1953–54 Segunda División
# 1953–54 Segunda División

The 1953–54 Segunda División season was the 23rd since its establishment and was played between 12 September 1953 and 25 April 1954.

## Overview before the season

32 teams joined the league, including two relegated from the 1952–53 La Liga and 8 promoted from the 1952–53 Tercera División.

### Relegated from La Liga

* Málaga
* Zaragoza

### Promoted from Tercera División

* La Felguera
* Eibar
* Escoriaza
* Badajoz
* Castellón
* Xerez
* Cultural Leonesa
* España Tánger

## Group North

### Teams

| Club | City | Stadium |
| - | - | - |
| Deportivo Alavés | Vitoria | Mendizorroza |
| Real Avilés CF | Avilés | Las Arobias |
| Club Baracaldo | Baracaldo | Lasesarre |
| Caudal Deportivo | Mieres | El Batán |
| Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa | León | El Ejido |
| SD Eibar | Eibar | Ipurúa |
| SD Escoriaza | Zaragoza | Las Delicias |
| SD España Industrial | Barcelona | Les Corts |
| Club Ferrol | Ferrol | Inferniño |
| RS Gimnástica de Torrelavega | Torrelavega | El Malecón |
| CP La Felguera | La Felguera, Langreo | La Barraca |
| UD Lérida | Lérida | Campo de Deportes |
| CD Logroñés | Logroño | Las Gaunas |
| CD Sabadell FC | Sabadell | Cruz Alta |
| UD Salamanca | Salamanca | El Calvario |
| Real Zaragoza | Zaragoza | Torrero |

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Alavés (P) | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 65 | 42 | +23 | 41 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 2 | Baracaldo | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 56 | 36 | +20 | 38 | Qualification for the promotion playoffs |
| 3 | Lérida | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 62 | 44 | +18 | 38 | Qualification for the promotion playoffs |
| 4 | Cultural Leonesa | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 63 | 46 | +17 | 34 | |
| 5 | España Industrial | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 62 | 48 | +14 | 33 | |
| 6 | Sabadell | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 52 | 53 | −1 | 32 | |
| 7 | Eibar | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 56 | 54 | +2 | 29 | |
| 8 | Ferrol | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 44 | 58 | −14 | 29 | |
| 9 | Zaragoza | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 76 | 59 | +17 | 29 | |
| 10 | Logroñés | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 65 | 55 | +10 | 28 | |
| 11 | Avilés | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 45 | 61 | −16 | 28 | |
| 12 | Caudal (O) | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 28 | Qualification for the relegation playoffs |
| 13 | La Felguera (O) | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 49 | 63 | −14 | 25 | Qualification for the relegation playoffs |
| 14 | Gimnástica Torrelavega (R) | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 35 | 64 | −29 | 25 | Relegation to Tercera División |
| 15 | Salamanca (R) | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 44 | 56 | −12 | 22 | Relegation to Tercera División |
| 16 | Escoriaza (R) | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 42 | 69 | −27 | 21 | Relegation to Tercera División |

* 1 2 Baracaldo finished ahead of Lérida on head-to-head goal difference: Lérida–Baracaldo 4–2, Baracaldo–Lérida 3–0
* 1 2 3 Eibar finished ahead of Ferrol and Zaragoza on head-to-head points: Eibar 5 pts, Ferrol 4 pts, Zaragoza 3 pts
* 1 2 3 Logroñés finished ahead of Avilés and Caudal on head-to-head points: Logroñés 6 pts, Avilés 5 pts, Caudal 1 pt
* 1 2 La Felguera finished ahead of Gimnástica Torrelavega on head-to-head goal difference: La Felguera–Gimnástica Torrelavega 4–1, Gimnástica Torrelavega–La Felguera 4–3

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALA | AVI | BAR | CAU | LEO | EIB | ESC | CON | GIM | FEL | LLE | LOG | RFE | SAB | SAL | ZAR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alavés | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–4 |
| Avilés | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–6 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 |
| Baracaldo | 0–3 | 5–0 | — | 6–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–5 | 3–2 |
| Caudal | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | — | 3–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Cultural Leonesa | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | — | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Eibar | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 6–0 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 |
| Escoriaza | 4–1 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–5 | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 |
| España Industrial | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 7–1 | 4–1 | — | 6–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Gimnástica Torrelavega | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | — | 4–3 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| La Felguera | 6–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | — | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 |
| Lérida | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | — | 4–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–4 |
| Logroñés | 0–1 | 6–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | — | 6–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 5–1 |
| Ferrol | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | — | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Sabadell | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | 4–3 |
| Salamanca | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | — | 3–4 |
| Zaragoza | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 5–3 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 8–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | — |

## Group South

### Teams

| Club | City | Stadium |
| - | - | - |
| CD Alcoyano | Alcoy | Estadio El Collao |
| Atlético Tetuán | Tétouan | Sania Ramel |
| CD Badajoz | Badajoz | El Vivero |
| CD Castellón | Castellón de la Plana | Castalia |
| UD España Tánger | Tangier | Stadium Municipal |
| Granada CF | Granada | Los Cármenes |
| Hércules CF | Alicante | La Viña |
| Jerez CD | Jerez de la Frontera | Domecq |
| UD Las Palmas | Las Palmas | Insular |
| RB Linense | La Línea de la Concepción | San Bernardo |
| CD Málaga | Málaga | La Rosaleda |
| RCD Mallorca | Palma de Mallorca | Es Fortí |
| UD Melilla | Melilla | Álvarez Claro |
| CD Mestalla | Valencia | Mestalla |
| Real Murcia | Murcia | La Condomina |
| CD Tenerife | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | Heliodoro Rodríguez López |

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Las Palmas (P) | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 58 | 33 | +25 | 39 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 2 | Hércules (O, P) | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 55 | 40 | +15 | 38 | Qualification for the promotion playoffs |
| 3 | Málaga | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 60 | 30 | +30 | 38 | Qualification for the promotion playoffs |
| 4 | Granada | 30 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 63 | 36 | +27 | 36 | |
| 5 | Castellón | 30 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 67 | 61 | +6 | 33 | |
| 6 | Tenerife | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 56 | 41 | +15 | 33 | |
| 7 | Atlético Tetuán | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 60 | 46 | +14 | 33 | |
| 8 | España Tánger | 30 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 60 | 57 | +3 | 31 | |
| 9 | Badajoz | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 66 | 55 | +11 | 30 | |
| 10 | Linense | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 46 | 59 | −13 | 30 | |
| 11 | Xerez | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 50 | 54 | −4 | 29 | |
| 12 | Murcia (O) | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 45 | 54 | −9 | 27 | Qualification for the relegation playoffs |
| 13 | Melilla (R) | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 37 | 70 | −33 | 26 | Qualification for the relegation playoffs |
| 14 | Alcoyano (R) | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 35 | 49 | −14 | 25 | Relegation to Tercera División |
| 15 | Mestalla (R) | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 48 | 58 | −10 | 23 | Relegation to Tercera División |
| 16 | Mallorca (R) | 30 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 40 | 103 | −63 | 9 | Relegation to Tercera División |

* 1 2 Hércules finished ahead of Málaga on head-to-head points: Málaga–Hércules 0–1, Hércules–Málaga 0–0
* 1 2 3 Castellón finished ahead of Tenerife and Atlético Tetuán on head-to-head goal difference
* 1 2 Badajoz finished ahead of Linense on head-to-head goal difference: Linense–Badajoz 3–2, Badajoz–Linense 3–0

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALC | TET | BAD | CAS | ESP | GRA | HER | LPA | LNS | CDM | MAL | MEL | MES | MUR | TEN | XER |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alcoyano | — | 2–0 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Atlético Tetuán | 4–0 | — | 1–1 | 5–4 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 6–0 |
| Badajoz | 2–1 | 3–1 | — | 2–0 | 6–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 7–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 6–2 |
| Castellón | 4–0 | 6–1 | 4–1 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 |
| España Tánger | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 6–3 | 4–1 | 3–1 |
| Granada | 3–0 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 7–1 | 4–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Hércules | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 3–1 | — | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Las Palmas | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 |
| Linense | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 3–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 |
| Málaga | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 6–2 | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Mallorca | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 2–4 |
| Melilla | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 2–0 | — | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Mestalla | 1–0 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–4 | 2–3 | 5–2 | 4–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 |
| Murcia | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Tenerife | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 8–0 | 6–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 |
| Xerez | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — |

## Promotion playoffs

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Málaga | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 15 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 2 | Hércules (O, P) | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 13 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 3 | Osasuna (R) | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 11 | |
| 4 | Baracaldo | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 20 | −2 | 9 | |
| 5 | Lérida | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 30 | −3 | 8 | |
| 6 | Jaén (R) | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 25 | −10 | 4 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BAR | HER | JAE | LLE | CDM | OSA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baracaldo | — | 0–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 |
| Hércules | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Jaén | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 4–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Lérida | 7–2 | 5–1 | 2–2 | — | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Málaga | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 5–3 | — | 1–1 |
| Osasuna | 2–1 | 1–0 | 8–4 | 2–3 | 3–4 | — |

## Relegation playoffs

### Group 1

**League table**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Caudal (O) | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 12 | Remained at Segunda División |
| 2 | La Felguera (O) | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 9 | Remained at Segunda División |
| 3 | Ponferradina | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 8 | |
| 4 | Huesca | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 7 | |
| 5 | Girona | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 18 | −5 | 4 | |

**Results**

| Home \ Away | CAU | GIR | HUE | FEL | PNF |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Caudal | — | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Girona | 1–3 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 | 5–1 |
| Huesca | 0–3 | 3–1 | — | 3–1 | 4–0 |
| La Felguera | 2–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 | — | 1–1 |
| Ponferradina | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — |

### Group 2

**League table**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | San Fernando (O, P) | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 13 | +13 | 10 | Promotion to Segunda División |
| 2 | Murcia (O) | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 9 | +14 | 10 | |
| 3 | Cacereño | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 22 | −10 | 8 | |
| 4 | Melilla (R) | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 17 | −1 | 6 | Relegation to Tercera División |
| 5 | Orihuela | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 24 | −16 | 6 | |

* 1 2 San Fernando finished ahead of Murcia on head-to-head goal difference: Murcia–San Fernando 3–2, San Fernando–Murcia 3–1
* 1 2 Melilla finished ahead of Orihuela on head-to-head goal difference: Orihuela–Melilla 1–0, Melilla–Orihuela 7–0

**Results**

| Home \ Away | CAC | MEL | MUR | ORI | SFE |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cacereño | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Melilla | 4–1 | — | 1–0 | 7–0 | 2–4 |
| Murcia | 7–0 | 3–0 | — | 7–1 | 3–2 |
| Orihuela | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 |
| San Fernando | 4–2 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 6–0 | — |
