2011–12 Segunda División

The 2011–12 Segunda División season (known as the Liga Adelante for sponsorship reasons) was the 81st since its establishment. The first matches of the season were played on 26 August 2011 after the Association of Spanish Footballers (AFE) called a strike,^[1] the regular league ended on 3 June 2012, while the entire season ended on 16 June 2012 with the promotion play-off finals.

Segunda División

Season	2011–12
Champions	Deportivo La Coruña
Promoted	Deportivo La Coruña Celta Valladolid
Relegated	Villarreal B Alcoyano Cartagena Gimnàstic de Tarragona
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,218 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorer	Leonardo Ulloa
Biggest home win	Elche 6–0 Alcorcón (16 December 2011)
Biggest away win	Xerez 0–6 Barcelona B (3 June 2012)
Highest scoring	Girona 5–3 Xerez (10 March 2012) Murcia 2–6 Hércules (14 April 2012) Cartagena 6–2 Villarreal B (27 May 2012)
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The first goal of the season was scored by Xabier Etxeita, who scored a ninth-minute goal for Elche against Girona in the early kick-off. The first red card of the season was given to Richy from Girona in their opening game against Elche. The first hat-trick was scored by Joselu in the match between Villarreal B and Gimnàstic de Tarragona.

Teams

Deportivo La Coruña, Hércules and Almería are the teams which were relegated from La Liga the previous season. Deportivo were relegated after 20 years in La Liga, Hércules made their immediate return to the second level after just one season in the top division, while Almería ended a four-year tenure in La Liga. Betis were promoted after two consecutive seasons in the second level, Rayo Vallecano after eight years in lower divisions and Granada after playing in lower divisions for 35 years.

The teams which were relegated the previous season were Salamanca, Tenerife, Ponferradina and Albacete. These four were replaced by Real Murcia (group 4 champions and 2ªB champions), Sabadell (group 3 champions and 2ªB runners-up), Alcoyano and Guadalajara.

Stadia and locations

Alcorcón

Alcoyano

Almería

Barcelona B

Cartagena

Celta

Córdoba

Deportivo

Elche

Gimnàstic

Girona

Guadalajara

Hércules

Huesca

Murcia

Numancia

Recreativo

Sabadell

Valladolid

Villarreal B

Xerez

Canary Islands (see below)

Location of teams in Segunda División 2011–12

Las Palmas

Canary Islands

Team	Home city	Stadium	Stadium capacity
Alcorcón	Alcorcón	Santo Domingo	5,400
Alcoyano	Alcoy	El Collao	4,500
Almería	Almería	Estadio del Mediterráneo	22,000
Barcelona B	Barcelona	Mini Estadi	15,276
Cartagena	Cartagena	Cartagonova	14,500
Celta de Vigo	Vigo	Balaídos	31,800
Córdoba	Córdoba	Nuevo Arcángel	18,280
Deportivo La Coruña	A Coruña	Riazor	34,600
Elche	Elche	Martínez Valero	36,017
Gimnàstic	Tarragona	Nou Estadi	14,500
Girona	Girona	Montilivi	9,500
Guadalajara	Guadalajara	Pedro Escartín	8,000
Hércules	Alicante	Estadio José Rico Pérez	30,000
Huesca	Huesca	El Alcoraz	5,300
Las Palmas	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	Gran Canaria	31,250
Murcia	Murcia	Nueva Condomina	31,179
Numancia	Soria	Los Pajaritos	9,025
Recreativo	Huelva	Nuevo Colombino	21,670
Sabadell	Sabadell	Nova Creu Alta	20,000
Valladolid	Valladolid	José Zorrilla	26,512
Villarreal B	Vila-real	Ciudad Deportiva	5,000
Xerez	Jerez de la Frontera	Chapín	20,523

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Alcorcón	Julián Villena	Juan Antonio Anquela	Erreà
Alcoyano	Juan Serrano Morillas	Luis César Sampedro	Rasán	Unión Alcoyana Seguros, Grupo Realsa
Almería	Alfonso García Gabarrón	Esteban Vigo	Rasán	Urcisol.com
Barcelona B	Sandro Rosell	Eusebio Sacristán	Nike	Qatar Foundation and UNICEF1
Cartagena	Francisco Gómez	Carlos Ríos	Kelme	Bodegas Francisco Gómez
Celta de Vigo	Carlos Mouriño	Paco Herrera	Li-Ning	Citroën, Estrella Galicia
Córdoba	Carlos González	Paco Jémez	Printing Dimension	CCF2
Deportivo La Coruña	Augusto Lendoiro	José Luis Oltra	Lotto	Estrella Galicia, Leyma Natura
Elche	José Sepulcre	César Ferrando	Acerbis	Comunitat Valenciana
Gimnàstic	Antonio Vallverdú	Jorge D'Alessandro	N2	Tarragona 2017
Girona	Joaquim Boadas	Javi Salamero	Nike	Grup Disbesa Darnés
Guadalajara	Germán Retuerta Sánchez	Carlos Terrazas	Joma	Caja Guadalajara, Piscinas Polifibra
Hércules	Valentín Botella Ros	Juan Carlos Mandiá	Nike	Comunitat Valenciana
Huesca	Fernando Losfablos	Quique Hernández	Bemiser	CAI
Las Palmas	Miguel Ángel Ramírez	Juan Manuel Rodríguez	KS	La Caja de Canarias
Murcia	Miguel Álvarez Benítez	Iñaki Alonso	Joma	No-typical
Numancia	Francisco Rubio	Pablo Machín	Erreà	Caja Rural
Recreativo	Susana Duque	Juan Manuel Rodríguez	Cejudo	Cajasol
Sabadell	Joan Soteras	Lluís Carreras	Kelme	Maderas Rojas, Estrella Damm
Valladolid	Carlos Suárez	Miroslav Đukić	Kappa
Villarreal B	Fernando Roig	Julio Velázquez	Xtep
Xerez	Jesús Gómez	Vicente Moreno	Cejudo	Cajasol

1. ^ Barcelona B makes a donation to UNICEF in order to display the charity's logo on the club's kit.

2. ^ Club's own brand.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Deportivo La Coruña	Miguel Ángel Lotina	End of contract	23 May 2011	José Luis Oltra	27 May 2011	18th (in La Liga)
Almería	Roberto Olabe	Sacked	24 May 2011	Lucas Alcaraz	25 June 2011	20th (in La Liga)
Hércules	Miroslav Đukić	End of contract	26 May 2011	Juan Carlos Mandiá	22 June 2011	19th (in La Liga)
Cartagena	Juan Ignacio Martínez	End of contract	28 May 2011	Paco López	28 May 2011	13th (2010–11)
Numancia	Juan Carlos Unzué	End of contract	31 May 2011	Pablo Machín	31 May 2011	10th (2010–11)
Córdoba	Lucas Alcaraz	End of contract	2 June 2011	Paco Jémez	8 June 2011	16th (2010–11)
Huesca	Onésimo Sánchez	End of contract	2 June 2011	Ángel Royo	8 June 2011	14th (2010–11)
Barcelona B	Luis Enrique	Resigned	3 June 2011	Eusebio Sacristán	28 June 2011	3rd (2010–11)
Xerez	Javi López	End of contract	4 June 2011	Juan Merino	14 June 2011	8th (2010–11)
Valladolid	Abel Resino	End of contract	17 June 2011	Miroslav Đukić	6 July 2011	7th (2010–11)
Recreativo	Carlos Ríos	Mutual consent	22 June 2011	Álvaro Cervera	24 June 2011	12th (2010–11)
Cartagena	Paco López	Sacked	19 September 2011	Javi López	20 September 2011	22nd
Huesca	Ángel Royo	Sacked	3 October 2011	Quique Hernández	3 October 2011	20th
Gimnàstic	Juan Carlos Oliva	Sacked	30 October 2011	Jorge D'Alessandro	31 October 2011	22nd
Xerez	Juan Merino	Sacked	4 December 2011	Vicente Moreno	4 December 2011	16th
Villarreal B	José Francisco Molina	Mutual consent	22 December 2011	Julio Velázquez	22 December 2011	18th
Cartagena	Javi López	Sacked	23 December 2011	Carlos Ríos	23 December 2011	22nd
Girona	Raül Agné	Sacked	15 January 2012	Josu Uribe	15 January 2012	21st
Recreativo	Álvaro Cervera	Mutual consent	9 March 2012	Juan Manuel Rodríguez	9 March 2012	11th
Alcoyano	David Porras	Sacked	18 March 2012	Luis César Sampedro	21 March 2012	19th
Girona	Josu Uribe	Sacked	25 March 2012	Javi Salamero	25 March 2012	21st
Almería	Lucas Alcaraz	Sacked	4 April 2012	Esteban Vigo	4 April 2012	5th
Elche	José Bordalás	Sacked	8 April 2012	César Ferrando	11 April 2012	8th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Deportivo La Coruña (C, P)	42	29	4	9	76	45	+31	91	Promotion to La Liga
2	Celta de Vigo (P)	42	26	7	9	83	37	+46	85
3	Valladolid (P)	42	23	13	6	69	37	+32	82	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Alcorcón	42	21	10	11	58	42	+16	73
5	Hércules	42	22	6	14	62	43	+19	72
6	Córdoba	42	20	11	11	52	43	+9	71
7	Almería	42	18	16	8	63	43	+20	70
8	Barcelona B	42	16	11	15	63	53	+10	59
9	Las Palmas	42	16	10	16	58	59	−1	58
10	Numancia	42	15	12	15	54	52	+2	57[a]
11	Elche	42	17	6	19	56	58	−2	57[a]
12	Villarreal B (R)	42	14	10	18	54	64	−10	52	Relegation to Segunda División B[b]
13	Huesca	42	14	9	19	49	63	−14	51
14	Xerez	42	13	11	18	50	66	−16	50
15	Girona	42	12	13	17	58	61	−3	49[c]
16	Guadalajara	42	14	7	21	50	75	−25	49[c]
17	Recreativo	42	12	11	19	49	52	−3	47[d]
18	Murcia	42	13	8	21	49	67	−18	47[d]
19	Sabadell	42	11	13	18	45	64	−19	46
20	Cartagena (R)	42	9	13	20	37	58	−21	40	Relegation to Segunda División B
21	Alcoyano (R)	42	9	10	23	46	78	−32	37
22	Gimnàstic (R)	42	6	13	23	37	58	−21	31

Source: LFP - Liga Adelante
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. ELC 2–2 NUM; NUM 3–0 ELC
2. Since first team Villarreal was relegated to the Segunda División, reserve team Villarreal B was automatically relegated to Segunda División B, whilst Sabadell was re-instated.^[2]
3. GIR 0–0 GUA; GUA 1–4 GIR
4. REC 0–2 MUR; MUR 0–3 REC

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Deportivo	7	11	8	4	8	5	6	7	6	9	7	7	5	7	5	6	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Celta Vigo	3	3	6	12	10	9	12	12	9	6	4	3	3	6	7	7	7	6	5	3	5	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Valladolid	2	1	3	8	9	6	5	6	4	3	5	4	4	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Alcorcón	16	9	11	7	3	8	7	10	8	11	10	11	12	14	12	8	9	11	10	11	11	9	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Hércules	4	4	7	2	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	5	3	5	5	6	6	5	5	6	4	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	5
Córdoba	10	16	13	10	6	4	4	4	7	5	9	10	7	4	6	4	5	7	6	7	7	6	7	7	7	6	6	5	6	6	4	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	6
Almería	12	13	10	6	2	1	3	3	5	4	2	2	2	3	4	5	6	5	7	6	6	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	4	5	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7
Barcelona B	19	8	14	16	18	19	19	20	17	15	13	14	14	12	10	13	12	14	12	14	12	10	11	9	10	13	13	12	11	11	11	10	10	8	8	9	9	9	10	11	9	8
Las Palmas	11	7	4	9	11	13	8	8	11	8	6	8	11	11	14	9	10	12	13	10	10	14	12	13	11	14	10	10	10	9	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	8	10	9
Numancia	12	14	16	15	16	18	18	16	16	14	14	13	10	10	13	14	14	10	9	9	9	11	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	8	9	10	10	11	11	10	8	9	8	10
Elche	1	2	1	1	7	12	13	13	10	12	11	6	8	5	3	2	2	1	1	2	4	7	6	5	5	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	9	10	11	11
Villarreal B	5	10	12	14	14	11	11	11	14	16	16	17	16	18	18	18	17	18	18	18	19	18	17	18	18	17	17	16	16	15	16	14	14	15	13	15	13	12	12	12	12	12
Huesca	15	21	20	21	19	20	20	19	20	21	21	22	22	22	21	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	19	18	18	17	17	17	16	15	12	14	17	14	13	13	13
Xerez	8	12	9	11	13	10	10	9	13	13	15	15	17	17	15	16	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	16	15	13	12	13	15	13	13	14	14	14
Girona	21	17	17	19	17	17	17	18	19	20	20	19	19	19	20	20	21	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	17	15
Guadalajara	14	6	5	5	1	7	9	5	3	7	13	12	13	13	11	11	8	9	11	13	14	13	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	16
Recreativo	16	19	15	13	12	14	16	17	18	18	18	16	15	15	17	15	15	15	15	12	13	12	13	14	13	11	11	11	12	13	13	13	13	12	14	14	12	16	17	16	15	17
Murcia	18	20	21	17	15	15	15	15	12	10	8	9	6	8	8	10	13	8	8	8	8	8	9	11	12	10	12	13	15	16	12	15	16	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	16	18
Sabadell	6	5	2	3	5	3	2	2	2	2	3	5	9	9	9	12	11	13	14	15	15	15	14	12	14	12	14	14	13	12	15	12	12	14	16	17	17	14	16	17	19	19
Cartagena	19	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	19	19	20	21	21	22	22	22	22	21	20	18	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	22	21	21	21	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	20
Alcoyano	9	15	18	18	20	16	14	14	15	17	17	18	18	16	16	17	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	17	17	18	19	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	21
Gimnàstic	22	18	19	20	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	21	20	20	19	21	20	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	22	22	22	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

	Leader
	2012–13 La Liga
	2012 Promotion Play-off
	Relegation to 2012–13 Segunda División B

Source: LFP Liga Adelante
Note: Due to a strike at the beginning of the season, Round 1 was played on 25–27 October.^[3] Round 30 was rescheduled between rounds 40 and 41.^[4]

Results

Home \ Away	ADA	ALY	ALM	BAR	CAR	CEL	CÓR	RCD	ELC	GIM	GIR	GUA	HÉR	HUE	LPA	MUR	NUM	REC	SAB	VLD	VIL	XER
Alcorcón	—	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	4–0	3–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	3–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	0–1
Alcoyano	0–0	—	2–2	1–4	2–2	0–3	3–3	2–0	4–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–5	0–3	2–0	1–3	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–1
Almería	2–0	1–0	—	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–2	3–1	2–2	4–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	4–2	2–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–1
Barcelona B	3–2	2–1	3–3	—	4–0	2–1	2–0	2–3	0–1	1–0	2–2	1–2	0–1	4–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–2	0–2	2–0
Cartagena	0–2	1–2	1–1	0–4	—	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–3	2–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	6–2	0–0
Celta de Vigo	3–0	4–0	4–3	4–1	1–0	—	0–0	2–3	1–2	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	4–0	1–2	1–0	5–0	4–1	4–1	1–1	2–0	4–1
Córdoba	3–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	—	0–2	2–0	4–2	1–0	3–2	3–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–1
Deportivo La Coruña	2–1	3–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	—	4–3	2–2	3–2	4–0	0–1	2–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–1
Elche	6–0	1–2	1–3	3–0	2–1	0–2	0–1	3–2	—	1–0	1–0	2–3	0–3	1–2	1–2	1–0	2–2	0–3	1–1	1–2	3–0	1–0
Gimnàstic	0–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–2	1–0	—	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–3	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–2	5–0	0–3	0–1	0–1
Girona	0–0	5–1	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	3–1	1–0	1–4	3–2	—	0–0	1–0	1–1	4–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	5–3
Guadalajara	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	0–3	3–1	1–2	2–4	1–0	1–4	—	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–3	0–2	1–2
Hércules	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–4	1–2	1–3	4–2	5–0	—	2–0	2–1	0–1	1–3	0–1	1–0	2–2	0–2	2–2
Huesca	0–3	3–3	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–2	—	2–0	2–2	2–1	0–2	0–0	2–2	1–0	2–1
Las Palmas	2–0	1–0	2–2	3–1	1–2	3–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	3–2	3–2	2–0	1–3	—	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–2	1–0	3–1	0–0
Murcia	0–2	3–2	0–2	0–2	2–1	1–3	2–1	0–0	0–2	2–2	1–2	2–2	2–6	0–1	1–2	—	2–1	0–3	1–0	2–0	3–1	0–0
Numancia	0–1	2–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	0–2	5–0	0–3	3–0	0–0	1–0	4–0	2–1	1–1	3–2	1–0	—	1–0	2–1	1–4	0–1	2–2
Recreativo	1–2	1–3	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–2	3–0	4–2	1–0	1–1	4–2	0–2	1–1	—	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–2
Sabadell	1–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	3–2	1–2	0–3	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–3	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–3	1–0	—	1–4	3–1	2–0
Valladolid	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	0–0	2–1	4–0	1–0	1–3	1–1	3–0	2–1	1–3	2–1	1–0	2–0	—	2–1	2–1
Villarreal B	0–3	4–3	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–3	1–1	0–1	2–0	3–2	2–2	3–3	0–1	4–2	1–4	2–0	0–0	2–0	3–4	0–1	—	3–1
Xerez	2–2	1–0	0–1	0–6	3–0	3–3	1–2	3–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–2	2–1	1–3	2–0	3–1	1–2	3–1	2–2	0–4	0–1	—

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

Promotion play-offs

Main article: 2012 Segunda División play-offs

This promotion phase (known as Promoción de ascenso) was to determine the third team which was promoted to 2012–13 La Liga. Teams placed between third and sixth position (excluding reserve teams) took part in the promotion play-offs. Fifth placed faced against the fourth, while the sixth positioned team faced against the third. The first leg of the semi-finals was played on 6 June with the best positioned team playing at home the second leg was played on 10 June.^[5] The final was also two-legged, with the first leg on 13 June and the second leg on 16 June, with the best positioned team also playing at home the second leg. This season was introduced the rule in which if a tie was drawn on aggregate and was still drawn after extra time, round of penalties was not used, instead the best positioned team advanced to next round.^[6] Valladolid and Alcorcón played the final phase, where Valladolid was winner and promoted to La Liga after a two-year absence. Córdoba and Hércules were eliminated in semi-finals.

Play-Offs

	Semi-finals							Final
	5	Hércules	1	0	1
	4	Alcorcón (a)	1	0	1
								4	Alcorcón	0	1	1
								3	Valladolid	1	1	2
	6	Córdoba	0	0	0
	3	Valladolid	0	3	3

Semifinals

First leg

Hércules v Alcorcón

6 June 2012	Hércules	1 – 1	Alcorcón	Alicante
20:00 CEST	Escassi  44' A. Sardinero 57' Aganzo  65' Samuel  73'	Report	Ángel 1' Manu  55' O. Riera  89'	Stadium: Rico Pérez Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Daniel Ocón Arráiz

Córdoba v Valladolid

6 June 2012	Córdoba	0 – 0	Valladolid	Córdoba
22:00 CEST	Caballero  10' Gaspar  70' Navarro  70'	Report	Óscar  23' Pérez  37' Nafti  73' Guerra  87'	Stadium: Nuevo Arcángel Attendance: 11,773 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

Second leg

Valladolid v Córdoba

10 June 2012	Valladolid	3 – 0 (3 – 0 agg.)	Córdoba	Valladolid
20:00 CEST	Rueda  25' Óscar 50' Guerra 64' Sisi  65' Baraja  84' Jofre 86',  88'	Report	Gaspar  4' López Garai  88' A. García  88' Dubarbier  89'	Stadium: Nuevo José Zorrilla Attendance: 18,064 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre (Aragon)

Alcorcón v Hércules

10 June 2012	Alcorcón	0 – 0 (1a – 1 agg.)	Hércules	Alcorcón
22:00 CEST	Manu  56' Ángel  84' Saúl  83' Mora  89'	Report	Peña  34' Gilvan  44' Aganzo  67'  89' Arbilla  89' Aguilar  89'	Stadium: Santo Domingo Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Extremadura)

Final

Alcorcón v Valladolid

13 June 2012 First Leg	Alcorcón	0 – 1	Valladolid	Alcorcón
21:00 CEST	Nagore  2' Bermúdez  62' Rueda  66'	Report	Guerra 29' Peña  52' Balenziaga  85' Baraja  89'	Stadium: Santo Domingo Attendance: 4,700 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (Valencian Community)

Valladolid v Alcorcón

16 June 2012 Second Leg	Valladolid	1 – 1 (2 – 1 agg.)	Alcorcón	Valladolid
21:00 CEST	Guerra 52',  64' Baraja  89'	Report	Rueda  16' Agus  34' O. Riera  34' Sales 44'	Stadium: Nuevo José Zorrilla Attendance: 26,500 Referee: José Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Las Palmas)

Awards and season statistics

Top goalscorers

This is the list of goalscorers in accordance with LFP as organising body.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Leonardo Ulloa	Almería	28
2	Iago Aspas	Celta de Vigo	23
3	Coro	Girona	18
4	Borja García	Córdoba	17
	Javi Guerra	Valladolid	17
6	Manuel Gato	Alcoyano	14
	Lassad Nouioui	Deportivo	14
8	Ángel	Elche	13
	Míchel	Hércules	13
	Fabián Orellana	Celta de Vigo	13
	Óscar	Valladolid	13
	Quini	Alcorcón	13
	Riki	Deportivo	13

• Source: Marca

Zamora Trophy

The Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with least goals to games ratio.

Goalkeeper	Goals	Matches	Average	Team
Jaime	36	40	0.9	Valladolid
Manu	42	42	1	Alcorcón
Esteban	43	42	1.02	Almería
Ismael Falcón	39	38	1.03	Hércules
Alberto García	37	36	1.03	Córdoba
Daniel Aranzubia	43	38	1.13	Deportivo
Manu	44	35	1.26	Recreativo
Juan Carlos	49	38	1.29	Elche
Rubén Pérez	58	42	1.38	Gimnàstic
Diego Mariño	47	34	1.38	Villarreal B

• Source: Marca

Fair Play award

This award is given annually since 1999 to the team with the best fair play during the season. This ranking takes into account aspects^[7] such as cards, suspension of matches, audience behaviour and other penalties. This section not only aims to know this aspect, but also serves to break the tie in teams that are tied in all the other rules: points, head-to-head, goal difference and goals scored.

Rank	Team	Games	Points
1	Barcelona B	42	91
2	Valladolid	42	113
3	Alcorcón	42	117
4	Deportivo La Coruña	42	123
5	Gimnàstic	42	128
6	Celta de Vigo	42	130
7	Recreativo	42	131
8	Córdoba	42	133
9	Sabadell	42	137
10	Girona	42	143
10	Almería	42	144
12	Numancia	42	148
13	Villarreal B	42	156
14	Huesca	42	158
15	Guadalajara	42	164
16	Las Palmas	42	179
	Xerez	42	179
18	Alcoyano	42	180
19	Hércules	42	185
	Murcia	42	185
21	Cartagena	42	198
22	Elche	42	211

Source: 2011–12 Fair Play Rankings Season^[8]

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Xabier Etxeita for Elche CF against Girona FC (26 August 2011)
• Fastest goal in a match: 50 seconds – Leonardo Ulloa for UD Almería against Elche CF (23 September 2011)
• Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 90+5 minutes
  • Grégory Béranger for Elche CF against Girona FC (26 August 2011)
  • Gerard for Villarreal CF B against Xerez CD (10 December 2011)
• Widest winning margin: 6
  • Elche CF 6–0 AD Alcorcón (16 December 2011)
  • Xerez CD 0–6 FC Barcelona B (3 June 2012)
• Most goals in a match: 8
  • Girona FC 5–3 Xerez CD (10 March 2012)
  • Real Murcia 2–6 Hércules CF (14 April 2012)
  • FC Cartagena 6–2 Villarreal CF B (27 May 2012)
• First hat-trick of the season: Joselu for Villarreal CF B against Gimnàstic de Tarragona (30 September 2011)
• Most goals by one player in a single match: 3
  • Joselu for Villarreal CF B against Gimnàstic de Tarragona (30 September 2011)
  • Ángel for Elche CF against AD Alcorcón (16 December 2011)
  • Javi Guerra for Real Valladolid against CE Sabadell FC (7 January 2012)
  • Leonardo Ulloa for UD Almería against Guadalajara (14 January 2012)
  • Óscar for Real Valladolid against Gimnàstic de Tarragona (5 February 2012)
  • Julio Álvarez for CD Numancia against Elche CF (17 March 2012)
  • Jesús Berrocal for Recreativo de Huelva against CD Guadalajara (7 April 2012)
  • Coro for Girona FC against CD Guadalajara (5 May 2012)
  • Dani Nieto for Girona FC against CD Alcoyano (12 May 2012)
  • Quini for AD Alcorcón against Elche CF (16 May 2012)
• Most goals by one team in a match: 6
  • Elche CF 6–0 AD Alcorcón (16 December 2011)
  • Real Murcia 2–6 Hércules CF (14 April 2012)
  • FC Cartagena 6–2 Villarreal CF B (27 May 2012)
  • Xerez CD 0–6 FC Barcelona B (3 June 2012)
• First own goal of the season: Ruymán Hernández for CD Guadalajara against UD Las Palmas (27 August 2011)
• Most goals in one half by one team: 4
  • Elche CF 6–0 AD Alcorcón (16 December 2011)
  • CD Numancia 5–0 Córdoba CF (18 February 2012)
  • Hércules CF 4–2 Girona FC (6 April 2012)
  • Real Murcia 2–6 Hércules CF (14 April 2012)
  • Celta de Vigo 4–1 FC Barcelona B (28 April 2012)
  • Villarreal CF B 1–4 UD Las Palmas (5 May 2012)
  • CD Alcoyano 0–5 Hércules CF (23 May 2012)
  • Xerez CD 0–6 FC Barcelona B (3 June 2012)
• Most goals scored by losing team: 3
  • Villarreal CF B 3–4 CE Sabadell FC (3 September 2011)
  • Girona FC 5–3 Xerez CD (10 March 2012)
  • Deportivo de La Coruña 4–3 Elche CF (22 April 2012)

Discipline

• First yellow card: Sergio Mantecón for Elche CF against Girona FC (26 August 2011)
• First red card: Richy for Girona FC against Elche CF (26 August 2011)

Teams by autonomous community

	Autonomous community	Number of teams	Teams
1	Andalusia	4	Almería, Córdoba, Recreativo and Xerez
	Catalonia	4	Barcelona B, Gimnàstic, Girona and Sabadell
	Valencian Community	4	Alcoyano, Elche, Hércules and Villarreal B
4	Castile and León	2	Numancia and Valladolid
	Galicia	2	Celta de Vigo and Deportivo La Coruña
	Region of Murcia	2	Cartagena and Murcia
7	Aragon	1	Huesca
	Canary Islands	1	Las Palmas
	Castile-La Mancha	1	Guadalajara
	Community of Madrid	1	Alcorcón

See also

• List of Spanish football transfers summer 2011
• List of Spanish football transfers winter 2011–12
• 2011–12 La Liga
• 2012 Segunda División play-offs
• 2011–12 Segunda División B
• 2011–12 Copa del Rey