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Segunda División
2022–23
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Season information
Dates 12 August 2022–17 June 2023
Winners Granada
Promoted Granada
Las Palmas
Alavés
Relegated Ponferradina
Málaga
Ibiza
Lugo
Season statistics
Matches played 462
Goals scored 932
Top goalscorer Myrto Uzuni
(24 goals)
Biggest home win Granada 5–0 Sporting Gijón
(13 October 2022)
Biggest away win Ibiza 0–5 Albacete
(7 May 2023)
Highest scoring Sporting Gijón 3–4 Mirandés
(12 March 2023)
Villarreal B 5–2 Cartagena
(19 March 2023)
Andorra 4–3 Villarreal B
(27 May 2023)
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The 2022–23 Segunda División (LaLiga SmartBank) football season, also known as for sponsorship reasons, was the 92nd since its establishment in Spain.

Teams[]

Team changes[]

Promoted from 2021–22 Primera División RFEF Relegated from 2021–22 La Liga Promoted to 2022–23 La Liga Relegated to 2022–23 Primera División RFEF
Racing Santander
Andorra
Albacete
Villarreal B
Alavés
Granada
Levante
Almería
Valladolid
Alcorcón
Fuenlabrada
Amorebieta
Real Sociedad B

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)[]

A total of 22 teams will contest the league, including 15 sides from the 2021–22 season, three relegated from the 2021–22 La Liga, and four promoted from the 2021–22 Primera División RFEF.

Teams promoted to La Liga

The first two teams to earn promotion from Segunda División were Almería and Real Valladolid, who mathematically secured first and second position, respectively, on the very last match day of the season. Almería return to La Liga after a seven-year absence, while Valladolid return after a one-year absence.

Teams relegated from La Liga

The first team to be relegated from La Liga were Levante, following a 0–6 loss to Real Madrid on 12 May 2022, ending their five years in the top tier. The second team to be relegated were Alavés, after defeated 1-3 by Levante on 15 May 2022, ending their six years stay in the top tier. The third and final team relegated to Segunda was Granada, who drew against Espanyol, which was coupled with wins of Cádiz and Mallorca on 22 May 2022, the final match day. Granada ended a three-year stay in the top level.

Teams relegated to Primera División RFEF

On 16 April 2022, Alcorcón became the first team to be relegated from Segunda División after defeated by Cartagena, ending their 12-year stay in the second division. The second team to be relegated were Fuenlabrada, who were relegated on 7 May 2022 after defeated by Real Sociedad B, ending three years spell in the second division. Alcorcon and Fuenlabrada was followed by Real Sociedad B and Amorebieta. Both of those clubs were relegated on 21 May 2022, making an immediate return to the third tier after a single season in Segunda División.

Teams promoted from Primera División RFEF

On 1 May 2022, Racing Santander became the first team to achieve promotion to the second tier after a 2–2 draw against Celta de Vigo B, securing direct promotion and ending a two-season stint at the third tier of Spanish football. The second team to earn promotion was Andorra after beating UCAM Murcia on 21 May 2022, thus getting promoted to the second tier for the first time in their history. On 11 June 2022, Albacete and Villarreal B were both promoted, after defeating Deportivo La Coruña and Gimnàstic, respectively, in the final of the play-offs. Albacete returned after a one year absence and Villarreal B returned after 10 years in the third tier.

Stadiums and locations[]

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Alavés Vitoria-Gasteiz Mendizorroza &Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".19,840
Albacete Albacete Carlos Belmonte &0000000000017524.00000017,524
Andorra Andorra la Vella Estadi Nacional &Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".3,306
Burgos Burgos El Plantío &0000000000012194.00000012,194
Cartagena Cartagena Cartagonova &0000000000015105.00000015,105
Eibar Eibar Ipurua &0000000000008164.0000008,164
Granada Granada Nuevo Los Cármenes &0000000000019336.00000019,336
Huesca Huesca El Alcoraz &0000000000009100.0000009,100
Ibiza Ibiza Can Misses &0000000000006000.0000006,000
Las Palmas Las Palmas Gran Canaria &0000000000031250.00000031,250
Leganés Leganés Butarque &0000000000001245.0000001,245
Levante Valencia Ciutat de València &0000000000026354.00000026,354
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
Racing Santander Santander El Sardinero &0000000000022222.00000022,222
Sporting Gijón Gijón El Molinón &0000000000030000.00000030,000
Villarreal B Villarreal Mini Estadi &Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".5,000
Zaragoza Zaragoza La Romareda &Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".33,608

Managerial changes[]

Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure
Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of
appointment
Alavés Flag of Spain Julio Velázquez End of contract 23 May 2022 Pre-season Flag of Spain Luis García Plaza 23 May 2022
Lugo Flag of Spain Rubén Albés 23 May 2022 Flag of Spain Hernán Pérez 16 June 2022
Ponferradina Flag of Spain Jon Pérez Bolo 27 May 2022 Flag of Portugal José Gomes 13 June 2022
Zaragoza Flag of Spain Juan Ignacio Martínez 30 May 2022 Flag of Spain Juan Carlos Carcedo 31 May 2022
Ibiza Flag of Spain Paco Jémez 31 May 2022 Flag of Spain Javier Baraja 8 June 2022
Leganés Flag of Tunisia Mehdi Nafti 5 June 2022 Flag of Spain Imanol Idiakez 6 June 2022
Oviedo Flag of Spain José Ángel Ziganda 8 June 2022 Flag of Spain Jon Pérez Bolo 15 June 2022
Levante Flag of Italy Alessio Lisci 12 June 2022 Flag of Tunisia Mehdi Nafti 12 June 2022
Huesca Flag of Spain Xisco Muñoz 13 June 2022 Flag of Spain José Ángel Ziganda 13 June 2022
Albacete Flag of Spain Rubén de la Barrera Mutual agreement 15 June 2022 Flag of Spain Rubén Albés 27 June 2022
Málaga Flag of Argentina Pablo Guede Sacked 20 September 2022 21st Flag of Spain Pepe Mel 21 September 2022
Levante Flag of Tunisia Mehdi Nafti 10 October 2022 14th Flag of Spain Felipe Miñambres (caretaker) 10 October 2022
Oviedo Flag of Spain Jon Pérez Bolo 16 October 2022 19th Flag of Spain Álvaro Cervera 16 October 2022
Levante Flag of Spain Felipe Miñambres End of caretaker spell 9th Flag of Spain Javier Calleja
Ibiza Flag of Spain Javier Baraja Sacked 22 October 2022 17th Flag of Spain Juan Antonio Anquela 24 October 2022
Zaragoza Flag of Spain Juan Carlos Carcedo 6 November 2022 17th Flag of Spain Fran Escribá 7 November 2022
Granada Flag of Spain Aitor Karanka 8 November 2022 8th Flag of Spain Paco López 9 November 2022
Ponferradina Flag of Portugal José Manuel Gomes Resigned 19 November 2022 18th Flag of Spain David Gallego 20 November 2022
Lugo Flag of Spain Hernán Pérez Sacked 21 November 2022 20th Flag of Spain Fran Justo 23 November 2022
Ibiza Flag of Spain Juan Antonio Anquela 23 November 2022 21st Flag of Spain Carlos Sánchez (caretaker) 26 November 2022
Flag of Spain Carlos Sánchez End of caretaker spell 28 November 2022 22nd Flag of Spain Lucas Alcaraz 28 November 2022
Racing Santander Flag of Spain Guillermo Fernández Romo Sacked 12 December 2022 19th Flag of Spain José Alberto Lopez 13 December 2022
Sporting Gijón Flag of Spain Abelardo 15 January 2023 15th Flag of Spain Miguel Ángel Ramírez 17 January 2023
Málaga Flag of Spain Pepe Mel 25 January 2023 20th Flag of Spain Sergio Pellicer 25 January 2023
Lugo Flag of Spain Fran Justo 31 January 2023 21st Flag of Spain Joan Carrillo 1 February 2023
Flag of Spain Joan Carrillo 6 March 2023 22nd Flag of Spain Iñigo Vélez 7 March 2023
Leganés Flag of Spain Imanol Idiakez 4 April 2023 17th Flag of Spain Carlos Martínez (interim) 4 April 2023
Ponferradina Flag of Spain David Gallego 10 April 2023 19th Flag of Spain Juanfran 10 April 2023

League table[]

Standings[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Granada (C, P) 42 22 9 11 55 30 +25 75 Promotion to La Liga
2 Las Palmas (P) 42 18 18 6 49 29 +20 72
3 Levante 42 18 18 6 46 30 +16 72 Qualification for promotion play-offs
4 Alavés (O, P) 42 19 14 9 47 33 +14 71
5 Eibar 42 19 14 9 45 36 +9 71
6 Albacete 42 17 16 9 58 47 +11 67
7 Andorra 42 16 11 15 47 37 +10 59
8 Oviedo 42 16 11 15 34 35 −1 59
9 Cartagena 42 16 10 16 47 49 −2 58
10 Tenerife 42 14 15 13 42 37 +5 57
11 Burgos 42 13 15 14 33 35 −2 54
12 Racing Santander 42 14 12 16 39 40 −1 54
13 Zaragoza 42 12 17 13 40 39 +1 53
14 Leganés 42 14 11 17 37 42 −5 53
15 Huesca 42 11 19 12 36 36 0 52
16 Mirandés 42 13 13 16 48 54 −6 52
17 Sporting Gijón 42 11 17 14 43 48 −5 50
18 Villarreal B 42 13 11 18 49 55 −6 50 Not eligible for promotion[Note]
19 Ponferradina (R) 42 9 17 16 40 53 −13 44 Relegation to Primera Federación
20 Málaga (R) 42 10 14 18 37 44 −7 44
21 Ibiza (R) 42 7 13 22 33 66 −33 34
22 Lugo (R) 42 6 13 23 27 57 −30 31
Updated to match(es) played on 28 May 2023. 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
  • Goal difference: Las Palmas +20, Levante +16
  • Jump up to:a b Alavés finished ahead of Eibar on head-to-head points: Eibar 0–0 Alavés, Alavés 2–0 Eibar
  • Jump up to:a b Andorra finished ahead of Oviedo on head-to-head points: Oviedo 0–1 Andorra, Andorra 3–1 Oviedo
  • Jump up to:a b Burgos finished ahead of Racing Santander on head-to-head points: Racing Santander 0–1 Burgos, Burgos 2–1 Racing Santander
  • Jump up to:a b Zaragoza finished ahead of Leganés on head-to-head goal difference: Leganés 2–1 Zaragoza, Zaragoza 3–0 Leganés
  • Jump up to:a b Huesca finished ahead of Mirandés on head-to-head points: Mirandés 1–1 Huesca, Huesca 1–0 Mirandés
  • Jump up to:a b Goal difference: Sporting Gijón -2, Villarreal B -5
  • Jump up to:a b Ponferradina finished ahead of Málaga on head-to-head goal difference: Málaga 1–0 Ponferradina, Ponferradina 2–0 Málaga

Results[]

Home \ Away ALA ALB AND BUR CAR EIB GRA HUE IBI LPA LEG LEV LUG MGA MIR OVI PON RAC SPO TFE VIL ZAR
Alavés 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 4–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0
Albacete 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 4–0 1–2 1–0 2–3 2–0 3–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0
Andorra 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 4–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 4–3 0–1
Burgos 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–3 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–2
Cartagena 1–1 2–1 0–3 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–4 1–2 1–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–3 0–3 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–0
Eibar 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–3 4–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 1–1
Granada 3–1 4–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 5–0 2–0 3–0 1–0
Huesca 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–3 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1
Ibiza 1–1 0–5 0–1 2–0 2–2 1–2 0–2 2–2 1–2 0–2 1–2 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–3 1–0 0–0 1–0
Las Palmas 0–0 1–2 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–2 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–0
Leganés 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–3 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1
Levante 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 4–1 1–1
Lugo 1–2 1–2 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–0
Málaga 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–4 2–0 0–0 3–2 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–0
Mirandés 1–3 4–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–3 1–3 1–1 2–2 3–3 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–3 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0
Oviedo 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–1
Ponferradina 1–0 1–1 1–4 1–2 0–3 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–2 2–1 1–2
Racing Santander 1–1 4–1 2–1 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–0
Sporting Gijón 0–0 2–2 4–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 3–1 0–0 3–4 1–1 1–4 0–2 1–0 3–1 1–0
Tenerife 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 4–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–2
Villarreal B 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 5–2 2–2 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–3 3–1 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 2–2 2–3
Zaragoza 1–4 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 4–1 1–0 1–1 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on 28 May 2023. Source: LaLiga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs[]

Main article:2023 Segunda División play-offs
  Semi–finals Final
                         
3 Levante 3 3 6  
6 Albacete 1 0 1  
    3 Levante 0 1 1
  4 Alaves 0 0 0
4 Alaves 1 2 3
5 Eibar 1 0 1  


Season statistics[]

Top goalscorers[]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Flag of Albania Myrto Uzuni Granada 23
2 Flag of Spain Raúl García Mirandés 19
3 Flag of Turkey Sinan Bakış Andorra 12
Flag of Spain Stoichkov Eibar
5 Flag of Spain Enric Gallego Tenerife 11
Flag of Spain Higinio Marín Albacete
7 Flag of Spain Rubén Castro Málaga 10
Flag of Belgium Jonathan Dubasin Albacete
Flag of Spain Luis Rioja Alavés
10 7 tied with 9

Assists[]

Rank Player Club Assists
1 Flag of Spain José Callejón Granada 9
2 Flag of Argentina Pablo de Blasis Cartagena 8
Flag of Spain Alberto Moleiro Las Palmas
4 Flag of Spain Ager Aketxe Eibar 7
Flag of Spain Raúl García Mirandés
Flag of Spain Iñigo Vicente Racing Santander
7 Flag of Spain Cote Sporting Gijón 6
Flag of Spain Manu Fuster Albacete
Flag of Spain Jairo Izquierdo Cartagena
Flag of Spain Sergio Lozano Villarreal B
Flag of Spain Lucas Ahijado Oviedo
Flag of Spain Dani Ojeda 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 Flag of Spain Raúl Fernández Granada 19 29 0.66
2 Flag of Spain Dani Cárdenas Levante 23 34 0.68
3 Flag of Spain Álvaro Valles Las Palmas 23 33 0.70
4 Flag of Spain José Antonio Caro Burgos 28 38 0.74
5 Flag of Spain Antonio Sivera Alavés 32 40 0.80

Hat-tricks[]

Player For Against Result Date Round
Flag of Albania Myrto Uzuni Granada Villarreal B 3–0 (H) 29 August 2022 3
Flag of Spain Carlos Martínez Andorra Ponferradina 3–0 (H) 29 October 2022 13
Flag of Spain Luis Rioja Alavés Ibiza 4–2 (H) 19 February 2023 28
Note

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Awards[]

Monthly[]

Month Player of the Month
Player Club
August Flag of Albania Myrto Uzuni Granada
September Flag of Spain José Antonio Caro Burgos
October Flag of Spain Jonathan Viera Las Palmas
November Flag of Turkey Sinan Bakış Andorra
December Flag of Spain Roberto López Mirandés
January Flag of Spain Stoichkov Eibar
February Flag of Spain Luis Rioja Alavés
March Flag of Spain Jon Bautista Eibar
April Flag of Spain Sergi Enrich Oviedo

External links[]

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