1952–53 Segunda División

22nd season of the second-tier football league in Spain Football league season

Segunda División
Season	1952–53
Champions	Osasuna Jaén
Promoted	Osasuna Jaén
Relegated	San Andrés Orihuela Real Córdoba Gimnástico Atlético Baleares Huesca Plus Ultra Burgos Cacereño
Matches played	480
Goals scored	1,693 (3.53 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ángel Arregui (30 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Primitivo Eroles Goyo (1.11 goals/match)
Biggest home win	Jaén 9–0 Granada (28 September 1952)
Biggest away win	San Andrés 0–5 Lérida (28 September 1952)
Highest scoring	Hércules 7–5 Orihuela (9 November 1952)
← 1951–52 1953–54 →

The 1952–53 Segunda División season was the 22nd since its establishment and was played between 13 September 1952 and 3 May 1953.

Overview before the season

32 teams joined the league, including two relegated from the 1951–52 La Liga and 6 promoted from the 1951–52 Tercera División.

Relegated from La Liga

Promoted from Tercera División

Group North

Teams

España Industrial
San Andrés

Salamancaclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in Segunda División 1952-53 Group North

Club	City	Stadium
Deportivo Alavés	Vitoria	Mendizorroza
Real Avilés CF	Avilés	Las Arobias
Club Baracaldo	Baracaldo	Lasesarre
Burgos CF	Burgos	Zatorre
Caudal Deportivo	Mieres	El Batán
SD España Industrial	Barcelona	Les Corts
Club Ferrol	Ferrol	Inferniño
RS Gimnástica de Torrelavega	Torrelavega	El Malecón
Gimnástico de Tarragona	Tarragona	Avenida de Cataluña
UD Huesca	Huesca	San Jorge
UD Lérida	Lérida	Campo de Deportes
CD Logroñés	Logroño	Las Gaunas
CA Osasuna	Pamplona	San Juan
CD Sabadell FC	Sabadell	Cruz Alta
UD Salamanca	Salamanca	El Calvario
CD San Andrés	Barcelona	Santa Coloma

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Osasuna (P)	30	16	8	6	61	37	+24	40	Promotion to La Liga
2	España Industrial (O)	30	16	5	9	65	43	+22	37	Qualification for the promotion playoffs
3	Avilés	30	16	5	9	59	46	+13	37	Qualification for the promotion playoffs
4	Alavés	30	16	3	11	58	48	+10	35
5	Logroñés	30	14	6	10	59	44	+15	34
6	Lérida	30	14	4	12	48	37	+11	32
7	Baracaldo	30	12	7	11	54	41	+13	31
8	San Andrés	30	13	4	13	50	58	−8	30	Relegation to Tercera División
9	Ferrol	30	11	7	12	49	41	+8	29
10	Caudal	30	11	6	13	45	48	−3	28
11	Sabadell	30	10	8	12	41	55	−14	28
12	Gimnástica Torrelavega (O)	30	12	3	15	41	57	−16	27	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
13	Salamanca (R)	30	11	4	15	42	53	−11	26	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
14	Gimnástico (R)	30	10	5	15	37	56	−19	25	Relegation to Tercera División
15	Huesca (R)	30	8	7	15	36	48	−12	23
16	Burgos (R)	30	6	6	18	34	67	−33	18

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:

^ España Industrial finished ahead of Avilés on head-to-head goal difference: Avilés–España Industrial 2–0, España Industrial–Avilés 6–2
San Andrés quit Segunda División at the end of the season
^ Caudal finished ahead of Sabadell on head-to-head points: Caudal–Sabadell 3–2, Sabadell–Caudal 0–1

Results

Home \ Away	ALA	AVI	BAR	BUR	CAU	CON	NAS	GIM	HUE	LLE	LOG	OSA	RFE	SAB	SAL	STA
Alavés	—	4–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–3	1–2	5–0	4–1	4–1	4–1	3–2	3–0	3–0	4–0
Avilés	7–1	—	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–2	3–0	3–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	4–0	4–1	5–0
Baracaldo	6–0	3–1	—	4–0	2–1	1–3	1–0	2–0	4–1	2–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	4–0	5–0	1–3
Burgos	2–2	3–0	2–2	—	3–2	1–2	3–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–3	1–2	3–4	2–3	0–2	2–4
Caudal	2–0	4–0	1–0	2–3	—	5–3	3–2	1–2	1–1	2–0	5–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–0	2–2
España Industrial	2–0	6–2	3–1	4–1	6–0	—	0–1	5–2	3–0	1–3	1–1	2–2	4–1	1–1	2–0	1–1
Gimnástico	5–1	0–2	2–1	2–3	2–1	1–0	—	4–3	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–3	2–2	0–0	2–1	0–1
Gimnástica Torrelavega	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	—	4–3	2–0	3–0	1–0	0–1	4–3	3–1	0–1
Huesca	3–0	0–1	1–1	7–0	1–1	3–1	0–2	2–0	—	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–1
Lérida	3–2	2–1	2–2	4–0	3–0	0–1	2–1	4–0	1–0	—	3–2	2–2	3–1	2–0	3–1	2–0
Logroñés	3–0	7–2	4–1	3–0	0–0	1–4	3–0	3–1	4–0	3–0	—	0–0	2–1	1–2	4–1	5–0
Osasuna	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–3	6–1	6–1	3–0	1–0	4–0	—	3–2	1–0	4–1	2–0
Ferrol	0–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–2	4–1	4–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–2	—	4–0	2–1	4–0
Sabadell	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–1	0–1	4–2	4–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–3	0–1	—	3–2	2–1
Salamanca	1–2	2–0	1–2	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	3–1	2–1	3–1	0–0	4–1	3–1	—	3–0
San Andrés	0–1	2–2	3–1	4–0	4–1	2–1	4–1	1–2	2–0	0–5	1–3	4–2	2–4	4–1	3–0	—

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

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers	Goals	Team
Mauro Rodríguez	19	Avilés
Luisito	17	Avilés
Enrique Malo	17	Alavés
Miguel Xirau	17	San Andrés
Antonio Insa	16	Caudal

Top goalkeepers

Goalkeeper	Goals	Matches	Average	Team
Goyo	30	27	1.11	Osasuna
Primitivo Eroles	30	27	1.11	Lérida
José María Munárriz	34	26	1.31	Avilés
Pedro Estrems	40	29	1.38	España Industrial
Rogelio Lozano	40	28	1.43	Caudal

Group South

Teams

Canary Islands (see below)class=notpageimage| Location of teams in Segunda División 1952-53 Group South

1952–53 Segunda División is located in Canary Islands

Las Palmasclass=notpageimage| Canary Islands

Club	City	Stadium
CD Alcoyano	Alcoy	Estadio El Collao
CD Atlético Baleares	Palma de Mallorca	Son Canals
Atlético Tetuán	Tétouan	Sania Ramel
CD Cacereño	Cáceres	Ciudad Deportiva
RCD Córdoba	Córdoba	El Árcangel
Granada CF	Granada	Los Cármenes
Hércules CF	Alicante	La Viña
Real Jaén CF	Jaén	La Victoria
UD Las Palmas	Las Palmas	Insular
RB Linense	La Línea de la Concepción	San Bernardo
RCD Mallorca	Palma de Mallorca	Es Fortí
UD Melilla	Melilla	Álvarez Claro
CD Mestalla	Valencia	Mestalla
Real Murcia	Murcia	La Condomina
Orihuela Deportiva CF	Orihuela	Los Arcos
AD Plus Ultra	Madrid	Campo de Ciudad Lineal

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Jaén (P)	30	19	3	8	85	47	+38	41	Promotion to La Liga
2	Hércules	30	16	6	8	69	49	+20	38	Qualification for the promotion playoffs
3	Atlético Tetuán	30	15	6	9	66	39	+27	36	Qualification for the promotion playoffs
4	Las Palmas	30	16	3	11	55	38	+17	35
5	Melilla	30	14	5	11	55	53	+2	33
6	Mestalla	30	13	7	10	56	45	+11	33
7	Alcoyano	30	14	2	14	70	64	+6	30
8	Mallorca	30	11	8	11	47	59	−12	30
9	Granada	30	13	4	13	52	55	−3	30
10	Linense	30	13	3	14	53	61	−8	29
11	Murcia	30	11	7	12	53	43	+10	29
12	Orihuela (R)	30	12	2	16	51	75	−24	26	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
13	Real Córdoba (R)	30	9	8	13	55	62	−7	26	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
14	Atlético Baleares (R)	30	10	3	17	50	75	−25	23	Relegation to Tercera División
15	Plus Ultra (R)	30	7	8	15	57	70	−13	22
16	Cacereño (R)	30	7	5	18	40	79	−39	19

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
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Melilla finished ahead of Mestalla on head-to-head points: Melilla–Mestalla 2–1, Mestalla–Melilla 2–2
^ Alcoyano finished ahead of Mallorca and Granada on head-to-head goal difference
^ Linense finished ahead of Murcia on head-to-head points: Linense–Murcia 2–1, Murcia–Linense 0–0
^ Orihuela finished ahead of Real Córdoba on head-to-head points: Orihuela–Real Córdoba 0–0, Real Córdoba–Orihuela 1–2

Results

Home \ Away	ALC	BAL	TET	CAC	GRA	HER	JAE	LPA	LNS	MAL	MEL	MES	MUR	ORI	RMC	COR
Alcoyano	—	4–2	2–3	4–1	5–0	2–4	1–2	5–3	3–2	3–0	6–3	3–1	2–2	5–0	6–1	5–1
Atlético Baleares	3–1	—	1–2	2–1	1–1	4–3	3–4	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	3–0	2–0	7–1	2–1	4–1
Atlético Tetuán	1–1	5–0	—	3–0	3–0	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–2	5–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	7–0	5–1	2–2
Cacereño	1–3	3–1	0–2	—	1–3	1–1	2–1	1–4	5–1	2–2	5–3	1–1	2–1	3–0	2–2	2–2
Granada	2–0	5–0	1–0	3–1	—	0–0	3–1	1–0	5–0	3–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	6–0	4–0	5–1
Hércules	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	3–3	—	4–0	4–0	1–0	3–0	1–2	5–0	1–1	7–5	4–1	1–0
Jaén	5–0	5–1	1–0	5–0	9–0	2–0	—	5–1	3–1	4–3	5–0	4–2	3–2	5–1	5–2	2–0
Las Palmas	3–0	5–0	3–4	3–0	3–1	1–0	4–0	—	2–0	3–0	3–0	1–2	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–1
Linense	4–1	4–2	1–1	3–0	3–1	4–1	2–1	2–1	—	1–1	3–0	1–3	2–1	3–1	3–0	4–2
Mallorca	1–0	1–1	1–3	4–2	4–2	4–1	2–1	3–2	2–0	—	1–1	2–1	4–0	0–3	3–1	2–1
Melilla	5–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–2	0–3	0–0	4–1	1–1	—	2–1	4–1	1–0	3–1	1–0
Mestalla	3–0	6–0	1–4	1–0	3–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	4–3	3–0	2–2	—	2–0	2–1	3–0	6–2
Murcia	0–1	4–1	2–0	5–0	4–0	1–2	3–3	3–1	0–0	6–1	1–3	2–1	—	3–1	1–1	4–0
Orihuela	1–3	2–3	3–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	4–1	1–0	3–2	2–0	5–4	3–3	1–3	—	1–0	0–0
Plus Ultra	4–2	2–0	2–2	9–1	5–0	4–5	2–2	0–1	5–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	—	2–2
Real Córdoba	3–0	4–2	4–1	2–3	1–0	5–1	1–1	2–1	5–0	2–2	3–2	1–1	0–1	1–2	6–4	—

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

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers	Goals	Team
Ángel Arregui	30	Jaén
José Vila	17	Melilla
José Caeiro	16	Hércules
Antonio Picazo	16	Alcoyano
Juan Vázquez	16	Plus Ultra

Top goalkeepers

Goalkeeper	Goals	Matches	Average	Team
Pepín	38	30	1.27	Las Palmas
Francisco Gómez	32	25	1.28	Murcia
Eleusis Quiles	35	22	1.59	Hércules
Candi	35	21	1.67	Granada
Pedro González	50	30	1.67	Melilla

Promotion playoffs

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Deportivo La Coruña (O)	10	5	1	4	15	11	+4	11	Remained at La Liga
2	España Industrial (O)	10	4	3	3	20	12	+8	11
3	Celta Vigo	10	4	2	4	18	17	+1	10	Remained at La Liga
4	Atlético Tetuán	10	4	2	4	15	13	+2	10
5	Avilés	10	4	1	5	14	22	−8	9
6	Hércules	10	4	1	5	12	19	−7	9

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
Notes:

^ Deportivo La Coruña finished ahead of España Industrial on head-to-head points: Deportivo La Coruña–España Industrial 0–0, España Industrial–Deportivo La Coruña 1–3
Not promoted after being Barcelona reserve team
^ Celta Vigo finished ahead of Atlético Tetuán on head-to-head points: Celta Vigo–Atlético Tetuán 4–1, Atlético Tetuán–Celta Vigo 0–0
^ Avilés finished ahead of Hércules on head-to-head points: Avilés–Hércules 2–0, Hércules–Avilés 1–1

Results

Home \ Away	TET	AVI	CEL	DEP	CON	HER
Atlético Tetuán	—	6–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	3–0
Avilés	1–0	—	4–1	1–0	1–3	2–0
Celta Vigo	4–1	4–2	—	1–3	1–1	5–1
Deportivo La Coruña	3–0	1–0	1–2	—	0–0	3–1
España Industrial	1–1	6–1	3–0	1–3	—	4–1
Hércules	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	2–0	—

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

Relegation playoffs

Group 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Gimnástica Torrelavega (O)	8	5	3	17	11	+6	10
2	Cultural Leonesa (O, P)	8	4	4	21	19	+2	8	Promotion to Segunda División
3	Mataró	8	4	4	17	16	+1	8
4	Salamanca (R)	8	4	4	12	10	+2	8
5	Sestao	8	3	5	11	22	−11	6

^ Cultural Leonesa finished ahead of Mataró and Salamanca on head-to-head points: Cultural Leonesa 6 pts, Mataró 4 pts, Salamanca 2 pts

Results

Home \ Away	LEO	GIM	MAT	SAL	SES
Cultural Leonesa	—	2–4	3–1	3–1	6–0
Gimnástica Torrelavega	1–0	—	2–1	1–0	5–1
Mataró	7–2	3–2	—	1–0	3–1
Salamanca	1–2	2–1	4–1	—	3–1
Sestao	4–3	2–1	2–0	0–1	—

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

Group 2

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	España Tánger	6	3	2	1	12	5	+7	8	Promotion to Segunda División
2	Levante	6	3	2	1	15	11	+4	8
3	Real Córdoba	6	1	3	2	13	16	−3	5	Relegation to Tercera División
4	Calvo Sotelo	6	1	1	4	12	20	−8	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
Notes:

^ España Tánger finished ahead of Levante on overall goal difference

Results

Home \ Away	PUE	ESP	LEV	COR
Calvo Sotelo	—	2–2	1–3	5–0
España Tánger	5–0	—	1–0	2–0
Levante	5–3	1–0	—	3–3
Real Córdoba	5–1	2–2	3–3	—

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

Group 3

Orihuela v Tenerife

24 May 1953	Orihuela	2–1	Tenerife	Orihuela
	Gallardo 55' Calabuig 75'	Report	Antonio 35'	Stadium: Los Arcos Referee: Asensi Martín

Tenerife v Orihuela

31 May 1953	Tenerife	3–0 (4–2 agg.)	Orihuela	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
	Paquillo 35' Julito 55', 80'	Report		Stadium: Heliodoro Rodríguez López Referee: Azón Roma

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