1952–53 Segunda División

The 1952–53 Segunda División season was the 22nd since its establishment and was played between 13 September 1952 and 3 May 1953.

Segunda División

Season	1952–53
Champions	Osasuna Jaén
Promoted	Osasuna Jaén
Relegated	San Andrés Orihuela Real Córdoba Gimnástico Atlético Baleares Huesca Plus Ultra Burgos Cacereño
Matches played	480
Goals scored	1,693 (3.53 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ángel Arregui (30 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Primitivo Eroles Goyo (1.11 goals/match)
Biggest home win	Jaén 9–0 Granada (28 September 1952)
Biggest away win	San Andrés 0–5 Lérida (28 September 1952)
Highest scoring	Hércules 7–5 Orihuela (9 November 1952)
← 1951–52 1953–54 →

Overview before the season

32 teams joined the league, including two relegated from the 1951–52 La Liga and 6 promoted from the 1951–52 Tercera División.

Relegated from La Liga

• Las Palmas
• Atlético Tetuán

Promoted from Tercera División

• Avilés
• Burgos
• España Industrial
• Cacereño
• Orihuela
• Jaén

Group North

Teams

Alavés

Avilés

Baracaldo

Burgos

Caudal

España Industrial
San Andrés

Ferrol

Gimnástico

Gimnástica

Huesca

Lérida

Logroñés

Osasuna

Sabadell

Salamanca

Location of teams in Segunda División 1952-53 Group North

Club	City	Stadium
Deportivo Alavés	Vitoria	Mendizorroza
Real Avilés CF	Avilés	Las Arobias
Club Baracaldo	Baracaldo	Lasesarre
Burgos CF	Burgos	Zatorre
Caudal Deportivo	Mieres	El Batán
SD España Industrial	Barcelona	Les Corts
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
CA Osasuna	Pamplona	San Juan
CD Sabadell FC	Sabadell	Cruz Alta
UD Salamanca	Salamanca	El Calvario
CD San Andrés	Barcelona	Santa Coloma

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Osasuna (P)	30	16	8	6	61	37	+24	40	Promotion to La Liga
2	España Industrial (O)	30	16	5	9	65	43	+22	37[a]	Qualification for the promotion playoffs
3	Avilés	30	16	5	9	59	46	+13	37[a]
4	Alavés	30	16	3	11	58	48	+10	35
5	Logroñés	30	14	6	10	59	44	+15	34
6	Lérida	30	14	4	12	48	37	+11	32
7	Baracaldo	30	12	7	11	54	41	+13	31
8	San Andrés[b]	30	13	4	13	50	58	−8	30	Relegation to Tercera División
9	Ferrol	30	11	7	12	49	41	+8	29
10	Caudal	30	11	6	13	45	48	−3	28[c]
11	Sabadell	30	10	8	12	41	55	−14	28[c]
12	Gimnástica Torrelavega (O)	30	12	3	15	41	57	−16	27	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
13	Salamanca (R)	30	11	4	15	42	53	−11	26
14	Gimnástico (R)	30	10	5	15	37	56	−19	25	Relegation to Tercera División
15	Huesca (R)	30	8	7	15	36	48	−12	23
16	Burgos (R)	30	6	6	18	34	67	−33	18

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. España Industrial finished ahead of Avilés on head-to-head goal difference: Avilés–España Industrial 2–0, España Industrial–Avilés 6–2
2. San Andrés quit Segunda División at the end of the season
3. Caudal finished ahead of Sabadell on head-to-head points: Caudal–Sabadell 3–2, Sabadell–Caudal 0–1

Results

Home \ Away	ALA	AVI	BAR	BUR	CAU	CON	NAS	GIM	HUE	LLE	LOG	OSA	RFE	SAB	SAL	STA
Alavés	—	4–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–3	1–2	5–0	4–1	4–1	4–1	3–2	3–0	3–0	4–0
Avilés	7–1	—	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–2	3–0	3–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	4–0	4–1	5–0
Baracaldo	6–0	3–1	—	4–0	2–1	1–3	1–0	2–0	4–1	2–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	4–0	5–0	1–3
Burgos	2–2	3–0	2–2	—	3–2	1–2	3–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–3	1–2	3–4	2–3	0–2	2–4
Caudal	2–0	4–0	1–0	2–3	—	5–3	3–2	1–2	1–1	2–0	5–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–0	2–2
España Industrial	2–0	6–2	3–1	4–1	6–0	—	0–1	5–2	3–0	1–3	1–1	2–2	4–1	1–1	2–0	1–1
Gimnástico	5–1	0–2	2–1	2–3	2–1	1–0	—	4–3	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–3	2–2	0–0	2–1	0–1
Gimnástica Torrelavega	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	—	4–3	2–0	3–0	1–0	0–1	4–3	3–1	0–1
Huesca	3–0	0–1	1–1	7–0	1–1	3–1	0–2	2–0	—	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–1
Lérida	3–2	2–1	2–2	4–0	3–0	0–1	2–1	4–0	1–0	—	3–2	2–2	3–1	2–0	3–1	2–0
Logroñés	3–0	7–2	4–1	3–0	0–0	1–4	3–0	3–1	4–0	3–0	—	0–0	2–1	1–2	4–1	5–0
Osasuna	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–3	6–1	6–1	3–0	1–0	4–0	—	3–2	1–0	4–1	2–0
Ferrol	0–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–2	4–1	4–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–2	—	4–0	2–1	4–0
Sabadell	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–1	0–1	4–2	4–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–3	0–1	—	3–2	2–1
Salamanca	1–2	2–0	1–2	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	3–1	2–1	3–1	0–0	4–1	3–1	—	3–0
San Andrés	0–1	2–2	3–1	4–0	4–1	2–1	4–1	1–2	2–0	0–5	1–3	4–2	2–4	4–1	3–0	—

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

Top goalscorers Goalscorers Goals Team Mauro Rodríguez 19 Avilés Luisito 17 Avilés Enrique Malo 17 Alavés Miguel Xirau 17 San Andrés Antonio Insa 16 Caudal

Top goalkeepers Goalkeeper Goals Matches Average Team Goyo 30 27 1.11 Osasuna Primitivo Eroles 30 27 1.11 Lérida José María Munárriz 34 26 1.31 Avilés Pedro Estrems 40 29 1.38 España Industrial Rogelio Lozano 40 28 1.43 Caudal

Group South

Teams

Alcoyano

At. Tetuán

Baleares

Cacereño

Real Córdoba

Granada

Hércules

Jaén

Linense

Mallorca

Melilla

Mestalla

Murcia

Orihuela Dep.

Plus Ultra

Canary Islands (see below)

Location of teams in Segunda División 1952-53 Group South

Las Palmas

Canary Islands

Club	City	Stadium
CD Alcoyano	Alcoy	Estadio El Collao
CD Atlético Baleares	Palma de Mallorca	Son Canals
Atlético Tetuán	Tétouan	Sania Ramel
CD Cacereño	Cáceres	Ciudad Deportiva
RCD Córdoba	Córdoba	El Árcangel
Granada CF	Granada	Los Cármenes
Hércules CF	Alicante	La Viña
Real Jaén CF	Jaén	La Victoria
UD Las Palmas	Las Palmas	Insular
RB Linense	La Línea de la Concepción	San Bernardo
RCD Mallorca	Palma de Mallorca	Es Fortí
UD Melilla	Melilla	Álvarez Claro
CD Mestalla	Valencia	Mestalla
Real Murcia	Murcia	La Condomina
Orihuela Deportiva CF	Orihuela	Los Arcos
AD Plus Ultra	Madrid	Campo de Ciudad Lineal

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Jaén (P)	30	19	3	8	85	47	+38	41	Promotion to La Liga
2	Hércules	30	16	6	8	69	49	+20	38	Qualification for the promotion playoffs
3	Atlético Tetuán	30	15	6	9	66	39	+27	36
4	Las Palmas	30	16	3	11	55	38	+17	35
5	Melilla	30	14	5	11	55	53	+2	33[a]
6	Mestalla	30	13	7	10	56	45	+11	33[a]
7	Alcoyano	30	14	2	14	70	64	+6	30[b]
8	Mallorca	30	11	8	11	47	59	−12	30[b]
9	Granada	30	13	4	13	52	55	−3	30[b]
10	Linense	30	13	3	14	53	61	−8	29[c]
11	Murcia	30	11	7	12	53	43	+10	29[c]
12	Orihuela (R)	30	12	2	16	51	75	−24	26[d]	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
13	Real Córdoba (R)	30	9	8	13	55	62	−7	26[d]
14	Atlético Baleares (R)	30	10	3	17	50	75	−25	23	Relegation to Tercera División
15	Plus Ultra (R)	30	7	8	15	57	70	−13	22
16	Cacereño (R)	30	7	5	18	40	79	−39	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
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Melilla finished ahead of Mestalla on head-to-head points: Melilla–Mestalla 2–1, Mestalla–Melilla 2–2
2. Alcoyano finished ahead of Mallorca and Granada on head-to-head goal difference
3. Linense finished ahead of Murcia on head-to-head points: Linense–Murcia 2–1, Murcia–Linense 0–0
4. Orihuela finished ahead of Real Córdoba on head-to-head points: Orihuela–Real Córdoba 0–0, Real Córdoba–Orihuela 1–2

Results

Home \ Away	ALC	BAL	TET	CAC	GRA	HER	JAE	LPA	LNS	MAL	MEL	MES	MUR	ORI	RMC	COR
Alcoyano	—	4–2	2–3	4–1	5–0	2–4	1–2	5–3	3–2	3–0	6–3	3–1	2–2	5–0	6–1	5–1
Atlético Baleares	3–1	—	1–2	2–1	1–1	4–3	3–4	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	3–0	2–0	7–1	2–1	4–1
Atlético Tetuán	1–1	5–0	—	3–0	3–0	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–2	5–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	7–0	5–1	2–2
Cacereño	1–3	3–1	0–2	—	1–3	1–1	2–1	1–4	5–1	2–2	5–3	1–1	2–1	3–0	2–2	2–2
Granada	2–0	5–0	1–0	3–1	—	0–0	3–1	1–0	5–0	3–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	6–0	4–0	5–1
Hércules	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	3–3	—	4–0	4–0	1–0	3–0	1–2	5–0	1–1	7–5	4–1	1–0
Jaén	5–0	5–1	1–0	5–0	9–0	2–0	—	5–1	3–1	4–3	5–0	4–2	3–2	5–1	5–2	2–0
Las Palmas	3–0	5–0	3–4	3–0	3–1	1–0	4–0	—	2–0	3–0	3–0	1–2	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–1
Linense	4–1	4–2	1–1	3–0	3–1	4–1	2–1	2–1	—	1–1	3–0	1–3	2–1	3–1	3–0	4–2
Mallorca	1–0	1–1	1–3	4–2	4–2	4–1	2–1	3–2	2–0	—	1–1	2–1	4–0	0–3	3–1	2–1
Melilla	5–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–2	0–3	0–0	4–1	1–1	—	2–1	4–1	1–0	3–1	1–0
Mestalla	3–0	6–0	1–4	1–0	3–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	4–3	3–0	2–2	—	2–0	2–1	3–0	6–2
Murcia	0–1	4–1	2–0	5–0	4–0	1–2	3–3	3–1	0–0	6–1	1–3	2–1	—	3–1	1–1	4–0
Orihuela	1–3	2–3	3–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	4–1	1–0	3–2	2–0	5–4	3–3	1–3	—	1–0	0–0
Plus Ultra	4–2	2–0	2–2	9–1	5–0	4–5	2–2	0–1	5–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	—	2–2
Real Córdoba	3–0	4–2	4–1	2–3	1–0	5–1	1–1	2–1	5–0	2–2	3–2	1–1	0–1	1–2	6–4	—

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

Top goalscorers Goalscorers Goals Team Ángel Arregui 30 Jaén José Vila 17 Melilla José Caeiro 16 Hércules Antonio Picazo 16 Alcoyano Juan Vázquez 16 Plus Ultra

Top goalkeepers Goalkeeper Goals Matches Average Team Pepín 38 30 1.27 Las Palmas Francisco Gómez 32 25 1.28 Murcia Eleusis Quiles 35 22 1.59 Hércules Candi 35 21 1.67 Granada Pedro González 50 30 1.67 Melilla

Promotion playoffs

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Deportivo La Coruña (O)	10	5	1	4	15	11	+4	11[a]	Remained at La Liga
2	España Industrial[b] (O)	10	4	3	3	20	12	+8	11[a]
3	Celta Vigo	10	4	2	4	18	17	+1	10[c]	Remained at La Liga
4	Atlético Tetuán	10	4	2	4	15	13	+2	10[c]
5	Avilés	10	4	1	5	14	22	−8	9[d]
6	Hércules	10	4	1	5	12	19	−7	9[d]

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
Notes:

1. Deportivo La Coruña finished ahead of España Industrial on head-to-head points: Deportivo La Coruña–España Industrial 0–0, España Industrial–Deportivo La Coruña 1–3
2. Not promoted after being Barcelona reserve team
3. Celta Vigo finished ahead of Atlético Tetuán on head-to-head points: Celta Vigo–Atlético Tetuán 4–1, Atlético Tetuán–Celta Vigo 0–0
4. Avilés finished ahead of Hércules on head-to-head points: Avilés–Hércules 2–0, Hércules–Avilés 1–1

Results

Home \ Away	TET	AVI	CEL	DEP	CON	HER
Atlético Tetuán	—	6–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	3–0
Avilés	1–0	—	4–1	1–0	1–3	2–0
Celta Vigo	4–1	4–2	—	1–3	1–1	5–1
Deportivo La Coruña	3–0	1–0	1–2	—	0–0	3–1
España Industrial	1–1	6–1	3–0	1–3	—	4–1
Hércules	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	2–0	—

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

Relegation playoffs

Group 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Gimnástica Torrelavega (O)	8	5	0	3	17	11	+6	10
2	Cultural Leonesa (O, P)	8	4	0	4	21	19	+2	8[a]	Promotion to Segunda División
3	Mataró	8	4	0	4	17	16	+1	8[a]
4	Salamanca (R)	8	4	0	4	12	10	+2	8[a]
5	Sestao	8	3	0	5	11	22	−11	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. Cultural Leonesa finished ahead of Mataró and Salamanca on head-to-head points: Cultural Leonesa 6 pts, Mataró 4 pts, Salamanca 2 pts

Results

Home \ Away	LEO	GIM	MAT	SAL	SES
Cultural Leonesa	—	2–4	3–1	3–1	6–0
Gimnástica Torrelavega	1–0	—	2–1	1–0	5–1
Mataró	7–2	3–2	—	1–0	3–1
Salamanca	1–2	2–1	4–1	—	3–1
Sestao	4–3	2–1	2–0	0–1	—

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

Group 2

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	España Tánger	6	3	2	1	12	5	+7	8[a]	Promotion to Segunda División
2	Levante	6	3	2	1	15	11	+4	8[a]
3	Real Córdoba	6	1	3	2	13	16	−3	5	Relegation to Tercera División
4	Calvo Sotelo	6	1	1	4	12	20	−8	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
Notes:

1. España Tánger finished ahead of Levante on overall goal difference

Results

Home \ Away	PUE	ESP	LEV	COR
Calvo Sotelo	—	2–2	1–3	5–0
España Tánger	5–0	—	1–0	2–0
Levante	5–3	1–0	—	3–3
Real Córdoba	5–1	2–2	3–3	—

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

Group 3

Orihuela v Tenerife

24 May 1953	Orihuela	2–1	Tenerife	Orihuela
	Gallardo 55' Calabuig 75'	Report	Antonio 35'	Stadium: Los Arcos Referee: Asensi Martín

Tenerife v Orihuela

31 May 1953	Tenerife	3–0 (4–2 agg.)	Orihuela	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
	Paquillo 35' Julito 55', 80'	Report		Stadium: Heliodoro Rodríguez López Referee: Azón Roma

External links

• BDFútbol