The 2008–09 Segunda División season (known from that season as Liga Adelante for sponsorship reasons) was the 78th since its establishment. The first matches of the season were played on 30 August 2008, and the season ended on 21 June 2009. Real Zaragoza, Real Murcia and Levante were the teams relegated from La Liga the previous season. Alicante, Girona, Huesca and Rayo Vallecano were the teams promoted from Segunda División B the previous season.
The first goal of the season was scored by Alexandre Geijo, who scored in the 11th minute for Levante against Real Zaragoza in the early kick-off. The first red card of the season was given to Paco Peña from Real Murcia after a challenge on Sergio Pachón in their opening match against Rayo Vallecano. The first hat-trick was scored by Sebastián Abreu in the match between Xerez and Real Sociedad.
Teams
The 2008–09 Segunda División was made up of the following teams: Team Home city Stadium Capacity Alavés Vitoria-Gasteiz Mendizorrotza 19,840 Albacete Albacete Carlos Belmonte 17,500 Alicante Alicante José Rico Pérez 29,500CastellónCastellónNou Estadi Castàlia14,485 Celta Vigo Vigo Balaídos 31,800 Córdoba Córdoba Nuevo Arcángel 18,280 Eibar Eibar Ipurua 6,267 Elche Elche Martínez Valero 36,017 Gimnàstic Tarragona Nou Estadi 14,500 Girona Girona Montilivi 9,500 Hércules Alicante José Rico Pérez 29,500 Huesca Huesca El Alcoraz 5,300 Las Palmas Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Gran Canaria 31,250Levante Valencia Ciutat de València 26,354 Rayo Vallecano Madrid Teresa Rivero 15,500 Real Murcia Murcia Nueva Condomina 31,179 Real Sociedad San Sebastián Anoeta 39,500 Salamanca Villares de la Reina El Helmántico 17,341 Sevilla Atlético Seville Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán 42,714Tenerife Santa Cruz de Tenerife Heliodoro Rodríguez López 22,824 Xerez Jerez de la Frontera Chapín 20,523 Zaragoza Zaragoza La Romareda 33,608
League table
Results
Pichichi Trophy for Top Goalscorers Last updated 21 June 2009 GoalscorersGoalsPenaltiesTeam Nino 294Tenerife Ewerthon285Real Zaragoza Marcos Márquez217Las Palmas Alejandro Alfaro200Tenerife Momo173Xerez Leonardo Ulloa162Castellón Miku 152Salamanca Rubén Navarro151Hércules Rubén Castro143Huesca Víctor142Gimnàstic de Tarragona
Zamora Trophy for Top Goalkeepers Last updated 21 June 2009 GoalkeeperGoalsMatchesAverageTeam David Cobeño35400.88Rayo Vallecano Claudio Bravo28320.88Real Sociedad Chema41411Xerez Carlos Sánchez34341Castellón Alberto Cifuentes34331.03Salamanca Juan Calatayud42401.05Hércules Eduardo Navarro39361.08Huesca Willy Caballero40361.11Elche Rubén Pérez38331.15Gimnàstic de Tarragona Roberto Santamaría45391.15Las Palmas
Season statistics
Scoring First goal of the season: Alexandre Geijo for Levante against Real Zaragoza (30 August 2008) Fastest goal in a match: 14 seconds – Sergio Rodríguez for Real Sociedad against Alavés (27 September 2008) Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 90+8 minutes – Alexandre Geijo for Levante UD against Albacete Balompié (6 December 2008) Widest winning margin: 8 – Hércules 8–0 Sevilla Atlético (5 April 2009) Most goals in a match: 8 Xerez 5–3 Real Murcia (2 November 2008) Hércules 8–0 Sevilla Atlético (5 April 2009) First hat-trick of the season: Sebastián Abreu for Real Sociedad against Xerez (14 March 2009) First own goal of the season: Ricardo Cavas for Xerez against Valicante (30 August 2008) Most goals by one player in a single match: 3 Sebastián Abreu for Real Sociedad against Xerez (14 March 2009) Rubén Navarro for Hércules against Sevilla Atlético (5 April 2009) Leonardo Ulloa for Castellón against Eibar (14 June 2009) Most goals by one team in a match: 8 – Hércules 8–0 Sevilla Atlético (5 April 2009) Most goals in one half by one team: 5 – Xerez 5–3 Real Murcia (2 November 2008) Most goals scored by losing team: 3 Xerez 5–3 Real Murcia (2 November 2008) Córdoba 3–4 Celta Vigo (8 November 2008)
Cards First yellow card: Lillo for Real Murcia against Rayo Vallecano (30 August 2008) First red card: Paco Peña for Real Murcia against Rayo Vallecano (30 August 2008).
Teams by autonomous community Autonomous communityNumber of teamsTeams15Alicante, Castellón, Elche, Hércules and Levante23Córdoba, Sevilla Atlético and Xerez3Alavés, Eibar and Real Sociedad42Huesca and Zaragoza2Las Palmas and Tenerife2Gimnàstic and Girona71Albacete1Salamanca1Celta1Rayo Vallecano1Murcia