Segunda División B

Segunda División B

Country	Spain
Founded	1928–29 (one season alone) 1977 (onwards)
Divisions	4
Number of teams	4 groups of 20 teams each (80)
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion to	Segunda División
Relegation to	Tercera División
Domestic cup(s)	Copa del Rey Copa Federación
International cup(s)	UEFA Europa League (via winning Copa del Rey)
Current champions	UCAM Murcia (2015–16)
TV partners	ETB 1, laOtra, tvG2, tpa IB3, TV Melilla Real Madrid TV, SFC TV
Website	Official website
2016–17 season

Segunda División B (English: Second Division B) is the third level of the Spanish football league system. It is administered by the RFEF. It is below the top two levels of the league, the Primera División (also known as La Liga) and the Segunda División, and above the Tercera División. The Segunda División B includes the reserve teams of several La Liga and Segunda División teams.

History

The term Segunda División B was first used in 1929. It was used to designate a third level of teams after the Primera División and a Segunda División A. This division featured 10 teams and at the end of the season Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa were crowned champions. However the 1929–30 season saw the first of many reorganisations of the Spanish football league system and the original Segunda División B was replaced by the Tercera División. At the start of the 1977–78 season the Segunda División B was revived, replacing the Tercera División as the third level. Initially the division consisted of only two groups. The 1986–87 season was played as a single group of 22 teams. It was changed the next year, with 80 teams in four groups from the 1987–88 season.

Historical classification

The classification will be updated at the end of each season.

• Correct as end of the 2015–16 season.
• Bold indicates playing in this level at the 2016–17 season.
• (†) indicates defunct teams.

Pos Team Seasons Winners 1. Cultural Leonesa 32 2 2. Barakaldo 31 3 2. Pontevedra 31 2 4. Real Jaén 30 2 4. Real Sociedad B 30 0 6. Melilla 29 1 6. L'Hospitalet 29 1 6. Osasuna B 29 0 9. Sevilla Atlético 28 2 10. Atlético Madrid B 27 3 10. Sporting Gijón B 27 2 12. Bilbao Athletic 26 2 13. Gimnàstic Tarragona 25 2 13. Alcoyano 25 1 15. Ourense (†) 24 0

Pos Team Seasons Winners 15. Zamora 24 0 17. Racing Ferrol 23 2 17. Real Unión 23 2 17. Lugo 23 1 17. Real Zaragoza B 23 0 17. Betis B 23 0 22. Granada 22 3 23. Córdoba 20 2 23. Gimnástica Torrelavega 20 1 23. Écija 20 1 23. Lemona (†) 20 0 23. Alcalá 20 0 23. Valencia Mestalla 20 0 29. FC Barcelona B 19 4 29. Sant Andreu 19 2

Pos Team Seasons Winners 29. Lleida (†) 19 2 29. Talavera (†) 19 0 29. Benidorm (†) 19 0 29. Linense 19 0 35. Ponferradina 18 3 35. Sabadell 18 2 35. Gramenet 18 2 35. Badajoz (†) 18 1 35. Real Avilés 18 1 35. Huesca 18 1 35. Cacereño 18 1 35. Terrassa 18 0 43. Real Madrid Castilla 17 5 43. Xerez 17 2 43. Figueres 17 1

Segunda División B currently features 80 teams divided into 4 groups of 20. The top four teams from each group, 16 teams in total, qualify for play-offs to determine which four teams will replace the four teams relegated from the Segunda División. However reserve teams are only eligible for promotion to the Segunda División if their senior team is in the Primera División. The top five teams from each group and best two teams regardless of group outside the previous twenty, excluding reserve teams, also qualify for the following seasons Copa del Rey. The bottom four teams in each league are relegated to the Tercera División. Also, the four 16th-placed teams enter into a relegation playoff to determine the two teams to be relegated. One team is paired with one of the others in home and away series. the two winners remain in the division while the losers are relegated. A reserve team can also be relegated if their senior team is relegated from the Segunda División. Along with teams from the Tercera División, teams from the division also compete in the Copa Federación.

Since the 2008-09 season, the four group winners had the opportunity to be promoted directly and be named the overall Segunda División B champion. The four group winners are drawn into a two-legged series where the two winners are promoted to the Segunda División and enter into the final for the Segunda División B championship. The two losing semifinalists enter the playoff round for the last two promotion spots.

The four group runners-up are drawn against one of the three fourth-placed teams outside their group while the four third-placed teams are drawn against one another in a two-legged series. The six winners advance with the two losing semifinalists to determine the four teams that will enter the last two-legged series for the last two promotion spots. In all the playoff series, the lower-ranked club plays at home first. Whenever there is a tie in position (like the group winners in the Semifinal Round and Final or the third-placed teams in the first round), a draw will determine the club to play at home first.

Groups

Below are listed the member clubs of the Segunda División B for the 2015–16 Segunda División B season.

Group I	Group II	Group III	Group IV
Arandina Astorga Burgos Cacereño Celta B Compostela Coruxo Cultural Guijuelo Izarra Lealtad Peña Sport Pontevedra Racing Ferrol Racing Santander Somozas Sporting B Tudelano UD Logroñés Valladolid B	Amorebieta Arenas Barakaldo Ebro Fuenlabrada Gernika Getafe B Guadalajara La Roda Leioa Mensajero Portugalete R. Majadahonda R.M. Castilla Real Sociedad B Real Unión Sestao Socuéllamos Talavera Toledo	Alcoyano At. Baleares At. Levante Badalona Barcelona B Cornellà Eldense Espanyol B Hércules Huracán Valencia L'Hospitalet Lleida Esportiu Llosetense Olímpic Xàtiva Olot Pobla Mafumet Reus Sabadell Valencia Mestalla Villarreal B	Algeciras Almería B Betis B Cádiz Cartagena Granada B Jaén Jumilla La Hoya Linares Linense Marbella Melilla Mérida Murcia Recreativo San Roque Sevilla Atl. UCAM Murcia Villanovense

Champions

Year by year

Since 2009, the two winners of the Group Winners Promotion Playoff play the final to decide the Segunda División B champion. In bold, champions which promoted to Segunda División.

Year	Group I	Group II	Group III	Group IV	Other promoted teams
1929	Cultural Leonesa	None	None	None	Murcia
1977–78	Racing Ferrol	Almería	None	None	Algeciras, Castilla
1978–79	Palencia	Levante	None	None	Gimnàstic, Oviedo
1979–80	Barakaldo	Linares	None	None	Ceuta, Atlético Madrileño
1980–81	Celta	Mallorca	None	None	Córdoba, Deportivo
1981–82	Barcelona B	Xerez	None	None	Cartagena, Palencia
1982–83	Athletic B	Granada	None	None	Algeciras, Tenerife
1983–84	Sabadell	Lorca	None	None	Calvo Sotelo, Logroñés
1984–85	Sestao	Rayo Vallecano	None	None	Albacete, Deportivo Aragón
1985–86	Figueres	Xerez	None	None	None
1986–87	Tenerife	None	None	None	Lleida, Granada, Real Burgos
1987–88	Eibar	CFJ Mollerussa	Salamanca	Alzira	None
1988–89	Athletic B	Palamós	Atlético B	Levante	None
1989–90	Avilés	Lleida	Albacete	Orihuela	None
1990–91	Real Madrid B	Racing Santander	Badajoz	Barcelona B[1]	Compostela, Mérida
1991–92	Salamanca	Sant Andreu	Cartagena	Marbella	Badajoz, Lugo, Villarreal
1992–93	Leganés	Alavés	Murcia	Las Palmas	Hércules, Toledo
1993–94	Salamanca	Alavés	Gramenet	Extremadura	Getafe, Ourense
1994–95	Racing Ferrol	Alavés	Levante	Córdoba	Almería, Écija, Sestao
1995–96	Las Palmas	Sporting B	Levante	Jaén	Atlético Madrid B, Ourense
1996–97	Sporting B	Aurrerá	Gimnàstic	Córdoba	Elche, Jaén, Numancia, Xerez
1997–98	Cacereño	Barakaldo	Barcelona B	Málaga	Mallorca B, Recreativo de Huelva
1998–99	Getafe	Cultural Leonesa	Levante	Melilla	Córdoba, Elche
1999-00	Universidad LPGC	Gimnástica	Gandía	Granada	Jaén, Murcia, Racing de Ferrol
2000–01	Atlético B	Burgos	Gramenet	Cádiz	Gimnàstic, Ejido, Xerez
2001–02	Barakaldo	Barcelona B	Real Madrid B	Motril	Almería, Compostela, Getafe, Terrassa
2002–03	Universidad LPGC	Real Unión	Castellón	Algeciras	Cádiz, Ciudad de Murcia, Málaga B
2003–04	Pontevedra	Atlético B	Lleida	Lanzarote	Gimnàstic, Racing de Ferrol
2004–05	Real Madrid B	Ponferradina	Alicante	Sevilla B	Castellón, Lorca, Real Madrid B
2005–06	Universidad LPGC	Salamanca	Badalona	Cartagena	Las Palmas, Ponferradina, Vecindario
2006–07	Pontevedra	Eibar	Alicante	Sevilla Atlético	Córdoba, Racing de Ferrol
2007–08	Rayo Vallecano	Ponferradina	Girona	Écija	Alicante, Huesca
2008–09	Real Unión	Cartagena	Alcoyano	Cádiz	Villarreal B
2009–10	Ponferradina	Alcorcón	Sant Andreu	Granada	Barcelona B
2010–11	Lugo	Eibar	Sabadell	Murcia	Alcoyano, Guadalajara
2011–12	Real Madrid Castilla	Mirandés	Atlético Baleares	Cádiz	Lugo, Ponferradina
2012–13	Tenerife	Alavés	L'Hospitalet	Jaén	Eibar
2013–14	Racing Santander	Sestao River	Llagostera	Albacete	Leganés
2014–15	Oviedo	Huesca	Gimnàstic	Cádiz	Bilbao Athletic
2015–16	Racing Santander	Real Madrid Castilla	Reus Deportiu	UCAM Murcia	Cádiz, Sevilla Atlético

Top scorers

Season	Top scorer	Club	Goals
1989–90	Mariano Azcona	Lleida	26
	Pedro Corbalán	Albacete
1990–91	Juan Gómez	Alcoyano	24
1991–92	Adriano García	Villarreal	24
1992–93	Eduardo Rodríguez	Hércules	32
1993–94	Julio Engonga	Gimnástica	28
1994–95	Javi Prendes	Avilés	24
	José Luis Garzón	Sabadell
1995–96	Estefan Julià	Sant Andreu	23
1996–97	Iván Rosado	Recreativo	25
1997–98	Quini	Talavera	26
1998–99	Changui	Pontevedra	21
1999–2000	Chili	Gimnástica	31
2000–01	Quico Rey	Ourense	22
	Egoitz Sukia	Beasain
2001–02	Haruna Babangida	Barcelona B	23
	David Prats	Mataró
2002–03	Kiko Lacasa	Alavés B	22
2003–04	Paulino Martínez	Cultural Leonesa	21
2004–05	Kepa Blanco	Sevilla Atlético	23
2005–06	Iñigo Díaz de Cerio	Real Sociedad B	24
2006–07	Yuri de Souza	Pontevedra	24
	Javi Moreno	Córdoba
2007–08	Luciano Becchio	Mérida	22
2008–09	Tariq Spezie	Puertollano	24
2009–10	Airam López	Tenerife B	27
2010–11	Mikel Arruabarrena	Leganés	21
2011–12	Jesús Perera	Atlético Baleares	23
2012–13	Aridane Santana	Tenerife	25
2013–14	Joselu Gómez	Compostela	30
2014–15	Miguel Linares	Oviedo	28
2015–16	Mariano Díaz	Real Madrid B	25

Top goalkeepers

Season	Player	Club	Games	Goals	Coefficient
1989–90	José Luis Montes	Melilla	35	17	0.48
1990–91	José Domínguez	Lugo	38	21	0.55
1991–92	Luis Raudona	Cartagena	37	14	0.37
1992–93	José Miguel Robayna	Las Palmas	28	13	0.46
1993–94	Alfonso Núñez	Alavés	35	12	0.34
1994–95	Laureano Echevarría	Numancia	35	16	0.46
1995–96	Manolo López	Las Palmas	33	18	0.55
1996–97	Emilio Álvarez	Jaén	36	23	0.63
1997–98	César Quesada	Recreativo	35	20	0.57
1998–99	José Carlos Burgos	Polideportivo Almería	30	11	0.37
1999–2000	Pedro Dorronsoro	Gimnástica Torrelavega	32	12	0.38
2000–01	Armando Riveiro	Cádiz	36	14	0.39
2001–02	Urko Macías	Barakaldo	36	19	0.52
2002–03	Xavi Oliva	Castellón	35	15	0.42
2003–04	Santi Lampón	Vecindario	37	19	0.51
2004–05	Manu Herrera	Levante B	35	17	0.48
2005–06	Moisés Trujillo	Universidad Las Palmas	30	14	0.46
2006–07	Alberto Cifuentes	Rayo Vallecano	34	21	0.61
2007–08	Roberto Pampín	Sestao	35	19	0.54
	Jesús Unanua	Alicante
2008–09	José Bermúdez	Cultural Leonesa	34	18	0.52
2009–10	David Rangel	Ontinyent	38	25	0.65
2010–11	Alberto Cifuentes	Murcia	37	20	0.54
2011–12	Oinatz Aulestia	Cádiz	35	22	0.62
2012–13	Francis Solar	Olímpic Xàtiva	34	15	0.44
2013–14	Alberto Cifuentes	La Hoya Lorca	37	19	0.51
2014–15	Oinatz Aulestia	Cádiz	36	19	0.52
2015–16	Iván Crespo	Lleida Esportiu	36	20	0.55

Records

Updated at the end of the 2015–16 season.

Most seasons

• 32 – Cultural Leonesa

Most points

• 1647 – Barakaldo (1,39 per game)

Most games played

• 1214 – Cultural Leonesa (37,93 per season)'

Most wins

• 481 – Barakaldo (40,83%)

Most draws

• 374 – Cultural Leonesa (30,81%)

Most losses

• 396 – Real Sociedad B (34,61%)

Most goals scored

• 1471 – Cultural Leonesa (1,21 per game)

Most goals received

• 1293 – Pontevedra (1,09 per game)

Most group championships

• 5 – Levante

Most promotion play-offs played

• 10 – Jaén

Most promotions to Segunda División

• 4 – Barcelona B, Gimnàstic, Levante, Racing Ferrol, Real Madrid Castilla and Xerez

Highest attendance

• 57,236 – Real Madrid B vs UB Conquense, at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium on 26 June 2005^[2]

Scorelines

Record win

• Extremadura 12–0 Racing Portuense (2 May 1993)

Record away win

• Isla Cristina 0–8 Polideportivo Almería (7 February 1999)

See also

• Spanish football league system

References and notes

1. Promoted after the administrative relegation to Segunda B of Orihuela
2. "A Segunda con llenos de Primera" (in Spanish). ABC. 27 June 2005.

External links

• Official website RFEF (Spanish)
• Soccerway - Segunda División B (English)