| Season | 1956–57 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Real Gijón Granada |
| Promoted | Real Gijón Granada |
| Relegated | Logroñés Mestalla Baracaldo Algeciras Burgos Puente Genil Lérida Castellón |
| Matches | 760 |
| Goals | 2,521 (3.32 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Ricardo Alós (45 goals) |
| Best goalkeeper | Manuel Sión (0.64 goals/match) |
| Biggest home win | Real Gijón 11–0Lérida (13 January 1957) |
| Biggest away win | Lérida 0–5Sabadell (11 November 1956) |
| Highest scoring | Alavés 10–1Logroñés (28 October 1956) Cádiz 7–4Eldense (4 November 1956) Real Gijón 11–0Lérida (13 January 1957) Córdoba 7–4Tenerife (30 May 1957) |
1957–58 → | |
The1956–57 Segunda División season was the 26th since its establishment and was played between 8 September 1956 and 16 June 1957.
40 teams joined the league, including 4 relegated from the1955–56 La Liga and 11 promoted from the1955–56 Tercera División.
| Club | City | Stadium |
|---|---|---|
| Deportivo Alavés | Vitoria | Mendizorroza |
| Real Avilés CF | Avilés | La Exposición |
| Club Baracaldo | Baracaldo | Lasesarre |
| Burgos CF | Burgos | Zatorre |
| Caudal Deportivo | Mieres | El Batán |
| Cultural Leonesa | León | La Puentecilla |
| SD Eibar | Eibar | Ipurúa |
| Club Ferrol | Ferrol | Manuel Rivera |
| Gerona CF | Gerona | Vista Alegre |
| Real Gijón | Gijón | El Molinón |
| SD Indauchu | Bilbao | Garellano |
| CP La Felguera | La Felguera,Langreo | La Barraca |
| UD Lérida | Lérida | Campo de Deportes |
| CD Logroñés | Logroño | Las Gaunas |
| Real Oviedo CF | Oviedo | Buenavista |
| AD Rayo Vallecano | Madrid | Vallecas |
| CD Sabadell FC | Sabadell | Cruz Alta |
| Real Santander SD | Santander | El Sardinero |
| Club Sestao | Sestao | Las Llanas |
| CD Tarrasa | Tarrasa | Obispo Irurita |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real Gijón(P) | 38 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 107 | 26 | +81 | 62 | Promotion toLa Liga |
| 2 | Sabadell | 38 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 92 | 39 | +53 | 54 | |
| 3 | Indauchu | 38 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 72 | 45 | +27 | 48 | |
| 4 | Oviedo | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 77 | 60 | +17 | 46 | |
| 5 | Alavés | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 61 | 52 | +9 | 43 | |
| 6 | Cultural Leonesa | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 63 | 61 | +2 | 41 | |
| 7 | Avilés | 38 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 75 | 60 | +15 | 39 | |
| 8 | Real Santander | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 60 | 62 | −2 | 37[a] | |
| 9 | Gerona | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 54 | 53 | +1 | 37[a] | |
| 10 | Eibar | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 63 | 79 | −16 | 36 | |
| 11 | Caudal | 38 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 66 | 72 | −6 | 35[b] | |
| 12 | Rayo Vallecano | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 35[b] | |
| 13 | Tarrasa | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 57 | 60 | −3 | 34[c] | |
| 14 | Sestao | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 60 | 67 | −7 | 34[c] | |
| 15 | La Felguera(O) | 38 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 46 | 62 | −16 | 34[c] | Qualification for the relegation playoffs |
| 16 | Ferrol(O) | 38 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 51 | 72 | −21 | 33 | |
| 17 | Logroñés(R) | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 44 | 70 | −26 | 32 | Relegation toTercera División |
| 18 | Baracaldo(R) | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 50 | 83 | −33 | 31 | |
| 19 | Burgos(R) | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 46 | 65 | −19 | 30 | |
| 20 | Lérida(R) | 38 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 37 | 93 | −56 | 19 |
| Home \ Away | ALA | AVI | BAR | BUR | CAU | LEO | EIB | IND | FEL | GIR | LLE | LOG | OVI | RFE | RAC | RAY | SPO | SAB | SES | TRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alavés | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 10–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Avilés | 3–0 | — | 6–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 8–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 7–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 |
| Baracaldo | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 |
| Burgos | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | — | 1–5 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 |
| Caudal | 3–0 | 7–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | — | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Cultural Leonesa | 2–2 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 4–3 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Eibar | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | — | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Indauchu | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | — | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 5–1 |
| La Felguera | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Gerona | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | — | 5–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Lérida | 1–3 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 5–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Logroñés | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 |
| Oviedo | 1–0 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | — | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 |
| Ferrol | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | — | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Real Santander | 4–1 | 5–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Rayo Vallecano | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Real Gijón | 4–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 7–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 11–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | — | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Sabadell | 1–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | — | 7–1 | 3–0 |
| Sestao | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–3 | — | 3–2 |
| Tarrasa | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 4–1 | — |
Top goalscorers[edit]
| Top goalkeepers[edit]
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Granada(P) | 38 | 22 | 3 | 13 | 79 | 45 | +34 | 47 | Promotion toLa Liga |
| 2 | Hércules | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 66 | 52 | +14 | 45 | |
| 3 | Murcia | 38 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 68 | 50 | +18 | 43[a] | |
| 4 | Córdoba | 38 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 96 | 66 | +30 | 43[a] | |
| 5 | Málaga | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 67 | 45 | +22 | 42 | |
| 6 | Real Betis | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 80 | 51 | +29 | 41[b] | |
| 7 | Badajoz | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 67 | 64 | +3 | 41[b] | |
| 8 | Atlético Ceuta | 38 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 53 | 58 | −5 | 39[c] | |
| 9 | Extremadura | 38 | 18 | 3 | 17 | 61 | 71 | −10 | 39[c] | |
| 10 | Xerez | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 64 | 56 | +8 | 39[c] | |
| 11 | Levante | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 65 | 68 | −3 | 38[d] | |
| 12 | Cádiz | 38 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 58 | 72 | −14 | 38[d] | |
| 13 | Tenerife | 38 | 16 | 5 | 17 | 71 | 60 | +11 | 37[e] | |
| 14 | San Fernando | 38 | 17 | 3 | 18 | 63 | 79 | −16 | 37[e] | |
| 15 | Alicante(O) | 38 | 16 | 5 | 17 | 63 | 77 | −14 | 37[e] | Qualification for the relegation playoffs |
| 16 | Eldense(O) | 38 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 67 | 78 | −11 | 35 | |
| 17 | Mestalla(R) | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 61 | 75 | −14 | 34 | Relegation toTercera División |
| 18 | España de Algeciras(R) | 38 | 14 | 3 | 21 | 60 | 83 | −23 | 31 | |
| 19 | Puente Genil(R) | 38 | 12 | 3 | 23 | 44 | 81 | −37 | 27[f] | |
| 20 | Castellón(R) | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 42 | 64 | −22 | 27[f] |
| Home \ Away | ALG | ALI | CEU | BAD | CAD | CAS | COR | ELD | EXT | GRA | HER | LEV | CDM | MES | MUR | PGE | BET | SFE | TEN | XER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| España Algeciras | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 |
| Alicante | 4–3 | — | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| Atlético Ceuta | 1–0 | 3–0 | — | 1–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Badajoz | 5–0 | 6–2 | 2–3 | — | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 5–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Cádiz | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 | 2–2 | 7–4 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Castellón | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Córdoba | 9–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | — | 8–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 7–4 | 5–2 |
| Eldense | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | — | 4–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–5 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 |
| Extremadura | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 4–3 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 5–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Granada | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | — | 2–2 | 6–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Hércules | 9–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 |
| Levante | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | — | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 6–1 |
| Málaga | 5–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | — | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Mestalla | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | — | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–5 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Murcia | 6–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | — | 4–0 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Puente Genil | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 3–0 | — | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 |
| Real Betis | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | — | 5–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 |
| San Fernando | 3–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 2–0 | — | 4–2 | 0–1 |
| Tenerife | 3–1 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 4–3 | 5–1 | — | 2–0 |
| Xerez | 4–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 7–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — |
Top goalscorers[edit]
| Top goalkeepers[edit]
|
| 23 June 1957 | La Felguera | 8–0 | Binéfar | Langreo |
| Martín Esperanza Calleja Celso Martín Ruiz | Report | Stadium:La Barraca Referee: Feal Seijas |
| 23 June 1957 | Ferrol | 1–0 | Turista | Ferrol |
| Ton | Report | Stadium:Manuel Rivera Referee: Alonso Sádaba |
| 23 June 1957 | Gandía | 1–1 | Alicante | Gandia |
| Soro | Report | Magán | Stadium:Montduver Referee: Pardo Salgado |
| 23 June 1957 | Calvo Sotelo | 4–1 | Eldense | Puertollano |
| Herráez Pérez Hurtado | Report | Fustero | Stadium:Cerru Referee: Castillo Izquierdo |
| 29 June 1957 | Turista | 0–2 (0–3agg.) | Ferrol | Vigo |
| Report | Sampedro | Stadium:Balaídos Referee: Gómez Contreras |
| 30 June 1957 | Alicante | 3–0 (4–1agg.) | Gandía | Alicante |
| Magán Herrerita | Report | Stadium:Bardín Referee: Domingo Vives |
| 30 June 1957 | Binéfar | 2–0 (2–8agg.) | La Felguera | Binéfar |
| Miquel Citoler | Report | Stadium:El Segalar Referee: Balaguer Escuder |
| 30 June 1957 | Eldense | 7–0 (8–4agg.) | Calvo Sotelo | Elda |
| Manso Cárcamo Grande Fustero | Report | Stadium:Parque Referee: Pardo Salgado |