2010–11 Segunda División Explained

Competition:Segunda División
Season:2010–11
Winners:Betis
Promoted:Betis
Rayo Vallecano
Granada
Relegated:Salamanca
Tenerife
Ponferradina
Albacete
League Topscorer: Jonathan Soriano
Biggest Home Win:Granada 5–0 Xerez (30 October 2010)
Granada 6–1 Gimnàstic (12 December 2010)
Alcorcón 5–0 Las Palmas (12 February 2011)
Betis 5–0 Cartagena (16 April 2011)
Biggest Away Win:Salamanca 0–5 Valladolid (27 March 2011)
Highest Scoring:Numancia 4–6 Barcelona B (26 February 2011)
Matches:462
Total Goals:1220
Prevseason:2009–10
Nextseason:2011–12

The 2010–11 Segunda División season (known as the Liga Adelante for sponsorship reasons) was the 80th since its establishment. The first matches of the season were played on 27 August 2010, the regular league ended on 4 June 2011, and the season ended with the promotion play-off finals on 18 June 2011.

The first goal of the season was scored by Javi Guerra, who scored a sixth-minute goal for Real Valladolid against Villarreal B in the early kick-off. The first red card of the season was given to Hernán Pérez from Villarreal B in their opening game against Valladolid. The first hat-trick was scored by Quini in the match between Alcorcón and Girona.

Teams

Real Valladolid, Tenerife and Xerez are the teams which were relegated from La Liga the previous season. Tenerife and Xerez made their immediate return to the second level after just one season in the top division, while Valladolid ended a three-year tenure in La Liga. Real Sociedad was promoted after three consecutive seasons in the second level, Levante was promoted after two seasons and Hércules after 13 seasons, its longest absence from first division.

The teams which were relegated the previous season were Castellón, Real Unión, Murcia and Cádiz. These four were replaced by another four play-off winners from Segunda División B: Granada (2ªB champion), Ponferradina (2ªB runner-up), Barcelona B (play-off winner) and Alcorcón (play-off winner).

Stadia and locations

TeamHome cityStadiumCapacity
AlbaceteAlbaceteCarlos Belmonte17,500
AlcorcónAlcorcónSanto Domingo3,000
Barcelona BBarcelonaMini Estadi15,276
BetisSevilleBenito Villamarín55,500
CartagenaCartagenaCartagonova14,500
Celta VigoVigoBalaídos31,800
CórdobaCórdobaNuevo Arcángel18,280
ElcheElcheMartínez Valero36,017
GimnàsticTarragonaNou Estadi14,500
GironaGironaMontilivi9,500
GranadaGranadaNuevo Los Cármenes16,200
HuescaHuescaEl Alcoraz5,300
Las PalmasLas Palmas de Gran CanariaGran Canaria31,250
NumanciaSoriaLos Pajaritos9,025
PonferradinaPonferradaEl Toralín8,200
Rayo VallecanoMadridTeresa Rivero15,500
RecreativoHuelvaNuevo Colombino21,670
SalamancaVillares de la ReinaEl Helmántico17,341
TenerifeSanta Cruz de TenerifeHeliodoro Rodríguez López23,000
ValladolidValladolidJosé Zorrilla26,512
Villarreal BVila-realCiudad Deportiva5,000
XerezJerez de la FronteraChapín20,523

Personnel and sponsorship

TeamChairmanHead CoachKitmakerShirt sponsor
Albacete Rafael Candel Mario SimónJomaCaja Rural
Alcorcón Julián Villena Juan Antonio AnquelaBrocalCREAA
Barcelona B Sandro Rosell Luis EnriqueNikeUNICEF
Betis Rafael Gordillo Pepe MelRBbCajasol / SEAT
Cartagena Francisco Gómez Juan Ignacio MartínezKelmeFundación Teatro Romano de Cartagena
Celta Vigo Carlos Mouriño Paco HerreraLi-NingCitroën / Estrella Galicia
Córdoba José Miguel Salinas Lucas AlcarazCCFCajaSur
Elche José Sepulcre Pepe BordalásRasánComunitat Valenciana
Gimnàstic José María Fernández Joan Carles OlivaNTarragona
Girona Ramon Vilaró Raül AgnéElementsCosta Brava
Granada Quique Pina Fabri GonzálezLegeaCaja Granada
Huesca Fernando Losfablos Onésimo SánchezBemiserCAI
Las Palmas Miguel Ángel Ramírez Juan Manuel RodríguezKSCaja de Canarias
Numancia Francisco Rubio Juan Carlos UnzuéErreàCaja Duero
Ponferradina José Fernández Nieto Claudio BarragánNikebio3
Rayo Vallecano María Teresa Rivero José Ramón SandovalPatrickClesa
Recreativo José Miguel de la Corte Carlos RíosCejudoCajasol
Salamanca Juan José Pascual Balta SánchezMobelCaja Duero
Tenerife Miguel Concepción David AmaralLuanviCaja de Canarias
Valladolid Carlos Suárez Abel ResinoKappa
Villarreal B Fernando Roig José Francisco MolinaPumaAeroport Castelló
Xerez Antonio Millán Javi LópezLegeaCajasol

1. Barcelona B makes a donation to UNICEF in order to display the charity's logo on the club's kit.

2. Club's own brand.

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointmentPosition in table
Valladolid Javier ClementeEnd of contract31 May 2010 Antonio Gómez23 June 201018th (in La Liga)
Tenerife José Luis OltraEnd of contract31 May 2010 Gonzalo Arconada1 July 201019th (in La Liga)
Tenerife Gonzalo ArconadaSacked20 September 2010 Alfredo Merino (as caretaker)21 September 201022nd
Tenerife Alfredo MerinoEnd of tenure as caretaker27 September 2010 Juan Carlos Mandiá27 September 201022nd
Recreativo Pablo AlfaroSacked17 October 2010 Carlos Ríos18 October 201021st
Valladolid Antonio GómezSacked29 November 2010 Javier Torres Gómez (as caretaker)29 November 20107th
Gimnàstic Luis César SampedroSacked6 December 2010 Juan Carlos Oliva6 December 201022nd
Valladolid Javier Torres GómezEnd of tenure as caretaker6 December 2010 Abel Resino6 December 20106th
Ponferradina José Carlos GraneroSacked4 January 2011 Tomás Nistal (as caretaker)4 January 201120th
Ponferradina Tomás NistalEnd of tenure as caretaker16 January 2011 Claudio Barragán17 January 201121st
Tenerife Juan Carlos MandiáSacked23 January 2011 Antonio Tapia24 January 201122nd
Albacete Antonio CalderónSacked13 February 2011 David Vidal13 February 201119th
Salamanca Óscar CanoSacked14 February 2011 Pepe Murcia15 February 201119th
Las Palmas Paco JémezSacked26 February 2011 Juan Manuel Rodríguez26 February 201118th
Albacete David VidalSacked23 March 2011 Mario Simón23 March 201121st
Tenerife Antonio TapiaSacked5 April 2011 David Amaral5 April 201121st
Salamanca Pepe MurciaSacked11 April 2011 Balta Sánchez11 April 201119th
Villarreal B Javi GraciaSacked12 May 2011 José Molina12 May 201116th

League table

Positions by round

Promotion play-offs

See main article: 2011 Segunda División play-offs. This season a new promotion phase (known as Promoción de ascenso) was introduced to determine the third team which promoted to 2011–12 La Liga. Teams placed between third and sixth position (excluding reserve teams) took part in the promotion play-offs. Fifth placed faced against the fourth, while the sixth positioned team faced against the third. The first leg of the semi-finals was played on 8–9 June 2011 with the best positioned team playing at home on the second leg which was played on 11–12 June 2011. The final was also two-legged, with the first leg on 15 June 2011 and the second leg on 18 June 2011 with the best positioned team also playing at home on the second leg.[1] Elche and Granada played the final phase, where Granada CF was promoted to La Liga for the first time in 35 years, having spent 26 of them in Segunda División B and Tercera División. Celta Vigo and Valladolid were eliminated in semi-finals. Barcelona B could not participate in the play-offs as they are Barcelona's reserve team.

Play-offs

Semi-finals

Second leg

Final

Second leg

Pichichi Trophy for Top Goalscorers

Last updated 4 June 2011

GoalscorersGoalsPenaltiesTeam
Jonathan SorianoBarcelona B
Javi GuerraValladolid
Rubén CastroBetis
Alexandre GeijoGranada
QuiniAlcorcón
Emiliano ArmenterosRayo Vallecano
Jorge MolinaBetis
Ranko DespotovićGirona
David RodríguezCelta de Vigo
José MariXerez
NinoTenerife

Zamora Trophy for Top Goalkeepers

Last updated 4 June 2011

GoalkeeperGoalsMatchesAverageTeam
Andrés FernándezHuesca
Ismael FalcónCelta Vigo
Fabricio AgostoRecreativo
Rubén PérezGimnàstic
RobertoGranada
David CobeñoRayo Vallecano
Roberto SantamaríaGirona
Manu HerreraAlcorcón
Keylor NavasAlbacete
Kiko CasillaCartagena

Fair Play award

This award is given annually since 1999 to the team with the best fair play during the season. This ranking takes into account aspects[2] such as cards, suspension of matches, audience behaviour and other penalties. This section not only aims to know this aspect, but also serves to break the tie in teams that are tied in all the other rules: points, head-to-head, goal difference and goals scored.

RankTeamGameswidth=50px Points
142102
242116
342117
442130
542139
642141
742142
842147
942148
42148
1142150
1242158
1342160
42160
1542161
1642162
1742163
1842167
1942169
2042170
2142174
2242207

Season statistics

Scoring

Cards

Teams by autonomous community

Autonomous communityNumber of teamsTeams
1Andalusia5Betis, Córdoba, Granada, Recreativo and Xerez
2Castile and León4Numancia, Ponferradina, Salamanca and Valladolid
3Catalonia3Barcelona B, Gimnàstic and Girona
4Canary Islands2Las Palmas and Tenerife
Madrid2Alcorcón and Rayo Vallecano
Valencia2Elche and Villarreal B
7Aragon1Huesca
Castile-La Mancha1Albacete
Galicia1Celta
Murcia1Cartagena

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Reglamento de Competiciones de ámbito Estatal (page 13 of PDF) . . 20 July 2010 . 28 March 2011 . es . https://web.archive.org/web/20101122051639/http://www.rfef.es/FCKeditor/UserFiles/File/circular%202.pdf . 22 November 2010 . dead .
  2. News: Criterios de puntuación del juego limpio . Fair Play score criteria . . 30 October 1998 . 18 May 2010 . es . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100407195555/http://www.rfef.es/index.jsp?nodo=298 . 7 April 2010 .