1997–98 Segunda División
# 1997–98 Segunda División

The 1997–98 Segunda División season saw 22 teams participate in the second flight Spanish league. Deportivo Alavés, CF Extremadura and Villarreal CF were promoted to Primera División. Elche CF, Real Jaén, Xerez CD and Levante UD were relegated to Segunda División B.

The league was expanded to 22 teams due to reduction of Primera División to 20 teams.

## Teams

| Team | Home city | Stadium |
| - | - | - |
| Albacete | Albacete | Carlos Belmonte |
| Alavés | Vitoria-Gasteiz | Mendizorrotza |
| Atlético Madrid B | Madrid | Cerro del Espino |
| Badajoz | Badajoz | El Vivero |
| Eibar | Eibar | Ipurua |
| Elche | Elche | Martínez Valero |
| Extremadura | Almendralejo | Francisco de la Hera |
| Hércules | Alicante | José Rico Pérez |
| Real Jaén | Jaén | La Victoria |
| Las Palmas | Las Palmas | Insular |
| Leganés | Leganés | Luis Rodríguez de Miguel |
| Levante | Valencia | Nou Estadi |
| Lleida | Lleida | Camp d'Esports |
| Logroñés | Logroño | Las Gaunas |
| Numancia | Soria | Los Pajaritos |
| Osasuna | Pamplona | El Sadar |
| Ourense | Ourense | O Couto |
| Rayo Vallecano | Madrid | Vallecas |
| Sevilla | Seville | Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán |
| Toledo | Toledo | Salto del Caballo |
| Villarreal | Villarreal | El Madrigal |
| Xerez | Jerez de la Frontera | Chapín |

* Leganés played their matches at Municipal de Butarque from February 14'th, 1998.

### Teams by Autonomous Community

| | Autonomous community | Number of teams | Teams |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Valencian Community | 4 | Elche, Hércules, Levante, Villarreal |
| 2 | Andalusia | 3 | Real Jaén, Sevilla, Xerez |
| 2 | Madrid | 3 | Atlético Madrid B, Leganés, Rayo Vallecano |
| 4 | Basque Country | 2 | Alavés, Eibar |
| 4 | Castile-La Mancha | 2 | Albacete, Toledo |
| 4 | Extremadura | 2 | Badajoz, Extremadura |
| 7 | Canary Islands | 1 | Las Palmas |
| 7 | Castile and León | 1 | Numancia |
| 7 | Catalonia | 1 | Lleida |
| 7 | Galicia | 1 | Ourense |
| 7 | La Rioja | 1 | Logroñés |
| 7 | Navarre | 1 | Osasuna |

## Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Deportivo Alavés | 42 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 54 | 25 | +29 | 82 | Promoted to Primera División |
| 2 | CF Extremadura | 42 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 60 | 38 | +22 | 79 | Promoted to Primera División |
| 3 | UD Las Palmas | 42 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 72 | 47 | +25 | 73 | Promotion playoff |
| 4 | Villarreal CF | 42 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 73 | Promotion playoff |
| 5 | UE Lleida | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 50 | 46 | +4 | 63 | |
| 6 | CD Badajoz | 42 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 48 | 37 | +11 | 63 | |
| 7 | Sevilla FC | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 62 | |
| 8 | Rayo Vallecano | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 51 | 48 | +3 | 60 | |
| 9 | Atlético de Madrid B | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 64 | 49 | +15 | 60 | |
| 10 | SD Eibar | 42 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 57 | |
| 11 | Hércules CF | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 56 | |
| 12 | CD Toledo | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 56 | |
| 13 | CD Leganés | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 45 | 54 | −9 | 53 | |
| 14 | Albacete | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 41 | 53 | −12 | 50 | |
| 15 | CA Osasuna | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 50 | |
| 16 | CD Ourense | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 49 | |
| 17 | CD Numancia | 42 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 33 | 50 | −17 | 47 | |
| 18 | CD Logroñés | 42 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 46 | |
| 19 | Elche CF | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 45 | 56 | −11 | 45 | Relegated to Segunda División B |
| 20 | Real Jaén | 42 | 9 | 18 | 15 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 45 | Relegated to Segunda División B |
| 21 | Xerez CD | 42 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 24 | 49 | −25 | 38 | Relegated to Segunda División B |
| 22 | Levante UD | 42 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 37 | 59 | −22 | 35 | Relegated to Segunda División B |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALB | ALV | ATM | BAD | EIB | ELC | EXT | HER | JAE | LPA | LEG | LEV | LLE | LOG | NUM | OSA | OUR | RAY | SEV | TOL | VIL | XER |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Albacete | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Alavés | 5–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 |
| Atlético B | 2–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Badajoz | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Eibar | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Elche | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Extremadura | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | — | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Hércules | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Real Jaén | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | — | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Las Palmas | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Leganés | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 4–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Levante | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Lleida | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| Logroñés | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Numancia | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Osasuna | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Ourense | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Rayo | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–3 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 |
| Sevilla | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Toledo | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Villarreal | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 |
| Xerez | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — |

## Promotion playoff

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Villarreal CF | (a) 1–1 | SD Compostela | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Real Oviedo | 4–3 | UD Las Palmas | 3–0 | 1–3 |
