1961–62 Segunda División

Segunda División
Season1961–62
ChampionsDeportivo La Coruña
Córdoba
PromotedDeportivo La Coruña
Córdoba
Valladolid
Málaga
RelegatedSan Sebastián
Albacete
Atlético Ceuta
Cultural Leonesa
Villarrobledo
Matches played480
Goals scored1,450 (3.02 per match)
Top goalscorerAmancio Amaro
(25 goals)
Best goalkeeperJuan María Benegas
(0.73 goals/match)
Biggest home winHércules 9–0 Villarrobledo
(18 March 1962)
Biggest away winRecreativo 0–4 Córdoba
(1 April 1962)
Highest scoringReal Gijón 8–2 Sabadell
(31 December 1961)

The 1961–62 Segunda División season was the 31st since its establishment and was played between 3 September 1961 and 1 April 1962.

Overview before the season

32 teams joined the league, including two relegated from the 1960–61 La Liga and 7 promoted from the 1960–61 Tercera División.

Relegated from La Liga
Promoted from Tercera División

Group North

Teams

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Location of teams in Segunda División 1961-62 Group North
Club City Stadium
Deportivo Alavés Vitoria Mendizorroza
CD Atlético Baleares Palma de Mallorca Balear
CD Basconia Basauri Pedro López Cortázar
Burgos CF Burgos Zatorre
RC Celta de Vigo Vigo Balaídos
 Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa  León  La Puentecilla
 RC Deportivo La Coruña  La Coruña  Riazor
Real Gijón CF Gijón El Molinón
SD Indauchu Bilbao Garellano
CD Orense Orense José Antonio
AD Plus Ultra Madrid Campo de Ciudad Lineal
Pontevedra CF Pontevedra Pasarón
CD Sabadell FC Sabadell Cruz Alta
Salamanca Salamanca El Calvario
 San Sebastián CF  San Sebastián Atocha
 Real Valladolid Deportivo Valladolid  José Zorrilla

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Deportivo La Coruña (P) 30 17 9 4 68 35 +33 43 Promotion to La Liga
2 Valladolid (O, P) 30 17 6 7 64 31 +33 40 Qualification for the promotion playoffs
3 Orense 30 14 9 7 39 34 +5 37
4 Alavés 30 15 5 10 48 39 +9 35
5 San Sebastián[a] (R) 30 13 8 9 60 44 +16 34 Relegation to Tercera División
6 Celta Vigo 30 13 7 10 53 36 +17 33
7 Plus Ultra 30 11 7 12 47 40 +7 29
8 Sabadell 30 11 6 13 43 60 −17 28
9 Pontevedra 30 12 3 15 43 44 −1 27[b]
10 Atlético Baleares 30 10 7 13 41 53 −12 27[b]
11 Burgos 30 10 7 13 39 47 −8 27[b]
12 Salamanca 30 11 4 15 46 56 −10 26
13 Real Gijón 30 10 5 15 52 63 −11 25[c]
14 Indauchu (O) 30 10 5 15 39 50 −11 25[c] Qualification for the relegation playoffs
15 Basconia (O) 30 8 6 16 33 51 −18 22[d]
16 Cultural Leonesa (R) 30 8 6 16 34 66 −32 22[d] 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:
  1. ^ As a reserve team, San Sebastián was relegated to Tercera División after Real Sociedad relegation to Segunda División
  2. ^ a b c Pontevedra finished ahead of Atlético Baleares and Burgos on head-to-head points: Pontevedra 5 pts, Atlético Baleares 4 pts, Burgos 3 pts
  3. ^ a b Real Gijón finished ahead of Indauchu on head-to-head goal difference: Real Gijón–Indauchu 3–1, Indauchu–Real Gijón 1–0
  4. ^ a b Basconia finished ahead of Cultural Leonesa on overall goal difference

Results

Home \ Away ALA BAL BAS BUR CEL CUL DEP GIJ IND ORE PLU PON SAB SAL SSE VLD
Alavés — 1–2 4–3 2–2 3–0 1–0 2–1 4–0 4–1 1–2 3–1 1–0 5–0 2–1 0–1 1–1
Atlético Baleares 2–3 — 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 4–0 4–1 1–2 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 3–2 0–2
Basconia 0–0 2–0 — 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 5–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 1–2 2–0
Burgos 2–0 3–0 3–1 — 1–1 2–0 1–3 1–2 0–3 3–0 3–0 2–2 2–0 2–2 3–2 1–0
Celta Vigo 3–0 3–0 5–1 4–0 — 7–2 1–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 4–2 4–0 4–1
Cultural Leonesa 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 — 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–5 3–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–2
Deportivo La Coruña 1–1 2–0 5–1 6–1 2–0 3–2 — 4–0 2–1 4–1 1–1 3–2 5–1 4–1 1–1 2–0
Gijón 1–2 5–1 2–1 1–1 1–3 2–2 2–4 — 3–1 3–1 3–0 5–2 8–2 1–0 4–1 1–1
Indauchu 3–3 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 — 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–2 3–1 2–3 1–2
Orense 1–0 2–1 5–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 — 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–1
Plus Ultra 0–1 4–0 1–0 4–1 3–0 5–1 2–2 5–0 0–1 0–0 — 0–2 3–2 6–3 1–1 1–0
Pontevedra 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–3 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 — 5–0 4–1 3–2 1–2
Sabadell 1–0 3–3 1–0 1–1 3–2 4–0 2–2 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 — 2–0 1–2 1–0
Salamanca 3–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 4–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 — 3–3 3–0
San Sebastián 2–1 4–0 5–2 2–0 0–0 4–1 1–2 2–2 4–0 3–0 1–1 0–2 4–1 5–1 — 3–3
Valladolid 5–0 4–0 4–0 1–0 4–0 5–0 4–0 4–2 3–0 0–0 2–1 5–1 3–1 4–2 1–0 —
Source: BDFútbol
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group South

Teams

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Location of teams in Segunda División 1961-62 Group South
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Canary Islands
Club City Stadium
 Albacete Balompié  Albacete Carlos Belmonte
Cádiz CF Cádiz Ramón de Carranza
CD Cartagena Cartagena El Almarjal
CA Ceuta  Ceuta  Alfonso Murube
 Córdoba CF  Córdoba  El Arcángel
Granada CF Granada Los Cármenes
Hércules CF Alicante La Viña
Real Jaén CF Jaén La Victoria
UD Las Palmas Las Palmas Insular
Levante UD Valencia Vallejo
 CD Málaga  Málaga  La Rosaleda
CD Mestalla Valencia Mestalla
Real Murcia Murcia La Condomina
Recreativo de Huelva Huelva Municipal
CD San Fernando San Fernando Marqués de Varela
 CD Villarrobledo  Villarrobledo  Nuestra Señora de la Caridad


League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Córdoba (P) 30 16 8 6 48 22 +26 40 Promotion to La Liga
2 Málaga (O, P) 30 14 10 6 52 36 +16 38 Qualification for the promotion playoffs
3 Granada 30 15 6 9 48 34 +14 36
4 Las Palmas 30 15 5 10 47 39 +8 35
5 Recreativo 30 13 7 10 43 42 +1 33
6 Levante 30 14 4 12 49 42 +7 32[a]
7 Hércules 30 14 4 12 55 46 +9 32[a]
8 Murcia 30 12 7 11 40 35 +5 31[b]
9 Jaén 30 14 3 13 58 42 +16 31[b]
10 Cádiz 30 12 4 14 43 52 −9 28[c]
11 Cartagena 30 13 2 15 45 56 −11 28[c]
12 Mestalla 30 11 5 14 50 49 +1 27[d]
13 Albacete (R) 30 10 7 13 27 32 −5 27[d] Qualification for the relegation playoffs
14 San Fernando (O) 30 11 5 14 37 47 −10 27[d]
15 Atlético Ceuta (R) 30 8 7 15 33 48 −15 23 Relegation to Tercera División
16 Villarrobledo (R) 30 4 4 22 26 79 −53 12
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:
  1. ^ a b Levante finished ahead of Hércules on head-to-head goal difference: Hércules–Levante 2–1, Levante–Hércules 3–1
  2. ^ a b Murcia finished ahead of Jaén on head-to-head points: Murcia–Jaén 3–0, Jaén–Murcia 0–0
  3. ^ a b Cádiz finished ahead of Cartagena on head-to-head goal difference: Cartagena–Cádiz 2–0, Cádiz–Cartagena 5–1
  4. ^ a b c Mestalla finished ahead of Albacete and San Fernando on head-to-head points: Mestalla 5 pts, Albacete 4 pts, San Fernando 3 pts

Results

Home \ Away ALB CÁD CAR CEU CÓR GRA HÉR JAÉ LPA LEV MGA MES MUR REC SFE VRB
Albacete — 3–0 4–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0
Cádiz 0–0 — 5–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 3–2 3–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 4–1
Cartagena 1–0 2–0 — 3–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 0–2 4–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 3–1
Atlético Ceuta 2–0 3–1 0–1 — 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 4–0
Córdoba 1–1 4–1 5–0 3–2 — 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 5–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 2–0
Granada 2–1 1–3 2–1 3–1 3–0 — 5–1 1–0 2–0 3–2 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 3–0
Hércules 2–0 2–1 5–2 2–0 1–3 3–2 — 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–5 1–2 1–0 3–1 9–0
Real Jaén 3–0 6–0 4–0 6–2 0–1 0–3 2–1 — 2–1 3–0 2–1 6–2 0–0 6–2 1–0 6–2
Las Palmas 3–1 3–0 3–4 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 — 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–2 2–1 4–0
Levante 1–0 2–0 6–0 3–0 1–2 4–1 3–1 2–2 3–1 — 2–0 1–2 2–2 3–0 1–2 2–0
Málaga 0–0 3–0 2–1 4–2 1–0 2–0 3–2 3–0 3–1 1–1 — 3–1 2–0 4–1 3–2 3–2
Mestalla 2–0 3–2 4–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 4–0 2–2 0–2 2–2 — 2–1 2–0 8–1 3–0
Real Murcia 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 1–4 3–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 — 1–2 3–0 4–1
Recreativo 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 0–4 1–0 3–2 3–2 3–1 4–2 1–1 6–0 2–1 — 0–0 2–0
San Fernando 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 3–3 0–1 0–0 — 4–2
Villarrobledo 0–1 1–1 2–5 3–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–3 0–1 1–3 2–1 0–3 0–0 3–2 —
Source: BDFútbol
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion playoffs

First leg

22 April 1962 Málaga 3–0 Real Santander Málaga
Mendi 14'
Ben Barek 66'
Rovira 67'		 Report Stadium: La Rosaleda
Referee: Zariquiegui Izco
29 April 1962 Español 1–0 Valladolid Barcelona
Índio 27' Report Stadium: Sarrià
Referee: Gardeazabal Garay

Second leg

29 April 1962 Real Santander1–0
(1–3 agg.)		 Málaga Santander
Wilson 22' Report Stadium: El Sardinero
Referee: Lloris Antonino
6 May 1962 Valladolid 2–0
(2–1 agg.)		EspañolValladolid
García 74'
Rodilla 88'		 Report Stadium: José Zorrilla
Referee: Birigay Nieva

Relegation playoffs

First leg

27 May 1962 Alcoyano 0–0 Basconia Alcoy
Report Stadium: El Collao
Referee: Carbelo Martín
27 May 1962 Melilla 0–0 Albacete Melilla
Report Stadium: Álvarez Claro
Referee: Segrelles del Pilar
27 May 1962 Condal 0–3 Indauchu Barcelona
Report Urquijo 25'
Abásolo 59', 73'		 Stadium: Les Corts
Referee: Martín Álvarez
27 May 1962 Avilés 2–3 San Fernando Avilés
Doval 31', 73' Report Aguilera 11'
Cantón 28'
Jesús 66' (o.g.)		 Stadium: La Exposición
Referee: Cerezuela Ruiz

Second leg

3 June 1962 Basconia 2–1
(2–1 agg.)		AlcoyanoBasauri
Saiz 70'
Ayarza 88'		 Report Ocaña 22' Stadium: Pedro López Cortázar
Referee: Uría González
3 June 1962 Albacete 0–0
(0–0 agg.)		 Melilla Albacete
Report Stadium: Carlos Belmonte
Referee: Mateu Bernat
3 June 1962 Indauchu 1–1
(4–1 agg.)		CondalBilbao
Díez 87' Report Pons 34' Stadium: Garellano
Referee: Feal Seijas
3 June 1962 San Fernando 5–2
(8–4 agg.)		AvilésSan Fernando
Cantón 4', 12'
Alias 30', 78'
Naranjo 88'		 Report Prendes 60'
Doval 65'		 Stadium: Marqués de Varela
Referee: Álvarez Martínez

Tiebreaker

5 June 1962 Melilla 2–0AlbaceteMadrid
Rojas 15', 65' Report Stadium: Vallecas
Referee: López Montenegro