1987–88 Segunda División
# 1987–88 Segunda División

The 1987–88 Segunda División season saw 20 teams participate in the second flight Spanish league. CD Málaga, Elche CF and Real Oviedo were promoted to Primera División. Bilbao Athletic, Hércules CF, Granada CF and Cartagena FC were relegated to Segunda División B.

This season, the league was expanded to 20 teams and the promotion playoff (promoción) returned.

## Teams

| Team | Home city | Stadium |
| - | - | - |
| Barcelona Atlètic | Barcelona | Mini Estadi |
| Bilbao Athletic | Bilbao | San Mamés |
| Real Burgos CF | Burgos | El Plantío |
| Cartagena FC | Cartagena | El Almarjal |
| CD Castellón | Castellón de la Plana | Castàlia |
| Castilla CF | Madrid | Ciudad Deportiva |
| Deportivo La Coruña | A Coruña | Riazor |
| Elche CF | Elche | Nuevo Estadio |
| UE Figueres | Figueres | Vilatenim |
| Granada CF | Granada | Los Cármenes |
| Hércules CF | Alicante | José Rico Pérez |
| UE Lleida | Lleida | Camp d'Esports |
| CD Málaga | Málaga | La Rosaleda |
| Real Oviedo | Oviedo | Carlos Tartiere |
| Racing de Santander | Santander | El Sardinero |
| Rayo Vallecano | Madrid | Vallecas |
| Recreativo de Huelva | Huelva | Colombino |
| Sestao Sport | Sestao | Las Llanas |
| CD Tenerife | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | Heliodoro Rodríguez López |
| Xerez CD | Jerez de la Frontera | Domecq |

## Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | CD Málaga | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 74 | 39 | +35 | 54 | Promoted to Primera División |
| 2 | Elche CF | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 62 | 34 | +28 | 50 | Promoted to Primera División |
| 3 | Castilla CF | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 58 | 42 | +16 | 48 | |
| 4 | Real Oviedo | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 58 | 37 | +21 | 45 | Promotion playoff |
| 5 | Rayo Vallecano | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 58 | 47 | +11 | 45 | Promotion playoff |
| 6 | UE Lleida | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 53 | 37 | +16 | 42 | |
| 7 | UE Figueres | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 42 | |
| 8 | Barcelona Atlètic | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 41 | |
| 9 | Xerez CD | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 49 | 37 | +12 | 41 | |
| 10 | Sestao | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 42 | 45 | −3 | 37 | |
| 11 | CD Castellón | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 34 | 45 | −11 | 37 | |
| 12 | CD Tenerife | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 48 | 57 | −9 | 36 | |
| 13 | Real Burgos | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 34 | 50 | −16 | 34 | |
| 14 | Racing de Santander | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 35 | 47 | −12 | 33 | |
| 15 | Recreativo de Huelva | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 55 | 71 | −16 | 33 | |
| 16 | Deportivo de La Coruña | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 35 | 47 | −12 | 31 | |
| 17 | Bilbao Athletic | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 31 | Relegated to Segunda División B |
| 18 | Hércules CF | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 46 | 56 | −10 | 29 | Relegated to Segunda División B |
| 19 | Granada CF | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 27 | Relegated to Segunda División B |
| 20 | Cartagena FC | 38 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 35 | 79 | −44 | 24 | Relegated to Segunda División B |

* ↑ Castilla CF was ineligible for promotion for being reserve team of Real Madrid.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BAR | BIL | BUR | CAR | CAS | CST | DEP | ELC | FIG | GRA | HÉR | LLE | MGA | OVI | RAC | RAY | REC | SES | TEN | XER |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Barcelona At. | — | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Bilbao Ath. | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Real Burgos | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Cartagena | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 4–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Castellón | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Castilla | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 |
| Deportivo | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Elche | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Figueres | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Granada | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Hércules | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Lleida | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 7–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Málaga | 4–1 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| R. Oviedo | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Racing | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | — | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Rayo | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 |
| Recreativo | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 2–3 | 2–3 | 3–1 |
| Sestao Sport | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Tenerife | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 |
| Xerez | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | — |

## Promotion playoff

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Real Oviedo | 2–1 | RCD Mallorca | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Real Murcia | 4–1 | Rayo Vallecano | 3–0 | 1–1 |

## Pichichi Trophy for Top Goalscorers

| Goalscorers | Goals | Team |
| - | - | - |
| Carlos Muñoz | 25 | Real Oviedo |
| Paquito Sánchez | 22 | CD Málaga |
| Sixto Casabona | 20 | Elche CF |
