2020–21 Segunda División

The 2020–21 Segunda División season, also known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons,^[1] was the 90th since its establishment. The season began on 12 September 2020 and concluded on 31 May 2021.

Segunda División

Season	2020–21
Dates	12 September 2020 – 31 May 2021
Champions	Espanyol
Promoted	Espanyol Mallorca Rayo Vallecano
Relegated	Albacete Castellón Sabadell UD Logroñés
Matches played	462
Goals scored	946 (2.05 per match)
Top goalscorer	Raúl de Tomás (23 goals)
Biggest home win	Las Palmas 6–1 Lugo (1 April 2021)
Biggest away win	Zaragoza 0–5 Leganés (30 May 2021)
Highest scoring	Las Palmas 6–1 Lugo (1 April 2021)
Longest winning run	Girona (7 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Mallorca (17 matches)
Longest winless run	Lugo (16 matches)
Longest losing run	Alcorcón (7 matches)
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 22 teams contested the league, including 15 sides retained from the 2019–20 season, three relegated from the 2019–20 La Liga, and four promoted from the 2019–20 Segunda División B. This included the winners of the play-offs.

Teams promoted to La Liga

On 12 July 2020, Cádiz became the first team to be promoted to La Liga, ending a 14-year run in the lower divisions, seven of which were spent in Segunda División B, following Oviedo's 1−0 win against Zaragoza.^[2] The second team to earn promotion was Huesca after their 3−0 win against Numancia on 17 July 2020. This marked an immediate return to the La Liga.^[3] The final team to achieve promotion were play-off winners Elche after defeating Girona 1−0 on aggregate, they return to La Liga after a five-year absence, with one of those seasons spent in Segunda División B.^[4]

Teams relegated from La Liga

The first team to be relegated from La Liga were Espanyol. They were relegated on 8 July 2020, after a 1−0 loss against Barcelona in the Derbi Barceloní, after a 26-year stay in the top tier.^[5] The second team to be relegated were Mallorca, who were relegated on 16 July 2020 after a 1−2 home defeat against Granada, suffering an immediate return to the second division.^[6] The third and final relegated club were Leganés, after a 2−2 draw against Real Madrid on 19 July 2020, ending their four-year stay in La Liga.^[7]

Teams relegated to Segunda División B

The first team to be relegated from Segunda División were Racing Santander, after a 1−2 home loss against Elche on 4 July 2020, suffering an immediate return to the Segunda División B.^[8] The second team to be relegated were Extremadura, who were relegated on 4 July 2020 after trailing to Numancia 1−0 at home, ending a two-year stay in the second division.^[9] On 20 July 2020, the final round of the 2019–20 season, Numancia and Deportivo de La Coruña were relegated after Albacete won 1–0 away to Cádiz. This ended Deportivo's 39-year streak in professional football, spending 25 of those seasons in La Liga, and also ended Numancia's 23-year stay in professional football, spending 4 of those seasons in La Liga.^[10]

Teams promoted from Segunda División B

Following the play-offs, the first team to achieve promotion were UD Logroñés after defeating Castellón on penalties on 18 July 2020. They were set to play in the Segunda División for the first time in their history, and to bring back professional football to La Rioja 20 years after the relegation of former CD Logroñés.^[11] The second team to earn promotion were Cartagena on 19 July 2020 after beating Atlético Baleares on penalties as well, they return to Segunda after eight years.^[12] Sabadell and Castellón were the last teams to get promoted on 26 July 2020 after defeating Barcelona B and Cornellà in their respective playoff matches. Sabadell return to the division after a five-year absence whereas Castellón return after ten years.^[13][14]

Stadiums and locations

Community of Madrid

Albacete

Almería

Cartagena

Castellón

Espanyol

Girona

UD Logroñés

Lugo

Málaga

Mallorca

Mirandés

Oviedo

Ponferradina

Sabadell

Sporting

Zaragoza

Canary Islands (see below)

Community of Madrid teams:
Alcorcón
Fuenlabrada
Leganés
Rayo Vallecano

Location of teams in 2020–21 Segunda División

Alcorcón

Fuenlabrada

Leganés

Rayo Vallecano

Location of Community of Madrid teams in 2020–21 Segunda División

Las Palmas

Tenerife

Location of teams in 2020–21 Segunda División (Canary Islands)

Mallorca signed a sponsorship contract with Consell de Mallorca and other public entities for renaming their stadium as the Visit Mallorca Stadium.^[15]

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Albacete	Albacete	Carlos Belmonte	17,524[16]
Alcorcón	Alcorcón	Santo Domingo	5,100[17]
Almería	Almería	Juegos Mediterráneos	15,000[18]
Cartagena	Cartagena	Cartagonova	15,105[19]
Castellón	Castellón de la Plana	Castalia	15,500[20]
Espanyol	Barcelona	RCDE Stadium	40,000[21]
Fuenlabrada	Fuenlabrada	Fernando Torres	5,400[22]
Girona	Girona	Montilivi	11,200[23]
Las Palmas	Las Palmas	Gran Canaria	31,250[24]
Leganés	Leganés	Butarque	12,450[25]
Lugo	Lugo	Anxo Carro	7,070[26]
Málaga	Málaga	La Rosaleda	30,044[27]
Mallorca	Palma	Visit Mallorca Stadium	24,262[28]
Mirandés	Miranda de Ebro	Anduva	5,759[29]
Oviedo	Oviedo	Carlos Tartiere	30,500[30]
Rayo Vallecano	Madrid	Vallecas	14,708[31]
Ponferradina	Ponferrada	El Toralín	8,400[32]
Sabadell	Sabadell	Nova Creu Alta	11,908[33]
Sporting Gijón	Gijón	El Molinón	30,000[34]
Tenerife	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Heliodoro Rodríguez López	22,824[35]
UD Logroñés	Logroño	Las Gaunas	16,000[36]
Zaragoza	Zaragoza	La Romareda	33,608[37]

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt main sponsor
Albacete	Francisco Noguerol (interim)	Tomeu Nadal	Hummel	Extrual
Alcorcón	Juan Antonio Anquela	Laure	Kappa	Kaizen Patrimonio
Almería	Rubi	Fernando	Puma	Arabian Centres
Cartagena	Luis Carrión	David Andújar	Adidas	Talasur Group
Castellón	Sergio Escobar	David Cubillas	Hummel	Bravoplaya
Espanyol	Vicente Moreno	David López	Kelme	Betway
Fuenlabrada	José Luis Oltra	Juanma Marrero	Joma	Deliave
Girona	Francisco	Álex Granell	Puma
Las Palmas	Pepe Mel	Aythami Artiles	Hummel	Gran Canaria
Leganés	Asier Garitano	Unai Bustinza	Joma	Betway
Lugo	Rubén Albés	Carlos Pita	Kappa	Estrella Galicia 0,0
Málaga	Sergio Pellicer	Ismael Casas	Nike	Tesesa
Mallorca	Luis García	Manolo Reina	Umbro	Betfred
Mirandés	José Alberto	Limones	Adidas	Miranda Empresas
Oviedo	José Ángel Ziganda	Bolaño	Adidas	Natural Mining Resources
Ponferradina	Bolo	Yuri	Adidas	Herrero Brigantina
Rayo Vallecano	Andoni Iraola	Óscar Trejo	Umbro	DIGI
Sabadell	Antonio Hidalgo	Ángel Martínez	Hummel
Sporting Gijón	David Gallego	Carlos Carmona	Nike	Integra Energía
Tenerife	Luis Miguel Ramis	Suso	Hummel	Turismo Tenerife
UD Logroñés	Sergio Rodríguez	Iñaki Sáenz	Umbro	NaturHouse
Zaragoza	Juan Ignacio Martínez	Alberto Zapater	Adidas	Caravan Fragancias

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Leganés	Javier Aguirre[38]	Mutual consent	20 July 2020	Pre-season	José Luis Martí[39]	3 August 2020
Espanyol	Francisco Rufete[40]	End of interim spell			Vicente Moreno[41]	4 August 2020
Tenerife	Rubén Baraja[42]	End of contract	21 July 2020		Fran Fernández[43]	29 July 2020
Sporting Gijón	Miroslav Đukić[44]				David Gallego[45]	21 July 2020
Alcorcón	Fran Fernández[46]				Mere[47]	26 July 2020
Mirandés	Andoni Iraola[48]				José Alberto[49]	27 July 2020
Rayo Vallecano	Paco Jémez[50]				Andoni Iraola[51]	6 August 2020
Mallorca	Vicente Moreno[41]	Signed for Espanyol	4 August 2020		Luis García[52]
Zaragoza	Víctor Fernández[53]	Resigned	18 August 2020		Rubén Baraja[54]	20 August 2020
Lugo	Juanfran[55]	Sacked	11 October 2020	20th	Mehdi Nafti[56]	14 October 2020
Albacete	Lucas Alcaraz		13 October 2020	21st	Aritz López Garai	14 October 2020
Alcorcón	Mere[57]		9 November 2020	22nd	Juan Antonio Anquela[58]	9 November 2020
Zaragoza	Rubén Baraja[59]			18th	Iván Martínez[60]	11 November 2020
Tenerife	Fran Fernández[61]		22 November 2020	17th	Luis Miguel Ramis[62]	24 November 2020
Albacete	Aritz López Garai[63]		6 December 2020	22nd	Alejandro Menéndez[64]	8 December 2020
Zaragoza	Iván Martínez[65]	Demoted to Deportivo Aragón	13 December 2020	21st	Juan Ignacio Martínez[66]	14 December 2020
Cartagena	Borja Jiménez[67]	Sacked	18 December 2020	16th	Pepe Aguilar[68]	22 December 2020
Cartagena	Pepe Aguilar[69]	Demoted to Cartagena B	11 January 2021	18th	Luis Carrión[70]	12 January 2021
Castellón	Óscar Cano[71]	Mutual consent		21st	Juan Carlos Garrido[72]
Leganés	José Luis Martí[73]	Sacked	26 January 2021	6th	Asier Garitano[74]	27 January 2021
Fuenlabrada	José Ramón Sandoval[75]		2 February 2021	13th	José Luis Oltra[76]	3 February 2021
Lugo	Mehdi Nafti[77]		28 February 2021	15th	Luis César Sampedro[78]	2 March 2021
Lugo	Luis César Sampedro[79]		19 April 2021	20th	Rubén Albés[80]	20 April 2021
Almería	José Gomes[81]	Mutual consent	27 April 2021	3rd	Rubi[82]	28 April 2021
Albacete	Alejandro Menéndez[83]	Sacked	4 May 2021	22nd	Francisco Noguerol (interim)[84]	4 May 2021
Castellón	Juan Carlos Garrido[85]		21 May 2021	20th	Sergio Escobar[86]	22 May 2021

League table

Standings

At the end of the season, all three relegated teams in the previous season’s La Liga (Leganés, Mallorca and Espanyol) took the top three places in the league.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Espanyol (C, P)	42	24	10	8	71	28	+43	82[a]	Promotion to La Liga
2	Mallorca (P)	42	24	10	8	54	28	+26	82[a]
3	Leganés	42	21	10	11	51	32	+19	73[b]	Qualification for promotion play-offs
4	Almería	42	21	10	11	61	40	+21	73[b]
5	Girona	42	20	11	11	47	36	+11	71
6	Rayo Vallecano (O, P)	42	19	10	13	52	40	+12	67
7	Sporting Gijón	42	17	14	11	37	28	+9	65
8	Ponferradina	42	15	12	15	45	50	−5	57
9	Las Palmas	42	14	14	14	46	53	−7	56
10	Mirandés	42	14	12	16	38	41	−3	54[c]
11	Fuenlabrada	42	12	18	12	45	46	−1	54[c]
12	Málaga	42	14	11	17	37	47	−10	53
13	Oviedo	42	11	19	12	45	46	−1	52[d]
14	Tenerife	42	13	13	16	36	36	0	52[d]
15	Zaragoza	42	13	11	18	37	43	−6	50
16	Cartagena	42	12	13	17	44	52	−8	49
17	Alcorcón	42	13	9	20	32	42	−10	48
18	Lugo	42	11	14	17	38	53	−15	47
19	Sabadell (R)	42	11	13	18	40	48	−8	46	Relegation to Primera División RFEF
20	UD Logroñés (R)	42	11	11	20	28	53	−25	44
21	Castellón (R)	42	11	8	23	35	54	−19	41
22	Albacete (R)	42	9	11	22	30	53	−23	38

Source: LaLiga
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored^[87]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Espanyol: 4, Mallorca: 1
2. Head-to-head points: Leganés: 4, Almería: 1
3. Head-to-head points: Mirandés: 6, Fuenlabrada: 0
4. Head-to-head points: Oviedo: 4, Tenerife: 1

Results

Home \ Away	ALB	ALC	ALM	CAR	CAS	ESP	FUE	GIR	LPA	LEG	LUG	MGA	MLL	MIR	OVI	PON	RAY	SAB	SPO	TFE	LOG	ZAR
Albacete	—	0–1	1–2	2–0	0–1	0–3	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	3–0	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–0
Alcorcón	1–2	—	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–3	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	0–2	4–0	1–1	0–1	0–3	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	0–3[a]
Almería	1–1	0–0	—	1–1	3–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	4–1	3–1	0–1	2–1	2–2	3–1	0–1	2–2	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–0
Cartagena	3–1	2–1	3–2	—	1–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–1
Castellón	3–0	0–2	1–2	2–1	—	1–3	1–2	0–1	4–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–2	2–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–0
Espanyol	3–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	2–0	—	4–0	1–2	4–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–3	1–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0
Fuenlabrada	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	—	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–0	0–2	4–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–1
Girona	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	—	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–0
Las Palmas	3–2	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	3–3	1–2	—	2–1	6–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–2	2–0	1–1	0–1	3–2	1–0	2–1	0–2
Leganés	3–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	0–0	2–0	0–2	0–1	1–0	—	3–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–0
Lugo	1–0	1–3	0–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	—	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–2
Málaga	2–0	1–0	0–3	1–2	3–0	0–3	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	2–2	—	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–2
Mallorca	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–1	1–2	2–3	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	—	2–1	0–0	3–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	4–0	2–1
Mirandés	0–2	0–0	1–1	4–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	3–3	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	—	1–1	0–1	0–2	0–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–0
Oviedo	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	4–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–3	3–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	—	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	4–2	2–3	1–0
Ponferradina	0–1	2–0	2–1	0–2	1–2	1–4	0–0	1–1	0–0	3–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	—	3–0	0–3	2–2	1–0	2–2	2–1
Rayo Vallecano	2–2	2–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	4–0	1–3	0–1	4–1	1–1	—	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	3–2
Sabadell	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	2–2	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–2	0–1	2–0	2–0	—	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–1
Sporting Gijón	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	0–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	—	1–1	1–0	1–0
Tenerife	2–0	3–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–2	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	—	0–1	1–0
UD Logroñés	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–3	1–0	1–4	0–1	0–1	2–3	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–4	1–0	—	1–1
Zaragoza	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	2–2	0–5	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 30 May 2021. Source: LaLiga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. Match awarded to Zaragoza after Alcorcón exceeded the number of players allowed from their reserve squad. The match originally ended 0–0.^[88]

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

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
Espanyol	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Mallorca	18	16	11	7	4	5	8	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Leganés	5	8	5	8	13	10	9	4	5	4	4	4	3	2	4	3	4	4	4	5	6	6	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Almería	12	17	12	15	18	21	20	18	14	9	5	5	5	5	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
Girona	13	18	21	22	19	15	17	13	13	11	12	16	12	14	15	14	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	9	9	11	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	5
Rayo Vallecano	6	1	7	5	6	4	3	6	4	5	8	9	6	6	6	8	6	6	6	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	6
Sporting Gijón	7	2	1	1	2	2	4	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	6	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	7
Ponferradina	16	6	4	4	5	7	6	9	12	8	13	14	11	12	10	6	8	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Las Palmas	17	14	15	10	12	8	7	10	8	14	15	11	15	15	13	13	15	14	15	15	9	9	10	11	13	10	13	14	12	13	13	9	11	10	11	13	12	10	13	14	10	9
Mirandés	10	12	8	11	8	9	11	12	7	13	9	13	8	8	7	9	10	8	9	9	13	11	8	8	7	9	8	8	8	9	12	13	10	12	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	10
Fuenlabrada	2	4	3	3	3	3	2	7	10	10	6	7	9	10	8	10	11	13	10	10	14	13	13	13	10	11	12	12	14	12	9	10	12	13	13	12	9	12	12	13	13	11
Málaga	21	11	6	9	11	6	5	5	6	12	7	8	13	9	11	7	9	12	12	13	11	15	12	12	15	12	14	10	9	10	10	11	9	9	9	10	11	11	14	15	15	12
Oviedo	11	13	16	16	14	16	15	19	20	17	16	12	14	13	14	15	14	11	13	14	12	12	15	16	14	15	11	11	13	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	13	10	12	12	13
Tenerife	3	9	13	17	15	14	16	17	16	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	19	16	16	16	16	16	14	11	14	10	13	10	11	11	12	13	11	12	11	13	14	11	11	11	14
Zaragoza	15	19	17	12	9	13	14	14	17	16	18	19	19	19	20	22	21	21	21	21	17	20	18	17	17	17	18	17	17	16	16	16	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	10	14	15
Cartagena	9	15	19	13	10	12	10	8	11	7	11	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	19	21	21	19	19	20	17	19	20	20	21	21	19	19	19	18	20	16	16	16	16	16
Alcorcón	8	5	9	14	17	19	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	18	19	18	20	19	20	20	22	22	22	21	19	20	18	18	19	19	20	21	20	18	19	16	17	17	17	17	17
Lugo	20	10	14	18	20	17	12	11	9	6	10	6	10	11	12	12	12	10	11	11	10	10	11	10	12	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	17	17	20	21	21	21	21	19	18	18
Sabadell	14	20	20	21	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	21	20	20	18	20	18	18	18	19	18	18	18	19	20	21	22	18	19	20	21	21	20	19	20	20	21	20	19
UD Logroñés	19	21	18	19	16	18	18	20	19	15	14	10	7	7	9	11	13	15	14	12	15	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	16	16	17	17	19	19	18	19	20
Castellón	4	7	10	6	7	11	13	15	18	20	20	18	18	18	19	18	19	17	18	19	21	17	20	21	22	22	21	21	19	18	20	17	16	18	17	16	18	18	18	20	21	21
Albacete	22	22	22	20	21	20	19	16	15	19	19	20	21	21	22	21	22	22	22	22	22	19	17	20	20	21	22	22	22	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

	Promotion to La Liga
	Qualification to promotion play-offs
	Relegation to Primera División RFEF

Source: BDFútbol

Promotion play-offs

Main article: 2021 Segunda División play-offs

	Semi–finals							Final
	6	Rayo Vallecano	3	2	5
	3	Leganés	0	1	1
								6	Rayo Vallecano	1	2	3
								5	Girona	2	0	2
	5	Girona	3	0	3
	4	Almería	0	0	0

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

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Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Raúl de Tomás	Espanyol	23
2	Uroš Đurđević	Sporting Gijón	22
3	Umar Sadiq	Almería	20
4	Rubén Castro	Cartagena	19
5	Manu Barreiro	Lugo	12
	José Corpas	Almería
	Javi Puado	Espanyol
8	Sergio Araujo	Las Palmas	11
	Stoichkov	Sabadell
	Yuri	Ponferradina

Top assists

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Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Adri Embarba	Espanyol	14
2	Álvaro García	Rayo Vallecano	9
3	Marc Mateu	Castellón	8
	Javi Puado	Espanyol
5	Pablo de Blasis	Cartagena	7
	José Lazo	Almería
7	Pierre Cornud	Sabadell	6
	Pedro Díaz	Sporting Gijón
	Álex Gallar	Cartagena
	Gerard Gumbau	Girona
	Iván Martín	Mirandés
	Sergio Ruiz	Las Palmas

Zamora Trophy

The Zamora Trophy is awarded by newspaper MARCA to the goalkeeper with the lowest goals-to-games ratio. A goalkeeper has to have played at least 28 games of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy.^[91]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals against	Matches	Average
1	Diego López	Espanyol	25	40	0.63
2	Diego Mariño	Sporting Gijón	25	39	0.64
	Manolo Reina	Mallorca	25	39	0.64
4	Juan Carlos	Girona	33	40	0.83
5	Cristian Álvarez	Zaragoza	32	37	0.86

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Round	Ref.
José Corpas	Almería	Fuenlabrada	3–0 (H)	24 October 2020	8	[92]
Sekou Gassama	Fuenlabrada	Alcorcón	3–0 (A)	8 November 2020	11	[93]
Umar Sadiq	Almería	Ponferradina	3–1 (H)	3 January 2021	20	[94]
Uroš Đurđević	Sporting Gijón	UD Logroñés	4–0 (A)	6 February 2021	24	[95]
Rober	Las Palmas	Lugo	6–1 (H)	1 April 2021	32	[96]
Javi Puado	Espanyol	Las Palmas	4–0 (H)	24 April 2021	36	[97]

Note

(H) – Home; (A) – Away

Discipline

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Player

• Most yellow cards: 17
  • Edgar González (Oviedo)
• Most red cards: 4
  • Pathé Ciss (Fuenlabrada)

Team

• Most yellow cards: 117
  • Almería
• Most red cards: 12
  • Girona
• Fewest yellow cards: 70
  • Alcorcón
• Fewest red cards: 1
  • Mirandés

Awards

Monthly

Month	Player of the Month		Reference
	Player	Club
September	Uroš Đurđević	Sporting Gijón	[99]
October	Manolo Reina	Mallorca	[100]
November	Leonardo Acevedo	UD Logroñés	[101]
December	Raúl de Tomás	Espanyol	[102]
January	Umar Sadiq	Almería	[103]
February	Rubén Pardo	Leganés	[104]
March	Adri Embarba	Espanyol	[105]
April	Javi Puado	Espanyol	[106]
May	Abdón	Mallorca	[107]

Number of teams by region

Position	Region	Number	Teams
1	Community of Madrid	4	Alcorcón, Fuenlabrada, Leganés, Rayo Vallecano
2	Catalonia	3	Espanyol, Girona, Sabadell
3	Andalusia	2	Almería, Málaga
	Asturias		Oviedo, Sporting Gijón
	Canary Islands		Las Palmas, Tenerife
	Castile and León		Mirandés, Ponferradina
7	Aragon	1	Zaragoza
	Balearic Islands		Mallorca
	Castile-La Mancha		Albacete
	Galicia		Lugo
	La Rioja		UD Logroñés
	Murcia		Cartagena
	Valencian Community		Castellón