1958–59 Segunda División

28th season of the second-tier football league in Spain Football league season

Segunda División
Season	1958–59
Champions	Valladolid Elche
Promoted	Valladolid Elche
Relegated	Hércules Girona Málaga Real Unión Eldense
Matches played	480
Goals scored	1,435 (2.99 per match)
Top goalscorer	José Cardona (23 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Fermín Martínez (0.88 goals/match)
Biggest home win	Eldense 7–0 Badajoz (12 October 1958) Deportivo La Coruña 7–0 Alavés (26 October 1958) Valladolid 8–1 Girona (2 November 1958)
Biggest away win	Avilés 1–6 Sestao (21 September 1958)
Highest scoring	Valladolid 8–2 Deportivo La Coruña (5 October 1958)
← 1957–58 1959–60 →

The 1958–59 Segunda División season was the 28th since its establishment and was played between 13 September 1958 and 19 April 1959.

Overview before the season

32 teams joined the league, including two relegated from the 1957–58 La Liga and 4 promoted from the 1957–58 Tercera División.

Relegated from La Liga

Promoted from Tercera División

Group North

Teams

Valladolidclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in Segunda División 1958-59 Group North

Club	City	Stadium
Deportivo Alavés	Vitoria	Mendizorroza
Real Avilés CF	Avilés	La Exposición
Baracaldo Altos Hornos	Baracaldo	Lasesarre
CD Basconia	Basauri	Pedro López Cortázar
CD Condal	Barcelona	Les Corts
RC Deportivo La Coruña	La Coruña	Riazor
Club Ferrol	Ferrol	Manuel Rivera
Gerona CF	Gerona	Vista Alegre
SD Indauchu	Bilbao	Garellano
AD Rayo Vallecano	Madrid	Vallecas
Real Unión Club de Irún	Irun	Stadium Gal
CD Sabadell FC	Sabadell	Cruz Alta
Real Santander SD	Santander	El Sardinero
Club Sestao	Sestao	Las Llanas
CD Tarrasa	Tarrasa	Obispo Irurita
Real Valladolid Deportivo	Valladolid	José Zorrilla

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Valladolid (P)	30	19	2	9	70	38	+32	40	Promotion to La Liga
2	Sabadell	30	16	7	7	55	35	+20	39	Qualification for the promotion playoffs
3	Indauchu	30	14	7	9	46	35	+11	35
4	Condal	30	14	4	12	51	41	+10	32
5	Basconia	30	12	8	10	37	43	−6	32
6	Baracaldo	30	12	7	11	38	36	+2	31
7	Deportivo La Coruña	30	13	4	13	54	49	+5	30
8	Sestao	30	11	8	11	41	36	+5	30
9	Real Santander	30	13	4	13	39	35	+4	30
10	Ferrol	30	11	5	14	43	47	−4	27
11	Avilés	30	11	5	14	40	43	−3	27
12	Tarrasa	30	12	3	15	40	56	−16	27
13	Alavés (O)	30	10	7	13	34	43	−9	27	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
14	Rayo Vallecano (O)	30	11	4	15	39	46	−7	26	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
15	Gerona (R)	30	11	3	16	43	64	−21	25	Relegation to Tercera División
16	Real Unión (R)	30	8	6	16	34	57	−23	22	Relegation to Tercera División

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:

^ Condal finished ahead of Basconia on overall goal difference
^ Deportivo La Coruña finished ahead of Sestao and Real Santander on head-to-head points: Deportivo La Coruña 7 pts, Sestao 3 pts, Real Santander 2 pts
^ Ferrol finished ahead of Avilés, Tarrasa and Alavés on head-to-head points: Ferrol 7 pts, Avilés 6 pts, Tarrasa 6 pts, Alavés 5 pts. Avilés finished ahead of Tarrasa on head-to-head goal difference: Avilés–Tarrasa 3–0, Tarrasa–Avilés 2–0

Results

Home \ Away	ALA	AVI	BAR	BAS	CON	DEP	GIR	IND	RFE	RAC	RAY	RUN	SAB	SES	TRR	VLL
Alavés	—	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–2	0–3	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	3–1
Avilés	2–1	—	2–0	1–1	1–0	5–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	1–2	2–1	6–1	1–0	1–6	3–0	0–0
Baracaldo	2–0	3–0	—	1–1	0–0	3–0	0–4	1–0	1–2	3–1	1–3	1–2	3–0	0–0	1–0	3–1
Basconia	1–1	2–0	2–1	—	3–0	1–0	3–1	0–1	4–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	5–1	3–2	0–3
Condal	0–0	4–3	3–1	4–1	—	3–0	5–1	2–0	2–3	4–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	4–2	3–0
Deportivo La Coruña	7–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	—	2–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	5–0	1–0	2–3	4–0	2–0	3–0
Gerona	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–2	2–1	3–1	—	2–1	2–1	2–3	3–1	0–0	0–2	2–1	3–0	1–0
Indauchu	3–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	0–2	2–1	2–1	—	2–1	3–2	1–0	5–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	4–2
Ferrol	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–2	—	2–0	3–3	2–0	1–1	0–1	6–1	1–3
Real Santander	2–0	1–0	2–1	5–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–2	0–1	—	0–0	1–0	1–3	1–0	4–2	0–1
Rayo Vallecano	2–0	0–0	5–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	7–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	—	4–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–1
Real Unión	2–0	3–0	1–4	1–2	2–1	3–2	4–2	2–2	2–0	0–4	0–1	—	3–3	1–1	3–1	0–0
Sabadell	0–3	4–2	1–1	3–0	5–1	4–2	5–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	5–0	3–1	—	3–0	1–0	1–0
Sestao	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	3–0	2–2	3–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	4–0	—	2–0	1–2
Tarrasa	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–3	4–2	2–1	2–1	3–1	0–0	2–1	—	3–0
Valladolid	4–3	2–1	3–0	4–0	2–1	8–2	8–1	3–1	3–2	2–0	3–1	3–0	4–0	2–1	5–0	—

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

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers	Goals	Team
Delio Morollón	22	Valladolid
Miguel Jones	15	Indauchu
José Vigo	15	Deportivo La Coruña
Francisco Doval	15	Avilés
Francisco Sampedro	14	Condal

Top goalkeepers

Goalkeeper	Goals	Matches	Average	Team
Fermín Martínez	22	25	0.88	Real Santander
Juan Parcet	26	25	1.04	Sabadell
Juan Benegas	30	26	1.15	Valladolid
Ignacio Ibarreche	28	24	1.17	Indauchu
Villachica	33	27	1.22	Baracaldo

Group South

Teams

Canary Islands (see below)class=notpageimage| Location of teams in Segunda División 1958-59 Group South

1958–59 Segunda División is located in Canary Islands

Tenerifeclass=notpageimage| Canary Islands

Club	City	Stadium
Atlético Almería	Almería	La Falange
Atlético Ceuta	Ceuta	Alfonso Murube
CD Badajoz	Badajoz	El Vivero
Cádiz CF	Cádiz	Ramón de Carranza
Córdoba CF	Córdoba	El Arcángel
Elche CF	Elche	Altabix
CD Eldense	Elda	El Parque
CF Extremadura	Almendralejo	Francisco de la Hera
Hércules CF	Alicante	La Viña
Real Jaén CF	Jaén	La Victoria
Levante UD	Valencia	Vallejo
CD Málaga	Málaga	La Rosaleda Stadium
Real Murcia	Murcia	La Condomina
AD Plus Ultra	Madrid	Campo de Ciudad Lineal
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	Elche (P)	30	18	4	8	73	38	+35	40	Promotion to La Liga
2	Levante	30	16	5	9	49	33	+16	37	Qualification for the promotion playoffs
3	Atlético Almería	30	14	4	12	47	41	+6	32
4	Tenerife	30	12	7	11	34	38	−4	31
5	Extremadura	30	12	6	12	45	47	−2	30
6	Murcia	30	13	4	13	40	38	+2	30
7	Cádiz	30	11	7	12	51	57	−6	29
8	Córdoba	30	11	7	12	58	52	+6	29
9	Jaén	30	12	5	13	47	51	−4	29
10	Plus Ultra	30	11	7	12	39	49	−10	29
11	Atlético Ceuta	30	11	7	12	31	39	−8	29
12	San Fernando	30	11	7	12	39	43	−4	29
13	Hércules (R)	30	10	8	12	44	51	−7	28	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
14	Badajoz (O)	30	9	9	12	44	52	−8	27	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
15	Málaga (R)	30	9	9	12	44	47	−3	27	Relegation to Tercera División
16	Eldense (R)	30	8	8	14	46	55	−9	24	Relegation to Tercera División

^ Extremadura finished ahead of Murcia on head-to-head goal difference: Extremadura–Murcia 4–1, Murcia–Extremadura 2–0
^ Cádiz finished ahead of Córdoba, Jaén, Plus Ultra, Atlético Ceuta and San Fernando on head-to-head points: Cádiz 11 pts, Córdoba 10 pts, Jaén 10 pts, Plus Ultra 10 pts, Atlético Ceuta 10 pts, San Fernando 9 pts. Córdoba finished ahead of Jaén, Plus Ultra and Atlético Ceuta on head-to-head goal difference
^ Badajoz finished ahead of Málaga on head-to-head points: Badajoz–Málaga 4–1, Málaga–Badajoz 0–3

Results

Home \ Away	ALM	CEU	BAD	CAD	COR	ELC	ELD	EXT	HER	JAE	LEV	CDM	MUR	RMC	SFE	TEN
Atlético Almería	—	3–0	2–1	1–0	5–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	5–1	3–0	2–0	4–0	0–1	3–0	3–0	3–0
Atlético Ceuta	0–1	—	1–1	3–1	1–0	3–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	2–0
Badajoz	2–2	1–1	—	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	5–1	2–1	2–2	4–1	2–0	2–3	0–0	1–2
Cádiz	1–0	3–0	4–2	—	4–1	3–0	2–2	2–0	4–0	1–2	2–2	2–2	0–0	4–0	2–1	1–2
Córdoba	5–0	1–2	3–0	5–1	—	0–2	4–1	1–0	2–2	3–0	5–0	3–3	4–2	3–0	4–0	3–1
Elche	2–0	6–0	4–3	6–0	5–0	—	3–1	4–1	2–0	4–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	4–0	3–2	3–1
Eldense	3–1	0–3	7–0	2–2	2–0	1–4	—	7–2	2–0	5–1	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–2	4–0	1–1
Extremadura	4–1	3–2	1–1	4–1	3–1	1–1	5–0	—	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–3	4–1	2–1	2–0	3–1
Hércules	1–1	1–0	2–1	5–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–1	—	1–0	0–2	4–1	2–1	3–1	3–0	4–2
Jaén	2–0	3–0	0–1	2–3	1–1	4–4	5–1	1–0	2–1	—	2–1	6–3	3–1	2–0	5–1	1–0
Levante	4–1	0–0	2–0	5–2	4–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	4–0	4–1	—	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–0
Málaga	2–0	4–2	0–3	0–0	4–1	2–3	1–2	2–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	—	0–1	0–0	3–0	3–0
Murcia	5–0	3–0	4–0	1–2	2–1	0–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	—	2–0	2–2	0–0
Plus Ultra	2–1	3–1	2–2	3–2	2–2	2–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	—	4–0	1–1
San Fernando	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	0–0	3–0	2–2	4–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	5–1	—	2–0
Tenerife	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	0–3	4–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	—

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

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers	Goals	Team
José Cardona	23	Elche
Pauet	20	Elche
Mundo	17	Eldense
José Glaría	15	Atlético Almería
Ángel Arregui	15	Jaén

Top goalkeepers

Goalkeeper	Goals	Matches	Average	Team
Santi Lafuente	34	30	1.13	Tenerife
Juan Mis	30	26	1.15	Atlético Almería
Vicente Luque	30	22	1.36	Córdoba
José García	30	21	1.43	Badajoz
Florentino López	45	29	1.55	Plus Ultra

Promotion playoffs

First leg

Levante v Las Palmas

10 May 1959	Levante	1–2	Las Palmas	Valencia
	Vila 82'	Report	De Mola 31' Larraz 65'	Stadium: Vallejo Referee: Zariquiegui Izco

Granada v Sabadell

28 June 1959	Granada	5–0	Sabadell	Granada
	Iglesias 24' Vázquez 30' Carranza 34', 74', 84'	Report		Stadium: Los Cármenes Referee: González Echeverría

Second leg

Las Palmas v Levante

17 May 1959	Las Palmas	1–1 (3–2 agg.)	Levante	Las Palmas
	Macario 64'	Report	Llona 22'	Stadium: Insular Referee: Castiñeiras Díaz

Sabadell v Granada

5 July 1959	Sabadell	1–1 (1–6 agg.)	Granada	Sabadell
	Sitges 63'	Report	Loren 71'	Stadium: Creu Alta Referee: Ortiz de Mendibil

Relegation playoffs

First leg

Arenas Zaragoza v Alavés

31 May 1959	Arenas Zaragoza	0–2	Alavés	Zaragoza
		Report	Hormaeche 30' Zubizarreta 34'	Stadium: San José Referee: Segrelles del Pilar

Turista v Rayo Vallecano

31 May 1959	Turista	2–2	Rayo Vallecano	Vigo
	Chicha 56' Chas 62'	Report	Hollaus 75', 80'	Stadium: Barreiro Referee: Orrantia Capelastegui

Mestalla v Hércules

31 May 1959	Mestalla	0–0	Hércules	Valencia
		Report		Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Mena Simoneau

Xerez v Badajoz

31 May 1959	Xerez	0–0	Badajoz	Jerez de la Frontera
		Report		Stadium: Domecq Referee: Pardo Salgado

Second leg

Alavés v Arenas Zaragoza

7 June 1959	Alavés	1–2 (3–2 agg.)	Arenas Zaragoza	Vitoria-Gasteiz
	Echeandía 9'	Report	Duarte 1' Jiménez 83'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Referee: Prendes Bernardo

Hércules v Mestalla

7 June 1959	Hércules	0–2 (0–2 agg.)	Mestalla	Alicante
		Report	Albuixech 19', 20'	Stadium: La Viña Referee: Martín Álvarez

Rayo Vallecano v Turista

7 June 1959	Rayo Vallecano	6–1 (8–3 agg.)	Turista	Madrid
	Hollaus 27', 36', 54', 75' Nino 29' Cobo 71'	Report		Stadium: Vallecas Referee: Castillo Izquierdo

Badajoz v Xerez

7 June 1959	Badajoz	4–0 (4–0 agg.)	Xerez	Badajoz
	Tacoronte 15' Blas 49' Requena 61' Cuesta 67'	Report		Stadium: El Vivero Referee: Pascual Hernández

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