1959–60 Segunda División

The 1959–60 Segunda División season was the 29th since its establishment and was played between 12 September 1959 and 17 April 1960.

Segunda División

Season	1959–60
Champions	Real Santander Mallorca
Promoted	Real Santander Mallorca
Relegated	Alavés Recreativo Avilés Atlético Almería Ferrol Badajoz
Matches played	480
Goals scored	1,508 (3.14 per match)
Top goalscorer	José Paredes (25 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Ricardo Zamora (0.67 goals/match)
Biggest home win	Sabadell 7–0 Alavés (25 October 1959) Mestalla 7–0 Recreativo (26 December 1959)
Biggest away win	Baracaldo 0–4 Real Gijón (20 March 1960)
Highest scoring	Indauchu 7–4 Ourense (6 December 1959)
← 1958–59 1960–61 →

Overview before the season

32 teams joined the league, including two relegated from the 1958–59 La Liga and 5 promoted from the 1958–59 Tercera División.

Relegated from La Liga

• Real Gijón
• Celta Vigo

Promoted from Tercera División

• Ourense
• Mallorca
• Recreativo
• Cultural Leonesa
• Mestalla

Group North

Teams

Alavés

Avilés

Baracaldo
Basconia

Indauchu
Sestao

Celta

Comtal

Cultural

Deportivo

Ferrol

Gijón

Orense

Sabadell

Santander

Terrassa

Location of teams in Segunda División 1959-60 Group North

Club	City	Stadium
Deportivo Alavés	Vitoria	Mendizorroza
Real Avilés CF	Avilés	La Exposición
Baracaldo Altos Hornos	Baracaldo	Lasesarre
CD Basconia	Basauri	Pedro López Cortázar
RC Celta de Vigo	Vigo	Balaídos
CD Comtal	Barcelona	Les Corts
Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa	León	La Puentecilla
RC Deportivo La Coruña	La Coruña	Riazor
Club Ferrol	Ferrol	Manuel Rivera
Real Gijón CF	Gijón	El Molinón
SD Indauchu	Bilbao	Garellano
CD Orense	Orense	José Antonio
CD Sabadell FC	Sabadell	Creu alta
Real Santander SD	Santander	El Sardinero
Club Sestao	Sestao	Las Llanas
CD Terrassa	Terrassa	Obispo Irurita

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Real Santander (P)	30	17	8	5	63	28	+35	42	Promotion to La Liga
2	Celta Vigo	30	18	4	8	63	37	+26	40	Qualification for the promotion playoffs
3	Ourense	30	15	7	8	56	41	+15	37
4	Deportivo La Coruña	30	16	3	11	56	47	+9	35
5	Real Gijón	30	14	4	12	56	44	+12	32
6	Terrassa	30	12	7	11	47	44	+3	31[a]
7	Sabadell	30	13	5	12	52	41	+11	31[a]
8	Indauchu	30	13	3	14	56	54	+2	29[b]
9	Baracaldo	30	11	7	12	53	51	+2	29[b]
10	Comtal	30	11	7	12	46	45	+1	29[b]
11	Basconia	30	11	5	14	41	57	−16	27[c]
12	Cultural Leonesa	30	10	7	13	47	61	−14	27[c]
13	Alavés (R)	30	8	8	14	44	70	−26	24[d]	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
14	Sestao (O)	30	9	6	15	30	47	−17	24[d]
15	Avilés (R)	30	6	10	14	38	52	−14	22	Relegation to Tercera División
16	Ferrol (R)	30	9	3	18	50	79	−29	21

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. Terrassa finished ahead of Sabadell on head-to-head points: Terrassa–Sabadell 1–0, Sabadell–Terrassa 2–2
2. Indauchu finished ahead of Baracaldo and Comtal on head-to-head points: Indauchu 5 pts, Baracaldo 4 pts, Comtal 3 pts
3. Basconia finished ahead of Cultural Leonesa on head-to-head goal difference: Cultural Leonesa–Basconia 2–1, Basconia–Cultural Leonesa 4–2
4. Alavés finished ahead of Sestao on head-to-head points: Sestao–Alavés 1–1, Alavés–Sestao 3–1

Top goalscorers Goalscorers Goals Team Cesáreo Rivera 23 Ourense Nicolás Mentxaka 19 Baracaldo Francisco Sampedro 17 Real Santander Javier Barrena 16 Indauchu Lolo Gómez 15 Celta Vigo

Top goalkeepers Goalkeeper Goals Matches Average Team Padrón 37 30 1.23 Celta Vigo Gelucho 33 25 1.32 Ourense Juan Visa 34 22 1.55 Terrassa Juan Emery 46 29 1.59 Deportivo La Coruña Manuel Barea 34 20 1.7 Real Gijón

Results

Home \ Away	ALA	AVI	BAR	BAS	CEL	COM	CUL	DEP	FER	GIJ	IND	ORE	SAB	SAT	SES	TER
Alavés	—	3–3	6–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	5–2	3–2	2–2	1–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	3–1
Avilés	4–0	—	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	4–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–3	3–0
Baracaldo	1–1	3–1	—	1–2	2–0	2–0	6–2	2–0	5–1	0–4	0–0	4–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	5–1
Basconia	2–0	3–1	1–3	—	0–2	0–1	4–2	0–1	5–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–1
Celta Vigo	5–0	3–0	3–1	5–1	—	2–1	3–1	4–0	5–2	2–1	4–2	1–1	4–0	0–0	3–1	1–0
Comtal	2–0	1–1	3–3	1–2	3–0	—	4–1	2–2	4–1	5–0	2–1	5–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–1
Cultural Leonesa	3–2	2–2	1–0	2–1	5–1	2–1	—	2–3	1–1	0–0	4–2	2–0	2–1	1–2	4–1	1–1
Deportivo La Coruña	4–2	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	4–1	—	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	1–0	1–2	5–1	1–0
Ferrol	5–2	5–2	3–3	5–0	1–2	1–1	2–3	2–5	—	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–3	2–3	2–1
Gijón	3–0	0–1	3–1	0–1	3–1	6–1	3–0	4–1	4–1	—	3–0	4–2	1–0	1–1	5–0	2–0
Indauchu	4–1	3–0	2–1	5–1	2–1	3–0	2–0	4–3	3–1	2–0	—	7–4	4–1	3–1	0–1	1–3
Orense	5–0	3–3	4–0	4–1	1–3	4–0	2–0	3–0	4–1	3–0	1–0	—	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0
Sabadell	7–0	4–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–1	2–2	3–1	7–2	2–0	3–1	2–1	—	2–1	4–0	2–2
Santander	4–1	4–0	3–2	8–2	1–1	2–0	6–1	3–1	2–1	5–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	—	4–2	1–0
Sestao	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–2	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–3	—	1–0
Terrassa	2–0	1–0	3–1	5–2	4–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	3–2	3–3	6–2	3–3	1–0	0–0	2–1	—

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

Group South

Teams

At. Almería

Badajoz

Cádiz

Ceuta

Córdoba

Extremadura

Jaén

Levante

Mallorca

Mestalla

Murcia

Plus Ultra

Rayo

Recreativo

San Fernando

Canary Islands (see below)

Location of teams in Segunda División 1959-60 Group South

Tenerife

Canary Islands

Club	City	Stadium
CA Almería	Almería	La Falange
CD Badajoz	Badajoz	El Vivero
Cádiz CF	Cádiz	Ramón de Carranza
CA Ceuta	Ceuta	Alfonso Murube
Córdoba CF	Córdoba	El Arcángel
CF Extremadura	Almendralejo	Francisco de la Hera
Real Jaén CF	Jaén	La Victoria
Levante UD	Valencia	Vallejo
RCD Mallorca	Mallorca	Luis Sitjar
CD Mestalla	Valencia	Mestalla
Real Murcia	Murcia	La Condomina
AD Plus Ultra	Madrid	Campo de Ciudad Lineal
AD Rayo Vallecano		Vallecas
Recreativo de Huelva	Huelva	Municipal
CD San Fernando	San Fernando	Marqués de Varela
CD Tenerife	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Heliodoro Rodríguez López

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Mallorca (P)	30	16	8	6	44	22	+22	40	Promotion to La Liga
2	Córdoba	30	18	3	9	52	24	+28	39	Qualification for the promotion playoffs
3	Jaén	30	17	3	10	54	37	+17	37
4	Plus Ultra	30	12	11	7	58	43	+15	35
5	Rayo Vallecano	30	15	3	12	47	40	+7	33[a]
6	Levante	30	15	3	12	57	51	+6	33[a]
7	Murcia	30	11	10	9	37	34	+3	32
8	Atlético Ceuta	30	13	5	12	41	36	+5	31
9	San Fernando	30	12	4	14	44	48	−4	28[b]
10	Tenerife	30	11	6	13	41	48	−7	28[b]
11	Mestalla	30	13	2	15	40	42	−2	28[b]
12	Extremadura	30	10	7	13	50	49	+1	27
13	Recreativo (R)	30	9	7	14	41	58	−17	25	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
14	Cádiz (O)	30	9	5	16	43	55	−12	23[c]
15	Atlético Almería (R)	30	7	9	14	24	57	−33	23[c]	Relegation to Tercera División
16	Badajoz (R)	30	7	4	19	37	66	−29	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. Rayo Vallecano finished ahead of Levante on overall goal difference
2. San Fernando finished ahead of Tenerife and Mestalla on head-to-head points: San Fernando 5 pts, Tenerife 4 pts, Mestalla 3 pts
3. Cádiz finished ahead of Atlético Almería on head-to-head goal difference: Atlético Almería–Cádiz 3–1, Cádiz–Atlético Almería 4–1

Top goalscorers Goalscorers Goals Team José Paredes 25 Levante Fritz Hollaus 18 Rayo Vallecano Juan Manuel Villa 16 Plus Ultra Quirro 16 Recreativo Manuel Haro 15 Jaén

Top goalkeepers Goalkeeper Goals Matches Average Team Ricardo Zamora 18 27 0.67 Mallorca José Campillo 34 30 1.13 Murcia Félix Arrizabalaga 32 27 1.19 Mestalla Lorenzo Zúnica 35 29 1.21 Atlético Ceuta José Bermúdez 37 30 1.23 Jaén

Results

Home \ Away	ALM	BAD	CÁD	CEU	CÓR	EXT	JAÉ	LEV	MLL	MES	MUR	PLU	RAY	REC	SFE	TEN
Atlético Almería	—	0–2	3–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	4–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–2
Badajoz	3–0	—	2–1	0–0	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–2	0–0	4–2	2–1	1–4	2–2	1–1	3–2	1–2
Cádiz	4–1	3–1	—	2–2	1–3	6–1	0–2	2–1	2–2	0–1	3–2	1–1	3–1	3–0	1–0	2–0
Atlético Ceuta	5–0	5–1	1–1	—	1–0	4–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	3–0
Córdoba	4–0	6–1	3–0	3–1	—	3–1	1–0	3–1	0–0	3–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	4–1	2–0
Extremadura	0–0	3–1	3–0	4–0	2–0	—	3–0	1–2	1–3	2–1	1–1	2–2	4–1	5–1	1–2	2–0
Real Jaén	7–1	4–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	—	4–2	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	3–2	2–1
Levante	1–1	3–2	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–1	1–3	—	1–2	1–0	2–0	4–3	2–0	4–2	3–2	8–2
Mallorca	6–0	2–0	6–2	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	2–1	—	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–0
Mestalla	1–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	0–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	—	3–1	2–1	1–3	7–0	1–0	0–0
Real Murcia	0–0	1–3	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	—	3–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–0
Plus Ultra	4–0	1–0	1–0	4–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	4–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	—	2–3	4–1	4–2	1–0
Rayo Vallecano	4–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–4	2–0	2–1	5–3	1–0	4–1	4–2	1–2	—	1–0	4–0	2–1
Recreativo	4–1	6–3	1–1	3–2	0–1	2–2	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	4–1	2–2	2–1	—	3–0	1–1
San Fernando	2–1	2–0	5–0	1–2	1–0	2–2	2–1	3–2	2–1	2–0	0–1	3–3	1–0	3–2	—	1–1
Tenerife	2–0	3–2	2–1	2–1	4–3	2–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	3–0	3–0	1–2	—

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

Promotion playoffs

First leg

Celta Vigo v Valladolid

22 May 1960	Celta Vigo	2–2	Valladolid	Vigo
	Bayo 52', 88'	Report	Morollón 49' Zaldúa 60'	Stadium: Balaídos Referee: Gardeazabal Garay

Real Sociedad v Córdoba

29 May 1960	Real Sociedad	2–1	Córdoba	San Sebastián
	Azcárate 2' Paz 34'	Report	Joaquín 68'	Stadium: Atocha Referee: Marrón Martín

Second leg

Valladolid v Celta Vigo

29 May 1960	Valladolid	5–0 (7–2 agg.)	Celta Vigo	Valladolid
	Solé 29' (pen.), 69' (pen.) Zaldúa 32', 51' Endériz 88'	Report		Stadium: José Zorrilla Referee: Zariquiegui Izco

Córdoba v Real Sociedad

5 June 1960	Córdoba	1–0 (2–2 agg.)	Real Sociedad	Córdoba
	Homar 17'	Report		Stadium: El Arcángel Referee: García Fernández

Tiebreaker

Real Sociedad v Córdoba

7 June 1960	Real Sociedad	1–0	Córdoba	Madrid
	Rivera 50'	Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Caballero Camacho

Relegation playoffs

First leg

Castellón v Recreativo

19 June 1960	Castellón	3–1	Recreativo	Castellón de la Plana
	Duarte 10' Doménech 44', 70'	Report	Quirro 6'	Stadium: Castalia Referee: Arrese Napal

Manresa v Sestao

19 June 1960	Manresa	1–1	Sestao	Manresa
	Queralt 83'	Report	Izaguirre 57'	Stadium: El Pujolet Referee: Canera Coscolín

Salamanca v Alavés

19 June 1960	Salamanca	2–0	Alavés	Salamanca
	Toni 46' Blanco 49'	Report		Stadium: Calvario Referee: Ruiz Alciturri

Algeciras v Cádiz

19 June 1960	Algeciras	1–1	Cádiz	Algeciras
	Pepín 40'	Report	García 79'	Stadium: El Mirador Referee: Clausí

Second leg

Sestao v Manresa

25 June 1960	Sestao	3–0 (4–1 agg.)	Manresa	Sestao
	Sasia 34', 49', 55'	Report		Stadium: Las Llanas Referee: Razquin Antía

Alavés v Salamanca

26 June 1960	Alavés	1–1 (1–3 agg.)	Salamanca	Vitoria-Gasteiz
	Uribe 51'	Report	Barrado 44'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Referee: Mateu Bernat

Recreativo v Castellón

26 June 1960	Recreativo	1–2 (2–5 agg.)	Castellón	Huelva
	Víctor 58'	Report	Vitaller 55' Duarte 82'	Stadium: Colombino Referee: De la O Santiago

Cádiz v Algeciras

26 June 1960	Cádiz	2–1 (3–2 agg.)	Algeciras	Cádiz
	Pedrusco 49' Sornichero 57'	Report	Soler 87'	Stadium: Ramón de Carranza Referee: Pascual Hernández

External links

• BDFútbol