946–47, 1949–50
Racing Santander	2	8	1949–50, 1959–60
Mallorca	2	7	1959–60, 1964–65
Elche	2	6	1958–59, 2012–13
Levante	2	5	2003–04, 2016–17
Castellón	2	4	1980–81, 1988–89
Sabadell	2	4	1942–43, 1945–46
Espanyol	2	4	1993–94, 2020–21
Mérida	2	2	1994–95, 1996–97
Valencia	2	2	1930–31, 1986–87
Pontevedra	2	2	1962–63, 1964–65
Jaén	2	2	1952–53, 1955–56
Zaragoza	1	8	1977–78
Rayo Vallecano	1	7	2017–18
Cádiz	1	6	2004–05
Tenerife	1	4	1960–61
Almería	1	3	2021–22
Numancia	1	3	2007–08
Recreativo	1	3	2005–06
Córdoba	1	3	1961–62
Huesca	1	2	2019–20
Atlético Madrid	1	2	2001–02
Lleida	1	2	1992–93
Albacete	1	2	1990–91
Burgos CF (I)	1	2	1975–76
Eibar	1	1	2013–14
Xerez	1	1	2008–09
Real Burgos	1	1	1989–90
AD Almería	1	1	1978–79
Cultural Leonesa	1	1	1954–55
Atlético Tetuán	1	1	1950–51
Castilla	1	n/a	1983–84

Italics: shared titles
*Championships won by Málaga CF and CD Málaga

Media coverage

Spain

Broadcaster	Summary	Ref
Movistar+	11 (all) matches per week, live.	^[26]
Gol	2 matches per week, live and free.	^[27]

Sponsorship names for seasons

• Liga BBVA (2006–2008)
• Liga Adelante (2008–2016)
• LaLiga 1|2|3 (2016–2019)
• LaLiga SmartBank (2019–present)

See also

• List of La Liga broadcasters

Notes

1. Spanish: [kampeoˈnato naθjoˈnal de ˈliɣa ðe seˈɣunda ðiβiˈsjon]; "Second Division National League Championship"

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