2019–20 Segunda División

Segunda División 2019–20
Season information
Dates	17 August 2019 – 20 July 2020
Winners	Huesca
Promoted	Huesca Cádiz
Relegated	Numancia Deportivo La Coruña Extremadura Racing Santander
Season statistics
Matches played	400
Goals scored	998 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorer	Cristhian Stuani (Girona) (29 goals)
Biggest home win	Ponferradina 4–0 Tenerife (1 September 2019) Racing 4–0 Mirandés (17 September 2019)
Biggest away win	Albacete 0–4 Tenerife (15 September 2019) Lugo 0–4 Almería (4 January 2020)
Highest scoring	Lugo 2–4 Alcorcón (1 September 2019)
← 2018–19	2020–21 →

The 2019–20 Segunda División season, also known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, was the 89th since its establishment.

On 12 March 2020, the league was suspended for at least two weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain. The league was suspended indefinitely on 23 March. The season recommenced on 10 June and will be completed on 19 July.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 22 teams will contest the league, including 15 sides from the 2018–19 season, three relegated from the 2018–19 La Liga, and four promoted from the 2018–19 Segunda División B. This will include the winners of the play-offs.

Teams promoted to Primera Division

On 20 May 2019, Osasuna were the first team to be promoted to La Liga, ending a two-year run in Segunda División, following Granada's 1−0 win against Albacete. The second team to earn promotion was Granada after their 1−1 draw against Mallorca on 4 June 2019. This marks an end to a two-year run in the second division. The third and final team to earn promotion to La Liga was play-offs winner Mallorca, after coming back from a 2 goal deficit against Deportivo La Coruña on 23 June 2019. Mallorca left Segunda División only one year after promoting from the Segunda División B and achieving two consecutive promotions.

Teams relegated from Primera Division

The first team to be relegated from La Liga were Rayo Vallecano. Their relegation was ensured on 5 May 2019, after Real Valladolid beat Athletic Bilbao 1−0, suffering an immediate return to the Segunda Division. The second team to be relegated were Huesca, who were also relegated on 5 May 2019 after a 2−6 home defeat to Valencia, also suffering an immediate return to the second tier. The third and final relegated club were Girona, who concluded their two-year stay in La Liga in a 1−2 away loss at Alavés on 18 May 2019.

Teams relegated to Segunda División B

The first team to be relegated from Segunda División were Reus, expelled on 18 January 2019, due to their failure to pay their players. This ended a three-year spell in Segunda División. The second team to be relegated were Gimnàstic, who were relegated on 5 May 2019 after Albacete drew 0−0 against Numancia, ending a four-year run in the second division. The third relegated club was Córdoba, in a 0−1 away loss at Las Palmas on 12 May 2019. They ended a 12-year-spell in professional football in Spain, with one of those seasons in La Liga. The fourth and final relegated team was Rayo Majadahonda in a 3–4 away loss at Oviedo with a last-minute goal on the 4th of June 2019. Rayo returns to Segunda División B after a one-year stay in Segunda.

Teams promoted from Segunda División B

The first two teams to achieve promotion were Racing Santander and Fuenlabrada on 2 June 2019 after defeating Atlético Baleares and Recreativo on aggregate in the play-off semifinals respectively. Racing Santander return to the Segunda División after a four-year absence. Fuenlabrada went on to become Segunda División B champions as well as making its first-ever appearance in the Spanish second tier. The third team to clinch promotion to the Segunda División was Ponferradina on 29 June 2019 after defeating Hércules in the non-champions play-offs; they return after a three-year absence from the Segunda División. The fourth and last team to get promoted was Mirandés on 30 June 2019 after also coming victorious in the non-champions play-offs, this time against Atlético Baleares; Mirandés return after a two-year absence from the Segunda División.

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Albacete	Albacete	Carlos Belmonte	&0000000000017524.00000017,524
Alcorcón	Alcorcón	Santo Domingo	&0000000000005100.0000005,100
Almería	Almería	Juegos Mediterráneos	&0000000000015000.00000015,000
Cádiz	Cádiz	Ramón de Carranza	&.25,033
Deportivo La Coruña	A Coruña	Abanca-Riazor	&0000000000032660.00000032,660
Elche	Elche	Martínez Valero	&0000000000033722.00000033,722
Extremadura	Almendralejo	Ciudad de Almendralejo	&0000000000011580.00000011,580
Fuenlabrada	Fuenlabrada	Fernando Torres	&0000000000002200.0000002,200
Girona	Girona	Montilivi	&.13,450
Huesca	Huesca	El Alcoraz	&0000000000007638.0000007,638
Las Palmas	Las Palmas	Gran Canaria	&0000000000031250.00000031,250
Lugo	Lugo	Anxo Carro	&0000000000007840.0000007,840
Málaga	Málaga	La Rosaleda	&0000000000030044.00000030,044
Mirandés	Miranda de Ebro	Anduva	&0000000000005759.0000005,759
Numancia	Soria	Los Pajaritos	&0000000000008261.0000008,261
Oviedo	Oviedo	Carlos Tartiere	&0000000000030800.00000030,800
Ponferradina	Ponferrada	El Toralín	&0000000000008400.0000008,400
Racing Santander	Santander	El Sardinero	&0000000000022222.00000022,222
Rayo Vallecano	Madrid	Vallecas	&0000000000014505.00000014,505
Sporting Gijón	Gijón	El Molinón	&0000000000029029.00000029,029
Tenerife	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Heliodoro Rodríguez López	&0000000000023000.00000023,000
Zaragoza	Zaragoza	La Romareda	&.33,608

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt main sponsor
Albacete	Luis Miguel Ramis	Néstor Susaeta	Hummel	Seguros Solíss
Alcorcón	Fran Fernández	Daniel Toribio	Kelme
Almería	José María Gutiérrez	René	Adidas	Arabian Centres
Cádiz	Álvaro Cervera	Alberto Cifuentes	Adidas	Torrot
Deportivo La Coruña	Luis César Sampedro	Álex Bergantiños	Macron	Estrella Galicia 0,0
Elche	Pacheta	Nino	Hummel	TM Grupo inmobiliario
Extremadura	Manuel Mosquera	Willy Ledesma	Kappa	Hyundai
Fuenlabrada	Mere	Juanma Marrero	Joma	Deliave
Girona	José Luis Martí	Álex Granell	Puma	Marathonbet
Huesca	Míchel	Jorge Pulido	Kelme	Huesca La Magia
Las Palmas	Pepe Mel	Aythami Artiles	Hummel	Gran Canaria
Lugo	Eloy Jiménez	Carlos Pita	Kappa	Estrella Galicia 0,0
Málaga	Víctor Sánchez	Adrián González	Nike	Tesesa
Mirandés	Andoni Iraola	Gorka Kijera	Adidas	Miranda Empresas
Numancia	Luis Carrión	Marc Mateu	Erreà	Numantia
Oviedo	Javi Rozada	Saúl Berjón	Adidas	Oviedo
Ponferradina	Bolo	Yuri	Adidas	Herrero Brigantina
Racing Santander	Cristóbal Parralo	Iván Crespo	Puma	Aldro
Rayo Vallecano	Paco Jémez	Adri Embarba	Kelme
Sporting Gijón	José Alberto	Carlos Carmona	Nike	Interwetten
Tenerife	Rubén Baraja	Suso	Hummel	Turismo Tenerife
Zaragoza	Víctor Fernández	Alberto Zapater	Adidas	Caravan Fragancias

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Huesca	Francisco	Resigned	19 May 2019	Pre-season	Míchel	1 June 2019
Girona	Eusebio Sacristán		20 May 2019		Juan Carlos Unzué	13 June 2019
Almería	Fran Fernández	End of contract	10 June 2019		Óscar Fernández	15 June 2019
Tenerife	Luis César		11 June 2019		Aritz López Garai	21 June 2019
Numancia	Aritz López Garai	Mutual consent	11 June 2019		Luis Carrión	21 June 2019
Deportivo La Coruña	José Luis Martí	End of contract	27 June 2019		Juan Antonio Anquela	2 July 2019
Alcorcón	Cristóbal Parralo	Sacked	30 June 2019		Fran Fernández	1 July 2019
Mirandés	Borja Jiménez	Signed for Asteras Tripoli	7 July 2019		Andoni Iraola	10 July 2019
Almería	Óscar Fernández	Sacked	3 August 2019		Pedro Emanuel	4 August 2019
Oviedo	Sergio Egea		15 September 2019	22nd	Javi Rozada	15 September 2019
Deportivo La Coruña	Juan Antonio Anquela		7 October 2019	20th	Luis César Sampedro	7 October 2019
Girona	Juan Carlos Unzué		21 October 2019	11th	José Luis Martí	28 October 2019
Almería	Pedro Emanuel	Mutual consent	4 November 2019	2nd	José María Gutiérrez	5 November 2019
Racing Santander	Iván Ania	Sacked	11 November 2019	21st	Cristóbal Parralo	11 November 2019
Tenerife	Aritz López Garai		17 November 2019	18th	Rubén Baraja	1 December 2019
Sporting Gijón	José Alberto López		21 December 2019	15th	Miroslav Đukić	22 December 2019
Lugo	Eloy Jiménez		26 December 2019	18th	Curro Torres	27 December 2019
Deportivo La Coruña	Luis César Sampedro		27 December 2019	22nd	Fernando Vázquez	29 December 2019
Málaga	Víctor Sánchez		11 January 2020	16th	Sergio Pellicer	11 January 2020
Albacete	Luis Miguel Ramis		3 February 2020	19th	Lucas Alcaraz	3 February 2020
Racing Santander	Cristóbal Parralo		4 February 2020	22nd	José Luis Oltra	4 February 2020
Oviedo	Javi Rozada		18 February 2020	19th	José Ángel Ziganda	18 February 2020
Fuenlabrada	Mere		10 March 2020	13th	José Ramón Sandoval	11 March 2020
Almería	José María Gutiérrez		26 June 2020	3rd	Mário Silva	26 June 2020
Lugo	Curro Torres		29 June 2020	20th	Juanfran	30 June 2020
Girona	José Luis Martí		30 June 2020	5th	Francisco	30 June 2020

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Huesca (C, P)	42	21	7	14	55	42	+13	70	Promotion to La Liga
2	Cádiz (P)	42	19	12	11	50	39	+11	69
3	Zaragoza	42	18	11	13	59	53	+6	65	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Almería	42	17	13	12	62	43	+19	64
5	Girona	42	17	12	13	48	43	+5	63
6	Elche (P)	42	16	13	13	52	44	+8	61
7	Rayo Vallecano	42	13	21	8	60	50	+10	60
8	Fuenlabrada	42	15	15	12	47	40	+7	60
9	Las Palmas	42	14	15	13	49	46	+3	57
10	Alcorcón	42	13	18	11	52	50	+2	57
11	Mirandés	42	13	17	12	55	59	−4	56
12	Tenerife	42	14	13	15	50	46	+4	55
13	Sporting Gijón	42	14	12	16	40	38	+2	54
14	Málaga	42	11	20	11	35	33	+2	53
15	Oviedo	42	13	14	15	49	53	−4	53
16	Lugo	42	12	16	14	43	54	−11	52
17	Albacete	42	13	13	16	36	46	−10	52
18	Ponferradina	42	12	15	15	45	50	−5	51
19	Deportivo La Coruña (R)	42	12	15	15	43	60	−17	51	Relegation to Segunda División B
20	Numancia (R)	42	13	11	18	45	53	−8	50
21	Extremadura (R)	42	10	13	19	43	59	−16	43
22	Racing Santander (R)	42	5	18	19	39	56	−17	33

Source: LaLiga Soccerway
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) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Season statistics

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Cristhian Stuani	Girona	29
2	Luis Suárez	Zaragoza	19
3	Yuri	Ponferradina	18
4	Darwin Núñez	Almería	16
	Stoichkov	Alcorcón
6	Rubén Castro	Las Palmas	15
	Martín Merquelanz	Mirandés
	Alfredo Ortuño	Oviedo
9	Álex Fernández	Cádiz	13
	Hugo Fraile	Fuenlabrada
	Armando Sadiku	Málaga
	Curro Sánchez	Numancia

Top assists

As of 11 July 2020

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Adri Embarba	Rayo Vallecano	11
2	David Ferreiro	Huesca	9
	Martín Merquelanz	Mirandés
	Saúl Berjón	Oviedo
5	Juan Cruz	Elche	8
	Manu García	Sporting Gijón
7	Álvaro Cejudo	Racing Santander	7
	Íñigo Eguaras	Zaragoza
	Fidel Chaves	Elche
	Pedri	Las Palmas
	Salvi Sánchez	Cádiz

Zamora Trophy

As of 5 July 2020

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.

Rank	Name	Club	Goals against	Matches	Average
1	Munir	Málaga	27	35	0.77
2	Alberto Cifuentes	Cádiz	29	34	0.85
3	Diego Mariño	Sporting Gijón	33	37	0.89
4	Biel Ribas	Fuenlabrada	30	29	1.03
5	Álvaro Fernández	Huesca	33	32	1.03

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Round
Cristhian Stuani	Girona	Rayo Vallecano	3–1 (H)	8 September 2019	3
Fidel	Elche	Mirandés	4–2 (H)	3 November 2019	14

Note

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Discipline

As of 8 March 2020

Player

• Most yellow cards: 12
  • Mickaël Malsa (Mirandés)
• Most red cards: 3
  • Sergio Tejera (Oviedo)

Team

• Most yellow cards: 104
  • Las Palmas
• Most red cards: 9
  • Cádiz
  • Racing Santander
• Fewest yellow cards: 60
  • Ponferradina
• Fewest red cards: 1
  • Elche
  • Málaga

LFP Awards

Monthly

Month	Player of the Month
	Player	Club
September	Sekou Gassama	Almería
October	Anthony Lozano	Cádiz
November	Fidel	Elche
December	Jonathan Viera	Las Palmas
January	Sabin Merino	Deportivo La Coruña
June	Rubén Castro	Las Palmas

External links

• LFP website