1951–52 Segunda División

The 1951–52 Segunda División season was the 21st since its establishment and was played between 8 September 1951 and 13 April 1952.

Segunda División

Season	1951–52
Champions	Oviedo Málaga
Promoted	Oviedo Málaga
Relegated	Levante Badalona Alicante Lucense Cartagena
Matches played	480
Goals scored	1,584 (3.3 per match)
Top goalscorer	Pedro Bazán (25 goals)
Best goalkeeper	José María Martí (0.96 goals/match)
Biggest home win	Ferrol 8–0 San Andrés (30 September 1951) Oviedo 8–0 Lucense (6 January 1952) Linense 8–0 Real Córdoba (13 April 1952)
Biggest away win	Linense 0–6 Mestalla (9 March 1952)
Highest scoring	Málaga 8–2 Cartagena (11 November 1951) Oviedo 7–3 Gimnástica Torrelavega (9 March 1952)
← 1950–51 1952–53 →

Overview before the season

32 teams joined the league, including 4 relegated from the 1950–51 La Liga and 4 promoted from the 1950–51 Tercera División.

Relegated from La Liga

• Málaga
• Murcia
• Alcoyano
• Lérida

Promoted from Tercera División

• Atlético Baleares
• Caudal
• Alavés
• Alicante

Group North

Teams

Alavés

Badalona

Baracaldo

Caudal

Ferrol

Gimnástico

Gimnástica

Huesca

Lérida

Logroñés

Lucense

Orensana

Osasuna

Oviedo

Sabadell

San Andrés

Location of teams in Segunda División 1951-52 Group North

Club	City	Stadium
Deportivo Alavés	Vitoria	Mendizorroza
CF Badalona	Badalona	Avenida de Navarra
Club Baracaldo	Baracaldo	Lasesarre
Caudal Deportivo	Mieres	El Batán
Club Ferrol	Ferrol	Inferniño
RS Gimnástica de Torrelavega	Torrelavega	El Malecón
Gimnástico de Tarragona	Tarragona	Avenida de Cataluña
UD Huesca	Huesca	San Jorge
UD Lérida	Lérida	Campo de Deportes
CD Logroñés	Logroño	Las Gaunas
SG Lucense	Lugo	Los Miñones
UD Orensana	Orense	O Couto
CA Osasuna	Pamplona	San Juan
Real Oviedo CF	Oviedo	Buenavista
CD Sabadell FC	Sabadell	Cruz Alta
CD San Andrés	Barcelona	Santa Coloma

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Oviedo (P)	30	16	7	7	66	29	+37	39	Promotion to La Liga
2	Logroñés	30	15	6	9	48	40	+8	36	Qualification for the promotion playoffs
3	Ferrol	30	11	11	8	55	44	+11	33[lower-alpha 1]
4	Sabadell	30	13	7	10	58	44	+14	33[lower-alpha 1]
5	Baracaldo	30	13	7	10	61	32	+29	33[lower-alpha 1]
6	Osasuna	30	12	9	9	49	41	+8	33[lower-alpha 1]
7	Lérida	30	14	4	12	41	52	−11	32[lower-alpha 2]
8	Caudal (O)	30	13	6	11	55	45	+10	32[lower-alpha 2]	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
9	Alavés	30	10	10	10	51	50	+1	30
10	Gimnástica Torrelavega	30	12	5	13	49	60	−11	29[lower-alpha 3]
11	Huesca[lower-alpha 4]	30	13	3	14	56	64	−8	29[lower-alpha 3]	Relegation to Tercera División
12	San Andrés[lower-alpha 5]	30	12	4	14	51	57	−6	28[lower-alpha 6]
13	Gimnástico[lower-alpha 7]	30	9	10	11	51	71	−20	28[lower-alpha 6]
14	Orensana[lower-alpha 8]	30	9	6	15	40	56	−16	24	Dissolved
15	Badalona (R)	30	7	7	16	49	64	−15	21	Relegation to Tercera División
16	Lucense (R)	30	5	10	15	32	63	−31	20

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 winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Ferrol finished ahead of Sabadell, Baracaldo and Osasuna on head-to-head points: Ferrol 8 pts, Sabadell 7 pts, Baracaldo 5 pts, Osasuna 4 pts
2. Lérida finished ahead of Caudal on head-to-head goal difference: Caudal–Lérida 4–2, Lérida–Caudal 3–0
3. Gimnástica Torrelavega finished ahead of Huesca on head-to-head goal difference: Huesca–Gimnástica Torrelavega 1–0, Gimnástica Torrelavega–Huesca 4–2
4. Remained after Segunda División restructuring
5. Remained after Segunda División restructuring
6. San Andrés finished ahead of Gimnástico on head-to-head goal difference: San Andrés–Gimnástico 7–2, Gimnástico–San Andrés 2–1
7. Remained after Segunda División restructuring
8. Orensana was dissolved at the end of the season

Results

Home \ Away	ALA	BAD	BAR	CAU	NAS	GIM	HUE	LLE	LOG	LUC	ORE	OSA	OVI	RFE	SAB	STA
Alavés	—	3–0	2–2	6–1	3–0	1–1	4–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–2	2–1	1–0
Badalona	2–2	—	0–1	2–5	3–3	4–2	6–0	2–0	2–2	3–0	4–1	1–2	0–0	6–1	1–3	3–2
Baracaldo	5–1	2–0	—	2–0	5–0	5–0	5–2	3–0	3–1	2–2	3–0	6–1	2–4	0–0	1–1	4–1
Caudal	4–1	3–0	1–1	—	1–1	2–0	4–0	4–2	0–1	4–0	1–0	5–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–1
Gimnástico	2–1	4–1	2–1	3–2	—	3–1	3–3	3–2	1–1	5–0	5–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–4	2–1
Gimnástica Torrelavega	4–3	4–0	0–3	1–0	3–0	—	4–2	2–1	2–2	4–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–1
Huesca	1–3	3–0	2–1	0–3	7–1	1–0	—	1–1	4–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	5–1	1–0	7–2
Lérida	1–0	2–2	1–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	3–2	—	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	2–0
Logroñés	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	4–0	3–2	4–1	2–1	—	2–1	5–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0
Lucense	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–3	2–2	1–1	3–0	1–2	0–0	—	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	3–0	2–3
Orensana	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	3–1	5–1	5–1	—	1–1	1–1	1–0	4–2	1–0
Osasuna	3–1	6–0	2–2	1–1	3–2	2–0	1–0	5–0	2–1	4–1	2–1	—	1–2	2–2	2–1	1–1
Oviedo	1–1	2–2	1–0	5–1	3–0	7–3	4–0	2–0	2–0	8–0	6–0	2–0	—	2–0	1–1	3–1
Ferrol	2–2	2–0	2–1	2–1	3–3	2–0	2–1	6–1	3–3	1–1	3–0	1–0	3–0	—	2–1	8–0
Sabadell	6–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–2	7–2	2–2	0–0	1–0	4–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	3–1	—	1–0
San Andrés	4–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	7–2	4–1	2–1	5–0	1–2	2–1	3–2	1–1	0–2	2–1	3–2	—

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

Top goalscorers Goalscorers Goals Team Esteban Echevarría 17 Gimnástica Torrelavega Alvarito 15 Ferrol Julio Remacha 15 Alavés Félix Marcaida 14 Baracaldo Ángel Calvo 13 Baracaldo

Top goalkeepers Goalkeeper Goals Matches Average Team Joaquín Gascón 26 21 1.24 Sabadell Goyo 38 26 1.46 Osasuna Amaro Méndez 40 27 1.48 Caudal Luis Pujolrás 42 26 1.62 San Andrés Enrique Garatea 44 24 1.83 Huesca

Group South

Teams

Alcoyano

Alicante

Baleares

Cartagena

RCD Córdoba

Granada

Hércules

Levante

Linense

Málaga

Mallorca

Melilla

Mestalla

Murcia

Plus Ultra

Salamanca

Location of teams in Segunda División 1951-52 Group South

Club	City	Stadium
CD Alcoyano	Alcoy	Estadio El Collao
Alicante CF	Alicante	Bardín
CD Atlético Baleares	Palma de Mallorca	Son Canals
Cartagena CF	Cartagena	El Armajarl
RCD Córdoba	Córdoba	El Árcangel
Granada CF	Granada	Los Cármenes
Hércules CF	Alicante	La Viña
Levante UD	Valencia	Vallejo
RB Linense	La Línea de la Concepción	La Balompédica
CD Málaga	Málaga	La Rosaleda
RCD Mallorca	Palma de Mallorca	Es Fortí
UD Melilla	Melilla	Álvarez Claro
CD Mestalla	Valencia	Mestalla
Real Murcia	Murcia	La Condomina
AD Plus Ultra	Madrid	Campo de Ciudad Lineal
UD Salamanca	Salamanca	El Calvario

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Málaga (P)	30	18	6	6	83	37	+46	42	Promotion to La Liga
2	Mestalla (O)	30	18	4	8	63	32	+31	40	Qualification for the promotion playoffs
3	Alcoyano	30	16	4	10	55	39	+16	36[lower-alpha 1]
4	Hércules	30	15	6	9	41	37	+4	36[lower-alpha 1]
5	Murcia	30	13	7	10	44	39	+5	33
6	Mallorca	30	15	2	13	60	39	+21	32[lower-alpha 2]
7	Salamanca	30	14	4	12	45	44	+1	32[lower-alpha 2]
8	Melilla (O)	30	13	4	13	59	51	+8	30	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
9	Real Córdoba	30	13	3	14	52	64	−12	29
10	Atlético Baleares	30	13	2	15	52	56	−4	28
11	Linense[lower-alpha 3]	30	9	8	13	46	69	−23	26	Relegation to Tercera División
12	Plus Ultra[lower-alpha 4]	30	10	5	15	38	53	−15	25
13	Granada[lower-alpha 5]	30	9	6	15	32	53	−21	24[lower-alpha 6]
14	Levante (R)	30	10	4	16	33	50	−17	24[lower-alpha 6]
15	Alicante (R)	30	10	4	16	35	49	−14	24[lower-alpha 6]
16	Cartagena (R)	30	6	7	17	34	60	−26	19

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 winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Alcoyano finished ahead of Hércules on head-to-head goal difference: Alcoyano–Hércules 5–2, Hércules–Alcoyano 1–0
2. Mallorca finished ahead of Salamanca on head-to-head goal difference: Mallorca–Salamanca 5–0, Salamanca–Mallorca 3–2
3. Remained after Segunda División restructuring
4. Remained after Segunda División restructuring
5. Remained after Segunda División restructuring
6. Granada finished ahead of Levante and Alicante on head-to-head points: Granada 5 pts, Levante 4 pts, Alicante 3 pts

Results

Home \ Away	ALC	ALI	BAL	CAR	GRA	HER	LEV	LNS	CDM	MAL	MEL	MES	MUR	RMC	COR	SAL
Alcoyano	—	0–0	4–0	4–1	1–0	5–2	1–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	6–2	0–0	1–0	4–0	4–0	3–2
Alicante	1–0	—	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	3–1	4–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	0–4	4–2	2–1	2–0	0–1
Atlético Baleares	2–2	3–1	—	4–1	4–0	3–1	2–1	5–0	2–3	0–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	3–2	4–0	3–0
Cartagena	0–2	5–2	0–2	—	1–3	1–0	0–0	5–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–4	2–3	1–0	3–0
Granada	0–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	—	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–3	3–1	0–2	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–3	1–0
Hércules	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	4–1	—	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	3–0
Levante	1–3	3–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	—	3–0	1–0	3–2	3–0	0–2	1–0	2–2	3–0	1–1
Linense	1–2	3–1	5–0	3–2	0–0	2–0	1–1	—	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–6	7–1	2–2	8–0	1–0
Málaga	4–0	3–0	5–1	8–2	5–1	3–1	7–0	6–1	—	4–0	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–1	6–2	2–0
Mallorca	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	5–0	3–0	1–2	5–0	2–2	—	3–1	4–1	1–2	3–0	6–1	5–0
Melilla	3–1	2–0	5–1	3–1	2–1	4–1	4–1	3–1	4–5	4–0	—	2–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	2–3
Mestalla	2–0	3–1	5–1	2–0	4–1	0–1	3–1	7–1	1–0	2–1	4–1	—	2–0	5–0	4–3	2–1
Murcia	4–3	3–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	5–1	0–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	—	2–0	4–2	4–1
Plus Ultra	1–0	0–0	2–0	5–1	0–3	1–0	3–0	0–0	2–3	0–1	4–3	1–2	0–0	—	4–3	4–1
Real Córdoba	5–0	3–1	2–1	4–0	5–0	0–0	1–0	4–1	2–1	1–0	3–2	3–0	0–0	2–0	—	2–3
Salamanca	5–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	4–2	1–0	6–1	3–1	3–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	6–0	—

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

Top goalscorers Goalscorers Goals Team Pedro Bazán 25 Málaga Sergio Rodríguez 22 Málaga Juan Manuel Martínez 21 Melilla Sócrates Belenguer 18 Mestalla Antonio Morro 18 Mallorca

Top goalkeepers Goalkeeper Goals Matches Average Team José María Martí 22 23 0.96 Murcia Cosme 25 21 1.19 Hércules Pedro Caldentey 36 29 1.24 Mallorca Eduardo Soro 30 24 1.25 Alcoyano Ricardo Zamora 33 22 1.5 Salamanca

Promotion playoffs

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mestalla[lower-alpha 1] (O)	10	5	4	1	27	10	+17	14
2	Real Gijón (O)	10	5	3	2	20	14	+6	13	Remained at La Liga
3	Real Santander	10	5	1	4	27	20	+7	11
4	Alcoyano	10	4	1	5	23	21	+2	9
5	Logroñés	10	3	2	5	11	21	−10	8
6	Ferrol	10	2	1	7	13	35	−22	5

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 winner.
Notes:

1. Not promoted after being Valencia reserve team

Results

Home \ Away	ALC	LOG	MES	RFE	RAC	SPO
Alcoyano	—	7–2	2–2	4–3	4–2	3–4
Logroñés	1–0	—	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–2
Mestalla	2–0	5–1	—	4–0	6–1	2–2
Ferrol	1–0	2–0	1–4	—	3–7	1–3
Real Santander	3–1	2–0	1–0	10–0	—	1–1
Real Gijón	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	—

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

Relegation playoffs

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Caudal (O)	10	6	2	2	24	20	+4	14
2	Melilla (O)	10	5	2	3	21	13	+8	12
3	Gimnástica Torrelavega[lower-alpha 1]	10	4	3	3	21	18	+3	11	Relegation to Tercera División
4	Atlético Baleares[lower-alpha 2]	10	3	2	5	18	27	−9	8[lower-alpha 3]
5	Alavés[lower-alpha 4]	10	3	2	5	19	16	+3	8[lower-alpha 3]
6	Real Córdoba[lower-alpha 5]	10	2	3	5	19	28	−9	7

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 winner.
Notes:

1. Remained after Segunda División restructuring
2. Remained after Segunda División restructuring
3. Atlético Baleares finished ahead of Alavés on head-to-head points: Alavés–Atlético Baleares 1–2, Atlético Baleares–Alavés 3–1
4. Remained after Segunda División restructuring
5. Remained after Segunda División restructuring

Results

Home \ Away	ALA	BAL	CAU	GIM	MEL	COR
Alavés	—	1–2	2–2	1–2	4–1	4–0
Atlético Baleares	3–1	—	3–3	1–1	0–4	4–1
Caudal	2–1	4–1	—	3–2	2–0	4–2
Gimnástica Torrelavega	1–1	6–2	0–2	—	2–1	3–0
Melilla	1–0	3–1	4–0	4–1	—	1–1
Real Córdoba	2–4	3–1	5–2	3–3	2–2	—

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

External links

• BDFútbol