1950/51 season overviewNB: The second division consisted of two groups, one of 17 and one of 15 clubs. The champions of both groups, Sporting de Gijón and Atlético Tetuán, won automatic promotion. The teams that finished second and third, Real Zaragoza, CD Sabadell, UD Salamanca and UD Las Palmas, played a promotion/relegation league with the teams that finished 13th and 14th in the first division, CD Málaga and Real Murcia, won by UD Las Palmas, Real Zaragoza finishing second. Both thereby won promotion.Round 1 [May 13]Salamanca 1-3 MálagaLas Palmas 6-1 Murcia Sabadell 2-4 Zaragoza Round 2 [May 20]Málaga 4-0 Sabadell Murcia 6-2 Salamanca Zaragoza 3-1 Las Palmas Round 3 [May 24]Murcia 1-5 Málaga Salamanca 1-1 Zaragoza Sabadell 1-2 Las Palmas Round 4 [May 27]Sabadell 1-0 Murcia Zaragoza 6-2 Málaga Las Palmas 2-1 Salamanca Round 5 [Jun 3]Murcia 1-4 Zaragoza Málaga 2-0 Las Palmas Salamanca 3-2 Sabadell Round 6 [Jun 10]Málaga 6-0 Salamanca Murcia 2-5 Las Palmas Zaragoza 3-1 Sabadell Round 7 [Jun 17]Sabadell 2-2 Málaga Salamanca 0-3 MurciaLas Palmas 2-0 Zaragoza Round 8 [Jun 24]Málaga 5-2 Murcia Zaragoza 5-0 SalamancaLas Palmas 2-0 Sabadell Round 9 [Jul 1]Murcia 5-2 Sabadell Málaga 4-2 Zaragoza Salamanca 0-2 Las Palmas Round 10 [Jul 8]Zaragoza 3-2 Murcia Las Palmas 4-1 Málaga Sabadell 3-0 Salamanca Final Table: 1.UD Las Palmas 10 8 0 2 26-11 16 2.Real Zaragoza 10 7 1 2 31-16 15 3.CD Málaga 10 7 1 2 34-18 15 4.Real Murcia 10 3 0 7 23-33 6 5.CD Sabadell CF 10 2 1 7 14-25 5 6.UD Salamanca 10 1 1 8 8-33 3Cross-Table: LPa Zar Mál Mur Sab Sal Las Palmas xxx 2-0 4-1 6-1 2-0 2-1 Zaragoza 3-1 xxx 6-2 3-2 3-1 5-0 Málaga 2-0 4-2 xxx 5-2 4-0 6-0 Murcia 2-5 1-4 1-5 xxx 5-2 6-2 Sabadell 1-2 2-4 2-2 1-0 xxx 3-0 Salamanca 0-2 1-1 1-3 0-3 3-2 xxx
1951/52 season overviewNB: The second division consisted of two groups of 16 clubs. The champions of both groups, Real Oviedo and CD Málaga, won automatic promotion. The teams that finished second and third, CD Logroñés, Ferrol, Mestalla and CD Alcoyano, played a promotion/relegation league with the teams that finished 13th and 14th in the first division, Sporting de Gijón and Racing Santander, won by Mestalla, Sporting de Gijón finishing second. Sporting de Gijón thereby remained in the first division. Mestalla renounced the promotion for being the affiliated team of Valencia CF, thereby allowing Racing Santander, who had finished third in the promotion/relegation league, to remain in the first division.Round 1 [Apr 27]Logroñés 2-0 Santander Alcoyano 3-4 Gijón Mestalla 4-0 Ferrol Round 2 [May 4]Santander 1-0 MestallaGijón 1-0 LogroñésFerrol 1-0 Alcoyano Round 3 [May 11]Santander 1-1 GijónLogroñés 1-1 Ferrol Mestalla 2-0 Alcoyano Round 4 [May 18]Mestalla 2-2 Gijón Ferrol 3-7 Santander Alcoyano 7-2 Logroñés Round 5 [May 25]Gijón 2-1 Ferrol Santander 3-1 Alcoyano Logroñés 1-1 Mestalla Round 6 [Jun 1]Santander 2-0 Logroñés Gijón 1-2 Alcoyano Ferrol 1-4 Mestalla Round 7 [Jun 8]Mestalla 6-1 Santander Logroñés 3-2 Gijón Alcoyano 4-3 Ferrol Round 8 [Jun 15]Gijón 3-0 SantanderFerrol 2-0 Logroñés Alcoyano 2-2 Mestalla Round 9 [Jun 22]Gijón 1-1 Mestalla Santander 10-0 Ferrol Logroñés 1-0 Alcoyano Round 10 [Jun 29]Ferrol 1-3 Gijón Alcoyano 4-2 Santander Mestalla 5-1 Logroñés Final Table: 1.CD Mestalla 10 5 4 1 27-10 14 2.Sporting de Gijón 10 5 3 2 20-14 13 3.Racing de Santander 10 5 1 4 27-20 11 4.CD Alcoyano 10 4 1 5 23-21 9 5.CD Logroñés 10 3 2 5 11-21 8 6.Club Ferrol 10 2 1 7 13-35 5Cross-Table: Mes Gij San Alc Log FerMestalla xxx 2-2 6-1 2-0 5-1 4-0 Gijón 1-1 xxx 3-0 1-2 1-0 2-1 Santander 1-0 1-1 xxx 3-1 2-0 10-0 Alcoyano 2-2 3-4 4-2 xxx 7-2 4-3 Logroñés 1-1 3-2 2-0 1-0 xxx 1-1 Ferrol 1-4 1-3 3-7 1-0 2-0 xxx NB: in principle, Mestalla had earned promotion; however on July 10, 1952, the Federación Española de Fútbol decided that the club could not be promoted to the highest level for the next season due to it being the affiliated team of Valencia; due to this, Santander obtained the top level place.
1952/53 season overviewNB: The second division consisted of two groups of 16 clubs. The champions of both groups, Atlético Osasuna and Real Jaén, won automatic promotion. The teams that finished second and third, España Industrial, Avilés Industrial, Hércules CF and Atlático Tetuán, played a promotion/relegation league with the teams that finished 13th and 14th in the first division, RC Celta and RC Deportivo, won by RC Deportivo, España Industrial finishing second. RC Deportivo thereby remained in the first division. España Industrial renounced the promotion for being the affiliated team of FC Barcelona, thereby allowing RC Celta, who had finished third in the promotion/relegation league, to remain in the first division.Round 1 [May 10]Celta 4-2 AvilésEspaña I. 4-1 HérculesAt. Tetuán 2-0 Coruña Round 2 [May 17]Coruña 0-0 España I.Avilés 1-0 At. TetuánHércules 1-0 Celta Round 3 [May 24]At. Tetuán 3-0 Hércules Coruña 1-0 Avilés [May 25]España I. 3-0 Celta Round 4 [May 30]España I. 6-1 Avilés[May 31]Hércules 3-1 Coruña Celta 4-1 At. Tetuán Round 5 [Jun 7]Coruña 1-2 CeltaAt. Tetuán 2-1 España I.Avilés 2-0 Hércules Round 6 [Jun 14]Avilés 4-1 Celta Hércules 2-0 España I.Coruña 3-0 At. Tetuán Round 7 [Jun 21]España I. 1-3 Coruña At. Tetuán 6-1 Avilés Celta 5-1 Hércules Round 8 [Jun 28]Hércules 2-0 At. Tetuán Avilés 1-0 Coruña Celta 1-1 España I. Round 9 [Jul 5]Avilés 1-3 España I.Coruña 3-1 HérculesAt. Tetuán 0-0 Celta Round 10 [Jul 12]Celta 1-3 CoruñaEspaña I. 1-1 At. Tetuán Hércules 1-1 Avilés Final Table: 1.RC Deportivo 10 5 1 4 15-11 11 2.SD España Industrial 10 4 3 3 20-12 11 3.RC Celta 10 4 2 4 18-17 10 4.Club Atlético de Tétuan 10 4 2 4 15-13 10 5.Avilés Industrial 10 4 1 5 14-22 9 6.Hércules CF 10 4 1 5 12-19 9 Cross-Table: Cor EIn Cel AtT Avi HérCoruña xxx 0-0 1-2 3-0 1-0 3-1 España I. 1-3 xxx 3-0 1-1 6-1 4-1 Celta 1-3 1-1 xxx 4-1 4-2 5-1 At. Tetuan 2-0 2-1 0-0 xxx 6-1 3-0 Aviles 1-0 1-3 4-1 1-0 xxx 2-0 Hercules 3-1 2-0 1-0 2-0 1-1 xxx NB: in principle, España Industrial had earned promotion; however on July 21, 1953, the directors of the club submitted documentation at the Federación Catalana de Fútbol officially declaring the club the affiliated team of Barcelona; as the regulations of the FEF prohibited an affiliated team to compete at the same level as its associated club, España Industrial were excluded from competing at the highest level; due to this, Celta obtained the top level place.
1953/54 season overviewNB: The second division consisted of two groups of 16 clubs. The champions of both groups, Deportivo Alavés and UD Las Palmas, won automatic promotion. The teams that finished second and third, Baracaldo, UD Lérida, Hércules CF and CD Málaga, played a promotion/relegation league with the teams that finished 13th and 14th in the first division, Atlético Osasuna and Real Jaén, won by CD Málaga, Hércules CF finishing second. Both thereby won promotion.Round 1 [May 2]Osasuna 2-3 LéridaMálaga 3-2 JaénHércules 2-2 Baracaldo Round 2 [May 9]Lérida 5-1 HérculesJaén 0-1 Osasuna Baracaldo 1-0 Málaga Round 3 [May 16]Lérida 2-2 Jaén Osasuna 2-1 BaracaldoHércules 1-1 MálagaRound 4 [May 23]Hércules 2-0 Jaén Baracaldo 4-0 Lérida Málaga 1-1 OsasunaRound 5 [May 30]Jaén 0-0 BaracaldoLérida 1-2 MálagaOsasuna 1-0 HérculesRound 6 [Jun 6]Lérida 2-2 OsasunaJaén 1-2 Málaga Baracaldo 0-1 Hércules Round 7 [Jun 13}Hércules 6-1 Lérida Osasuna 8-4 JaénMálaga 3-2 BaracaldoRound 8 [Jun 17]Jaén 4-3 Lérida Baracaldo 3-3 Osasuna Málaga 0-0 HérculesRound 9 [Jun 20]Jaén 0-1 Hércules Lérida 7-2 Baracaldo Osasuna 3-4 Málaga Round 10[Jun 26]Baracaldo 3-2 Jaén [Jun 27] Málaga 5-3 Lérida Hércules 2-0 Osasuna Final Table: 1.CD Málaga 10 6 3 1 21-15 15 2.Hércules CF 10 5 3 2 16-10 13 3.CA Osasuna 10 4 3 3 23-20 11 4.Baracaldo CF 10 3 3 4 18-20 9 5.UD Lérida 10 3 2 5 27-30 8 6.Real Jaén CF 10 1 2 7 15-25 4Cross-Table: Mál Hér Osa Bar Lér JaéMálaga xxx 0-0 1-1 3-2 5-3 3-2 Hércules 1-1 xxx 2-0 2-2 6-1 2-0 Osasuna 3-4 1-0 xxx 2-1 2-3 8-4 Baracaldo 1-0 0-1 3-3 xxx 4-0 3-2 Lérida 1-2 5-1 2-2 7-2 xxx 2-2 Jaén 1-2 0-1 0-1 0-0 4-3 xxx
1954/55 season overviewNB: The second division consisted of two groups of 16 clubs. The champions of both groups, Cultural Leonesa and Real Murcia, won automatic promotion. The teams that finished second and third, Real Oviedo, Real Zaragoza, Atlético Tetuán and Granada CF, played a promotion/relegation league with the teams that finished 13th and 14th in the first division, RCD Español and Real Sociedad, won by RCD Español, Real Sociedad finishing second. Both thereby remained in the first division.Round 1 [Apr 24]Sociedad 1-2 At. TetuánGranada 2-3 Oviedo Español 1-0 ZaragozaRound 2 [May 1]At. Tetuán 1-2 Español Oviedo 1-0 Sociedad Zaragoza 2-0 GranadaRound 3 [May 8]At. Tetuán 2-3 Oviedo Sociedad 0-2 Zaragoza Español 0-0 GranadaRound 4 [May 15]Español 1-0 Oviedo Zaragoza 0-2 At. Tetuán 0Granada 1-2 Sociedad Round 5 [May 22]Oviedo 6-0 ZaragozaAt. Tetuán 4-0 Granada Sociedad 2-1 EspañolRound 6 [May 29]At. Tetuán 2-2 SociedadOviedo 6-2 Granada Zaragoza 0-1 Español Round 7 [Jun 5]Español 4-1 At. Tetuán Sociedad 3-2 OviedoGranada 3-1 Zaragoza Round 8 [Jun 12]Oviedo 0-0 At. Tetuán Zaragoza 1-2 SociedadGranada 1-3 EspañolRound 9 [Jun 19]Oviedo 1-3 Español At. Tetuán 2-0 Zaragoza Sociedad 6-1 GranadaRound 10 [Jun 26]Zaragoza 7-0 Oviedo Granada 3-1 At. Tetuán Español 1-2 Sociedad Final Table: 1.RCD Español 10 7 1 2 17- 8 15 2.Real Sociedad de Fútbol 10 6 1 3 20-14 13 3.Real Oviedo CF 10 5 1 4 22-20 11 4.Club Atlético de Tétuan 10 4 2 4 17-15 10 5.Real Zaragoza CD 10 3 0 7 13-17 6 6.Granada CF 10 2 1 7 13-28 5 Cross-Table: Esp Soc Ovi AtT Zar GraEspañol xxx 1-2 1-0 4-1 1-0 0-0 Sociedad 2-1 xxx 3-2 1-2 0-2 6-1 Oviedo 1-3 1-0 xxx 0-0 6-0 6-2 At. Tetuan 1-2 2-2 2-3 xxx 2-0 4-0 Zaragoza 0-1 1-2 7-0 0-2 xxx 2-0 Granada 1-3 1-2 2-3 3-1 3-1 xxx
1955/56 season overviewNB: The second division consisted of two groups of 16 clubs. The champions of both groups, Atlético Osasuna and Real Jaén, won automatic promotion. The teams that finished second and third, Real Oviedo, Real Zaragoza, Real Betis and España Industrial, played a promotion/relegation league with the teams that finished 13th and 14th in the first division, Real Murcia and Deportivo Alavés, won by España Industrial, Real Zaragoza finishing second. Both thereby won promotion.Round 1 [May 5]España I. 3-1 Alavés[May 6]Betis 4-5 Oviedo Murcia 4-3 Zaragoza Round 2 [May 13]Oviedo 5-0 España I. Zaragoza 1-1 Betis Alavés 1-0 MurciaRound 3[May 20]Oviedo 0-1 Zaragoza Betis 6-0 Alavés[May 21]España I. 2-1 MurciaRound 4[May 26]España I. 1-0 Zaragoza [May 27] Alavés 1-3 Oviedo Murcia 5-1 BetisRound 5 [May 31]Zaragoza 1-1 Alavés Oviedo 3-0 Murcia Betis 1-2 España I,Round 6 [Jun 3]Oviedo 3-2 Betis Zaragoza 4-2 Murcia Alavés 2-3 España I.Round 7[Jun 9]España I. 6-1 Oviedo [Jun 10]Betis 3-1 Zaragoza Murcia 3-2 AlavésRound 8 [Jun 17]Zaragoza 4-0 Oviedo Alavés 1-1 Betis Murcia 1-1 España I.Round 9 [Jun 24]Zaragoza 1-0 España I. Oviedo 2-0 Alavés Betis 0-1 Murcia Round 10 [Jun 29]Alavés 1-2 Zaragoza Murcia 4-1 Oviedo España I. 3-2 Betis Final Table: 1.SD España Industrial 10 7 1 2 21-15 15 2.Real Zaragoza CD 10 5 2 3 18-13 12 3.Real Oviedo CF 10 6 0 4 23-22 12 4.Real Murcia CF 10 5 1 4 21-18 11 5.Real Betis Balompié 10 2 2 6 21-22 6 6.CD Alavés 10 1 2 7 10-24 4 Cross-Table: EIn Zar Ovi Mur Bet AlaEspaña I. xxx 1-0 6-1 2-1 3-2 3-1 Zaragoza 1-0 xxx 4-0 4-2 1-1 1-1 Oviedo 5-0 0-1 xxx 3-0 3-2 2-0 Murcia 1-1 4-3 4-1 xxx 5-1 3-2 Betis 1-2 3-1 4-5 0-1 xxx 6-0 Alavés 2-3 1-2 1-3 1-0 1-1 xxx
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