1953–54 Segunda División

The 1953–54 Segunda División season was the 23rd since its establishment and was played between 12 September 1953 and 25 April 1954.

Segunda División

Season	1953–54
Champions	Alavés Las Palmas
Promoted	Alavés Las Palmas Málaga Hércules
Relegated	Melilla Gimnástica Torrelavega Alcoyano Salamanca Mestalla Escoriaza Mallorca
Matches played	480
Goals scored	1,700 (3.54 per match)
Top goalscorer	Chas (23 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Pepín (0.96 goals/match)
Biggest home win	Tenerife 8–0 Mallorca (20 December 1953)
Biggest away win	Avilés 0–6 Cultural Leonesa (21 February 1954)
Highest scoring	Zaragoza 8–1 Ferrol (4 October 1953) España Tánger 6–3 Murcia (6 December 1953) Mestalla 5–4 Linense (19 December 1953) Atlético Tetuán 5–4 Castellón (7 March 1954)
← 1952–53 1954–55 →

Overview before the season

32 teams joined the league, including two relegated from the 1952–53 La Liga and 8 promoted from the 1952–53 Tercera División.

Relegated from La Liga

• Málaga
• Zaragoza

Promoted from Tercera División

• La Felguera
• Eibar
• Escoriaza
• Badajoz
• Castellón
• Xerez
• Cultural Leonesa
• España Tánger

Group North

Teams

Alavés

Avilés

Baracaldo

Caudal

Cultural

Eibar

Escoriaza

España Industrial

Ferrol

Gimnástica

La Felguera

Lérida

Logroñés

Sabadell

Salamanca

Zaragoza

Location of teams in Segunda División 1953-54 Group North

Club	City	Stadium
Deportivo Alavés	Vitoria	Mendizorroza
Real Avilés CF	Avilés	Las Arobias
Club Baracaldo	Baracaldo	Lasesarre
Caudal Deportivo	Mieres	El Batán
Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa	León	El Ejido
SD Eibar	Eibar	Ipurúa
SD Escoriaza	Zaragoza	Las Delicias
SD España Industrial	Barcelona	Les Corts
Club Ferrol	Ferrol	Inferniño
RS Gimnástica de Torrelavega	Torrelavega	El Malecón
CP La Felguera	La Felguera, Langreo	La Barraca
UD Lérida	Lérida	Campo de Deportes
CD Logroñés	Logroño	Las Gaunas
CD Sabadell FC	Sabadell	Cruz Alta
UD Salamanca	Salamanca	El Calvario
Real Zaragoza	Zaragoza	Torrero

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Alavés (P)	30	17	7	6	65	42	+23	41	Promotion to La Liga
2	Baracaldo	30	17	4	9	56	36	+20	38[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification for the promotion playoffs
3	Lérida	30	16	6	8	62	44	+18	38[lower-alpha 1]
4	Cultural Leonesa	30	15	4	11	63	46	+17	34
5	España Industrial	30	12	9	9	62	48	+14	33
6	Sabadell	30	14	4	12	52	53	−1	32
7	Eibar	30	10	9	11	56	54	+2	29[lower-alpha 2]
8	Ferrol	30	12	5	13	44	58	−14	29[lower-alpha 2]
9	Zaragoza	30	11	7	12	76	59	+17	29[lower-alpha 2]
10	Logroñés	30	12	4	14	65	55	+10	28[lower-alpha 3]
11	Avilés	30	9	10	11	45	61	−16	28[lower-alpha 3]
12	Caudal (O)	30	11	6	13	38	46	−8	28[lower-alpha 3]	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
13	La Felguera (O)	30	10	5	15	49	63	−14	25[lower-alpha 4]
14	Gimnástica Torrelavega (R)	30	11	3	16	35	64	−29	25[lower-alpha 4]	Relegation to Tercera División
15	Salamanca (R)	30	8	6	16	44	56	−12	22
16	Escoriaza (R)	30	8	5	17	42	69	−27	21

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 winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Baracaldo finished ahead of Lérida on head-to-head goal difference: Lérida–Baracaldo 4–2, Baracaldo–Lérida 3–0
2. Eibar finished ahead of Ferrol and Zaragoza on head-to-head points: Eibar 5 pts, Ferrol 4 pts, Zaragoza 3 pts
3. Logroñés finished ahead of Avilés and Caudal on head-to-head points: Logroñés 6 pts, Avilés 5 pts, Caudal 1 pt
4. La Felguera finished ahead of Gimnástica Torrelavega on head-to-head goal difference: La Felguera–Gimnástica Torrelavega 4–1, Gimnástica Torrelavega–La Felguera 4–3

Results

Home \ Away	ALA	AVI	BAR	CAU	LEO	EIB	ESC	CON	GIM	FEL	LLE	LOG	RFE	SAB	SAL	ZAR
Alavés	—	2–0	2–1	1–0	3–2	2–2	3–1	3–1	1–0	5–2	4–1	5–0	6–0	3–1	4–1	4–4
Avilés	2–2	—	1–0	1–0	0–6	3–3	1–1	1–1	5–0	4–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	4–0	2–2	4–2
Baracaldo	0–3	5–0	—	6–1	0–0	3–2	1–0	3–0	0–0	3–1	3–0	4–3	3–0	4–0	1–5	3–2
Caudal	1–2	0–2	0–1	—	3–2	4–2	1–0	2–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0
Cultural Leonesa	3–1	5–0	1–0	4–2	—	1–1	4–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	0–1	4–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–0
Eibar	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	6–0	—	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–4	3–1	2–0	6–1	5–0	3–1
Escoriaza	4–1	4–3	0–0	2–1	3–5	2–1	—	2–2	2–3	2–3	1–3	2–1	3–1	2–3	2–1	0–3
España Industrial	2–2	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–3	7–1	4–1	—	6–0	2–1	3–3	5–2	2–3	1–1	2–0	2–1
Gimnástica Torrelavega	2–1	2–0	3–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	3–0	2–3	—	4–3	0–3	1–3	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–1
La Felguera	6–0	1–1	2–3	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	4–1	—	3–1	3–2	1–1	2–0	3–0	3–2
Lérida	2–1	4–0	4–2	2–2	2–4	0–1	3–1	1–0	3–0	3–0	—	4–1	5–1	1–0	1–0	4–4
Logroñés	0–1	6–2	0–1	3–1	2–1	5–0	0–0	2–4	5–0	3–0	3–1	—	6–0	3–2	3–0	5–1
Ferrol	0–0	3–0	2–2	1–2	2–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	4–0	2–1	4–1	—	3–2	2–2	2–0
Sabadell	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	3–2	5–2	4–0	2–2	3–0	4–0	2–0	3–2	1–0	—	3–1	4–3
Salamanca	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–5	3–2	0–0	5–0	1–2	5–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	3–0	—	3–4
Zaragoza	1–1	0–1	0–3	4–0	4–1	2–2	5–3	5–1	3–1	6–1	1–2	1–1	8–1	3–1	5–1	—

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

Top goalscorers Goalscorers Goals Team Chas 23 Cultural Leonesa Jaime Parés 18 Zaragoza Carlos Uncilla 16 Eibar Francisco Anta 16 Logroñés Julio Remacha 14 Alavés

Top goalkeepers Goalkeeper Goals Matches Average Team Francisco Urquiola 31 29 1.07 Baracaldo Javier Berasaluce 41 30 1.37 Alavés Primitivo Eroles 32 22 1.45 Lérida Amaro Méndez 46 30 1.53 Cultural Leonesa Edu García 42 23 1.83 Eibar

Group South

Teams

Alcoyano

At. Tetuán

Badajoz

Castellón

España Tánger

Granada

Hércules

Jerez

Linense

Málaga

Mallorca

Melilla

Mestalla

Murcia

Canary Islands (see below)

Location of teams in Segunda División 1953-54 Group South

Las Palmas

Tenerife

Canary Islands

Club	City	Stadium
CD Alcoyano	Alcoy	Estadio El Collao
Atlético Tetuán	Tétouan	Sania Ramel
CD Badajoz	Badajoz	El Vivero
CD Castellón	Castellón de la Plana	Castalia
UD España Tánger	Tangier	Stadium Municipal
Granada CF	Granada	Los Cármenes
Hércules CF	Alicante	La Viña
Jerez CD	Jerez de la Frontera	Domecq
UD Las Palmas	Las Palmas	Insular
RB Linense	La Línea de la Concepción	San Bernardo
CD Málaga	Málaga	La Rosaleda
RCD Mallorca	Palma de Mallorca	Es Fortí
UD Melilla	Melilla	Álvarez Claro
CD Mestalla	Valencia	Mestalla
Real Murcia	Murcia	La Condomina
CD Tenerife	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Heliodoro Rodríguez López

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Las Palmas (P)	30	16	7	7	58	33	+25	39	Promotion to La Liga
2	Hércules (O, P)	30	17	4	9	55	40	+15	38[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification for the promotion playoffs
3	Málaga	30	16	6	8	60	30	+30	38[lower-alpha 1]
4	Granada	30	17	2	11	63	36	+27	36
5	Castellón	30	16	1	13	67	61	+6	33[lower-alpha 2]
6	Tenerife	30	14	5	11	56	41	+15	33[lower-alpha 2]
7	Atlético Tetuán	30	15	3	12	60	46	+14	33[lower-alpha 2]
8	España Tánger	30	15	1	14	60	57	+3	31
9	Badajoz	30	11	8	11	66	55	+11	30[lower-alpha 3]
10	Linense	30	13	4	13	46	59	−13	30[lower-alpha 3]
11	Xerez	30	12	5	13	50	54	−4	29
12	Murcia (O)	30	10	7	13	45	54	−9	27	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
13	Melilla (R)	30	11	4	15	37	70	−33	26
14	Alcoyano (R)	30	8	9	13	35	49	−14	25	Relegation to Tercera División
15	Mestalla (R)	30	10	3	17	48	58	−10	23
16	Mallorca (R)	30	3	3	24	40	103	−63	9

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 winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Hércules finished ahead of Málaga on head-to-head points: Málaga–Hércules 0–1, Hércules–Málaga 0–0
2. Castellón finished ahead of Tenerife and Atlético Tetuán on head-to-head goal difference
3. Badajoz finished ahead of Linense on head-to-head goal difference: Linense–Badajoz 3–2, Badajoz–Linense 3–0

Results

Home \ Away	ALC	TET	BAD	CAS	ESP	GRA	HER	LPA	LNS	CDM	MAL	MEL	MES	MUR	TEN	XER
Alcoyano	—	2–0	4–2	4–3	2–0	0–0	1–1	4–1	2–2	0–0	5–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1
Atlético Tetuán	4–0	—	1–1	5–4	5–2	1–0	4–0	3–2	3–0	2–0	5–1	0–0	4–1	0–0	0–1	6–0
Badajoz	2–1	3–1	—	2–0	6–2	4–1	0–2	0–0	3–0	1–1	5–1	7–0	1–1	5–0	1–2	6–2
Castellón	4–0	6–1	4–1	—	3–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	5–0	1–0	5–2	5–2	2–1	2–1	2–0	5–2
España Tánger	1–0	1–2	3–0	3–0	—	3–0	2–1	1–0	4–0	2–1	6–0	2–1	2–0	6–3	4–1	3–1
Granada	3–0	1–0	6–2	7–1	4–0	—	1–2	1–1	3–1	1–0	6–2	7–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–0
Hércules	3–1	2–0	3–3	3–3	4–1	3–1	—	1–2	3–1	0–0	5–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	3–0
Las Palmas	3–1	2–0	1–1	7–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	—	2–0	3–1	6–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	4–3
Linense	1–0	2–1	3–2	1–0	2–4	2–1	1–0	2–0	—	3–1	5–1	3–0	1–0	2–2	3–3	1–0
Málaga	2–0	5–1	1–0	3–0	3–1	1–2	0–1	6–2	1–1	—	3–1	4–0	3–0	5–0	4–1	1–0
Mallorca	0–0	1–3	2–3	5–2	4–1	1–2	1–2	0–2	3–1	1–2	—	1–1	3–3	1–2	3–4	2–4
Melilla	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	4–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–3	0–4	2–0	—	4–2	3–1	1–0	1–0
Mestalla	1–0	2–3	4–1	0–1	3–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	5–4	2–3	5–2	4–1	—	1–0	1–0	5–0
Murcia	4–0	2–1	2–2	3–1	2–1	0–2	2–3	2–3	3–1	1–1	2–1	4–2	3–2	—	1–0	1–1
Tenerife	4–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–2	5–2	0–0	1–0	2–3	8–0	6–1	4–0	1–0	—	2–1
Xerez	2–0	2–1	5–1	5–2	2–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	4–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	—

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

Top goalscorers Goalscorers Goals Team Antonio Pedrero 20 Tenerife Miguel Xirau 20 Linense Rafa Delgado 18 Granada Nasio 18 Badajoz Virgilio Badenes 18 Mestalla

Top goalkeepers Goalkeeper Goals Matches Average Team Pepín 27 28 0.96 Las Palmas José Surribas 24 21 1.14 Atlético Tetuán Rafael Piris 26 22 1.18 Granada Francisco Gómez 38 26 1.46 Murcia Rafael Ferrer 40 27 1.48 Alcoyano

Promotion playoffs

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Málaga	10	6	3	1	21	15	+6	15	Promotion to La Liga
2	Hércules (O, P)	10	5	3	2	16	10	+6	13
3	Osasuna (R)	10	4	3	3	23	20	+3	11
4	Baracaldo	10	3	3	4	18	20	−2	9
5	Lérida	10	3	2	5	27	30	−3	8
6	Jaén (R)	10	1	2	7	15	25	−10	4

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 winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	HER	JAE	LLE	CDM	OSA
Baracaldo	—	0–1	3–2	4–0	1–0	3–3
Hércules	2–2	—	2–0	6–1	1–1	2–0
Jaén	0–0	0–1	—	4–3	1–2	0–1
Lérida	7–2	5–1	2–2	—	1–2	2–2
Málaga	3–2	0–0	3–2	5–3	—	1–1
Osasuna	2–1	1–0	8–4	2–3	3–4	—

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

Relegation playoffs

Group 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Caudal (O)	8	6	0	2	16	7	+9	12	Remained at Segunda División
2	La Felguera (O)	8	4	1	3	15	13	+2	9
3	Ponferradina	8	3	2	3	10	13	−3	8
4	Huesca	8	3	1	4	13	16	−3	7
5	Girona	8	2	0	6	13	18	−5	4

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 winner.

Results

Home \ Away	CAU	GIR	HUE	FEL	PNF
Caudal	—	3–1	2–0	4–1	1–0
Girona	1–3	—	2–1	1–2	5–1
Huesca	0–3	3–1	—	3–1	4–0
La Felguera	2–0	2–1	6–1	—	1–1
Ponferradina	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	—

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

Group 2

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	San Fernando (O, P)	8	5	0	3	26	13	+13	10[lower-alpha 1]	Promotion to Segunda División
2	Murcia (O)	8	5	0	3	23	9	+14	10[lower-alpha 1]
3	Cacereño	8	4	0	4	12	22	−10	8
4	Melilla (R)	8	3	0	5	16	17	−1	6[lower-alpha 2]	Relegation to Tercera División
5	Orihuela	8	3	0	5	8	24	−16	6[lower-alpha 2]

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 winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. San Fernando finished ahead of Murcia on head-to-head goal difference: Murcia–San Fernando 3–2, San Fernando–Murcia 3–1
2. Melilla finished ahead of Orihuela on head-to-head goal difference: Orihuela–Melilla 1–0, Melilla–Orihuela 7–0

Results

Home \ Away	CAC	MEL	MUR	ORI	SFE
Cacereño	—	2–1	2–1	3–1	2–1
Melilla	4–1	—	1–0	7–0	2–4
Murcia	7–0	3–0	—	7–1	3–2
Orihuela	3–0	1–0	0–1	—	2–0
San Fernando	4–2	6–1	3–1	6–0	—

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

External links

• BDFútbol