2020–21 Segunda División

Segunda División 2020–21
Season information
Dates	12 September 2020 – 29 May 2021
Winners	Espanyol
Promoted	Espanyol Mallorca
Relegated	Albacete Castellón Sabadell UD Logroñés
Season statistics
Matches played	462
Goals scored	946
Average	(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)
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The 2020–21 Segunda División season, also known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, is the 90th since its establishment. The season began on 12 September 2020 and is scheduled to conclude on 31 May 2021.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

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

Teams promoted to La Liga

On 12 July 2020, Cádiz were 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. The second team to earn promotion was Huesca after their 3−0 win against Numancia on 17 July 2020. This marks an immediate return to the first division. 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.

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. 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. 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.

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. 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. On 20 July 2020, the final round of the 2019–20 season, Numancia and Deportivo La Coruña were relegated after Albacete 1-0 win against Cádiz. This ended Deportivo's 39-year streak in professional football, spending 25 of those years in La Liga, and also ended Numancia's 23-year stay in professional football, spending 4 of those years in La Liga.

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 are 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. 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. 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.

Stadiums and locations

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

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
Cartagena	Cartagena	Cartagonova	&0000000000015105.00000015,105
Castellón	Castellón de la Plana	Castalia	&0000000000015500.00000015,500
Espanyol	Barcelona	RCDE Stadium	&0000000000040000.00000040,000
Fuenlabrada	Fuenlabrada	Fernando Torres	&0000000000005400.0000005,400
Girona	Girona	Montilivi	&.11,200
Las Palmas	Las Palmas	Gran Canaria	&0000000000031250.00000031,250
Leganés	Leganés	Butarque	&0000000000012450.00000012,450
Lugo	Lugo	Anxo Carro	&0000000000007070.0000007,070
Málaga	Málaga	La Rosaleda	&0000000000030044.00000030,044
Mallorca	Palma	Visit Mallorca Stadium	&0000000000024262.00000024,262
Mirandés	Miranda de Ebro	Anduva	&0000000000005759.0000005,759
Oviedo	Oviedo	Carlos Tartiere	&0000000000030500.00000030,500
Rayo Vallecano	Madrid	Vallecas	&0000000000014708.00000014,708
Ponferradina	Ponferrada	El Toralín	&0000000000008400.0000008,400
Sabadell	Sabadell	Nova Creu Alta	&0000000000011908.00000011,908
Sporting Gijón	Gijón	El Molinón	&0000000000030000.00000030,000
Tenerife	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Heliodoro Rodríguez López	&0000000000022824.00000022,824
UD Logroñés	Logroño	Las Gaunas	&0000000000016000.00000016,000
Zaragoza	Zaragoza	La Romareda	&.33,608

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt main sponsor
Albacete	Lucas Alcaraz	Tomeu Nadal	Hummel	Extrual
Alcorcón	Mere	Laure	Kappa
Almería	José Gomes	José Romera	Puma	Arabian Centres
Cartagena	Borja Jiménez	Miguel Ángel Cordero	Adidas	Talasur Group
Castellón	Óscar Cano	David Cubillas	Hummel	Bravoplaya
Espanyol	Vicente Moreno	David López	Kelme	Betway
Fuenlabrada	José Ramón Sandoval	Juanma Marrero	Joma	Deliave
Girona	Francisco	Álex Granell	Puma	Marathonbet
Las Palmas	Pepe Mel	Aythami Artiles	Hummel	Gran Canaria
Leganés	José Luis Martí	Unai Bustinza	Joma	Betway
Lugo	Juanfran	Carlos Pita	Kappa	Estrella Galicia 0,0
Málaga	Sergio Pellicer	Luis Hernández	Nike	Tesesa
Mallorca	Luis García	Manolo Reina	Umbro	Betfred
Mirandés	José Alberto	Limones	Adidas	Miranda Empresas
Oviedo	José Ángel Ziganda	TBA	Adidas	Natural Mining Resources
Ponferradina	Bolo	Yuri	Adidas	Herrero Brigantina
Rayo Vallecano	Andoni Iraola	Óscar Trejo	Umbro
Sabadell	Antonio Hidalgo	Ángel Martínez	Hummel
Sporting Gijón	David Gallego	Carlos Carmona	Nike	Integra Energía
Tenerife	Fran Fernández	Suso	Hummel	Turismo Tenerife
UD Logroñés	Sergio Rodríguez	Iñaki Sáenz	Umbro	NaturHouse
Zaragoza	Rubén Baraja	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	Mutual consent	20 July 2020	Pre-season	José Luis Martí	3 August 2020
Espanyol	Francisco Rufete	End of interim spell			Vicente Moreno	4 August 2020
Tenerife	Rubén Baraja	End of contract	21 July 2020		Fran Fernández	29 July 2020
Sporting Gijón	Miroslav Đukić				David Gallego	21 July 2020
Alcorcón	Fran Fernández				Mere	26 July 2020
Mirandés	Andoni Iraola				José Alberto	27 July 2020
Rayo Vallecano	Paco Jémez				Andoni Iraola	6 August 2020
Mallorca	Vicente Moreno	Signed for Espanyol	4 August 2020		Luis García
Zaragoza	Víctor Fernández	Resigned	18 August 2020		Rubén Baraja	20 August 2020
Lugo	Juanfran	Sacked	11 October 2020	20th	Mehdi Nafti	14 October 2020
Albacete	Lucas Alcaraz		13 October 2020	21st	Aritz López Garai	14 October 2020
Alcorcón	Mere		9 November 2020	22nd	Juan Antonio Anquela	9 November 2020
Zaragoza	Rubén Baraja			18th	Iván Martínez	11 November 2020
Tenerife	Fran Fernández		22 November 2020	17th	Luis Miguel Ramis	24 November 2020
Albacete	Aritz López Garai		6 December 2020	22nd	Alejandro Menéndez	8 December 2020
Zaragoza	Iván Martínez	Demoted to Deportivo Aragón	13 December 2020	21st	Juan Ignacio Martínez	14 December 2020
Cartagena	Borja Jiménez	Sacked	18 December 2020	16th	Pepe Aguilar	22 December 2020
Cartagena	Pepe Aguilar	Demoted to Cartagena B	11 January 2021	18th	Luis Carrión	12 January 2021
Castellón	Óscar Cano	Mutual consent		21st	Juan Carlos Garrido
Leganés	José Luis Martí	Sacked	26 January 2021	6th	Asier Garitano	27 January 2021
Fuenlabrada	José Ramón Sandoval		2 February 2021	13th	José Luis Oltra	3 February 2021
Lugo	Mehdi Nafti		28 February 2021	15th	Luis César Sampedro	2 March 2021
Lugo	Luis César Sampedro		19 April 2021	20th	Rubén Albés	20 April 2021
Almería	José Gomes	Mutual consent	27 April 2021	3rd	Rubi	28 April 2021
Albacete	Alejandro Menéndez	Sacked	4 May 2021	22nd	Francisco Noguerol (interim)	4 May 2021
Castellón	Juan Carlos Garrido		21 May 2021	20th	Sergio Escobar	22 May 2021

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Espanyol  (C) (P)	42	24	10	8	71	28	+43	82	Promotion to La Liga
2	Mallorca  (P)	42	24	10	8	54	28	+26	82
3	Leganés	42	21	10	11	51	31	+20	73	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Almería	42	21	10	11	61	40	+21	73
5	Girona					0	0	0
6	Rayo Vallecano  (P) (O)	42	19	10	13	52	40	+12	67
7	Sporting de 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	52	−6	56
10	Mirandés	42	14	12	16	38	41	−3	54
11	Fuenlabrada	42	12	18	12	45	46	−1	54
12	Málaga	42	14	11	17	37	47	−10	53
13	Oviedo	42	11	19	12	45	46	−1	52
14	Tenerife	42	13	13	16	36	36	0	52
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 Segunda División B
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: La Liga
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Kits

External links

• LFP website