1972–73 Segunda División

The 1972–73 Segunda División season saw 20 teams participate in the second flight Spanish league. Real Murcia, Elche CF and Racing de Santander were promoted to Primera División. CD Logroñés, Pontevedra CF, Cultural Leonesa and CD Mestalla were relegated to Tercera División.

Segunda División

Season	1972–73
Dates	2 September 1972 – 17 June 1973
Champions	Real Murcia (5th title)
Promoted	Elche Racing de Santander
Relegated	Logroñés Pontevedra Cultural Leonesa Mestalla
Matches played	380
Goals scored	853 (2.24 per match)
Top goalscorer	Antonio Illán (19 goals)
← 1971–72 1973–74 →

Teams

Baracaldo

Cádiz

Córdoba

Cultural

Elche

Gimnástico

Hércules

Logroñés

Mallorca

Mestalla

Murcia

Osasuna

Pontevedra

Racing

Rayo

Sabadell

San Andrés

Sevilla

Valladolid

Canary Islands (see below)

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Location of teams in Segunda División 1972-73

Tenerife

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Canary Islands

Club	City	Stadium
Baracaldo	Barakaldo	Lasesarre
Cádiz	Cádiz	Ramón de Carranza
Córdoba	Córdoba	El Árcangel
Cultural Leonesa	León	Antonio Amilivia
Elche	Elche	Altabix
Gimnástico de Tarragona	Tarragona	José Luis Calderón
Hércules	Alicante	La Viña
Logroñés	Logroño	Las Gaunas
Mallorca	Palma de Mallorca	Luis Sitjar
Mestalla	Valencia	Mestalla
Murcia	Murcia	La Condomina
Osasuna	Pamplona	El Sadar
Pontevedra	Pontevedra	Pasarón
Racing de Santander	Santander	El Sardinero
Rayo Vallecano	Madrid	Vallehermoso
Sabadell	Sabadell	Nova Creu Alta
San Andrés	Barcelona	Calle Santa Coloma
Sevilla	Seville	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Tenerife	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Heliodoro Rodríguez López
Real Valladolid	Valladolid	José Zorrilla

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Real Murcia	38	24	6	8	61	26	+35	54	Promoted to Primera División
2	Elche CF	38	20	10	8	48	28	+20	50
3	Racing de Santander	38	20	8	10	41	37	+4	48
4	Sevilla CF	38	16	12	10	45	29	+16	44
5	Real Valladolid	38	15	12	11	42	32	+10	42
6	CD San Andrés	38	14	12	12	49	51	−2	40
7	Cádiz CF	38	14	11	13	51	45	+6	39
8	Baracaldo CF	38	14	11	13	43	48	−5	39
9	Hércules CF	38	16	7	15	42	39	+3	39
10	RCD Mallorca	38	15	9	14	37	33	+4	39
11	Rayo Vallecano	38	15	7	16	58	50	+8	37
12	CD Sabadell	38	12	12	14	45	50	−5	36
13	Córdoba CF	38	13	9	16	45	46	−1	35	Relegation playoff
14	CD Tenerife	38	13	9	16	36	38	−2	35
15	CA Osasuna	38	13	8	17	32	49	−17	34
16	Gimnástico de Tarragona	38	12	9	17	35	48	−13	33
17	CD Logroñés	38	8	14	16	40	48	−8	30	Relegated to Tercera División
18	Pontevedra CF	38	10	10	18	37	50	−13	30
19	Cultural Leonesa	38	10	10	18	37	53	−16	30
20	CD Mestalla	38	6	14	18	29	53	−24	26

Source: BDFutbol

Results

Home \ Away	BAC	CÁD	CÓR	CUL	ELC	GIM	HÉR	LOG	MLL	MES	MUR	OSA	PON	RAC	RAY	SAB	SAN	SEV	TEN	VLD
Baracaldo	—	1–1	3–2	1–2	0–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	4–2	0–1	3–0	3–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–0
Cádiz	3–1	—	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–3	3–1	6–0	1–1	0–0	3–2
Córdoba	2–0	2–0	—	2–2	1–2	1–0	4–2	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	4–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	0–0	4–0	0–0	1–0	2–3
Cultural Leonesa	1–1	1–1	3–0	—	0–0	2–0	1–4	3–2	0–0	2–1	1–3	1–0	1–1	1–2	3–1	0–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	2–1
Elche	1–0	3–0	1–0	3–2	—	1–0	3–0	3–1	3–1	4–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–2
Gimnástico Tarragona	2–0	2–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	—	1–0	2–2	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	2–1
Hércules	2–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	0–0	—	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	5–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–0
Logroñés	1–1	3–3	4–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	—	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–3	2–0	1–1	1–3	3–1	3–0	1–2
Mallorca	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	—	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–1
Mestalla	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	2–3	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–3	—	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0
Murcia	6–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	5–0	—	1–0	3–0	4–1	2–1	5–2	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–1
Osasuna	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	—	2–0	0–1	4–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0
Pontevedra	0–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–1	1–2	—	4–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	3–0
Racing Santander	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	—	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–0
Rayo Vallecano	2–2	1–2	3–0	1–1	0–1	4–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	7–0	2–2	2–0	—	3–0	4–1	2–1	2–0	0–2
Sabadell	3–0	3–1	3–3	2–0	1–0	3–2	0–0	0–2	0–1	2–1	3–3	2–1	3–1	3–0	1–1	—	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0
San Andrés	3–0	2–4	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	3–2	3–3	2–3	2–0	2–0	4–1	—	1–0	1–0	2–2
Sevilla	0–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	5–2	1–0	3–0	2–1	0–0	—	3–0	0–0
Tenerife	0–0	0–1	1–0	4–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	4–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	—	1–0
Valladolid	4–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	—

Source: BDFutbol
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoff

Home Matches:
CD Tenerife	6-2	CD Ensidesa
CA Osasuna	2-0	CD Cartagena
Córdoba CF	3-0	Gerona CF
Gimnástico de Tarragona	4-0	Atlético Madrileño

Away Matches:
CD Ensidesa	0-0	CD Tenerife	Agg:2-6
CD Cartagena	2-1	CA Osasuna	Agg:2-3
Gerona CF	3-2	Córdoba CF	Agg:3-5
Atlético Madrileño	1-1	Gimnástico de Tarragona	Agg:1-5

Pichichi Trophy

Goalscorers	Goal	Team
Illán	20	Rayo Vallecano
Machicha	19	Cádiz
Juárez	18	Murcia
Cuesta	15	Córdoba
Álvarez	14	Valladolid

External links

• (in Spanish) Official LFP Site