1952–53 Segunda División
# 1952–53 Segunda División

The 1952–53 Segunda División season was the 22nd since its establishment and was played between 13 September 1952 and 3 May 1953.

## Overview before the season

32 teams joined the league, including two relegated from the 1951–52 La Liga and 6 promoted from the 1951–52 Tercera División.

### Relegated from La Liga

* Las Palmas
* Atlético Tetuán

### Promoted from Tercera División

* Avilés
* Burgos
* España Industrial
* Cacereño
* Orihuela
* Jaén

## Group North

### Teams

| Club | City | Stadium |
| - | - | - |
| Deportivo Alavés | Vitoria | Mendizorroza |
| Real Avilés CF | Avilés | Las Arobias |
| Club Baracaldo | Baracaldo | Lasesarre |
| Burgos CF | Burgos | Zatorre |
| Caudal Deportivo | Mieres | El Batán |
| SD España Industrial | Barcelona | Les Corts |
| Club Ferrol | Ferrol | Inferniño |
| RS Gimnástica de Torrelavega | Torrelavega | El Malecón |
| Gimnástico de Tarragona | Tarragona | Avenida de Cataluña |
| UD Huesca | Huesca | San Jorge |
| UD Lérida | Lérida | Campo de Deportes |
| CD Logroñés | Logroño | Las Gaunas |
| CA Osasuna | Pamplona | San Juan |
| CD Sabadell FC | Sabadell | Cruz Alta |
| UD Salamanca | Salamanca | El Calvario |
| CD San Andrés | Barcelona | Santa Coloma |

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Osasuna (P) | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 61 | 37 | +24 | 40 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 2 | España Industrial (O) | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 65 | 43 | +22 | 37 | Qualification for the promotion playoffs |
| 3 | Avilés | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 59 | 46 | +13 | 37 | Qualification for the promotion playoffs |
| 4 | Alavés | 30 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 58 | 48 | +10 | 35 | |
| 5 | Logroñés | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 59 | 44 | +15 | 34 | |
| 6 | Lérida | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 48 | 37 | +11 | 32 | |
| 7 | Baracaldo | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 54 | 41 | +13 | 31 | |
| 8 | San Andrés | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 50 | 58 | −8 | 30 | Relegation to Tercera División |
| 9 | Ferrol | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 49 | 41 | +8 | 29 | |
| 10 | Caudal | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 28 | |
| 11 | Sabadell | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 41 | 55 | −14 | 28 | |
| 12 | Gimnástica Torrelavega (O) | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 41 | 57 | −16 | 27 | Qualification for the relegation playoffs |
| 13 | Salamanca (R) | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 26 | Qualification for the relegation playoffs |
| 14 | Gimnástico (R) | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 37 | 56 | −19 | 25 | Relegation to Tercera División |
| 15 | Huesca (R) | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 23 | Relegation to Tercera División |
| 16 | Burgos (R) | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 34 | 67 | −33 | 18 | Relegation to Tercera División |

* 1 2 España Industrial finished ahead of Avilés on head-to-head goal difference: Avilés–España Industrial 2–0, España Industrial–Avilés 6–2
* ↑ San Andrés quit Segunda División at the end of the season
* 1 2 Caudal finished ahead of Sabadell on head-to-head points: Caudal–Sabadell 3–2, Sabadell–Caudal 0–1

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALA | AVI | BAR | BUR | CAU | CON | NAS | GIM | HUE | LLE | LOG | OSA | RFE | SAB | SAL | STA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alavés | — | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| Avilés | 7–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 5–0 |
| Baracaldo | 6–0 | 3–1 | — | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 1–3 |
| Burgos | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | — | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–4 |
| Caudal | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | — | 5–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| España Industrial | 2–0 | 6–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 6–0 | — | 0–1 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Gimnástico | 5–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 4–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Gimnástica Torrelavega | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 4–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| Huesca | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Lérida | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | — | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Logroñés | 3–0 | 7–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 5–0 |
| Osasuna | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 6–1 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | — | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| Ferrol | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| Sabadell | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | — | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Salamanca | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | — | 3–0 |
| San Andrés | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 3–0 | — |

## Group South

### Teams

| Club | City | Stadium |
| - | - | - |
| CD Alcoyano | Alcoy | Estadio El Collao |
| CD Atlético Baleares | Palma de Mallorca | Son Canals |
| Atlético Tetuán | Tétouan | Sania Ramel |
| CD Cacereño | Cáceres | Ciudad Deportiva |
| RCD Córdoba | Córdoba | El Árcangel |
| Granada CF | Granada | Los Cármenes |
| Hércules CF | Alicante | La Viña |
| Real Jaén CF | Jaén | La Victoria |
| UD Las Palmas | Las Palmas | Insular |
| RB Linense | La Línea de la Concepción | San Bernardo |
| RCD Mallorca | Palma de Mallorca | Es Fortí |
| UD Melilla | Melilla | Álvarez Claro |
| CD Mestalla | Valencia | Mestalla |
| Real Murcia | Murcia | La Condomina |
| Orihuela Deportiva CF | Orihuela | Los Arcos |
| AD Plus Ultra | Madrid | Campo de Ciudad Lineal |

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jaén (P) | 30 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 85 | 47 | +38 | 41 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 2 | Hércules | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 69 | 49 | +20 | 38 | Qualification for the promotion playoffs |
| 3 | Atlético Tetuán | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 66 | 39 | +27 | 36 | Qualification for the promotion playoffs |
| 4 | Las Palmas | 30 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 55 | 38 | +17 | 35 | |
| 5 | Melilla | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 55 | 53 | +2 | 33 | |
| 6 | Mestalla | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 56 | 45 | +11 | 33 | |
| 7 | Alcoyano | 30 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 70 | 64 | +6 | 30 | |
| 8 | Mallorca | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 47 | 59 | −12 | 30 | |
| 9 | Granada | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 52 | 55 | −3 | 30 | |
| 10 | Linense | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 53 | 61 | −8 | 29 | |
| 11 | Murcia | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 29 | |
| 12 | Orihuela (R) | 30 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 51 | 75 | −24 | 26 | Qualification for the relegation playoffs |
| 13 | Real Córdoba (R) | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 55 | 62 | −7 | 26 | Qualification for the relegation playoffs |
| 14 | Atlético Baleares (R) | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 50 | 75 | −25 | 23 | Relegation to Tercera División |
| 15 | Plus Ultra (R) | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 57 | 70 | −13 | 22 | Relegation to Tercera División |
| 16 | Cacereño (R) | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 40 | 79 | −39 | 19 | Relegation to Tercera División |

* 1 2 Melilla finished ahead of Mestalla on head-to-head points: Melilla–Mestalla 2–1, Mestalla–Melilla 2–2
* 1 2 3 Alcoyano finished ahead of Mallorca and Granada on head-to-head goal difference
* 1 2 Linense finished ahead of Murcia on head-to-head points: Linense–Murcia 2–1, Murcia–Linense 0–0
* 1 2 Orihuela finished ahead of Real Córdoba on head-to-head points: Orihuela–Real Córdoba 0–0, Real Córdoba–Orihuela 1–2

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALC | BAL | TET | CAC | GRA | HER | JAE | LPA | LNS | MAL | MEL | MES | MUR | ORI | RMC | COR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alcoyano | — | 4–2 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 5–3 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 6–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 6–1 | 5–1 |
| Atlético Baleares | 3–1 | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 7–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| Atlético Tetuán | 1–1 | 5–0 | — | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 7–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 |
| Cacereño | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Granada | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | — | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 |
| Hércules | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | — | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 7–5 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Jaén | 5–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 9–0 | 2–0 | — | 5–1 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 2–0 |
| Las Palmas | 3–0 | 5–0 | 3–4 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Linense | 4–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 |
| Mallorca | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Melilla | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Mestalla | 3–0 | 6–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 6–2 |
| Murcia | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Orihuela | 1–3 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 5–4 | 3–3 | 1–3 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Plus Ultra | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 9–1 | 5–0 | 4–5 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–2 |
| Real Córdoba | 3–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 6–4 | — |

## Promotion playoffs

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Deportivo La Coruña (O) | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 11 | Remained at La Liga |
| 2 | España Industrial (O) | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | +8 | 11 | |
| 3 | Celta Vigo | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 10 | Remained at La Liga |
| 4 | Atlético Tetuán | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 10 | |
| 5 | Avilés | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 22 | −8 | 9 | |
| 6 | Hércules | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 19 | −7 | 9 | |

* 1 2 Deportivo La Coruña finished ahead of España Industrial on head-to-head points: Deportivo La Coruña–España Industrial 0–0, España Industrial–Deportivo La Coruña 1–3
* ↑ Not promoted after being Barcelona reserve team
* 1 2 Celta Vigo finished ahead of Atlético Tetuán on head-to-head points: Celta Vigo–Atlético Tetuán 4–1, Atlético Tetuán–Celta Vigo 0–0
* 1 2 Avilés finished ahead of Hércules on head-to-head points: Avilés–Hércules 2–0, Hércules–Avilés 1–1

### Results

| Home \ Away | TET | AVI | CEL | DEP | CON | HER |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Atlético Tetuán | — | 6–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Avilés | 1–0 | — | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 |
| Celta Vigo | 4–1 | 4–2 | — | 1–3 | 1–1 | 5–1 |
| Deportivo La Coruña | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| España Industrial | 1–1 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | — | 4–1 |
| Hércules | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | — |

## Relegation playoffs

### Group 1

**League table**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Gimnástica Torrelavega (O) | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 10 | |
| 2 | Cultural Leonesa (O, P) | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 19 | +2 | 8 | Promotion to Segunda División |
| 3 | Mataró | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 8 | |
| 4 | Salamanca (R) | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 8 | |
| 5 | Sestao | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 22 | −11 | 6 | |

* 1 2 3 Cultural Leonesa finished ahead of Mataró and Salamanca on head-to-head points: Cultural Leonesa 6 pts, Mataró 4 pts, Salamanca 2 pts

**Results**

| Home \ Away | LEO | GIM | MAT | SAL | SES |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cultural Leonesa | — | 2–4 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 6–0 |
| Gimnástica Torrelavega | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 |
| Mataró | 7–2 | 3–2 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Salamanca | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | — | 3–1 |
| Sestao | 4–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — |

### Group 2

**League table**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | España Tánger | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 8 | Promotion to Segunda División |
| 2 | Levante | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 8 | |
| 3 | Real Córdoba | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 5 | Relegation to Tercera División |
| 4 | Calvo Sotelo | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 20 | −8 | 3 | |

* 1 2 España Tánger finished ahead of Levante on overall goal difference

**Results**

| Home \ Away | PUE | ESP | LEV | COR |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Calvo Sotelo | — | 2–2 | 1–3 | 5–0 |
| España Tánger | 5–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Levante | 5–3 | 1–0 | — | 3–3 |
| Real Córdoba | 5–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | — |
