1943–44 Segunda División
# 1943–44 Segunda División

The 1943–44 Segunda División season was the 13th since its establishment and was played between 26 September 1943 and 9 April 1944. Unlike past season, all the teams played in a single group of 14 teams.

## Overview before the season

14 teams joined the league, including two relegated from the 1942–43 La Liga.

### Relegated from La Liga

* Zaragoza
* Real Betis

## Teams

| Club | City | Stadium |
| - | - | - |
| CD Alcoyano | Alcoy | El Collao |
| Arenas Club | Guecho | Ibaiondo |
| Club Baracaldo | Baracaldo | Lasesarre |
| Real Betis Balompié | Seville | Heliópolis |
| SD Ceuta | Ceuta | Campo de Deporte |
| CD Constancia | Inca | Camp d’Es Cos |
| Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa | León | La Corredera |
| Real Gijón | Gijón | El Molinón |
| Hércules CF | Alicante | La Viña |
| Jerez FC | Jerez de la Frontera | Domecq |
| Real Murcia | Murcia | Estadio de La Condomina |
| CA Osasuna | Pamplona | San Juan |
| Real Valladolid Deportivo | Valladolid | José Zorrilla |
| Zaragoza FC | Zaragoza | Torrero |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Real Gijón (C, P) | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 50 | 19 | +31 | 37 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 2 | Murcia (P) | 26 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 62 | 40 | +22 | 32 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 3 | Constancia | 26 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 49 | 37 | +12 | 31 | Qualification for the promotion playoffs |
| 4 | Alcoyano | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 30 | Qualification for the promotion playoffs |
| 5 | Jerez | 26 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 50 | 41 | +9 | 30 | |
| 6 | Zaragoza | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 56 | 40 | +16 | 29 | |
| 7 | Real Betis | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 29 | |
| 8 | Ceuta | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 47 | 45 | +2 | 25 | |
| 9 | Cultural Leonesa | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 42 | 45 | −3 | 25 | |
| 10 | Hércules | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 22 | |
| 11 | Baracaldo (O) | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 34 | 61 | −27 | 19 | Qualification for the relegation playoffs |
| 12 | Arenas (R) | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 39 | 60 | −21 | 19 | Qualification for the relegation playoffs |
| 13 | Valladolid (R) | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 29 | 53 | −24 | 18 | Relegation to Tercera División |
| 14 | Osasuna (R) | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 34 | 60 | −26 | 18 | Relegation to Tercera División |

* 1 2 Alcoyano finished ahead of Jerez on overall goal difference
* 1 2 Zaragoza finished ahead of Real Betis on head-to-head goal difference: Real Betis–Zaragoza 1–0, Zaragoza–Real Betis 3–1
* 1 2 Ceuta finished ahead of Cultural Leonesa on overall goal difference
* 1 2 Baracaldo finished ahead of Arenas on head-to-head goal difference: Arenas–Baracaldo 3–1, Baracaldo–Arenas 4–1
* 1 2 Valladolid finished ahead of Osasuna on overall goal difference

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALC | ARE | BAR | CEU | CON | LEO | HER | MUR | OSA | BET | SPO | VLL | XER | ZAR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alcoyano | — | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 6–1 |
| Arenas | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–4 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Baracaldo | 2–0 | 4–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 |
| Ceuta | 0–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 |
| Constancia | 1–0 | 7–0 | 5–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Cultural Leonesa | 1–1 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Hércules | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | — | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| Murcia | 2–2 | 5–1 | 7–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | — | 4–0 | 4–4 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 |
| Osasuna | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | — | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Real Betis | 3–3 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | — | 1–0 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Real Gijón | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | — | 5–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Valladolid | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–5 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Jerez | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 5–3 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | — | 1–0 |
| Zaragoza | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 6–3 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 7–1 | — |
