1978–79 Segunda División

The 1978–79 Segunda División season saw 20 teams participate in the second flight Spanish league. AD Almería, CD Málaga and Real Betis were promoted to Primera División. Real Jaén, Terrassa FC, Barakaldo CF and Racing de Ferrol were relegated to Segunda División B.

Segunda División
Season1978–79
Dates3 September 1978 –
10 June 1979
ChampionsAD Almería (1st title)
Promoted
Relegated
Matches played380
Goals scored914 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorerPatxi Iriguíbel
(23 goals)

Teams

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Club City Stadium
Alavés Vitoria Mendizorrotza
Algeciras Algeciras El Mirador
 Almería  Almería Antonio Franco Navarro
 Barakaldo  Barakaldo Lasesarre
Betis Seville Benito Villamarín
 Cádiz  Cádiz  Ramón de Carranza
Castellón Castellón de la Plana Castalia
Castilla Madrid Ciudad Deportiva
Deportivo La Coruña La Coruña Riazor
Elche Elche Martínez Valero
Getafe Deportivo Getafe Las Margaritas
Granada Granada Los Cármenes
Jaén Jaén La Victoria
 Málaga  Málaga  La Rosaleda
Murcia Murcia La Condomina
Osasuna Pamplona El Sadar
Racing Ferrol Ferrol Manuel Rivera
Sabadell Sabadell Nova Creu Alta
 Terrassa  Terrassa  Olímpic de Terrassa
Real Valladolid Valladolid José Zorrilla

Final table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 AD Almería 38 21 5 12 62 44 +18 47 Promoted to Primera División
2 CD Málaga 38 19 9 10 47 27 +20 47
3 Real Betis 38 18 10 10 58 35 +23 46
4 Real Valladolid 38 20 6 12 47 32 +15 46
5 Elche CF 38 16 13 9 50 31 +19 45
6 Granada CF 38 16 12 10 46 34 +12 44
7 Castilla CF 38 18 6 14 55 45 +10 42
8 Cádiz CF 38 15 11 12 52 47 +5 41
9 Deportivo Alavés 38 15 10 13 45 31 +14 40
10 Getafe Deportivo 38 17 6 15 57 56 +1 40
11 CD Castellón 38 12 14 12 48 43 +5 38
12 CE Sabadell FC 38 12 13 13 50 49 +1 37
13 CA Osasuna 38 15 7 16 51 51 0 37
14 Real Murcia 38 12 11 15 35 52 −17 35
15 Deportivo de La Coruña 38 13 9 16 43 45 −2 35
16 Algeciras CF 38 13 8 17 40 53 −13 34
17 Real Jaén 38 12 10 16 41 55 −14 34 Relegated to Segunda Divisiόn B
18 Terrassa FC 38 9 11 18 34 51 −17 29
19 Barakaldo CF 38 10 8 20 31 53 −22 28
20 Racing de Ferrol 38 4 7 27 22 80 −58 15
Source: BDFutbol

Results

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Home \ Away ALV ALG ALM BAK BET CÁD CAS CST DEP ELC GET GRA JAÉ MGA MUR OSA RFE SAB TER VLD
Alavés 2–0 2–0 2–0 5–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 4–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 4–1 2–1 0–1 1–2
Algeciras 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 0–3 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–0
Almería 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 2–2 3–0 2–1
Barakaldo 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–5 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 0–1 4–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0
Betis 1–0 4–1 4–0 4–0 0–0 2–1 5–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 3–1 5–1 1–2 1–0
Cádiz 1–1 1–2 1–0 5–4 1–2 3–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 0–0
Castellón 0–0 0–0 3–0 3–0 3–2 3–2 4–1 2–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 4–2 0–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 3–0 0–1
Castilla 1–0 1–0 4–3 2–0 1–3 3–2 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 4–0 2–0 7–0 3–1 2–0 1–0
Deportivo 1–1 5–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 4–1 2–0 3–5 0–0 3–0 0–3 2–1 1–1 0–0 4–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–0
Elche 1–4 5–1 3–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 2–2 3–1 1–0 2–0
Getafe 2–1 4–2 1–0 3–0 0–0 4–1 2–2 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–3 1–1 2–1 5–0 2–1 2–0 2–1
Granada 1–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 5–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–0
Jaén 1–0 1–0 2–2 3–0 2–2 2–3 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 4–2 3–0 0–1 1–1 3–1
Málaga 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0
Murcia 2–2 3–2 1–4 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 4–2
Osasuna 1–1 3–2 1–0 3–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 4–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 4–2 3–2 0–1 4–0 1–1 3–0 0–0
R. Ferrol 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–2 0–2 0–4 2–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–3 0–1 4–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–1
Sabadell 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–4 0–1 3–3 4–2 1–1 4–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–1
Terrassa 1–0 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 4–1 0–2 0–1 4–2 0–2 2–2 1–0 2–4 6–1 0–0 2–5
Valladolid 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 7–1 1–0 2–1
Source: BDFutbol
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Pichichi Trophy for top goalscorers

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Goalscorers Goals Team
  Patxi Iriguíbel
23
Osasuna
  José Luis
19
Granada
  Hugo Cabezas
17
Betis
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