Segunda promotion points: where the playoff line moves
In the latest usable season, 69 points were enough for sixth place in Segunda División, while seventh finished on 65. Across eight complete, (…)
Segunda División is a men’s league competition in Spain. This page brings together live scores, fixtures, results, standings, and player and team statistics in one place, making it easier to follow the competition over time.
| Rank | Club | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Last 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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Castellón | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 13 | WWWDW |
| 2 |
|
Mallorca | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 10 | WDWLW |
| 3 |
|
Tenerife | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 10 | WDLWW |
| 4 |
|
Las Palmas | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 10 | WDLWW |
| 5 |
|
Almeria | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 9 | WWLLW |
| 6 |
|
Eibar | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | WWWL |
| 7 |
|
Oviedo | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | WDWLD |
| 8 |
|
Burgos | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 8 | WDDLW |
| 9 |
|
Real Sociedad II | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 8 | WDDWL |
| 10 |
|
Granada CF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 8 | DLWWD |
| 11 |
|
Sabadell | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | LWWDD |
| 12 |
|
Leganes | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | LDWWD |
| 13 |
|
Girona | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 7 | LWWLD |
| 14 |
|
Celta de Vigo II | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | WLWD |
| 15 |
|
Sporting Gijon | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 7 | LLWWD |
| 16 |
|
Eldense | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 5 | WDLDL |
| 17 |
|
Valladolid | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 4 | LWDLL |
| 18 |
|
FC Andorra | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 3 | LLLLW |
| 19 |
|
Cadiz | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 3 | LLDDD |
| 20 |
|
Cordoba | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 3 | LLLWL |
| 21 |
|
Albacete | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 1 | DLLLL |
| 22 |
|
AD Ceuta FC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 15 | -13 | 0 | LLLLL |
| # | Player | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Enric Gallego
Tenerife |
4 |
| 2 |
Y. Asprilla
Girona |
3 |
| 3 |
Jon Guruzeta
Eibar |
3 |
| 4 |
N. Gioacchini
Sabadell |
3 |
| 5 |
Fuentes
Mallorca |
3 |
| 6 |
Malcom Adu
Eibar |
2 |
| 7 |
Gorka Gorosabel
Real Sociedad II |
2 |
| 8 |
Álex Forés
Burgos |
2 |
| 9 |
Pablo Sáenz
Oviedo |
2 |
| 10 |
T. Miyashiro
Las Palmas |
2 |
| # | Player | Assists |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
B. Cipenga
Almeria |
3 |
| 2 |
T. Miyashiro
Las Palmas |
2 |
| 3 |
Nacho Gil
Tenerife |
2 |
| 4 |
Álex Sala
Mallorca |
2 |
| 5 |
Dani Díaz
Real Sociedad II |
2 |
| 6 |
Naim García
Leganes |
1 |
| 7 |
Cristian Carracedo
Cordoba |
1 |
| 8 |
Curro Sánchez
Burgos |
1 |
| 9 |
Ton Ripoll
Sabadell |
1 |
| 10 |
Fran Beltrán
Girona |
1 |
| Team | Nb participations |
|---|---|
| Zaragoza | 10 |
| Oviedo | 9 |
| Tenerife | 9 |
| Sporting Gijon | 9 |
| Albacete | 8 |
| Almeria | 8 |
| Huesca | 8 |
| Mirandes | 8 |
| Malaga | 7 |
| Alcorcon | 7 |
| Lugo | 7 |
| Las Palmas | 6 |
| Cadiz | 6 |
| Leganes | 5 |
| Eibar | 5 |
| Cordoba | 5 |
| Granada CF | 5 |
| Valladolid | 5 |
| Elche | 5 |
| Racing Santander | 5 |
| FC Cartagena | 5 |
| Burgos | 5 |
| Levante | 4 |
| Deportivo La Coruna | 4 |
| Girona | 4 |
| Numancia | 4 |
| Rayo Vallecano | 4 |
| Ponferradina | 4 |
| Gimnastic | 3 |
| Reus | 3 |
| Mallorca | 3 |
| Fuenlabrada | 3 |
| Castellón | 3 |
| FC Andorra | 3 |
| Espanyol | 2 |
| Cultural Leonesa | 2 |
| Osasuna | 2 |
| Sevilla Atletico | 2 |
| Extremadura | 2 |
| Amorebieta | 2 |
| Ibiza | 2 |
| Racing Ferrol | 2 |
| Real Sociedad II | 2 |
| Villarreal II | 2 |
| Eldense | 2 |
| Team | Goals scored | Total shots | Conversion % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eibar | 10 | 55 |
|
| Girona | 10 | 72 |
|
| Real Sociedad II | 8 | 54 |
|
| FC Andorra | 8 | 106 |
|
| Almeria | 8 | 54 |
|
| Burgos | 8 | 55 |
|
| Las Palmas | 7 | 49 |
|
| Mallorca | 7 | 62 |
|
| Tenerife | 7 | 49 |
|
| Castellón | 7 | 77 |
|
| Celta de Vigo II | 7 | 61 |
|
| Cordoba | 7 | 81 |
|
| Granada CF | 6 | 70 |
|
| Cadiz | 5 | 22 |
|
| Oviedo | 4 | 75 |
|
| Sabadell | 4 | 77 |
|
| Eldense | 3 | 46 |
|
| Leganes | 3 | 41 |
|
| Albacete | 3 | 50 |
|
| Sporting Gijon | 2 | 57 |
|
| Valladolid | 2 | 57 |
|
| AD Ceuta FC | 2 | 58 |
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Segunda División, currently branded LaLiga Hypermotion for commercial purposes, is Spain’s second-tier professional men’s football league and the principal national bridge between La Liga and the divisions below it. Also known as Spanish La Liga 2 and formally titled the Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, it gives established clubs, ambitious smaller sides and eligible reserve teams a route towards the top flight. The competition is administered by the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (LFP), which oversees its regulatory and commercial framework.
The league occupies a distinctive position in the Spanish football pyramid. Promotion offers clubs access to La Liga’s sporting prestige, greater national exposure and significantly enhanced commercial opportunities, while relegation sends teams into the third-tier Primera Federación. That combination makes every campaign meaningful at both ends of the table: clubs compete not only for the title and promotion, but also to avoid the financial and sporting consequences of dropping down.
The competition’s recorded formation year is 1928, while historical accounts commonly place the establishment of the national Segunda División in 1929. It was originally created under the authority of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) as part of the professional organisation of Spanish football. Although the division has at times used regionalised structures, including North and South groups between 1949 and 1968, it developed into the single national league table recognised today.
The division is made up of 22 professional clubs. Places are filled through the promotion and relegation system: three clubs arrive from La Liga through relegation, while four are promoted from the Primera Federación. The exact composition can therefore change from one season to the next, but the league’s national structure and 22-team format provide a consistent competitive framework.
Reserve teams are permitted to compete, allowing leading clubs to develop players in a demanding national environment. Their eligibility is restricted, however. A reserve side cannot be promoted to La Liga if its senior team is already in the top flight, and reserve teams cannot take part in the promotion play-offs. If a reserve team occupies a position that would otherwise lead to promotion or a play-off place, the opportunity passes to the next highest-placed eligible club under the applicable regulations. Clubs must also satisfy the professional competition’s financial, stadium and infrastructure requirements.
The latest verified format uses a double round-robin league stage. Each of the 22 teams plays every other team twice, once at home and once away, producing 42 matches per club. Results are scored in the standard manner: three points for a win, one for a draw and none for a defeat. The final league table determines both the automatic promotion places and the clubs entering the promotion play-offs.
The top two teams are promoted automatically to La Liga. Teams finishing third to sixth contest the final promotion place in a two-stage, two-legged play-off. The semi-finals pair third with sixth and fourth with fifth, with each tie played over home and away legs. The two semi-final winners then meet in a two-legged final. The higher-placed team from the regular season hosts the second leg, adding value to league performance even after the 42-match campaign has ended.
When teams finish level on points in the league table, head-to-head performance is prioritised. The comparison begins with points gained in matches between the tied teams and then considers the goal difference in those encounters, subject to the competition regulations applying to the relevant situation.
Play-off ties remain finely balanced after 180 minutes are completed across the two legs. If the aggregate score is level, the tie proceeds to 30 minutes of extra time. If it is still level after extra time, the team that finished higher in the regular-season table advances. Under the verified format, this means that no penalty shoot-out is used to settle such a promotion play-off tie; regular-season position provides the final sporting advantage.
A normal campaign runs broadly from August to May, with the promotion play-offs extending into June. This scheduling creates a clear progression: the league stage rewards sustained performance over 42 rounds, while the play-offs place four eligible contenders into a short, high-pressure route to the third promotion position. The bottom four clubs are relegated to the Primera Federación, making the fight for survival as consequential as the race for promotion.
Segunda División clubs also compete in the Copa del Rey, giving them a separate opportunity to face opponents from across the Spanish football system and pursue national knockout success. Its blend of long-term league consistency, promotion pressure, reserve-team development and end-of-season play-off drama makes the division one of the most strategically important competitions in Spain. Xtra-Stats presents it as a league competition with a national reach, a clearly defined route to La Liga and a format in which points, head-to-head results and final-table position can shape an entire club’s future.
In the latest usable season, 69 points were enough for sixth place in Segunda División, while seventh finished on 65. Across eight complete, (…)