1961–62 Segunda División

31st season of the second-tier football league in Spain

Football league season

Segunda División
Season	1961–62
Champions	Deportivo La Coruña Córdoba
Promoted	Deportivo La Coruña Córdoba Valladolid Málaga
Relegated	San Sebastián Albacete Atlético Ceuta Cultural Leonesa Villarrobledo
Matches played	480
Goals scored	1,450 (3.02 per match)
Top goalscorer	Amancio Amaro (25 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Juan María Benegas (0.73 goals/match)
Biggest home win	Hércules 9–0 Villarrobledo (18 March 1962)
Biggest away win	Recreativo 0–4 Córdoba (1 April 1962)
Highest scoring	Real Gijón 8–2 Sabadell (31 December 1961)
← 1960–61 1962–63 →

The 1961–62 Segunda División season was the 31st since its establishment and was played between 3 September 1961 and 1 April 1962.

Overview before the season

32 teams joined the league, including two relegated from the 1960–61 La Liga and 7 promoted from the 1960–61 Tercera División.

Relegated from La Liga

Promoted from Tercera División

Group North

Teams

Burgos

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Location of teams in Segunda División 1961-62 Group North

Club	City	Stadium
Deportivo Alavés	Vitoria	Mendizorroza
CD Atlético Baleares	Palma de Mallorca	Balear
CD Basconia	Basauri	Pedro López Cortázar
Burgos CF	Burgos	Zatorre
RC Celta de Vigo	Vigo	Balaídos
Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa	León	La Puentecilla
RC Deportivo La Coruña	La Coruña	Riazor
Real Gijón CF	Gijón	El Molinón
SD Indauchu	Bilbao	Garellano
CD Orense	Orense	José Antonio
AD Plus Ultra	Madrid	Campo de Ciudad Lineal
Pontevedra CF	Pontevedra	Pasarón
CD Sabadell FC	Sabadell	Cruz Alta
Salamanca	Salamanca	El Calvario
San Sebastián CF	San Sebastián	Atocha
Real Valladolid Deportivo	Valladolid	José Zorrilla

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Deportivo La Coruña (P)	30	17	9	4	68	35	+33	43	Promotion to La Liga
2	Valladolid (O, P)	30	17	6	7	64	31	+33	40	Qualification for the promotion playoffs
3	Orense	30	14	9	7	39	34	+5	37
4	Alavés	30	15	5	10	48	39	+9	35
5	San Sebastián^[a] (R)	30	13	8	9	60	44	+16	34	Relegation to Tercera División
6	Celta Vigo	30	13	7	10	53	36	+17	33
7	Plus Ultra	30	11	7	12	47	40	+7	29
8	Sabadell	30	11	6	13	43	60	−17	28
9	Pontevedra	30	12	3	15	43	44	−1	27^[b]
10	Atlético Baleares	30	10	7	13	41	53	−12	27^[b]
11	Burgos	30	10	7	13	39	47	−8	27^[b]
12	Salamanca	30	11	4	15	46	56	−10	26
13	Real Gijón	30	10	5	15	52	63	−11	25^[c]
14	Indauchu (O)	30	10	5	15	39	50	−11	25^[c]	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
15	Basconia (O)	30	8	6	16	33	51	−18	22^[d]	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
16	Cultural Leonesa (R)	30	8	6	16	34	66	−32	22^[d]	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:

^ As a reserve team, San Sebastián was relegated to Tercera División after Real Sociedad relegation to Segunda División
^ ^a ^b ^c Pontevedra finished ahead of Atlético Baleares and Burgos on head-to-head points: Pontevedra 5 pts, Atlético Baleares 4 pts, Burgos 3 pts
^ ^a ^b Real Gijón finished ahead of Indauchu on head-to-head goal difference: Real Gijón–Indauchu 3–1, Indauchu–Real Gijón 1–0
^ ^a ^b Basconia finished ahead of Cultural Leonesa on overall goal difference

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers	Goals	Team
Amancio Amaro	25	Deportivo La Coruña
Chapela	23	Real Gijón
Delio Morollón	21	Valladolid
Abel Fernández	19	Orense
José Miguel Olano	18	San Sebastián

Top goalkeepers

Goalkeeper	Goals	Matches	Average	Team
Juan Zumalabe	28	27	1.04	Valladolid
José Ramón Ibarreche	34	30	1.13	Orense
Jesús Larzábal	34	29	1.17	Alavés
Javier Gato	29	23	1.26	Pontevedra
Carlos Patiño	40	30	1.33	Plus Ultra

Results

Home \ Away	ALA	BAL	BAS	BUR	CEL	CUL	DEP	GIJ	IND	ORE	PLU	PON	SAB	SAL	SSE	VLD
Alavés	—	1–2	4–3	2–2	3–0	1–0	2–1	4–0	4–1	1–2	3–1	1–0	5–0	2–1	0–1	1–1
Atlético Baleares	2–3	—	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	4–1	1–2	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	3–2	0–2
Basconia	0–0	2–0	—	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	5–0	0–0	0–2	0–1	2–1	3–1	0–0	1–2	2–0
Burgos	2–0	3–0	3–1	—	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–2	0–3	3–0	3–0	2–2	2–0	2–2	3–2	1–0
Celta Vigo	3–0	3–0	5–1	4–0	—	7–2	1–1	3–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	4–2	4–0	4–1
Cultural Leonesa	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	—	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–5	3–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–2
Deportivo La Coruña	1–1	2–0	5–1	6–1	2–0	3–2	—	4–0	2–1	4–1	1–1	3–2	5–1	4–1	1–1	2–0
Gijón	1–2	5–1	2–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	2–4	—	3–1	3–1	3–0	5–2	8–2	1–0	4–1	1–1
Indauchu	3–3	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	—	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–2	3–1	2–3	1–2
Orense	1–0	2–1	5–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	—	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–1
Plus Ultra	0–1	4–0	1–0	4–1	3–0	5–1	2–2	5–0	0–1	0–0	—	0–2	3–2	6–3	1–1	1–0
Pontevedra	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	0–3	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	—	5–0	4–1	3–2	1–2
Sabadell	1–0	3–3	1–0	1–1	3–2	4–0	2–2	2–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	—	2–0	1–2	1–0
Salamanca	3–1	0–2	0–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	4–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	—	3–3	3–0
San Sebastián	2–1	4–0	5–2	2–0	0–0	4–1	1–2	2–2	4–0	3–0	1–1	0–2	4–1	5–1	—	3–3
Valladolid	5–0	4–0	4–0	1–0	4–0	5–0	4–0	4–2	3–0	0–0	2–1	5–1	3–1	4–2	1–0	—

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 1961-62 Group South

1961–62 Segunda División is located in Canary Islands

Las Palmas

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Canary Islands

Club	City	Stadium
Albacete Balompié	Albacete	Carlos Belmonte
Cádiz CF	Cádiz	Ramón de Carranza
CD Cartagena	Cartagena	El Almarjal
CA Ceuta	Ceuta	Alfonso Murube
Córdoba CF	Córdoba	El Arcángel
Granada CF	Granada	Los Cármenes
Hércules CF	Alicante	La Viña
Real Jaén CF	Jaén	La Victoria
UD Las Palmas	Las Palmas	Insular
Levante UD	Valencia	Vallejo
CD Málaga	Málaga	La Rosaleda
CD Mestalla	Valencia	Mestalla
Real Murcia	Murcia	La Condomina
Recreativo de Huelva	Huelva	Municipal
CD San Fernando	San Fernando	Marqués de Varela
CD Villarrobledo	Villarrobledo	Nuestra Señora de la Caridad

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Córdoba (P)	30	16	8	6	48	22	+26	40	Promotion to La Liga
2	Málaga (O, P)	30	14	10	6	52	36	+16	38	Qualification for the promotion playoffs
3	Granada	30	15	6	9	48	34	+14	36
4	Las Palmas	30	15	5	10	47	39	+8	35
5	Recreativo	30	13	7	10	43	42	+1	33
6	Levante	30	14	4	12	49	42	+7	32^[a]
7	Hércules	30	14	4	12	55	46	+9	32^[a]
8	Murcia	30	12	7	11	40	35	+5	31^[b]
9	Jaén	30	14	3	13	58	42	+16	31^[b]
10	Cádiz	30	12	4	14	43	52	−9	28^[c]
11	Cartagena	30	13	2	15	45	56	−11	28^[c]
12	Mestalla	30	11	5	14	50	49	+1	27^[d]
13	Albacete (R)	30	10	7	13	27	32	−5	27^[d]	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
14	San Fernando (O)	30	11	5	14	37	47	−10	27^[d]	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
15	Atlético Ceuta (R)	30	8	7	15	33	48	−15	23	Relegation to Tercera División
16	Villarrobledo (R)	30	4	4	22	26	79	−53	12	Relegation to Tercera División

^ ^a ^b Levante finished ahead of Hércules on head-to-head goal difference: Hércules–Levante 2–1, Levante–Hércules 3–1
^ ^a ^b Murcia finished ahead of Jaén on head-to-head points: Murcia–Jaén 3–0, Jaén–Murcia 0–0
^ ^a ^b Cádiz finished ahead of Cartagena on head-to-head goal difference: Cartagena–Cádiz 2–0, Cádiz–Cartagena 5–1
^ ^a ^b ^c Mestalla finished ahead of Albacete and San Fernando on head-to-head points: Mestalla 5 pts, Albacete 4 pts, San Fernando 3 pts

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers	Goals	Team
Antonio Conesa	23	Jaén
Erasto León	18	Las Palmas
Mendi	15	Málaga
Ángel Arregui	15	Jaén
Miguel Sánchez	15	Cádiz

Top goalkeepers

Goalkeeper	Goals	Matches	Average	Team
Juan María Benegas	22	30	0.73	Córdoba
Antonio Ramírez	25	26	0.96	Murcia
Américo Canas	28	26	1.08	Málaga
José Luis Ulacia	29	22	1.32	Las Palmas
Joaquín Valero	35	25	1.4	Mestalla

Results

Home \ Away	ALB	CÁD	CAR	CEU	CÓR	GRA	HÉR	JAÉ	LPA	LEV	MGA	MES	MUR	REC	SFE	VRB
Albacete	—	3–0	4–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0
Cádiz	0–0	—	5–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	3–2	3–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	4–1
Cartagena	1–0	2–0	—	3–0	1–0	1–2	3–1	0–2	4–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	3–1
Atlético Ceuta	2–0	3–1	0–1	—	1–0	0–0	2–2	2–0	0–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	4–0
Córdoba	1–1	4–1	5–0	3–2	—	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	5–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	2–0
Granada	2–1	1–3	2–1	3–1	3–0	—	5–1	1–0	2–0	3–2	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	3–0
Hércules	2–0	2–1	5–2	2–0	1–3	3–2	—	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–5	1–2	1–0	3–1	9–0
Real Jaén	3–0	6–0	4–0	6–2	0–1	0–3	2–1	—	2–1	3–0	2–1	6–2	0–0	6–2	1–0	6–2
Las Palmas	3–1	3–0	3–4	0–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	—	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–1	4–0
Levante	1–0	2–0	6–0	3–0	1–2	4–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	—	2–0	1–2	2–2	3–0	1–2	2–0
Málaga	0–0	3–0	2–1	4–2	1–0	2–0	3–2	3–0	3–1	1–1	—	3–1	2–0	4–1	3–2	3–2
Mestalla	2–0	3–2	4–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	4–0	2–2	0–2	2–2	—	2–1	2–0	8–1	3–0
Real Murcia	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–4	3–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	—	1–2	3–0	4–1
Recreativo	1–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	0–4	1–0	3–2	3–2	3–1	4–2	1–1	6–0	2–1	—	0–0	2–0
San Fernando	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	3–3	0–1	0–0	—	4–2
Villarrobledo	0–1	1–1	2–5	3–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–3	0–1	1–3	2–1	0–3	0–0	3–2	—

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

Promotion playoffs

First leg

Málaga v Real Santander

22 April 1962	Málaga	3–0	Real Santander	Málaga
	Mendi 14' Ben Barek 66' Rovira 67'	Report		Stadium: La Rosaleda Referee: Zariquiegui Izco

Español v Valladolid

29 April 1962	Español	1–0	Valladolid	Barcelona
	Índio 27'	Report		Stadium: Sarrià Referee: Gardeazabal Garay

Second leg

Real Santander v Málaga

29 April 1962	Real Santander	1–0 (1–3 agg.)	Málaga	Santander
	Wilson 22'	Report		Stadium: El Sardinero Referee: Lloris Antonino

Valladolid v Español

6 May 1962	Valladolid	2–0 (2–1 agg.)	Español	Valladolid
	García 74' Rodilla 88'	Report		Stadium: José Zorrilla Referee: Birigay Nieva

Relegation playoffs

First leg

Alcoyano v Basconia

27 May 1962	Alcoyano	0–0	Basconia	Alcoy
		Report		Stadium: El Collao Referee: Carbelo Martín

Melilla v Albacete

27 May 1962	Melilla	0–0	Albacete	Melilla
		Report		Stadium: Álvarez Claro Referee: Segrelles del Pilar

Condal v Indauchu

27 May 1962	Condal	0–3	Indauchu	Barcelona
		Report	Urquijo 25' Abásolo 59', 73'	Stadium: Les Corts Referee: Martín Álvarez

Avilés v San Fernando

27 May 1962	Avilés	2–3	San Fernando	Avilés
	Doval 31', 73'	Report	Aguilera 11' Cantón 28' Jesús 66' (o.g.)	Stadium: La Exposición Referee: Cerezuela Ruiz

Second leg

Basconia v Alcoyano

3 June 1962	Basconia	2–1 (2–1 agg.)	Alcoyano	Basauri
	Saiz 70' Ayarza 88'	Report	Ocaña 22'	Stadium: Pedro López Cortázar Referee: Uría González

Albacete v Melilla

3 June 1962	Albacete	0–0 (0–0 agg.)	Melilla	Albacete
		Report		Stadium: Carlos Belmonte Referee: Mateu Bernat

Indauchu v Condal

3 June 1962	Indauchu	1–1 (4–1 agg.)	Condal	Bilbao
	Díez 87'	Report	Pons 34'	Stadium: Garellano Referee: Feal Seijas

San Fernando v Avilés

3 June 1962	San Fernando	5–2 (8–4 agg.)	Avilés	San Fernando
	Cantón 4', 12' Alias 30', 78' Naranjo 88'	Report	Prendes 60' Doval 65'	Stadium: Marqués de Varela Referee: Álvarez Martínez

Tiebreaker

Melilla v Albacete

5 June 1962	Melilla	2–0	Albacete	Madrid
	Rojas 15', 65'	Report		Stadium: Vallecas Referee: López Montenegro

External links

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