1971–72 Segunda División

The 1971–72 Segunda División season was the 41st since its establishment and was played between 4 September 1971 and 1 June 1972.

Segunda División
Season1971–72
ChampionsOviedo
PromotedOviedo
Castellón
Zaragoza
RelegatedVillarreal
Ferrol
Xerez
Langreo
Matches played380
Goals scored801 (2.11 per match)
Top goalscorerEnrique Galán
(23 goals)
Best goalkeeperAlfredo Lombardía
(0.5 goals/match)
Biggest home winCultural Leonesa 5–0 Cádiz
(17 October 1971)
Hércules 5–0 San Andrés
(31 October 1971)
San Andrés 5–0 Logroñés
(7 May 1972)
Biggest away winFerrol 0–4 Elche
(10 October 1971)
Highest scoringValladolid 6–2 Cultural Leonesa
(10 October 1971)

Overview before the season

20 teams joined the league, including two relegated from the 1970–71 La Liga and 5 promoted from the 1970–71 Tercera División.

Relegated from La Liga
Promoted from Tercera División


Teams
Location of teams in Segunda División 1971-72
Canary Islands
Club City Stadium
Cádiz Cádiz Ramón de Carranza
 Castellón  Castellón de la Plana Castalia
Cultural Leonesa León Antonio Amilivia
Elche Elche Altabix
 Ferrol  Ferrol Manuel Rivera
Hércules Alicante La Viña
 Langreo  Langreo  Ganzábal
Logroñés Logroño Las Gaunas
Mallorca Palma de Mallorca Luis Sitjar
Mestalla Valencia Mestalla
 Oviedo  Oviedo  Carlos Tartiere
Pontevedra Pontevedra Pasarón
Rayo Vallecano Madrid Vallecas
San Andrés Barcelona Calle Santa Coloma
Real Santander Santander El Sardinero
Tenerife Santa Cruz de Tenerife Heliodoro Rodríguez López
Real Valladolid Valladolid José Zorrilla
Villarreal  Villarreal  El Madrigal
 Xerez  Jerez de la Frontera Domecq
 Zaragoza  Zaragoza  La Romareda

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Oviedo (P) 38 21 9 8 40 19 +21 51 Promotion to La Liga
2 Castellón (P) 38 21 8 9 50 29 +21 50[lower-alpha 1]
3 Zaragoza (P) 38 21 8 9 66 31 +35 50[lower-alpha 1]
4 Elche 38 20 9 9 47 21 +26 49
5 Cultural Leonesa 38 18 6 14 55 53 +2 42
6 Logroñés 38 16 9 13 39 36 +3 41
7 Valladolid 38 16 7 15 50 45 +5 39[lower-alpha 2]
8 Rayo Vallecano 38 14 11 13 37 40 −3 39[lower-alpha 2]
9 Tenerife 38 14 10 14 48 33 +15 38[lower-alpha 3]
10 San Andrés 38 15 8 15 36 33 +3 38[lower-alpha 3]
11 Pontevedra 38 13 10 15 38 45 −7 36[lower-alpha 4]
12 Mallorca 38 11 14 13 25 33 −8 36[lower-alpha 4]
13 Mestalla (O) 38 11 12 15 31 47 −16 34[lower-alpha 5] Qualification for the relegation playoffs
14 Hércules (O) 38 13 8 17 43 40 +3 34[lower-alpha 5]
15 Real Santander (O) 38 14 6 18 33 45 −12 34[lower-alpha 5]
16 Cádiz (O) 38 14 6 18 38 43 −5 34[lower-alpha 5]
17 Villarreal (R) 38 10 12 16 30 48 −18 32 Relegation to Tercera División
18 Ferrol (R) 38 10 9 19 31 58 −27 29
19 Xerez (R) 38 6 15 17 26 49 −23 27[lower-alpha 6]
20 Langreo (R) 38 11 5 22 38 53 −15 27[lower-alpha 6]
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. Castellón finished ahead of Zaragoza on head-to-head points: Castellón–Zaragoza 5–1, Zaragoza–Castellón 1–1
  2. Valladolid finished ahead of Rayo Vallecano on overall goal difference
  3. Tenerife finished ahead of San Andrés on head-to-head goal difference: San Andrés–Tenerife 1–0, Tenerife–San Andrés 4–1
  4. Pontevedra finished ahead of Mallorca on head-to-head points: Mallorca–Pontevedra 0–1, Pontevedra–Mallorca 1–1
  5. Mestalla finished ahead of Hércules, Real Santander and Cádiz on head-to-head points: Mestalla 8 pts, Hércules 7 pts, Real Santander 6 pts, Cádiz 3 pts
  6. Xerez finished ahead of Langreo on head-to-head points: Langreo–Xerez 0–0, Xerez–Langreo 2–1

Results
Home \ Away CÁD CAS CUL ELC FER HÉR LAN LOG MLL MES OVI PON RAY SAN SAT TEN VLD VIL XER ZAR
Cádiz — 2–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 4–0 4–0 5–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–1
Castellón 1–0 — 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 4–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–2 3–0 5–1
Cultural Leonesa 5–0 3–1 — 1–0 4–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–3 2–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 4–2 3–1 3–3
Elche 1–0 2–0 2–0 — 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–0
Ferrol 1–0 0–2 0–3 0–4 — 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–2 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–1
Hércules 2–0 2–1 4–1 0–1 1–2 — 3–1 0–0 0–0 4–0 0–1 1–1 1–3 2–0 5–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–1
Langreo 1–2 2–0 4–0 1–1 2–3 0–1 — 3–1 2–0 4–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 4–0 0–0 0–1
Logroñés 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–3 3–0 — 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–2
Mallorca 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 — 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 3–2 0–1 1–0 1–0
Mestalla 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–5 0–0 — 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0
Oviedo 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 — 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1
Pontevedra 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 — 3–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–2 1–0
Rayo Vallecano 0–1 1–4 2–0 2–1 3–2 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–3 — 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–1
San Andrés 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 5–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 — 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1
Real Santander 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 — 4–1 4–0 0–0 0–1 1–0
Tenerife 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–2 4–1 1–2 — 2–1 3–0 3–0 0–1
Valladolid 2–1 3–2 6–2 2–1 3–1 3–1 2–0 0–2 4–1 3–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 — 2–0 1–1 1–0
Villarreal 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–3 1–3 0–0 3–0 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 — 4–0 0–3
Xerez 3–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–3 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 — 1–0
Zaragoza 4–0 1–1 3–1 3–0 3–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 0–1 4–3 3–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 4–0 2–0 —
Source: BDFutbol
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoffs

First leg
10 June 1972 Sestao 1–2 Cádiz Sestao
Martínez 20' Report Baena 14'
Machicha 23' (pen.)		 Stadium: Las Llanas
Referee: Bobé Frías
11 June 1972 Real Santander 2–0 Salamanca Santander
Chinchurreta 8', 55' Report Stadium: El Sardinero
Referee: Serrano Belenguer
11 June 1972 Mestalla 4–1 Tarrasa Valencia
Vega 4', 23'
Lis 50', 88'		 Report Pons 85' Stadium: Mestalla
Referee: López Montenegro
18 June 1972 Hércules 3–1 Cartagena Alicante
Santamaría 24'
Sarrachini 51'
Baena 79'		 Report Mendoza 70' Stadium: La Viña
Referee: Juango

Second leg
18 June 1972 Cádiz 2–2
(4–3 agg.)		SestaoCádiz
Otiñano 20'
Machicha 34'		 Report Baños 43', 59' Stadium: Ramón de Carranza
Referee: Campillo Llor
18 June 1972 Salamanca0–1
(0–3 agg.)		 Real Santander Salamanca
Report Chinchurreta 35' Stadium: Helmántico
Referee: De Andrés Barragán
18 June 1972 Tarrasa1–0
(2–4 agg.)		 Mestalla Terrassa
Trullás 30' Report Stadium: Municipal
Referee: Melero Guaza
25 June 1972 Cartagena1–1
(2–4 agg.)		 Hércules Cartagena
Climent 32' Report Baena 66' Stadium: El Almarjal
Referee: Herencia Jurado
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