2021–22 Segunda División

Segunda División
2021–22
	Segunda División; 2021–22
Season information
Dates	13 August 2021–19 June 2022
Winners	Almería; 1st title
Promoted	Almería; Valladolid; Girona
Relegated	Amorebieta; Real Sociedad B; Fuenlabrada; Alcorcón
Season statistics
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1122
Top goalscorer	Borja Bastón; Cristhian Stuani; (22 goals each)
Biggest home win	Cartagena 5–0 Amorebieta; (21 May 2022)
Biggest away win	Málaga 0–5 Ibiza; (23 January 2022)
Highest scoring	Ibiza 6–2 Alcorcón; (8 January 2022)
← 2020–21	2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Segunda División (known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons) football season, was the 91st since its establishment in Spain.

Teams[]

Team changes[]

Promoted from 2020–21 Segunda División B	Relegated from 2020–21 La Liga	Promoted to 2021–22 La Liga	Relegated to 2021–22 Primera División RFEF
Burgos Real Sociedad B Amorebieta Ibiza	Huesca Valladolid Eibar	Espanyol Mallorca Rayo Vallecano	Albacete Castellón UD Logroñés Sabadell

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)[]

A total of 22 teams will contest the league, including 15 sides from the 2020–21 season, three relegated from the 2020–21 La Liga, and four promoted from the 2020–21 Segunda División B. This will include the winners of the play-offs.

Teams promoted to La Liga

On 8 May 2021, Espanyol became the first side to mathematically be promoted, assured of a return to the top flight following a 0–0 draw against Zaragoza. The second team to earn promotion was Mallorca, following Almería's 2-3 loss to Cartagena on 18 May 2021. Both teams made an immediate return to the first division after a season away. The final team promoted to La Liga was Rayo Vallecano by beating CD Leganés 5-1 and Girona FC 3-2 on aggration in promotion play-off.

Teams relegated from La Liga

The first team to be relegated from La Liga were Eibar, after a 1–4 loss to Valencia on 16 May 2021, ending their seven-year stay in the top tier. The second team to be relegated were Valladolid, following a 1–2 home defeat against Atlético Madrid on 22 May 2021, in their final game of the season, ending their three-year stay in the top tier. The third and final team to be relegated were Huesca, after drawing 0–0 against Valencia on 22 May 2021 in their final game of the season, suffering an immediate return to the second division.

Teams relegated to Primera División RFEF

The first team to be relegated from Segunda División were Albacete, following a 1-1 against Lugo in 18 May 2021, effectively ending their four-years stay in the second tier. Albacete was followed by Castellón, Logroñés and Sabadell. The three of those clubs were relegated in 30 May 2021, making an immediate return to the third tier after a single season in Segunda División.

Teams promoted from Segunda División B

Following the play-offs, the first team to achieve promotion were Real Sociedad B after defeated Algeciras on 22 May 2021. They are promoted to second division for the first time in 59 years. The second team to earn promotion were Amorebieta on 22 May 2021 after beating Badajoz. The third team to earn promotion were Ibiza on 23 May 2021 after defeated UCAM Murcia. For both victorious teams this was their first time ever promotion to the second division. The fourth and last team to get the promotion was Burgos after defeating Athletic Bilbao B on 23 May 2021. This was their 2nd season in the Segunda División, being the last one in 2001–02, where they ended being relegated.

Stadiums and locations[]

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Alcorcón	Alcorcón	Santo Domingo	&0000000000005100.0000005,100
Almería	Almería	Juegos Mediterráneos	&0000000000015000.00000015,000
Amorebieta	Amorebieta-Etxano	Lezama (field 2)	&0000000000003250.0000003,250
Burgos	Burgos	El Plantío	&0000000000012194.00000012,194
Cartagena	Cartagena	Cartagonova	&0000000000015105.00000015,105
Eibar	Eibar	Ipurua	&0000000000008164.0000008,164
Fuenlabrada	Fuenlabrada	Fernando Torres	&0000000000005400.0000005,400
Girona	Girona	Montilivi	11,200
Huesca	Huesca	El Alcoraz	&0000000000007638.0000007,638
Ibiza	Ibiza	Can Misses	&0000000000004500.0000004,500
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
Mirandés	Miranda de Ebro	Anduva	&0000000000005759.0000005,759
Oviedo	Oviedo	Carlos Tartiere	&0000000000030500.00000030,500
Ponferradina	Ponferrada	El Toralín	&0000000000008400.0000008,400
Real Sociedad B	San Sebastián	José Luis Orbegozo	&0000000000002500.0000002,500
Sporting Gijón	Gijón	El Molinón	&0000000000030000.00000030,000
Tenerife	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Heliodoro Rodríguez López	&0000000000022824.00000022,824
Valladolid	Valladolid	José Zorrilla	&0000000000028012.00000028,012
Zaragoza	Zaragoza	La Romareda	33,608

Personnel and sponsorship[]

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt main sponsor
Alcorcón	Juan Antonio Anquela	Laure	Kappa	Eneryeti Energy Drink
Almería	Rubi	Fernando	Puma	Arabian Centres
Amorebieta	Iñigo Vélez	Iker Seguín	Kappa	Sidenor
Burgos	Julián Calero	Eneko Undabarrena	Adidas	Reale Seguros
Cartagena	Luis Carrión	David Andújar	Adidas	Talasur Group
Eibar	Gaizka Garitano	Anaitz Arbilla	Joma
Fuenlabrada	José Luis Oltra	Juanma Marrero	Joma	Grupo Avimosa
Girona	Míchel	Aday	Puma	Gosbi
Huesca	Xisco	Jorge Pulido	Nike	Huesca La Magia
Ibiza	Juan Carlos Carcedo	Fran Grima	Nike	Power Electronics
Las Palmas	Pepe Mel	Maikel Mesa	Hummel	Gran Canaria
Leganés	Asier Garitano	Unai Bustinza	Joma	Urbas Grupo Financiero
Lugo	Rubén Albés	Carlos Pita	Kappa	Estrella Galicia
Málaga	José Alberto López	Ismael Casas	Nike	Sabor a Málaga
Mirandés	Lolo Escobar	Raúl Lizoain	Adidas	Miranda Empresas
Oviedo	José Ángel Ziganda	Bolaño	Adidas	Natural Mining Resources (NMR)
Ponferradina	Bolo	Yuri	Adidas	Herrero Brigantina
Real Sociedad B	Xabi Alonso	Aritz Aldasoro	Macron	Kutxabank
Sporting Gijón	David Gallego	Pablo Pérez	Nike	Integra Energía
Tenerife	Luis Miguel Ramis	Aitor Sanz	Hummel	Turismo Tenerife
Valladolid	Pacheta	Jordi Masip	Adidas	Estrella Galicia
Zaragoza	Juan Ignacio Martínez	Alberto Zapater	Adidas	Green Botanic Pharmacie

Managerial changes[]

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Valladolid	Sergio González	Sacked	23 May 2021	Pre-season	Pacheta	16 June 2021
Eibar	José Luis Mendilibar	Mutual consent	25 May 2021		Gaizka Garitano	7 June 2021
Huesca	Pacheta	Mutual consent	25 May 2021		Ignacio Ambriz	28 June 2021
Málaga	Sergio Pellicer	Resigned	31 May 2021		José Alberto López	1 June 2021
Mirandés	José Alberto López	Signed for Málaga	1 June 2021		Lolo Escobar	4 June 2021
Girona	Francisco	Mutual consent	30 June 2021		Míchel	9 July 2021
Alcorcón	Juan Antonio Anquela	Sacked	18 September 2021	22nd	Jorge Romero	18 September 2021
Huesca	Ignacio Ambriz		25 October 2021	12th	Xisco Muñoz	27 October 2021
Leganés	Asier Garitano		30 October 2021	20th	Mehdi Nafti	31 October 2021
Alcorcón	Jorge Romero		2 November 2021	22nd	Fran Fernández	2 November 2021
Fuenlabrada	José Luis Oltra		14 December 2021	19th	Sergio Pellicer	15 December 2021
Ibiza	Juan Carlos Carcedo		18 December 2021	16th	Paco Jémez	26 December 2021
Las Palmas	Pepe Mel		23 January 2022	7th	García Pimienta	24 January 2022
Málaga	José Alberto		25 January 2022	14th	Natxo González	27 January 2022
Mirandés	Lolo Escobar		13 February 2022	17th	Joseba Etxeberria	14 February 2022
Sporting Gijón	David Gallego		22 February 2022	15th	José Luis Martí	23 February 2022
Fuenlabrada	Sergio Pellicer		6 March 2022	20th	José Ramón Sandoval	7 March 2022
Amorebieta	Iñigo Vélez		8 March 2022	20th	Haritz Mújika	8 March 2022
Málaga	Natxo González		2 April 2022	18th	Pablo Guede	2 April 2022
Sporting Gijón	José Luis Martí		3 May 2022	17th	Abelardo	3 May 2022

League table[]

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Almería (C, P)	42	24	9	9	68	35	+33	81	Promotion to La Liga
2	Valladolid (P)	42	24	9	9	71	43	+28	81	Promotion to La Liga
3	Eibar	42	23	11	8	61	45	+16	80	Qualification for promotion play-offs
4	Las Palmas	42	19	13	10	57	47	+10	70
5	Tenerife	42	20	9	13	53	37	+16	69
6	Girona (O, P)	42	20	8	14	57	42	+15	68
7	Oviedo	42	17	17	8	57	41	+16	68
8	Ponferradina	42	17	12	13	57	55	+2	63
9	Cartagena	42	18	6	18	63	57	+6	60
10	Zaragoza	42	12	20	10	39	46	−7	56
11	Burgos	42	15	10	17	41	41	0	55
12	Leganés	42	13	15	14	50	51	−1	54
13	Huesca	42	13	15	14	49	44	+5	54
14	Mirandés	42	15	7	20	58	62	−4	52
15	Ibiza	42	12	16	14	53	59	−6	52
16	Lugo	42	10	20	12	46	52	−6	50
17	Sporting Gijón	42	11	13	18	43	48	−5	46
18	Málaga	42	11	12	19	36	57	−21	45
19	Amorebieta (R)	42	9	16	17	44	63	−19	43	Relegation to Primera División RFEF
20	Real Sociedad B (R)	42	10	10	22	43	61	−18	40
21	Fuenlabrada (R)	42	6	15	21	39	65	−26	33
22	Alcorcón (R)	42	6	11	25	37	71	−34	29

Source: LaLiga SmartBank
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; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results[]

Home \ Away	ALC	ALM	AMO	BUR	CAR	EIB	FUE	GIR	HUE	IBI	LPA	LEG	LUG	MGA	MIR	OVI	PON	RSO	SPO	TFE	VLD	ZAR
Alcorcón	—	0–4	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–2	3–3	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	2–2	1–4	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–2
Almería	1–1	—	3–0	2–0	0–1	0–2	3–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–3	2–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	3–1	1–0	3–1	3–1	3–0
Amorebieta	0–0	2–1	—	2–2	2–3	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–3	1–3	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–1
Burgos	3–1	0–2	2–2	—	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	0–0	4–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	0–1
Cartagena	3–1	1–3	5–0	1–0	—	4–1	3–0	3–0	0–3	5–1	0–2	0–0	2–1	3–1	3–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–3	3–0
Eibar	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	—	0–0	4–2	2–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	3–2	3–2	2–0	0–2	2–0
Fuenlabrada	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	—	1–2	2–3	1–2	3–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–3	1–2	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–1
Girona	3–1	1–2	2–0	3–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	—	1–3	5–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	2–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–1
Huesca	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	—	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	4–0	1–2	1–2	3–2	1–1	1–2	3–2	1–1
Ibiza	6–2	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	—	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–1	2–2	0–2	0–0	1–2	2–2
Las Palmas	3–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	4–1	0–1	2–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	—	4–2	2–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–3
Leganés	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–3	3–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	4–1	—	1–1	0–3	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	2–1
Lugo	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–3	1–0	3–2	0–0	2–0	0–0	—	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1
Málaga	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–3	1–0	2–0	0–2	0–5	2–1	0–2	1–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	2–2	1–1
Mirandés	1–3	1–4	2–0	3–1	2–1	3–3	5–1	1–2	0–1	4–0	4–2	1–2	3–2	3–0	—	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–3	2–1	0–1	2–0
Oviedo	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	3–3	3–2	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	3–0	—	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	3–3
Ponferradina	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	4–2	2–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–3	3–1	4–0	2–1	1–2	—	3–2	4–1	1–2	2–2	0–0
Real Sociedad B	2–4	0–2	2–1	0–1	1–2	2–3	0–0	1–2	0–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	—	2–1	1–2	0–2	1–2
Sporting Gijón	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	4–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–3	0–1	—	1–2	1–2	1–2
Tenerife	1–0	0–1	2–1	4–0	1–2	0–1	3–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	—	1–4	1–1
Valladolid	2–0	2–2	5–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	4–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–2	—	2–0
Zaragoza	0–3	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–0	—

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

Promotion play-offs[]

Main article: 2022 Segunda División play-offs

Semi–finals					Final

3	Eibar	1	0	1
6	Girona (a.e.t.)	0	2	2
					6	Girona	0	3	3
					5	Tenerife	0	1	1
4	Las Palmas	0	1	1
5	Tenerife	1	2	3

Season statistics[]

Top goalscorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Borja Bastón	Oviedo	22
1	Cristhian Stuani	Girona	22
3	Stoichkov	Eibar	21
4	Rubén Castro	Cartagena	20
4	Shon Weissman	Valladolid	20
6	Umar Sadiq	Almería	18
7	Sergio Camello	Mirandés	15
8	Uroš Đurđević	Sporting Gijón	14
	Jaime Seoane	Huesca
	Jonathan Viera	Las Palmas
	Yuri	Ponferradina

Top assists[]

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Rodrigo Riquelme	Mirandés	12
2	Borja Sánchez	Oviedo	10
3	Umar Sadiq	Almería	9
4	Pablo de Blasis	Cartagena	8
	Rubén Pardo	Leganés
	Francisco Portillo	Almería
7	Mateusz Bogusz	Ibiza	7
	Fran Gámez	Zaragoza
	Gaizka Larrazabal	Amorebieta
	José Antonio Ríos	Ponferradina

Zamora Trophy[]

The Zamora Trophy was awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with the lowest goals-to-games ratio. A goalkeeper had to have played at least 28 games of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals against	Matches	Average
1	Fernando	Almería	33	41	0.80
2	Juan Soriano	Tenerife	35	41	0.85
3	Joan Femenías	Oviedo	41	42	0.98
4	Juan Carlos	Girona	39	38	1.03
5	Alfonso Herrero	Burgos	29	28	1.04

Hat-tricks[]

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Round
Dyego Sousa	Almería	Mirandés	4–1 (A)	24 October 2021	12
Cristhian Stuani	Girona	Alcorcón	3–1 (H)	4 November 2021	14
Juanma	Burgos	Leganés	4–0 (H)	23 January 2022	24
Sergio León	Valladolid	Amorebieta	5–1 (H)	27 February 2022	29
Rubén Castro	Cartagena	Amorebieta	5–0 (H)	21 May 2022	41

Note

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Discipline[]

Player[]

Most yellow cards: 15
- Roque Mesa (Valladolid)
Most red cards: 3
- Alberto Escassi (Málaga)

Team[]

Most yellow cards: 124
- Fuenlabrada
Most red cards: 11
- Fuenlabrada
Fewest yellow cards: 77
- Real Sociedad B
Fewest red cards: 2
- Burgos
- Zaragoza

External links[]

LFP website

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Season information
Segunda División 2021–22

Dates	13 August 2021–19 June 2022
Winners	Almería 1st title
Promoted	Almería Valladolid Girona
Relegated	Amorebieta Real Sociedad B Fuenlabrada Alcorcón
Season statistics
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1122
Top goalscorer	Borja Bastón Cristhian Stuani (22 goals each)

Biggest home win	Cartagena 5–0 Amorebieta (21 May 2022)

Biggest away win	Málaga 0–5 Ibiza (23 January 2022)

Highest scoring	Ibiza 6–2 Alcorcón (8 January 2022)


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