1956–57 Segunda División

26th season of the second-tier football league in Spain Football league season

Segunda División
Season	1956–57
Champions	Real Gijón Granada
Promoted	Real Gijón Granada
Relegated	Logroñés Mestalla Baracaldo Algeciras Burgos Puente Genil Lérida Castellón
Matches played	760
Goals scored	2,521 (3.32 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ricardo Alós (45 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Manuel Sión (0.64 goals/match)
Biggest home win	Real Gijón 11–0 Lérida (13 January 1957)
Biggest away win	Lérida 0–5 Sabadell (11 November 1956)
Highest scoring	Alavés 10–1 Logroñés (28 October 1956) Cádiz 7–4 Eldense (4 November 1956) Real Gijón 11–0 Lérida (13 January 1957) Córdoba 7–4 Tenerife (30 May 1957)
← 1955–56 1957–58 →

The 1956–57 Segunda División season was the 26th since its establishment and was played between 8 September 1956 and 16 June 1957.

Overview before the season

40 teams joined the league, including 4 relegated from the 1955–56 La Liga and 11 promoted from the 1955–56 Tercera División.

Relegated from La Liga

Promoted from Tercera División

After a merge with España Tánger
After a merge between Ceuta and Atlético Tetuán

Group North

Teams

Tarrasaclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in Segunda División 1956-57 Group North

Club	City	Stadium
Deportivo Alavés	Vitoria	Mendizorroza
Real Avilés CF	Avilés	La Exposición
Club Baracaldo	Baracaldo	Lasesarre
Burgos CF	Burgos	Zatorre
Caudal Deportivo	Mieres	El Batán
Cultural Leonesa	León	La Puentecilla
SD Eibar	Eibar	Ipurúa
Club Ferrol	Ferrol	Manuel Rivera
Gerona CF	Gerona	Vista Alegre
Real Gijón	Gijón	El Molinón
SD Indauchu	Bilbao	Garellano
CP La Felguera	La Felguera, Langreo	La Barraca
UD Lérida	Lérida	Campo de Deportes
CD Logroñés	Logroño	Las Gaunas
Real Oviedo CF	Oviedo	Buenavista
AD Rayo Vallecano	Madrid	Vallecas
CD Sabadell FC	Sabadell	Cruz Alta
Real Santander SD	Santander	El Sardinero
Club Sestao	Sestao	Las Llanas
CD Tarrasa	Tarrasa	Obispo Irurita

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Real Gijón (P)	38	28	6	4	107	26	+81	62	Promotion to La Liga
2	Sabadell	38	24	6	8	92	39	+53	54
3	Indauchu	38	21	6	11	72	45	+27	48
4	Oviedo	38	20	6	12	77	60	+17	46
5	Alavés	38	17	9	12	61	52	+9	43
6	Cultural Leonesa	38	18	5	15	63	61	+2	41
7	Avilés	38	17	5	16	75	60	+15	39
8	Real Santander	38	15	7	16	60	62	−2	37
9	Gerona	38	15	7	16	54	53	+1	37
10	Eibar	38	14	8	16	63	79	−16	36
11	Caudal	38	16	3	19	66	72	−6	35
12	Rayo Vallecano	38	15	5	18	45	45	0	35
13	Tarrasa	38	13	8	17	57	60	−3	34
14	Sestao	38	13	8	17	60	67	−7	34
15	La Felguera (O)	38	15	4	19	46	62	−16	34	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
16	Ferrol (O)	38	14	5	19	51	72	−21	33	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
17	Logroñés (R)	38	12	8	18	44	70	−26	32	Relegation to Tercera División
18	Baracaldo (R)	38	12	7	19	50	83	−33	31
19	Burgos (R)	38	11	8	19	46	65	−19	30
20	Lérida (R)	38	8	3	27	37	93	−56	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
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Real Santander finished ahead of Gerona on head-to-head points: Real Santander–Gerona 1–1, Gerona–Real Santander 0–2
^ Caudal finished ahead of Rayo Vallecano on head-to-head points: Caudal–Rayo Vallecano 3–0, Rayo Vallecano–Caudal 1–2
^ Tarrasa finished ahead of Sestao and La Felguera on head-to-head goal difference

Results

Home \ Away	ALA	AVI	BAR	BUR	CAU	LEO	EIB	IND	FEL	GIR	LLE	LOG	OVI	RFE	RAC	RAY	SPO	SAB	SES	TRR
Alavés	—	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–2	2–1	3–1	10–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–3	1–1	1–0	3–2
Avilés	3–0	—	6–1	1–1	4–0	3–0	4–1	0–1	8–1	1–0	3–0	3–1	2–3	3–1	7–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	3–1	3–2
Baracaldo	2–2	1–1	—	1–2	5–1	3–0	2–2	2–1	0–2	1–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–3	2–0	0–1	2–1	2–3	2–1
Burgos	1–1	2–0	3–2	—	1–5	4–0	3–0	0–0	2–3	3–1	6–0	3–1	0–0	3–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	3–1	1–3	0–1
Caudal	3–0	7–1	0–1	4–1	—	2–1	4–1	2–4	0–3	2–0	4–0	1–2	0–2	2–1	4–3	3–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–1
Cultural Leonesa	2–2	1–0	6–1	1–0	4–3	—	2–0	2–0	1–0	6–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	6–2	1–0	2–3	1–3	1–3	2–1	2–0
Eibar	0–2	1–1	3–1	4–0	3–2	1–1	—	3–2	3–1	2–4	3–1	3–0	2–3	5–1	4–3	1–0	2–1	2–2	3–2	2–0
Indauchu	1–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	6–0	1–1	4–0	—	3–2	2–2	1–0	6–1	4–2	1–0	3–1	0–1	0–1	4–1	0–1	5–1
La Felguera	1–3	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	—	0–2	4–1	0–0	1–3	5–1	1–3	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–0
Gerona	3–0	2–0	4–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	3–1	0–1	4–0	—	5–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–0
Lérida	1–3	3–1	5–1	4–2	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	—	5–0	0–2	3–2	0–0	1–1	1–4	0–5	1–2	0–1
Logroñés	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	4–0	2–3	0–0	1–0	3–0	—	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–2	4–1
Oviedo	1–0	3–4	5–1	5–0	3–1	1–0	4–2	2–3	4–1	4–2	2–1	3–1	—	5–1	3–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	4–2	1–1
Ferrol	1–0	2–1	4–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–3	3–0	2–2	2–0	2–1	3–2	—	2–2	3–1	1–3	1–0	2–1	3–0
Real Santander	4–1	5–3	1–2	2–0	2–1	1–2	2–2	3–2	2–0	1–1	3–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	—	4–0	0–2	1–2	1–0	0–0
Rayo Vallecano	3–1	3–1	3–1	0–1	1–2	5–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–2	1–2	0–1	1–0	4–0	0–1	—	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–2
Real Gijón	4–0	5–1	4–0	4–0	6–1	4–2	7–1	0–1	1–0	3–0	11–0	4–0	5–1	4–0	4–0	2–0	—	5–0	1–1	2–1
Sabadell	1–0	2–1	6–0	7–0	3–0	6–1	5–1	3–0	4–1	3–1	2–0	3–2	6–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–0	—	7–1	3–0
Sestao	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–3	3–1	2–1	2–0	3–1	4–1	4–2	1–1	3–0	3–1	0–1	1–4	2–3	—	3–2
Tarrasa	1–1	0–1	4–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	4–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	4–0	4–1	1–0	3–1	1–3	1–2	4–1	—

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

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers	Goals	Team
Ricardo Alós	45	Real Gijón
Francisco Doval	27	Avilés
Manuel Lara	22	Sabadell
José Luis Piquín	18	Sabadell
Lolo Gómez	18	Real Santander

Top goalkeepers

Goalkeeper	Goals	Matches	Average	Team
Manuel Sión	23	36	0.64	Real Gijón
Juan Parcet	20	23	0.87	Sabadell
Pita	26	26	1	Rayo Vallecano
José María Cobo	36	32	1.13	Indauchu
Isidro Acosta	30	24	1.25	Girona

Group South

Teams

Canary Islands (see below)class=notpageimage| Location of teams in Segunda División 1956-57 Group South

1956–57 Segunda División is located in Canary Islands

Tenerifeclass=notpageimage| Canary Islands

Club	City	Stadium
España de Algeciras CF	Algeciras	El Mirador
Alicante CF	Alicante	Bardín
Atlético Ceuta	Ceuta	Alfonso Murube
CD Badajoz	Badajoz	El Vivero
Real Betis Balompié	Seville	Heliópolis
Cádiz CF	Cádiz	Ramón de Carranza
CD Castellón	Castellón de la Plana	Castalia
Córdoba CF	Córdoba	El Arcángel
CD Eldense	Elda	El Parque
CF Extremadura	Almendralejo	Francisco de la Hera
Granada CF	Granada	Los Cármenes
Hércules CF	Alicante	La Viña
Jerez CD	Jerez de la Frontera	Domecq
Levante UD	Valencia	Vallejo
CD Málaga	Málaga	La Rosaleda Stadium
CD Mestalla	Valencia	Mestalla
Real Murcia	Murcia	La Condomina
Puente Genil CF	Puente Genil	Jesús Nazareno
CD San Fernando	San Fernando	Marqués de Varela
CD Tenerife	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Heliodoro Rodríguez López

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Granada (P)	38	22	3	13	79	45	+34	47	Promotion to La Liga
2	Hércules	38	19	7	12	66	52	+14	45
3	Murcia	38	19	5	14	68	50	+18	43
4	Córdoba	38	19	5	14	96	66	+30	43
5	Málaga	38	16	10	12	67	45	+22	42
6	Real Betis	38	17	7	14	80	51	+29	41
7	Badajoz	38	18	5	15	67	64	+3	41
8	Atlético Ceuta	38	17	5	16	53	58	−5	39
9	Extremadura	38	18	3	17	61	71	−10	39
10	Xerez	38	15	9	14	64	56	+8	39
11	Levante	38	14	10	14	65	68	−3	38
12	Cádiz	38	16	6	16	58	72	−14	38
13	Tenerife	38	16	5	17	71	60	+11	37
14	San Fernando	38	17	3	18	63	79	−16	37
15	Alicante (O)	38	16	5	17	63	77	−14	37	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
16	Eldense (O)	38	16	3	19	67	78	−11	35	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
17	Mestalla (R)	38	13	8	17	61	75	−14	34	Relegation to Tercera División
18	España de Algeciras (R)	38	14	3	21	60	83	−23	31
19	Puente Genil (R)	38	12	3	23	44	81	−37	27
20	Castellón (R)	38	9	9	20	42	64	−22	27

^ Murcia finished ahead of Córdoba on head-to-head goal difference: Murcia–Córdoba 3–0, Córdoba–Murcia 3–1
^ Real Betis finished ahead of Badajoz on head-to-head points: Real Betis–Badajoz 2–2, Badajoz–Real Betis 0–3
^ Atlético Ceuta finished ahead of Extremadura and Xerez on head-to-head goal difference
^ Levante finished ahead of Cádiz on head-to-head points: Levante–Cádiz 6–0, Cádiz–Levante 3–3
^ Tenerife finished ahead of San Fernando and Alicante on head-to-head goal difference
^ Puente Genil finished ahead of Castellón on head-to-head points: Castellón–Puente Genil 1–1, Puente Genil–Castellón 4–1

Results

Home \ Away	ALG	ALI	CEU	BAD	CAD	CAS	COR	ELD	EXT	GRA	HER	LEV	CDM	MES	MUR	PGE	BET	SFE	TEN	XER
España Algeciras	—	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	3–1	3–0	2–0	1–2	0–1	5–1	5–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	2–0	0–1	4–1	4–1	3–2
Alicante	4–3	—	4–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	3–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	3–3	3–3	4–1	2–0	1–3	3–1	2–1	4–0
Atlético Ceuta	1–0	3–0	—	1–2	4–0	4–1	2–2	2–1	4–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	2–1
Badajoz	5–0	6–2	2–3	—	3–2	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	3–2	2–0	4–0	1–0	5–3	3–1	2–0	0–3	5–1	1–0	2–1
Cádiz	2–1	4–2	0–2	1–0	—	3–0	2–2	7–4	3–0	2–0	1–0	3–3	1–0	1–0	5–2	2–0	2–1	2–3	2–0	2–1
Castellón	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	—	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–4	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–0
Córdoba	9–1	2–0	5–2	5–1	5–0	3–2	—	8–1	3–0	1–0	4–3	6–1	3–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	3–2	4–0	7–4	5–2
Eldense	1–0	2–0	3–2	2–1	3–0	1–0	4–0	—	4–1	1–4	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	5–0	3–5	1–1	4–1	3–0
Extremadura	3–1	3–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	4–1	3–2	4–3	—	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–2	5–3	2–0	4–1	4–2	4–1	3–0	2–0
Granada	3–0	4–0	3–0	4–1	3–1	1–2	5–1	3–0	4–1	—	2–2	6–1	2–3	3–0	4–2	5–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	3–1
Hércules	9–1	1–2	4–0	3–0	0–2	4–1	2–1	3–1	3–0	1–2	—	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	4–2	1–0	2–3
Levante	3–0	0–0	2–0	3–2	6–0	2–0	2–3	0–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	—	4–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	6–1
Málaga	5–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	5–0	2–2	1–1	4–1	2–0	1–0	4–0	1–3	—	2–0	1–2	3–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	0–0
Mestalla	1–1	0–4	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	3–0	3–2	3–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–3	—	1–1	5–2	2–5	3–0	1–0	0–0
Murcia	6–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	3–2	3–0	0–0	3–2	3–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	—	4–0	1–3	4–2	3–0	3–0
Puente Genil	2–1	1–2	3–0	2–0	0–0	4–1	1–0	4–2	0–2	1–3	0–2	3–0	1–1	3–4	3–0	—	2–0	4–1	0–4	2–0
Real Betis	2–0	4–0	3–0	2–2	5–2	3–1	0–0	4–1	7–0	3–0	4–0	2–2	0–2	1–2	1–2	3–0	—	5–1	1–3	0–0
San Fernando	3–2	5–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	5–2	2–0	0–3	2–0	4–2	1–1	4–1	1–0	3–4	2–0	—	4–2	0–1
Tenerife	3–1	4–1	5–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	4–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	2–0	6–1	0–0	5–0	4–3	5–1	—	2–0
Xerez	4–1	5–1	1–0	7–2	1–1	2–1	6–2	1–0	1–0	4–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	6–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	—

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

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers	Goals	Team
Juan Araujo	28	Córdoba
Antonio Pedrero	25	Tenerife
Gilberto Navarro	21	Granada
Rafael Queralt	19	Alicante
Sebastián Fustero	17	Eldense

Top goalkeepers

Goalkeeper	Goals	Matches	Average	Team
Dionisio del Río	44	38	1.16	Málaga
Juan García	48	38	1.26	Murcia
Cuco	31	24	1.29	Tenerife
José Campillo	47	36	1.31	Hércules
Eugenio Ruiz	42	32	1.31	Real Betis

Relegation playoffs

First leg

La Felguera v Binéfar

23 June 1957	La Felguera	8–0	Binéfar	Langreo
	Martín Esperanza 1', 37', 43' Calleja 15', 51' Celso 42' Martín 54' Ruiz 57'	Report		Stadium: La Barraca Referee: Feal Seijas

Ferrol v Turista

23 June 1957	Ferrol	1–0	Turista	Ferrol
	Ton 82' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Manuel Rivera Referee: Alonso Sádaba

Gandía v Alicante

23 June 1957	Gandía	1–1	Alicante	Gandia
	Soro 75'	Report	Magán 21'	Stadium: Montduver Referee: Pardo Salgado

Calvo Sotelo v Eldense

23 June 1957	Calvo Sotelo	4–1	Eldense	Puertollano
	Herráez 18', 62' Pérez Hurtado 50' (pen.), 78'	Report	Fustero 64'	Stadium: Cerru Referee: Castillo Izquierdo

Second leg

Turista v Ferrol

29 June 1957	Turista	0–2 (0–3 agg.)	Ferrol	Vigo
		Report	Sampedro 26', 75'	Stadium: Balaídos Referee: Gómez Contreras

Alicante v Gandía

30 June 1957	Alicante	3–0 (4–1 agg.)	Gandía	Alicante
	Magán 25' (37) Herrerita 44'	Report		Stadium: Bardín Referee: Domingo Vives

Binéfar v La Felguera

30 June 1957	Binéfar	2–0 (2–8 agg.)	La Felguera	Binéfar
	Miquel 20' (pen.) Citoler 88'	Report		Stadium: El Segalar Referee: Balaguer Escuder

Eldense v Calvo Sotelo

30 June 1957	Eldense	7–0 (8–4 agg.)	Calvo Sotelo	Elda
	Manso 25', 65' Cárcamo 44', 80' Grande 58' Fustero 60', 77'	Report		Stadium: Parque Referee: Pardo Salgado

External links

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