Segunda División
Season2008–09
ChampionsXerez
PromotedXerez
Real Zaragoza
Tenerife
RelegatedAlavés
Alicante
Eibar
Sevilla Atlético
Matches played462
Goals scored1,160 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorerSpain Nino

The 2008–09 Segunda División season (known from that season as Liga Adelante for sponsorship reasons) was the 78th since its establishment. The first matches of the season were played on 30 August 2008, and the season ended on 21 June 2009. Real Zaragoza, Real Murcia and Levante were the teams relegated from La Liga the previous season. Alicante, Girona, Huesca and Rayo Vallecano were the teams promoted from Segunda División B the previous season.

The first goal of the season was scored by Alexandre Geijo, who scored in the 11th minute for Levante against Real Zaragoza in the early kick-off. The first red card of the season was given to Paco Peña from Real Murcia after a challenge on Sergio Pachón in their opening match against Rayo Vallecano. The first hat-trick was scored by Sebastián Abreu in the match between Xerez and Real Sociedad.

Teams

Canary Islands

The 2008–09 Segunda División was made up of the following teams:

Team Home city Stadium Capacity
Alavés Vitoria-Gasteiz Mendizorrotza 19,840
Albacete Albacete Carlos Belmonte 17,500
Alicante Alicante José Rico Pérez 29,500
Castellón Castellón Nou Estadi Castàlia 14,485
Celta Vigo Vigo Balaídos 31,800
Córdoba Córdoba Nuevo Arcángel 18,280
Eibar Eibar Ipurua 6,267
Elche Elche Martínez Valero 36,017
Gimnàstic Tarragona Nou Estadi 14,500
Girona Girona Montilivi 9,500
Hércules Alicante José Rico Pérez 29,500
Huesca Huesca El Alcoraz 5,300
Las Palmas Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Gran Canaria 31,250
Levante Valencia Ciutat de València 26,354
Rayo Vallecano Madrid Teresa Rivero 15,500
Real Murcia Murcia Nueva Condomina 31,179
Real Sociedad San Sebastián Anoeta 39,500
Salamanca Villares de la Reina El Helmántico 17,341
Sevilla Atlético Seville Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán 42,714
Tenerife Santa Cruz de Tenerife Heliodoro Rodríguez López 22,824
Xerez Jerez de la Frontera Chapín 20,523
Zaragoza  Zaragoza La Romareda 33,608

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Xerez (C, P) 42 24 10 8 73 42 +31 82 Promotion to La Liga
2 Zaragoza (P) 42 23 12 7 79 42 +37 81[lower-alpha 1]
3 Tenerife (P) 42 24 9 9 79 47 +32 81[lower-alpha 1]
4 Hércules 42 21 15 6 82 43 +39 78
5 Rayo Vallecano 42 18 16 8 55 39 +16 70
6 Real Sociedad 42 17 16 9 48 38 +10 67
7 Castellón 42 17 14 11 55 42 +13 65
8 Levante 42 18 10 14 59 59 0 64
9 Salamanca 42 16 12 14 59 50 +9 60
10 Gimnàstic 42 14 15 13 60 50 +10 57
11 Huesca 42 13 14 15 47 46 +1 53[lower-alpha 2]
12 Elche 42 13 14 15 52 50 +2 53[lower-alpha 2]
13 Córdoba 42 14 11 17 47 54 7 53[lower-alpha 2]
14 Murcia 42 14 10 18 48 58 10 52
15 Albacete 42 13 12 17 42 54 12 51
16 Girona 42 11 16 15 43 54 11 49
17 Celta de Vigo 42 10 18 14 46 56 10 48
18 Las Palmas 42 10 17 15 46 51 5 47
19 Alavés (R) 42 11 10 21 42 64 22 43 Relegation to Segunda División B
20 Alicante (R) 42 8 11 23 38 69 31 35[lower-alpha 3]
21 Eibar (R) 42 8 11 23 31 63 32 35[lower-alpha 3]
22 Sevilla Atlético (R) 42 2 13 27 29 89 60 19
Source: LFP – Liga Adelante
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1 2 TEN 1–2 ZAR; ZAR 1–1 TEN
  2. 1 2 3 HUE: 7 pts; ELC: 5 pts; CÓR: 4 pts
  3. 1 2 ALI 3–1 EIB; EIB 1–2 ALI

Results

Home \ Away ALA ALB ALI CAS CDV CÓR EIB ELC GIM GIR HÉR HUE LPA LEV MUR RVA RSO SAL SAT TEN XER ZAR
Alavés 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–3 3–0 2–1 2–2 4–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–2 2–2
Albacete 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–2 1–1 0–3 0–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 0–2 1–1
Alicante 0–2 1–2 0–0 2–2 2–2 3–1 0–3 1–3 1–1 1–2 1–3 1–2 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–2 0–0 3–3 2–2 0–1 0–3
Castellón 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 4–0 2–2 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 2–0 0–0 0–3 2–0 3–0 2–2 2–2 1–1
Celta de Vigo 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 1–2 2–2 0–2 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–2 2–2 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–0
Córdoba 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–4 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–3 1–0 4–1 3–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–0
Eibar 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–2 0–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 3–2 1–1 2–3
Elche 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–2 3–1 2–0 2–4 0–1 2–0
Gimnàstic 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 1–2 2–0 3–1 0–1 2–1 0–0
Girona 0–1 3–3 3–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–0
Hércules 3–0 4–1 1–2 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–2 3–0 3–2 4–2 4–2 3–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 8–0 3–1 0–0 2–1
Huesca 2–0 1–2 0–1 2–2 0–0 3–1 2–0 3–2 3–2 3–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 0–1
Las Palmas 2–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–3 2–2
Levante 2–3 3–1 2–0 3–1 1–3 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–1
Murcia 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–4
Rayo Vallecano 2–1 0–3 0–0 4–2 4–1 5–0 4–1 1–2 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–3 2–2
Real Sociedad 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–3 2–2 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–1
Salamanca 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 4–0 2–2 1–5 2–0 2–2 3–0 2–3 0–1 0–1 6–0 1–2 2–1 1–3
Sevilla Atlético 1–1 1–1 2–3 0–2 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–2 1–3 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 3–3 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–4 1–2 0–4
Tenerife 3–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 3–0 2–0 2–0 3–2 3–2 4–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 5–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–3 2–1 2–0 1–2
Xerez 5–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 3–0 3–1 1–2 2–2 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 5–3 1–1 1–3 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–2
Zaragoza 4–2 3–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 3–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–3 2–2 1–0 4–0 1–1 2–1
Source: BDFutbol
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Pichichi Trophy for Top Goalscorers

Last updated 21 June 2009

Goalscorers Goals Penalties Team
Spain Nino 29 4 Tenerife
Brazil Ewerthon 28 5 Real Zaragoza
Spain Marcos Márquez 21 7 Las Palmas
Spain Alejandro Alfaro 20 0 Tenerife
Spain Momo 17 3 Xerez
Argentina Leonardo Ulloa 16 2 Castellón
Venezuela Miku 15 2 Salamanca
Spain Rubén Navarro 15 1 Hércules
Spain Rubén Castro 14 3 Huesca
Spain Víctor 14 2 Gimnàstic de Tarragona

Zamora Trophy for Top Goalkeepers

Last updated 21 June 2009

Goalkeeper Goals Matches Average Team
Spain David Cobeño 35 40 0.88 Rayo Vallecano
Chile Claudio Bravo 28 32 0.88 Real Sociedad
Spain Chema 41 41 1 Xerez
Spain Carlos Sánchez 34 34 1 Castellón
Spain Alberto Cifuentes 34 33 1.03 Salamanca
Spain Juan Calatayud 42 40 1.05 Hércules
Spain Eduardo Navarro 39 36 1.08 Huesca
Argentina Willy Caballero 40 36 1.11 Elche
Spain Rubén Pérez 38 33 1.15 Gimnàstic de Tarragona
Spain Roberto Santamaría 45 39 1.15 Las Palmas

Season statistics

Scoring

Cards

Teams by autonomous community

Autonomous community Number of teams Teams
1  Valencia5Alicante, Castellón, Elche, Hércules and Levante
2  Andalusia3Córdoba, Sevilla Atlético and Xerez
 Basque Country3Alavés, Eibar and Real Sociedad
4  Aragon2Huesca and Zaragoza
 Canary Islands2Las Palmas and Tenerife
 Catalonia2Gimnàstic and Girona
7  Castile-La Mancha1Albacete
 Castile and León1Salamanca
 Galicia1Celta
 Madrid1Rayo Vallecano
 Murcia1Murcia
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