Segunda División

LaLiga HyperMotion

Organising body	Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional
Founded	1929; 95 years ago (1929)
Country	Spain
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–present)
Domestic cup(s)	Copa del Rey
International cup(s)	UEFA Europa League (via winning Copa del Rey)
Current champions	Leganés (1st title) (2023–24)
Most championships	Real Murcia (9 titles)
TV partners	LaLiga TV Hypermotion #Vamos por Movistar Plus+
Website	laliga.com
Current: 2024–25 Segunda División

The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División,^[a] commonly known as Segunda División, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion^[b] 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.

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]

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" (with an enlarged "2" thus taking on the "LaLiga 2" moniker unsponsored). 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]

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]

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]

This season was the first since 2006–07 season without any teams from Catalonia, as well as the first season without any teams from Community of Madrid since 2007–08 season, and without any reserve teams since the 2020–21 season.

Promoted from 2023–24 Primera Federación	Relegated from 2023–24 La Liga	Promoted to 2024–25 La Liga	Relegated to 2024–25 Primera Federación
Castellón Deportivo La Coruña Málaga Córdoba	Almería Granada Cádiz	Valladolid Leganés Espanyol	Amorebieta Alcorcón Andorra Villarreal B

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Albacete	Albacete	Carlos Belmonte	17,524[20]
Almería	Almería	Power Horse Stadium	15,000[21]
Burgos	Burgos	El Plantío	12,194[22]
Cádiz	Cádiz	Nuevo Mirandilla	20,724[23]
Cartagena	Cartagena	Cartagonova	15,105[24]
Castellón	Castellón de la Plana	Castalia	15,500[25]
Córdoba	Córdoba	El Arcángel	20,989[26]
Deportivo La Coruña	La Coruña	Abanca-Riazor	32,660[27]
Eibar	Eibar	Ipurua	8,164[28]
Elche	Elche	Manuel Martínez Valero	33,732[29]
Eldense	Elda	Nuevo Pepico Amat	4,036[30]
Granada	Granada	Nuevo Los Cármenes	19,189[31]
Huesca	Huesca	El Alcoraz	9,100[32]
Levante	Valencia	Ciutat de València	26,354[33]
Málaga	Málaga	La Rosaleda	30,044[34]
Mirandés	Miranda de Ebro	Anduva	5,759[35]
Oviedo	Oviedo	Estadio Carlos Tartiere	30,500[36]
Racing Ferrol	Ferrol	A Malata	12,043[37]
Racing Santander	Santander	El Sardinero	22,222[38]
Sporting Gijón	Gijón	El Molinón	29,371[39]
Tenerife	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Heliodoro Rodríguez López	22,824[40]
Zaragoza	Zaragoza	La Romareda	33,608[41]

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
2023–24	Leganés	Valladolid	Espanyol

Clubs in bold are competing in Segunda División as of the 2024–25 season. Clubs in italics no longer exist. Seasons in itallcs mean shared titles due to regionalisation (1949–1968).

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
Valladolid	3	10	1947–48, 1958–59, 2006–07
Hércules	3	8	1934–35, 1965–66, 1995–96
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
Espanyol	2	6	1993–94, 2020–21
Levante	2	5	2003–04, 2016–17
Castellón	2	4	1980–81, 1988–89
Sabadell	2	4	1942–43, 1945–46
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
Leganés	1	2	2023–24
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

*Championships won by Málaga CF and CD Málaga

Broadcaster	Summary	Ref.
LaLiga TV Hypermotion	11 (all) matches per week, live.	[42]
#Vamos por Movistar Plus+	2 matches per week, live.	[42]

Season	Player(s)	Goals	Club(s)
1929	Campanal I[43]	28	Sporting Gijón
1929–30	Manuel Olivares	23	Alavés
1930–31	Adolfo Suárez[44]	18	Sporting Gijón
1931–32	Isidro Lángara	24	Oviedo
1932–33	Ramón Herrera	33	Sporting Gijón
1933–34	Campanal I (2)	28	Sevilla
1934–35	Nolete	17	Celta Vigo
1935–36	Nolete (2)	19	Celta Vigo
1936–1939: Cancelled due to Spanish Civil War
1939–40	Fernando Terán	24	Real Sociedad
1940–41	Julio Elicegui (2)	26	Real Unión
1941–42	José Mijares	18	Sporting Gijón
1942–43	José Saras	14	Racing Santander
1943–44	Juan Araujo	21	Xerez
1944–45	Juan Araujo (2)	22	Xerez
1945–46	José Saras (2)	20	Racing Santander
	Mariano Uceda		Zaragoza
1946–47	Francisco Peralta	24	Gimnàstic
1947–48	José Serratusell	31	Badalona
1948–49	Pedro Bazán	26	CD Málaga
1949–50	Pío Alonso	31	Sporting Gijón
1950–51	Paco Campos	29	Sporting Gijón
1951–52	Pedro Bazán (2)	25	CD Málaga
1952–53	Ángel Arregui	30	Jaén
1953–54	Chas	23	Cultural Leonesa
1954–55	Julito	25	Tenerife
1955–56	Rafa Delgado	25	Granada
1956–57	Ricardo Alós	45	Sporting Gijón
1957–58	Chelo	19	Terrassa
	Lalo		Oviedo
	Jordi Vila		Real Betis
1958–59	José Cardona	23	Elche
1959–60	José Paredes	25	Levante
1960–61	José Luis Veloso	26	Deportivo La Coruña
1961–62	Amancio	25	Deportivo La Coruña
1962–63	José Miguel Olano	31	Real Sociedad
1963–64	Abel Fernández	26	Racing Santander
1964–65	José María Lizarralde	20	Indautxu
1965–66	Abel Fernández (2)	26	Celta Vigo
1966–67	Francisco Solabarietta	24	Sporting Gijón
1967–68	Abel Fernández (3)	17	Celta Vigo
	Cesàreo Rivera
1968–69	Quino Sierra	32	Real Betis
1969–70	Quini	21	Sporting Gijón
1970–71	Santillana	16	Racing Santander
1971–72	Enrique Galán	23	Oviedo
1972–73	Antonio Illán	19	Rayo Vallecano
1973–74	Paco Baena	22	Cádiz
1974–75	José Juan Cioffi	22	Castellón
1975–76	Antonio Illán (2)	22	Tenerife
	Antonio Burguete		Córdoba
1976–77	Quini (2)	27	Sporting Gijón
1977–78	Alfonso Castro	24	Deportivo La Coruña
1978–79	Patxi Iriguíbel	23	Osasuna
1979–80	Patxi Iriguíbel (2)	19	Osasuna
1980–81	Enrique Magdaleno	17	Burgos
1981–82	Pichi Lucas	26	Celta Vigo
1982–83	José Luis Vara	16	Deportivo La Coruña
1983–84	Julio Salinas	23	Bilbao Athletic
1984–85	Salvador Mejías	16	Cádiz
1985–86	Pedro Alcañiz	23	Castellón
1986–87	Baltazar	34	Celta Vigo
1987–88	Carlos	25	Oviedo
1988–89	Quique Estebaranz	23	Racing Santander
1989–90	Pepe Mel	22	Real Betis
1990–91	Juan Ramón Comas	23	Murcia
1991–92	Vladimir Gudelj	26	Celta Vigo
1992–93	Daniel Aquino	19	Mérida
1993–94	Daniel Aquino (2)	26	Real Betis
1994–95	Puche II	21	Palamós
1995–96	Manel	27	CD Logroñés
1996–97	Pauleta	19	Salamanca
	Yordi		Atlético Madrid B
1997–98	Igor Gluščević	24	Extremadura
1998–99	Catanha	25	Málaga
	Marcos Sequeiros		Atlético Madrid B
1999–2000	Paco Salillas	20	Levante
2000–01	Salva	21	Atlético Madrid
2001–02	Diego Alonso	22	Atlético Madrid
2002–03	Jesús Perera	22	Albacete
2003–04	Rubén Castro	22	Las Palmas
2004–05	Mario Bermejo	25	Racing Ferrol
2005–06	Ikechukwu Uche	20	Recreativo Huelva
2006–07	Marcos Márquez	21	Las Palmas
2007–08	Yordi (2)	20	Xerez
2008–09	Nino	29	Tenerife
2009–10	Jorge Molina	26	Elche
2010–11	Jonathan Soriano	32	Barcelona B
2011–12	Leonardo Ulloa	28	Almería
2012–13	Charles	27	Almería
2013–14	Borja Viguera	25	Alavés
2014–15	Rubén Castro (2)	31	Real Betis
2015–16	Sergio León	22	Elche
2016–17	Joselu	23	Lugo
2017–18	Jaime Mata	33	Valladolid
2018–19	Álvaro	20	Almería
2019–20	Cristhian Stuani	29	Girona
2020–21	Raúl de Tomás	23	Espanyol
2021–22	Borja Bastón	22	Oviedo
	Cristhian Stuani (2)		Girona
2022–23	Myrto Uzuni	23	Granada
2023–24	Martin Braithwaite	22	Espanyol

• Liga BBVA (2006–2008)
• Liga Adelante (2008–2016)
• LaLiga 1|2|3 (2016–2019)
• LaLiga SmartBank (2019–2023)
• LaLiga Hypermotion (2023–Present)^[45]

• List of La Liga broadcasters

• Official website
• The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation list of "Segunda División" Champions