1997–98 Segunda División

Segunda División

Season	1997-98
Champions	Deportivo Alavés
Promoted	Deportivo Alavés CF Extremadura Villarreal CF
Relegated	Elche CF Real Jaén Xerez CD Levante UD
Matches played	462
Goals scored	999 (2.16 per match)
Top goalscorer	Igor Gluščević
← 1996-97 1998-99 →

The 1997–98 Segunda División season saw 22 teams participate in the second flight Spanish league. Deportivo Alavés, CF Extremadura and Villarreal CF were promoted to Primera División. Elche CF, Real Jaén, Xerez CD and Levante UD were relegated to Segunda División B.

The league was expanded to 22 teams due to reduction of Primera División to 20 teams.

Alavés

Albacete

Atlético Madrid B

Badajoz

Eibar

Elche

Extremadura

Hércules

Jaén

Leganés

Levante

Lleida

Logroñés

Numancia

Osasuna

Ourense

Rayo Vallecano

Sevilla

Toledo

Villarreal

Xerez

Canary Islands (see below)

Location of teams in Segunda División 1997-98

Las Palmas

Canary Islands

Final table

Key to colors in league table:

Promoted to Primera División

Promotion playoff

Relegated to Segunda División B

Position	Club	Played	Points	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals for	Goals against	Goal Difference
1	Deportivo Alavés	42	82	24	10	8	54	25	+29
2	CF Extremadura	42	79	23	10	9	60	38	+22
3	UD Las Palmas	42	73	19	16	7	72	47	+25
4	Villarreal CF	42	73	19	16	7	51	38	+13
5	UE Lleida	42	63	18	9	15	50	46	+4
6	CD Badajoz	42	63	16	15	11	48	37	+11
7	Sevilla FC	42	62	17	11	14	47	44	+3
8	Rayo Vallecano	42	60	17	9	16	51	48	+3
9	Atlético de Madrid B	42	60	16	12	14	64	49	+15
10	SD Eibar	42	57	14	15	13	38	32	+6
11	Hércules CF	42	56	14	14	14	46	43	+3
12	CD Toledo	42	56	14	14	14	43	48	-5
13	CD Leganés	42	53	13	14	15	45	54	-9
14	Albacete	42	50	13	11	18	41	53	-12
15	CA Osasuna	42	50	13	11	18	36	42	-6
16	CD Ourense	42	49	12	13	17	37	46	-9
17	CD Numancia	42	47	10	17	15	33	50	-17
18	CD Logroñes	42	46	10	16	16	38	43	-5
19	Elche CF	42	45	11	12	19	45	56	-11
20	Real Jaén	42	45	9	18	15	39	52	-13
21	Xerez CD	42	38	8	14	20	24	49	-25
22	Levante UD	42	35	8	11	23	37	59	-22

Promotion playoff

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Villarreal CF	(a) 1–1	SD Compostela	0–0	1–1
Real Oviedo	4–3	UD Las Palmas	3–0	1–3

First Leg

Villarreal CF v SD Compostela

21 May 1998	Villarreal CF	0–0	SD Compostela	Villarreal
21:45		Report (Spanish)		Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Víctor Esquinas Torres

Real Oviedo v UD Las Palmas

22 May 1998	Real Oviedo	3–0	UD Las Palmas	Oviedo
21:45	Iván Ania  9' (pen.), 27' Dely Valdés  59'	Report (Spanish)		Stadium: Carlos Tartiere Attendance: 23,500 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González

Second Leg

SD Compostela v Villarreal CF

24 May 1998	SD Compostela	1–1	Villarreal CF	Santiago de Compostela
21:45	Chiba  57'	Report (Spanish)	Alberto  7'	Stadium: Multiusos de San Lázaro Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega

UD Las Palmas v Real Oviedo

25 May 1998	UD Las Palmas	3–1	Real Oviedo	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
22:00	Gamboa  20' Walter Pico  65' Paquito  66'	Report (Spanish)	Gamboa  29' (o.g.)	Stadium: Insular Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto

Teams by Autonomous Community

	Autonomous community	Number of teams	Teams
1	Valencian Community	4	Elche, Hércules, Levante, Villarreal
2	Andalusia	3	Real Jaén, Sevilla, Xerez
	Madrid	3	Atlético Madrid B, Leganés, Rayo Vallecano
4	Basque Country	2	Alavés, Eibar
	Castile-La Mancha	2	Albacete, Toledo
	Extremadura	2	Badajoz, Extremadura
7	Canary Islands	1	Las Palmas
	Castile and León	1	Numancia
	Catalonia	1	Lleida
	Galicia	1	Ourense
	La Rioja	1	Logroñés
	Navarre	1	Osasuna