Segunda División

For other uses, see Segunda División (disambiguation).

The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División,^[a] commonly known as Segunda División, and officially known as LALIGA HYPERMOTION for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administered by 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 La Liga and replaced by the three lowest-placed teams in that division.

LALIGA HYPERMOTION

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	Primera División
Relegation to	Tercera División (1929–1977) Segunda División B (1977–2021) Primera Federación (2021–)
Domestic cup(s)	Copa del Rey
International cup(s)	UEFA Europa League (via winning Copa del Rey)
Current champions	Granada (4th title) (2022–23)
Most championships	Murcia (8 titles)
TV partners	LaLiga TV Hypermotion #Vamos por Movistar Plus+
Website	laliga.com
Current: 2023–24 Segunda División

History

The Second Division National Championship was inaugurated concurrently with the First Division, during the 1928-29 season. This setup comprised twenty teams divided into two groups: A and B. Group A functioned as the secondary national level, where the leading team would contest for promotion to the First Division and the bottom two faced relegation to the Third Division. Conversely, Group B represented the third tier, wherein two teams were promoted to the Second Division, while the remaining eight joined the newly formed Third Division in the subsequent season.

For this inaugural season, Group A consisted of the following clubs: Sevilla F. C., Iberia S. C., Deportivo Alavés, Real Sporting de Gijón, Valencia F. C., Real Betis Balompié, Real Oviedo F. C., Real Club Celta, R. C. Deportivo de La Coruña, and Racing Club de Madrid. On the other hand, Group B featured Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa, Real Murcia F. C., C. D. Castellón, C. D. Torrelavega, Zaragoza C. D., Real Valladolid Deportivo, C. A. Osasuna, Tolosa C. F., Barakaldo C. F., and Cartagena F. C..

The structure and number of teams in the competition have evolved over time. In the 1934-35 season, the league was segmented into multiple groups. This format persisted until the 1968-69 season when it transitioned back to the singular group system that is in place today. From 1977 to 1984, when its management transitioned to the National Professional Football League, the tournament was referred to as Second Division A, after the introduction of the Second Division B as the third level in the national football hierarchy.

During the 2019-20 season, a global outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 emerged,^[1] having originated in Asia and subsequently spreading to Europe.^[2][3] As the virus rapidly spread across the continent, leading to rising infections and fatalities, sports entities began implementing preventative measures. In Spain, to mitigate the spread, only one match was held behind closed doors, without spectators,^[4] yet the concern and rate of infections did not diminish, with several players and club executives testing positive. In light of the escalating situation, La Liga opted to halt all competitions temporarily,^[5] following a precedent set by UEFA, which had suspended both the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.^[6][7] In a similar vein, Italy's CONI and FIGC put the Serie A on hold due to the same health concerns.^[8] After a period of lockdown which saw a decrease in the spread of the virus, the government allowed sporting competitions to recommence,^[9] culminating on July 20 as the remaining games were played, mirroring events in the First Division. Nonetheless, on the final matchday, multiple players from Club de Fútbol Fuenlabrada, S.A.D. were diagnosed with the virus. Consequently, their pivotal game against Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña, which was of great importance to the league standings, was delayed. This disruption impacted several clubs and the ensuing promotion playoffs.^[10]

Naming Conventions

The 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons marked the first instances when the championship adopted a commercial designation, being named "Liga BBVA" following a sponsorship agreement between the National Professional Football League and the bank of the same title.^[11] From the 2008-09 through to the 2015-16 seasons, the division was rebranded as "Liga Adelante" as the bank transitioned to sponsor the First Division.^[12] In the 2016-17 season, Banco Santander emerged as the primary sponsor, prompting the names "LaLiga 1|2|3". From the 2019-20 season onward, it became "LaLiga SmartBank". During the 2023-24 season, the new sponsor was introduced as EA Sports, resulting in the title "LALIGA HYPERMOTION".^[13][14]

Records

Real Murcia has participated in the Second Division for the most seasons, a total of 53, and has secured the championship title on eight occasions. They are followed by Sporting de Gijón with 48 seasons, Tenerife and Sabadell with 44, Hércules de Alicante with 43, and Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña, Castellón, and Cádiz each with 41 seasons.

Sociedad Deportiva Eibar holds the record for consecutive seasons in the division, with 18 seasons running from 1987/88 to 2005/06.

Among all teams that have ever competed in this division, only six have never featured in lower divisions: Atlético de Madrid, Espanyol, Valencia, Sevilla, Real Sociedad, and Sporting de Gijón.

In the 2011-12 season, Deportivo de La Coruña set a new record by amassing 91 points, leading them to clinch the championship.^[15][16] The subsequent season, 2012-13, witnessed Elche as the first team to maintain the top position throughout all 42 matchdays.^[17][18]

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.^[19]

Clubs

22 teams contest the league in its current season, including the top 15 sides from the 2022–23 season, three relegated from 2022–23 La Liga and four promoted from the 2022–23 Primera Federación. Elche, Espanyol and Real Valladolid were relegated from La Liga, Amorebieta, Racing Ferrol were promoted directly, Alcorcón and Eldense won the promotion play-off.

Team changes

Promoted from 2022–23 Primera Federación	Relegated from 2022–23 La Liga	Promoted to 2023–24 La Liga	Relegated to 2023–24 Primera Federación
Alcorcón Amorebieta Eldense Racing Ferrol	Elche Espanyol Real Valladolid	Alaves Granada Las Palmas	Ibiza Lugo Malaga Ponferradina

Stadiums and locations

 

 

Albacete

 

Alcorcón

 

Amorebieta

 

Andorra

 

Burgos

 

Cartagena

 

Eibar

 

Elche

 

Eldense

 

Espanyol

 

Huesca

 

Leganés

 

Levante

 

Mirandés

 

Oviedo

 

Racing Ferrol

 

Racing Santander

 

Sporting

 

Valladolid

 

Villarreal B

 

Zaragoza

 

Canary Islands (see below)

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Location of teams in 2023–24 Segunda División

 

 

Tenerife

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Location of teams in 2023–24 Segunda División (Canary Islands)

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Albacete	Albacete	Carlos Belmonte	17,524^[20]
Alcorcón	Alcorcón	Santo Domingo	5,100^[21]
Amorebieta	Amorebieta-Etxano	Urritxe	3,000^[22]
Andorra	Andorra la Vella	Estadi Nacional	3,306
Burgos	Burgos	El Plantío	12,194^[23]
Cartagena	Cartagena	Cartagonova	15,105^[24]
Eibar	Eibar	Ipurua	8,164^[25]
Elche	Elche	Martínez Valero	33,732^[26]
Eldense	Elda	Nuevo Pepico Amat	4,036
Espanyol	Cornellà de Llobregat	RCDE Stadium	40,000^[27]
Huesca	Huesca	El Alcoraz	9,100^[28]
Leganés	Leganés	Butarque	12,450^[29]
Levante	Valencia	Ciutat de València	26,354^[30]
Mirandés	Miranda de Ebro	Anduva	5,759^[31]
Oviedo	Oviedo	Carlos Tartiere	30,500^[32]
Racing Ferrol	Ferrol	A Malata	12,043^[33]
Racing Santander	Santander	El Sardinero	22,222^[34]
Sporting Gijón	Gijón	El Molinón	30,000^[35]
Tenerife	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Heliodoro Rodríguez López	22,824^[36]
Valladolid	Valladolid	José Zorrilla	27,618^[37]
Villarreal B	Villarreal	Estadio de la Ceramica	23,000
Zaragoza	Zaragoza	La Romareda	33,608^[38]

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
2022–23	Granada	Las Palmas	Alavés

Notes

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
Alavés	4	7	1929–30, 1953–54, 1997–98, 2015–16
Osasuna	4	7	1952–53, 1955–56, 1960–61, 2018–19
Las Palmas	4	6	1953–54, 1963–64, 1984–85, 1999–2000
Granada	4	6	1940–41, 1956–57, 1967–68, 2022–23
Sevilla	4	5	1929, 1933–34, 1968–69, 2000–01
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
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
LaLiga TV Hypermotion	11 (all) matches per week, live.	^[39]
#Vamos por Movistar Plus+	2 matches per week, live.	^[39]

Sponsorship names for seasons

• Liga BBVA (2006–2008)
• Liga Adelante (2008–2016)
• LaLiga 1|2|3 (2016–2019)
• LaLiga SmartBank (2019–2023)
• LaLiga Hypermotion (2023–Present)^[40]

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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