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Segunda División
Countries	Spain
Founded	1929
Number of teams	22
Promotion to	La Liga
Relegation to	Segunda División B
Levels on pyramid	Level 2
Current champions	Xerez CD (2008–09)
Most championships	Málaga CF+CD Málaga; (13 promotions)
TV partners	Canal+ Liga, GolT, FORTA
Website	http://www.lfp.es
	2009–10 season

The Segunda División (Second Division) is the lower tier of the two professional leagues in Spain consisting of 22 teams. On 16 August 2006, the LFP reached an agreement with the banking group BBVA for sponsorship of the Segunda División renaming the league Liga BBVA. From the season 2008-09 onwards, the name of the league is Liga Adelante^[1].

[edit] History

This championship was created in 1929 and has always been organized by the LFP.

Currently the Segunda División consists of 22 clubs.

The top goalscorer of the 2008–09 season was the current CD Tenerife player Nino.

On 4 June 2008 , the league was renamed from Liga BBVA to Liga Adelante.^[1]

[edit] Competition system

It is very similar to the Primera División:

The top three are promoted to La Liga.

The bottom four are relegated to Segunda División B.

[edit] Segunda División seasons

Season	Champions	Runner Up	Other teams promoted
28-29	Sevilla (not promoted)	Real Zaragoza (not promoted)
29-30	Alavés	Sporting Gijon (not promoted)
30-31	Valencia	Sevilla (not promoted)
31-32	Real Betis	Real Oviedo (not promoted)
32-33	Real Oviedo	Atlético Madrid (not promoted)
33-34	Sevilla FC	Atlético Madrid
34-35	Hércules CF	CA Osasuna
35-36	Celta de Vigo	Real Zaragoza
39-40	Real Murcia	Deportivo
40-41	Granada	Real Sociedad	Castellón and Deportivo
41-42	Real Betis	Real Zaragoza
42-43	CE Sabadell FC	Real Sociedad
43-44	Sporting de Gijón	Real Murcia
44-45	CD Alcoyano	Hércules CF	Celta de Vigo
45-46	CE Sabadell FC	Deportivo de La Coruña
46-47	Alcoyano	Gimnàstic	Real Sociedad
47-48	Real Valladolid	Deportivo de La Coruña
48-49	Real Sociedad	CD Málaga
Season	Northern Group Winner	Southern Group Winner	Other teams promoted
49-50	Racing de Santander	CD Alcoyano	UE Lleida and Real Murcia
50-51	Sporting	Moghreb Athletic Tétouan	Real Zaragoza and Las Palmas
51-52	Real Oviedo	CD Málaga
52-53	CA Osasuna	Real Jaén
53-54	Deportivo Alavés	UD Las Palmas	Hércules CF and CD Málaga
54-55	Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa	Real Murcia
55-56	CA Osasuna	Real Jaén	Real Zaragoza and CD Condal
56-57	Sporting de Gijón	Granada CF
57-58	Real Oviedo	Real Betis
58-59	Real Valladolid	Elche CF
59-60	Racing de Santander	RCD Mallorca
60-61	CA Osasuna	CD Tenerife
61-62	Deportivo	Córdoba	Real Valladolid and CD Málaga
62-63	Pontevedra	Real Murcia	Levante and RCD Espanyol
63-64	Deportivo de La Coruña	UD Las Palmas
64-65	Pontevedra	Mallorca	Sabadell and CD Málaga
65-66	Deportivo de La Coruña	Hércules CF	Granada CF
66-67	Real Sociedad	CD Málaga	Real Betis
67-68	Deportivo de La Coruña	Granada CF
Season	Champions	Runner Up	Other teams promoted
68-69	Sevilla FC	Celta de Vigo	RCD Mallorca
69-70	Sporting de Gijón	CD Málaga	RCD Espanyol
70-71	Real Betis	Burgos CF	Deportivo and Córdoba CF
71-72	Real Oviedo	CD Castellón	Real Zaragoza
72-73	Real Murcia	Elche CF	Racing de Santander
73-74	Real Betis	Hércules CF	UD Salamanca
74-75	Real Oviedo	Racing de Santander	Sevilla FC
75-76	Burgos CF	Celta de Vigo	CD Málaga
76-77	Sporting de Gijón	Cádiz CF	Rayo Vallecano
77-78	Real Zaragoza	Recreativo	Celta de Vigo
78-79	AD Almería	CD Málaga	Real Betis
79-80	Real Murcia	Real Valladolid	CA Osasuna
80-81	CD Castellón	Cádiz CF	Racing de Santander
81-82	Celta de Vigo	UD Salamanca	CD Málaga
82-83	Real Murcia	Cádiz CF	RCD Mallorca
83-84	Castilla CF (not promoted due to being Real Madrid's reserve team)	Bilbao Athletic (not promoted due to being Athletic Bilbao's reserve team)	Hércules CF, Racing de Santander and Elche CF
84-85	UD Las Palmas	Cádiz CF	Celta de Vigo
85-86	Real Murcia	CE Sabadell FC	RCD Mallorca
86-87	Valencia CF	CD Logroñés	Celta de Vigo
87-88	CD Málaga	Elche CF	Real Oviedo
88-89	Castellón	Rayo Vallecano	Mallorca and Tenerife
89-90	Real Burgos CF	Real Betis	RCD Espanyol
90-91	Albacete Balompié	Deportivo de La Coruña
91-92	Celta de Vigo	Rayo Vallecano
92-93	UE Lleida	Real Valladolid	Racing de Santander
93-94	RCD Espanyol	Real Betis	SD Compostela
94-95	CP Mérida	Rayo Vallecano	UD Salamanca
95-96	Hércules CF	CD Logroñés	CF Extremadura
96-97	CP Mérida	UD Salamanca	RCD Mallorca
97-98	Deportivo Alavés	CF Extremadura	Villarreal CF
98-99	Málaga CF	Atlético Madrid B (not promoted due to being Atlético Madrid's reserve team)	Numancia, Sevilla and Rayo Vallecano
99-00	UD Las Palmas	CA Osasuna	Villarreal CF
00-01	Sevilla FC	Real Betis	CD Tenerife
01-02	Atlético Madrid	Racing	Recreativo
02-03	Real Murcia	Real Zaragoza	Albacete Balompié
03-04	Levante UD	CD Numancia	Getafe CF
04-05	Cádiz CF	Celta de Vigo	Deportivo Alavés
05-06	Recreativo	Gimnàstic	Levante
06-07	Real Valladolid	UD Almería	Real Murcia
07-08	CD Numancia	Málaga CF	Sporting de Gijón
08-09	Xerez CD	Real Zaragoza	CD Tenerife

[edit] 2009–10 Teams

[edit] Promoted to 2009/10 La Liga

Xerez 1st
Zaragoza 2nd
Tenerife 3rd

[edit] Relegated from 2009/10 La Liga

Betis 18th
Numancia 19th
Recreativo 20th

[edit] Relegated to 2009/10 Segunda División B

Alavés 19th
Alicante 20th
Eibar 21st
Sevilla Atlético 22nd

[edit] Promoted from Segunda División B

Past editions:

[edit] 2009–10 Stadia

Home Club	Stadium Name	Capacity
Betis	Manuel Ruiz de Lopera	51,309
Elche	Manuel Martínez Valero	38,750
Murcia	Nueva Condomina	33,045
Celta Vigo	Balaídos	32,500
Las Palmas	Gran Canaria	32,500
Real Sociedad	Estadio Anoeta	32,500
Hércules	José Rico Pérez	30,000
Levante	Ciudad de Valencia	25,354
Cádiz	Ramón de Carranza	22,000
Recreativo	Nuevo Colombino	21,670
Castellón	Nou Castalia	18,000
Salamanca	El Helmántico	17,341
Albacete	Carlos Belmonte	17,300
Córdoba	Nuevo Arcángel	15,425
Cartagena	Cartagonova	15,105
Rayo Vallecano	Teresa Rivero	15,000
Gimnàstic	Nou Estadi	14,500
Numancia	Los Pajaritos	10,200
Huesca	El Alcoraz	8,000
Girona	Montilivi	7,500
Real Unión	Stadium Gal	5,000
Villarreal B	Ciudad Deportiva	5,000

[edit] Footnotes

^ ^a ^b "Presentado el acuerdo por el que Primera División se llamará Liga BBVA y Segunda, Liga Adelante". lfp.es. 2008-06-04. http://www.lfp.es/noticias/noticia_desarrollo.asp?n=2308&i=esp.

[edit] See also

Sports league attendances

[edit] External links

[Liga_BBVA-0] "Presentado el acuerdo por el que Primera División se llamará Liga BBVA y Segunda, Liga Adelante". lfp.es. 2008-06-04. http://www.lfp.es/noticias/noticia_desarrollo.asp?n=2308&i=esp.

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