1952–53 Tercera División

Tercera División
Season1952–53

The 1952–53 Tercera División season was the 17th since its establishment.

Format

99 clubs participated in 6 geographic groups. One club, Tomelloso CF, withdrew at the start of the season. The 6 group winners were promoted to the Segunda División. The 6 runners-up joined the teams in 12th and 13th place in Segunda División Grupo I and the team in 13th place in Segunda División Grupo II to form one play-off group of 5 teams (Grupo I) and another of 4 teams (Grupo II). The winner and runner up of Grupo I earned a place in the Segunda División as did the winner of Grupo II. The 12th team in Segunda División Grupo II played off against Tenerife, champions of the Canarias Regional League (not part of the Tercera División).

League tables

Group I

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 La Felguera 30 17 7 6 57 27 +30 41
2 Cultural Leonesa 30 18 4 8 78 36 +42 40
3 Ponferradina 30 18 2 10 69 38 +31 38
4 Arsenal 30 15 4 11 53 41 +12 34
5 Juvenil 30 14 6 10 49 45 +4 34
6 Arosa 30 15 3 12 47 47 0 33
7 Polvorín 30 13 6 11 37 35 +2 32
8 Atlético de Zamora 30 12 5 13 42 43 −1 29
9 Calzada 30 12 5 13 41 47 −6 29
10 Langreano 30 12 3 15 38 59 −21 27
11 Lemos 30 9 8 13 37 56 −19 26
12 Pontevedra 30 8 9 13 55 57 −2 25
13 Turón 30 11 3 16 47 62 −15 25
14 Santiago 30 9 5 16 41 63 −22 23
15 Marín 30 8 6 16 44 60 −16 22
16 Vetusta 30 8 6 16 42 61 −19 22
Source: [citation needed]

Group II

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Eibar 34 23 6 5 93 40 +53 52
2 Sestao 34 17 9 8 62 33 +29 43
3 Mirandés 34 18 6 10 73 48 +25 42
4 Getxo 34 18 6 10 67 45 +22 42
5 Mondragón 34 16 8 10 69 51 +18 40
6 Baskonia 34 15 7 12 65 62 +3 37
7 Numancia 34 17 3 14 60 61 −1 37
8 Izarra 34 17 2 15 68 60 +8 36
9 Indautxu 34 13 8 13 54 51 +3 34
10 Portugalete 34 11 8 15 43 52 −9 30
11 Arenas de Getxo 34 10 10 14 46 67 −21 30
12 Rayo Cantabria 34 12 5 17 54 66 −12 29
13 Garellano 34 11 7 16 57 72 −15 29
14 Azkoyen 34 13 3 18 48 80 −32 29
15 Calatayud 34 13 2 19 40 68 −28 28
16 Erandio 34 10 6 18 58 61 −3 26
17 Recreación de Logroño 34 9 7 18 48 60 −12 24[a]
18 Calahorra 34 9 5 20 51 79 −28 23
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ 1 point deducted. Recreación de Logroño fielded an ineligible player in a 5-0 win over Rayo Cantabria. The win was awarded to Rayo.

Group III

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Escoriaza 34 23 2 9 106 53 +53 48
2 Mataró 34 18 9 7 74 52 +22 45
3 Terrassa 34 20 3 11 69 53 +16 43
4 Badalona 34 18 6 10 94 61 +33 42
5 Manresa 34 18 3 13 83 65 +18 39
6 Europa 34 18 3 13 83 69 +14 39
7 Sants 34 17 5 12 64 54 +10 39
8 Granollers 34 15 8 11 87 67 +20 38
9 Girona 34 16 6 12 61 44 +17 38
10 Binéfar 34 17 2 15 76 68 +8 36
11 Arenas de Zaragoza 34 13 7 14 64 61 +3 33
12 Amistad 34 14 5 15 66 79 −13 33
13 Tortosa 34 14 3 17 61 68 −7 31
14 Martinenc 34 12 6 16 43 56 −13 30
15 Horta 34 13 3 18 48 83 −35 29
16 Atlético Universitario 34 12 3 19 58 81 −23 27
17 Igualada 34 6 5 23 45 77 −32 17
18 Tàrrega 34 2 1 31 26 117 −91 3[a]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ 2 points deducted. Tàrrega failed to appear for their match at Arenas de Zaragoza. The win was awarded to Arenas.

Group IV

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Badajoz 26 19 3 4 99 32 +67 41
2 Calvo Sotelo 26 16 5 5 75 35 +40 37
3 Extremadura 26 16 2 8 69 36 +33 34
4 Manchego 26 14 2 10 73 44 +29 30
5 Toledo 26 11 6 9 64 45 +19 28
6 Girod 26 12 4 10 50 47 +3 28
7 Rayo Vallecano 26 11 4 11 34 50 −16 26
8 Cuatro Caminos 26 11 3 12 46 55 −9 25
9 Emeritense 26 10 4 12 52 53 −1 24
10 Valdepeñas 26 10 4 12 40 60 −20 24
11 Guadalajara 26 9 4 13 39 69 −30 22
12 San Lorenzo 26 6 7 13 45 62 −17 19
13 Europa Delicias 26 6 4 16 30 66 −36 16
14 Conquense 26 3 4 19 24 86 −62 10
Source: [citation needed]

Group V

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Castellón 30 18 5 7 79 40 +39 41
2 Levante 30 16 5 9 81 46 +35 37
3 Hellín 30 15 4 11 71 49 +22 34
4 Albacete 30 16 2 12 68 56 +12 34
5 Alzira 30 14 4 12 51 60 −9 32
6 Alicante 30 10 10 10 58 44 +14 30
7 Villena 30 14 2 14 83 74 +9 30
8 Manacor 30 13 4 13 55 52 +3 30
9 Aspense 30 12 5 13 50 66 −16 29
10 Novelda 30 13 3 14 59 86 −27 29
11 Lorca 30 12 4 14 57 60 −3 28
12 Maó 30 11 6 13 52 62 −10 28
13 Soriano 30 11 4 15 59 58 +1 26
14 Catarroja 30 9 6 15 54 69 −15 24
15 Naval 30 9 6 15 51 75 −24 24
16 Elche 30 11 2 17 42 73 −31 24
Source: [citation needed]

Group VI

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Xerez 30 20 3 7 88 42 +46 43
2 España de Tánger 30 20 2 8 94 41 +53 42
3 Cádiz 30 17 3 10 73 47 +26 37
4 Algeciras 30 16 4 10 102 45 +57 36
5 Real Betis 30 17 2 11 72 58 +14 36
6 Ceuta 30 15 3 12 55 47 +8 33
7 Recreativo de Granada 30 15 3 12 56 57 −1 33
8 Recreativo de Huelva 30 15 2 13 83 66 +17 32
9 Almería 30 15 2 13 55 49 +6 32
10 Iliturgi 30 15 1 14 75 74 +1 31
11 San Fernando 30 13 1 16 52 77 −25 27
12 Español de Tetuán 30 11 5 14 47 74 −27 27
13 Unión Sevillana 30 12 2 16 58 86 −28 26
14 Úbeda 30 11 1 18 52 79 −27 23
15 Utrera 30 6 2 22 38 91 −53 14
16 Atlético Malagueño 30 2 4 24 34 101 −67 5[a]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ 3 points deducted. Atlético Malagueño fielded 2 ineligible players in a 2-0 win at home to Real Betis. The win was awarded to Betis.

Promotion playoff

Group I

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Gimnástica de Torrelavega 8 5 0 3 17 11 +6 10
2 Cultural Leonesa 8 4 0 4 21 19 +2 8
3 Mataró 8 4 0 4 17 16 +1 8
4 Salamanca 8 4 0 4 12 10 +2 8
5 Sestao 8 3 0 5 11 22 −11 6
Source: [citation needed]

Note: Gimnástica de Torrelavega retained their place in the Segunda División and Cultural Leonesa were promoted. UD Salamanca were later reprieved from relegation following the withdrawal of CD San Andrés from the Segunda División.

Group II

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 España de Tánger 6 3 2 1 12 5 +7 8
2 Levante 6 3 2 1 15 11 +4 8
3 Córdoba 6 1 3 2 13 16 −3 5
4 Calvo Sotelo 6 1 1 4 12 20 −8 3
Source: [citation needed]

Note: España de Tánger were promoted to the Segunda División.

Group III

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Orihuela 2–4 Tenerife 2–1 0–3

Note: CD Tenerife were promoted to the Segunda División.

Season records

Notes