The 2009–10 Segunda División season (known as the Liga Adelante for sponsorship reasons) was the 79th since its establishment. The first matches of the season were played on 29 August 2009, and the season ended on 19 June 2010. Real Betis, Numancia and Recreativo de Huelva are the teams which were relegated from La Liga the previous season. The teams which were promoted from Segunda División B were: Cádiz (champion), Cartagena (runner-up), Real Unión (play-off winner) and Villarreal B (play-off winner).
The first goal of the season was scored by Quique de Lucas, who scored a seventh-minute goal for Cartagena against Girona in the early kick-off. The first red card of the season was given to David González from Las Palmas in their opening game against Real Sociedad. The first hat-trick was scored by Cristhian Stuani in the match between Castellón and Albacete.
Teams
The 2009–10 Segunda División was made up of the following teams:
Team Home city Stadium Capacity Albacete Albacete Carlos Belmonte 17,500 Betis Seville Benito Villamarín 55,500 Cádiz Cádiz Ramón de Carranza 25,033 Cartagena Cartagena Cartagonova 14,500CastellónCastellónNou Estadi Castàlia 14,485 Celta Vigo Vigo Balaídos 31,800 Córdoba Córdoba Nuevo Arcángel 18,280 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 Numancia Soria Los Pajaritos 9,025 Rayo Vallecano Madrid Teresa Rivero 15,500 Real Murcia Murcia Nueva Condomina 31,179 Real Sociedad San Sebastián Anoeta 39,500Real Unión Irun Gal 6,344 RecreativoHuelva Nuevo Colombino 21,670 Salamanca Villares de la Reina El Helmántico 17,341 Villarreal B Vila-real Ciudad Deportiva 5,000
League table
Results
Pichichi Trophy for top goalscorers Last updated 19 June 2010 GoalscorersGoalsPenaltiesTeam Jorge MolinaElche Cristhian StuaniAlbacete Marco RubénVillarreal B TochéCartagena Pepe DíazCórdoba ChandoReal Murcia Gorka BritReal Unión Leonardo UlloaCastellón Rubén CastroRayo Vallecano Rubén SuárezLevante
Zamora Trophy for top goalkeepers Last updated 19 June 2010 GoalkeeperGoalsMatchesAverageTeam Vicente GuaitaRecreativo Juan CalatayudHércules Iñaki GoitiaReal Betis Toni DoblasHuesca Ismael FalcónCelta Vigo Eduardo NavarroNumancia Rubén MartínezCartagena Raúl NavasCórdoba Juan CarlosVillarreal B Jesús CabreroAlbacete Biel RibasSalamanca
Season statistics
Scoring First goal of the season: Quique de Lucas for Cartagena against Girona (29 August 2009) Fastest goal in a match: 46 seconds – Carlos Carmona for Recreativo against Girona (2 January 2010) Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 90+4 minutes Coke for Rayo Vallecano against Hércules (17 January 2010) Rafa Jordá for Levante against Villarreal B (30 January 2010) Kiko Ratón for Girona against Real Murcia (19 June 2010) Widest winning margin: 5 Levante 6–1 Gimnàstic (13 March 2010) Most goals in a match: 8 Castellón 3–5 Albacete (12 September 2009) Rayo Vallecano 4–4 Hércules (17 January 2010) Cartagena 3–5 Levante (22 May 2010) First hat-trick of the season: Cristhian Stuani for Albacete against Castellón (12 September 2009) First own goal of the season: Dani Tortolero for Real Unión against Girona (26 September 2009) Most goals by one player in a single match: 4 – Jorge Molina for Elche against Real Sociedad (19 June 2010) Most goals by one team in a match: 6 Levante 6–1 Gimnàstic (13 March 2010) Most goals in one half by one team: 4 Hércules 5–1 Real Sociedad (1 November 2009) Girona 4–0 Cádiz (21 November 2009) Elche 2–5 Las Palmas (3 January 2010) Rayo Vallecano 4–4 Hércules (17 January 2010) Salamanca 2–4 Villarreal B (23 January 2010) Levante 6–1 Gimnàstic (13 March 2010) Elche 4–0 Girona (22 May 2010) Cartagena 3–5 Levante (22 May 2010) Real Unión 4–3 Numancia (22 May 2010) Hércules 5–1 Albacete (30 May 2010) Cartagena 0–4 Albacete (19 June 2010) Most goals scored by losing team: 3 Castellón 3–5 Albacete (12 September 2009) Cartagena 3–4 Salamanca (12 December 2009) Cádiz 4–3 Albacete (7 March 2010) Cartagena 3–5 Levante (22 May 2010) Real Unión 4–3 Numancia (22 May 2010)
Cards First yellow card: Roberto Trashorras for Celta against Numancia (29 August 2009) First red card: David González for Las Palmas against Real Sociedad (29 August 2009)
Teams by autonomous community Autonomous communityNumber of teamsTeams15Castellón, Elche, Hércules, Levante and Villarreal B24Betis, Cádiz, Córdoba and Recreativo32Real Sociedad and Real Unión2Numancia and Salamanca2Gimnàstic and Girona2Cartagena and Murcia71Huesca1Las Palmas1Albacete1Celta1Rayo Vallecano