1941–42 Segunda División

11th season of the second-tier football league in Spain Football league season

Segunda División
Season	1941–42
Champions	Real Betis
Promoted	Real Betis Real Zaragoza
Relegated	Real Unión Levante-Gimnástico Cartagena CF
Matches played	168
Goals scored	655 (3.9 per match)
Top goalscorer	José Mijares (18 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Ricardo Pujol (0.81 goals/match)
Biggest home win	Cádiz 7–0 Cartagena (19 October 1941) Real Gijón 8–1 Real Unión (2 November 1941) Osasuna 7–0 Levante-Gimnástico (16 November 1941)
Biggest away win	Levante-Gimnástico 0–4 Ferroviaria (26 October 1941)
Highest scoring	Jerez 8–5 Cartagena (9 November 1941)
← 1940–41 1942–43 →

The 1941–42 Segunda División season saw 24 teams participate in the second flight Spanish league. Betis and Zaragoza was promoted to Primera División. Real Unión, Levante and Cartagena were relegated to Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol.

Overview before the season

24 teams joined the league, including two relegated from the 1940–41 La Liga and 5 promoted from Divisiones Regionales.

Relegated from La Liga

Promoted from Divisiones Regionales

Group 1

Teams

Valladolidclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in Segunda División 1941-42 G-1

Club	City	Stadium
Arenas Club	Guecho	Ibaiondo
Baracaldo-Oriamendi	Baracaldo	Lasesarre
Club Ferrol	Ferrol	Inferniño
Real Gijón	Gijón	El Molinón
Real Unión Club	Irun	Stadium Gal
UD Salamanca	Salamanca	El Calvario
Real Santander SD	Santander	El Sardinero
Real Valladolid Deportivo	Valladolid	José Zorrilla

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real Gijón	14	8	4	2	37	23	+14	20	Qualification for the promotion playoffs
2	Salamanca	14	9	0	5	31	25	+6	18	Qualification for the promotion playoffs
3	Ferrol	14	7	3	4	34	20	+14	17	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
4	Real Santander	14	5	5	4	26	26	0	15
5	Real Valladolid	14	6	2	6	32	21	+11	14
6	Baracaldo-Oriamendi	14	6	2	6	32	29	+3	14
7	Arenas	14	5	0	9	24	38	−14	10
8	Real Unión (R)	14	1	2	11	16	50	−34	4

Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Valladolid finished ahead of Baracaldo-Oriamendi on head-to-head goal difference: Baracaldo–Valladolid 1–0, Valladolid–Baracaldo 3–1

Results

Home \ Away	ARE	BAR	FER	SPO	RAC	RUN	SAL	VLL
Arenas	—	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–1	4–3	2–3	1–4
Baracaldo-Oriamendi	4–1	—	3–4	3–3	3–2	6–1	4–1	1–0
Ferrol	3–1	3–0	—	6–1	5–0	5–1	3–1	1–1
Real Gijón	5–1	2–0	3–2	—	3–3	8–1	3–1	2–1
Real Santander	3–2	2–2	0–0	2–2	—	3–0	3–0	1–0
Real Unión	2–3	2–3	0–0	1–0	2–2	—	1–2	1–4
Salamanca	2–0	3–1	3–1	0–2	3–1	5–0	—	4–3
Real Valladolid	4–1	3–1	4–0	1–1	1–3	5–1	1–3	—

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

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers	Goals	Team
José Mijares	18	Real Gijón
Pruden	16	Salamanca
Portugués	12	Ferrol
Ildefonso Sañudo	12	Valladolid
Martín Aroma	9	Arenas

Top goalkeepers

Goalkeeper	Goals	Matches	Average	Team
Moreno	16	12	1.33	Ferrol
Manuel Joven	19	12	1.58	Salamanca
Pablito	19	11	1.73	Real Gijón
Joaquín Caller	24	13	1.85	Real Santander
José María Busto	24	12	2	Baracaldo

Group 2

Teams

Sabadellclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in Segunda División 1941-42 G-2

Club	City	Stadium
Deportivo Alavés	Vitoria	Mendizorroza
CD Constancia	Inca	Camp d’Es Cos
AD Ferroviaria	Madrid	Campo de Delicias
Gerona CF	Gerona	Vista Alegre
UD Levante-Gimnástico	Valencia	Vallejo
CA Osasuna	Pamplona	San Juan
Real Sociedad	San Sebastián	Atocha
CD Sabadell FC	Sabadell	Cruz Alta

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sabadell	14	6	7	1	26	13	+13	19	Qualification for the promotion playoffs
2	Real Zaragoza (O, P)	14	6	4	4	30	26	+4	16	Qualification for the promotion playoffs
3	Alavés	14	7	2	5	32	28	+4	16	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
4	Constancia	14	5	5	4	28	18	+10	15
5	Gerona	14	6	3	5	24	20	+4	15
6	Osasuna	14	5	3	6	29	24	+5	13
7	Ferroviaria	14	5	2	7	18	23	−5	12
8	Levante-Gimnástico (R)	14	2	2	10	17	52	−35	6

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

^ Zaragoza finished ahead of Alavés on overall average: Zaragoza 1.15, Alavés 1.14
^ Constancia finished ahead of Gerona on head-to-head points: Gerona–Constancia 0–3, Constancia–Gerona 1–1

Results

Home \ Away	ALA	CON	FER	GIR	LEV	OSA	SAB	ZAR
Alavés	—	2–2	3–0	1–0	7–1	3–1	2–1	2–0
Constancia	3–0	—	1–0	1–1	6–1	2–2	1–2	5–1
Ferroviaria	2–3	2–1	—	1–0	2–1	3–1	0–2	1–1
Gerona	2–1	0–3	4–1	—	6–2	0–2	0–1	3–2
Levante-Gimnástico	4–2	0–0	0–4	1–2	—	4–2	1–1	1–3
Osasuna	6–2	3–2	2–0	1–3	7–0	—	1–1	0–0
Sabadell	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	6–0	2–0	—	4–2
Real Zaragoza	5–3	3–0	3–1	2–2	4–1	2–1	2–2	—

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

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers	Goals	Team
Carlos Sanz	16	Constancia
Miguel Gual	12	Sabadell
Vicente Martínez	10	Zaragoza
Totó	9	Alavés
Florentino Zubizarreta	7	Alavés

Top goalkeepers

Goalkeeper	Goals	Matches	Average	Team
Ricardo Pujol	9	11	0.82	Sabadell
Andrés Company	18	14	1.29	Constancia
José Francàs	20	14	1.43	Gerona
Jesús Ederra	18	11	1.64	Osasuna
José Valero	20	12	1.67	Zaragoza

Group 3

Teams

Xerezclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in Segunda División 1941-42 G-3

Club	City	Stadium
Real Betis Balompié	Seville	Heliópolis
Cádiz CF	Cádiz	La Mirandilla
Cartagena CF	Cartagena	El Almarjal
SD Ceuta	Ceuta	Campo de Deportes
Elche CF	Elche	Altabix
CD Málaga	Málaga	La Rosaleda
Real Murcia	Murcia	Estadio de La Condomina
Xerez Club	Jerez de la Frontera	Domecq

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real Betis (O, P)	14	8	4	2	39	22	+17	20	Qualification for the promotion playoffs
2	Real Murcia	14	8	1	5	37	28	+9	17	Qualification for the promotion playoffs
3	Cádiz	14	7	2	5	30	19	+11	16	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
4	CD Málaga	14	5	4	5	19	21	−2	14
5	Ceuta	14	5	4	5	27	19	+8	14
6	Elche	14	4	3	7	23	35	−12	11
7	Xerez Club	14	3	4	7	25	36	−11	10
8	Cartagena CF (R)	14	3	4	7	19	39	−20	10

^ Málaga finished ahead of Ceuta on head-to-head points: Málaga–Ceuta 5–0, Ceuta–Málaga 0–1
^ Jerez finished ahead of Cartagena on head-to-head points: Jerez–Cartagena 8–5, Cartagena–Jerez 2–2

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers	Goals	Team
José Vilanova	14	Murcia
Paquirri	13	Real Betis
Saro	10	Real Betis
Tavilo	9	Ceuta
Manuel Olivares	8	CD Málaga

Top goalkeepers

Goalkeeper	Goals	Matches	Average	Team
Joaquín Comas	12	12	1	Ceuta
Ramón Mendaro	21	14	1.5	CD Málaga
Francisco Suárez	19	12	1.58	Murcia
Paquillo	21	13	1.62	Real Betis
Francisco Larios	27	11	2.45	Xerez Club

Promotion playoffs

First round

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real Betis (C, P)	10	7	1	2	21	17	+4	15	Promotion to La Liga
2	Real Zaragoza (P)	10	6	1	3	19	13	+6	13	Promotion to La Liga
3	Real Murcia	10	6	0	4	17	11	+6	12	Qualification for the second round
4	Sabadell	10	3	3	4	16	22	−6	9	Qualification for the second round
5	Real Gijón	10	3	2	5	25	19	+6	8
6	Salamanca	10	1	1	8	8	24	−16	3

Source: BDFútbol
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) Champions; (P) Promoted

Second round

Oviedo v Sabadell

4 June 1942	Oviedo	3–1	Sabadell	Madrid
	Soladrero 56', 74' Goyín 81'	Report	Polo 88'	Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Escartín

Barcelona v Murcia

28 June 1942	Barcelona	5–1	Murcia	Madrid
	Martín 28', 61', 72', 77' Sospedra 89'	Report	Huguet 23'	Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Escartín

Relegation playoffs

Group 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Cultural Leonesa (P)	10	5	2	3	24	18	+6	12
2	Real Valladolid	10	6	0	4	19	15	+4	12
3	Real Santander	10	5	1	4	26	13	+13	11
4	Ferrol	10	5	1	4	23	19	+4	11
5	Coruña	10	4	0	6	25	26	−1	8
6	Langreano	10	3	0	7	13	39	−26	6

Source: Arquero
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored
(P) Promoted

Group 2

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Arenas	10	8	1	1	31	4	+27	17
2	Logroñés	10	6	1	3	24	17	+7	13
3	Baracaldo-Oriamendi	10	6	1	3	22	16	+6	13
4	Rayo Cantabria	10	4	1	5	20	20	0	9
5	Indauchu	10	2	0	8	20	36	−16	4
6	Real Unión (R)	10	2	0	8	8	32	−24	4

Source: Arquero
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored
(R) Relegated

Group 3

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Osasuna	10	8	1	1	33	10	+23	17
2	Ferroviaria	10	5	3	2	19	12	+7	13
3	Alavés	10	4	2	4	26	21	+5	10
4	Imperio Madrid	10	4	2	4	18	19	−1	10
5	Tudelano	10	3	1	6	16	31	−15	7
6	Atlético Zaragoza	10	1	1	8	10	29	−19	3

Source: Arquero
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored

Group 4

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Tarrasa (P)	10	6	3	1	24	7	+17	15
2	Levante-Gimnástico (R)	10	5	2	3	23	20	+3	12
3	Mallorca	10	4	2	4	20	17	+3	10
4	Constancia	10	4	2	4	19	19	0	10
5	Gerona	10	3	1	6	18	23	−5	7
6	Martinenc	10	3	0	7	10	28	−18	6

Source: Arquero
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group 5

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CD Málaga	10	6	3	1	22	17	+5	15
2	Elche	10	5	2	3	24	13	+11	12
3	Alcoyano (P)	10	5	1	4	17	13	+4	11
4	Eldense	10	5	1	4	22	20	+2	11
5	Cartagena CF (R)	10	2	2	6	11	21	−10	6
6	CD Córdoba	10	2	1	7	11	23	−12	5

Source: Arquero
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group 6

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ceuta	10	8	1	1	26	7	+19	17
2	Xerez Club	10	7	1	2	27	15	+12	15
3	Recreativo	10	4	1	5	21	22	−1	9
4	Cádiz	10	3	2	5	20	21	−1	8
5	Atlético Tetuán	10	3	0	7	13	24	−11	6
6	Badajoz	10	2	1	7	11	29	−18	5

Source: Arquero
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored

External links

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