1940–41 Segunda División

The 1940–41 Segunda División season saw 24 teams participate in the second flight Spanish league. Granada, Real Sociedad, Deportivo and Castellón were promoted to Primera División. Real Avilés, Badalona and Córdoba were relegated to Tercera División.

Segunda División

Season	1940–41
Champions	Granada CF
Promoted	Granada CF Real Sociedad Deportivo La Coruña CD Castellón
Relegated	Real Avilés CF CF Badalona CD Córdoba
Matches played	264
Goals scored	1,059 (4.01 per match)
Top goalscorer	Julio Elicegui (26 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Florentino Buey (0.90 goals/match)
Biggest home win	Real Sociedad 14–2 Valladolid (8 January 1941)
Biggest away win	Badalona 1–9 Castellón (16 February 1941)
Highest scoring	Real Sociedad 14–2 Valladolid (8 January 1941)
← 1939–40 1941–42 →

Group 1

Teams

Arenas

Avilés

Baracaldo-Oriamendi

Deportivo

Ferrol

Gijón

Osasuna

R. Sociedad

R. Unión

Salamanca

Santander

Valladolid

Location of teams in Segunda División 1940-41 G-1

Club	City	Stadium
Arenas Club	Guecho	Ibaiondo
Real Avilés CF	Avilés	Las Arobias
Baracaldo-Oriamendi	Baracaldo	Lasesarre
RCD La Coruña	La Coruña	Riazor
Club Ferrol	Ferrol	Inferniño
Real Gijón	Gijón	El Molinón
CA Osasuna	Pamplona	San Juan
Real Sociedad	San Sebastián	Atocha
Real Unión Club	Irun	Stadium Gal
UD Salamanca	Salamanca	El Calvario
Real Santander SD	Santander	El Sardinero
Real Valladolid Deportivo	Valladolid	José Zorrilla

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real Sociedad (O, P)	22	16	2	4	81	40	+41	34	Qualification for the promotion playoffs
2	Deportivo La Coruña (O, P)	22	14	5	3	75	26	+49	33
3	Real Gijón	22	13	3	6	54	40	+14	29
4	Ferrol	22	11	4	7	49	38	+11	26
5	Osasuna	22	11	2	9	44	45	−1	24
6	Real Santander	22	9	4	9	42	40	+2	22
7	Salamanca	22	6	6	10	38	48	−10	18[a]
8	Arenas	22	8	2	12	28	47	−19	18[a]
9	Real Unión	22	6	5	11	37	58	−21	17
10	Real Valladolid	22	7	2	13	40	63	−23	16[b]
11	Baracaldo-Oriamendi (O)	22	5	6	11	40	57	−17	16[b]	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
12	Real Avilés (R)	22	2	7	13	28	54	−26	11	Relegation to Tercera División

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. Salamanca finished ahead of Arenas on head-to-head points: Arenas–Salamanca 2–3, Salamanca–Arenas 4–0
2. Valladolid finished ahead of Baracaldo on head-to-head points: Baracaldo–Valladolid 2–3, Valladolid–Baracaldo 2–0

Results

Home \ Away	ARE	AVI	BAR	DEP	FER	GIJ	OSA	RSO	RUN	SAL	SAT	VLL
Arenas	—	1–1	3–2	2–1	2–1	0–2	4–0	1–2	3–0	2–3	1–0	5–3
Real Avilés	1–2	—	0–1	2–5	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–3	1–0	2–1
Baracaldo-Oriamendi	2–0	4–1	—	2–2	1–1	6–1	3–5	3–3	3–3	2–1	2–2	2–3
Deportivo La Coruña	7–0	7–0	9–0	—	2–0	3–1	6–2	2–2	3–1	3–1	7–0	2–1
Ferrol	2–0	4–2	4–0	1–1	—	1–3	6–3	4–2	2–3	4–1	2–1	5–2
Real Gijón	4–0	5–4	2–1	1–3	3–2	—	2–1	4–0	4–3	2–2	3–0	1–3
Osasuna	2–0	3–2	1–1	0–4	1–3	3–1	—	1–2	6–1	2–0	0–2	3–1
Real Sociedad	4–1	3–2	4–1	4–2	5–1	2–1	0–2	—	6–2	3–1	7–2	14–2
Real Unión	0–0	5–1	4–1	2–0	1–3	1–5	1–3	1–6	—	0–0	0–3	0–3
Salamanca	4–0	4–2	3–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–3	1–2	3–5	—	1–5	6–1
Real Santander	2–0	0–0	3–2	2–2	1–1	2–5	4–0	3–2	0–1	7–1	—	3–1
Real Valladolid	4–1	0–0	2–0	1–3	4–1	2–3	0–2	3–6	2–2	0–1	1–0	—

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

Group 2

Teams

Badalona

Betis

Cádiz

Cartagena

Castellón

CD Córdoba

Gerona

Granada

Levante-Gimnástico

Malacitano

Sabadell

Xerez

Location of teams in Segunda División 1940-41 G-2

Club	City	Stadium
CF Badalona	Badalona	Avenida de Navarra
Real Betis Balompié	Seville	Heliópolis
Cádiz CF	Cádiz	La Mirandilla
Cartagena CF	Cartagena	El Almarjal
CD Castellón	Castellón de la Plana	Campo del Sequiol
CD Córdoba	Córdoba	América
Gerona CF	Gerona	Vista Alegre
Granada CF	Granada	Los Cármenes
UD Levante-Gimnástico	Valencia	Vallejo
CD Malacitano	Málaga	Baños del Carmen
CD Sabadell FC	Sabadell	Cruz Alta
Xerez Club	Jerez de la Frontera	Domecq

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Castellón (O, P)	22	14	3	5	64	34	+30	31	Qualification for the promotion playoffs
2	Granada (O, P)	22	13	4	5	43	21	+22	30
3	Levante-Gimnástico	22	13	3	6	59	35	+24	29
4	Gerona	22	12	2	8	44	28	+16	26
5	Malacitano	22	10	5	7	45	34	+11	25
6	Xerez Club	22	9	5	8	32	38	−6	23[a]
7	Real Betis	22	10	3	9	45	33	+12	23[a]
8	Cádiz	22	9	3	10	46	34	+12	21
9	Sabadell	22	8	4	10	37	43	−6	20
10	Cartagena CF	22	7	5	10	41	51	−10	19
11	CD Córdoba (R)	22	3	3	16	27	69	−42	9	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
12	Badalona (R)	22	3	2	17	21	84	−63	8	Relegation to Tercera División

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. Xerez finished ahead of Real Betis on head-to-head points: Real Betis–Xerez 1–1, Xerez–Real Betis 1–0

Results

Home \ Away	BAD	BET	CÁD	CAR	CAS	CÓR	GER	GRA	LEV	MLC	SAB	XER
Badalona	—	1–0	1–0	3–4	1–9	2–1	2–3	1–3	0–4	2–2	0–0	0–1
Real Betis	9–1	—	1–1	4–0	2–0	4–1	4–3	3–0	1–1	1–0	3–2	1–1
Cádiz	4–1	0–1	—	3–0	4–2	6–0	3–1	1–2	1–1	4–1	4–0	2–3
Cartagena CF	6–0	3–1	4–2	—	1–2	3–1	2–1	0–0	2–3	1–2	3–4	2–4
Castellón	6–0	3–0	2–1	3–3	—	5–2	4–2	1–0	6–4	6–0	1–0	3–0
CD Córdoba	4–2	2–1	2–5	3–1	2–2	—	1–1	1–3	0–3	0–2	1–2	1–3
Gerona	1–0	1–0	2–0	4–0	3–1	6–1	—	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–0	3–0
Granada	8–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	—	2–2	0–1	4–0	3–0
Levante-Gimnástico	6–3	3–2	0–1	6–0	4–2	6–1	4–3	1–0	—	3–0	3–0	1–2
Malacitano	7–1	3–5	3–0	0–1	2–2	4–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	—	2–2	7–0
Sabadell	3–0	3–2	4–2	2–2	0–3	5–1	0–1	1–2	3–2	1–1	—	3–0
Xerez Club	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–3	1–2	0–0	5–2	—

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

Promotion playoffs

First round

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Granada (C, P)	6	4	0	2	10	10	0	8	Promotion to La Liga
2	Real Sociedad (P)	6	3	0	3	15	11	+4	6[a]
3	Deportivo La Coruña (O, P)	6	3	0	3	15	11	+4	6[a]	Qualification for the second round
4	Castellón (O, P)	6	2	0	4	9	17	−8	4

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
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Real Sociedad finished ahead of Deportivo La Coruña on head-to-head points: Real Sociedad–Deportivo La Coruña 2–0, Deportivo La Coruña–Real Sociedad 3–4

Results

Home \ Away	CAS	DEP	GRA	RSO
Castellón	—	3–0	0–1	3–0
Deportivo La Coruña	6–0	—	3–1	3–4
Granada	3–2	1–3	—	2–1
Real Sociedad	7–1	2–0	1–2	—

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

Second round

Castellón v Zaragoza

2 May 1941	Castellón	3–2	Zaragoza	Madrid
	Basilio 5' Arnau 20' Hernández 84'	Report	Vilanova 39' Ameztoy 80'	Stadium: Chamartín Referee: González Díaz

Deportivo La Coruña v Murcia

4 May 1941	Deportivo La Coruña	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Murcia	Madrid
	Chacho 77' Guimerans 95'	Report	Tito 33'	Stadium: Vallecas Referee: Escartín

Relegation playoffs

Baracaldo-Oriamendi v Langreano

4 May 1941	Baracaldo-Oriamendi	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Langreano	Santander
	Gárate 26', 76', 96', 100'		Zamora 19' Rada 61' Gito 119'	Stadium: El Sardinero Referee: Antón

CD Córdoba v Elche

15 May 1941	CD Córdoba	1–2	Elche	Madrid
				Stadium: Chamartín

External links

• LFP website