1940–41 Segunda División

The 1940–41 Segunda División season saw 24 teams participate in the second flight Spanish league. Granada, Real Sociedad, Deportivo and Castellón were promoted to Primera División. Real Avilés, Badalona and Córdoba were relegated to Tercera División.

Segunda División
Season1940–41
ChampionsGranada CF
PromotedGranada CF
Real Sociedad
Deportivo La Coruña
CD Castellón
RelegatedReal Avilés CF
CF Badalona
CD Córdoba
Matches played264
Goals scored1,059 (4.01 per match)
Top goalscorerJulio Elicegui
(26 goals)
Best goalkeeperFlorentino Buey
(0.90 goals/match)
Biggest home winReal Sociedad 14–2 Valladolid
(8 January 1941)
Biggest away winBadalona 1–9 Castellón
(16 February 1941)
Highest scoringReal Sociedad 14–2 Valladolid
(8 January 1941)

Group 1 edit

Teams edit

Club City Stadium
Arenas Club Guecho Ibaiondo
Real Avilés CF Avilés Las Arobias
Baracaldo-Oriamendi Baracaldo Lasesarre
RCD La Coruña La Coruña Riazor
Club Ferrol Ferrol Inferniño
Real Gijón Gijón El Molinón
CA Osasuna Pamplona San Juan
Real Sociedad San Sebastián Atocha
Real Unión Club Irun Stadium Gal
UD Salamanca Salamanca El Calvario
Real Santander SD Santander El Sardinero
Real Valladolid Deportivo Valladolid José Zorrilla

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Real Sociedad (O, P) 22 16 2 4 81 40 +41 34 Qualification for the promotion playoffs
2 Deportivo La Coruña (O, P) 22 14 5 3 75 26 +49 33
3 Real Gijón 22 13 3 6 54 40 +14 29
4 Ferrol 22 11 4 7 49 38 +11 26
5 Osasuna 22 11 2 9 44 45 −1 24
6 Real Santander 22 9 4 9 42 40 +2 22
7 Salamanca 22 6 6 10 38 48 −10 18[a]
8 Arenas 22 8 2 12 28 47 −19 18[a]
9 Real Unión 22 6 5 11 37 58 −21 17
10 Real Valladolid 22 7 2 13 40 63 −23 16[b]
11 Baracaldo-Oriamendi (O) 22 5 6 11 40 57 −17 16[b] Qualification for the relegation playoffs
12 Real Avilés (R) 22 2 7 13 28 54 −26 11 Relegation to Tercera División
Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Salamanca finished ahead of Arenas on head-to-head points: Arenas–Salamanca 2–3, Salamanca–Arenas 4–0
  2. ^ a b Valladolid finished ahead of Baracaldo on head-to-head points: Baracaldo–Valladolid 2–3, Valladolid–Baracaldo 2–0

Results edit

Home \ Away ARE AVI BAR DEP FER GIJ OSA RSO RUN SAL SAT VLL
Arenas 1–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 0–2 4–0 1–2 3–0 2–3 1–0 5–3
Real Avilés 1–2 0–1 2–5 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 3–3 1–0 2–1
Baracaldo-Oriamendi 2–0 4–1 2–2 1–1 6–1 3–5 3–3 3–3 2–1 2–2 2–3
Deportivo La Coruña 7–0 7–0 9–0 2–0 3–1 6–2 2–2 3–1 3–1 7–0 2–1
Ferrol 2–0 4–2 4–0 1–1 1–3 6–3 4–2 2–3 4–1 2–1 5–2
Real Gijón 4–0 5–4 2–1 1–3 3–2 2–1 4–0 4–3 2–2 3–0 1–3
Osasuna 2–0 3–2 1–1 0–4 1–3 3–1 1–2 6–1 2–0 0–2 3–1
Real Sociedad 4–1 3–2 4–1 4–2 5–1 2–1 0–2 6–2 3–1 7–2 14–2
Real Unión 0–0 5–1 4–1 2–0 1–3 1–5 1–3 1–6 0–0 0–3 0–3
Salamanca 4–0 4–2 3–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–2 3–5 1–5 6–1
Real Santander 2–0 0–0 3–2 2–2 1–1 2–5 4–0 3–2 0–1 7–1 3–1
Real Valladolid 4–1 0–0 2–0 1–3 4–1 2–3 0–2 3–6 2–2 0–1 1–0
Source: BDFútbol
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 2 edit

Teams edit

Club City Stadium
CF Badalona Badalona Avenida de Navarra
Real Betis Balompié Seville Heliópolis
Cádiz CF Cádiz La Mirandilla
Cartagena CF Cartagena El Almarjal
CD Castellón Castellón de la Plana Campo del Sequiol
CD Córdoba Córdoba América
Gerona CF Gerona Vista Alegre
Granada CF Granada Los Cármenes
UD Levante-Gimnástico Valencia Vallejo
CD Malacitano Málaga Baños del Carmen
CD Sabadell FC Sabadell Cruz Alta
Xerez Club Jerez de la Frontera Domecq

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Castellón (O, P) 22 14 3 5 64 34 +30 31 Qualification for the promotion playoffs
2 Granada (O, P) 22 13 4 5 43 21 +22 30
3 Levante-Gimnástico 22 13 3 6 59 35 +24 29
4 Gerona 22 12 2 8 44 28 +16 26
5 Malacitano 22 10 5 7 45 34 +11 25
6 Xerez Club 22 9 5 8 32 38 −6 23[a]
7 Real Betis 22 10 3 9 45 33 +12 23[a]
8 Cádiz 22 9 3 10 46 34 +12 21
9 Sabadell 22 8 4 10 37 43 −6 20
10 Cartagena CF 22 7 5 10 41 51 −10 19
11 CD Córdoba (R) 22 3 3 16 27 69 −42 9 Qualification for the relegation playoffs
12 Badalona (R) 22 3 2 17 21 84 −63 8 Relegation to Tercera División
Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Xerez finished ahead of Real Betis on head-to-head points: Real Betis–Xerez 1–1, Xerez–Real Betis 1–0

Results edit

Home \ Away BAD BET CÁD CAR CAS CÓR GER GRA LEV MLC SAB XER
Badalona 1–0 1–0 3–4 1–9 2–1 2–3 1–3 0–4 2–2 0–0 0–1
Real Betis 9–1 1–1 4–0 2–0 4–1 4–3 3–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 1–1
Cádiz 4–1 0–1 3–0 4–2 6–0 3–1 1–2 1–1 4–1 4–0 2–3
Cartagena CF 6–0 3–1 4–2 1–2 3–1 2–1 0–0 2–3 1–2 3–4 2–4
Castellón 6–0 3–0 2–1 3–3 5–2 4–2 1–0 6–4 6–0 1–0 3–0
CD Córdoba 4–2 2–1 2–5 3–1 2–2 1–1 1–3 0–3 0–2 1–2 1–3
Gerona 1–0 1–0 2–0 4–0 3–1 6–1 1–1 2–0 4–0 1–0 3–0
Granada 8–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 4–0 3–0
Levante-Gimnástico 6–3 3–2 0–1 6–0 4–2 6–1 4–3 1–0 3–0 3–0 1–2
Malacitano 7–1 3–5 3–0 0–1 2–2 4–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–2 7–0
Sabadell 3–0 3–2 4–2 2–2 0–3 5–1 0–1 1–2 3–2 1–1 3–0
Xerez Club 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–3 1–2 0–0 5–2
Source: BDFútbol
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion playoffs edit

First round edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Granada (C, P) 6 4 0 2 10 10 0 8 Promotion to La Liga
2 Real Sociedad (P) 6 3 0 3 15 11 +4 6[a]
3 Deportivo La Coruña (O, P) 6 3 0 3 15 11 +4 6[a] Qualification for the second round
4 Castellón (O, P) 6 2 0 4 9 17 −8 4
Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Real Sociedad finished ahead of Deportivo La Coruña on head-to-head points: Real Sociedad–Deportivo La Coruña 2–0, Deportivo La Coruña–Real Sociedad 3–4

Results edit

Home \ Away CAS DEP GRA RSO
Castellón 3–0 0–1 3–0
Deportivo La Coruña 6–0 3–1 3–4
Granada 3–2 1–3 2–1
Real Sociedad 7–1 2–0 1–2
Source: BDFútbol
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second round edit

2 May 1941 Castellón 3–2ZaragozaMadrid
Basilio   5'
Arnau   20'
Hernández   84'
Report Vilanova   39'
Ameztoy   80'
Stadium: Chamartín
Referee: González Díaz
4 May 1941 Deportivo La Coruña 2–1 (a.e.t.)MurciaMadrid
Chacho   77'
Guimerans   95'
Report Tito   33' Stadium: Vallecas
Referee: Escartín

Relegation playoffs edit

4 May 1941 Baracaldo-Oriamendi 4–3 (a.e.t.)LangreanoSantander
Gárate   26', 76', 96', 100' Zamora   19'
Rada   61'
Gito   119'
Stadium: El Sardinero
Referee: Antón
15 May 1941 CD Córdoba1–2 Elche Madrid
Stadium: Chamartín

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