2009–10 Segunda División

79th season of the second-tier football league in Spain

Football league season

Segunda División
Season	2009–10
Champions	Real Sociedad
Promoted	Real Sociedad Hércules CF Levante UD
Relegated	Cádiz CF Real Murcia Real Unión CD Castellón
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,114 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jorge Molina
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 Segunda División season (known as the Liga Adelante for sponsorship reasons) was the 79th since its establishment. The first matches of the season were played on 29 August 2009, and the season ended on 19 June 2010. Real Betis, Numancia and Recreativo de Huelva are the teams which were relegated from La Liga the previous season. The teams which were promoted from Segunda División B were: Cádiz (champion), Cartagena (runner-up), Real Unión (play-off winner) and Villarreal B (play-off winner).

The first goal of the season was scored by Quique de Lucas, who scored a seventh-minute goal for Cartagena against Girona in the early kick-off. The first red card of the season was given to David González from Las Palmas in their opening game against Real Sociedad. The first hat-trick was scored by Cristhian Stuani in the match between Castellón and Albacete.

Teams

Canary Islands (see below)class=notpageimage| Location of teams in Segunda División 2009–10

Las Palmasclass=notpageimage| Canary Islands

The 2009–10 Segunda División was made up of the following teams:

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Albacete	Albacete	Carlos Belmonte	17,500
Betis	Seville	Benito Villamarín	55,500
Cádiz	Cádiz	Ramón de Carranza	25,033
Cartagena	Cartagena	Cartagonova	14,500
Castellón	Castellón	Nou Estadi Castàlia	14,485
Celta Vigo	Vigo	Balaídos	31,800
Córdoba	Córdoba	Nuevo Arcángel	18,280
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
Numancia	Soria	Los Pajaritos	9,025
Rayo Vallecano	Madrid	Teresa Rivero	15,500
Real Murcia	Murcia	Nueva Condomina	31,179
Real Sociedad	San Sebastián	Anoeta	39,500
Real Unión	Irun	Gal	6,344
Recreativo	Huelva	Nuevo Colombino	21,670
Salamanca	Villares de la Reina	El Helmántico	17,341
Villarreal B	Vila-real	Ciudad Deportiva	5,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Real Sociedad (C, P)	42	20	14	8	53	37	+16	74	Promotion to La Liga
2	Hércules (P)	42	19	14	9	61	34	+27	71
3	Levante (P)	42	19	14	9	63	45	+18	71
4	Betis	42	19	14	9	61	38	+23	71
5	Cartagena	42	18	11	13	58	49	+9	65
6	Elche	42	18	9	15	67	57	+10	63
7	Villarreal B	42	16	13	13	60	56	+4	61
8	Numancia	42	16	11	15	55	53	+2	59
9	Recreativo	42	14	15	13	40	42	−2	57
10	Córdoba	42	14	13	15	40	46	−6	55
11	Rayo Vallecano	42	13	14	15	67	58	+9	53
12	Celta de Vigo	42	13	13	16	38	44	−6	52
13	Huesca	42	12	16	14	36	40	−4	52
14	Girona	42	13	13	16	45	59	−14	52
15	Albacete	42	12	16	14	60	62	−2	52
16	Salamanca	42	13	13	16	44	54	−10	52
17	Las Palmas	42	12	15	15	49	49	0	51
18	Gimnàstic	42	14	9	19	42	55	−13	51
19	Cádiz (R)	42	12	14	16	49	64	−15	50	Relegation to Segunda División B
20	Murcia (R)	42	11	17	14	49	51	−2	50
21	Real Unión (R)	42	12	10	20	40	59	−19	46
22	Castellón (R)	42	7	12	23	37	62	−25	33

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:

^ HÉR: 7 pts; LEV: 6 pts; BET: 4 pts
^ CEL: 13 pts; HUE: 12 pts; GIR: 11 pts; ALB: 9 pts; SAL: 8 pts
^ GIM 2–1 LPA; LPA 1–0 GIM
^ MUR 2–2 CAD; CAD 1–0 MUR

Results

Home \ Away	ALB	BET	CÁD	CAR	CAS	CDV	CÓR	ELC	GIM	GIR	HÉR	HUE	LPA	LEV	MUR	NUM	RVA	RSO	RUN	REC	SAL	VIB
Albacete	—	1–3	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–2	3–0	2–2	1–1	3–0	1–2	0–0	3–2	1–0	3–2	2–3	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–3	2–1	1–1
Betis	0–0	—	4–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	0–3	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	4–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	4–0
Cádiz	4–3	2–2	—	1–3	1–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	2–4	1–0	4–2	1–1	1–3	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–0
Cartagena	0–4	1–2	4–1	—	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–2	4–1	0–0	1–0	4–1	3–5	3–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–4	0–0
Castellón	3–5	1–0	4–1	2–2	—	2–1	0–1	0–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	2–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–3	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	3–2
Celta de Vigo	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	—	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–2
Córdoba	0–2	0–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	—	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	2–0	3–1
Elche	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	3–0	—	2–2	4–0	2–0	0–2	2–5	0–0	1–2	0–1	2–2	4–1	2–1	3–2	2–2	2–3
Gimnàstic	1–3	0–1	0–2	3–2	2–1	0–2	0–2	3–1	—	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–3	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–1
Girona	2–2	0–2	4–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	3–2	0–2	—	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–4	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–0	3–1
Hércules	5–1	3–2	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	4–0	3–0	0–1	2–0	—	0–2	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	5–1	1–0	2–0	4–0	4–2
Huesca	2–1	0–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	—	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–3	1–2	2–0	0–1
Las Palmas	4–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	4–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	—	0–1	0–3	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–0
Levante	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	6–1	3–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	—	2–2	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–1
Murcia	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–4	1–1	4–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	—	1–0	0–3	1–1	3–0	0–1	2–2	2–2
Numancia	1–1	3–0	1–3	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	4–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	3–1	0–1	1–1	—	1–1	1–3	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0
Rayo Vallecano	3–0	2–2	2–2	2–3	3–0	1–2	3–2	0–1	2–3	0–3	4–4	4–1	3–2	0–0	2–0	4–1	—	3–3	2–0	4–0	0–0	0–2
Real Sociedad	0–0	2–0	4–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	2–2	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	—	4–1	1–0	2–0	2–1
Real Unión	2–1	1–3	0–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–3	0–3	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	4–3	2–1	0–0	—	0–1	1–1	0–1
Recreativo	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	2–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	0–2	1–3	2–0	2–0	0–0	—	0–2	2–1
Salamanca	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	3–2	0–2	1–3	0–1	0–0	3–0	1–2	—	2–4
Villarreal B	2–2	2–2	2–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	4–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–5	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	—

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

Pichichi Trophy for top goalscorers

Last updated 19 June 2010

Goalscorers	Goals	Penalties	Team
Jorge Molina	26	5	Elche
Cristhian Stuani	22	4	Albacete
Marco Rubén	18	4	Villarreal B
Toché	18	1	Cartagena
Pepe Díaz	15	3	Córdoba
Chando	14	0	Real Murcia
Gorka Brit	14	0	Real Unión
Leonardo Ulloa	14	2	Castellón
Rubén Castro	14	1	Rayo Vallecano
Rubén Suárez	13	0	Levante

Zamora Trophy for top goalkeepers

Last updated 19 June 2010

Goalkeeper	Goals	Matches	Average	Team
Vicente Guaita	24	30	0.8	Recreativo
Juan Calatayud	34	42	0.81	Hércules
Iñaki Goitia	38	42	0.9	Real Betis
Toni Doblas	27	29	0.93	Huesca
Ismael Falcón	34	35	0.97	Celta Vigo
Eduardo Navarro	33	32	1.03	Numancia
Rubén Martínez	43	40	1.08	Cartagena
Raúl Navas	39	36	1.08	Córdoba
Juan Carlos	43	38	1.13	Villarreal B
Jesús Cabrero	36	29	1.24	Albacete
Biel Ribas	51	40	1.28	Salamanca

Season statistics

Scoring

First goal of the season: Quique de Lucas for Cartagena against Girona (29 August 2009)
Fastest goal in a match: 46 seconds – Carlos Carmona for Recreativo against Girona (2 January 2010)
Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 90+4 minutes
- Coke for Rayo Vallecano against Hércules (17 January 2010)
- Rafa Jordá for Levante against Villarreal B (30 January 2010)
- Kiko Ratón for Girona against Real Murcia (19 June 2010)
Widest winning margin: 5
- Levante 6–1 Gimnàstic (13 March 2010)
Most goals in a match: 8
- Castellón 3–5 Albacete (12 September 2009)
- Rayo Vallecano 4–4 Hércules (17 January 2010)
- Cartagena 3–5 Levante (22 May 2010)
First hat-trick of the season: Cristhian Stuani for Albacete against Castellón (12 September 2009)
First own goal of the season: Dani Tortolero for Real Unión against Girona (26 September 2009)
Most goals by one player in a single match: 4 – Jorge Molina for Elche against Real Sociedad (19 June 2010)
Most goals by one team in a match: 6
- Levante 6–1 Gimnàstic (13 March 2010)
Most goals in one half by one team: 4
- Hércules 5–1 Real Sociedad (1 November 2009)
- Girona 4–0 Cádiz (21 November 2009)
- Elche 2–5 Las Palmas (3 January 2010)
- Rayo Vallecano 4–4 Hércules (17 January 2010)
- Salamanca 2–4 Villarreal B (23 January 2010)
- Levante 6–1 Gimnàstic (13 March 2010)
- Elche 4–0 Girona (22 May 2010)
- Cartagena 3–5 Levante (22 May 2010)
- Real Unión 4–3 Numancia (22 May 2010)
- Hércules 5–1 Albacete (30 May 2010)
- Cartagena 0–4 Albacete (19 June 2010)
Most goals scored by losing team: 3
- Castellón 3–5 Albacete (12 September 2009)
- Cartagena 3–4 Salamanca (12 December 2009)
- Cádiz 4–3 Albacete (7 March 2010)
- Cartagena 3–5 Levante (22 May 2010)
- Real Unión 4–3 Numancia (22 May 2010)

Cards

First yellow card: Roberto Trashorras for Celta against Numancia (29 August 2009)
First red card: David González for Las Palmas against Real Sociedad (29 August 2009)

Teams by autonomous community

	Autonomous community	Number of teams	Teams
1	Valencia	5	Castellón, Elche, Hércules, Levante and Villarreal B
2	Andalusia	4	Betis, Cádiz, Córdoba and Recreativo
3	Basque Country	2	Real Sociedad and Real Unión
	Castile and León	2	Numancia and Salamanca
	Catalonia	2	Gimnàstic and Girona
	Murcia	2	Cartagena and Murcia
7	Aragon	1	Huesca
	Canary Islands	1	Las Palmas
	Castile-La Mancha	1	Albacete
	Galicia	1	Celta
	Madrid	1	Rayo Vallecano

v t e Segunda División
2024–25 clubs	Albacete Almería Burgos Cádiz Cartagena Castellón Córdoba Deportivo La Coruña Eibar Elche Eldense Granada Huesca Levante Málaga Mirandés Oviedo Racing Ferrol Racing Santander Sporting Gijón Tenerife Zaragoza
Former teams	Abarán Alavés Alcorcón Alcoyano Algeciras Alicante Amorebieta AD Almería CA Almería Alzira Andorra Arenas Getxo Arosa Atlético Baleares Atlético Ceuta Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid B Atlético Malagueño Atlético Marbella Atlético Tetuán Avilés Badajoz Badalona Barakaldo Barcelona B Basconia Betis Bilbao Athletic Burgos (1936) Burjassot Cacereño Cartagena FC Caudal Celta AgD Ceuta Ceuta SC SD Ceuta Ciudad Murcia Compostela Condal Constància Cultural Leonesa Deportivo Aragón Écija EHA Tánger Elche Ilicitano Ensidesa Erandio Escoriaza España Espanyol Europa CF Extremadura Extremadura UD Ferroviaria Figueres Fuenlabrada Getafe Getafe Deportivo Gimnàstic Gimnástica Lucense Gimnástica Torrelavega Gimnástico Girona Granada 74 Granollers Guadalajara Hércules UD Huesca Iberia Ibiza Imperio Madrid Indautxu Jaén Jerez Industrial Júpiter Juvenil La Felguera Langreo Las Palmas Leganés Levante FC Linares Linense Llagostera Lleida Logroño CD Logroñés UD Logroñés Lorca Deportiva (1969) Lorca Deportiva (2002) Lorca FC Lugo CD Málaga Mallorca Mallorca B UD Melilla (1943) Melilla CF Mérida Mollerussa Moscardó Murcia Nacional Madrid Numancia Ontinyent Orensana Oriamendi Orihuela Deportiva Osasuna Ourense Palamós Palencia Poli Ejido Ponferradina Pontevedra Puente Genil Puertollano Racing Madrid Rayo Majadahonda Rayo Vallecano Real Burgos Real Córdoba Real Madrid Castilla Real Sociedad Real Sociedad B Real Unión Recreativo Reus Sabadell Salamanca San Fernando Sant Andreu Sestao SC Sevilla Sevilla Atlético Terrassa Toledo UCAM Murcia Universidad Las Palmas Unión Vigo Valencia Valencia Mestalla Valladolid Vecindario Villarreal Villarreal B Villarrobledo Xerez Xerez Club
Competition	Clubs Champions & Promotions Play-offs Players (foreign) Managers (Winners) Stadia Broadcasters Referees
Statistics and awards	Records and statistics All-time table Top Scorer (Pichichi) Spanish Top Scorer (Zarra) Best Goalkeeper (Zamora) Best Manager (Miguel Muñoz) Best referee (Guruceta) Player of the Month Manager of the Month
Finances	Richest clubs: Deloitte list Forbes' list Team owners Average attendances
Associated competitions	Promotion to La Liga Relegation to Primera Federación National cup: Copa del Rey

v t e Segunda División seasons
Seasons	1929 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Play-offs	2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Segunda División seasons

Seasons

1929
1929–30
1930–31
1931–32
1932–33
1933–34
1934–35
1935–36
1936–37
1937–38
1938–39
1939–40
1940–41
1941–42
1942–43
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1945–46
1946–47
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1960–61
1961–62
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1963–64
1964–65
1965–66
1966–67
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1969–70
1970–71
1971–72
1972–73
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
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1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–2000
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16
2016–17
2017–18
2018–19
2019–20
2020–21
2021–22
2022–23
2023–24
2024–25

Play-offs

2009–10 in Spanish football

Domestic leagues	La Liga Segunda División 2ª División B (Play-Off 2ªB) 3ª División (Play-Off 3ª)
Domestic cups	Copa del Rey Supercopa de España Copa Federación de España Spanish stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup
European competitions	Champions League Europa League Super Cup
Related to national team	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5 2010 FIFA World Cup
Women's football	Superliga Copa de la Reina
Youth football	División de Honor Copa del Rey Juvenil

Club seasons
La Liga	Almería Athletic Bilbao Atlético Madrid Barcelona Deportivo La Coruña Espanyol Getafe Málaga Mallorca Osasuna Racing Santander Real Madrid Sevilla Sporting Gijón Tenerife Valencia Valladolid Villarreal Xerez Zaragoza
Segunda División	Albacete Betis Cádiz Cartagena Castellón Celta Vigo Córdoba Elche Gimnàstic Girona Hércules Huesca Las Palmas Levante Murcia Numancia Rayo Vallecano Real Sociedad Real Unión Recreativo Salamanca Villarreal B

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