1965–66 Segunda División

35th season of the second-tier football league in Spain Football league season

Segunda División
Season	1965–66
Champions	Deportivo La Coruña Hércules
Promoted	Deportivo La Coruña Hércules Granada
Relegated	Hospitalet Melilla Baracaldo Badajoz
Matches played	480
Goals scored	1,259 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorer	Abel Fernández (26 goals)
Best goalkeeper	José Antonio Fernández (0.62 goals/match)
Biggest home win	Tenerife 7–0 Constancia (12 September 1965) Levante 7–0 Melilla (19 September 1965) Condal 8–1 Langreo (25 December 1965)
Biggest away win	Indauchu 0–4 Osasuna (2 January 1966)
Highest scoring	Real Santander 6–3 Indauchu (5 December 1965) Condal 8–1 Langreo (25 December 1965)
← 1964–65 1966–67 →

The 1965–66 Segunda División season was the 35th since its establishment and was played between 5 September 1965 and 3 April 1966.

Overview before the season

32 teams joined the league, including 4 relegated from the 1964–65 La Liga and 4 promoted from the 1964–65 Tercera División.

Relegated from La Liga

Promoted from Tercera División

Group North

Teams

Santanderclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in Segunda División 1965-66 Group North

Club	City	Stadium
CF Badalona	Badalona	Avenida de Navarra
Baracaldo Altos Hornos	Baracaldo	Lasesarre
Burgos CF	Burgos	El Plantío
RC Celta Vigo	Vigo	Balaídos
CD Condal	Barcelona	CF Barcelona
Deportivo La Coruña	La Coruña	Riazor
CD Europa	Barcelona	Cerdeña
Real Gijón	Gijón	El Molinón
CD Hospitalet	Hospitalet de Llobregat	Municipal de Deportes
SD Indauchu	Bilbao	Garellano
UP Langreo	Langreo	Ganzábal
UD Lérida	Lérida	Campo de Deportes
CA Osasuna	Pamplona	San Juan
Real Oviedo	Oviedo	Carlos Tartiere
Real Sociedad	San Sebastián	Atocha
Real Santander	Santander	El Sardinero

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Deportivo La Coruña (P)	30	18	7	5	53	19	+34	43	Promotion to La Liga
2	Celta Vigo	30	17	5	8	54	28	+26	39	Qualification for the promotion playoffs
3	Real Gijón	30	15	6	9	67	50	+17	36
4	Oviedo	30	13	8	9	38	22	+16	34
5	Burgos	30	13	6	11	42	41	+1	32
6	Indauchu	30	14	4	12	47	47	0	32
7	Condal	30	14	4	12	55	46	+9	32
8	Real Santander	30	11	9	10	38	40	−2	31
9	Osasuna	30	13	5	12	39	41	−2	31
10	Real Sociedad	30	13	5	12	50	48	+2	31
11	Lérida	30	10	10	10	37	31	+6	30
12	Badalona	30	13	4	13	32	41	−9	30
13	Langreo (O)	30	10	3	17	37	58	−21	23	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
14	Europa (O)	30	9	5	16	33	49	−16	23	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
15	Hospitalet (R)	30	9	1	20	37	63	−26	19	Relegation to Tercera División
16	Baracaldo (R)	30	5	4	21	24	59	−35	14	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:

^ Burgos finished ahead of Indautxu and Condal on head-to-head points: Burgos 5 pts, Indauchu 4 pts, Condal 3 pts
^ Real Santander finished ahead of Osasuna and Real Sociedad on head-to-head points: Real Santander 6 pts, Osasuna 4 pts, Real Sociedad 2 pts
^ Lérida finished ahead of Badalona on head-to-head points: Badalona–Lérida 1–1, Lérida–Badalona 1–0
^ Langreo finished ahead of Europa on head-to-head goal difference: Europa–Langreo 1–0, Langreo–Europa 2–0

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers	Goals	Team
Abel Fernández	26	Celta Vigo
Chapela	19	Deportivo La Coruña
Martí Filosia	16	Condal
Miguel Ángel Montes	15	Real Gijón
Carles Feliu	15	Condal

Top goalkeepers

Goalkeeper	Goals	Matches	Average	Team
Benito Joanet	19	28	0.68	Deportivo La Coruña
Rafael Alarcia	22	30	0.73	Oviedo
José Ramón Ibarreche	28	30	0.93	Celta Vigo
Carlos Patiño	31	30	1.03	Lérida
Lucrecio Luquin	30	25	1.2	Osasuna

Results

Home \ Away	BAD	BAR	BUR	CEL	CON	DEP	EUR	GIJ	HOS	IND	LAN	LÉR	OSA	OVI	RSO	SAT
Badalona	—	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	3–2	2–0	1–0	3–1	4–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–0
Baracaldo Altos Hornos	1–0	—	0–2	2–1	0–2	0–2	4–1	2–3	1–2	1–4	0–2	0–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–1
Burgos	1–0	2–0	—	3–2	3–0	2–1	1–1	3–2	4–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–3	1–2	2–1	1–1
Celta Vigo	3–0	3–0	4–2	—	3–0	0–0	3–0	2–1	4–0	3–1	1–0	3–0	3–1	2–1	2–0	2–1
Condal	4–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	—	2–2	2–1	6–2	2–0	1–0	8–1	1–0	2–0	1–3	4–1	4–1
Deportivo	4–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	—	3–0	5–1	3–0	2–0	4–0	1–0	4–0	0–0	5–1	1–0
Europa	1–1	1–2	3–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	—	1–3	2–1	0–1	1–0	3–2	4–0	1–0	2–1	0–0
Gijón	2–1	7–1	3–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	—	3–0	1–1	6–2	2–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	3–3
Hospitalet	2–0	3–0	0–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	3–1	4–3	—	0–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	1–4	1–2	1–2
Indauchu	4–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	5–3	1–3	2–0	2–1	4–1	—	1–3	1–1	0–4	2–1	2–0	2–1
Langreo	0–0	3–2	2–0	0–2	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–3	4–2	2–1	—	3–1	2–2	0–1	0–1	1–1
Lérida	1–0	0–1	3–3	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	5–1	1–1	2–0	—	1–1	3–0	2–1	2–0
Osasuna	2–0	1–0	1–1	4–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	3–2	3–1	0–1	0–2	0–0	—	1–0	1–0	2–0
Oviedo	4–0	4–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	—	2–2	1–2
Real Sociedad	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	4–2	2–4	2–2	2–0	4–1	5–2	2–1	2–0	0–0	—	2–3
Santander	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–3	2–3	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	6–3	3–2	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	—

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

Group South

Teams

Canary Islands (see below)class=notpageimage| Location of teams in Segunda División 1965-66 Group South

Tenerifeclass=notpageimage| Canary Islands

Club	City	Stadium
Algeciras CF	Algeciras	El Mirador
CD Badajoz	Badajoz	El Vivero
Cádiz CF	Cádiz	Ramón de Carranza
CF Calvo Sotelo	Puertollano	Calvo Sotelo
Atlético Ceuta	Ceuta	Alfonso Murube
CD Constancia	Inca	Campo Nuevo
Granada CF	Granada	Los Cármenes
Hércules CF	Alicante	La Viña
Levante UD	Valencia	Vallejo
Melilla CF	Melilla	Álvarez Claro
CD Mestalla	Valencia	Mestalla
Real Murcia	Murcia	La Condomina
Rayo Vallecano	Madrid	Vallecas
Recreativo de Huelva	Huelva	Municipal
CD Tenerife	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Heliodoro Rodríguez López
Real Valladolid	Valladolid	José Zorrilla

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Hércules (P)	30	16	7	7	44	24	+20	39	Promotion to La Liga
2	Granada (O, P)	30	16	5	9	40	29	+11	37	Qualification for the promotion playoffs
3	Algeciras	30	14	7	9	42	29	+13	35
4	Valladolid	30	13	9	8	49	32	+17	35
5	Levante	30	13	8	9	42	22	+20	34
6	Mestalla	30	10	13	7	45	44	+1	33
7	Calvo Sotelo	30	13	6	11	33	36	−3	32
8	Tenerife	30	13	6	11	40	34	+6	32
9	Rayo Vallecano	30	12	7	11	37	26	+11	31
10	Murcia	30	12	5	13	31	37	−6	29
11	Recreativo	30	11	7	12	31	30	+1	29
12	Cádiz	30	10	7	13	25	28	−3	27
13	Constancia (O)	30	10	6	14	34	49	−15	26	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
14	Atlético Ceuta (O)	30	11	3	16	35	47	−12	25	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
15	Melilla (R)	30	7	6	17	26	51	−25	20	Relegation to Tercera División
16	Badajoz (R)	30	4	8	18	22	58	−36	16	Relegation to Tercera División

^ Algeciras finished ahead of Valladolid on head-to-head points: Algeciras–Valladolid 1–0, Valladolid–Algeciras 2–2
^ Calvo Sotelo finished ahead of Tenerife on head-to-head points: Calvo Sotelo–Tenerife 2–1, Tenerife–Calvo Sotelo 1–1
^ Murcia finished ahead of Recreativo on head-to-head goal difference: Murcia–Recreativo 2–0, Recreativo–Murcia 1–0

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers	Goals	Team
Mendi	18	Atlético Ceuta
José Juan Gutiérrez	15	Tenerife
Juan Ramón Arana	12	Hércules
José Luis García	10	Valladolid
José Antonio Tejedor	10	Valladolid

Top goalkeepers

Goalkeeper	Goals	Matches	Average	Team
José Antonio Fernández	16	26	0.62	Levante
Victoriano Bilbao	14	20	0.7	Hércules
Juan Ignacio Otero	20	24	0.83	Granada
José Bermúdez	21	25	0.84	Cádiz
José Antonio Omist	27	29	0.93	Algeciras

Results

Home \ Away	ALG	BAD	CÁD	CAL	CEU	CON	GRA	HÉR	LEV	MEL	MES	MUR	RAY	REC	TEN	VLD
Algeciras	—	5–0	0–2	2–0	3–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	4–0	1–0
Badajoz	1–2	—	0–0	2–2	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–4	0–1	3–1	3–3	1–2	0–1	0–2	1–0	0–2
Cádiz	1–2	0–0	—	1–0	3–0	3–0	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–3	1–0
Calvo Sotelo	1–0	3–1	1–0	—	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–0
Atlético Ceuta	4–2	3–1	3–1	1–0	—	3–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	3–0	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–1
Constancia	1–0	0–0	3–1	5–1	1–2	—	2–0	2–2	3–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–1
Granada	0–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	—	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	4–2	3–2	2–1	2–1	3–1
Hércules	2–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	—	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–3
Levante	2–0	4–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	—	7–0	2–2	6–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	3–1
Melilla	2–3	1–0	0–0	2–3	1–2	3–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	—	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–3
Mestalla	2–2	4–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	3–2	0–3	1–0	0–0	1–1	—	1–1	2–1	3–3	3–0	0–2
Murcia	1–1	3–0	0–1	3–1	4–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	2–1	0–2	—	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–2
Rayo Vallecano	1–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	3–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	4–1	—	2–0	3–1	1–0
Recreativo	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	5–1	1–0	1–1	—	1–0	0–0
Tenerife	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	7–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	3–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	—	1–1
Valladolid	2–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	4–0	4–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	5–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	5–1	—

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

Promotion playoffs

First leg

Granada v Málaga

15 May 1966	Granada	2–1	Málaga	Granada
	Santos 59' Miguel 87'	Report	Otiñano 80'	Stadium: Los Cármenes Referee: Zariquiegui Izco

Sabadell v Celta Vigo

22 May 1966	Sabadell	2–0	Celta Vigo	Sabadell
	Torrent 29' Vall 67'	Report		Stadium: Creu Alta Referee: Ortiz de Mendibil

Second leg

Málaga v Granada

22 May 1966	Málaga	1–1 (2–3 agg.)	Granada	Málaga
	Aragón 52'	Report	Eloy 71'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Referee: Ruiz Alciturri

Celta Vigo v Sabadell

29 May 1966	Celta Vigo	0–0 (0–2 agg.)	Sabadell	Vigo
		Report		Stadium: Balaídos Referee: Gardeazabal Garay

Relegation playoffs

First leg

Andorra v Atlético Ceuta

19 June 1966	Andorra	4–2	Atlético Ceuta	Andorra
	Pepín 10', 20' Moreno 14' Mayoral 42'	Report	Mendi 28' Cervantes 65' (pen.)	Stadium: Calvo Sotelo Referee: Modol Solé

Atlético Marbella v Langreo

19 June 1966	Atlético Marbella	1–0	Langreo	Marbella
	Lolo 54'	Report		Stadium: Utrera Molina Referee: Ortiz Salgado

Eibar v Constancia

19 June 1966	Eibar	2–0	Constancia	Eibar
	Iceta 27' Vergara 30'	Report		Stadium: Ipurua Referee: Rodríguez Barroso

Tarrasa v Europa

19 June 1966	Tarrasa	1–0	Europa	Tarrasa
	Barceló 85'	Report		Stadium: Olímpico Referee: Pascual Tejerina

Second leg

Atlético Ceuta v Andorra

26 June 1966	Atlético Ceuta	6–1 (8–5 agg.)	Andorra	Ceuta
	Mendi 10', 18', 60', 80' Espinosa 47' Escudero 77'	Report	Anta 15' (o.g.)	Stadium: Alfonso Murube Referee: Rodríguez Barroso

Langreo v Atlético Marbella

26 June 1966	Langreo	4–1 (4–2 agg.)	Atlético Marbella	Langreo
	Alcorta 2', 20' Marañón 10' Santamaría 16'	Report	Azquez 68'	Stadium: Ganzábal Referee: Orrantia Capelastegui

Constancia v Eibar

26 June 1966	Constancia	3–0 (3–2 agg.)	Eibar	Inca
	Tugores 54' Noda 82' (pen.) Ruiz 85'	Report		Stadium: Nou Camp Referee: Modol Solé

Europa v Tarrasa

26 June 1966	Europa	1–0 (1–1 agg.)	Tarrasa	Barcelona
	Villodres 11'	Report		Stadium: Cerdeña Referee: Olavarria González

Tiebreaker

Europa v Tarrasa

29 June 1966	Europa	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Tarrasa	Barcelona
	Elizondo 35' Díaz 64' Villodres 76', 154'	Report	Brunet 52' Trullás 81' Cristóbal 89'	Stadium: Camp Nou Referee: Peiró Apastegui

External links

BDFútbol

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