1959–60 Segunda División

29th season of the second-tier football league in Spain

Football league season

Segunda División
Season	1959–60
Champions	Real Santander Mallorca
Promoted	Real Santander Mallorca
Relegated	Alavés Recreativo Avilés Atlético Almería Ferrol Badajoz
Matches played	480
Goals scored	1,508 (3.14 per match)
Top goalscorer	José Paredes (25 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Ricardo Zamora (0.67 goals/match)
Biggest home win	Sabadell 7–0 Alavés (25 October 1959) Mestalla 7–0 Recreativo (26 December 1959)
Biggest away win	Baracaldo 0–4 Real Gijón (20 March 1960)
Highest scoring	Indauchu 7–4 Ourense (6 December 1959)
← 1958–59 1960–61 →

The 1959–60 Segunda División season was the 29th since its establishment and was played between 12 September 1959 and 17 April 1960.

Overview before the season

32 teams joined the league, including two relegated from the 1958–59 La Liga and 5 promoted from the 1958–59 Tercera División.

Relegated from La Liga

Promoted from Tercera División

Group North

Teams

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Location of teams in Segunda División 1959-60 Group North

Club	City	Stadium
Deportivo Alavés	Vitoria	Mendizorroza
Real Avilés CF	Avilés	La Exposición
Baracaldo Altos Hornos	Baracaldo	Lasesarre
CD Basconia	Basauri	Pedro López Cortázar
RC Celta de Vigo	Vigo	Balaídos
CD Condal	Barcelona	Les Corts
Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa	León	La Puentecilla
RC Deportivo La Coruña	La Coruña	Riazor
Club Ferrol	Ferrol	Manuel Rivera
Real Gijón CF	Gijón	El Molinón
SD Indauchu	Bilbao	Garellano
CD Orense	Orense	José Antonio
CD Sabadell FC	Sabadell	Cruz Alta
Real Santander SD	Santander	El Sardinero
Club Sestao	Sestao	Las Llanas
CD Tarrasa	Tarrasa	Obispo Irurita

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Real Santander (P)	30	17	8	5	63	28	+35	42	Promotion to La Liga
2	Celta Vigo	30	18	4	8	63	37	+26	40	Qualification for the promotion playoffs
3	Ourense	30	15	7	8	56	41	+15	37
4	Deportivo La Coruña	30	16	3	11	56	47	+9	35
5	Real Gijón	30	14	4	12	56	44	+12	32
6	Tarrasa	30	12	7	11	47	44	+3	31^[a]
7	Sabadell	30	13	5	12	52	41	+11	31^[a]
8	Indauchu	30	13	3	14	56	54	+2	29^[b]
9	Baracaldo	30	11	7	12	53	51	+2	29^[b]
10	Condal	30	11	7	12	46	45	+1	29^[b]
11	Basconia	30	11	5	14	41	57	−16	27^[c]
12	Cultural Leonesa	30	10	7	13	47	61	−14	27^[c]
13	Alavés (R)	30	8	8	14	44	70	−26	24^[d]	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
14	Sestao (O)	30	9	6	15	30	47	−17	24^[d]	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
15	Avilés (R)	30	6	10	14	38	52	−14	22	Relegation to Tercera División
16	Ferrol (R)	30	9	3	18	50	79	−29	21	Relegation to Tercera División

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 winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tarrasa finished ahead of Sabadell on head-to-head points: Tarrasa–Sabadell 1–0, Sabadell–Tarrasa 2–2
^ ^a ^b ^c Indauchu finished ahead of Baracaldo and Condal on head-to-head points: Indauchu 5 pts, Baracaldo 4 pts, Condal 3 pts
^ ^a ^b Basconia finished ahead of Cultural Leonesa on head-to-head goal difference: Cultural Leonesa–Basconia 2–1, Basconia–Cultural Leonesa 4–2
^ ^a ^b Alavés finished ahead of Sestao on head-to-head points: Sestao–Alavés 1–1, Alavés–Sestao 3–1

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers	Goals	Team
Cesáreo Rivera	23	Ourense
Nicolás Mentxaka	19	Baracaldo
Francisco Sampedro	17	Real Santander
Javier Barrena	16	Indauchu
Lolo Gómez	15	Celta Vigo

Top goalkeepers

Goalkeeper	Goals	Matches	Average	Team
Padrón	37	30	1.23	Celta Vigo
Gelucho	33	25	1.32	Ourense
Juan Visa	34	22	1.55	Tarrasa
Juan Emery	46	29	1.59	Deportivo La Coruña
Manuel Barea	34	20	1.7	Real Gijón

Results

Home \ Away	ALA	AVI	BAR	BAS	CEL	CON	CUL	DEP	FER	GIJ	IND	ORE	SAB	SAT	SES	TAR
Alavés	—	3–3	6–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	5–2	3–2	2–2	1–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	3–1
Avilés	4–0	—	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	4–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–3	3–0
Baracaldo	1–1	3–1	—	1–2	2–0	2–0	6–2	2–0	5–1	0–4	0–0	4–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	5–1
Basconia	2–0	3–1	1–3	—	0–2	0–1	4–2	0–1	5–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–1
Celta Vigo	5–0	3–0	3–1	5–1	—	2–1	3–1	4–0	5–2	2–1	4–2	1–1	4–0	0–0	3–1	1–0
Condal	2–0	1–1	3–3	1–2	3–0	—	4–1	2–2	4–1	5–0	2–1	5–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–1
Cultural Leonesa	3–2	2–2	1–0	2–1	5–1	2–1	—	2–3	1–1	0–0	4–2	2–0	2–1	1–2	4–1	1–1
Deportivo La Coruña	4–2	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	4–1	—	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	1–0	1–2	5–1	1–0
Ferrol	5–2	5–2	3–3	5–0	1–2	1–1	2–3	2–5	—	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–3	2–3	2–1
Gijón	3–0	0–1	3–1	0–1	3–1	6–1	3–0	4–1	4–1	—	3–0	4–2	1–0	1–1	5–0	2–0
Indauchu	4–1	3–0	2–1	5–1	2–1	3–0	2–0	4–3	3–1	2–0	—	7–4	4–1	3–1	0–1	1–3
Orense	5–0	3–3	4–0	4–1	1–3	4–0	2–0	3–0	4–1	3–0	1–0	—	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0
Sabadell	7–0	4–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–1	2–2	3–1	7–2	2–0	3–1	2–1	—	2–1	4–0	2–2
Santander	4–1	4–0	3–2	8–2	1–1	2–0	6–1	3–1	2–1	5–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	—	4–2	1–0
Sestao	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–2	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–3	—	1–0
Tarrasa	2–0	1–0	3–1	5–2	4–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	3–2	3–3	6–2	3–3	1–0	0–0	2–1	—

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

Group South

Teams

Canary Islands (see below)

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Location of teams in Segunda División 1959-60 Group South

1959–60 Segunda División is located in Canary Islands

Tenerife

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Canary Islands

Club	City	Stadium
CA Almería	Almería	La Falange
CD Badajoz	Badajoz	El Vivero
Cádiz CF	Cádiz	Ramón de Carranza
CA Ceuta	Ceuta	Alfonso Murube
Córdoba CF	Córdoba	El Arcángel
CF Extremadura	Almendralejo	Francisco de la Hera
Real Jaén CF	Jaén	La Victoria
Levante UD	Valencia	Vallejo
RCD Mallorca	Mallorca	Luis Sitjar
CD Mestalla	Valencia	Mestalla
Real Murcia	Murcia	La Condomina
AD Plus Ultra	Madrid	Campo de Ciudad Lineal
AD Rayo Vallecano	Madrid	Vallecas
Recreativo de Huelva	Huelva	Municipal
CD San Fernando	San Fernando	Marqués de Varela
CD Tenerife	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Heliodoro Rodríguez López

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Mallorca (P)	30	16	8	6	44	22	+22	40	Promotion to La Liga
2	Córdoba	30	18	3	9	52	24	+28	39	Qualification for the promotion playoffs
3	Jaén	30	17	3	10	54	37	+17	37
4	Plus Ultra	30	12	11	7	58	43	+15	35
5	Rayo Vallecano	30	15	3	12	47	40	+7	33^[a]
6	Levante	30	15	3	12	57	51	+6	33^[a]
7	Murcia	30	11	10	9	37	34	+3	32
8	Atlético Ceuta	30	13	5	12	41	36	+5	31
9	San Fernando	30	12	4	14	44	48	−4	28^[b]
10	Tenerife	30	11	6	13	41	48	−7	28^[b]
11	Mestalla	30	13	2	15	40	42	−2	28^[b]
12	Extremadura	30	10	7	13	50	49	+1	27
13	Recreativo (R)	30	9	7	14	41	58	−17	25	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
14	Cádiz (O)	30	9	5	16	43	55	−12	23^[c]	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
15	Atlético Almería (R)	30	7	9	14	24	57	−33	23^[c]	Relegation to Tercera División
16	Badajoz (R)	30	7	4	19	37	66	−29	18	Relegation to Tercera División

^ ^a ^b Rayo Vallecano finished ahead of Levante on overall goal difference
^ ^a ^b ^c San Fernando finished ahead of Tenerife and Mestalla on head-to-head points: San Fernando 5 pts, Tenerife 4 pts, Mestalla 3 pts
^ ^a ^b Cádiz finished ahead of Atlético Almería on head-to-head goal difference: Atlético Almería–Cádiz 3–1, Cádiz–Atlético Almería 4–1

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers	Goals	Team
José Paredes	25	Levante
Fritz Hollaus	18	Rayo Vallecano
Juan Manuel Villa	16	Plus Ultra
Quirro	16	Recreativo
Manuel Haro	15	Jaén

Top goalkeepers

Goalkeeper	Goals	Matches	Average	Team
Ricardo Zamora	18	27	0.67	Mallorca
José Campillo	34	30	1.13	Murcia
Félix Arrizabalaga	32	27	1.19	Mestalla
Lorenzo Zúnica	35	29	1.21	Atlético Ceuta
José Bermúdez	37	30	1.23	Jaén

Results

Home \ Away	ALM	BAD	CÁD	CEU	CÓR	EXT	JAÉ	LEV	MLL	MES	MUR	PLU	RAY	REC	SFE	TEN
Atlético Almería	—	0–2	3–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	4–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–2
Badajoz	3–0	—	2–1	0–0	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–2	0–0	4–2	2–1	1–4	2–2	1–1	3–2	1–2
Cádiz	4–1	3–1	—	2–2	1–3	6–1	0–2	2–1	2–2	0–1	3–2	1–1	3–1	3–0	1–0	2–0
Atlético Ceuta	5–0	5–1	1–1	—	1–0	4–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	3–0
Córdoba	4–0	6–1	3–0	3–1	—	3–1	1–0	3–1	0–0	3–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	4–1	2–0
Extremadura	0–0	3–1	3–0	4–0	2–0	—	3–0	1–2	1–3	2–1	1–1	2–2	4–1	5–1	1–2	2–0
Real Jaén	7–1	4–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	—	4–2	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	3–2	2–1
Levante	1–1	3–2	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–1	1–3	—	1–2	1–0	2–0	4–3	2–0	4–2	3–2	8–2
Mallorca	6–0	2–0	6–2	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	2–1	—	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–0
Mestalla	1–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	0–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	—	3–1	2–1	1–3	7–0	1–0	0–0
Real Murcia	0–0	1–3	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	—	3–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–0
Plus Ultra	4–0	1–0	1–0	4–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	4–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	—	2–3	4–1	4–2	1–0
Rayo Vallecano	4–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–4	2–0	2–1	5–3	1–0	4–1	4–2	1–2	—	1–0	4–0	2–1
Recreativo	4–1	6–3	1–1	3–2	0–1	2–2	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	4–1	2–2	2–1	—	3–0	1–1
San Fernando	2–1	2–0	5–0	1–2	1–0	2–2	2–1	3–2	2–1	2–0	0–1	3–3	1–0	3–2	—	1–1
Tenerife	2–0	3–2	2–1	2–1	4–3	2–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	3–0	3–0	1–2	—

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

Promotion playoffs

First leg

Celta Vigo v Valladolid

22 May 1960	Celta Vigo	2–2	Valladolid	Vigo
	Bayo 52', 88'	Report	Morollón 49' Zaldúa 60'	Stadium: Balaídos Referee: Gardeazabal Garay

Real Sociedad v Córdoba

29 May 1960	Real Sociedad	2–1	Córdoba	San Sebastián
	Azcárate 2' Paz 34'	Report	Joaquín 68'	Stadium: Atocha Referee: Marrón Martín

Second leg

Valladolid v Celta Vigo

29 May 1960	Valladolid	5–0 (7–2 agg.)	Celta Vigo	Valladolid
	Solé 29' (pen.), 69' (pen.) Zaldúa 32', 51' Endériz 88'	Report		Stadium: José Zorrilla Referee: Zariquiegui Izco

Córdoba v Real Sociedad

5 June 1960	Córdoba	1–0 (2–2 agg.)	Real Sociedad	Córdoba
	Homar 17'	Report		Stadium: El Arcángel Referee: García Fernández

Tiebreaker

Real Sociedad v Córdoba

7 June 1960	Real Sociedad	1–0	Córdoba	Madrid
	Rivera 50'	Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Caballero Camacho

Relegation playoffs

First leg

Castellón v Recreativo

19 June 1960	Castellón	3–1	Recreativo	Castellón de la Plana
	Duarte 10' Doménech 44', 70'	Report	Quirro 6'	Stadium: Castalia Referee: Arrese Napal

Manresa v Sestao

19 June 1960	Manresa	1–1	Sestao	Manresa
	Queralt 83'	Report	Izaguirre 57'	Stadium: El Pujolet Referee: Canera Coscolín

Salamanca v Alavés

19 June 1960	Salamanca	2–0	Alavés	Salamanca
	Toni 46' Blanco 49'	Report		Stadium: Calvario Referee: Ruiz Alciturri

Algeciras v Cádiz

19 June 1960	Algeciras	1–1	Cádiz	Algeciras
	Pepín 40'	Report	García 79'	Stadium: El Mirador Referee: Clausí

Second leg

Sestao v Manresa

25 June 1960	Sestao	3–0 (4–1 agg.)	Manresa	Sestao
	Sasia 34', 49', 55'	Report		Stadium: Las Llanas Referee: Razquin Antía

Alavés v Salamanca

26 June 1960	Alavés	1–1 (1–3 agg.)	Salamanca	Vitoria-Gasteiz
	Uribe 51'	Report	Barrado 44'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Referee: Mateu Bernat

Recreativo v Castellón

26 June 1960	Recreativo	1–2 (2–5 agg.)	Castellón	Huelva
	Víctor 58'	Report	Vitaller 55' Duarte 82'	Stadium: Colombino Referee: De la O Santiago

Cádiz v Algeciras

26 June 1960	Cádiz	2–1 (3–2 agg.)	Algeciras	Cádiz
	Pedrusco 49' Sornichero 57'	Report	Soler 87'	Stadium: Ramón de Carranza Referee: Pascual Hernández

External links

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