1941–42 Segunda División

The 1941–42 Segunda División season saw 24 teams participate in the second flight Spanish league. Betis and Zaragoza was promoted to Primera División. Real Unión, Levante and Cartagena were relegated to Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol.

Segunda División

Season	1941–42
Champions	Real Betis
Promoted	Real Betis Real Zaragoza
Relegated	Real Unión Levante-Gimnástico Cartagena CF
Matches played	168
Goals scored	655 (3.9 per match)
Top goalscorer	José Mijares (18 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Ricardo Pujol (0.81 goals/match)
Biggest home win	Cádiz 7–0 Cartagena (19 October 1941) Real Gijón 8–1 Real Unión (2 November 1941) Osasuna 7–0 Levante-Gimnástico (16 November 1941)
Biggest away win	Levante-Gimnástico 0–4 Ferroviaria (26 October 1941)
Highest scoring	Jerez 8–5 Cartagena (9 November 1941)
← 1940–41 1942–43 →

Overview before the season

24 teams joined the league, including two relegated from the 1940–41 La Liga and 5 promoted from Divisiones Regionales.

Relegated from La Liga

• Zaragoza
• Murcia

Promoted from Divisiones Regionales

• Alavés
• Constancia
• Ferroviaria
• Ceuta
• Elche

Group 1

Teams

Arenas

Baracaldo-Oriamendi

Ferrol

Gijón

R. Unión

Salamanca

Santander

Valladolid

Location of teams in Segunda División 1941-42 G-1

Club	City	Stadium
Arenas Club	Guecho	Ibaiondo
Baracaldo-Oriamendi	Baracaldo	Lasesarre
Club Ferrol	Ferrol	Inferniño
Real Gijón	Gijón	El Molinón
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 Gijón	14	8	4	2	37	23	+14	20	Qualification for the promotion playoffs
2	Salamanca	14	9	0	5	31	25	+6	18
3	Ferrol	14	7	3	4	34	20	+14	17	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
4	Real Santander	14	5	5	4	26	26	0	15
5	Real Valladolid	14	6	2	6	32	21	+11	14[a]
6	Baracaldo-Oriamendi	14	6	2	6	32	29	+3	14[a]
7	Arenas	14	5	0	9	24	38	−14	10
8	Real Unión (R)	14	1	2	11	16	50	−34	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
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Valladolid finished ahead of Baracaldo-Oriamendi on head-to-head goal difference: Baracaldo–Valladolid 1–0, Valladolid–Baracaldo 3–1

Results

Home \ Away	ARE	BAR	FER	SPO	RAC	RUN	SAL	VLL
Arenas	—	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–1	4–3	2–3	1–4
Baracaldo-Oriamendi	4–1	—	3–4	3–3	3–2	6–1	4–1	1–0
Ferrol	3–1	3–0	—	6–1	5–0	5–1	3–1	1–1
Real Gijón	5–1	2–0	3–2	—	3–3	8–1	3–1	2–1
Real Santander	3–2	2–2	0–0	2–2	—	3–0	3–0	1–0
Real Unión	2–3	2–3	0–0	1–0	2–2	—	1–2	1–4
Salamanca	2–0	3–1	3–1	0–2	3–1	5–0	—	4–3
Real Valladolid	4–1	3–1	4–0	1–1	1–3	5–1	1–3	—

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

Top goalscorers Goalscorers Goals Team José Mijares 18 Real Gijón Pruden 16 Salamanca Portugués 12 Ferrol Ildefonso Sañudo 12 Valladolid Martín Aroma 9 Arenas

Top goalkeepers Goalkeeper Goals Matches Average Team Moreno 16 12 1.33 Ferrol Manuel Joven 19 12 1.58 Salamanca Pablito 19 11 1.73 Real Gijón Joaquín Caller 24 13 1.85 Real Santander José María Busto 24 12 2 Baracaldo

Group 2

Teams

Alavés

Constancia

Ferroviaria

Gerona

Levante-Gimnástico

Osasuna

R. Sociedad

Sabadell

Location of teams in Segunda División 1941-42 G-2

Club	City	Stadium
Deportivo Alavés	Vitoria	Mendizorroza
CD Constancia	Inca	Camp d’Es Cos
AD Ferroviaria	Madrid	Campo de Delicias
Gerona CF	Gerona	Vista Alegre
UD Levante-Gimnástico	Valencia	Vallejo
CA Osasuna	Pamplona	San Juan
Real Sociedad	San Sebastián	Atocha
CD Sabadell FC	Sabadell	Cruz Alta

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sabadell	14	6	7	1	26	13	+13	19	Qualification for the promotion playoffs
2	Real Zaragoza (O, P)	14	6	4	4	30	26	+4	16[a]
3	Alavés	14	7	2	5	32	28	+4	16[a]	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
4	Constancia	14	5	5	4	28	18	+10	15[b]
5	Gerona	14	6	3	5	24	20	+4	15[b]
6	Osasuna	14	5	3	6	29	24	+5	13
7	Ferroviaria	14	5	2	7	18	23	−5	12
8	Levante-Gimnástico (R)	14	2	2	10	17	52	−35	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. Zaragoza finished ahead of Alavés on overall average: Zaragoza 1.15, Alavés 1.14
2. Constancia finished ahead of Gerona on head-to-head points: Gerona–Constancia 0–3, Constancia–Gerona 1–1

Results

Home \ Away	ALA	CON	FER	GIR	LEV	OSA	SAB	ZAR
Alavés	—	2–2	3–0	1–0	7–1	3–1	2–1	2–0
Constancia	3–0	—	1–0	1–1	6–1	2–2	1–2	5–1
Ferroviaria	2–3	2–1	—	1–0	2–1	3–1	0–2	1–1
Gerona	2–1	0–3	4–1	—	6–2	0–2	0–1	3–2
Levante-Gimnástico	4–2	0–0	0–4	1–2	—	4–2	1–1	1–3
Osasuna	6–2	3–2	2–0	1–3	7–0	—	1–1	0–0
Sabadell	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	6–0	2–0	—	4–2
Real Zaragoza	5–3	3–0	3–1	2–2	4–1	2–1	2–2	—

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

Top goalscorers Goalscorers Goals Team Carlos Sanz 16 Constancia Miguel Gual 12 Sabadell Vicente Martínez 10 Zaragoza Totó 9 Alavés Florentino Zubizarreta 7 Alavés

Top goalkeepers Goalkeeper Goals Matches Average Team Ricardo Pujol 9 11 0.82 Sabadell Andrés Company 18 14 1.29 Constancia José Francàs 20 14 1.43 Gerona Jesús Ederra 18 11 1.64 Osasuna José Valero 20 12 1.67 Zaragoza

Group 3

Teams

Betis

Cádiz

Cartagena CF

Ceuta

Elche

CD Málaga

Murcia

Xerez

Location of teams in Segunda División 1941-42 G-3

Club	City	Stadium
Real Betis Balompié	Seville	Heliópolis
Cádiz CF	Cádiz	La Mirandilla
Cartagena CF	Cartagena	El Almarjal
SD Ceuta	Ceuta	Campo de Deportes
Elche CF	Elche	Altabix
CD Málaga	Málaga	La Rosaleda
Real Murcia	Murcia	Estadio de La Condomina
Xerez Club	Jerez de la Frontera	Domecq

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real Betis (O, P)	14	8	4	2	39	22	+17	20	Qualification for the promotion playoffs
2	Real Murcia	14	8	1	5	37	28	+9	17
3	Cádiz	14	7	2	5	30	19	+11	16	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
4	CD Málaga	14	5	4	5	19	21	−2	14[a]
5	Ceuta	14	5	4	5	27	19	+8	14[a]
6	Elche	14	4	3	7	23	35	−12	11
7	Xerez Club	14	3	4	7	25	36	−11	10[b]
8	Cartagena CF (R)	14	3	4	7	19	39	−20	10[b]

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. Málaga finished ahead of Ceuta on head-to-head points: Málaga–Ceuta 5–0, Ceuta–Málaga 0–1
2. Jerez finished ahead of Cartagena on head-to-head points: Jerez–Cartagena 8–5, Cartagena–Jerez 2–2

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers	Goals	Team
José Vilanova	14	Murcia
Paquirri	13	Real Betis
Saro	10	Real Betis
Tavilo	9	Ceuta
Manuel Olivares	8	CD Málaga

Top goalkeepers

Goalkeeper	Goals	Matches	Average	Team
Joaquín Comas	12	12	1	Ceuta
Ramón Mendaro	21	14	1.5	CD Málaga
Francisco Suárez	19	12	1.58	Murcia
Paquillo	21	13	1.62	Real Betis
Francisco Larios	27	11	2.45	Xerez Club

Promotion playoffs

First round

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real Betis (C, P)	10	7	1	2	21	17	+4	15	Promotion to La Liga
2	Real Zaragoza (P)	10	6	1	3	19	13	+6	13
3	Real Murcia	10	6	0	4	17	11	+6	12	Qualification for the second round
4	Sabadell	10	3	3	4	16	22	−6	9
5	Real Gijón	10	3	2	5	25	19	+6	8
6	Salamanca	10	1	1	8	8	24	−16	3

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; (P) Promoted

Second round

Oviedo v Sabadell

4 June 1942	Oviedo	3–1	Sabadell	Madrid
	Soladrero 56', 74' Goyín 81'	Report	Polo 88'	Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Escartín

Barcelona v Murcia

28 June 1942	Barcelona	5–1	Murcia	Madrid
	Martín 28', 61', 72', 77' Sospedra 89'	Report	Huguet 23'	Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Escartín

Relegation playoffs

Group 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Cultural Leonesa (P)	10	5	2	3	24	18	+6	12
2	Real Valladolid	10	6	0	4	19	15	+4	12
3	Real Santander	10	5	1	4	26	13	+13	11
4	Ferrol	10	5	1	4	23	19	+4	11
5	Coruña	10	4	0	6	25	26	−1	8
6	Langreano	10	3	0	7	13	39	−26	6

Source: Arquero
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored
(P) Promoted

Group 2

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Arenas	10	8	1	1	31	4	+27	17
2	Logroñés	10	6	1	3	24	17	+7	13
3	Baracaldo-Oriamendi	10	6	1	3	22	16	+6	13
4	Rayo Cantabria	10	4	1	5	20	20	0	9
5	Indauchu	10	2	0	8	20	36	−16	4
6	Real Unión (R)	10	2	0	8	8	32	−24	4

Source: Arquero
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored
(R) Relegated

Group 3

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Osasuna	10	8	1	1	33	10	+23	17
2	Ferroviaria	10	5	3	2	19	12	+7	13
3	Alavés	10	4	2	4	26	21	+5	10
4	Imperio Madrid	10	4	2	4	18	19	−1	10
5	Tudelano	10	3	1	6	16	31	−15	7
6	Atlético Zaragoza	10	1	1	8	10	29	−19	3

Source: Arquero
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored

Group 4

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Tarrasa (P)	10	6	3	1	24	7	+17	15
2	Levante-Gimnástico (R)	10	5	2	3	23	20	+3	12
3	Mallorca	10	4	2	4	20	17	+3	10
4	Constancia	10	4	2	4	19	19	0	10
5	Gerona	10	3	1	6	18	23	−5	7
6	Martinenc	10	3	0	7	10	28	−18	6

Source: Arquero
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group 5

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CD Málaga	10	6	3	1	22	17	+5	15
2	Elche	10	5	2	3	24	13	+11	12
3	Alcoyano (P)	10	5	1	4	17	13	+4	11
4	Eldense	10	5	1	4	22	20	+2	11
5	Cartagena CF (R)	10	2	2	6	11	21	−10	6
6	CD Córdoba	10	2	1	7	11	23	−12	5

Source: Arquero
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group 6

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ceuta	10	8	1	1	26	7	+19	17
2	Xerez Club	10	7	1	2	27	15	+12	15
3	Recreativo	10	4	1	5	21	22	−1	9
4	Cádiz	10	3	2	5	20	21	−1	8
5	Atlético Tetuán	10	3	0	7	13	24	−11	6
6	Badajoz	10	2	1	7	11	29	−18	5

Source: Arquero
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored

External links

• LFP website